Last Thursday was all about the turkey.  The week before that Lance and yours truly were barely able to pardon Pigeon and Pat from the winner's circle.  And Lance was not the only Madden to find the podium as cousin Dan teamed with Derek to round out the top three.  Luckily for the rest of you, the third Madden was MIA...Dare I say that Lance was the top dog of the family!?  Some of you cornhole OGs might remember the last time the blog started a family feud, so let's just chalk this up to Lance having the biggest safety net anyone could ask for standing 27 feet across from him!  In the skills challenge, Rich Queen was king of the skinny boards and airmail box keeping himself punching a tad above his weight on the leaderboard.

After two weeks, I am pretty excited about the league.  And no, it's not because I have a victory under my belt.  If you know me, then you know that I have never cared about finishing first and I am certainly not going to start now.  However, these trends are encouraging:

• We are welcoming new faces each week!
• A tournament podium finish will affect the standings as will a no-show, so keep coming each and every week!
• As stated on opening night, as long as the top players play each week, they will still have an advantage, even with a blind draw format.  If the standings surprise you, then you also may be disappointed to learn that the world is not flat!