Black Cats Purr-Fect
Taipans score 190, still lose.
Week Two in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and with the exception of one team, the immaculate seasons are over. We'll find out which previous dual Torpedo Bowl winner didn't, which Gun didn't fire, we'll set a new high in a losing record, and we'll stare in disbelief as we look at the table and go "what the hell happened here?".
Now before we get into the happenings of the weekend, let's find out about the most important happening for you this week.
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On any given weekend it can happen. A team can go into a match expecting to come away with the W, and after 60 minutes, (or in some cases 75 minutes) come away with the wrong W - the W of "what happened. In the rain soaked Carolina's. fans turned out in their life rafts for a lake shore view of the Black Cats hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. Both teams are former Torpedo Bowl winners but the Nighthawks have been the dominating force in the Subsim League for the last few years. Not this weekend though, as the Black Cats caused the first major upset of the season. Not even with Greg Zuerlin (K) in pre game swimming drills pulling a muscle could the Cats be denied. The Nighthawks dual running game threat of Jarvis Landry and Alvin Kawana who dominated the Nighthawks game in the week prior were able to break through the Raiders (DEF) of the Black Cats. For the second week in a row playing a man down on the field, the Black Cats have just wiped the scoreboard of the Helmand Nighthawks and opened up Pandora's box of play off implications - and it's only week two! Black Cats come home strong and defeat the Helmand Nighthawks 145 - 132.
In the high scoring game of the Drunk Monkeys hosting the Australian Taipans, the Monkeys new assistant coach acquisition, an as yet unnamed and unidentified skirt, the Monkeys now have as many wins this week as they had last season. How is this possible for a team that could barely show up to suddenly turn up and become a power house of the Subsim League? Who could of predicted that? Oh wait - the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) have been saying for years that if the Monkeys just showed up occasionally they could be legitimate fantasy team. As this week they had to score a lot of points to get in front of the Taipans. Monkeys Deshawn Watson (QB) who was playing later after missing the team bus, was completing his final passes of the day to surpass 300 yards, and give the Monkeys a lead. Taipans played hard against the Monkeys as these two teams racked up almost a combined 400 points scoring. Ezekiel Elliot (RB) was the last player on the field needing just 12 more yards to secure the win for the Taipans, but ran out of time. (Should have played overtime, everyone else did. ) Setting a league highest losing score, the Taipans 190 points fall short of the Drunk Monkeys who hang on by the slippery banana peel of 195 points. The win has massive implications for the league pending the results of our match of the day.
After having been pummeled in the opening weekend, the Who Dat Nation returns home this week for long time adversary the Guns of Hoculi. The Gunners have yet to make any moved on their team while the Nation has already waived two players. At home, the Nation's crowd roared as the WR corp of Antonio Brown, Deandre Hopkins and A.J. Green bulldozed their way over the Gunners, outscoring them 2 - 1. Who Dat Nation gains redemption for a surprise week one loss by accounting for the Guns of Hochuli with the biggest blow out of the week, 173 - 114.
The week have several unexpected results that weren't apparent as the games were playing out. The leader board looks like this.
The Black Cats lead the league and the division at 2-0 and are the only team left undefeated. Their two wins, one of which is unexpected, is sending shivers through the league as the fans wonder if the cats are returning to purr-fect form.
At the bottom of the ladder, the Australian Taipans have their first 0-2 season in the history of their club and are thanking their lucky stars that they are only one game out of contention. Although it is only week two, the Taipans have lost both their games by the narrowest margins.
Now the middle of the league is where the real interest lies, and it doesn't start with the Helmand Nighthawks. The Drunk Monkeys high scoring victory over the Taipans propels the team to the #2 seeding on a count back of divisional standing. With the Black Cats and the Drunk Monkeys holding the #1 seed in each division, the title race is well and truly on.
The loss by the Nighthawks drops them to 1-1 also and within their division they also take the #3 seed on a count back to the Who Dat Nation. The Nations victory over the Guns of Hochuli wasn't enough to propel them to the top of the charts, but it did allow them to leapfrog the Gunners, dropping them back to the #5 seeding.
Did anyone see this coming? The Nighthawks and the Nation not leading the division? The Black Cats and the Monkeys leading their divisions? Next week our match of the day is unexpected battle of 1-1 teams as the Guns of Hochuli host the Hemlamnd Nighthawks. The Nighthawks get their second match of the day in three weeks because they're not leading the league, and a loss for either team could see them as the wooden spooners.
Did anyone think that these two teams were be fighting it out for last place? It can happen in Subsim Fantasy League.
Each week, the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) will nominated their Most Valuable Torpedo (MVT) of the week, the single player who proved decisive in their teams performance.
Who do we go to, given the turned table and the unexpected emergence of two teams not know for their domination? We have to give it to the league leader. For the effort of 7 receptions for 109 yards and 2 touchdowns, for a total score of 35.90 points, the ASW are proud to present Travic Kelce (TE) of the Black Cats the Week Two MVT.
