Commissioner Tadros Press Conference,
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
Brighton, Michigan

The Picker of the Week is: AL NOWAK.  Al goes 12-4 which is the best picking of Week 17.  Not only is Al the best picker this week, but he also won his Division in the process.

. Al Nowak is the Picker of the Week.

The Division Champions are:  Jay Zink, Gary Bonn, Matt Cushman, Jeff Nichols, Al Nowak, Linda Dalman, Paul Landry and Brent Van Wieren. 

The overall best picking percentage title goes to: Ryan Thome.

The overall best record in the league and number #1 seed is: Jay Zink.

The 2007 Play-Offs

APC
1. Jay Zink
2. Gary Bonn
3. Jeff Nichols
4. Matt Cushman
5. Thomas Van Dyke
6. Don Zysk

NPC
1. Linda Dalman
2. Paul Landry
3. Al Nowak
4. Brent Van Wieren
5. Ryan Thome
6. Brian Klingenberg

Incredible things took place on that final week of the regular season.  Ryan Thome may have captured the picking percentage title (by one game over Klingenberg), but he failed to secure the division title as Al Nowak slipped past him in the NPC East.  It came down to a  tie-breaker where Nowak was 2-0 against Thome in head-to-head competition.

Linda Dalman is the feel-good story of the year.  In only her sophomore season, she takes the pole position in the NPC.  She wins the round robin tie-breaker over Landry and Nowak.

There wasn't a whole lot of drama surrounding Jay Zink who has the best record in the entire league.  He has lead from day 1 and never looked back.  He may be the odds on favorite to win the PYX Bowl this year.  Of course defending PYX Bowl Champion, Gay Bonn might have something to say about that.  Gary started out slow this year, but peaked at just the right time as he pulled away from Zysk and Van Dyke.  Gary is #2 seed in the APC and is looking to join an elite club if he wins back-to-back PYX Bowls.

Matt Cushman and Al Bonn are both expansion teams this year (although they have been PYX members in the past).  The past 4 or 5 weeks they have been going at it tooth & nail.  But it was Cushman who hangs on to win his first Division title.

Don Zysk qualified for the Play-Offs by way of tie-breaker over Kurt Hazlewood.  While Jeff Nichols took home another Division title and is the lone representative of the Metro-Brotherhood in this year's play-offs.

Maybe the most dramatic finish was in the NPC West.  Brent Van Wieren (the defending conference champion) was the early leader...but then suddenly Zander Firlik came on strong.  She was in first place heading into the final week.  Brent won his final game and ended up 9-7.  Zander could have easily won her game and the Division title, but...
But...she submitted her picks after the 1:00 pm games started.  She would have gone 11-5 but instead had to settle for 5-11 for the week.  That cost her dearly as Van Wieren backs his way into the Play-Offs for an amazing 8 times in 9 seasons! 

Jay Zink, Linda Dalman, Gary Bonn and Paul Landry all get to rest up this week and watch everyone else beat up on each other as they have earned a Play-Off bye.

Let the games begin!!!

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Peter Tadros
The Commissioner & CEO
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