The IT Nerd has been on the phone since the draft trying to secure top notch guest appearances for the upcoming season, so be on the lookout for the official 2021 TBO Season Preview.

In the meantime, El Commish has requested the schedule be posted and Week 1 matchups set.

Link to the Full TBO schedule

Week 1 Matchups

		Week 1
Dale Russell	12	VS	11	TJ Donegan
Rick Fanto	12	VS	9	John Mooney
Denny Welch	9	VS	9	Paul Daniels
DJ Mahar	14	VS	12	Mike Carroll
Chris Donegan	10	VS	9	Marty Donegan
Mike Burns	9	VS	6	Bob Moran
Craig Hawkinson	14	VS	13	Steve Donegan
Sean Mott	9	VS	11	Mike Shanahan
Bill Kirkby	7*	VS	8	Pat Cregg
Dan Kane	16	VS	12	Merritt Daniels
Dan Mahar	11	VS	12	Matt Lochner
Mike Mahar	5	VS	6	Tom Donegan
Dick Donegan	13	VS	17	Devin Carrigan
Brian Thayer	10	VS	12	Drew Prucha
Joe Donegan	6	VS	8	Bob Zaleski
Connor Brown	17	VS	15	Pat Donahue
Jim Morgan	10	VS	10	Pat Mooney
Jon Carroll	9	VS	4	Jeff Raus

Standings page updated to show the results!

Some final 2020 averages for TBO:

Wk 18	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Tony Massa	8	7	5	7	4	4	5	2	5	6	45	3	2
Paul Daniels	9	6	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	45	0	0
Pat Cregg	8	7	6	7	4	5	5	5	5	10	54	-5	0
Bill Kirkby	4	6	6	3	6	4	6	4	5	7	47	5	2
Pat Donahue	14	4	4	6	3	2	5	4	4	5	37	5	2
Devin Carrigan	16	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	5	36	3	0
Jim Morgan	10	5	5	6	4	5	4	3	6	5	43	1	2
Mike Mahar	6	6	6	8	7	5	6	5	4	8	55	-4	0
Marty Donegan	9	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	6	44	1	2
Dan Mahar	11	5	6	5	7	3	5	4	3	7	45	0	0
Sean Mott	9	5	6	6	4	4	5	4	5	9	48	-1	1
Mike Burns	10	8	6	5	4	5	4	3	4	7	46	-1	1
Bob Zaleski	8	6	5	6	5	3	5	3	4	4	41	6	2
Mike Shanahan	11	5	5	6	4	3	5	4	6	6	44	-1	0
Rick Fanto	12	6	6	6	3	5	4	4	4	6	44	-1	0
Dale Russell	12	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	6	42	0	2
Steve Donegan	13	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	5	6	40	1	1
Merritt Daniels	12	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	6	41	1	1
Matt Lochner	12	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	7	6	47	-4	2
John Mooney	11	6	5	6	5	5	6	5	4	7	49	-6	0
Craig Hawkinson	13	5	5	5	4	3	5	3	4	7	41	0	1
TJ Donegan	11	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	6	43	0	1
Joe Donegan	6	8	5	7	4	4	5	3	8	7	51	-1	0
Tom Donegan	6	5	5	6	4	5	4	5	5	6	45	3	2
Chris Donegan	10	5	6	5	3	4	5	4	6	6	44	1	0
Drew Prucha	11	4	6	6	3	4	6	3	4	5	41	3	2
Dick Donegan	13	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	6	4	36	8	1
Connor Brown	17											0	1
Ryan Murphy	14											0	1
Mike Carroll	12											0	1
Dan Kane	16										0	0	1
DJ Mahar	14										0	0	1
Bob Moran	6										0	0	1
Jeff Raus	4										0	0	1
Denny Welch	9										0	0	1
Jon Carroll	9										0	0	1

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	Connor Brown	0	1	4
	Sean Mott	-1	1
	Bob Zaleski	6	2
2	Craig Hawkinson	0	1	3
	Matt Lochner	-4	2
	Joe Donegan	-1	0
3	Devin Carrigan	3	0	3
	Dan Mahar	0	0
	Bill Kirkby	5	2
4	Dan Kane	0	1	4
	Rick Fanto	-1	0
	Jim Morgan	1	2
5	Steve Donegan	1	1	2
	Chris Donegan	1	0
	Bob Moran	0	1
6	TJ Donegan	0	1	4
	John Mooney	-6	0
	Tom Donegan	3	2
7	Merritt Daniels	1	1	5
	Drew Prucha	3	2
	Jeff Raus	0	1
8	Dick Donegan	8	1	3
	Mike Burns	-1	1
	Mike Shanahan	-1	0
9	DJ Mahar	0	1	3
	Dale Russell	0	2
	Mike Mahar	-4	0
10	Pat Donahue	5	2	4
	Marty Donegan	1	2
	Pat Cregg	-5	0
11	Mike Carroll	0	1	2
	Denny Welch	0	1
	Paul Daniels	0	0
12	Ryan Murphy	0	1	5
	Jon Carroll	0	1
	Tony Massa	3	2

This is it, boys and girls…end of the line, time to separate the men from the boys, the champions from the LOSERS.

Let’s take a nice quick look at the standings and understand what needs to happen to make a difference.

So there are only three teams with a realistic chance. The team in fourth can only play spoiler for the team in third.

In theory, we could have a three-way tie for first place, but that would mean that the stars would need to align. For that to happen, the following needs to happen:

• The team in 3rd (Donahue/Marty/Cregger) needs to take all 7 points
• The team in 2nd (TJ/Mooney/Tom) needs to win 6-1

That would put the leaders, 2nd and 3rd place all tied at 75 points. But, the score of 6-1 is a tough one to get. That is the only scenario that puts the third place team into contention.

The likely scenario is that the 1st and 2nd place team are the ones with a chance at victory. The second place team needs to either get a 6-1 or 7-0 victory. 6-1 is a playoff, 7-0 is a title for them.

		Week 18
Craig Hawkinson	13	VS	11	TJ Donegan
Matt Lochner	12	VS	11	John Mooney
Joe Donegan	6	VS	6	Tom Donegan
Pat Donahue	14	VS	16	Devin Carrigan
Marty Donegan	9	VS	11	Dan Mahar
Pat Cregg	8	VS	4	Bill Kirkby
Connor Brown	17	VS	13	Dick Donegan
Sean Mott	9	VS	10	Mike Burns
Bob Zaleski	8	VS	11	Mike Shanahan
Ryan Murphy	14	VS	12	Mike Carroll
Jon Carroll	9	VS	9	Denny Welch
Tony Massa	8	VS	9	Paul Daniels
Dan Kane	16	VS	14	DJ Mahar
Rick Fanto	12	VS	12	Dale Russell
Jim Morgan	10	VS	6	Mike Mahar
Steve Donegan	13	VS	12	Merritt Daniels
Chris Donegan	10	VS	11	Drew Prucha
Bob Moran	6	VS	4	Jeff Raus

Wk 17	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4
Devin Carrigan	15	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	5	36	5	2
Dick Donegan	14	5	4	6	6	6	4	4	4	6	45	-5	0
Craig Hawkinson	13	5	4	6	5	4	3	4	4	5	40	1	1
Mike Carroll	13	6	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	4	40	1	1
Denny Welch	9	6	5	7	5	4	3	6	4	6	46	-1	0
Matt Lochner	12	4	5	7	4	4	3	5	3	5	40	3	2
Bob Zaleski	8	6	5	9	5	7	4	5	3	7	51	-1	2
Jeff Raus	5	7	4	9	7	7	5	7	4	7	57	-2	0
Steve Donegan	13	6	5	7	4	3	3	6	4	5	43	-1	0
Pat Donahue	14	5	4	6	4	5	3	3	4	6	40	1	2
Tom Donegan	6	6	4	7	8	7	4	4	6	7	53	-2	2
Mike Mahar	6	7	6	7	8	5	5	4	5	6	53	-4	0
Dan Mahar	11	5	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	47	-4	0
Mike Burns	10	6	4	6	6	4	5	5	2	6	44	1	2
John Mooney	11	6	5	9	6	5	4	5	4	5	49	-4	0
Dale Russell	12	5	4	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	41	1	2
Chris Donegan	10	5	5	7	5	6	4	4	4	5	45	-1	2
Marty Donegan	9	6	4	7	6	5	5	4	6		43	-4	0
Bill Kirkby	5	9	6	6	6	7	6	5	4	5	54	-2	1
Mike Shanahan	11	6	6	6	6	5	3	4	3	6	45	-2	1
Bob Moran	7	6	6	10	6	5	5	4	3	6	51	-2	0
Pat Cregg	8	8	7	8	5	5	2	4	4	5	48	2	2
Paul Daniels	10	8	5	6	4	6	4	5	4	8	50	-4	2
Joe Donegan	7	7	8	7	8	7	4	6	3	7	57	-6	0
TJ Donegan	12	7	4	7	5	4	5	4	3	5	44	-2	2
DJ Mahar	14	5	6	7	6	5	4	5	3	5	46	-6	0
Sean Mott	9	6	4	7	5	4	4	6	3	4	43	2	2
Drew Prucha	10	5	4	6	5	5	4	6	3	6	44	0	0
Connor Brown	16	4	4	5	4	5	3	4	3	4	36	3	2
Merritt Daniels	11	6	4	7	5	4	3	4	4	5	42	1	0
Jon Carroll	9	8	5	7	6	6	4	4	4	6	50	-4	0
Rick Fanto	13	7	4	6	5	5	4	4	3	7	45	-3	2
Ryan Murphy	15	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	3	5	41	-2	1
Dan Kane	15	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	41	-2	1

M20
Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	Connor Brown	3	2	7
	Sean Mott	2	2
	Bob Zaleski	-1	2
2	Craig Hawkinson	1	1	4
	Matt Lochner	3	2
	Joe Donegan	-6	0
3	Devin Carrigan	5	2	4
	Dan Mahar	-4	0
	Bill Kirkby	-2	1
4	Dan Kane	-2	1	4
	Rick Fanto	-3	2
	Jim Morgan	DNP	DNP
5	Steve Donegan	-1	0	2
	Chris Donegan	-1	2
	Bob Moran	-2	0
6	TJ Donegan	-2	2	5
	John Mooney	-4	0
	Tom Donegan	-2	2
7	Merritt Daniels	1	0	0
	Drew Prucha	0	0
	Jeff Raus	-2	0
8	Dick Donegan	-5	0	3
	Mike Burns	1	2
	Mike Shanahan	-2	1
9	DJ Mahar	-6	0	2
	Dale Russell	1	2
	Mike Mahar	-4	0
10	Pat Donahue	1	2	5
	Marty Donegan	-4	0
	Pat Cregg	2	2
11	Mike Carroll	1	1	3
	Denny Welch	-1	0
	Paul Daniels	-4	2
12	Ryan Murphy	-2	1	1
	Jon Carroll	-4	0
	Tony Massa	DNP	DNP

Before we get into the updates, a quick look at the standings!

Down to the last two weeks and there’s really only four teams left. It should be noted that Devin pre-played his match vs. Dickie for Week 17. Dvein won the match and there are three points credited to the team of Devin/Dan/Bill.

		Week 17
TJ Donegan	12	VS	14	DJ Mahar
John Mooney	11	VS	12	Dale Russell
Tom Donegan	6	VS	6	Mike Mahar
Connor Brown	16	VS	11	Merritt Daniels
Sean Mott	9	VS	10	Drew Prucha
Bob Zaleski	8	VS	5	Jeff Raus
Mike Carroll	13	VS	13	Craig Hawkinson
Denny Welch	9	VS	12	Matt Lochner
Paul Daniels	10	VS	7	Joe Donegan
Ryan Murphy	15	VS	15	Dan Kane
Jon Carroll	9	VS	13	Rick Fanto
Tony Massa	8	VS	10	Jim Morgan
Devin Carrigan	16	VS	13	Dick Donegan
Dan Mahar	11	VS	10	Mike Burns
Bill Kirkby	5	VS	11	Mike Shanahan
Steve Donegan	13	VS	14	Pat Donahue
Chris Donegan	10	VS	9	Marty Donegan
Bob Moran	7	VS	8	Pat Cregg

Wk 16	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Ryan Murphy	15	7	4	3	4	3	6	4	4	5	40	2	2
DJ Mahar	14	4	5	4	5	3	5	5	4	5	40	1	0
Dan Kane	14	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	6	34	9	2
Merritt Daniels	11	7	5	6	4	3	4	5	4	6	44	0	0
Steve Donegan	12	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	39	4	2
Connor Brown	16	4	3	6	4	4	5	3	4	4	37	3	0
Matt Lochner	12	5	6	5	4	3	5	3	5	5	41	1	2
Marty Donegan	9	6	7	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	46	0	0
TJ Donegan	11	4	5	5	4	3	5	3	5	6	40	3	0
Devin Carrigan	15	6	4	5	4	3	4	2	3	5	36	5	2
Bob Moran	7	5	8	7	8	4	5	4	4	8	53	-3	0
Tom Corbett	8	4	7	6	5	6	5	4	5	6	48	-1	2
John Mooney	11	5	3	6	3	4	6	3	4	6	40	5	2
Dan Mahar	11	5	5	6	4	3	4	3	4	5	39	4	0
Rick Fanto	13	4	5	7	4	4	4	3	4	7	42	-1	0
Drew Prucha	10	5	5	7	7	4	4	3	4	5	44	1	2
Tom Donegan	7	4	7	6	6	4	5	4	6	7	49	-1	2
Bill Kirkby	6	8	7	7	5	4	6	4	5	6	52	-2	0
Craig Hawkinson	13	4	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	5	39	2	0
Pat Donahue	13	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	39	3	2
Dick Donegan	13	4	5	5	5	4	5	3	4	6	41	0	2
Mike Carroll	13	6	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	7	44	-2	0
Joe Donegan	6	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	7	42	6	2
Pat Cregg	7	6	4	9	3	4	6	3	5	7	47	3	0
Tony Massa	8	7	4	7	4	4	5	5	4	7	47	0	0
Mike Mahar	6	5	5	5	4	4	6	4	5	6	44	4	2
Chris Donegan	11	6	5	6	4	3	5	4	6	6	45	-2	2
Sean Mott	10	5	6	6	6	4	5	3	5	7	47	-3	0
Mike Burns	10	6	5	6	5	4	6	5	4	5	46	-2	0
Denny Welch	8	4	5	6	4	5	5	5	4	5	43	3	2
Jon Carroll	10	7	6	6	4	5	6	4	6	4	48	-2	2
Dale Russell	12	6	3	6	5	3	6	4	6	7	46	-3	0

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	Connor Brown	3	0	2.5
	Sean Mott	-3	0
	Tom Corbett	-1	2		X
2	Craig Hawkinson	2	0	5
	Matt Lochner	1	2
	Joe Donegan	6	2
3	Devin Carrigan	5	2	2.5
	Dan Mahar	4	0
	Bill Kirkby	-2	0
4	Dan Kane	9	2	3
	Rick Fanto	-1	0
	Jim Morgan	DNP	DNP
5	Steve Donegan	4	2	4.5
	Chris Donegan	-2	2
	Bob Moran	-3	0
6	TJ Donegan	3	0	4.5
	John Mooney	5	2
	Tom Donegan	-1	2
7	Merritt Daniels	0	0	2
	Drew Prucha	1	2
	Jeff Raus	DNP	DNP
8	Dick Donegan	0	2	2
	Mike Burns	-2	0
	Mike Shanahan	DNP	DNP
9	DJ Mahar	1	0	3
	Dale Russell	-3	0
	Mike Mahar	4	2
10	Pat Donahue	3	2	2
	Marty Donegan	0	0
	Pat Cregg	3	0
11	Mike Carroll	-2	0	3
	Denny Welch	3	2
	Paul Daniels	DNP	DNP
12	Ryan Murphy	2	2	4
	Jon Carroll	-2	2
	Tony Massa	0	0

Another week in the books, another bunch of teams potentially eliminated from contention! Let’s take a quick look at the standings!

We are down to only four teams in the running!

		Week 16
Dan Kane	14	VS	11	Merritt Daniels
Rick Fanto	13	VS	10	Drew Prucha
Jim Morgan	10	VS	5	Jeff Raus
Steve Donegan	12	VS	16	Connor Brown
Chris Donegan	11	VS	10	Sean Mott
Bob Moran	7	VS	8	Bob Zaleski
TJ Donegan	11	VS	15	Devin Carrigan
John Mooney	11	VS	11	Dan Mahar
Tom Donegan	7	VS	6	Bill Kirkby
Craig Hawkinson	13	VS	13	Pat Donahue
Matt Lochner	12	VS	9	Marty Donegan
Joe Donegan	6	VS	7	Pat Cregg
Ryan Murphy	15	VS	14	DJ Mahar
Jon Carroll	10	VS	12	Dale Russell
Tony Massa	8	VS	6	Mike Mahar
Dick Donegan	14	VS	13	Mike Carroll
Mike Burns	10	VS	8	Denny Welch
Mike Shanahan	11	VS	10	Paul Daniels

Wk 15	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4
Jon Carroll	9	6	6	7	5	4	4	4	3	5	44	1	2
Curt Smith	10	6	4	7	5	5	4	5	3	6	45	-1	0
Mike Carroll	14	5	6	6	6	3	4	6	4	8	48	-6	0
Dan Kane	14	5	4	6	6	4	4	5	3	5	42	-2	2
Sean Mott	11	7	5	8	5	5	4	6	3	5	48	-4	0
Mike Burns	10	7	3	9	6	4	4	5	5	4	47	0	2
Tom Donegan	8	7	5	6	7	4	5	6	5	6	51	-4	0
Bill Kirkby	7	7	5	10	7	6	4	4	4	6	53	-3	2
TJ Donegan	12	6	5	8	6	5	5	4	2	6	47	-3	0
Devin Carrigan	15	5	4	6	4	4	3	5	3	4	38	1	2
Craig Hawkinson	12	5	4	6	5	6	4	5	3	4	42	0	1
Pat Donahue	13	6	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	5	41	0	1
Steve Donegan	12	5	4	7	5	4	6	5	3	4	43	-1	2
Merritt Daniels	12	6	4	7	7	4	4	5	3	5	45	-2	0
John Mooney	11	7	5	6	5	6	5	5	3	6	48	-5	0
Dan Mahar	11	6	4	7	5	3	4	5	3	5	42	2	2
Tony Massa	8	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	47	-1	0
Mike Mahar	6	6	4	8	4	5	4	4	5	6	46	3	2
Matt Lochner	11	6	5	5	5	6	4	5	3	5	44	-1	2
Marty Donegan	9	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	3	6	47	-2	0
Joe Donegan	6	5	5	8	5	5	6	5	3	8	50	0	1
Pat Cregg	8	6	6	9	6	5	4	3	4	7	50	0	1
Paul Daniels	10	7	4	8	6	5	4	5	5	5	49	-4	0
Jim Morgan	10	6	4	7	4	4	4	4	5	6	44	0	2
Bob Moran	8	7	6	8	5	6	5	6	3	5	51	-4	0
Dave Hook	4	7	7	8	7	5	3	5	5	8	55	-1	2
Denny Welch	7	6	6	7	5	5	4	3	4	4	44	4	2
Rick Fanto	13	5	3	7	5	5	4	5	4	6	44	-2	0
Bob Zaleski	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	5	46	0	1
Mike Shanahan	11	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	3	4	43	0	1
Chris Donegan	11	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	48	-5	0
Drew Prucha	10	5	4	7	4	6	4	4	5	4	43	1	2
Ryan Murphy	15	5	5	5	3	4	3	5	3	4	37	3	2
DJ Mahar	14	5	6	7	4	4	3	4	4	4	41	-1	0
Connor Brown	16	5	3	5	6	5	3	5	4	4	40	-1	0
Dick Donegan	13	6	4	6	6	4	3	4	2	6	41	1	2

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	Connor Brown	-1	0	1
	Sean Mott	-4	0
	Bob Zaleski	0	1
2	Craig Hawkinson	0	1	5
	Matt Lochner	-1	2
	Joe Donegan	0	1
3	Devin Carrigan	1	2	7
	Dan Mahar	2	2
	Bill Kirkby	-3	2
4	Dan Kane	-2	2	5
	Rick Fanto	-2	0
	Jim Morgan	0	2
5	Steve Donegan	-1	2	2
	Chris Donegan	-5	0
	Bob Moran	-4	0
6	TJ Donegan	-3	0	0
	John Mooney	-5	0
	Tom Donegan	-4	0
7	Merritt Daniels	-2	0	5
	Drew Prucha	1	2
	Dave Hook	-1	2		X
8	Dick Donegan	1	2	6
	Mike Burns	0	2
	Mike Shanahan	0	1
9	DJ Mahar	-1	0	2
	Curt Smith	-1	0		X
	Mike Mahar	3	2
10	Pat Donahue	0	1	2
	Marty Donegan	-2	0
	Pat Cregg	0	1
11	Mike Carroll	-6	0	2
	Denny Welch	4	2
	Paul Daniels	-4	0
12	Ryan Murphy	3	2	5
	Jon Carroll	1	2
	Tony Massa	-1	0

With the standings page updated, things are starting to take shape with the race for the 2020 TBO crown. Before going into the matchups, let’s take a quick look at the standings and see which teams have a realistic chance at the title heading into Week 15.

The reality is with 4 weeks left to play, certain teams just can’t make up the distance and are dead in the water. As the IT Nerd sees it, there’s only 5 teams that have a realistic shot. That list could quickly get trimmed to 4 if the team of Connor/Mott/Zaleski doesn’t get high points this week.

		Week 15
Craig Hawkinson	12	VS	13	Pat Donahue
Matt Lochner	11	VS	9	Marty Donegan
Joe Donegan	6	VS	8	Pat Cregg
TJ Donegan	12	VS	15	Devin Carrigan
John Mooney	11	VS	11	Dan Mahar
Tom Donegan	8	VS	7	Bill Kirkby
Connor Brown	16	VS	13	Dick Donegan
Sean Mott	11	VS	10	Mike Burns
Bob Zaleski	8	VS	11	Mike Shanahan

Hawk/Lochner/Joe vs. Donahue/Marty/Cregger – On the back, I like Donahue giving one, Joey getting two and Marty to continue his decline vs. Lochner. 5-2 to Hawk/Lochner/Joe

TJ/Mooney/Tom vs. Devin/Dan/Kirkby – 3 pts on the back is a tough number, so I like TJ, Dan Mahar in a even match vs. Mooney and Tom Donegan only giving one to Bill Kirkby. 5-2 to TJ/Mooney/Tom

Connor/Mott/Zaleski vs. Dickie/Burns/Shanahan – 16 pts is a tough mountain to get to, nevermind giving 3 pts to Dickie. I like Dickie to win there. I also like Mott in his near even match vs. Burns and Zaleski to take down Shanahan. 4-3 to Connor/Mott/Zaleski

After a brief time down, the website is back up! Ready for the technical explanation? If not, skip to the regular updates.

At first, BlueHost (server company) thought the site was down due a change in security settings. Somehow, the security changed from a US-based server to a cloud-based server. What that did was that whenever you would go to the website, it would try to call all the website information from one place (cloud-server) but there was no website files there. They were still on the other server (US-server). On Monday of last week, they re-directed the security setting to point back to the correct server (US-server). They told me it would be 24-48 hours to fix.

By Wednesday, it was clear the fix hadn’t worked. The first person I spoke to was unable to find the issues and escalated the question to the higher level. The escalated help desk informed me that the challenge was not security, but in fact a PHP code issue. PHP forms the backbone of the site, which is based on WordPress. With the code broken, the site wasn’t loading. Rather than dig into the code and find out what the answer is, I asked if we could just restore a previous version of the site. That was done on Saturday and we were back in business!

		Week 15
Craig Hawkinson	12	VS	13	Pat Donahue
Matt Lochner	11	VS	9	Marty Donegan
Joe Donegan	6	VS	8	Pat Cregg
TJ Donegan	12	VS	15	Devin Carrigan
John Mooney	11	VS	11	Dan Mahar
Tom Donegan	8	VS	7	Bill Kirkby
Connor Brown	16	VS	13	Dick Donegan
Sean Mott	11	VS	10	Mike Burns
Bob Zaleski	8	VS	11	Mike Shanahan
Ryan Murphy	15	VS	14	DJ Mahar
Jon Carroll	9	VS	12	Dale Russell
Tony Massa	8	VS	6	Mike Mahar
Mike Carroll	14	VS	14	Dan Kane
Denny Welch	7	VS	13	Rick Fanto
Paul Daniels	10	VS	10	Jim Morgan
Steve Donegan	12	VS	12	Merritt Daniels
Chris Donegan	11	VS	10	Drew Prucha
Bob Moran	8	VS	5	Jeff Raus

Wk 14	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Dan Mahar	11	4	4	6	4	3	5	5	4	9	44	1	2
Dale Russell	12	5	6	6	3	3	5	4	4	7	43	0	0
Craig Hawkinson	13	5	6	6	4	3	5	3	5	6	43	-2	0
TJ Donegan	12	5	4	6	3	4	4	3	5	5	39	4	2
Bill Kirkby	6	5	6	6	7	5	4	4	6	6	49	0	2
Mike Mahar	6	6	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	10	53	-3	0
Mike Shanahan	11	5	6	6	5	3	5	4	5	6	45	-2	0
Bob Zaleski	8	6	6	6	4	3	5	4	6	8	48	-1	2
Pat Donahue	13	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	38	4	2
Merritt Daniels	11	4	5	6	4	4	5	3	5	6	42	1	0
Jacob Donegan	5	5	8	6	6	3	5	6	7	6	52	-1	2
Steve Donegan	13	5	5	6	3	3	6	5	5	6	44	-2	0
Devin Carrigan	15	4	5	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	36	5	2
DJ Mahar	14	7	7	5	3	4	4	3	5	4	42	2	0
Joe Donegan	6	5	8	6	6	4	7	6	5	8	55	-4	1
Tom Donegan	8	6	5	7	5	5	5	6	5	6	50	-4	1
Pat Cregg	8	6	7	6	3	2	6	4	6	7	47	2	2
Jeff Raus	5	6	8	8	5	3	6	4	6	6	52	-1	0
Jon Carroll	11	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	7	51	-7	0
Chris Donegan	12	6	5	6	6	3	5	4	5	6	46	-4	2
Denny Welch	8	8	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	7	49	-2	0
Rick Fanto	13	4	5	5	4	3	5	2	5	5	38	4	2
Mike Carroll	14	5	5	5	5	3	4	5	5	5	42	-2	0
Dan Kane	13	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	35	7	2
Matt Lochner	11	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	41	2	2
Curt Smith	10	5	6	5	5	3	5	4	7	6	46	-1	0
Marty Donegan	11	5	8	7	5	5	5	3	6	6	50	-6	0
Drew Prucha	10	5	4	7	5	4	5	5	6	5	46	-2	2
Dick Donegan	14	4	5	5	5	2	4	4	6	6	41	0	0
Connor Brown	15	4	3	5	4	3	4	3	5	5	36	4	2
Paul Daniels	9	4	4	6	5	6	4	4	4	6	43	2	2
Jim Morgan	10	5	6	5	4	4	5	4	7	5	45	0	0
Tony Massa	8	4	8	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	47	0	2
Bob Moran	8	6	4	7	6	5	5	4	4	7	48	-2	0
Mike Burns	10	6	5	6	4	3	5	4	5	8	46	-1	0
Sean Mott	11	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	6	42	3	2

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	Connor Brown	4	2	7
	Sean Mott	3	2
	Bob Zaleski	-1	2
2	Craig Hawkinson	-2	0	3
	Matt Lochner	2	2
	Joe Donegan	-4	1
3	Devin Carrigan	5	2	7
	Dan Mahar	1	2
	Bill Kirkby	0	2
4	Dan Kane	7	2	5
	Rick Fanto	4	2
	Jim Morgan	0	0
5	Steve Donegan	-2	0	2.5
	Chris Donegan	-4	2
	Bob Moran	-2	0
6	TJ Donegan	4	2	4
	Curt Smith	-1	0		X
	Tom Donegan	-4	1
7	Merritt Daniels	1	0	2
	Drew Prucha	-2	2
	Jeff Raus	-1	0
8	Dick Donegan	0	0	0
	Mike Burns	-1	0
	Mike Shanahan	-2	0
9	DJ Mahar	2	0	0
	Dale Russell	0	0
	Mike Mahar	-3	0
10	Pat Donahue	4	2	5
	Marty Donegan	-6	0
	Pat Cregg	2	2
11	Mike Carroll	-2	0	2
	Denny Welch	-2	0
	Paul Daniels	2	2
12	Jacob Donegan	-1	2	4.5	X
	Jon Carroll	-7	0
	Tony Massa	0	2

All Makeups have been completed for Weeks 1-3 and standings have been updated.

*Merritt Daniels submitted a ‘skins-only’ card for Week 12 and cancelled a DJ Mahar skin on 13 and won a skin on 10.

		Week 13
Connor Brown	14	VS	7	Tony Massa
Sean Mott	11	VS	15	Ryan Murphy
Bob Zaleski	7	VS	9	Jon Carroll
Devin Carrigan	15	VS	8	Tom Donegan
Dan Mahar	11	VS	13	TJ Donegan
Bill Kirkby	6	VS	11	John Mooney
Steve Donegan	12	VS	5	Joe Donegan
Chris Donegan	12	VS	13	Craig Hawkinson
Bob Moran	8	VS	12	Matt Lochner
Dick Donegan	15	VS	5	Jeff Raus
Mike Burns	9	VS	12	Merritt Daniels
Mike Shanahan	10	VS	9	Drew Prucha
Pat Donahue	12	VS	10	Jim Morgan
Marty Donegan	10	VS	12	Dan Kane
Pat Cregg	8	VS	12	Rick Fanto
Mike Carroll	14	VS	7	Mike Mahar
Denny Welch	8	VS	14	DJ Mahar
Paul Daniels	9	VS	13	Dale Russell

Wk 12	Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5
Joe Donegan	6	7	6	6	5	4	5	4	6	7	50	-1	0
Pat Cregg	8	8	4	7	5	3	5	3	5	9	49	0	2
Matt Lochner	12	6	3	6	3	4	6	6	5	5	44	0	2
Marty Donegan	10	8	6	6	4	4	6	5	6	5	50	-5	0
John Mooney	10	5	5	6	5	4	3	3	6	6	43	2	2
Dan Mahar	11	6	5	6	4	4	5	4	4	6	44	-1	0
Bob Zaleski	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	6	6	50	-3	0
Bob Moran	8	6	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	7	46	0	2
Drew Prucha	10	8	5	6	5	3	5	3	6	6	47	-2	0
Rick Fanto	11	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	6	40	4	2
Bobby Fanto	6	7	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	7	52	-3	0
Paul Daniels	8	6	4	6	5	3	6	4	6	6	46	0	2
Tom Donegan	7	5	4	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	43	4	2
Bill Kirkby	7	6	5	7	6	4	6	4	6	9	53	-4	0
Dave Hook	5	5	7	7	5	3	6	6	6	7	52	-2	1
Chris Donegan	12	5	5	6	5	4	5	4	5	5	44	-2	1
Dale Russell	12	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	41	1	0
Mike Burns	9	5	4	5	5	3	5	4	5	4	40	6	2
Ryan Murphy	14	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	6	40	0	0
Mike Carroll	14	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	4	6	39	1	2
Jon Carroll	8	5	6	5	4	3	5	4	6	6	44	2	2
Denny Welch	8	5	5	7	5	3	6	5	6	6	48	-2	0
Jeff Raus	5	5	6	5	5	3	5	6	5	7	47	2	0
Jim Morgan	10	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	4	4	41	4	2
TJ Donegan	13	6	5	4	5	4	5	3	5	6	43	-1	1
Devin Carrigan	16	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	6	40	-1	1
Connor Brown	13	4	4	5	4	3	5	3	4	4	36	6	2
Steve Donegan	11	5	5	5	4	3	5	3	4	6	40	3	0
DJ Mahar	13	5	4	7	3	4	5	3	3	6	40	3	2
Dick Donegan	14	4	4	6	5	3	4	2	5	6	39	2	0
Mike Mahar	6	7	6	7	5	3	5	3	5	7	48	1	0
Mike Shanahan	9	4	6	7	5	3	5	3	5	5	43	2	2
Curt Smith	10	5	5	6	4	3	5	3	4	6	41	3	2
Pat Donahue	13	4	5	5	5	4	5	3	5	5	41	0	0
											0	0	1
											0	0	1

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total	Sub?
1	Connor Brown	6	2	3
	Sean Mott	DNP	DNP
	Bob Zaleski	-3	0
2	Curt Smith	3	2	5	X
	Matt Lochner	0	2
	Joe Donegan	-1	0
3	Devin Carrigan	-1	1	1
	Dan Mahar	-1	0
	Bill Kirkby	-4	0
4	Dan Kane	DNP	DNP	5
	Rick Fanto	4	2
	Jim Morgan	4	2
5	Steve Donegan	3	0	3
	Chris Donegan	-2	1
	Bob Moran	0	2
6	TJ Donegan	-1	1	6
	John Mooney	2	2
	Tom Donegan	4	2
7	Merritt Daniels	DNP	DNP	0
	Drew Prucha	-2	0
	Jeff Raus	2	0
8	Dick Donegan	2	0	5
	Mike Burns	6	2
	Mike Shanahan	2	2
9	DJ Mahar	3	2	2
	Dale Russell	1	0
	Mike Mahar	1	0
10	Pat Donahue	0	0	2
	Marty Donegan	-5	0
	Pat Cregg	0	2
11	Mike Carroll	1	2	4.5
	Denny Welch	-2	0
	Paul Daniels	0	2
12	Ryan Murphy	0	0	2.5
	Jon Carroll	2	2
	Bobby Fanto	-3	0		X

There was some clammer around the league about updating a stat I once ran which had all time head to head records. With the position night upcoming and the smack talk at an all time high between the top two teams, the IT Nerd found some time to hide away in his nerd hole and refresh the stats. I only included wins/losses/ties.

Here’s how to read the chart:

• Find your name in the left hand column
• Go across the sheet to right to see your record against that person listed in the column header/top row
• The record listed is in W-L-T format. For example, Craig Hawkinson has 2 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie against Connor Brown

Some interesting finds that made me double check the numbers a few times, but turns out they were right. A few examples of some DOMINATION that is going over the years:

1. This has to be the #1 example of domination: Tom Donegan has an unblemished record against Bob Moran at 8 wins, no losses, no ties (8-0-0). That’s quite a feat
2. Tony Massa has done some regular stomping on a few people: a 9-1-1 record against Bob “Yeah Baby!” Zaleski, 7-0-0 against Jim “Mongoose” Morgan and an 8-2-2 record against Dan Mahar.
3. The IT Nerd himself rents space in a few people’s heads as well: a 6-0-0 record against Connor Brown and a 7-0-0 record against Matt Lochner. I enjoy the space you boys rent to me upstairs!!

Looking ahead to the Week 12 matchup at the top of TBO: Donahue/Marty/Cregger vs. Hawk/Lochner/Joe…

Pat Donahue vs. Craig Hawkinson: A pretty even match historically (7-6-0 in favor of Hawkinson) and an even match with both players at 13. Donahue started off the year on fire, but has cooled as of late. Hawk has been a player on the rise with his scores dropping on the back 9. IT Nerd Prediction: Hawk +2, Donahue +1 (Hawk win)

Martin P Donegan vs. Matthew C Lochner: Marty has the slight edge historically (5-3-1 vs. Lochner) and both players have done well on the back. Marty’s improbable win against Mooney last week with a Birdie on #18 to pull off the comeback isn’t likely to happen this time. IT Nerd Prediction: Lochner (+1), Marty (even)

Joseph Donegan vs. Patrick Cregg: An absolute clash of TBO heavyweights (literally). This is the stuff of legend that medievil bards sang to maidens about, people walked two miles in a blizzard up-hill both ways to watch. Another historically even matchup at 6-5-0 with the edge to Joe. Despite the fact that Joe has recorded a 10 on #18 in his last two attempts and is likely to record a third straight, his low quota is too much for Cregger to overcome. IT Nerd Prediction: Joe (+2), Cregger (even)

IT Nerd Overall Preduction: Hawk/Lochner/Joe take all 7

A quick note on the Week 1-3 makeups. There are still four matches outstanding from Weeks 1-3.

• Week 1: Connor vs. Hawk
• Week 1: Bob Moran vs. Tom Donegan
• Week 2: Mike Shanahan vs. Tony Mass
• Week 3: Chris Donegan vs. Jeff Raus

In consultation with El Commish, the Week 12 match-ups for Position Night #1 will be locked in based on the scores we have at the time of this writing (Sunday 7/12 afternoon). Those four outstanding matches need to be played before the start of play on Week 12. If they are not made up, a 1-1 draw will be entered.

On to the normal updates…

		Week 12
Craig Hawkinson	13	VS	13	Pat Donahue
Matt Lochner	12	VS	10	Marty Donegan
Joe Donegan	6	VS	8	Pat Cregg
TJ Donegan	13	VS	16	Devin Carrigan
John Mooney	10	VS	11	Dan Mahar
Tom Donegan	7	VS	7	Bill Kirkby
DJ Mahar	13	VS	14	Dick Donegan
Dale Russell	12	VS	9	Mike Burns
Mike Mahar	6	VS	9	Mike Shanahan
Ryan Murphy	14	VS	14	Mike Carroll
Jon Carroll	8	VS	8	Denny Welch
Tony Massa	7	VS	8	Paul Daniels
Connor Brown	13	VS	11	Steve Donegan
Sean Mott	11	VS	12	Chris Donegan
Bob Zaleski	7	VS	8	Bob Moran
Merritt Daniels	12	VS	12	Dan Kane
Drew Prucha	10	VS	11	Rick Fanto
Jeff Raus	5	VS	10	Jim Morgan

Wk 11	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Gross	Differential	Pts
Par		5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4
Mike Mahar	6	7	5	8	7	6	5	5	4	6	53	-3	0
Bob Zaleski	7	7	4	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	48	-1	2
Jeff Raus	5	7	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	6	47	2	2
Paul Daniels	8	7	5	7	5	6	4	5	3	5	47	-1	0
DJ Mahar	12	5	4	6	4	4	3	5	3	6	40	2	0
Connor Brown	12	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	3	6	40	3	2
Dan Mahar	11	6	4	7	5	4	3	5	4	6	44	-1	0
Marty Donegan	10	5	4	8	7	5	4	3	4	5	45	2	2
Merritt Daniels	13	6	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	6	46	-5	0
Mike Carroll	13	5	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	39	3	2
Dale Russell	12	7	4	6	5	4	3	5	3	4	41	1	2
Sean Mott	10	7	4	7	7	5	3	5	4	5	47	-2	0
Dan Kane	13	7	4	5	6	5	4	6	3	5	45	-4	0
Dick Donegan	13	4	5	6	5	4	3	3	4	4	38	5	2
Steve Donegan	11	4	4	7	7	4	4	4	3	5	42	3	2
Craig Hawkinson	13	7	4	8	4	4	3	6	4	6	46	-4	0
Bill Kirkby	6	7	7	7	6	6	3	5	4	6	51	-2	0
Pat Cregg	8	7	6	8	5	3	4	6	4	7	50	-1	2
Bob Moran	8	7	4	5	4	4	5	6	4	6	45	1	1
Joe Donegan	5	6	5	7	7	7	4	6	4	4	50	1	1
Chris Donegan	12	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	3	5	44	-2	0
Matt Lochner	11	7	3	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	43	1	2
John Mooney	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	44	1	2
Jon Carroll	9	7	4	8	6	5	4	7	3	6	50	-3	0
Rick Fanto	10	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	43	1	0
Mike Burns	9	5	5	7	4	4	5	4	4	4	42	3	2
Devin Carrigan	16	5	5	7	4	4	4	3	3	5	40	-1	2
Pat Donahue	14	5	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	6	44	-4	0
Jim Morgan	9	5	6	7	8	4	4	4	4	5	47	-1	0
Mike Shanahan	8	6	7	7	5	5	3	4	3	5	45	2	2
TJ Donegan	13	5	4	7	5	5	3	5	3	4	41	0	0
Ryan Murphy	14	5	4	6	5	4	3	4	3	5	39	1	2
Drew Prucha	10	5	6	7	5	4	4	5	3	7	46	-1	2
Denny Welch	8	8	5	7	5	6	5	4	4	7	51	-3	0
Tom Donegan	7										0	0	1
Tony Massa	7										0	0	1

Team	Player	Quota Perf	Pts	Total
1	Connor Brown	3	2	4.5
	Sean Mott	-2	0
	Bob Zaleski	-1	2
2	Craig Hawkinson	-4	0	3
	Matt Lochner	1	2
	Joe Donegan	1	1
3	Devin Carrigan	-1	2	2
	Dan Mahar	-1	0
	Bill Kirkby	-2	0
4	Dan Kane	-4	0	0
	Rick Fanto	1	0
	Jim Morgan	-1	0
5	Steve Donegan	3	2	4
	Chris Donegan	-2	0
	Bob Moran	1	1
6	TJ Donegan	0	0	4
	John Mooney	1	2
	Tom Donegan	0	1
7	Merritt Daniels	-5	0	4
	Drew Prucha	-1	2
	Jeff Raus	2	2
8	Dick Donegan	5	2	7
	Mike Burns	3	2
	Mike Shanahan	2	2
9	DJ Mahar	2	0	2.5
	Dale Russell	1	2
	Mike Mahar	-3	0
10	Pat Donahue	-4	0	5
	Marty Donegan	2	2
	Pat Cregg	-1	2
11	Mike Carroll	3	2	3
	Denny Welch	-3	0
	Paul Daniels	-1	0
12	Ryan Murphy	1	2	3
	Jon Carroll	-3	0
	Tony Massa	0	1