Week 9, 2007

Week 9, 2007 *(Race to the playoffs...)

The race for the playoffs took another interesting turn as two favored teams, Necessary Roughness and GridIrony were handed a loss. Skoal Bandits continue to be a threat to Wolfens. Wolfens are on a losing streak after doing so well in the first 5 weeks.

Okay, lets get right to the scores for this week:



Argonauts
125.03
Versus
GridIrony
88.00


Necessary Roughness
105.65
Versus
The Dead Rabbits
107.17


Hungry Herpes
107.18
Versus
Fighting Marmots
153.41


Regul8rs
111.75
Versus
The Butchers
88.60


Wolfens
101.12
Versus
Skoal Bandits
119.19

Skoal Bandits managed a win...and Regul8rs pulled a stunning victory over The Butchers. GridIrony went down in flames against the up and coming Argonauts. Dead Rabbits pulled ahead of Necessary Roughness in a last minute win that stunned the fans of Necessary Roughness and handed the franchise a bitter loss.

In the News: Epic-X-league is being taken over by League-o-sphere writers since the current staff has not updated the league on time and in some while. Look for the Epic league to be update by November 15, 2007.

Now on to the best players of the week:

QB: Roethlisberger: 31.18 Team Hungry Herpes (Way to go Kyle and Ben)

WR: Bobby Engram: 23.45 Team Wolfens

RB: Adrian Peterson: 31.50 Team Necessary Roughness

TE: Gonzalez: 18.95 Team Wolfens

K: Mason Crosby: 17.75 Team Fighting Marmots (*A great pickup for the team)

DB: Michael Lewis: 12.00 Team Argonauts

DL: Darnell Dockett: 18.75 Team The Dead Rabbits

Around the League:
New England stayed perfect by defeating Colts. Patriots came from behind and for the first time this year could not run up the score...but win they did. At this point Brady is on pace to throw 65 Touchdowns. Perhaps the 1972 Dolphins should be afraid, very afraid for their record.

The Detroit Lions are 6-2 this year, wow.

Greenbay Packers are sitting at 7-1 and have their mind on January football.

The Bengals have lost 2 in a row and are starting to slip into a dangerous pattern of not getting the TD even when visiting the redzone.

Pacman Jones ended up having his one year suspension upheld.

*Okay that does it for NFL news for this week. But lets revisit the League and list the win-loss statistics:

Fighting Marmots: 7-2
GridIrony: 7-2
Argonauts: 6-3
Necessary Roughness: 5-4
Dead Rabbits: 5-4
Wolfens: 4-5
Skoal Bandits: 4-5*On fire!
Butchers: 3-6
Regul8rs: 2-7
Hungry Herpes: 2-7

Playoff gold? In the hunt for a playoff spot
-Cold as ice.

End Week 9

Week 8, 2007

Welcome to week 8. The battle for the playoff spots heated up to a fever pitch this week. GridIrony, the defending Superbowl Champion, found their team facing Necessary Roughness. A team they defeated in the 2006, Superbowl. Roughness then was named Da Ditkas. Since then the team has moved to Cherryville and been given a new name. New name, new season but same rivalry.

Also Hungry Herpes decided to go all or nothing in a hell for leather attempt to gain a playoff spot. The struggling Wolfens once 1st place in the league looking to snap their sudden losing streak. And Skoal Bandits not to be ignored made their own playoff bid. (Total Fantasy points can depend on what team ends up in the playoffs.) Below is the Total Fantasy points of each team as of Week 8:

1: GridIrony: 930.59

2: Fighting Marmots: 885.30

3: Necessary Roughness: 995.86

4: Argonauts: 794.71

5: Wolfens: 853.18

6: Dead Rabbits: 818.52

7: Skoal Bandits: 745.64

8: The Butchers: 697.79

9: Hungry Herpes: 708.57

10: Regul8rs: 705.11

The scores of the week would change the landscape of the playoff picture and shift everything into uncertainty. The results:


Necessary Roughness
87.77
Versus
GridIrony
138.70

Hungry Herpes
81.65
Versus
The Dead Rabbits
81.20

Regul8rs
70.81
Versus
Fighting Marmots
144.17

Wolfens
76.68
Versus
The Butchers
84.82


Argonauts
109.54
Versus
Skoal Bandits
107.16

The upsets of the week were: Argonauts versus Skoal Bandits. Argonauts came from behind on Monday night to gain a win. The Butchers snatched a win from the jaws of Wolfens. Hungry Herpes managed a huge upset against Dead Rabbits and won by .45 on Monday night with Champ Bailey. And the favored to win Necessary Roughness fell to GridIrony.

The best players of the week:

QB: Tom Brady: 32.82 Team Necessary Roughness (Brady has 30 TD's)

WR: Colston: 25.25 Team Wolfens

RB: Addai: 24.95 Team Fighting Marmots

TE: Gates: 18.85 Team Wolfens

K: David Akers: 11.00 Team Necessary Roughness

DB: Cromartie: 32.00 Team Dead Rabbits

DL: Mike Vrabel: 42.10 GridIrony (3 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 1 TD.)

The match-ups for this week could end playoff chances for some teams or put others in jeopardy of missing the playoffs. Here are the Match-ups for week 9:
*Every team is mathematically alive for a playoff spot week 9.
Argonauts
Versus
GridIrony

Necessary Roughness
Versus
The Dead Rabbits

Hungry Herpes
Versus
Fighting Marmots

Regul8rs
Versus
The Butchers

Wolfens
Versus
Skoal Bandits


Around the League:

Kevin Jones has returned for Detroit Lions and has given them a reason to hope they can win 10 games this year and at least dream of a playoff run. Greenbay stands in their way. Greenbay is 6 and 1 and playing like a team that is hungry for January football.

Drew Brees is back to form, or close, to what people expect from him. Saints have a long way to go and the road will not be paved in gold.

New York Giants played in London against Miami. The game was a snoozer fantasy wise and for the most part NFL wise as well. Giants got the win: 13 to 10 and ended a muddy day across the pond.

Only Rams and Dolphins have not recorded a win this season.

The Patriots are 8- 0. The Colts are 7- 0. This is not the first time that two teams, undefeated, have met this late in the season. But you have to go back to 1921 to find a time in NFL history that 2 teams faced one another, undefeated, this late in the season. Sunday November 4, 2007, a clash of NFL heroes will happen. At the end of the day one shall stand and one shall fall...

End Week 8