The Cossack Report
week # 21) COSSACKS 90 W 9) HUMMERS 55 W OFF = CHICAGO / DETROIT / TENN.
2) BANDITS 83 W 10) MACHINE 51 W
3) LUCK 82 W 11) CONTRIB. 51 L
4) FISH 74 W 12) COWS 50 W
5) MAULERS 74 L 13) MANATEES 49 L
6) DEATH 69 L 14) DEMONS 41 L
7) WAPATI 66 L 15) HITMEN 39 L
8) BOMBERS 56 W 16) DESTROYERS 38 L
COSSACKS ARE 2-0! COACH KARMAZYN WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS HOME WITH A LOSS. IN WHAT LOOKED TO BE A MONDAY NIGHT THRILLER, WITH THE SCORE TIED AT 56 GOING IN, TURNED OUT TO BE A BLOW OUT. ALEXANDER AND SCHROEDER WERE NO MATCH FOR THE OFF WEEK PICK-UP OF G.B. DEF. 34 POINTS.
THE HIT MEN WENT FROM THE HIGH SCORE LAST WEEK TO THE NEXT TO WORST THIS WEEK. HEY PHILLUPS, DID YOU PUT PASSARELLA IN CHARGE THIS WEEK OR WHAT? FRANK UHL FINALLY CAUGHT A BREAK, HE ACTUALLY PLAYED SOMEONE THAT DIDN’T GO OFF. WITH FRANK HOWEVER , THERE STILL HAS TO BE SOME BAD TO REPORT. ALL HE NEED WAS 5 POINTS FROM HIS OFF-WEEK KICKER TO GET THE EXTRA POINT, AND HE MANAGED TO PICK –UP THE WORST POSSIBLE KICKER HE COULD HAVE. HE PICKED UP WASH. AND GOT A (0).
LOOKS LIKE DOTSON’S TEAM IS FOR REAL, HE BLEW UP AGAIN. JUST THIS PAST WEEK HE WAS SHOPPING HARRISON FOR A RB. I’M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY THAT OFFER NO LONGER STANDS. HARRISON BUSTED OUT A NICE 32. THE MYERS BOYS WERE CRYING THE BLUES WATCHING HARRISON GO OFF . TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY THEY HEAVILY CONTEMPLATED USING G.B. DEF FOR THEIR OFF WEEK. THEY SHOULD HAVE CONTEMPLATED A LITTLE HARDER.
LOOKS LIKE THE DEATH’S NAME WILL FIT HIS TEAM TO A (T). TAKE AWAY MANNINGS NEW PLAYER HIGH OF 37 POINTS, AND THIS TEAM MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD. I HOPE YOU DON’T EXPECT 37 EVERY WEEK. WHEN HE COMES BACK TO REALITY , WHAT DO YOU GOT? NOT MUCH, SAYS THIS REPORTER. THEY GOT THE X-TRA POINT WITH A 69 ,, BUT LOST TO THE FISH, WHO HAD 74. THIS GAME WAS INTERESTING GOING INTO MONDAY NIGHT. WITH THE FISH NEEDING 4 POINTS FROM FREEMAN TO GET THE WIN. THE FISH PUT J. SNYDER WORRIES TO REST BEFORE HE COULD EVEN GET HOME FROM WORK AND OPEN A BEER. FREEMAN SCORED EARLY TD, AND THE GAME WAS OVER.
AT LEAST THE COWS ARE CONSISTENT, BAD BUT CONSISTENT. 52 LAST WEEK AND 50 THIS WEEK. THEY DID HOWEVER COME OUT ON TOP THIS WEEK BY PLAYING THE LOWEST SCORING TEAM OF THE WEEK, THE DESTROYERS, WHO HAD A MISERABLE 38.
WELL, I SAID I WOULD RESERVE JUDGMENT ON THE TAYLOR PICK TILL THE END OF THE SEASON, BUT I WON’T. YOU BLEW IT, TAYLOR HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A HUGE INJURY RISK . DEFINITELY NOT WORTHY OF A SELECTION THAT HIGH. NOW YOU HAVE TO HOPE THAT MACK CAN PICK UP THE SLACK, BUT HE IS NO TAYLOR. THE APPARENT RESURGENCE OF FARVE MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE COWS TEAM COMPETITIVE, BUT KENNISON IS GOING TO HAVE TO PICK IT UP IF THEY ARE TO CONTEND. BY THE WAY, CROSS YOUR FINGERS THAT STALEY ISN’T HURT BAD.
THAT’S THE MCSWAIN WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, I SEE YOUR BACK TO NORMAL. I THOUGHT THAT 74 YOU HAD LAST WEEK WAS AN ABERRATION. YOU GOT 51 , BUT I HOPE YOU DON’T EXPECT FIEDLER TO RUN 2 IN EVERY WEEK. THE HUMMERS ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS THIS WEEK. THEY GOT 24 FROM THEIR DEF. AND STILL ONLY MANAGED A 55. A WIN IS A WIN AND TYLER AND SANDERS WILL TAKE.
I GUESS COACH ALFORD GOT A LITTLE PISSED ABOUT MY COMMENTS IN LAST WEEKS REPORT. HE WENT FROM TEAM LOW LAST WEEK TO 3RD HIGH THIS WEEK. ALL RIGHT ALREADY , I’LL SHUT UP, YOUR TEAM MAY NOT BE THAT BAD AFTER ALL. TIME WILL TELL, IF THRASH IS FOR REAL. THE MANATEES ARE ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. THEY WENT FROM 2ND HIGHEST LAST WEEK TO 4TH FROM THE BOTTOM THIS WEEK. I HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH CHIRPING FROM THE MANATEE CAMP AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE. YOU DIDN’T THINK GREEN WAS GOING TO HAVE A 29 EVERY WEEK DID YOU?
I HOPE I DON’T HAVE TO KEEP REITERATING THE FACT THAT THE DEMONS LOST BOTH STARTING RECEIVERS, BUT THEY DID, AND LOST AGAIN. HERE'S THE WORST PART, THEY LOST TO THE BOMBERS. YEA, THE BOMBERS WHO CAME TO THE DRAFT WITH NOTHING, HAD NO KICKER BECAUSE THEY CALLED IT IN TOO LATE. BOMBERS COACH GRAHAM WANTS TO GET THE ADDRESS OF WR ROD SMITH TO SEND A PERSONAL THANK-YOU FOR SAVING HIM THIS WEEK.
THE ODDS FOR THIS WEEKS GAMES WERE NOT UP BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE , BUT IF I HAD IT UP I WAS I WOULD HAVE BEEN 5-3
ODDS ON NEXT WEEKS GAMES REC. LAST WEEK 5-3
REC. TO DATE 8-8
FAVORITE UNDERDOG
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AT COSSACKS + 4 MANATEES
WAPATI + 8 AT LUCK
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AT FISH + 5 MACHINE
CONTRIBUTORS + 9 AT DESTROYERS
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AT MAULERS + 3 BOMBERS
AT HITMEN + 6 DEATH
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HUMMERS + 4 AT COWS
BANDITS + 15 DEMONS
COACHING BLUNDER OF THE WEEK : NONE THAT COST A GAME
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