Week 9 Recap

Ladies and Gentlemen, week 9 will go down as the week of nailbiters. This week, the average margin of victory was a mere 8 points, with three games being decided by 5 points or less.

In one of the closest games of the week, George Crush confidently walked onto the gridiron without a Tight End. Despite his reluctance to spend a player move to fill the typically lowest scoring roster slot, it was the heavy lifting of the running backs which allowed him to improve to 6-3 over the Mason’s Maulers. With a little creativity, the Maulers certainly would have dealt the Crush a solid loss had they filled their roster as well. Good game Chris!

Perhaps the biggest upset of the week, the Better Masons made the statement “Not only will we beat you, we will do it with most of our firepower sitting on the bench”. The Masons squeaked out the victory with 35 points on the bench and 2 empty slots in their roster. What a statement Alexandra!

The Silver Bullets got back to their winning ways with the help of the struggling Tony Romo putting in a solid performance. The effort of the Mayhem’s running backs was not enough to overcome the loss of Hines Ward. Tough luck for the Mayhem. Way to hang on Bullets!

Despite 4 players scoring in double digits, the Nittany Mountaineers suffered defeat at the hands of the Powder Puffs. Luck was certainly not on the side of the Mountaineers (not to mention the Mountaineers of the Big East as well), as 3 players scoring goose eggs proved to be an insurmountable obstacle. OR, MAYBE, the Powder Puffs just played their cards well. Good game Lori (Lori T, that is)!

One of the first teams to clinch a spot in the post-season, Blitzburgh quelched a solid performance by The Riskers by racking up the highest score of the week (and the only one in triple digits). Blitzburgh must have magical insight into the world of Fantasy Football, proven by selecting a player projected to score 0 and still managing to score points (evidence: Miles Austin). Blitzburgh: WE ARE NOT WORTHY!!!!

The other team to clinch a play-off spot, Ur Momma dealt the Fury the biggest blowout of the week. Only living up to part of the smack talk, the Fury held normally high scoring Ur Momma to a modest score, but was unable to capitalize by leaving some heavy scores on the bench. Good game Angela. We almost had ya!

STUDS:
QB - Aaron Rodgers (The Riskers): 29.64
WR - Vincent Jackson (Blitzburgh): 27.40
RB - Arian Foster (George Crush): 16.00
TE - Rob Gronkowski (Mt. Morris Mauraders): 12.73
K - David Akers (Powder Puffs): 16.00
DEF - Houston (Better Masons): 28.92

DUDS:
QB - Michael Vick (Mt. Morris Mayhem): 3.86
WR - DeSean Jackson (Better Masons): -1.63
RB - CJ Spiller (Mason’s Maulers): 0.33
TE - Dallas Clark (Mason’s Maulers): 1.40
K - Stephen Gostkowski (Fairmont Fury) & Rob Bironas (Better Masons): 6.00
DEF - Kansas City (George Crush): 0.80


WASTED ON THE BENCH:
QB - Joe Flacco (Ur Momma): 17.20
WR - Julio Jones (Better Masons): 22.93
RB - Willis McGahee (Fairmont Fury): 22.87
TE - Tony Gonzalez (Mason’s Maulers): 8.40
K - Mason Crosby (Fairmont Fury): 10.00
DEF - Green Bay (Fairmont Fury): 26.92
WOW - I just now realized how pathetic the Fury’s week 9 effort was!

Thanks,

Bob (Fairmont Fury)

Week 7 Challenge--The Results

Congratulations to the Nittany Mountaineers, whose DEF scored the most points in Week 7 at 27.32 points. That earns Coaches L and J Risk one player move!

Also winning 1 player move each are Ur Momma and Powder Puffs, whose defenses both recorded 4 sacks in their games this weekend. Way to go defenses!

Watch for the next challenge to come in a few weeks!

Weekly Recap--Week 7

This week was a very wild week. We had 2 very high scores and we had 7 teams score less then 66 points. We'll just say it was a defensive struggle ( or an offensive display).

One of this weeks matchups featured 2 teams with good records, but you wouldn't know it by the final score Blitzburgh 58.97 to Fairmont Fury 50.82. Fairmont Fury would have won, if they would have played Mark Sanchez (who scored 19 pts.) instead of Matt Cassel who scored a -2.10 pts.

Another matchup featured a team that actually scored some points Silver Bullets. Silver Bullets had a big win 104.23 to 43.53 for Powder Puffs. Silver Bullets looks like a team who will be a competing for the title this year. Powder Puffs did have 5 players on a bye this week, at least she has an excuse for her low score.

The biggest defensive battle was the closest final score Mason's Maulers 48.21 to Mt. Morris Mayhem 46.59. Mt. Morris Mayhem had to play Colt McCoy (who scored -1.48 pts.) because M. Vick was on a bye. It also didn't help Ryan Torain scored - .33 pts. This win puts Mason's Maulers one game back from a playoff spot.

Another close match-up was between the Mt. Morris Mauraders 83.41 to the Nittany Mountaineers 77.91. The Nittany Mountaineers would have won if they played Antonio Gates who scored 9.60 pts. This is a tough loss for the Nittany Mountaineers who fall to 1-6. The Mt. Morris Mauraders are now the hottest team in the league with winning their 4th straight game.

The team with most points scored in the league George Crush won 125.22 over Better Masons 62.63. George Crush goes to 4-3 with the win. I still can't believe this team is only 4-3 with averaging over 100 points per week.

Ur Momma scored 142.63 points (the most points scored this season) and defeated The Riskers who scored 65.38. Ur Momma left DeMarco Murray a running back on the bench who broke the Cowboys all-time rushing record with 253 yards. By the way DeMarco Murray scored 24.87 pts. in our league. Ur Momma is now 6-1 and the #1 seed if the playoffs started today.

GOOD:

M. Forte 18.20 (Silver Bullets)
B. Roethlisberger 24.90 (Nittany Mountaineers)
N.O. Def. 27.32 (Nittany Mountaineers)
Clev. Def. 25.48 (Mt. Morris Mauraders)
D. Sproles 22.46 (George Crush)
Arian Foster 33.60 (George Crush)
Houston Def. 24.00 (Better Masons)
D. Brees 36.13 (Ur Momma)
M. Colston 18.53 (Ur Momma)
A. Rodgers 22.91 (Riskers)


BAD:

M.Cassel -2.10 (Fairmont Fury)
C. Painter -4.59 (Powder Puffs)
C. McCoy -1.48 (Mt. Morris Mayhem)
R. Torain -.33 (Mason's Maulers)
P. Hillis 0 (Mt. Morris Mauraders)


UGLY (players left on the bench):

M. Sanchez 19 (Fairmont Fury)
S.D. Def. 23.56 (Fairmont Fury)
A. Gates 9.60 (Nittany Mountaineers)
DeMarco Murray 24.87 (Ur Momma)
J. Stewart 10.53 (Ur Momma)

Week 7 Challenge

Since defenses were studly in week 6, the Week 7 challenge will involve them! The team with the most points on DEF will win 1 player move. And the team that has the most sacks in their game will also win one player move. Good luck!