Week VIII Newsletter

Montezuma's Revenge was faced with a near must win situation in Week 8, being 2-5 and trailing by 2 1/2 game in the Dewey division to the Bearded Clams entering its game against the 1-5-1 PMS. The Revenge were buoyed by the return of starting QB Steve McNair. McNair and the Revenge started fast when, on the opening drive, he found Lorenzo Neal open for a TD and followed up that score with a TD pass to Eddie George and a short QB draw for a TD. Within a blink of an eye, the Revenge were quickly ahead 14-0. PMS kept it close as Jeff Graham threw a TD pass and Duce Staley ran one in but Marcus Robinson broke their backs with 30 and 52 yard TD catches, finishing the day with 9 catches for 152 yards. That gave the Revenge a 28-10 lead. Two bonus points by Rod Smith for 100 yards receiving, along with 9 kicking points and a Colts special teams score (on a fumble recovery in the end zone for a TD) completed the Revenge scoring. A Vikings touchdown for PMS closed the scoring at 45-20. The Revenge grabbed a much needed win and improved to 3-5 for the year, 1-1 lifetime against PMS, entering its Week 9 game against the Retreads. PMS falls to 1-6-1 and will play the NFC Norris next week.

The Clams took the early lead behind Marshall Faulk's 57 yard touchdown catch from Kurt Warner. Steve Christie's 2 FGs for the Steamers tied the game up but WR Kevin Johnson circled underneath a pair of Tim Couch aerials for TDs of 24 and 56 yards and an 18-7 Clam lead, a lead they would not give up. Emmitt Smith increased the lead to 24-7 on a 1 yard plunge and he scored a second TD later to make it 30-7. K Olindo Mare added 10 points and Tim Brown collected another 100 yard day. The final score was 42-7. The Clams increased their 1st place lead in the Dewey division with the win, improving to 5-2-1, 1 1/2 games ahead of the Norris. Next week, the Clams play the Natural Mystics while the Steamers , 3-5, play the Greenback Iguanas.

Grande To The Party scored the only points of the first half but they scored them on the 1st play of the game as Stephen Davis bolted for 86 yards and paydirt. Davis added a 2nd TD on his way to 143 rushing yards. Rickey Williams finished with 179 yards, his 2nd 100 yard game in a row, but no scores for the Norris. With the score 14-4 Party, Richie Cunningham added 1 FG and a PAT for a 18-2 Party lead. Cunningham finished with 6 points while Norris kicker Gary Anderson scored 5. Cris Carter scored 2 TDs to go with his 144 yards receiving for the Party. Brian Griese added a TD pass for a 38-7 Party lead entering MNF. Derrick Mayes capped the scoring with a TD catch and accentuated it with a fake Lambeau Leap into the Green Bay crowd. The Party improved to 5-3 to stay one game behind the Iguanas in the Cheatem division while the Norris drops to .500 at 4-4, losing a game in the standings to the Clams. The Party, now 4-0-1 against the Norris, plays the 6-2 Strange Highways next week while the Norris will play PMS.

An early Fred Taylor 1 yard TD gave the lead to the Retreads but the Dogs countered with a Jimmy Smith 3 yard TD catch to tie the game at 6-6. Taylor finished with 128 yards rushing for the Retreads. Michael Westbrook caught a 13 yard touchdown pass and Kurt Warner warmed up for TD tosses of 57, 3, and 15 yards and a 26-6 Retreads lead. Basically, the game was over at that point. It also didn't help that the Dogs started Kris Brown at kicker even though the Steelers had a bye week. Byron Chamberlain scored the only other points for the Dogs. The Retreads got a TD and 100 yards from Edgerrin James and a defensive TD on Monday night for the final 40-12 margin. The Retreads, 5-3, upped their record against the Dogs to 2-0 and now play Montezuma's Revenge next week while the Dogs, 0-7, play the Palace of Swords in Week 9

The Iguanas needed to build a lead early, with six starters playing at noon compared to three for the Mystics. To that end, Eddie George and Keenan McCardell scored on TD passes while K Mike Hollis had 2 FGs and 5 PATs to stake the Iguanas to a 23-0 lead. The Iguanas continued to clean up on the Jacksonville game as RB James Stewart only ran for 32 yards but scored on a pair of 4th quarter one yard touchdown runs. At 35-0, Drew Bledsoe fired 2 TD passes and a 43-2 Iguana lead. He finished with 4 TD passes. Olandis Gary scored a 2 pt. conversion and Terry Glenn even added a late score for the Iguanas. In all, every Iguana starter except for the TE Tony Gonzalez and its defense scored. The Mystics were led by Marvin Harrison's 8 points and 7 from Peyton Manning. Cecil Collins added a TD while Vinatieri scored 3. The loss was the 3rd in 4 games for the Mystics, who fall to 2-2 alltime versus the Iguanas. They will try to rebound against another hot team next week, the Bearded Clams, after losing to the 6-2 Iguana, the 6-2 Highways and the 5-3 Retreads. The Iguanas maintain a one game lead in the Cheatem division and will play the low scoring Stanley Steamers in Week 9.

The Highways have had their troubles with the Swords over the years, standing only 1-4-1 lifetime vs. them in the regular season plus losing in last season's Super Bowl. Today, the Highways got an early jump on the Swords in their effort to change their fortunes in this series. Two Redskins, Brett Conway and Brad Johnson, accounted for the Highways' first 13 points when Conway kicked a 50 yard FG to go with threePATs while Brad Johnson snuck over from the one. Johnson added 2 TD passes. Isaac Bruce and Derrick Alexander each caught a TD pass for the Higways and newcomer LeShon Johnson added a lead TD to put the Giants game into overtime, allowing the defense the chance to win that game with a defensive TD and a 54-3 Highways lead. Conway finished with 14 points, as he found the mark a both a 50 and 51 yard FG. Two Jeff George TD passes allowed the Swords to break 10 points. But they fall to 4-2-1 lifetime against the Highways and 4-4 on the '99 season while the streaking Highways up their record to 6-2 with the 4th straight win. Next week, the Highways play Grande To The Party while the Swords get the week off against the King of Dogs.

Week 8 Entries Into the League Record Book:

• The King of Dogs losing streak has reached. Only Featherston's Falcons (9 in a row from 1995-1996) and the Bone Club (11 in 1998) have longer losing streaks.
• The Greenback Iguanas and Strange Highways topped the 50 point mark. There have now been 8 games of 50 or more by a team this season. That's compared to 22 last season overall.
• Stanley Steamers scored only 7 points this week, joining the list of teams with under 10 in a game.

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