NIGHTHAWKS KEEP 16-0 DRIVE ALIVE
Unstoppable?
Week Ten in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we're in the home stretch of the season. We'll find out which 1-9 team can still win the division, which team had the biggest blow out win, and what one team has to do to keep players on the field.
Before we get some of the answers to the questions we've been asking, let's pause for ten seconds for the most important message of the day.
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The juggernaut of the Helmand Nighthawks Rolls on. The Nighthawks stretch their incredible winning streak to a record 10 consecutive wins. This week there was little to no opposition from the Australian Taipans, who current motto is "the best of the worst". Taipans showed up under prepared, under strength and just under the weather. No matter which combination of players they could have put together, it was just not going to be enough to beat the Nighthawks. The Helmand juggernaut rolls on with the bookies in Vegas getting nervous as some heavy bets are starting to appear on the Nighthawks clean sweep of the year. Can they do it? Stick around for another six weeks and we'll find out. The Nighthawks decimate the Taipans 136 - 88.
In the Carolina's the Black Cats were hosting the Drunk Monkeys and to even up the teams, the Cats benched Zac Ertz (TE) form the game in order to add some interest. It wasn't needed. The Cats came out lead by Kirk Cousins (QB) who scored over 36 points on his own. The Drunk Monkeys were never in the hunt, especially after their defense (broncos) turned in a negative score (-3). It's hard enough being the best damn 1-9 team in the league but the certainly don't have to shoot themselves in the foot while doing it. Black Cats have a statement game which keeps interest in the Sub Simmers division for the minor placings. Cats scratch out an impressive scoreline 144 - 65.
Our Match Of the Day tuned into a yawn fest this week, and opens up some interesting possibilities for the post season. The Guns of Hochuli were hosting the Who Dat Nation Rises who rose and just rolled over the Gunners like the Advancing Third Army. The Gunners were only able to offer token resistance tot he Nation as they took the tie breaker and kept in lock step with all the other teams within the division also recording wins. The Who Dat Nation advances to the second best record in the league and is on the precipice of eliminating other teams from the post season. Who Dat Nation Rises destroys the Guns of Hochuli 147 - 80.
How does one division winning and the other division losing affect the play off picture? Let's start at the bottom of the ladder and work out way up.
At 1-9 the Drunk Monkeys are still in contention to win the Surface Skimmers Division. While they stand on the verge of being mathematically eliminated, the entire division is such a poor performance that even the 1-9 Monkeys can still end the season as the #2 seed.
The Guns of Hochuli, the fabled franchise, and playing like their coach is just not there. Coach Casey started benched players this week and didn't adjust his team that the Gunners were already penciled in to fail at 4 - 6.
With the same record, the Taipans just can't stay healthy. For the third time in the last four weeks they have lost a starter, two QB's and now a RB. Taipans only hope for the playoffs is to win the division and slither in to the post season as an endangered species.
Now we get to the division that's starting to look like a real league. The Black Cats sit at the bottom of the division at 5-5 just one game back. While .500% does not look impressive, their play has. Sitting one game back form their opposition they are playing for the #3 seed which at this stage looks to be the easiest path to the Torpedo Bowl.
The Who Dat Nation currently occupies the #3 seeding and is looking to cement their position, Two more win will eliminate one more team from the play off picture. While they can't win the division, they do want to make sure they have the second best record in the league so that they advance to the Championship Games.
And then there's the Nighthawks at 10 - 0 and the whispers have already started. Can they go 16-0? They look poised to with just two or three games that jeopardize the Immaculate Season. Maybe Coach Chris should be nominated for the Toyota Hall of Fantasy Football Fame - next year. After this season.
Next week we go way down, Down Under in fact where the Australian Tipans host the Guns of Hochuli. The possible last chance for the Taipans to make a run at the #2 season will occur on home soil while the Guns of Hochuli will want to sail in and blow up the party. This game now appears a benchmark game for the division, with potential championship implications for the victor.
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.
For the effort of 266 yards and 3 touchdowns, for a total of 28.1 points, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present Tom Brady (QB) of the Who Dat Nation Rises the Week Ten MVT.
