Brady's Babblings

Now that I have gotten back from Maui and settled in to my computer, ( my wife thinks that I am attached to it ), I can write about last weeks games. Before I get into that, I would like to remind everybody that Week # 6 is Division games at neutral sites. We can also see the Division races tighten or some teams may break away from the pack for good. We still only have one team, the Cows, who have yet to taste victory this year. It must be hell having a great team one year and then falling apart the next. We have only one undefeated team, the Mighty Titans, who at 5-0 with 5 Top 6 finishes are looking to almost certainly clinch a playoff spot this week. The Maulers are only 13 points from being undefeated like baby brother Jeff's team. Even in their 1 loss, Mike's team finished in the Top 6 and has done so every week. Mike is also riding a 4 game winning streak and gets to face 3 time pansy of the week Contributors this week. A Division is as tight as they come. Who is going to step up and take this Division? The Cossacks are rolling now that they have been sent off to Siberia. A 2 game winning streak is something to build on. Good luck to all and here is Week #5

Lets just begin by saying that the Titans had an off week and still won by 35. I, the Commish, still think that RB Williams of Auburn was a great steal. He posted 23 while RB Johnson, not that Johnson, the other Johnson, scored 24. I am glad to see that Coach Joe Pa can figure out which Johnson to play as he has 4 on his offense! The Titans even got a zero from WR Savage of Oklahoma. When you get a zero on this team, you get cut. Look at the waiver wire from this week. Number 1 pick of the draft Diedrick of Nebraska, got the Hawks the same as Savage: a big fat zero. This is not what the Redhawks expected from the top pick of the draft. They also got zeroes from 2 of their wide receivers as well. This will not win you games unless you play the pansy of the week. This game had the best of the worst when it came to kickers. 2 and 1 points respectively with misses all over the place.

Merv kept pace in the C Division with this much needed win. All teams in the C Division need wins to keep up with the Mighty Titans! RB McClendon of NC State cam in with 24 while WR Washington of Tennessee put in 22. The Death have been playing in close games all year. They scored up and down the board but not enough to topple the Stingrays. I must also thank Death owner Jeff Snyder for taking care of the league while I was out soaking up the rays in Maui. Not only did he take care of the college league, he also has 2 NFL leagues to manage. This draining work may have kept his players from staying focused as they are looking towards lucrative pro contracts and not caring about putting up huge numbers for the Death!

Closest game of the day. The Maulers score point 2 off of the 84.2 average score on their way to their fourth victory in a row. One of the other Johnson's put up 24 points for Mike's team. Maybe they are both using the same Johnson as both had 24. Jeff, Mike, what gives with that? He also got double digit scoring from all of his players except for his Georgia K who netted him 4. The Dragonfarts got 20 from RB Smith of Georgia and 26 from his Virginia Tech defense. The rest of his team did not score much. 2 more points and he would have been in the Top 6. This could hurt come playoffs.

Where oh where is Luke Staley now. Last year, he would have put up more than 48 points by himself. 3 Steaks, I mean Cows, got zeroes! This team is now 0-5 and have to face the now winning Cossacks. The only thing that could be worse for Driver is he could be playing against the Mighty Titans this week. Riding 34 points from their defense, the Aldoggies ate up the Steaks and chewed up the bones. They did not even bother to bury the bones as they are running wild! Russ and Al are the hottest scoring team as we are coming down the stretch. Hey Russ, I, the Commish, think that you should be showing your true alliance and start picking up Wolverine players. RB Clarett has been scoring at will lately. He even played the same week after having knee surgery. The Commish has been out 20 months with 4 knee surgeries. He must not have a good Workman's Comp payment plan or Long Term Disability plans!

For 3 weeks now, the Contributors have earned pansy of the week honors! This has been done in 5 weeks. A second 41 output on back to back weeks would get most coaches fired. I don't think the 2 week total of 82 would have beaten the Mighty Titans in any of the weeks! Florida QB with 18, two zeroes and nobody else with higher than a six! The heads should be rolling at Contributor headquarters. The Pride would have lost against any of 7 other teams, but they were playing against the Contributors. The players were looking ahead on the schedule to see that they had a tough game against the Stingrays this coming week and coasted to victory. This was a good week to have an off week where the highest scoring Pride player was the Michigan State kicker with 19.

The Russians are on a roll. Penn State QB putting in 23 and the Georgia defense putting in 26 got the Commies off to a good start. Even getting a zero from RB Houston of Tennessee did not hurt as the Elephants got a zero from RB Golden of NC State. Maze was beginning to wonder if 92 was going to be enough as Elephant RB Williams of Alabama scored an 80 yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. He finished with 19 points. WR Jacobs added 28 but the struggling Nebraska QB getting only 8 could not save the Elephants. They were slayed and might well have been looking ahead to this weeks match against the Mighty Titans.

Now that I am back home, I will now be able to watch the games this weekend. With the high stakes of neutral site divisional games, we have a few things to watch for. Can the Dragonfarts defeat the Redhawks while having trouble deciding on which QB to start? Can the Creeping Death rebound against the high Flying Aldoggies who seem to have their team lining up for a playoff run? Is this the week that the Contributors score more than 41 points and pass on the pansy of the week honors while facing the 4 game winning streak of the Maulers? Will the Cossacks be caught off guard outside of Siberia and hand over the first victory to the Cows? Will the Harry and Larry show of the Pride be enough to defeat the Stingrays during Merv's time of year ( the playoff stretch)? Can the Elephants score enough points to scare or possibly beat the Mighty Titans? In a few days, we will have the answer to all of these questions! Good luck to all!

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