1997 FFL Week 7 Newsletter
This week’s high scoring team: NFC Norris broke out of a near season-long slumber to score 70, the third highest single game total in FFL history with the help of James Stewart’s RB record 32 points.
This week’s stooge: Supercuts with 9; finishing close: Snakes-12; Spillers-14; Highways-16. Misery loves company. The Cuts first-ever sub 10 point contest.
What’s inside:
1. Letter from the Commish
2. Transactions
3. Week 7 Recaps & Boxscores
4. The Swami Sez
5. Power Rankings
6. Schedule
7. Rosters
Letter from the Commish:
The Commish can always tell when he has ruffled Coach Widtfeldt’s feathers as he did in last week’s newsletter with his "coattails" comment. In you recall, the gist of it was that E-Z E, at 1-5, was beginning to focus his energies on the shared team of his and Coach Wassem’s in another league. That team is 5-1, making Coach Wassem teams a combined 11-1 after Week 6. Widtfeldt called in to say that there’s a very "fine line" in his division between 4-2 April and 1-5 Eric with only three offensive points separating the two. Granted. But as Coach Will always says, it’s about matchups. Thus far, the Highways haven’t had them. However, in Week 8 the Highways get a shot at the Mystics. They may or may not admit to this but we all know they would LOVE to smack the Mystics down. Thing is, Coach Wassem was asked about their upcoming matchup and replied, "Oh, is that our next opponent? We didn’t really know. We take them one game at a time. If beating the Mystics makes the Highways’ season, so be it. As an organization, the Mystics don’t concern ourselves with that. We’re only concerned about winning our own division and getting to Week 17. That’s the only game that matters."
After each played one of the two female owned franchises in Week 6, the Beer Spillers and Grande To The Party each square off against the other female owned franchise in Week 8. Both are going for the sweep; being sweeped, that is. Will’s team was slapped down 38-20 by April’s Supercuts and now has to try to keep pace with PMS while the Beer Spillers lost a close 46-42 decision to PMS and now plays the Supercuts this week. If both teams lose, they will be the third and fourth teams in the league this year to be swept by the ladies.
As a reminder, please don’t forget that Week 8 has an early start with a Thursday night game. This means all lineups are due in their entirety no later than the start of the Thursday night game, 7:00pm CST. Any lineups not called in by that time will, as always, automatically default to your previous week’s lineup. Feel free to phone your lineup in any time before Thursday if you’re concerned that you may not remember when the time comes.
Some interesting facts:
Six of the Bone Club’s first seven opponents scored 30+ points against them. It’s understandable that the Club would start off 2-5.
After six games, PMS STILL had not scored less than 42 points in a game. Only in Week 7 did the streak come to an end.
Four of the Natural Mystics first six opponents scored less than 20 points against them and no one had topped 30 points in a game against them until the Bone Club’s 35 in Week 7.
The Crawling King Snakes have been held in the 20’s or under four of the last five weeks.
NFC Norris, through Week 6, had won its first three before losing its next three. The Norris are tied for the second longest losing streak in league history at seven. The Norris streak occurred in 1996 and began in Week 9 at the hands of the Featherston Falcons. What’s interesting about this is that the win by the Falcons snapped its own league record eight game losing streak. Thus, one began where the other dropped off. Another seven game losing streak is also owned by Coach Mike Mendyk’s 1996 North Dallas 40 team which lost seven straight, tied a game, then lost another game before ending the nine game winless streak against PMS in Week 13 of the ‘96 season. That ranks as the longest winless streak (not to be confused with the longest losing streak). Those streaks topped the previous record of six, held by Coach Widtfeldt’s 1995 El Mariachi Boyz/Resin Balls entry, who finished that season losers of 9 of 10 and Roland Marcus’ No Names, who also lost six straight during the ‘95 season. Other long losing streaks include Coach Mendyk’s five game streak as coach of the Deadbeats in 1995.
Kordell Stewart’s 24 point explosion in Week 6 of this season tied for the QB single game scoring record with Scott Mitchell of the NFC Norris in 1996. Norris won that game 48-47 over the Strange Highways, a bump in the road in the Highways’ march to the title last year. Other high scoring QB days include Berie Kosar’s 20 points for the LA Riots in ‘95 (a 43-37 loss), Bledsoe’s 20 for Featherston’s Falcons in ‘96 (a 45-24 loss), John Elway’s 20 for the Turntables in ‘96 (a 53-19 Table win) and Brett Favre’s 20 for Grande To The Party this season (a 62-46 win).
Another NFC Norris tidbit; before exploding for 70 points this week, they had scored no more than 21 points any of the previous three weeks and had scored under 30 in four of the last five games played.
The Greenback Iguanas have scored over 30 points six times in the first seven games this season, never scoring less than 29 in any single game.
The Palace of Swords have scored between 24 and 26 points five times in the first seven games.
Hog’s Breath scored 38 points in their Week 4 victory. In their other five games before Week 7, they have scored 4, 17, 21, 15, and 11 for a total of 68 points in those five losses.
The Strange Highways have won with 27 points but lost with 43, 32 and 31 points this season.
Grande To The Party has scored between 20 and 33 points in five of their first six games.
The Greenback Iguanas, Palace of Swords, PMS, Crawling King Snakes, Beer Spillers, Bone Club and Strange Highways (or former teams coached by these owners) have never scored less than 10 points in any league game since records have been kept beginning in 1995.
Only one team has scored more than 80 points in league history, Two Turntables with 84 in 1996 against the Greenback Iguanas.
Only two other teams have scored more than 70 points in a league game, the Deadbeats with 71 against April’s Supercuts in 1995 and the NFC Norris this week with 70. Teams scoring more than 60 in a league game include: Bone Club, Crawling King Snakes, NFC Norris, Strange Highways (two times, including the 1996 FFL title game over the Bone Club--ouch!! Talk about timing), Grande To The Party, Palace of Swords, When The Shit Comes Down and, just this week (welcome at long last), the Natural Mystics. Note, Two Turntables, When The Shit Comes Down and Grande To The Party are all Coach Will-led teams and none are simple two or three word team names because that would be too easy on the Commish. But this gives Will three games of over 60 points since 1995 (but still no titles).
PMS has to average 38.5 points per game the last eight weeks to break the season scoring record of 624 set in 1995 by When The Shit Comes Down. The Natural Mystics would need to average 40.6 points per game.
October 15, 1996--on this date in history, Coach Widtfeldt’s underground newsletter was published. The newsletter was notable for its commentary on the Panther’s defense and its prediction of a 47-12 Highway victory over Two Turntables & A Microphone in the FFL title game.
Now that the Bone Club has dropped the Rams D, who exactly won their bet with the Strange Highway over the highest scoring defense between the Rams and the Giants? The Commish thinks maybe some team should pick one of them up and hold them long enough to collect on the bet from bothYoung and Widtfeldt.
Early on pick for most underrated team in the league goes out to the Greenback Iguanas, third in the power rankings and fourth in scoring through the first six weeks. Interestingly enough, the Bone Club was third in scoring despite its 2-4 start.
The Commish ventures to say that Sunday might have been the year’s most enjoyable, if for no other reason than because there were no Chiefs, Broncos or Cowboys on the tube. Of course, we still had to deal with the Boys Monday night. Life may not be perfect but seeing Dallas drop a game to the Skins comes close. It even shuts Will up--momentarily. I wish I knew someone with Direct TV.
In the "You Can’t Tell The Players Without A Scorecard" department, Brett Perriman found himself unemployed by the Chiefs one day and signed by the Dolphins the next. On the third day, he was found to have a knee injury. On the fourth, it was scoped and he’s out 2-3 weeks. Finding themselves with Perriman and Barnett, and picking up Lamar Thomas, the Iguanas waived Barnett prompting the Dolphins to do likewise.
Coach Will evidently can’t tell the players without a scorecard either and, even with one, perhaps not. The Commish spoke with Will last week about his need to secure a TE for Week 7. Will asked who was out there, a common Will question since he gets a newsletter each week like the rest of us. Yours truly couldn’t bring himself to helping the big D Cowgirl out since last year the Commish threw out the name Kimble Anders only to see him immediately score. Will was advised to check out the newspaper and he would surely find a couple of options. Well, Sunday rolled around and Will called in his lineup and proclaimed to not need a TE. As he described it, he’d won doing such things before. Fine. Only fifteen minutes passes and Will called again to say he’d be picking up O.J. Santiago of the Falcons. To the Commish’s nose, this smelled. So he asked Will where he had heard about Santiago and he replied that the NFL pregame show had mentioned him. OK, whatever. So, when Coach Widtfeldt showed up for the noon games, he asked if Will picked up Santiago to which the Commish asked how he knew about it. Of course, the truth comes out that Will and Widtfeldt had spoken and Widtfeldt threw the name out. The Commish knew Will could never have legitimately heard of Santiago in a hundred years. After all, that would take homework.
Note that Kyle and Kevin now have an e-mail address making it even more possible to talk trash around the league. Everybody stop and say hi to them sometime.
In a followup to the Santiago story, the Commish spoke with Will Monday night. Now, understand, the Commish had not yet told Will that he was onto him. So, the Commish, playing dumb, asked Will which NFL pregame show was in-tune enough to discuss Santiago. Will claimed to not remember but said that Santiago hadn’t caught a ball in any event. When the Commish couldn’t help but snicker a little and mention that it would be talked about in the newsletter, Will jumped to the conclusion that he had been hoodwinked and said, "There is no O.J. Santiago, is there? Man, you guys were just setting me up. That’s messed up!" The Commish replied that, yes, there was an O.J. Santiago and Will then knew he’d been thrown into the light. "I’m letting you go now before I look REALLY bad." Ah, such is the life of Mark D.I.M.E. Can’t you understand? He’s the mother fuckin’ man!
Enough of Week 7. On to Week 8.
Go deep, I’ll throw it! -The Commish
Stop here for reminders:
Drop/Adds begin Wednesdays at 6:00pm this year.
Wednesdays from 6:00pm-10:00pm are reserved for pickups based on low season point total.
First come/first serve drop/adds begin Wednesdays at 10:00pm.
All transactions are to be called in to 402-392-9749 and left on my voice mail for date/time stamping. This will serve as the official arbitrator of any disputes that may occur.
All lineups will be called in to 402-392-9749 for the same reasons.
To find out what lineup your opponent is using, either: call your opponent directly (remember to notify me of your starting lineups in any event-see above) or call me at 402-341-2674 after kickoff of the first weekly game.
I realize some trades are made at the last minute but, whenever possible, please notify me of any trades ASAP after they are made by leaving a voice mail at 402-392-9749.
Transactions:
10/08 Strange Highways add QB Chris Chandler (no waiver needed; already under roster limit)
10/09 Natural Mystics waive QB Kerry Collins; add RB Gary Brown
10/10 Hog’s Breath waive D Oilers and K Todd Peterson; add K Olindo Mare and TE Kyle Brady
10/11 NFC Norris waive RB Lamont Warren and D Raiders; add RB James Stewart and D Lions
10/11 Greenback Iguanas waive RB Daryl Johnston and WR Fred Barnett; add D Redskins and WR Lamar Thomas
10/12 Crawling King Snakes waive K Pete Stoyanovich; add K Gary Anderson
10/12 Bone Club waive QB Elvis Grbac; add TE Eric Bjornson
10/12 April’s Supercuts waive K Doug Pelfrey and WR Torrance Small; add RB Charles Way and RB Amp Lee
10/12 Strange Highways (Part deux) waive K John Carney and D Seahawks; add TE O.J. Santiago and D Cardinals
Week 7 Recap:
With Four Starters Sitting, Mystics Crush Bone Club; Win Seventh Straight Behind 32 Points From WRs
While four starters sat out with bye weeks, the Natural Mystics demonstrated their overall team depth as the "B" team erupted behind a combined 32 points from starting WR Iving Fryar (20) and backup WR Terrell Owens (12) to take a 64-35 win, breaking the backs of the Bone Scrubs. Fryars’ performance effectively negated the 21 point outburst of the Club’s Barry Sanders. Sanders scored his first 3 TDs of the season and scored on his two longest TD runs from scrimmage as a pro, 80 and 82 yards. Mark Chmura caught 2 TD passes for the Club. For the Mystics, Jerome Bettis scored 8 and TE Frank Wycheck scored 6. On Monday night, the Cowboys D kicked Young-ster while he was down with a late TD, rendering them Flaccid Non-Erectus. It was the Mystics’ 2nd MNF defensive TD of the year. The Grade A Boneless Club Steak lost Kordell (he of the 26 vs. the Lost Highways) to a concussion and any final hopes of a comeback disappeared as Anthony Miller and Leslie Shepherd were hog tied by the Skins on Monday night, barely making their way onto the field they were so well covered. The Mystics up their record to an FFL record 7-0 start (the King Snakes began the ‘95 season at 8-0-1 with the tie coming in Week 3 against the Wassem led LA Riots) while the Bone Club falls to 2-5 but lose no ground in the topsy turvy Big 12 South, er, Moe division, remaining only two games back. With the Moe such as it is, I would not be surprised to see Young’s team appear in the playoffs again once the dust settles, like Jason in Friday the 13th Part 62. After all, who can picture Will getting the best of both Young and Widtfeldt? I know I can’t.
Natural Mystics 64 35 The Bone Club
Banks 00 QB 00 Stewart
Bettis 08 RB 00 Murrell
Levens 06 RB 21 B Sanders
Fryar 20 WR 00 A Miller
Owens 12 WR 00 Shepherd
Wycheck 06 TE 12 Chmura
Kirby 00 U 00 Hearst
Longwell 06 K 02 Hall
Cowboys 06 D 00 Jets
Catfight Becomes PMS 29-9 Runaway Over Cuts
PMS won for the sixth straight time, defeating April’s Supercuts behind QB Brad Johnson’s 10 point play to himself. Johnon had a ball deflect at the line of scrimmage right back into his arms. He managed to catch the ball and weave his way across the goal line for PMS. There was also a Tyrone Wheatley sighting as he scored a TD and ran for over 100 yards. What’s with PMS getting all this production from Giant running backs? Another defensive TD put the game completely out of reach for PMS. The PMS streak of 40+ scores finally ended but the Supercuts were unable to answer the bell as they were caught up this week in litigation over a perm gone bad. The Cuts started Lawrence Phillips but he was declared ineligible just before gametime with an injury. Pickup Charles Way, another Giant back, ran for 91 yards but not the end zone. The only Cut points came on a Marvin Harrison TD reception and 3 PAT from Chris Boniol. PMS goes to 6-1, a game in front of the Greenback Iguanas while the Supercuts fall back into a first place tie with Grande To The Party, at 4-3, although they hold the tiebreaker over Grande To The Get-together (it ain’t really a party with HIS lineup). In Week 8, the Cuts will welcome Terrell Davis back into the starting lineup.
PMS 29 09 April’s Supercuts
Johnson 14 QB 00 Brunell
T Allen 00 RB 00 Phillips
Wheatley 08 RB 00 A Lee
Freeman 00 WR 00 Jordan
J Reed 00 WR 06 Harrison
J Dunn 00 TE 00 Riemersma
McCardell 00 U 00 Way
Butler 01 K 03 Boniol
Steelers 06 D 00 Packers
Iguanas Churn Out Third In Row; Stop Swords 39-26
With another 30+ point performance, the Greenback Iguanas won a 39-26 contest over the Palace of Swords in a game that was not as close as the score. The Iguanas backup QB Neil O’Donnell threw for 10 points, including a combo TD to Keyshawn "Just Give Me The Damn Ball" Johnson who bogarted a TD away from Wayne Chrebet by reaching high in the air in the front of the end zone to bring down a ball with his big mitt that was intended for Chrebet. A TD from both starting RB cinched the win. The Swords are living and dying, mostly dying, with the scattergun arm of ex-Highway legend QB Jeff Blake. Some players just perform better for certain coaches and perhaps Blake fits the mold. The Swords RBs negated the Iguana RBs with 2 TD of their own but, again, the WR group fizzled out like stale cola. WR Emanuel was left on the bench. Keep rolling those dice, Coach. The Iguanas improve to 5-2 and face NFC Norris in a big game with possible wildcard implications. The Swords fall on themselves again, sinking to 2-5. In discussing Jeff Blake after the game, Coach Pedersen had this to say, "I’m the Mike Ditka of the FFL. I need a quarterback coach. I couldn’t win with Bledsoe, I can’t win with Blake. The only time I consistently won was with (67 year old) Jim Kelly." It seems those young QBs are getting eaten alive in the Palace.
Greenback Iguanas 39 26 Palace of Swords
O’Donnell 10 QB 00 Blake
Jabbar 06 RB 06 C Martin
R Harris 08 RB 08 R Smith
Keyshawn 06 WR 00 A Reed
Engram 00 WR 00 Sanders
Asher 00 TE 00 McGee
T Thomas 00 U 00 A Smith
Hanson 09 K 12 Del Greco
Redskins 00 D 00 Buccaneers
Grande Tips Beer Spillers Despite Scoreless Santiago
Grande, despite another Will-like move only he can make, defeated the Beer Spillers 42-14 despite starting one player who had a bye and another who he got the name of from Coach Widtfeldt while trying to claim his own credit for it. Brett Favre led the Petit To The Party with 12 while K Blanchard had 10 and Chrebet had 8. Emmitt Smith failed to score AGAIN and rumor has it that at, mid week, he was seen competing for Lil’ Vikes varsity in North Omaha but was stopped short of the goal line and was replaced by TE Jackie Smith so the team could try a 14 point pass play to win the game. The Spillers continue to be an unpredictable bunch, this week scoring only 14 after hitting for 42 last week in a narrow loss. Bledsoe had 8, Cris Carter continues to score touchdowns and K Steve Christie was held to zero by the Patriots, thanks in large part to the Buffalo QB getting knocked out early and the Bills having to rely on their backup quarterbacks. Grande moves back into a first place Moe tie with April’s Supercuts at 4-3 although the Cuts currently own the tiebreaker. The Beer Spillers are crying over their beer at 2-5, in the Curly cellar.
Grande To The Party 42 14 Beer Spillers
Favre 12 QB 08 Bledsoe
Dunn 06 RB 00 Watters
Emmitt ha RB 00 Centers
Chrebet 08 WR 06 C Carter
Brooks 00 WR 00 Jefferson
Santiago 00 TE 00 B Jones
Byner 00 U 00 Bruener
Blanchard 10 K 00 Christie
Cardinals 06 D 00 49ers
Norris Pounds Snakes Behind 70 Point Onslaught
In the 2nd largest blowout in league history, NFC Norris demolished the Crawling King Snakes 70-12. The 58 point spread is topped only by the Iguanas 64 point loss in 1996 to the Turntable (now, THERE was a team), 86-22. Norris got an FFL record 32 points from RB James Stewart who entered the game after starting RB Natrone Means left with a twisted ankle. Backup QB Steve McNair contributed 12, Ben Coates had a TD catch, K Vinatieri had 16 including a 50+ kick, and 100 yard games came from Eddie George, Stewart, and Horace Copeland. The Snakes, with 4 from Mitchell ,2 from Kasay and a late 6 from Michael "Pushoff" Irvin were declared DOA Sunday at 12:40pm CST. The Norris stay within one game of the wild card at 4-3 while the Snakes, after a strong 1997 start, have lost their third straight to fall to 3-4. The three losses in a row one short of a Snakes team record since records have been kept. They lost four straight in 1995 after a 8-0-1 beginning.
Crawling King Snakes 12 70 NFC Norris
Mitchell 04 QB 12 McNair
McElroy 00 RB 02 E George
Faulk 00 RB 32 Stewart
Irvin 06 WR 00 F Sanders
Pickens 00 WR 00 Kennison
Drayton 00 TE 06 Coates
C Johnson 00 U 02 Copeland
Kasay 02 K 16 Vinatieri
Jaguars 00 D 00 Lions
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OK, OK, perhaps that’s harsh. To their credit, Hog’s Breath opened up an early 25-8 lead behind Steve Young’s 3 TD passes then held on as the Lost Highways could only manage 8 points on Monday night in a 25-16 Breathless win behind a pair of 1-5 teams. The good news for Hog’s Breath is that they’re now 2-5 and no longer have the distinction of the league’s worst record. That dubious distinction belongs to the Rural Routes. At 2-5, Hog’s Breath also escapes the cellar of the Larry division by virtue of its earlier win against the Palace of Sheet Metal Swords. The Highways have been relegated to the role of spoiler, hoping to make their season in Week 8 and perhaps knocking off their division foes in Weeks 10, 14 and 15. No repeat for Widtfeldt’s team in ‘96. They were declared dead at 11:00 pm CST Monday night.
Strange Highways 16 25 Hog’s Breath
Frerotte 04 QB 12 Young
Ki-Jana 00 RB 00 Means
Alstott 00 RB 06 Bates
Conway 00 WR 00 J Smith
H Moore 02 WR 00 Westbrook
Walls 06 TE 00 Brady
Thigpen 00 U 00 J Lewis
Cunningham 04 K 07 Mare
Patriots 06 D 00 Eagles
Swami sez:
Natural Mystics (7-0) vs. Strange Highways (1-6)
Power Rankings: Natural Mystics 2; Strange Highways 8
The Natural Mystics return four starters to the lineup this week after they missed Week 7 with a bye. They will be integral in the Mystics’ efforts to stay on the winning track and extend the Mystics’ league record 7-0 start against the Strange Highways. The Mystics will be without only Dorsey Levens. The Highways enter the game without Curtis Conway (which they are used to) and Mike Alstott. Give the rushing edge to the Mystics. For the Highways to have a shot, they’ll need big days from starting WR Derrick Alexander and Herman Moore (who’s due) along with Thigpen and Walls. The Mystics will bring on the Bus and George to Brown. The series is led by Coach Wassem at 2-1.
PMS (6-1) vs. Grande To The Party (4-3)
Power Rankings: PMS 1; Grande To The Party 5
PMS just keeps rolling along while Grande To The Party is looking very much like a mediocre .500 ball club at this point. The Party was given every opportunity to wrestle early control of the Moe division from its rivals but failed to do so. Last week, the Party caught up to April’s Supercuts but, after this Week 8 loss, they may be looking up once more. Favre will miss the game meaning Dan Marino is the Party’s signal caller against the PMS backup QB Ty Detmer (or To Be Determined). PMS is also without both starting WR Antonio Freeman and Jake Reed. Will is also without Robert Brooks and Warrick Dunn. This is the week for someone to trip up PMS. Unfortunately for PMS’s Curly division foes, it’s Coach Will’s boys, the team that went from carrying 3 K to carrying 3 TE, who signs and starts players submitted by fans on a napkin and who starts other players who don’t even play that week. This series is tied 1-1.
NFC Norris (4-3) vs. Greenback Iguanas (5-2)
Power Rankings: NFC Norris 6; Greenback Iguanas 3
If the NFC Norris intends to make the ‘97 playoffs, the time to show their mettle is now. Week 8, they play wildcard leader Greenback Iguanas. Week 9, they play Curly division leader PMS. A pair of losses will dent their chances seriously. Do not look for James Stewart to score five more touchdowns. If Means is out, Stewart may score one or two but the Jags need to get their passing game going and the Commish expects to see them move in that direction Week 8. However, the Norris sees the return under center of John Elway and WR Michael Jackson. The Iguanas lose Raymont Harris but get Tony Martin back and may start Lamar Thomas for the first time this week in a three wide receiver set. The Iguanas’ starting QB continues to be anybody’s guess but Swami will guess--Vinny. The Iguanas lead the series 1-0.
Crawling King Snakes (3-4) vs. Palace of Swords (2-5)
Power Rankings: Crawling King Snakes 7; Palace of Swords 9
Coach Erickson calls Marshall Faulk the key to his team’s chances down the stretch in ‘97. The 3-4 Snakes have not exactly played up to the level long time league members have become accustomed to. After winning in Week 4, the Snakes have lost three straight and will try to end that streak when they square off against the 2-5 Palace of Swords. The Swords enter the game in a must win situation. Another loss, with the Mystics so far in front of the rest of the Larry divison, only makes a playoff berth that much harder to secure for Coach Pedersen’s team. The Snakes have their full roster for Week 8. The Swords are without Robert Smith, the Buccaneers and Reidel Anthony. Oh yeah, Anthony has never played a down for the Swords since they picked him up. Coach Pedersen was quoted as saying, "I’ll shop and drop as much as I like." Keep shopping because your team looks as if it were purchased at the Half Price Store. Here’s hoping QB Jeff Blake lasts the whole game this week. The Snakes just want to shake off last week’s humiliating loss to NFC Norris. This series is owned by the Snakes, 3-0.
Hog’s Breath (2-5) vs. Bone Club (2-5)
Power Rankings: Hog’s Breath 12; Bone Club 4
The Bone Club is playing much better over the past month and now appears to be the team the Commish thought they would be when they were pegged as the pre-season Moe division favorite. In fact, should they keep winning consistently, they have an opportunity to duplicate their 1996 feat of starting 1-4 (actually 1-5 in ‘96) and yet make the playoffs. In the Moe division, even Prairie View still has a legitimate shot at the playoffs. Hog’s Breath, at 2-5, is all but mathematically eliminated from the playoffs at this point and is now relegated to the role of spoiler. With any offense, this club could be around .500 since only five teams have given up fewer points. The Club needs this win as they lose both Barry Sanders and Adrian Murrell next week. This is the first ever meeting between these two clubs.
Beer Spillers (2-5) vs. April’s Supercuts (4-3)
Power Rankings: Beer Spillers 10; April’s Supercuts 11
The Beer Spillers will try to snap a three game losing streak while the Supercuts try to remain in at least a tie for first. The Spillers have been up and down all season. The Supercuts have never really been up for very long but keep finding ways to win. It’s a credit to Coach Young...I mean, Johnson. Actually, the more the Cuts win the less likely the troika of Widtfeldt, Will and Young are of making the playoffs. Go, Cuts!! Spillers are without Cris Carter (all he does is score the Spiller touchdowns). The Cuts get super, duperstar Terrell Davsi back after his bye week. Look for Mark Brunell to attempt getting the passing game going again this week. This is the first ever meeting between these two teams.
Swami went 3-3 in Week 7 bringing his score on the season to an even 21-21.
NOTE: Bye weeks are Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, Tampa Bay
Natural Mystics (7-0) -6 Strange Highways (1-6)
Grande To The Party (4-3) +4 PMS (6-1)
Greenback Iguanas (5-2) -3 NFC Norris (4-3)
Crawling King Snakes(3-4) -2 Palace of Swords (2-5)
Bone Club (2-5) -8 Hog’s Breath (2-5)
April’s Supercuts (4-3) +1 Beer Spillers (2-5)
Wednesday’s order of pickup w/ total points scored for season to date:
1. Hog’s Breath 143 7. Grande To The Party 233
2.April’s Supercuts 190 8. NFC Norris 239
3. Strange Highways 194 9. Bone Club 265
4. Beer Spillers 197 10. Greenback Iguanas 267
4. Palace of Swords 207 11. Natural Mystics 300
6. Crawling King Snakes 207* 12. PMS 317
* tie goes to Swords with worse season record