Week #6 was the week that was
supposed to separate the men from the boys and let all of us know who was
going to take charge of their divisions. After the games were finished, we
definitely have some distinct front runners for the playoffs.
Let me start with the
COACHING BLUNDER OF THE YEAR category. It first looked as though
Cows owner Tom Driver was going to earn this honor. He was sitting 0-5 and
playing the very confident vodka drinkers of the Cossacks. On Thursday, line
ups were sent in early due to the Florida State game and Driver elected not
to play RB Jones of FSU. Jones scored 27 points. However, the Cows won and
you can't attain this honor when you win. Now Coach Brady of the Elephants,
in his infinite wisdom, decided to bench the Nebraska QB'S in favor of the
Miami QB'S. This was the dumbest move in the world since the designated
hitter rule was put into place in American League baseball. Not only did the
Elephants lose the 37 points that the Nebraska QB'S put up against tiny
McNeese State University, it cost him a win against the Mighty Titans and
dropped him from second place into last place in the C Division!
The Aldoggies led by the
mastermind coaching of Russ Shumake have gained a 4 point edge in their
quest for the A Division. The Dragonfarts are still fighting their way to
the top as they had originally thought that they had lost, but indeed defeat
the Redhawks after the Commish was brought in to check the scores. The
Maulers may have lost, but they still are in command of B Division. In the C
Division, the Titans can clinch the title this week with a win or a Top 6
finish. If they do not, all they need is 1 Top 6 finish in the final 3 weeks
to claim C Division theirs thanks in part to the bad coaching of the
Elephants by Brady! Here is a recap of WEEK # 6.
REDHAWKS 77
VERSUS DRAGONFARTS 79
This game was marred by scoring
problems. The first score that Coach Rusch had sent to the Commish showed
him losing. Then he got confirmation from Coach Alford of the Redhawks and
the scores were in question. After that, Rusch checked scores again and
found that he had won. Due to this fact, he asked the Commish to double
check scores. I did and found that the Dragonfarts had pulled out this nail
biter by 2 points. Picking up the USC QB'S was key to his victory as they
posted 24 points. A good coaching move as Coach Bobby Bowden of Florida
State has decided not to pass the ball any more and rely on the run. FSU
QB'S are the Dragonfarts other QB tandem. This game also goes back to that
August night in the Shenandoah clubhouse when the draft was held. The
Redhawks, holding on to the first pick of the draft passed on Marshall QB'S
and took Diedrick. Why is this so important at week #6 of the season you
ask? Diedrick, RB Nebraska, got the Redhawks 2 points. Marshall QB'S put up
24. Less the 12 points that the Redhawks QB tandem from Washington put up,
this would have been a Redhawk victory and a Top 6 finish. If we only knew
then what we knew now!
CREEPING DEATH
78 VERSUS ALDOGGIES 86
If all of you in the league have
been reading the message board, you already know that Coach Poppa Pump (Russ
Shumake) has the league title game figured out to be the Aldoggies taking on
the Titans. This game may have showed why he is able to make this claim. For
the last 3 weeks, the Aldoggies have been a Top 3 team while trying to pull
away in their division. They continue to ride the 20 plus point output of RB
Clarett every week. Russ also loves the fact that our season ends the week
before this running back plays against his beloved Wolverines at the
Horseshoe in Columbus. Coach Snyder was the victim of lack of injury
information being offered. RB Alexis of Washington sat out this weeks game
and got the Death a big goose egg in this highly pivotal division game. With
3 weeks to go, Snyder is hoping for a miracle run to the end like last year!
CONTRIBUTORS 63
VERSUS MAULERS 54
This was the lowest output of the
season for the Maulers and their first taste of defeat since week #1. The
pain of playing without #1 running back, Suggs of Virginia Tech, did not
look like it was going to hurt so bad when the schedule showed the Maulers
taking on 3 time pansy of the week Contributors. However, the Contributors
got past the 41 point output that they had scored in each of the last 2
weeks and piled up 63 points. Now, Coach McSwain, may be a little over
confident. A win is a win in any book. A division win is even better. But
before the Contributors go off the deep end, I want to remind them that 9 of
the 12 other teams would have beaten them. Also, if not for the Tennessee
game going into overtime, thus allowing RB Davis and Tennessee kicker to
gain late points, this would have been an ugly Mauler win. I am glad to see
the Contributors get off the 41 point plateau and rid themselves of the
pansy of the week honors! Congratulations at Coach Mike Myers expense.
COSSACKS 51
VERSUS COWS 81
This game had the makings of
drunk vodka drinking Russians celebrating by eating the steaks. After
sitting RB Jones of FSU and his 27 points, Coach Driver was pulling out what
left he has of his hair. After all, teams have been averaging almost 100
points playing against the Cows this year! But this week was to be different
from the first 5 weeks. Little did Coach Driver know that he was going to be
playing the pansy of the week winners. That's right! The Mighty Cossacks
who were riding a 2 game winning streak and second highest score of week #5
fell all the way down to the pansy of the week team. Lack of injury info
cost Coach Maze dearly as he did not know about an abductor muscle injury to
star running back Whalen of BYU and took a zero. The rest of the Ruskies did
not pick up the slack as all they could manage was a team high 11 from the
Penn State QB'S. Of course, the Cows were worried when they sat 27 points on
the bench. RB Brown of Colorado helped ease those worries as he ran in 23
points and scored on an 85 yard TD run to take over the side pot for that
category with 3 weeks left. Congratulations to the Cows for getting first
victory of the season!
PRIDE 100
VERSUS STINGRAYS 79
Coach Merv Myers is upset with
son #2 Jeff. He had drafted Perez, WR Florida, but dropped him. Pride duo of
Larry and Harry picked him up. Perez scored 20 to help the Pride soften the
sting of the Stingrays. They also got 29 out of RB McGahee from Miami who
got these points in the first half against a high school football team. Had
Coach Spurrier been at Miami this week, McGahee may have passed their own QB
for the highest scoring player for one game by playing him in the second
half as well. Coach Merv should not be too upset with Jeff as he still would
have lost by 1 point. He should be upset with the two teams that passed on
Marshall QB'S at the draft and let them drop to the third pick for the
Pride. Marshall QB'S got 24, while first pick Diedrick, RB Nebraska got 2
and second pick, Florida QB'S got 4. These 24 points are what did in the
Stingrays. The Harry and Larry show got high score for the week even though
their defense, USC, netted a negative 1 point. Even Merv's beloved Trojan's
tried to help his team out.
ELEPHANTS 71
VERSUS TITANS 89
Coach Brady could not take
advantage of the fact that the Titans had RB Williams of Auburn and WR
Rogers of Michigan State out of the line up due to bye weeks. Not only that,
but Coach Jeff Myers of the Titans had to do some quick wheeling and
dealings due to an injury to WR Davis of Marshall and the discipline to pick
up TE Winslow of Miami. Coach Brady helped the Titans remain undefeated by
finding a way to earn COACHING BLUNDER OF THE YEAR honors. Brady should have
known that Miami's QB'S would be handing the ball off most of the game since
they were playing a high school team. He should have known that the option
running ball hog of the Nebraska QB'S would have been a better play since
they were going up against another high school team. Rule to remember is
that you don't have to bench your QB if he only gets you 8 points the week
before! This coaching mistake practically handed the C Division over to the
Mighty Titans. They have a 9 point lead with 3 weeks to go. One Top 6 finish
and they clinch. Jeff does find ways to score tons of points. His Air Force
QB led the Titans home with 30 points. Not bad for a QB that was not even
drafted!
Week #7 is do or die for some
teams while others may coast into the playoffs. Lack of information
regarding injuries is really starting to take its toll on teams. A key
transaction pick up can make or break a team right now. Here are some
questions to think about as we prepare for week #7. Will the Maulers rebound
from a startling loss and take control of the B division or will they fade
into the sunset? Can the Redhawks overcome the tough 2 point defeat after
they had thought that they had won? Can the Cows stay out of the butcher
shop as the Death has plans to turn them back into steaks? Can the Harry and
Larry show of the Pride knock off Rusch and the Dragonfarts without Marcus
Allen ( an inside joke to be answered by Harry or Dave)? Can Coach Brady of
the Elephants not over coach and stall Aldoggies Coach Poppa Pump's plans of
a championship match against the Titans? Can the Contributors win outside of
their division against former top dog of league Stingrays? Can Pansy of the
Week Cossacks go into the Titans house and deliver them their first loss?
All of these to be answered in just a few days. Good luck to all!
Tommy the Commish
