Week #8 eliminated five teams
from the playoffs. For those five teams, the Scrub Bowl is going to be a
major battle as the other team to join the Scrub Bowl is going to be a team
that gets knocked out of the playoffs on the final week in a division game.
This sixth team is sure to be disappointed by not competing for the top
prize and is going to want to make waves in the consolation round. As for
the top seven teams, only the number one seed, earned by the Mighty Titans,
was given out during this weeks games. A crucial loss and a non Top 6 finish
by the Aldoggies along with a victory and a Top 6 finish by the Death has
kept the A Division title open going into the final week of the regular
season.
The Death are trying to repeat
last years playoff run to the Championship game in the same fashion. If most
of you will recall, the Death was a middle of the road team during most of
the year of 2001. During the final two weeks of the season, the Death arose
from the graveyard, while the complete collapse of the Maulers left Mike
Myers and his boys wondering what happened. With two weeks to go, Mike and
the Maulers could have clinched their division with a win over division foe
Jeff Snyder and the Death. The Death managed to win a slugfest that could
only please McSwain and his contributors by a whopping 42 to 32 with the
teams scoring lower than all of the other ten teams. Even with this setback,
all the Maulers needed was a victory over the contributors to clinch the
division or a loss by the Death. Mike and his bunch came in with the lowest
score of the league while losing to the contributors 53 to 35. If the Death
could win and have a Top 6 finish, they were in. They got 27 points from the
Pitt Panther defense while beating the then Q-Dogs 59 to 52. They tied for a
Top 6 finish and ousted the Maulers from the top spot and took home the
division! They got hot from there and lost last years championship game to
the Steaks 95 to 89. They are on a mission and have some unfinished
business. Al and Russ, look out as this Death team seam to have heated up
earlier this year and scored 123 points in week #8. Going into week #9,
final week of the regular season, only the Titans have earned #1 seed and
guaranteed themselves a bye. The Maulers and the Aldoggies have also
clinched playoff spots. The Maulers have clinched their division while the
Aldoggies have at least a wild card spot clinched. That leaves 3 spots for
four teams. The Death can win their division or earn a wild card spot. The
Dragonfarts, the Stingrays and the Pride can only win a wild card position.
All teams are in control of their own destinies except for the Dragonfarts.
Rusch and his boys need to win and hope for a little help. With that said,
here is a recap of week #8:
ELEPHANTS 68 @ REDHAWKS 87
The Redhawks hurt the Elephants
the best way that they knew how. Use an Alabama Crimson Tide player to
destroy the Elephants! RB Santonio Beard of Alabama scored 45 while coach of
the Elephants Brady could do nothing but be happy and sad at the same time.
Coach Brady went to the University of Alabama and loves to cheer on the
Tide. This time it was at his expense. While happily watching the Crimson
Tide destroy the Ole Miss Rebels 45 to 7, he knew that this victory in real
life was going to be bittersweet. After the game, Brady went to his computer
and tallied up Beard's total. 2 more points and Beard and the Redhawks would
have taken over high player of the week honors for a side pot. The Redhawks
managed enough from the rest of their roster to eliminate the Elephants from
the playoffs. They did this while sitting first pick of the draft, RB
Diedrick of Nebraska on the bench! What a long way for this once highly
touted RB of the Redhawks to fall. Even with this victory, the Redhawks
failed to send in their scores! That is a real slap in the face when you
have a player light up the board for that many points and not even take the
time to call in the scores. Maybe we ought to change the name of the
Redhawks to the Stealth's. Sometimes you see them and most times you don't.
PRIDE 86 @ DEATH 123
Most teams that score 86 usually
deserve to win. The Pride have found out what it is like to feel the way Tom
Driver and the Cows have felt all season. The Death had everybody except for
their kicker go into double digit scoring! Led by the 32 scored by RB Smith
of Oregon, the Grim Reapers may have driven a stake into the heart of the
Pride. Both teams are playing for their playoff lives and the Death made an
impressive statement. The Pride found out that playing without their Miami
Hurricane players made life difficult. Two of the Pride's big guns are
Hurricanes who were off on a bye week. Replacement RB McCullogh of USC
scored nothing. Harry and Larry could be in trouble if they advance into the
playoffs and into the championship game as Miami has another bye the week of
the championship!
COWS 89 @ DRAGONFARTS 126
The Cows have seen this story
week after week this year. Another opponent, another monster week by that
opponent. Teams playing the Cows are averaging 93.1 points per
game this year! Coach Driver had 67 points from RB Brown, Colorado, and
Georgia QB'S. These were the first two box scores that he had checked and
thought that he might have a chance to gain the Cows their second victory of
the season. This notion was blown away when he started to check the
Dragonfarts score. Not only did every fart score in the double digits, but
they now had taken over the side pot for High Team Week honors. No one
player did this as their scores ranged from a team high 26 from USC's QB's
to the 11 form Maryland's kicker. The Cows managed to score 89 points while
having 2 players, WR Kelly of USC and WR Brown of Tennessee get nothing. Of
course, if WR Brown of Tennessee would have scored any points, we would
have had a problem. Brown was on a bye week. The Cows did not have enough
players and had to take a mulligan for an incomplete line up. The
Dragonfarts kept their playoff hope alive with this very impressive win.
MAULERS 69 @ ALDOGGIES 67
Prior to this game, there was the
usual trash talk between Mike of the Maulers and Russ of the Aldoggies.
Neither team backed down and this game resulted in the closest game of the
weekend. Mike was so confident of his team that he took time off to go
hunting and leave the Maulers under the watchful eye of bro Jeff of the
Titans. Scores going back and forth made this game tight. The final of this
outcome had to be checked several times before a winner could be declared.
After checking the Aldoggies Texas defense scoring results several time, it
was found that they had given up a 2 point conversion in the waning moments
of their game. This conversion proved to be fatal for the Aldoggies as they
lost by 2 points and had the home field advantage. Had the defense been able
to stop the conversion, they would have clinched the A division. They have
already clinched a spot in the playoffs, but divisions are worth more dough
than a wild card spot. Bragging rights go to the Maulers with the
possibility of a rematch in the near future.
STINGRAYS 75 @ COSSACKS 63
It is back to Siberia for these
Russians. A dismal season just keeps getting worse for Maze and his vodka
drinkers. 2 and 6 is not what was planned for the Cossacks back at the
draft. Merv's Stingrays got 27 points from his Oklahoma defense and now
controls his own destiny into the playoffs. RB Griffen of Oklahoma is
heating up at the right time as he now is scoring consistently around 20.
The Stingrays are a team that knows how to win when they have to, while the
Cossacks are going to have to look for a quick rebound in the Scrub Bowl.
TITANS 85 @ pansies 26
Are you kidding me??? When it
looked like the contributors could do no worse, they continue to amaze me.
26 points!!!! Seven teams had at least one player that scored at least 26
points with one team getting 45 from one player. RB Jones of Virginia Tech
led the way with 16 points. He has requested a trade! 3 from his QB, 2 from
one WR and 0's from the other two WR'S, 6 form his defense and a negative
one from his kicker!! If this was bad enough, check out his pro team in NFL
I league. They got a grand total of 12!!!!! Combined, his two teams scored
38 points this past weekend. That is the grand total for 15 players! I don't
think that McSwain will miss next year's draft and allow for Frank Uhl and
Joel Matejka to ever draft for him again. Jeff and his Titans are going
after the Dolphins perfect season. 8 wins and 8 top 6 finishes through 8
weeks is incredible. He gets 26 points from the Air Force QBS in week #7 and
then he sits them this week. NC State QBS get him 29. He did suffer a major
setback going into the playoffs as RB Williams of Auburn broke a bone in his
foot and is out for the season. One of the Johnson's, I'm not sure which
one, got him 25 points and this game was over before it even started.
WEEK #9 OUTLOOK
As we enter the ninth and final
week of the season, we can all look back at mistakes that we have made and
the lucky breaks that we have gotten. Well almost, as Tom Driver and the
Cows can't seem to find any of the lucky breaks! We can wonder how this
league would have turned out had the Redhawks not made RB Diedrick the
number one pick of the draft. Diedrick is not even starting at press time.
Coaching Blunder of the Year is still Coach Brady's to give to any team that
wants to take it away. Sitting the Nebraska QBS when they played McNeese
State; a team that is just a little better than the average high school team
is still the leading candidate. Not only did it cost him a victory against
the undefeated Titans but it demoralized the Elephants and they were unable
to recover and make the playoffs. Now we must look at week #9 and answer
some questions as one more team will be eliminated from the playoffs on this
final week of the season. Can the Creeping Death repeat last years
unbelievable run to a division title in the last two weeks or will the
Redhawks and their benched number one pick of the draft put an end to this
magic? Can the Dragonfarts score as much as they did in week #7 and put a
severe blow to the Aldoggies division hopes or will they have their glass
slippers stolen from their feet by the Aldoggies who want to roll into the
playoffs instead of backing in? Who cares what happens when the pansies
travel to Siberia to play the drunk Russians? Will the Maulers call off the
dogs and rest going into the playoffs and give the Cows a much deserved
break or will this be the week that the Cows take a stand and outscore an
opponent? Side note: Where oh where is Luke Staley now? Can the wounded
Elephants take the Pride with them to the Scrub Bowl or will Larry and Harry
go hunting in the Serengeti for Elephants and prepare for the playoffs. Can
the Stingrays stop the Mighty Titans in their quest for the perfect season
or will the Titans show that they can handle that pressure of remaining
undefeated? Does Father really know best? Can Merv send Jeff to his room
without dinner if he disobeys dad's request for a victory? These and many
more questions will be answered in a few short days! I am also sorry that it
has taken so long to deliver Babbling's this week. The World Series, NHL
ticket on Direct TV, a wife in a jury pool for a first degree murder trial,
a Kenny Chesney concert and my first week back to work on the 5:00 am shift
after 22 months has been draining on me. Thank you for your patience!
Tommy the Commish
