2005 - Dinger Gets The Boot

The League of the Crust was apparently not ready to handle the overconfidence and relentless smack-talk of Stephen Dinger. So when 2005 came along, Jorge snubbed him. The pool of teams was also brought down to a total of 12, which would become the permanent setting for the LOTC.

While the 2005 fantasy season was certainly very fun, Jorge (and I'm sure several other managers) realized that it just wasn't quite as entertaining without the mouth of Dinger. He resolved right then that this would be the only season without the Texan fan.

Final regular season standings:

Team *Djiboutti Crust				W 11	L 2	T 0		Points 2623
*Urine Trouble (Tenacious D)				10	3	0		2458
*The Undisputed				9	4	0		2447
*Deion Got Saved (Deion Found Jesus)				8	5	0		2360.5
*Texas Thundermonkeys				8	5	0		2236
*Da Bombers (Wrong Answer)				7	6	0		1896.5
Another Win This Year (Beatubad)				6	7	0		2319
The Hybrids				6	7	0		1996
The Greatest (John Jemison - NLIL)				4	9	0		1908.5
TDTDwewantaTD (Heather Sartain - NLIL)				3	10	0		1691.5
JazzFluteFairyBoys (Greg Liles - NLIL)				3	10	0		1635.5
Teamcutusobad (Some guy - NLIL)				3	10	0		1478

Once again, the title-holder from the previous year missed out on a playoff berth, so we were certain to see a new champion. The 2005 season was also the first to see the new settings, with the top two seeds earning a bye through the first round of playoffs. In the quarterfinals, the Texas Thundermonkeys pulled off an upset to move on to face Djiboutti Crust, while The Undisputed moved on to face Urine Trouble in the semifinals. Djiboutti Crust advanced to their second championship game in three years, but would lose once again, this time to The Undisputed.

Interesting Facts:

Djiboutti Crust's 11 regular season wins was the most in a single-season by any team in league history. The Texas Thundermonkeys would match that number in 2007, but like the Crust, would not win the title. In fact, teams with 10 or more wins in a single season have only won the championship 33% of the time. Before Drew Brees won in 2006 and Wrong Answer did the same in 2008, that number was a mere 16%.

Johnmichael Barajas (Texas Thundermonkeys) achieved a record that will never be broken by failing to set his lineup on time in Week 1. Consequently, he scored 0 points. He still would have lost that week, but it doesn't take away the humiliation of getting a bad record that can never be broken.