Regular Season Review

Best draft picks:
Round 3 (pick 36) Brady has 84 more than the next player
Round 7 (pick 74) Romo #2 in points
Round 10 (pick 130) Ben Roethlisberger #5 in points
Round 4 (pick 43) Adrian Peterson #2 RB
Round 14 (pick 183) Wes Welker #6 WR
Round 4 (pick 52) Randy Moss #1 WR
Round 5 (pick 63) Braylon Edwards #3 WR
Round 7 (pick 95) Greg Jennings #7 WR
Round 13 (pick 175) Brandon Marshall #11 WR
Round 12 Dallas Clark #4 TE
Round 11 Viking D #1 DEF

Worst draft picks:
Pick 6 Shaun Alexander 39th RB
Pick 4 Larry Johnson 30th RB
Pick 3 Steven Jackson 23rd RB
Pick 7 Frank Gore 17th RB
Pick 14 Steve Smith #18 WR
Pick 15 Marvin Harrison #105 WR
Round 3 Adam Vinatieri #18 kicker
Round 2 Carson Palmer #9 QB only 2 games over 16 points
Round 5 Eli, Phillip Rivers, VY #11, #15, , #19
Round 6 Raven #24 DEF

Worst Fantasy Defense:
Homies may have had the toughest schedule with the opposition averaging almost 85 points against them, but at least they deserved to lose in their losses by scoring less than 70 in each of them.

Hillbillies had 4 games where they scored 80+ points and lost. Hello Kitty (ex-Reavers) had 3 such games.

Big Red and Ghostriders had 2 80+ point losses but one of those (for each team) was a 100+ point game where they lost. Clovis also lost a game where they scored 100+.

Best Waiver wire pickups:
Derek Anderson #4 QB
Earnest Graham #8 RB
Justin Fargas #22 RB
Crosby #1 kicker
Folk #2 kicker
Roddy White #16 WR
Viking D #1 Def
Seattle D #2 Def
Patrick Willis #1 D

Frustrating Starting Issues
(who do I START?!?!??!? Eeenie Meenie Minie .... I don't know.. Moe):

Kicker problems:
Hello Kitty - Started Reed & Vincent Jackson (4) instead of Kaeding and Branch (20) costing a win vs Harmony
Hello Kitty - Started Reed (3) instead of Kaeding (12) costing a win vs Ballin (the next week)
Hello Kitty - Started Kaeding (5) instead of Reed (8) costing a win vs Cushions (3 weeks later)

QB - not bringing up Clovis who never changed out Huard after he was yanked and VY had games of 17 and 18 on the bench or Straight Ballin' who had Favre/Cutler issues most of the year, but only cost him one game.

RB problems:
David! – Started MJD (2) instead of LenDale (9) cost win vs Cute Fluffy
David! – Started Bush (3) instead of DeAngelo Williams (13) cost a win vs Ballin (4 weeks later)
Ogres – Started Willie (4) instead of Andre Hall (14) cost a win vs Cushions
Ogres – Started Willie (1) instead of Morris (9) cost a win vs Cali the (next week)
Scuds – Started Maroney (1) instead of Watson (26) cost a win vs Big Red
Cute Fluffy – Started Jackson and Young (.4) instead of Jordan and Edge (25) cost a win vs Hello Kitty
Cute Fluffy – Started Cribbs and Young (1.5) instead of Calvin and Jordan (16) cost win vs Raiders
Woopiecushion - Started Rivers and Jamal (0) instead of Delhomme and AP (38) cost a win vs Cali
Woopiecushion - Started Jamal Lewis (0) instead of Grant (13) cost a win vs David!
Woopiecushion - Started AP (0) instead of Grant (15) cost another win vs Cali

Defense
Ghostriders – Buc and MJD (6) instead of Tennessee and Kevin Jones (23) cost a win vs Clovis
Ghostriders – Tennessee (-1) instead of Bucs (18) cost a win vs Homies (4 weeks later)
Ogres – Morrison (7) instead of Ryans (23!) cost a win vs Ballin'

Playoff Week 1 Preview

Playoffs start tonight and we have some good matchups to follow.

#1 Straight Ballin’ vs #4 Big Red.

This could be the ‘real’ Super Bowl as the 2 top scoring teams face off with many player having favorable matchups. It is rare that a #1 seed would be an underdog to a #4, but… Yahoo is projecting Big Red by almost 8 points.
Ballin’ has the advantage in QB with Favre, but since the Seahawks have become a pass first offense Hasselbeck has been on fire. Both QBs face bad defenses in the Rams and Panthers.
WRs slightly favor Ballin’ with Braylon, TO, and Fitzgerald, because Red’s Torry Holt is playing the Pack and may not have Bulger throwing.
RB’s greatly favor Big Red with Barber vs Philly and Addai at the porous Raiders. Gore should do well vs the Bengals for Ballin’, but Steven Jackson may have a tough time vs GB.
TE is a toss up with Cooley and Gonzalez. Cooley is a TD machine and Gonzalez gets the yards.
Kickers favor Ballin’ with Elam in Houston being more consistent this year than Rackers.
Defense heavily favors Big Red’s Pack playing the turnover happy Rams, while Ballin’ has the Steelers playing the Jags who make very few mistakes.
IDP also goes to Big Red with London Fletcher vs Ballin’s Ray Lewis. Both are playing offenses that turn the ball over quite a bit.

#2 Back to Cali2 (BOB) vs #3 Woopiecushions

Again, the #3 seed is projected to upset the #2 seed by 11. The Cushions had done an amazing job considering their first 2 picks were busts.
QB heavily favors Cali with Brady about to torch the Jets while Derek Anderson draws the average Bills.
WR is a draw on paper, but with Gaffney the new hot hands for the Pats and Welker both on the Cushions, it is hard to see them not getting more points than Coles, Rice and Roydell.
RB is a problem point for Cali as well. Rudi may run well vs the 49ers, but Wolfe may or may not get a lot of carries vs the VERY stout Viking run D. The Cushions should get another good game from Grant vs. the Rams and Jamal Lewis will be busy vs the Bills.
TE is Cali’s with Kellen Winslow vs the Bills compared with the Cushion’s revolving door that has Alex Smith as the pick of the week. Both teams have solid kicking situations with Stover vs the Dolphins for Cali and #2 kicker, Folk vs Philly
The Defenses are also close. Cali has the opportunistic #1 Vikings vs the Bears compared with the Pats facing the terrible Jets.
The Cushions #1 IDP Willis is a tackling machine and should fair well against Cali’s Urlacher.

Consolation bracket

The #5 seed Ogres are projected to win by almost 6 over renamed Hello Kitty. Both QBs have tough match ups vs the Bucs and Jags. Hello Kitty is gambling on the Raven D, taking them vs the hapless dolphins while the Ogres are hoping that Denver’s D last week was a trend and they find a way to stand up vs Houston. The fun will be watching the WRs. Ogres have the #7 WR with Greg Jennings, erratic Chad Johnson, and the explosive Steve Smith. Kitty has Lee Evens who could get one of those 200+ yard 3 TD games vs Cleveland, Branch on the now pass first Seahawks, and Roddy White who scored the last 3 weeks.

The #6 Raiders are a 10 point dog to the high scoring Ghostriders. The QB battle should be good with Peyton facing the Raiders for the Raiders (does that sound weird to you?) and Romo vs Philly. The WR favor the Ghostriders with TJ at SF and the now healthy Andre Johnson vs Denver. The Raiders start Battle (who is QB for SF?), McDonald in San Diego, and Vincent (absent) Jackson. For RB, Ghostrider has MJD and Kevin Jones with tough games vs. the Steelers and Charger Ds. The Raiders have it a good matchup with Stecker at home vs the Cards, but having to start Chris Brown in Arrowhead is tough. Gates gives the Raiders the TE advantage and Vinatieri has a better chance vs the Raiders (for the Raiders) than Gould in Minnesota. The Chargers D also favors A-Town, though Ghostriders Bucs are playing an Atlanta team in total disarray. James Harrison has a distinct advantage over Merriman since he will get playing time.

Week 14 Wrap - Up

Gordon thank for filling in for me and writing this week.

Whoppie eat words, kitties scratch but no bite - Big Red proves as menacing as Mother Russia.

A-Town Homies got doubled on by the Big Red - not to be confused with Pete Rose's World Series team or Cold War, Russia. Big Red poured it on with Hasselbeck leading the way with 4 players scoring in the 20s. A valiant effort was put up by the Homies with decent performances from Gerrard with 18points, E. Graham with 18 as well, but it was fruitless versus the scoring machine of Big Red.

Straight Ballin' put up another impressive roll with Jay Cutler airing it out for 29.98 points and getting great support from B Marshall. Hillbillies responded with another excellent performance from LT and the Seattle defense, but Carson Palmer stank the air with -.37 points. Ballin's performance should aid in rolling their momentum into the playoffs.

After a league boast, which brought about lightning from the Mount Spalding Pigskin, the FF Gods moved against Whoppie. Back to Cali pulled of an upset as the Cushions could only back up their boast with 19.85 points from the surprising J. Lewis, but Peterson looked very much rookie not even scoring a point. Back to Cali got another great performance from Tom Brady who threw down 33.18 with an exclamation point against the over-rated Smith defense. EAT YOUR WORDS happened to the critics of Brady and back to Cushions. The Viking defense proved to heat up strong for 22 for Cali to offset any fight from the Cushions.

Meanwhile in the battle of the cute feline league, it was a lot of scratching but not alot of bite as Hello Kitty trounced Cute Fluffy. Fluffy's Brees put up great numbers but left 18 points on the bench and it sounds very much like the season is down with the kitty litter as Kitty had almost 1/2 the team in double digits led by relative unknown Chris Redman.

Rounding off the rest of the league, Orgres got enough to beat the Scuds. It was a solid performance, but balanced. Scuds might have won if seven players scored more than 6 points each, the only redemption was by the late season turn on by Jacksonville.

Ghostriders was exactly that, vanished like specters as eight players put up only single digits. Romo led to save face, but it wasn't enough against David!'s consistent play of 7 players in double digit led by the revived defense of the Colts with 19 points.

Lastly, the Conicals must have decided to go with Elementary math as they mustered a small number of 36.11 points against the Raiders who had a predictable but expected performance by Peyton Manning leading with 28 points. Solid, but not great contributions provided again the theme of the week: BALANCED ATTACK wins games.

The play-off preview starts off with a clash of the Titans as Big Red takes on Straight Ballin. It's no-holds bar as the hype ends and it's as much buzz as UFC MMA!

Interesting matches will be the Riders' vs. the Raiders and the Ogres vs. the Kitty. The more interesting match up will be the Ogres vs the cute felines, but the edge might go to Ogres with Big Ben going to Jacksonsville, but a slide has hit the Steelers also. Dont' expect much from Redman or the Baltimore defense but it's a toss up.

Will the Cushions come back from their loss? Back to Cali sprang a surprise, but to pull it off again would be impressive.

Yep, the playoffs are here, and it's a one-shot deal, very much like Britney's video performance - once mistake and you are hosed and plastered on the grocery magazine rack. Big Red and Ballin's much vaunted power offense can putter out like air out of balloon with one loss.

Week 13: Not Much Left to Decide

Straight Ballin' didn't have to win anymore to be in the playoffs, but they didn't let up against the Conicals. Ballin' got off to a slow start with Favre scoring -2, but still managed 80 to win by 28. Steven Jackson has turned out to be a good acquisition leading the team along with T.O. and Braylon Edwards who each had 14. Gonzo also had 10 for Straight. Clovis' QB finally did play again since Brodie was injured. Leon Washington and Dallas Clark did some damage combining for 33, but nobody else got more than Hobbs' 5.2 in the Conical's 4th straight loss.

The Cushions held on to second place and secured their playoff spot in a tight game with the hard luck Hillbillies. AP was back with 19. Sebastian, Jamal Lewis and Derek Anderson combined for 35 and Patrick Willis was tackling out of his mind with 17 points to get 87 for the Woopiecushions. The Hillbillies put up quite a fight starting with Crayton's 14 on Thursday, then LT put up 22. The difference was Carson Palmer's TD pass to Chris Henry in the Steeler game which was ruled out of bounds and the Bengals had no timeouts left to challenge with. The 12+ points would have put Harmony over the top easily, but it was not to be.

Cali (BOB) pulled out a comeback to seal his playoff spot and send the Ogres to the consolation bracket. Urlacher, the Viking D, and Brady each had 15 for Cali. It was Brady's final TD pass that completed the come back and gave them the 2 point victory. Obispo got 18 from Big Ben in the rain. Ryan, Kris Brown, Chester and Jennings had 10-12, but only 1 from Fumble Willie Parker and the Denver D were heavy anchors that prevented the victory. Fumble Willie lost 2 of 3 fumbles. He had 2 more that were lost, but he was ruled (barely) down by contact to save him from losing 4 on the day. If you were watching, it was ugly.

Big Red backs into the playoffs (not quite mathematically sealed, but darn close) losing to the surging Raiders. Peyton Manning is back on track (28) and the Charger D looked like last year's team again with 20. Merriman also scored 14 for the Raiders who have finished their 3rd two game wining streak. They also had 3 two game losing streaks. Big Red got solid efforts from Wayne, Hasselbeck, and Holt, but that -2 from the Packer D was painful as was a combined 7 from RBs Addai, and Marion Barber. Of course the Raiders only got 2.3 from their backs.

Ghostriders defeated Reavers in a game that pretty much ensured the winner of being in the consolation bracket. Romo was insane with 29 to lead the white ones. Curtis finally had another solid game with 13 and Andre Johnson is back to his regularly scheduled season with 12. Portis and MJD combined for 18 as the Gostriders had 93, the top score of the week. Reavers by no means laid down, but Kitna has really taken a tumble not breaking 10 again. Roddy White was a nice start with 13 and Westbrook has his requisite 14. The Dolphin D had 12 (how did they do that and give up 40 points???) and Crowell also had a dozen.

The Scuds may make the consolation bracket as they down David! who is having another late season tumble with Eli. David! had 3 Toomer, LenDale White and Jon Beason (who???) have 9 and 10 points, but only 2 more over 5 was just not much. The Scuds on the other hand have really come around having won 5 of the last 6. Fargas (15) is solid weekly now as is Warner (13). The Ram D was a sneaky start with 11 and Justin Gage was a nice surprise with 10. Look out consolation bracket. Don't underestimate the PE teacher from Sacto. His missiles have been landing and doing damage. (Unlike Eli's passes.)

The Fighting Illini are finally Fighting again and the Homies... well... they didn't. Brees (16) showed up .....again as did Hines Ward (17). Packer Kicker booted 14 as well for the Chicago man to bring the team to 83 points in spite of sub-par games by the backs (9 points together). The Homies had Ernest Graham and the Bear D play well and leader Garrard has another solid game with 15, but Lineman Howard's 9 was the only other player to score more than 4 for A-town. The Illini can't escape the cellar unless they have an unreal game next week, but they have pretty much destroyed the Homies shot at the consolation bracket, so they can feel a sense of purpose. They might be able to do it again against Reavers next week.

Week 12: Ballin' goes Straight into the Playoffs

Ballin' is rollin' as they blow away #2 Big Red, 138 to 74. Tony Gonzalez and Ray Lewis were the only Ballin players under 9. Gore, Fitzgerald, and Favre were over 20 to ensure their hold on #1. Big Red was lack luster this week with Wayne, Barber, and Cooley the only players over 10, but not by much. Straight Ballin' is peaking at the right time, as they clinch the first playoff spot.

The Woopiecushions held on to their slim lead to hold off the surgin Ogres. Big Ben and Fast Willie were held to just 6 of the 16 that they needed to win. The Cushions were led by Derek Anderson, Jamal Lewis, Ryan Grant, the Pat's D and Folk each of whom were between 11 and 16 points. The Ogres got another solid game from Ryans, Chester Taylor, and Jennings, but the Surprise was Chad Johnson finally showing up with 24. The Ogres may have just lost their playoff spot with that one.

Cali's playoff spot is looking pretty secure as they lean on the Viking D to get them past David! Brady was human with 15 and Rudi and Winslow had a dime and a dozen, but the Vikings' 30 blew this game open for Cali. Unfortunately for David!, it was Eli who was the one giving those points to the Viking D, so the Giant heavy team didn't fair well, though Burress had 10. The Colt D also scored 10 for Davey. Watson had .85. Brady didn't throw to him as requested.

The Raiders held on to their lead against he Illini. Peyton was back in form with 21 and Gates had 2 TDs for 18 to lead the Raiders back to .500. The Illini had a fair game. McGee had 10, kicker Crosby had 13, Kevin Walter score a TD and as requested ...again... Brees showed up with 27. Young however was out and while Jordan's 6.2 from the bench would not have made the difference, it would have made Ray sweat.

Reavers stopped the Scuds winning streak and kept themselves in the consolation bracket hunt. Kolby Smith was the pickup of the week scoring 20 for Reavers (you don't know how much it pains me to write that). Branch and Westbrook also had 10 a piece, but only having 3 players under 6 points meant that everyone was getting in there. The Scuds got 16 from Warner's 400+ passing yards. Fargas had another good day with 14 and Morrison had 10+ in tackles, but 6 players with less than 6 was too big of and anchor to have a successful launch.

The Ghostrider's charge was halted by the Homies. Romo and Kevin Jones combined for 26 for the Ghostman, but MJD was the only other player over 5. The Homies were far from stellar, but the Bear D had 19 for them and Grahan and Gerrard another 22 as they totaled 69 in the victory.

Harmony won ugly against the Conicals who have not started a starting QB in a few weeks now. The Hillbillie's trade for Foster and Schaub cost them 21 point as they scored 12 in place of Fred Taylor and Carson Palmer's 33. No matter, the Seahawk D and Schaub did combine for 18 and both Daniels and Reggie Brown scored TDs to beat Clovis who had only Colston in double digits.

Week 11: The haves and have nots are separating

The haves and have nots are separating. Illini and Harmony have almost played themselves out of hope of the consolation bracket. The Ogres are knockin' on the door of the playoffs and a Ghostriders lead another group with an outside shot. The Cushions had a huge blow losing AP and are the most likely to fall out of the playoffs. The Ogres are reaping the benefits as they were quick to grab Chester.

Straight Ballin' rolled over the Illini. Favre, TO, and Ray Lewis combined for 82 on the way to 123 for Ballin'. The Illini got 17 from the Giants, but with only 3 TDs they managed just 66 points.

Big Red kept pace with a 188 - 64 drubbing of the Hapless Hillbillies. 32 from Moss and 5 others in the 10+ range buried the boys from Harmony. LT, Palmer and Chris Henry played well for Harmony, but no superstars and 4 players under 3 will sink you.

The Woopiecushions are thankful this morning that Clovis didn't start a QB. They scored only 68 with the Pats D and Jamal Lewis combining for 30 of that. The Conicals needed 1.5 more to get win number 5, but Damon Huard sat on the bench (again) scoring 0. Drew Carter was a nice start for 13 and Hobbs and Bironas combined for 23 in the in loss.

Cali (BOB) also kept up with the leaders beating Reavers who had a solid day as well. Cali got 38 from Brady, but actually had 4 other players in double digits this week and he needed them, because Reavers was not going to lie down like the rest of the teams playing the top 4. Hackett, McGahee, Reed and the Raider D (go raiders) were over 10 to get Reavers to 81.

David!, the team formerly known as Spit, attempted to call on the Biblical powers from David and Goliath as they faced the Ogres, but Ogres are different from giants, so it didn't work. Instead Chester Taylor (the pick up of the week) continued where AP left off and had 27 for Obispo on their way to 92. David! is (like last year) longing for the early season success for Eli, but, alas it faded again. He managed 11 and the Colt D 10, but Plax didn't score again as the team totaled only 3 TDs for 60 points.

The Ghostriders came close to tripling the Raiders, 95-34. Romo and the Buc D had 49 themselves which was more than enough. Andre Johnson is back and TJ scored (hope his injury isn't bad) as well. For the Raiders, Peyton is NOT an every week starter anymore. Nobody had more than 9. Gates (8.7) was the only player to score a TD for the Raiders.

Don't look now, but the Scuds are on the rise. They beat the Homies 78 - 50 to extend their league leading 4th straight win. Kurt Warner had another nice game with 16. Morrison, Rams, and Shayne Graham combined for 31. Jacobs and Holmes scored TDs and even Maroney got his first TD of the year. The Homies had Ernest Graham and Josh Brown scoring 28, but McNabb... It's painful to see your QB with almost -2 and then get injured and not be able to redeem himself. The rest of the team was under 5 was well, so they didn't help the cause either.

Week 10: Ballin' Gets His Turn At The Top

Ballin' is alone at the top. Ghostriders' Romo and Shockey couldn't carry the team enough to stop, Favre, TO, Fitzgerald and Steven Jackson who each had 2+ TDs.

Big Red got healthy vs the Conicals who got a game from Dunn, but that's it. Hasselbeck and Wayne almost scored enough to win the game for Red by themselves.

The team formerly known as Spit is back to .500 eeking out a win in a defensive battle vs. the Cushions. Cushions had 20 from Arnderson, but only one other player over 8. Ex-Spit had the Colts, Bush and Berrian working for him.

Brady Only Bunch (CALI 2) was nothing without Brady so the Homies easily took him down. (MIA) McNabb returned with 28. The Bears and Miller chipped in for the Homies. Cali did get a good game from back up Bulger and Benson, but nothing beyond them.

Ogres are only out of the playoffs by a game taking down Reavers. Big Ben had 26, Morris and Roy Williams were in double digits getting them to 90. Reavers got a monster 29 from Westbrook, 12 from Hackett, and 11 from Reed, but the goose egg from the Saints vs the Rams was a surprising anchor.

Raiders sink back to .500 on a horrible Peyton/Vinatieri night. The charger's 27 on D was over half or the Raider points and the Scuds took advantage of it. Warner put up 20, Shayne Graham was unreal with 21 and Morrison had 10. That was almost enough with those 3.

The Illini got their second win beating the fading Hillbillies. Brees, Ward, Cribbs, Selvin, and kicker Crosby gave the Illini a balanced attack. There is a stench coming from Harmony and it may be the 'Billies. Seahawks had 17 and LT 10, the WR corps (23) had their best week aside from when Curtis blew up in week 3, but Palmer, Priest, Gould, Briggs, and Davis couldn't make it stand up.

Week 9: shuffling the top spots

The Woopiecushions have not been on top since they won the league 4 years ago, but they are back. They beat high scoring Big Red at their own game, winning the shootout 115 to 109. The Cushions let loose with 30+ points from each of their backs, Jamal Lewis (4 TDs) and probable rookie of the year, Adrian Peterson (NFL record 296 yards rushing). Derek Anderson, Wes Welker, and another rookie, Patrick Willis combined for another 30. Big Red has got to be disappointed in their defense. They put up the second highest total of the week in the loss. Addai, Hasselbeck, Engram, Randy Moss, Marion Barber, and the Pack combined for 7 TDs, 4 100 yard rushing/receiving games, and a 300 yard passing game. A great outing, but just not enough.

The Scuds got their second win in a row stopping Ballin's 6 game winning streak (Favre). Jeff Garcia, Brees' new favorite target, David Patton, TD man, Santonio Holmes, and Raider backup Fargas each scored in double digits for the Scuds who are crawling out of the depths to make some noise. (Favre) The injury bug bit hard on Ballin'. Cutler barely played and Gore sat out leaving a potential 17 on the bench. TO and Tony Gonzalez had good games and the Pittsburgh defense scored 18 to make it close, but Scuds prevailed moving Ballin' down to third place. (Favre)

The BOB (Brady Only Bunch) was handed their second straight loss as the Raiders start to make their move in the rankings. The Raiders were led by Peyton (12) and McDonald (10), but getting Julius Jones (9) in the end zone was the clincher that got them over the top. Not that it was a mountain that they had to climb. Brady had 19, but the rest of the bunch amounted to a mole hill as 6 players had less than 3 for the BOB who realizes now the error of being a one man team and has renamed themselves Back to Cali 2. We'll see how that works for them.

The Ogres are working their way into the playoff hunt with a 40 point hosing of the Homies. Just shy of the century mark, the Ogres were led by injured Big Ben's 34. Greg Jennings hung out in the end zone for another 17 and the Falcon D and Ahman Green had 11 and 10 to contribute. That was more than enough to overwhelm the Homies. Earnest Graham had 13, but other than that it was a lack luster day for most of the team. Heath Miller and McNabb did find the end zone, but didn't make much else happen for A-Town.

Reavers blew up again, this time for 107 points to trounce his traveling companion, Spit 'n Polish. JP had 10 before being dropped. Lee Evans has returned (16) as have teh Saints' D (14), but the RBs Westbrook and rookie Lynch combined for 35 to lead the group. Hackett and Witten also score TDs to total 7 for Reavers who only had 2 players with less than 8 points. Spit had nice plays with Burleson (13), Reggie Bush (17) and LenDale (10), but when Sage is starting for you and your IDP doesn't play, you are in bad shape. Spit (or, now, the team formerly known as Spit) can chalk it up to the byes (though some of us think it might not have made a difference).

Don't look now, but Clovis is starting a run here. They now own the second longest winning streak at 3 games with the Illini the latest victim. Clovis piled up 103 points including a monster (29) game from the Lion D. Huard, Dayne, Leon Washington, Galloway, and Bironas each scored over 10 for a very balanced attack. The Illini didn't go down without a fight (which we suspected might happen). Brees led with another bg game, 26. Late pickup Crosby kicked for 18 and Reggie Williams had 13 to give the Illini a very respectable showing against a very hot team.

Harmony may have name power in the lineup, but the team is not doing well. The Ghostriders beat up on the hurtin' 'Billies. Romo, Portis, and the Titan D combined for 56 which was almost enough in itself to topple the Hill 'o Beans. Harmony did have Palmer getting 15 and Larry Johnson had his best game of the year with 16, but LT was the only other player to find the end zone and could not even muster 10 points. The WR corps for the 'Billies continues to be horrible. They barely broke 3 points if you don't count their tackles.

Week 8: The Separation Begins

2 games separate the top 4 from the rest of the league. Is anyone going to be able to break into the group and challenge for the playoffs?

There is a chink in the Brady-Only Bunch armor, thanks to Ballin'. The Only Bunch was up by 25 going into Monday night, and Straight delivered 29 to win the match between #1 and #2. Ballin' picked the wrong QB, again betting against Favre, but the unlikely TD pass to Scheffler pulled him through. Brady had 35 for the Only Bunch, but Winslow was the only other player to get a TD and one of two others to score more than 4. Ballin' leaned heavily on Braylon Edwards' 18 but got lots of 8-9 point contributions to make it stand up.

Big Red returned to form against the Illini. Holt, Wayne, Addai, and Fletcher led the way to getting Big over 100 for the 4th time in 8 games. Too bad he left Vrabel's 27 on the bench. Nice week for having 5 on a bye. The Illini got a great 31 point game from Brees who has finally come around. Another 19 from the Giants and Wilkins helped the cause, but Ward's 16 sat on the bench hoping that .... Gray could throw a TD to Reggie???? The 67 wasn't a horrible showing by the 1-7 Illini, but it wasn't going to touch Big Red this week.

The Woopiecushins won a squeaker over the traveling Reavers. The Pats D(21) and Derek Anderson (22) were huge for the Cushions. Welker did his part with 10, but when they needed 3 from Stokley and Wynn in crunch time, they produced 3.6, just enough. Many on Reavers played well, the Jags (14), Westbrook (16), and Rudd (10) played well, and there was even a Lee Evans (13) sighting, but after the game Reavers was heard in a 3 mile radius chewing out LJ Smith and Vincent Jackson. 15 yards between them would have won the game, but they did nothing.

Spit moved into 5th at 4-4 beating the Homies. Polish was led by Winfield's 14 and the Colts, Akers, and Vernon Davis added 30. Eli produced less than 0 with his arm, but the legs came through to get 6. (Yes, I admit that I like to pick on Eli.) The Homies got a Grossman like day from Griese (4 picks). Kicker Dawson (10) was really the only player to get fro the game as the Homies drop into 12th place.

The Raiders handed the Ogres their 3rd straight loss in spite of getting less than 8 from the WRs and RBs combined. The Charger D (27) was huge and Gates (16) and Peyton (17) put up big games to get the Raiders their win. The Ogres had Big Ben (15), Fast Willie (13), and Greg Jennings(14) playing solid ball, but only one other player was over 5 points leaving them 15 points short.

Ghostriders, we aren't calling it a comeback. We are calling it a loss to the Conicals who have 2 in a row now. Clovis finally got what they have been waiting for from Colston, a 20 point game. They were also carried by Detriot's 4 picks of Griese for 14 and Joey Galloway (12). The Ghosts were not helpless. Rivers threw for 3 TDs and 20 points and TJ scored 10, but Portis' 4.05 was the only other player over 4.

The Scuds got their second win in the lack luster rematch of the 2004 super bowl against the Hillbillies. It really was a pathetic display by the two former champs combining for just over 100 points. The Hillbillies had Palmer and Gostkowski get 10 points, but they were the only double digit players in the whole game. The Scuds had 5 players in the 7-9 point range and that was all that was needed. I'd call it a defensive game, but it might be better described as offensive.

The Brady Bunch Continues to Win

The Brady Bunch (formerly, back to CALI) wins again. The Hillbillies couldn't get enough to stop Brady's 44. Coles also had 19 and KC and Urlacher got in the double digits to support the cause. Harmony did have a great pickup in the Seahawk D with 30 and LJ is back on track with 13, but another disappointing performance by Palmer and Santana Moss kept it from being closer than 12. It will be interesting to see if the name change brings the downfall of the one man team.

Ballin' got their 5th straight win beating down the Ogres. It was a QB battle. Big Ben (24) leading Obispo (with little other help) and Culter (21) and TO leading the charge for Ballin'. Sadly for Obispo Ryans 23 sat on the bench, though in like fashion, Ballin' chose the Steel curtain (6) and dropped the Seahawks (30) for the 'Billies. Congrats Ballin' on moving into second place on a week when 2 or your top 3 were on a bye.

Big Red fell again. This week it was to the hard luck Ghostriders. The Ghostrdiers were solid from almost every position. Only 3 players didn't have at least 9 points and they still combined for 14. MJD, Gould, and Portis were over 10, but it was a TEAM win. Big Red had a solid outing in spite of the loss. Randy had another 2TDs for 19. The Cowboy D had 17, Barber had Hasselbeck were over 10 as well, but 6 player under 9 was just too many this week.

The Woopiecushions are still in forth, but have a much stronger hold on it after beating the Illini even with 5 players on a bye. Welker had another big 2 TD day to lead the Cushions. The Pats and Patrick Willis added 13 and 12 with Adrian Peterson cooling off to a modest 9. Leftwich added 9 before leaving the game with an injury. The Illini's hopes were dashed when the Colts stifled the Jags and knocked out Garrard along with any hope of Reggie Williams getting a TD pass. The Illini did get 24 for the opportunistic Giant D and Brees is back with another 14. Kevin Walter was a nice pick up, 3 yards short of a dozen points.

Conicals got what they needed from Dallas Clark to complete the only comeback this week against the hard luck Scuds. For those who are not familiar with the Conical's kicker, it is Bironas, who now holds the record for most field goals in a game (8). His 29 points led Clovis. The Lions added 10 and Boldin had 2 TDs for 13. The Scuds are wishing that they didn't hear the report that Maroney was going to start as that left Kenny Watson and his career day (26) on the bench. The Scuds did get TDs from Culpepper, Burleson, Derick Mason, Holmes, and Brandon Jacobs, but unfortunately they came up just short.

The Homies lead held up easily against Reavers. Josh Brown kicked for 18 to pace the Homies. Miller had 2 TDs, McNabb and Stallworth each had 1 and Ernest Graham had 191 total yards for 10 to seal the win. Kitna apparently needs closer oversight than the Europe touring Reavers could provide. He suffered another very sub-par game. McGahee, Cotchery and Roddy White did have strong games for Reavers. Roddy was 3 yards from an 18 point game, but it was an off week for the Reavers who fall back below .500. At least he gets to see London and Rome.

Spit 'n Polish had a solid outing to stop the struggling Raiders. Peyton and Vinatieri showed up for 24 for the Raiders, but nobody else was over 5 points as they totaled 44 points. We should note that the Raiders had 5 players either injured or out on byes. Spit got solid games from all positions (save the tight end). The Colts led the Polishers with 15, LenDale, Bush, and Toomer scored TDs and Eli had 2. I understand that the Raiders were supposed to give the he77, but aside from Peyton, they were much closer to looking like it. Could it be those 'playoffs are a stretch' words are eating away at the team? Nice gladiator work, Spit. Enjoy Europe.

There is a glut of teams at 3-4. It's looking like the playoff teams may start pulling away from the pack.

Week 6: CALI Rolls

CALI keeps rollin' as they punish Clovis. As usual, Brady led the way with a season high 37. Matt Stover added 18 as CALI has his second lowest total 75 of the year at. Clovis got 10 from Galloway and Ronnie Brown ran for 9, but 5 players less than 4 was rough.

Big Red was far from stellar, but had enough to keep the Scuds from a second win. Hasselbeck led the Red men with 18. The Pack (16) and Cooley (12) hit double digits and Randy Moss had another TD as well to get Red to 76. The Scuds leaned heavily on their Raven D who came through with 23 points. Burleson had 10 as well, but with Jacobs starting on Monday night Droughns stole the yards and the TD that might have put the Scuds over the top. Scuds may have gotten a steal picking up Bennett who is signing with the Bucs.

Ballin' is back in third getting a narrow victory to send Spit 'n Polish on their vacation. Braylon Edwards(21) and Gonzalez (18) had huge games. Norwood and Ray Lewis broke 10 as well which made up for Favre who had a rough outing and Rhodes who didn't play. Spit was led by Eli, Plax, Akers, and Zach Thomas. LenDale and Berrian scored TDs as well, but they came up 4 points short.

The Woopiecushions join the top 4 as they scored a season high 122 to send the Homies packin'. Adrian Peterson (33) and Derek Anderson (29) could have carried the Cushions to victory alone, but Welker (14) and Steve Smith (14) piled on as well. The Homies were led by Stallworth's 13 and Thomas Howard's 11, but 4 points from the running backs hurt. Hester had 19 on the bench, but Mark doesn't need to kick himself about it since he (or anyone else) wasn't going to touch the Cushions 122 anyway.

The Ogres had Roy Williams, Big Ben, and Fast Willie on a bye as they folded before the Hillbillies, but they might as well have sat the rest as nobody even made 10 points. By contrast, the Hillbillies got their revamped backfield rolling. LT had 4 TDs for 35, LJ had a dozen. Cason Palmer threw for 14 and Gostkowski kicked in 13. Not everything was rosy for Harmony, though. Their WR's combined for -.2 points.

The Raiders had bye week problems against as well as they laid down before Reavers. Manning, McDonald, Davenport, and Vinatieri's replacements scored 6 points as the chargers' 16 were the only thing the Raiders had to cheer about. Reavers faired much better with Garrard's 17 and the Jag D with 15. McGahee was also close to 10 as Reavers leaves for some Eurpoean fun with a victory.

In the battle of 1-4 teams, the Ghostriders won decisively. MJD finally really got it going with 23. TJ Housh also had 20. Curtis and Romo score 13 and Mushi had a TD as the Ghostman broke the century mark again, but this time they one. A search and rescue team was sent out for the Illini who were last seen clinging tightly to the basement floor. They found Edge and the Giants had 10 and Moore got a TD, but Kurt Warner who was expected to play well was quickly injured and had -.5 which left Bryant Johnson (1.4) to catch balls from QB Rattay who signed with the Cards on Wednesday morning. Thomas Jones broke 100 yards and Brees did show up with 16, but he was riding pine. It's a rough year for the Illini.

Week 5: The New Sheriff Gives Up His Badge

The Sheriff, Big Red passed his badge to the challager, CALI after losing by 24. Cali was led by Brady's 23 (again) and Stover added a dime. Back also had a nice move bringing in Ron Dayne to spell Rudi on his bye. Big Red finally got a good game from Torry Holt. He and Rackers had a dozen, but Addai was a late scratch, Moss was kept out of the end zone for the first time this year, and Hasselbeck had .32 vs the Steelers. Campbell's 18 and Feely's 17 could have made the difference for Big Red, but...those thigns happen.

Ballin' won a squeaker 50-49 and was lucky to do so against a Reavers team that had an off week. The Steel Curtain had 15 for Ballin', but the team had 0 TDs. Ballin' forgot the wisdom that he posted a while back about sitting Favre. Guess he was counting on Denver playing well against the Chargers. Sitting Fitzgerald (14) for Brandon Marshall (2.6). But it all worked out since Reaver's Kitna had -1.7 and yes, the Jag D gave up a TD with no time left. Witten's 13 and Ruud's 10 were the bright spots for Reavers who is kicking himself for having Reed (3) in and Kaeding (12) out. Is it time to bury Lee Evans yet? He has 5 points on the year.

The Ogres are back on the attack after last week's hiccup. They hammered Clovis 90 to 46. The brilliant moves of the week were bringing in Redskin D who kept the lid sealed on the Lions for 24 and Kris Brown who kicked for 23 (three 50+ yard field goals). Big Ben threw for 10 as the Ogres had 90 points on only 1 TD. Clovis was hit by the injury bug as well as the Ogres. Trent Green is gone for a while, Boldin was out again. Add to that Travis Henry being too busy smokin' pot to get in the end zone and it was a rough day. Ronnie Brown continues to be a bright spot for Clovis as he put up another 15 points and Dallas Clark found the end zone, too.

Hillbillies better hope they are too hurt to practice on Tuesday because they are not going to be greeted with any smiles. Spit and Polish gave them one heck of a shiner. Ben Watson had a huge day with 18. Eli figured out how to pass in the second half (only 3 completions in the first half) and threw a couple of TDs for 14 points and one was to Plax to get him 13. That was more than enough for an absent and inept Hillbillie squad. Gostkowski kicked for 11, but Tomlinson's 7 was the only other player over 5 points. Tomlinson sat down in the second half so that the pine rider, Turner could get 14 and LJ had .75 while the Colts started another pine rider, Keith (20). Pennington, the Seahawk D, and Fishy Jackson were shown the door after they collectively got just over 9 points.

The Woopiecushions blasted the Ghostriders 81-57. The Cushions rode the Pat's D for 18 and Folk's foot for 16. They also did well with a gutsy start of Derek Anderson (12 against the Pats D. The Ghosts had to deal with 2 stud WRs on a bye and the replacements scored next to nothing. Romo had his first poor outing (7). Kevin Jones and Portis both had problems locating the end zone, so the Titan's 16 were all that there was to write home about for the Ghosts. Woopie has been known to be rough on players (32 transactions in 5 weeks), but discarding Battle even after his TD?? That's tough.

Homies were sent home by the cross town/office rivals the Raiders. The Homies' Bear D had 12, but other than Heath Miller (8) there were no TDs and 2 over 3 points. Even their kicker Josh Brown had a dough nut. The Raiders, however, where ready to rumble. The Charger D led the way with 20. Najeh Davenport had a great day with 17. Peyton had his...yawn... 14 and Gates put up a dozen. McDonald found the end zone, too, just missing a 10 spot. Not sure what Parrish was doing on the bench when he was supposed to be starting, but the Raider management will have to decide if he will be cut for such non-sense. Fortunately, it didn't change the outcome of the game. You have to wonder if it was in response to the 'playoffs are a stretch' comment though.

The Scuds had a successful launch, beating the frightened Illini by 1. It was a defensive battle with Jacob's 10 and the Raven's 9 leading the way for the Scuds. The Illini had 14 from the Giant D and Wilkins kicking for 13, but 0 TDs sank them. The question that everyone is asking the Illini camp is how long until the plug is pulled on Drew Brees. The fans were chanting for Kurt Warner, and I think they just might be forced to make a change or lose their fan base. They made a good pick up in Selvin Young who is expected to get the carries from the pot smoker, Henry if/when he gets suspended. The Scuds are glad to had Jacobs back and have both halves of the Giant RB committee.

Week 4: Red Rolls Again, Illini No Shows

The battle of undefeateds went to the powerhouse Big Red. The Ogres can't complain mush as they only managed 56 points with Big Ben the only one to get into double digits with 14. Big Red had Moss come through again with 18, Hasselbeck threw for 15 and Addai had 14. Even Vrabel had a TD getting Big Red to 84, second highest score in a low scoring week. Ogres drop 2 spots, but stay in the top 4 for playoff contention.

The other still undefeated team, Back to CALI got a bye week. They put up 62, but could have won with 6 against the Absent Illini. CALI got 20 from Brady, 10 for Urlacher and Coles and nothing else mattered. Absent started only 7 players. One of those was on a bye and another was out. Wilkins scored 0, so only 4 players contributed. Jordan scored 4.05 before getting injured to lead the team, but Denver's D had -4 to erase that leaving 3 points for the Frightened Illini.

Ballin' moved into 3rd place beating the Homies who lost Caddy for the season. Ballin' had a solid team effort. Favre led the team with 17 and Braylon Edwards had 10, but the key was having only 2 players less than 5 points. Homies had the stud with the Bear D putting up 19 and Josh Brown kicking for 11, but 6 players scored less than 3.

The Hillbillies revamped team seems to have made a turn around knocking down the Reavers to vault into 5th place. New acquisitions Seattle D and Anrde Davis were among the leaders with 19 and 12 points respectively. LT seems to be back with 15 (though 3 below the projection) and Gostkowski kicked for 10. Reavers got another strong Kitna game with 14. McGahee got 100 yards, but missed the end zone again. Lynch and Witten had 9+ to contribute, but Reavers struggled in the defense and kicking game, only getting 12 points from those positions as they fall to 2-2.

The Raiders took it to the Cushions with the high score of the week. Peyton had a big day with 27. Jerry Porter finally produced with 14 and Merry Man had 11 to lead the Raiders who had less than 5 from their backfield. The Woopiecushions boldly started Derek Anderson against the Ravens and were rewarded with 14 and Patrick Willis had 11. 4 Others were in the 8-9 range, but their receiving corps failed them with 6 points which wasn't enough as the Cushions drop to 2-2. In other Raider news, many players expressed their disappointment when the coach voiced his opinion that the playoffs were a ‘stretch’ for them. We'll see what becomes of it. Was it a brilliant motivational move or sewing the seeds of discord and apathy?

The Ghostriders are the #3 scoring team and finally got a win. Romo opened it up again with 30. TJ and the Buc D also got into double digits to beat down the struggling Scuds. The Scuds got 19 from Holmes and 7 from Pennington (who was dropped following the game, but Maroney sat out and has become a huge disappointment along with the Raven's 2. One could hardly blame the Scuds for leaving Culpepper's 32 on the bench, but that was painful. I figure the same people who started Culpepper where the same ones who had the insight and guts to start Derek Anderson when he played the Bengals. I have to ask, is it just me or does it seem strange that the Patriot (Maroney) is helping shoot down the Scuds each week?

Spit 'n Polish fell again, this week it was to Clovis. Both teams are now 1-3. IDP, Hobbs got 4.5 to outscore Watson's .6 to get the win by 1 point. Ronnie Brown continues to produce with 17 this week. Dallas Clark picked-up for injured Marvin Harrison and score 15. to lead Clovis who had barely 1 point for his receivers. Spit got 12 from Winfield and 6 others were between 6 and 9, but Berrian needed 3 more yards to deliver the victory.

Week 4: In Progress

The most important battle of the week is over. It was an overwhelming victory. Cory 150 Elk 0. Seriously, we hope your body is recovering and that dealing with insurance isn't/hasn't been too big of a nightmare.

How can you lose in survival picking a 3-0 how has crushed the competition against a 1-2 that is playing QB by committee? Pick the Steelers.

OK, back to the stuff that matters ;)

The battle of undefeateds is underway. It looks like it is going to go to Big Red, but the Ogres aren't out of it yet. Red has a 6 point lead with Randy Moss and Vrabel yet to got, while the Ogres nee a hug Chad Johnson day to win.

The other undefeated team, Back to CALI is having a field day against the absent Illini. The Illini is asking Brees to show up, but being that he is on bye and 3 other positions are empty, the rest of us are asking the Illini to show up.

Ballin' took it to the Homies, beating them by 24.

The Woopiecushions look like they are going to go down to the cross town rival, Raiders. The Pats D and Welker need to come up with 28 to make this a ball game.

Reavers clings to a slim 5 point lead going into Monday night, but they have nothing else to throw at the Hillbillies who still have Pat's kicker Gostkowski and a QB named Palmer.

Spit 'n Polish is holding a 2 point lead over Clovis'. IDP, Hobbs is yet to play for Clovis while Ben Watson is waiting to play for Spit.

The Scuds and Ghostriders are both looking to get their first win. The Ghostriders have a huge lead in the contest. Against TJ Housh and a 21 point lead, it doesn't look like the Scud's Maroney will have a chance to deliver the victory.

Week 3: The Top Teams Roll

Big Red solidified his place atop the CCFFL standings blowing out Spit 'n Polish. The names are getting familiar, Barber, Addai, Moss, Hasselbeck each had 16-19 points, Rackers had 15 and Cooley found the end zone as well to propel the Big Red machine over 100 points for the third straight week. Spit fell victim to another less than stellar outing from Eli. Burress and Lendale White each had TDs and Bush had 2 to lead Spit in their 111 - 69 loss.

Back to CALI only managed 82 points in their effort to stay 3-0, but the it was more than enough to win and demoralize the now 0-3 Ghostriders. Brady had 4 TDs for 29 points in his best games of the year. Stover kicked for 16 and both Benson and Coles hit pay dirt to carry CALI. Ghostriders got a TD from Portis (who was on the sidelines while the Redskins failed to get in the end zone on another occasion). TJ had a big day with a TD and 100+ yards. Romo had 2 TDs for 17, but the rest of the team was terrible. Things are so difficult for the Ghosts that Larry Johnson and Antonio Pierce were led into the GM's office after the game and told to pack their bags for Harmony in exchange for Briggs and Curtis who you will hear about later.

The Ogres lit the scoreboard with 89 with everyone except Heap and the injured Ahman Green contributing at least 7.9. Roy Williams, the Eagle D, and DeMeco Ryans lead the scoring, but it was a team effort that crushed the Illini and kept the Ogres undefeated. The Illini got a very solid 15 from LaMont Jordan and Alge scored a TD as well, but the Brees blew out with a 4 int night for -5 points. Ward and Steven Jackson were injured in the loss, though Jackson did break 100 yards. The Illini are 1-2 and are clearly not pleased with the performances that they have been seeing. In order to shake things up they sent the struggling, injured Steven Jackson and the underused Santana Moss to Harmony for Thomas Jones and Darrell Jackson. We'll see how that pans out.

The Woopiecushions showed that they are for real getting their second win and the Scuds (0-3) are misfiring badly. It was the defensive game of the weak (ok, week). The Cushions were led by Delhomme (14) and the sneaky pick-up Adrian Peterson (12). Kicker Folk and the Pats D each added 10 on their way to 68. The Scuds wished desperately that they had started their bench. Kasey kicked for 11, the Ravens got 9, but.... Foster's 19, Burleson's 10, and Mason's 9.95 were left of the bench. Even Culpepper' 2.36 was better than Bulger's inept -3. the Scuds (then Bullets) looked good after the draft, but with Jacobs out, Bulger, Maroney, and Henderson laying eggs weekly, it's been rough for the reign champs.

Ballin' moves into 4th place atop the 2-1 teams by takin' it to the Raiders. Straight even left Favre and his 26 points on the bench just to make it fair. IT was the Steeler D's 17 that sparked Ballin'. Braylon Edwards got into the end zone again for 11, but having only 2 players under 4.5 got them up to their 75 point total. The Raiders? Vinatieri and Manning got their 11 and 12, McDonald caught another TD and Gates was over 100 yards, but 5 players under 3 points sank 'em to 1-2

Nobody was paying attention to what the Homie Avatar was wearing as they battled with Harmony. Everyone was watching McNabb put up 30 points for the Homies. Amazingly that didn't help the Homies because he threw 30 points worth to the Hillbillies' Kevin Curtis. The game was really decided by Driver's 13, Fletcher's 12 compared with Bruce and Briggs who were injured and scored less than 3. LT did get 10 points for Harmony. Harmony is blaming this loss on the medical crew who could not fix their players fast enough. Calvin Johnson, Bruce and Briggs (combined 5.5 points) all spent more than 1/2 the game out. Harmony GM is tired of the losing that has characterized the organization in recent times. After only 4 wins in the last 17 weeks, they made 2 block buster moves. No, not dropping Leinart. Leading rusher Thomas Jones, leading receiver (one hit wonder) Kevin Curtis, absent Darrell Jackson, and injured Lance Briggs are all out as under achieving, but talented Larry Johnson, Santana Moss, injured Steven Jackson, and Antonio Pierce come in.

Finally there was a shoot-out at the O.K. for a couple of surprise teams. Clovis was the hard luck team this week, scoring 103 and still losing to Reavers, who set the season high mark with 120. The stars aligned for Reavers who were lead by Brian Westbrook who had 31 points (when was the last time a team had 3 players over 30 points in the same week??). Kitna had 400+ yards for 15 points, Reed, Ruud, Witten, and Vincent Jackson each went over 10 and Branch had a TD as well in the high scoring affair. The Conical had yet to get anything going this season also had a 31 point rusher in Ronnie Brown. Boldin caught 22 and Young passed for 14. Had any two of Colston (3), Galloway (2), Hanson (3), and the Rams(3) really shown up, both teams might have broken the single game mark of 117 points. Sadly, Clovis drops to 0-3 after a great performance.

Week 3: Almost complete

Big Red machine keeps rolling. Another 100+ points to blow out Spit.

Back to Cali wasn't quit on the heels of the century mark this week, but more than enough to take down the Ghostriders who finally got a loss that they earned. (Has anyone seen LJ?)

Ogres will also be 3-0 unless Brees blows for 40 for the Illini.

The Woopiecushions lack luster outing was enough to hold down the Scuds who left their points on the bench.

Ballin' gets back over .500 beating the Raiders you now have the same record as their namesake.

The Homies dump the Hillibillies who will be looking for revenge on the racquetball court (LT where are you??????).

Reavers figured things out scoring a season record 120, but amazingly, the Conicals are NOT out of it yet with 2 players left to play, Colston and VY (I hate the nick name. It is too close to KY.)

Week 2: Changing of the Guard

There's a new sheriff in town. Enter, the Big Red machine. He more than doubled Reavers who is trying to figure out which way is up. Moss, Marion Barber, Rackers, Addai, and the Packers all made it to double digits with Moss and Barber hit pay dirt twice. Reavers took that Bengal D which looked so good last week and rode them to a painful minus 2 points. McGahee had a nice 11 and Kitna 10, but more was expected of Kitna. The big problem was that half the team couldn't muster 3 points leaving Reavers hoping that the trade with the Bullets will get things going.

Cali narrowly missed the century mark for the second straight week, but had more than enough to get a second win and move into second place. They sent the reigning champion Bullets to the basement at 0-2. Brady and the Viking D each put up 21 points, Winslow and Rudi Johnson threw in another 12 and Urlacher had 10 to get CALI to 99. The Bullets got 12 from the Raven D and the Bulger, but Farrior was the only other player to get more than 4 as the big expectations of Lee Evans, Santonio Holmes, El, and Maroney produced very little.

The Ogres are teh third 2-o team and break the Ghostriders heart for the second week in a row. Ghostriders were prayin' that McNabb would throw in a TD to Reggie Brown to cap their last score, but... Akers got the field goal instead. Romo had 17, Andre Johnson had 19 before leaving with an injury, TJ had 15, Antonio Pierce threw in a dozen and Portis 10 for the powerful but defenseless Ghosts. The Ogres rode the cape of Chad Johnson (23). Willie Parker, Roy Williams, and Heap each found the end zone, Akers kicked in 12, and Morrison had 11 to get the Ogres to 99 and a 5 point win. Ghosts are 0-2, but have scored the second most points in the league. Opponents are averaging 106.59 against them. CALI must be lickin' their chops at their opportunity in week 3.

Ballin' had the offense workin', but the defense failed this week as the Woopiecushions scored the high score of the season with 117.93 and moved into 4th place. Steve Smith had 27 points catching passes from Delhomme (23), Jamal Lewis ran for over 200 yards and 17 points, and the Pat's D threw in 16 to lead the Cushions. Ballin' wasn't slouching. Braylon Edwards and Gore each had 2 TDs combining for 36 points. TO, the Steelers and Elam (ooooooooh I hate type that name today) each had 11 as well for a very solid week, but this week, the Cushions were outstanding.

The Hillbillies looked like they did in 2004 and 2005 rolling up 106 points against the blindsided Raiders. The Raiders got between 9 and 11 form Manning, Jerry Porter, Gates, Vinatieri, and Merriman, but 5 or less from the rest of the team. The Hillbillies got another TD from Calvin Johnson. Jacksonville had 11 and Briggs had a big day with 17, but the story of the day was Palmer who threw for 6 TD's and 41 points which was the margin of victory.

Undefeated (great to see you at lunch yesterday, Cory) needs a new name. The Illini got off their bum (somewhat) and got out of the basement. It was a defensive battle as there were only 2 double digit contributors in the whole game. The Illini's Devner D had 14 which was more than Undefeated's 11 from Zach Thomas. Those 3 points were the difference in the score 58-55.

The Homies got their first victory of the season beating the Conicals. This games was all about team defense. The Homies had it (Chicago for 20). Clovis didn't (Miami for -3). Driver had 10 and the Caddy had 15 as well for the Homies. Galloway found the end zone a few times for 19 and VY scored 12, but Clovis couldn't over come that powerful Bear D.

Week 2: Two games left in the balance.

Week 2: A New Week

Undefeated's top spot will be lost and the name may be was well, up by only 2 against the rebounding Illini. Santana Moss gets 40 yards (and doesn't lose a fumble) and Undefeated will need a new name.

Big Red is crushing Reavers and will take over the number 1 spot. Yes, Westbrook is yet to run, but the 60 point lead is way too big as Big Red is poised to break the century mark for the second week in a row.

Cali will VERY narrowly miss the century mark for the second straight week, but that is more than enough to get then a second win and send the Bullets to 0-2.

Ballin' is the unlucky team of the week scoring 93 but finding that the Woopiecushions pack a serious punch when Mr. Smith is catching TDs.

Ogres and Ghostriders are in the middle of a tight battle. With plenty of football to play, one of these will have their fantasy D fail in spite of scoring well. It could be the second heart breaker in as many weeks for the Ghost man.

The Raiders came down from their high last week and got pounded by the Billies who rode a one man show not named LT.

The Homies look like they will get their first win dispensing with Clovis, but all is not said and done quite yet. McNabb could put up a -5 and make it a game.

Week 1: Better lucky than good

(and some of us were neither)

Undefeated is picking up where they left off at the mid point of last year. Eli hit Burress for TDs 3 times and the Colts D destroyed the Saints, each going over 20 points. Zach Thomas threw in another 13 to get Undefeated the top score of 113.4. Ghostriders were nominated to the first team unlucky team as they scored 104 in the loss. Romo was out of his mind with 5 TDs and 36 points. Seattle, Portis and Andre Johnson were also in double digits.

Big Red was .21 points off of Undefeated's pace as they blasted the Homies. Everyone contributed for Red except for Cooley (.5) and Rackers (5). That receiving corps of Holt, Wayne, and Moss produced almost 43 points. As for the Homies, well, Donovan was flat (8). Caddy?? (1.7). Shawn Alexander, London Fletcher and the Bears were in double digits and Miller got in the end zone, but 69 points wasn't going to do it against Big Red's 113.

Cali was just short of 100 as they manhandled the Cushions. Brady had a great outing for 24. Coles hit paydirt twice for 14 as did the Viking D putting up 29 points against the Falcons. The Cushions got a solid 33 from their receiving corps and 20.5 from the defensive combo of the Pats and Donnie Edwards, but less than 2 points from Rivers and the running backs sunk them.

Ballin' is in 4th after rolling over the Hillbillies by 19. TO, Cutler, Elam, Gore, and a 20 point Steeler outing carried Straight to 84 points. The Billies weren't very good sitting 20 points in Taco Bell and Calvin Johnson. LT got 16 points (on 25 yards rushing) and Palmer had 15, but the receivers (including TE) combined for only 7 as the 'Billies only managed 65 points.

The Ogres won the Super Bowl rematch, beating last year's champ, the Bullets by 22. Big Ben came out firing with 4TDs and 27 points. Chad Johnson got 10 as well. Akers, Eagles, and DeMarco added another 26.5 to get the Ogres to 79. The Bullets were bitten by the injury bug with Bulger only getting 10 after Orlando Pace went out rendering the Ram signal caller defenseless. Jacobs went down and Maroney is now running in a bit more of a running back by committee. The Raven D had 13, but it was a tough day for the Bullets.

The Raiders started their season on a winning note. Their drafting strategy of Manning, Gates, Chargers, Vinatieri paid off in week one. Each over 10 with Manning getting 23. The rest of the team... well they combined for less than 10, but it was enough to beat the Conicals. Henry and Hanson combined for 24, but VY and Boldin were the only other ones to get it the end zone.

Reavers were definitely LUCKY. Scoring second to worst 44 points and still getting a win. Only Witten had more than 10 in that game. The Illini were, well, not lucky and definitely not good. Ward got a TD for 8 and Wilkins had another 8, but nobody else got more than 5 points and 6 players had 2 or less as the Fighting were more like "flopping 'n ill" getting 28 points as a team. Who would have thunk it, Brees -1.8 and Steven Jackson .05? The team's ineptitude is not a record, however. It was surpassed quite a few times with the 18 team league in 2005. The Frodonites had 25. Stenner had 2 weeks of 23 and 25. Obispo had a 24 and 27. The Bullets and Bitco were close with 29 pointers also in 2005. Romo, Eli Manning, and the Viking D each outscored the Illini team.

So as we look to Week 2. The top 2 point scorers play the bottom 2 which on paper looks bad, but as we know the luck settings are reset each week.

2007 Draft Review

The Raiders were the trend buckers at the draft this year, going QB, TE, K, DEF, IDP before going to RB and WR. We'll see if he was about to capture the top spot in those categories and make up for Fragile Fred and Julius (Tiki syndrome) Jones.

The Cushions grabbed Steve Smith and Marvin Harrison with their top 2 picks, but with Mark Clayton as their #3, it may be the Ogres (Chad Johnson, Roy Williams, Greg Jennings, Drew Bennett) or Big Red (Holt, Wayne, Randy Moss, Curry) who have the best receiving corps.

Eli had to wait until the 5th round for Undefeated to finally claim him.

Frank Gore hung around until the 7th pick.

G Wong's Illini made Klecko the first IDP player in the 9th round. They also drafted JaMarcus Russell who has yet to sign a contract.

Ogres were the 2nd to last to grab their starting QB with Big Ben in the 10th. Woopiecushions were last with Delhomme in the 12th. (These could be the best moves of the draft.)

Vince "Madden Curse" Young went to Colvis in the 5th.

The Homies may have the steal of the draft with Devon Hester in the 12th.

Reavers took 3 starting RBs with their first 3 picks.

Michael Vick was not drafted.

Ballin' used their 12th pick on the Raider's Dominic Rhodes who was suspended the first 4 games. Bullets used their 13th pick on the Bengal's Chris Henry who will be at home the first 8 games of the season.