Eggers clock in for Finger Bowl title

PITTSBURGH -- The long nightmare has ended for Ham N Eggers'  Mike Miazga. The veteran Finks League owner clinched his first Finger Bowl title in Week 17.

After finishing second for a record four consecutive seasons, Miazga earned his first Finger Bowl championship in his 18th season with a 31-24 victory over Hurricane Quags. QB Stafford DET, a late season pickup, was named the Finger Bowl 22 MVP with a team-high 14 Finks points for the winning team at Three Rivers Stadium.

Stafford became the first quarterback to be named Finger Bowl MVP since Brady NE for Dah Commish's As You Hike It in 2003 and the first DET player to be named MVP since QB Mitchell in 1995.

Miazga's Finger Bowl championship drought ended with his eighth playoff appearance. He entered the Finger Bowl with a 5-8-1 playoff record and won 10 games for the third time in his career while finishing second in the Starr Division this season.

The Eggers tied Matt Simo's Oakland Invaders for the third lowest total by a Finks League champion. Simo won in 1997 with 27 points with the Las Vegas Posse and Miazga's wife, Kris Herigodt, won her only Finks title with 29 points in 2008.

For first place, Miazga earns $386.25 and Quags earns $128.75 as the runner-up.

The Eggers led 25-24 after the completion of Sunday afternoon's games and Miazga picked up another six Finks points on RB Peterson MIN's touchdown in the Sunday night game.

Miazga will receive possession of the Abe Gibron Trophy for the upcoming year as Finks champion.

In the third-place game, Dah Commish's Canton Bulldogs defeated Herigodt's Dublin Brawlers 39-32 to win $60. It was the second consecutive third-place finish for Dah Commish.

Behind the scenes at Eggers Central

Winning Finger Bowl owner Mike Miazga sent his game-day thoughts with the Finks League championship on the line Sunday:

"It was 25-24 and I was pacing back and forth in the bedroom for about 30 minutes waiting for the Denver game to get over (Woodhead still going for Quags). As a general rule in these close Finks situations, I do not watch the game, especially the Sunday and Monday night games where the Finks game hangs in the balance.  I thought with my past luck, he would get a TD.

Also of significance is the amount of time I spent going back and forth on Stafford and Fitzpatrick Sunday morning. I sent a Twitter question to Sirius XM Fantasy Radio and they said Stafford, and ESPN's live chat answered back and said go with Fitzpatrick. A friend of mine (a Lions fan) originally told me Sunday a.m. to go with Fitzpatrick but then reversed course when he found out about the weather in Buffalo. I think the point difference was 14-6 between the two.

Once again I had a blast playing and look forward to next year."

Week 17: The Boxscores

FINGER BOWL 22

Eggers 31, Quags 24

Quags (24)
QB Bortles JAX 3
RB D. Johnson AZ zero
RB Woodhead SD zero
WR Watkins BUF 5
WR Crabtree OAK 6
PK Gano CAR 10

Eggers (31)
QB Stafford DET 14
RB Peterson MIN 6
RB Gore IND 3
WR Beckham Jr. NYG zero
WR Hopkins HOU 3
PK Gostkowski NE 5

THIRD-PLACE GAME

Bulldogs 39, Brawlers 32

Bulldogs (39)
QB Roethlisberger PIT 17
RB Martin TB zero
RB Hightower NO 6
WR D. Thomas DEN 11
WR A. Robinson JAX 5
PK Catanzaro AZ zero

Brawlers (32)
QB Wilson SEA 9
RB Freeman ATL 9
RB Lacy GB zero
WR J. Jones ATL 5
TE Gronkowski NE zero
PK Boswell PIT 9