This was my Nascar weekend so I didn't have the pleasure of watching Sunday Ticket with my usual focus, nor was I able to really keep track of the head to head games as well as I would normally. But it was a grand weekend. It was an experience that will be hard to duplicate. Most of you knuckleheads probably have NO appreciation for Nascar. For real racin. Put your foot to the floor, get in my way at your own peril, my balls are bigger than yours and if ya gotta piss, well you just do it, kind of racin. This was tremendous stuff, and we all had a ball. But even with all of those distractions. Even though NC has yet to fully discover the concept of Hi Def TV, or more than two TV's in a bar, I could not miss the devestating hits that has the National Football League all in a tizzy. Not to get on a rant here, and having no idea how y'all feel about the issue, but it is another sign of what ails our great nation. Football is a violent game. The better you get, the farther you get, the more violent it becomes. Do great running backs fall down when they get hit? No. Do great QB's drop to the ground when they sniff a rush from the blind side. No. Do defensive lineman bite whatever they have too in order to get a fumble - yes. Does a linebacker pancake Adrian P when he is stood up and ripe for a lick. Yes. Till this last weekend, did a great corner or safety just absolutely light up a wideout crossing the middle to knock the ball out - and the head off for that matter. Yes. But not after today. From now on you must tackle in a more "civilized" way. No more lowering the head to a "defenseless" reciever. Now, I suppose, you tippy toe up, let 'em catch the ball, givem' a bear hug after the catch and then help him up. Hell, might as well dust off any dirt on his jersey. How in the name of Nighttrain is that going to work. There is a reason that Moss doesn't go over the middle. If you don't want to get hit hard, stick to the side line or run deep. Welker - theres a guy who knows how to do it and not get blow'd up. Not to mention that in a bunch of the cases, the defensive player gets the worst of it. Now don't get me wrong, I don't like seeing guys get hurt. Don't like guys careers getting ruined, but there has to be a better way. Playing football at half speed will work about as well as being half pregenant. And what in the world are we going to do about knee injuries. About broken legs. About little pinkies getting torn off. My suggestion is to change the gear - if you make it hurt more to do a helmet to helmet hit, there will be fewer of em. Ever look at the size of the helmet that Bart Star wore.............
But enough about that - we had a bunch of great games in the 666 league this week.
Death Panels sits Suishi...................................and gets Bitch Slapped
Thrombic Acid (Aka Bio Diesel or something last year) had a system last year and stuck to it thick or thin. Stick with what got you wins. Who cares if it makes any sense. Who cares if the other kids tease you. What counts is wins. Don't mess with a system. But the Commish couldn't stick with his system. Probably goaded (or rather reminded) by Morning Missles who was in the Motor City, Death Panels actually started players that played. In every position. He even scored points from every player on his lineup this week, which I think is the first time this season. Hell, he even scored points from his wider recievers. And he got about half as many points this week than he got last week. Calvin J (who was doubtful to play) had 21 for Ballblokes, DeSean Jackson had 20 before he got blow'd up, Jones 17 and Eli's 19 all added up to the ass whoppin of the week. And just to prove a point. To be mean even, Ballblokes put the Slap on Death Panels even though he got ZIP from Kevin Walker who couldn't score a point in Houstons 35-31 win. Ballblokes and Death Panels both go to 3-3 - Final Ballblokes 119 over Death Panels 80.
And POP goes the..................................................Cherry
Finally. MeSoHorny gets the taste of what life is like as a winner. Brought a tear to my eye. Made me want to listen to that golden oldie by the Four Seasons. You know the one - Oh what a night, late December back in 63, what a very special time for me..................All I can say MeSoHorny, is even though the first one is great, and will never be forgotten, it only gets better with practice! Brees (27), A Johnson (20), Gonzales (14) all finally came together to perform like the studs they were suppose to be. The rest of the squad, with the exception of Driver, were respectable and MeSoHorny was finished early. Which often happens the first time........the only defense the Bloody (again happens often the first time - yuk, forget I said that) was decent games from Orton, Bradshaw and Moore. Moss? Well - he didnt get blow'd up so I guess it was a good game. Horny goes to 1-5 and stays in contention, while Bloodypulp falls to 2-4 109 to 77.
What goes up real fast often..........................................gets blow'd up
Not to push the metephors too far, but often when you shoot your wad on one game, you kind of lose ammunition on the next go round. Dragons had an absolutely dominating game last week, and scored twice as many points as half the field, so a downfall was very predictable. Morning Missles had another good scoring performance from Romo (in ANOTHER Cowboy loss), and the Titan Def totallly dominated the Jags (including Missles #1 pick MJD), but the rest of the team was average, and Missles managed to score just shy of a 100. I didn't do the math, but I think Morning Missles has the most consistent scoring team in the league - kind of like the Jets. Nothin flashy, but keeps on winning. Dragons could only score 21 points from his QB and all three wideouts, and wasted one of Chris Johnsons better games to barely bust 70 points. Think this was a temporary set back for Dragons, but I would recommend drinking lotsa water, staying away from MeSoHorny for at least a week, and only watch PBS. That should re-charge ya. Morning Missles vaults to 4-2 and Red Dragons falls to 3-3 = 96 to 72.
Its just not fair, I played a good game, but I cant beat........................Squiggy
Boof Licks was due for a good game. He has talented players. He is a good manager. He is very much like the Cowboys. Close, but still so far away. Brady, Knox, Jackson, Mendenhall all had great games. Forte scored the first TD of the weekend (I think). Manningham scored another TD. Even Janikowski got into double digits. The problem was Shiancoe didn't score. As in didn't have a catch. That and Colstons measly 5 points were the difference. A hundred will win more than it loses Boof man, but not when you are playing the best. LT - another outstanding game. Every week I think of sitting him. Every week I am glad I didn't. Joseph Addai. Gets every Wednesday off, is listed as questionable, I think of sitting him, and am glad I didn't. Percy Harvin, the happiest guy on the Vikings with the Moss deal, and should have scored more points. Austin Collie - I'll take three catchs and a TD a game all year long. And of course Mr. Manning. Bottom line is MacAttack kicks ass again (and wins 25 bucks to boot) and goes to 5-1 with a 117 to 100 victory, dropping Boof Licks to near the bottom at 2-4.
This one hurt
This was a good game. Wish I would have been able to watch the scoring - don't know how neck and neck it was. All I do know is when Flacco, Jennings, Maclin and the NO defense score you 80 plus points you are normally going to win. Especially if your opponent doesn't start a defense! If you score over 120 points you are normally NEVER going to lose, but as we have seen before, it all depends on who you are lucky, or unlucky, enough to draw that week. OldSkoolers plays ANYBODY else this week and he gets a W. But, he was playing the Badgers. Saturday should have been the clue - like when the REAL Badgers knocked out the OTHER OSU, and #1 ranked Buckeyes. It was a Badger weekend. Big Bad Ben comes back (ok, I messed up last week and he was on a bye) and starts slow, but finishes strong. Arian Foster continues his improbable play, Pieree Garcon - who couldn't catch a ball in the first couple of games - has a great game, but the most improbable stud this week was some guy named Torain (which I thought was some kind of religious book). How in the hell can Badgers score almost 50 points from two running backs that nobody had ever heard of before the season. I bet Morning Missles would trade you MJD for either one Badgers. Great games from both, but OldSkooler falls to 2-4 and Badgers goes to 4-2 136 - 122
Wish I could have watched the MNF game..........................this looks like it came down to the wire
Runnin out of steam boys - been a long weekend, but I really wish I had seen the Monday night game. I was on a plane - and didn't even see the highlights. Looks like Hemorrhoids had a big lead going into the game on the back of a great game from Bowe, and decent games from AP, Prater and the SF defense. All Thrombic Acid had left was Bironas for the Titans. Thrombic had another good game from Alex Smith, Jacobs scored the points for the Giants, Meachem had a TD, and Marshall did OK. But his stud, Nicks, probably drew more defensive attention based on his last couple of games and scored less than a point. So Thrombic needed 15 points to catch Rhoids which is hard to do with a kicker. Based on the score it looked like a boring game. Boring for everyone but Acid and Rhoids that is. Still haven't seen any replays, and probably never will, but if I could make up the ending it would be Titan ball on the Jags 20 with the clock ticking. Acid yelling, kick the damn field goal, kick the damn field goal......................but I know that is fantasy only. No way Bingo was even watchin the game. Thrombic Acid falls to a respectable 3-3 and Hemorrhoids goes to 4-2 in the closest game of the week 94-92.
We are half way through the season and still have a nice balance to the league. Nobody is out of it, but there are a couple who are about to go a lap down. Now that Horny has scored, will he make a second half run? Is Boof done for the year like the Cowboys? Is squiggy going to run away with it all? This is a big week of byes - lots of talent on the bench. Should be interesting.
Squiggy
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