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Just A Jot or a Tittle

October 6, 2017
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Here is a recap of the history of the EFL championships:

2004      Old Detroit   (record unknown — it was above .500)

2005      Pittsburgh            91-71

2006      Old Detroit          87-75

2007      Pittsburgh           101-81

2008     Pittsburgh             93-70

2009     Pittsburgh            100-63

2010     Pittsburgh            108-54

2011      Old Detroit         100 – 62

2012     Old Detroit            97-65

2013      Haviland               97-65

2014 .   Pittsburgh            107-55

2015      Haviland              105-57

2016      Haviland              101-61

2017      Pittsburgh            115-47

 

Here are some observations about this recap:

  1.  It pays to be the one to post such things. The poster gets to decide which looks better –starting at the beginning or at the end. Definitely the beginning.
  2. It’s been a while since there was a gang of three.  It’s been a gang of two since 2013.
  3. Look at the range of championship-winning records:
    • Pittsburgh: 91, 93, 100, 1o1, 107, 108, 115
    • Old Detroit:  unknown, 87, 97, 100
    • Haviland:97, 101, 105
  4. Clearly this is the Alleghenys’ league. Others only win when the A’s aren’t pushing win totals into the stratosphere.

This morning I ran across a summary of the English Premier League championships:

English Premier League Roll of Honour

2016/17 Chelsea
2015/16 Leicester City
2014/15 Chelsea
2013/14 Manchester City
2012/13 Manchester United
2011/12 Manchester City
2010/11 Manchester United
2009/10 Chelsea
2008/09 Manchester United
2007/08 Manchester United
2006/07 Manchester United
2005/06 Chelsea
2004/05 Chelsea
2003/04 Arsenal
2002/03 Manchester United
2001/02 Arsenal
2000/01 Manchester United
1999/00 Manchester United
1998/99 Manchester United
1997/98 Arsenal
1996/97 Manchester United
1995/96 Manchester United
1994/95 Blackburn Rovers
1993/94 Manchester United
1992/93 Manchester United

Here are some more notes:

  • Just a jot or a tittle separates the EFL from the EPL.
  • For the first fourteen seasons of the EPL (through 2005/06), Manchester United won 8 championships.
  • Pittsburgh is the Manchester United of the EFL.
  • If you ignore the flukey Blackburn Rovers there was Gang of Three at the end of 14 seasons, with Arsenal and Chelsea the junior members.
  • Arsenal hasn’t won since 2003/04. The Wolverines look more like Arsenal than Chelsea.
  • It will be only 5 more years before a different team wins the EFL, if we continue to follow the EPL path.
  • Haviland will interrupt the Allegheny march one more time one of these years.
  • Ryan is a Manchester City fan. Could the Kangaroos be the Manchester City of the EFL?
  • The owner of the EFL team analogous to Leicester City has probably already been born.
  • Maybe we should create a relegation process to add some spice to the season for the bottom-dwellers.

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  • I just now learned that the red figure holding a trident on the Manchester United crest is a Red Devil. Manchester United’s nickname is, or used to be, the Red Devils. This inspires some further notes:
    1. No wonder Ryan roots for Manchester City. They are more than the Mets of the EPL. Go Ryan! Go Manchester City Devilbusters, or whatever you are called! You are anti-demonic heroes!
    2. Well, yes, but by the same token so would be the Mets.
    3. I have a new level of respect for Mets fans. i.e., one level.
    4. I am not intending to say, or imply, or connote, or have you infer that the Alleghenys are demonic. I am sure they are not. Pretty sure.
    5. Supernatural? Very possible. But if so, in cahoots with angels, surely. Or maybe elves. Right?