Closest Money Week Matchup in No Quitters history...
2012 - No Quitters 4
Long Island Broskis - 99.64
I'm Doin It Like Eli (aka Team Frankman) - 99.46
I remember this back-and-forth matchup fondly as I trailed Frankman heading into Sunday night by 13.18 points. Randall Cobb pushed me ahead by a meager 0.58 points heading into the Monday night contest between the Patriots and the Texans. I had Shayne Graham. Frankman had Owen Daniels.
It turned into an ugly blowout win for New England as they dialed up 6 touchdowns on Houston eliminating any potential for timely field goals. Matt Schaub spread the ball around which limited Daniels to a mere 24 yards and Graham had only a single extra point to his credit thanks to the Texans offense stalling out. The end seemed near as we approached the 2-minute warning with Frankman leading by 0.82 points.
And then a miracle happened. A miracle known as Ryan Mallett.
Somewhere in the mind of Bill Belichick, he thought it would be a great idea to give Mallett some regular season work to close out the game with Brady on the bench. And then in his first pass attempt, he was intercepted by Houston's Shiloh Keo deep in Pats territory. Backup Texans QB T.J. Yates dialed up a short run play, ran the ball in for a garbage time score, Graham kicked the extra point to put the Broskis up by 0.18 points and that was all she wrote as Mallett returned to the field to practice his kneeling.
As luck would have it, I've also won the 2nd closest Money Week matchup in No Quitters history...
2011 / NQ3 - Long Island Broskis 90.94 vs. PrimeTime 88.70
This also ended in a blowout on Monday night with a showdown between two players on the losing side of it.
In this case, the Rams... Brandon Lloyd vs. Steven Jackson.
I suspect THIS will be another one of "those" types of weeks.
Incidentally, in both of those matchups I de facto reverse jinxed my opponent by pre-emptively declaring them the winner. I may try out that tactic once again.