There he stands, Ron “Rybo” Dardis, the only league charter member without a single title.
His wife played high-level ball and is the obvious great basketball mind of his family. But she can’t help him now. His brother starred for Western Michigan and then Xavier from 2012 to 2015.
And while big bro draws a lot of water in the upper Midwest, you don’t draw shit, Rybo.
A worthy adversary, he is not. Perhaps you’re impressed by his average finish of fourth place over the past three tournaments. Don’t be. We’ve been at this since 2003. In that time, Rybo’s finished an average of ninth.
“Sun don’t shine on the same dog’s ass everyday. But mister, you ain’t seen a ray of light since you got here.” Not sure Dardis can even name the movie. And that is as much evidence as you should need that there is a problem with his priorities.
And now, if you’ll please join me in the Champion’s Locker Room as we look at every single name (except Ryan Dardis) that’s been with us since the start 20 years ago, plus several who joined a few years in:
2003 Jon Heniz
2004 Matt Cullen
2005 Matt Cullen
2006 Dan McClure
2007 Dan McClure
2008 Kevn C. Wilson
2009 Trevor Schmidt
2010 Dan McClure
2011 Brennan Hitpas
2012 Kevn C. Wilson
2013 Kevin C. Wilson
2014 Brennan Hitpas
2015 Matt Cullen
2016 Joe Fernandez
2017 Trevor Schmidt
2018 Jon Heinz
2019 Kevin C. Wilson
2020 The Chinaman
2021 Dan McClure
2022 Marc Sheforgen
2023 ?
Entry fee is $35. Winner takes all $455. You can Venmo @Marc-Sheforgen. I’d appreciate it if we could get back to the days when everyone paid.
Picks go here. League password remains 1609 (they’ve added a driveway to the haase, by the way).
We’ve got a great thing going. See what you can do about not fucking it up, Sammy.
Yours truly,
Commissioner Sheforgen
