Week #3
After a one week hiatus, college football is back. Week #3 saw the sports world returning to action after a week of reflecting and mourning the tragic events that transpired on Sept. 11th. We are approaching the mid point of the college fantasy season, and several teams have made a move to pull ahead of their respective divisions, while others are searching for their first win. Week #3 was a tough week for many, as this week saw many top teams on bye weeks. Lets take a look at how things shaped up in week #3........
Christians
123 Contributors 58
Mr. Rusch
did inspire his Christians this week and his team rewards him with their first
win of the year, and in mighty big fashion over the Contributors. Dave's team
was lead by Nebraska QB, who shook off a few bad weeks to post 35 points. RB
Brown of CU also had a solid week with 22 to lead the Christian RB's who
combined for 53 points. The win and bonus point move the Christians into 2nd
place in the A Division, but still 4 points behind the division leader.
McSwain's team continues their struggles and can't seem to find the right mix to
score enough points to get the first win of the year for the Contributors. On a
positive note....(hey, John will take any positive he can get right
now!).....the Texas QB threw a 92 yard TD, which has a solid chance of holding
on to the sidepot the rest of the way.
Elephants
103 Stingrays 50
Tom Brady
gets another convincing win from his Elephants as the double up the hapless
Stingrays. We would like to thank Tom for gracing us with his presence as he
departs for Foxboro to take over the QB duties for the banged up Drew
Bledsoe..........oh sorry, wrong Tom Brady! Welcome back Tom, it was if you were
never gone! Tom gets another big week from Florida QB and Florida WR Gaffney.
Boy, Tom better hope Coach Spurrier doesn't decide to go with a running game one
of these days or his Elephants are done! Merv is in a very unfamiliar position
these days, 0-3 looking up at every other team in the league at this point.
Hmmmmm, lets see who was not at the draft in person.......Merv and John......hmmmm,
who are the only two winless teams still left in the league......there you go
Merv and John. Things can only get better for the once powerful Stingrays team,
I am betting Merv finds the way into the win column this week.
Pride
62 Death 49
Larry and
Harry get the "Schedule break of the Week" award as their team puts up
a mediocre at best 62 points, but walks away with a win over the previously
undefeated Death team. A long TD catch from Johnson lead the way for the Pride.
The Commish had bad feelings about this week, as goin 3-0 was just to hard to
comprehend. But this bad? Hardly could have imagined what happened. The Death
have fired their trainer and brought in Richard Simmons to shape up the team.
Hey, after having multiple players get injured in the first quarter the past two
weeks, along with WR Flowers getting hurt and quitting college football
altogether, maybe "Sweating with the 80's" is just the inspiration and
conditioning this team needs to get back on track.
Maulers
83 Redhawks 53
Mike's
team continues to plow through the UAL schedule like a team on a mission.
Nothing fancy this week for the Maulers, just 5 players/teams in double digits
to lead the way to the win over division foe the Redhawks. Mike's Maulers remain
the only perfect team in the league so far, with 3 wins and 3 top 6 finishes.
The Maulers are the team to beat this year. An A.P.B. has been issued for
Redhawks coach Carey, as he failed to submit a lineup or turn in scores for the
week. After the disappointing week #1, the Redhwaks rebounded with a solid win
in week #2, but have sunk back to their original ways, and burning up both
mulligans this week. Stayed tuned, the 2002 Pizza Fund may have its first
deposit next week!
Cows
100 Cossacks 97
In the
closest game of the week, Driver's Cows get the late FG to turn back Maze's
Cossacks. This game was neck and neck the whole way, as these two teams slugged
it out until the final kick. A big 33 point game from the Cows defense was their
leader this week, and RB Henry chipped in 27 to finally put Maze away. Tom's
team leads the C Division, with the Q-Dogs nipping at their heals. Maze suffers
a tough loss, something that he seems to find a way to do quite frequently. The
Cossacks post the 4th high score in the league for the week, but it still wasn't
enough. For the 2nd week in a row, a Cossack player sets the new league high
game for a player. This week was stud RB Anderson's turn, as he put a big 43
point game, but it still left the Cossacks a FG short of getting the win.
Q-Dogs
83 Titans 67
The Q-Dogs
have turned to the past and brought back Coach Russ to help Al with the team, as
Al is taking a little time to himself. While Al is still involved with the team,
Russ's energy will hopefully provide the needed spark so the Q-Dogs will avert
any more down weeks like a week #2 loss to the Redhwaks. With all that being
said, things looked dismal for Al & Russ, as they could only field a lineup
of 1 QB, 1RB, and 1 WR due to the bye weeks. Titans coach Jeff figured this was
just what his team needed after the shellacking they took in week #2 from
brother Mike. WRONG!!!!! Somehow the Q-Dogs pull out the win, getting a monster
40 point game from their defense, along with 23 from their QB and 17 from their
K. Jeff was left scratching his head, trying to figure out how the hell a team
with only 3 offensive players could beat his Titans. One word Jeff..... DEFENSE!
Tough loss for the Titans, they need to rebound quickly as well, or Jeff and
Merv will be watching Mike as the lone Myers representative in the postseason
this year.
Weekly
Awards
QB of the
Week: Nebraska, Christians 35 Points
Rusch gets the performance he
has been waiting for from his top draft pick, as his team gets their first win
of the year in decisive fashion.
RB
of the Week: Anderson RB, Cossacks 43 Points
Maze sets a new high for
player high game pot for the 2nd week in a row, unfortunately this week's
results were not the same as last week as the Cossacks lost to the Cows.
WR
of the Week: Gaffney, Elephants 20 Points
Two weeks and counting........for the 2nd week in a row Tom gets the top WR
performance from his stud Florida player. Go Gators is Mr. Brady's new war cry!
Week
#4 Lines:
Contributors
@ Death -1
Christians -4 @
Pride
Elephants -28
@ Titans
Stingrays
@ Q-Dogs -31 1/2
Cossacks -10 1/2 @
Redhawks
Cows
@ Maulers -7
1/2
Commish's Lock of the Week: Take the Cossacks and give the 10 1/2 Points
Commish's Underdog of the Week: Take the Cows and the 7 1/2 Points
That is all for now, remember the the roster deadline is Friday at 8pm (unless you have a player in the Thursday night game), and remember that score are due by 8pm every Monday!
Good
luck to everyone this week!
The
Commish
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