2022 Subsim Fantasy Football Season

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OH MAN - ITS BACK!
Are you ready for some (make believe) football?

Yes, get ready for 16 of the most frustrating weeks you can ever imagine. It's just a couple of days until the kickoff of the 2022 Subsim.com Fantasy Football league, because some knucklehead wrote a song that includes the line "wake me when September ends" and I took a nap in August.

Draft day is Sunday 4 September, 2021, at 1100 PDT.

"That seems a late draft and short notice?" - ESPN

You know what - go freakin launch yourself in tube 1 and detonate. You wanna run the league, make your own.

"You got attitude running this year Comissioner?" - NBC

Go screw yourself.

"Will we be talking about Aaron Rodgers as much as we have about Danica Patrick?" - Aaron Rodgers

Oh, Mister vaccinated and immunized wants to talk about another disease. Next.

Folks, there are a lot of questions still to be answered and today is not the day for that. Today's the day we set the draft, and let you know, there will be football.

In accord with that, this years draft, in light of.... whichever pandemic that we have this year, we'll be doing the draft inside the safest environment recovered in every aircraft accident - inside a black box.


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Folks, we've got a lot to do and very little time, and it may include a change of draft time, but we have three known starters.

You wanna a piece of me - nominate yourself for a Subsim Fantasy Football team and we'll see who's got the biggest fake (foot)balls around.

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LAST CALL

You wanna be part of the Subsim Fantasy Football league?

You gotta use the below link, create a team, and then help will be provided.


https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/811537/invitation?key=2a6e34ac81e35f6d&soc_trk=lnk&ikey=9a83d06d399b148c

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CHANGE OF DRAFT DATE
Dumb Commissioner schedules draft for middle day of a three day weekend.

Yes, get ready for 16 of the most frustrating weeks you can ever imagine. It's just a couple of days until the kickoff of the 2022 Subsim.com Fantasy Football league, because some knucklehead wrote a song that includes the line "wake me when September ends" and I took a nap in August.

Draft day is Monday 5 September, 2021, at 1100 PDT.

"This is one day later." - ESPN

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DRAFT DAY COMPLETE
...several surprises

The draft is complete.

With one monumental technological error that was not resolved until the tenth round of the draft, lets recap what happened when the Press couldn't see everyone's picks.

New comer to the season Anthony had the first pick of the draft (how da hell did THAT happen) and went with Johnathon Taylor (RB). The defending Torpedo Bowl Champions the Guns of Hochuli had the 10th and final pick of the round, and again, we're asking ourselves, how the hell did THAT happen.

The biggest upset of the draft were the Black Cats with Coach FYC getting the best draft selection, a feat that seems to regularly occur - when he doesn't show up. At the same time, Coach Thad and the Drunk Monkeys once again become positioned to end the season at 11-4.

Our Week 1 Match of the day is poised to be a ripper, as we go to Texas where the defending Torpedo Bowl Champions and Coach Casey host the visiting Australian Taipans. Our two international teams, the Taipans and the Nighthawks are back to traveling after spending the last two (2) years homes within the USA. Mister Chris (Nighthawks) is feeling pretty smug though, with the addition of two new teams this year one of his "away" games can be reached via British Rail.

Strap yourself in folks, this looks to be the best season of pretend football since.... well, since last year.

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WEEK ONE SHOCKS
...are we looking at a Drunk Dynasty?

Week One in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. We've got all the news of all the games and all the results. We also have a little smack talking - the first time we've heard from one Coach since dinosaurs roamed the earth, but go ahead, be smug, it's only week one.

On one of the most solemn days of the year, we have all the fake news that you can handle, right after we give you this most important message.

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Let's start with one of the new teams to the league, the Boss Team. An expansion team this year based in Twickenham, England, the Bosses were hosting the most successful team in the history of the league. One of the foundation clubs, the Helmand Nighthawks only needed to catch a British Rail train for their shortest "away" match of the year, as the first time as a visiting team on home soil. The Bosses were lead with Jalen Hurts (QB) under center, but it was Johnathon Taylor (RB) who did all the damage on the ground against the Nighthawks. Patrick Mahonnes (QB) leads the Nighthawks this year and despite throwing for 360 yards and 5 touchdowns, the lack of offensive work from the rest of the team meant that Mahonnes (QB) carried the team on his back - but not for a win. On debut in the league, the Bosses take care of business and hand the Nighthawks an improbable loss of 167 - 122.

In the Pacific North West, the Who Dat Nation got to stay at home for opening day for the first time in several years as they hosted the Black Cats. The Black Cats came out of the draft with the best documented team, but as we've seen from the Cats, that don't mean a purr if you don't show up for the games. This year, the Black Cats and Coach FYC are on their game and slithered into town to give the Nation an exercise in execution. The Cats were just too strong and left town with their tail in the air and their head held high as they handed the Nation their first loss of the season. Final score in Eugene, Oregon, - the Black Cats beat the Who Dat Nation 171 - 103.

Our Match of the Day this week was the defending Torpedo Bowl Champions the Guns of Hochuli hosting the Australian Taipans. The Taipans are still sharing their home stadium with the other football team so they stayed on their road trip, having not been home in three years since before the pandemic. These two have battled each other over the years closely, but not this time, this was a landslide. It wasn't even Sunday night before we heard Coach Casey speaking about their many wins to the national media. I even heard Coach Pioneer's response - well I saw it, he used sign language - well, at least some of his finger to respond to Coach Casey. The Guns of Hochuli give the Taipans a skinning and stamp their dominance on the Surface Skimmers Division. Gunners thrash the Taipans 167-130.

Wow. When was the last time those three teams all lost on the same day.

If, there is a perennial fan favorite of any of the teams, its the Drunk Monkeys. Coach Thad and the Monkeys have historically been recognized as the best damm 2-14 team in the world with multiple seasons where they could have been 14-2. The Monkeys historically start off scratching their backside and just swing from side to side throughout the season. This year they get to stay at home for the first time since chimps walked the earth hosting another expansion team, Coach Anthony and the Brigade. The problem being an expansion team - ignore the Bosses, is that you're probably not going to win your first game. The Drunk Monkeys showed up and welcomed the Brigade by putting on an outstanding display where they almost reached 200 points. Finals score - Drunk Monkeys 197 - to the Brigades 90.

So where does that leave us at the end of Week 1, half the teams are 1-0, the other half are 0-1. Next week we go to England for the first of many international games where the Helmand Nighthawks will be hosting the Who Dat Nation. Both teams suffered losses in the first week of the year and as divisional rivals, it's not too early to start talking about divisional wins, as we've seen this division tighten in the last few weeks of recent years to cause multiple count back situations.

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.

You look around the league and there were a lot of scores worthy of this weeks award, but , our recipient's award has to be taken into account given the final score that the team put up. As they did last year, this team wins the MVT on opening day. For the effort 9 receptions for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns, for a total of 45.40 points, the Week One MVT goes to Justin Jefferson of the Drunk Monkeys.

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GUNNERS FIRE...AND ANNIHILATE
...we're not looking at a Drunk Dynasty?

Week Two in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Wow. We have one team that came within a yard of scoring the all time highest record, two teams that have started the season with their worst record ever, and whole bunch of other teams messing up the middle.

It's beginning to look a lot like the most intriguing season we've ever seen, so lets talk the talk and browse the result, right after this important message.

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Let's talk about our Match of the Day and the Helmand Nighthawks. Three time Torpedo Bowl champion, countless 2nd and third place trophies, all time toughest team to get a win against...but not this year. After suffering a staggering defeat in Week One the Nighthawks return home to face the visiting Who Dat Nation. The long haul form Oregon they arrived in the nations darkest hour, but the league decided to press on as Her Majesty - a lifetime club member of the Nighthawks, gave up her membership. Patrick Mahonnes (QB) a future hall of famer and starter for the Nighthawks put up decent numbers, which Nation starter Joe Burrow (QB) couldn't match. But out wide, the Nation outscored the Nighthawks almost 2-1. Looking at a deficit going into the Monday night Cam McCafferty (RB) kept the Nation powerhouse moving eventually running out convincing winners, 147 - 108. And just like that, the Nighthawks are 0-2.

Know who else is 0-2 - the Australian Taipans. After getting their butts handed to them last week the Taipans visit one of the expansion teams, the Brigade, and just bent over for another spanking. The Brigade worked their team fluently but it was their ground game of Nick Chubb (RB) and Mark Andrews (RB) that did all the damage through the middle. not even with their ace Josh Allen (QB) could the Taipans recover enough to make this a close game. The Brigade get their first win of the season convincingly beating the Taipans 153 - 119.


If you were bored watching those games then this is the game you changed over to. The Guns of Hochuli return to Sugarland and get their first home opponent in the Drunk Monkeys. With both teams having wins last week it was the Drunk Monkeys that were the high scoring explosive offense that started on Thursday night running off over 60 points. Coach Casey was heard to say "hold my beer" as he let Lamar Jackson (QB) off the leach to score an individual league record of 60.62 points. But it wasn't done there. The Gunners had more of their team contribute high scores and we watched and willed them on to pass 235...but came up short. This wasn't even close, recording one of the biggest blow outs in league history, the Guns of Hochuli account for the Drunk Monkeys 232 - 120.


Our final game of the week saw the Boss team also staying at home in England and hosting the Black cats. this actually turned out to be the closest (as much as it could be) game of the week. The Bosses were trailing slightly on Monday night before the unleashed Jalen Hurts (QB) who not only passed for a TB, but ran two in himself. The Bosses as an expansion team have come to play as their hand the Black Cats their first loss of the season, dropping them 185 -153.

So where does that leave the table.

At the top of the league the Guns of Hocuhili and the Bosses are both sitting a game clear at 2-0. Their control their respective divisions and it not too early to start talking about the divisional count back. For that, lets look at the bottom of the table.

On for and against, the Helmand Nighthawks at 0-2 sit in the cellar of the league. How did this happen? Is this is the end of the high flyers. But hold on, they're not down there on their own, they have company with the Australian Taipans also at 0-2. You couldn't have got money on that occurring before the start of the season but here we are with two foundation clubs looking for their first win. The rest of the league is 1-1.

Next week, we go back to Oregon for our Match of the Day. We'll be following the Who Dat Nation as they return home at 1-1 and meet the unexpected league leaders Boss team. We'll be there to capture all the action of this an all the games as it happens.

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.

Lots of choices this week. Plenty to choose fro, but we had to pick one. For the effort 12 receptions for 148 yards and 3 touchdowns, for a total of 50.8 points, the Week Two MVT goes to Stefan Diggs of the Guns of Hochuli.

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INTERNATIONALS FINALLY WIN
...and here comes the first and second rewrites of the year.

Week Three in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and finally, our international teams get a win. We get our first and second rewrite of the season - thank you Gunners, and one team finally gets a home game, after playing away for the past two years.

It may only be Week Three but make no mistake folks, regardless of what Peyton and Eli or Troy and Joe talk about...this is the place that you want to be on Monday night, as we get ready to go around the grounds in the most competitive make believe football you've never seen.

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First up - all you Nighthawks fans can start breathing again, Mister Chris is back. In a historical first. the Helmand Nighthawks were off to their season worst start ever at 0-2 and were facing the prospect of going 0-3 against a stronger team. Well, screw you guys, the Nighthawks are back. The Nighthawks were hosting the visiting Black Cats who had jumped out to a surprising 1-1 start to the season. Starter for the Nighthawks, Patrick Mahonnes (QB) has played good in the first two games...but he can't carry the team on his back no matter how hard he tries. This week they entire Nighthawks put their wings on and soared. Course, they were helped by the absence of Mike Evans (WR) of the Black Cats who last week was given a one day suspension, for acting like AJ Brown. (HA - bet you thought we'd get through a season without mentioning HIM - wrong!) Cats started a man down and not helped by Kyler Murray (QB) not throwing a TD for 314 passing yards. This one wasn't even close folks, as the Nighthawks take flight and smash the Cats 106 - 93.

The Nighthawks still have some work to do, but so does another international team.

It was a nail biting day for the Australian Taipans who finally return home after a two year road trip and playing in makeshift stadiums. With the closure of the Australian borders in 2020 for Covid, the Taipans relocated to Southern California - but it wasn't the same. This week, after the end of the regular season of the "other" football, the Taipans returned to their home ground for the first time since January 2020. But they also returned home with a 0-2 record on the road, and it wasn't just 0-2, it was "a lot 0-2". Taipans were hosting the Drunk Monkeys who two weeks ago put up almost 200 points, but there would be none of that this week. This was a down and injury ridden team as the Taipans lost their fifth player of the season mid game to injury. The Monkeys situation was not helped when they left Dalton Schultz (TE) in the airport at LAX after changing planes. Taipans did just enough on Monday night with Dallas (DEF) to stay in front of the lower scoring Drunk Monkeys that we saw in Week One. Australian Taipans win this one 115 - 103.

Our Match of the Day this week was another International Home Game with the Bosses hosting the Who Dat Nation. Coach Anthony B, expansion coach of the year candidate after going 2-0 in the opening weeks was starting to get into the meat of the season where the champions have traditionally shown their strength. And the Nation showed up this week. Starting the game with .500% record the Nation and the Bosses traded blows left and right, swapping the lead five times alone late Sunday afternoon. Somehow, the score changed overnight in scenes reminisce of the Biden Election victory (been waiting to use that analogy) and the Nation skipped out to a slight lead. These two teams tussled in the highest scoring game of the weekend, and if the Bosses had played anyone else, they would have won. Not this week though, as the Who Dat Nation accounts for the Boss Team 134 - 128.

Our first thriller, and second rewrite of the week. As the games progress the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) make notes of the game and begin penning this column. This week the editorial changes began early Sunday as the game swung back and forth. This was always going to be a close game, even if Lamar Jackson (QB) put up over 50 individual points. Cee Dee Lamb (QB) was the last man standing on Monday night needing to score at least one touchdown after Tom Brady (QB) turned in a stinker performance. The brigade were down to 4 minutes before Lamb (WR) crossed to take the lead from the Gunners. Gunners had already exhausted their players and having no one start on Monday, the Brigade were able to fire by and steal a win. The loss by the Gunners is poignant as the last undefeated falters. Final score n England, The Banter Brigade defeat the Guns of Hochuli 137 - 129.

So lets look at where the league stands, but we're going to start at the bottom, again, this week.

The wins by the Hemand Nighthawks and the Australian Taipans lift them out of the windless column to 1-2, and fortune put half of the league alongside them with the same record. The other half of the league are 2-1, so after three weeks, the entire league is separated by just one game. Wow!

Next week, we're heading to the Carolina's where the Black Cats will be hosting the Guns of Hochuli. Both teams are previous champions of the league, the Gunners being the defending champions, and at this time these two are close enough to own the league lead between them. It will be a cat skinning firestorm in the Carolina's as we get to see past champions sort each other out and potentially, take the lead in the 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.

Last week we had lots of choices, this week we had to look a little harder. The expansion teams has lowered the forecast winning score from 160 back to approximately 125, so it gets a little harder to pick a winner with the lesser point available. For the effort 1275 yards and 2touchdowns, for a total of 28 points, the Week Three MVT goes to Joe Burrow of the Who Dat Nation.

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WHO DAT LEADING THE LEAGUE?
...the Nation, Dat's Who!.

Week Four in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we are one quarter f the way through the season. We've got a change in league leader, a change in the league cellar dweller, and a past champion who gave everyone a two game start coming on strong.

Who Dat we talking about? We're talking about the greatest selection of fake believe coaches in the modern world, putting together their best manufactured season ever. But if you want to know all the details of this, you're going have to wait for one message first.


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We have a new league leader! After the shock of losing in the opening week, the Who Dat nation stay at home in Oregon this week and welcome the Australian Taipans on their "shortest" away game of the season. The Taipans looked to have corrected their wayward start last week with a win and while coming in as the underdogs, the program for the weekend had the Nation list D'Andre Swift, who was on a requested day off this week. Playing a man down didn't sop the Nation as they rolled out Thursday night as they rolled out Joe Burrow (QB) and Te Higgins (WR). The Taipans were playing from behind all match and were closing in, until, the Nation unleashed T.J. Hockenson (TE) for 45.90 points, the seventh largest score ever at that position. Shut the gate, the Nation put their third consecutive win on the board and suddenly, they look like the championship team that has won the league. Final score, Who Dat Nation account for the Australian Taipans 150 - 112.

Our Match of the Day this week was in the Carolina's where the Black Cats were hosting the Guns of Hochuli. The Gunners had jumped out to a one game lead over everybody and were threatening to run away and take the #1 seed. Not so fast, the big fluffy cats put their claws out and began tearing up the Gunners arsenal. Systematic playing their strengths the Black Cats methodically stretched forward leaving the Gunners with an impossible task on Monday night for Mat Gay (K) to kick 40 points. Not going to happen. Black Cats stop the Gunners from running away with the league, pulling them back into the scrum of the league with a convincing 162 - 111 win.

Lets go to the late game being played in England this week where the Helmand Nighthawks were hosting the Banter Brigade. With another game being played at Totenham the Nighthawks had the pick of the English fans as they flocked to Wembley for the local derby. The Brigade were actually 2-1 before this game while the Nighthawks were 1-2. There had been some whispers around the league that this was the year that the Nighthawks wouldn't make the play offs. Who said that? Not me. Of course the Nighthawks are going to be in play when we talk of the post season having won more championships than any other league coach. When the Nighthawks get behind they rely on the knowledge of Mister Chris to soar high. The soared but it took them until late Monday night and needed Deebo Samuels (WR) to cross before they were finally able to sneak in front of the Brigade. The Brigade put up the fight but a lack of performance from Allen Robinson (WR) while playing San Francisco (DEF) always meant they the two would be taking points off each other. Helmand Nighthawks glide past the Brigade and win the match 146 - 138.

New to the league this year are the Boss team, also based in merry old England. The Bosses were hosting the Drunk Monkeys this week, the best damm 2-12 team ever. The Monkeys were ready to play, somewhat historically inaccurate for this team that struggles without a Coach who vanishes in the first week. Amon St Brown (WR) was a non starter this week and the Bosses send out a message to Antonio Brown, former WR who was on holidays in a Dubai hotel. Brown said he was busy with some booty, so the Bosses started one bum less. The Monkeys got together and for the second time this season post a high score. Could the Monkeys be making a ghost run to the post season? Stick around and find out. This week however, the Drunk Monkeys serve notice against the Bosses 154 - 108.

So with all that, we're do we stand in the league.

The Who Dat Nation inherit sole possession of the league lead with a 3-1 record. They have quietly recovered from their first week loss to show strength in the first quarter of the season. Behind them however, six team are locked together at 2-2. While it's early days, we're already using count backs to break the ties. The Guns of Hochuli hold the #2 seed, the Bosses are at #3, the Drunk Monkeys #4, Black Cats #5, Brigade #6 and the Helmand Nighthawks at #7. Bringing up the tail are the Australian Taipans at 1-3 in #8.

Early days yet and the scrum of teams at 2-2 kinda compacts the league into a two game spread between first and last, but, what it does it puts the Helmand Nighthawks within one game of taking the league. Look out, the Nighthawks are coming.

We're going back to Texas next week for our Match of the day when the Guns of Hochuli host the Who Dat Nation. the #1 and #2 teams of the league are within a game of each other, and this game in particular has divisional implications for other teams. Neither team can afford the loss , but someone is going to come out of the week with an L. And when they do, we'll be there to report all the fake believe facts.

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.

I told you they were coming, and here they come with their first MVT of the year. For the effort 67 yards and 2touchdowns, and 6 receptions for 49 yards and 1 touchdown, for a total of 34.90 points, the Week Four MVT goes to Austin Eckler of the Helmand Nighthawks.

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WHO DA DUCK DELETED WEEK FIVE?
...onto week 6.

Week Six in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we arrive to find that our week five post has vanished faster than Popeye in the iron Wolves game.

Who's messing around with our stuff?

The week 5 MVT was Josh Allen of the Australian Taipans, but that's old news. This week we have a new MVT from four games that were just as exciting as watching Thursday night football.

While the support team go back and try to find the missing post, we'll go forward and report on the doldrums of this weeks games.


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If our post was still here, you would have read had the Australian Taipans handled the biggest blow out of the week and won the MVT. But with the post missing we'll just skip over that and get back to our regularly scheduled ass whipping that the Guns of Hochuli handed out this week - to the Taipans. the Gunners have been the perennial bogey team for the Taipans and this week Coach Casey did it again with Stefan Diggs (WR) outperforming the Taipans Josh Allen (QB). Not helped by single digit scores, this game was well and truly over early Sunday morning. If they find the post from last week you'd be reading of a Taipan win, this week you're reading of the second divisional win that the Gunners achieved over the Taipans. Gunner demolish the Taipans 155 - 108.

Our scheduled match of the day, which was advertised last week, was the Drunk Monkeys hosting the Brigade. The Monkeys have one of the strongest teams in the league as Coach halo once again does a fourteen week vacation during the middle of the season. Last year we had the Monkeys go all the way to the playoffs as a ghost machine, imagine what they could do if they just showed up. The brigade are following suite leaving two players on the starting team who were out west vacationing. The Drunk Monkeys advance to 4-2 with a convincing win over the Banter Brigade, 120-114.

Our championship coach. Mister Chris, has been languishing near the bottom of the table with not a lot of win. In what has historically been the harder of the two divisions to win, the Helmand Nighthawks have been gifted an easy schedule but not able to exert their dominance on the opposition. Well, that ended this week as the Nighthawks flew and extinguished the Boss team. Even with Cordell Sutton scoring single digit points, the Nighthawks were able to easily pummel the Brigade135 - 82.

Our final match of the week was back in the Carolina's where the Black Cats were hosting the Who Dat Nation. Who told the Cats that it was a long weekend with no game scheduled? They showed up with four (4) players not scheduled, and the Nation just walked right over the top of them. Nothing to talk about it, but the Who Dat nation stomp the Black Cats 145 - 62.

The blow outs shook up our league ladder just a bit. At 4-2, the Guns of Hochuli return to the top of the league ladder but they share it with the Drunk Monkeys and the Who Dat Nation. One game back at 3-3 the Banter Brigade and the Helmand Nighthawks get out of the cellar for an equal share of halfway. Behind them at 2-4 are the Bosses, the Black Cats and the Australian Taipans. Two games separate the top and bottom team but as we come up on the halfway point, that gap is started to look ominous for these teams to get back into the Championship.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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 second time this year, against the same team as the first, we have our first repeat winner. For the effort 10 receptions and 148 yards and a touchdown for a total of 36.80 points, the Week Six MVT goes to Stefan Diggs (WR) of the Guns of Hochuli.



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THE MONKEYS CLIMB TO THE TOP!
...and the Nighthawks begin to soar.

Week Seven in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and even though not a single mod or admin has bothered to explain what happened to our post in week five, we continue to move forward with great football. Poor board management....but great football.

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Lets start with the lowest scoring game of the week. The Boss team, a new expansion team this year, was hosting the Black Cats in England. Yeah, we were the only game in England this week. The Bosses were so sure of themselves, they didn't even start a QB or a WR. Maybe they were watching the Black Cats get off the team plan at Heathrow and saw that the Cats only traveled with six starters. This was a game of "how low can you go" but still eeek out a win that was undeserved. It was Aron Jones (RB) who was the sole standout of the match and provided the winning numbers to produce a Boss team victory. Final score in this Under 12 cricket score, the Boss team defeat the Black Cats 102 - 82.

There was no such underscoring in Australia though as the Taipans welcomed the Banter Brigade to town. Having crossed the oceans (plural) and more time zones than they care to count, the Taipans who had been languishing in the league cellar turned up the heat and put their score board back into a working function. The most telling statistic of this game was that Tom Brady (QB) did not throw for a touchdown. Course, he needed to throw for about 12 touchdowns this weekend just to get close case the Taipans went out fast, and were never headed. Final score down under, the Australian Taipans defeat the Banter Brigade 148 - 51.

The Guns of Hochuli have been hot this season - hot hot hot. So hot they lead the league twice for a week at a time. The Gunners welcomed the Drunk Monkeys into town, a team that cannot be taken for granted as one of the best damm 2-12 teams int he world. And this weekend, they showed how they got that reputation as they silenced the Gunners. Gunners. In a low scoring game that still felt like it had some value, the Drunk Monkeys knock off the league leaders 100 - 79.

Our match of the week was a beauty after several Thursday night snooze fests. The Who Dat Nation after adding another Saint from the waiver wire, welcomed the Helmand Nighthawks to Oregon. These two heavyweights have been trading wins for several years in high scoring games, and this one was not exception. The lead of this game changed six (6) times early Sunday, and another three times late Sunday. The Nighthawks were trailing going into Sunday night before Austin Ecklar (RB) put them ahead. The Nation were left only with Nick Folk (K) on Monday night, and lets face it, not even Folk can kick 30 points. The Helmand Nighthawks hand the Who Dat Nation a loss at home be defeating them 167 - 132.

So at the end of seven weeks, which is almost halfway, we have a new league leader.

The Drunk Monkeys return to the league lead with sole possession at 5-2. One game back at 4-3 are the Guns of Hochuli, Who Dat nation and the Helmand Nighthawks. One more game back at 3-4 are the Bosses, the Banter Brigade and the Taipans. Taking over sole ownership of the wooden spoon are the Black cats at 2-5. Three games separate first to last but its the Nighthawks you need to watch....our championship team is playing angry and coming for wins.

Not surprising, we're going to the Nighthawks home ground at Wembley next week when they host the Black Cats. This ones a divisional game with implication for the divisional seeding. While they may have more wins, the Nighthawks start the game as underdogs. Nighthawks have an opportunity to put away the Black Cats and whittle their division down to a three horse race with a win, while the Black Cats need to stay alive for the championship bracket. Its going to be another big game of make believe next week.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

It was a point scoring fest this week and one of the leagues highest point scorer gets the nod. For the effort of passing for 423 yards and 3 touchdowns for a total of 39.42 points, the Week Seven MVT goes to Patrick Mahonnes (QB) of the Helmand Nighthawks.

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NEW LEAGUE LEADER!
...another change at the top of the ladder..

Week Eight in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and depending on where you draw the line for the halfway point of the league, at the conclusion of this weeks game we are in the second half of the regular season and the lead of the league has changed again. We'll get really spooky on Halloween as we ghost our coaches and get into the catacombs of the weekend, right after we give this very important message about voting.

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Lets start with our match of the day at Wembley, with Helmand Nighthawks hosting the Black Cats. The Black cats had jumped out to a scary start in front of everyone and the Nighthawks were trolling the crypts in last place in week one. Never to be doubted, the Nighthawks have crawled their way out of the tombs like the undead and started harvesting wins like they were being handed out like candy. This was a divisional match up however that had far reaching implications of placing of Nighthawks, potentially, one game clear of the mauling pack following them. Despite the zombie like performance of Daniel Jones (QB) interim on the team, it was Deandre Hopkins (WR) who carried the team on his hunchback. Mike Evans (WR) tried to reverse curse the Nighthawks and get in front but had little to no support from the four open tombs where the Cats failed to start a player. The Nighthawks might have gotten away from the chainsaw massacre had the Cats started all their players, but when you're playing in the fog of the Thames, that's what you get. Final score, the Helmand Nighthawks defeat the Black Cats 127 - 90.

Our second international game this week was in the land where they have traditionally not partaken of Halloween, DownUnder with the Australian Taipans. Competing with one of the world greatest horse races, the Melbourne Cup, the Taipans had were all over this like a rat up a drainpipe with Derrick Henry (RB) posting his best score of the season. The Drunk Monkeys, who had won five in a row to this point, were cur off from drinking as the Taipans put up their second blow our win of the season. This won wasn't even close folks, as the Australian Taipans demolished the Drunk Monkeys 157-79.


In Oregon, the Who Dat Nation were hosting the Boss team in football, but with cricket scores. Not a lot of defense to be seen int his game, as it became one of the biggest shootouts seen this year. Antonio Brown (WR) finally showed why Coach Anthony drafted him so high as he put up 45.60 points. But Coach Anthony as a newcomer to the league did not realize he was playing a former Torpedo Bowl champion with Cam McCafferty passing, rushing and revving for touchdowns in the game. Alvin Kamara (RB) didn't want to be outdone putting up 42.80 points, but it was Nick Folk (K) who put up 21 points on his own that was super impressive. Breaking the double century barrier, the Who Dat Nation hand out a lesson in scoring defeating the Boss Team 208 - 174.


Our final match of the week was a cliff hanger that went back and forth throughout the weekend. Depending on when you watched the broadcast, you could have left the game and thought you had the game won, only to discover that was not the case. On Sunday alone the lead had 15 point swings five (5) times as the The Guns of Hochuli hosted the Brigade, New comers to the league, the brigade had already claimed several scalps, but this is a former Torpedo Bowl Champion who was leading the league - could they do the impossible and cruise into Sugarland and defeat the Gunners? You bet they could, and they did, as they needed Nick Chubb (RB) to continue running into late Monday night before securing their victory. The Gunners, playing one man down might have won this had they played a full compliment, but that's why this is a weekly game. Needing all of Monday night before we got a final score, the Brigade get an inprobable win against the Guns of Hochuli 143 - 130.

So after week eight weeks we have yet another change at the top and bottom of the ladder, and a swarm in the middle that we just cant break open.

At the top of the ladder at 5-3 are three teams. Not unexpectedly, after some shaky starts, the Who Dat Nation and the Helmand Nighthawks, the most successful teams int he Torpedo Bowl, have risen tot he #1 and #2 position. Hold onto yourself, occupying the equal third position are the Drunk Monkeys who once again prove they are the best damm 4-12 team in the league.

If three teams for first through third don't make you think this is the most competitive league in Subsim, how about the fourth through sixth positions. The loss this week bumps the Guns of Hochuli back to 4-4 and the fourth position, shared on the count back with the Australian Taipans in 5th, and the Banter brigade in sixth. One game back from them are the Bosses at 3-5, while the Black cats bring up the cellar at 2-6.


But anything can and probably will happen in the next few weeks, but we can only take this one week at a time, so lets look ahead to next weeks game. We're off the England again next week when the Boss Team host the Guns of Hochuli. The Bosses lead the way of the expansion teams but in order to legitimize their existence int he league they have to go through the Gunners, former Torpedo Bowl winners. It will be a hard fought game which even at this stage, the Bosses start clear favorites. And we'll be there to catch all the action of every game, every week, in the Subsim Fantasy Football league.


Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

It's a great day when a team wins the MVT, it's a historical day when an expansion team brings home their first MVT. For the effort of 101 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 reception for 3 yards a 2 point conversion, touchdowns for a total of 31.40 points, the Week Eight MVT goes to Nick Chubb (RB) of the Banter Brigade.

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NEW LEAGUE LEADER!
...another change at the top of the ladder..

Week Nine in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and while the Subsim moderators look at each other like and claim "I didn't see it" the fantasy football marches on with the week Five report eternally on patrol, and not a single moderator bothered to search for it. Tch Tch Tch.



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It was a week of big scores...except for one game where it was a pitiful performance. In England, the Banter Brigade were hosting the Who Dat Nation and this was really a game of "low score wins". The brigade started the match with five (5) players out, and the Nation just had to show up, put some points on the board and cruise to perhaps the easiest win of the season. Final score Who Dat Nation defeat Banter Brigade 102 - 42.


Now that we have that blight out out of the way, lets get down to some real pretend football. Texas, and the Guns of Hochuli showed why they are divisional leaders. Welcoming the Bosses into town, the Gunners were just too strong all round. With Tyreek Hill (RB) scoring over 32 points and Travis Etinne (RB) almost matching that score, this was always going to be a shootout for the Gunners. The Bosses were able to start just as fast with Travis Kelce (TE) but fell over when the rest of the team was asked to put in a standard work day.


Kinda like some moderators. But I digress. :subsim:



Gunners were incredibly strong and put up a first innings cricket score to ensure that they stay ahead in the race for the divisional #1 seed. Final score Guns of Hochuli defeat the Boss Team 164 - 97.


Now if you were excited by the Gunners score, you should have turned over the wild shoot out on BBC1 with the Helmand Nighthawks hosting the Australian Taipans. Think back six weeks ago and both these team were 1-2 and two games behind the league leaders. They fought their way through some unfavorable match-ups and circumstances, to find themselves battling for the #2 seed in their respective divisions. Nighthawks started 20 point favorites on this game, so if the Taipans were going to get close, they had to come out fast and strong. Hello, Joe Nixon, and welcome to a first quarter onslaught that put the Nighthawks trailing. Austin Eckler (RB) thought he was a smart mouth when he brought the game closer with his 20 points, but they still trailed and were running out of players. Not even a 41 point Hail Mary by Patrick Mahonnes (QB) could overcome the damage down by Nixon and Derrick Henry (RB) who ran the Taipans to their biggest score of the year so far, and a much needed win to elevate them in consideration for the Championship round - if they can replicate. Final score, the Australian Taipans defeat the Helmand Nighthawks 177 - 141.



We're nine weeks in and just two weeks away from the longest weekend of the year, but there is till time for all teams, every team, to turn their season around. For some, the clock is limited thought.


The low scoring win by the Who Dat Nation gives them sole ownership of the league lead at 6 - 3. They are about two and a half games away from eliminating the first team from the playoffs.



Behind them is a four way log jam of team at 5-4. The Guns of Hochuli take the second seed and the divisional lead on a count back to the Taipans. The Nighthawks leapfrog the Drunk Monkeys into 4th on their divisional count back, pushing the Monkeys back to 5th.


The Banter Brigade at 4-5 come in at 6th while the Bosses and the Black Cats bring up the rear at 7th and 8th respectively. The Black cats need to keep an eye on their loss column for as divisional rivals to the Who Dat Nation, while the Nation continues to win, by what ever margin it is, the Cats are looking at being the first team eliminated.


Our camera equipment gets to stay in England for one more week as our Match of the day next week is the Helmand Nighthawks hosting the Guns of Hochuli. The line in Vegas on this game is so close that if you sneeze it could swing the other way. The Nighthawks need the win to catch the Nation while the Gunners need the win to stay in front of the Drunk Monkeys and the Australian Taipans. two powerhouse high scoring teams come together in London...cause we moved some other piece of crap game to Munich.


Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

Open the record books folks, you may never see the effort again that we saw this weekend, producing the single largest score in the history of Subsim Football. For the effort of 153 rushing yards, 4 touchdowns, 4 reception for 58 yards a touchdowns for a total of 61.10 points, the Week Nine MVT goes to Joe Nixon (RB) of the Australian Taipans.

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..AND THE HEAVY HITTERS COME!
But its close...really close!

Week Ten in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. In the first nine weeks you could look at any week this year and go "whatttttt?"...but not this week, this week the league has finally caught out all the anomalies, all the unexpected, and the top four teams have emerged as one would expect.

In which order are those four teams? We'll, stick around and we'll go around the grounds one by one to give you both the top four, and the bottom four, right after this message.


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Last week we saw a big scoring win from the Australian Taipans where one of their players scored over 60 points on their own. This week, the Taipans were lucky to score that as a team, as they hosted their last home game before Thanksgiving. Taipans welcomed the visiting Black Cats and this was a game who could get get the lowest score and still eek out a win. Cats started with three (3) players warming the bench not suiting up, and you would think this would have been a stroll in the park for the Taipans. Not so. Aside from Justin Jeudy (WR) who was carted off 10 seconds into the game, their wide receivers and tight end failed to score a single touchdown. Devonte Adams (WR) kept the Cats in the game carrying the team on his shoulder for almost half of the score, but with little to no help, this was always going to be a Cat fall over, and it was just a matter of "by how much." Taipans show how badly they can be to score a win they shouldn't have gotten by defeating the Cats 83 - 78.

In Oregon we had the Who Dat Nation showing that their recent change of jersey colors for Cam McCafferty (RB) wasn't going to slow them down, as they hosted the Drunk Monkeys. The Monkeys have, once again, shown through the front half of the season that they can manage wins even with Coach Thad absent. Not this week though. The Monkeys exceeding their expectations but the Nation were going to have nothing of it as they made some subtle waiver wire changes to give them a formidable team. Doesn't hurt to have Justin Field (QB) score 48 points on their own to help the Who Dat Nation to a handsome 169 - 129 victory.

Two games in England this week before the teams come to Colonies for the Thanksgiving Day turkey shoot. First game where the debutantes this year the Banter Brigade and the Bosses playing at Old Trafford. These two upstarts have turned the league on its head with the defeat of the traditional powerhouses in the league, but it was a day where they would take points off each. In a neck and neck race, the teams traded the lead several times with the Bosses trailing by only 25 points with just Monday night left to play. A seemingly easy task given that they had Jaylen Hurts (QB) and AJ Brown (WR) left to play, the Bosses needed until late into the night and approaching full time before they had a moment 40 seconds from the end of the week when Jaylen Hurts (QB) was sacked. The resulting penalty gave him an opportunity to take run a negative pass play and secure the win. Final score for the Bosses 147.96 to the Banter 147.54, a win by 0.54 points. WOW.


And if you thought that game was close, wait till you see what happened at Wembley when the Helmaned Nighthawks hosted the Guns of Hochuli. Easily, the best game of the season so far, the Gunners ran out early Thursday night to a lead and the Nighthawks just ran them down in the first few minutes on Sunday. Patrick Mahonnes (QB) turned in another dazzling performance and as we rolled into Monday night, looked like the Gunners should surpass this easily. Hold on though, the Gunner were starting both Dallas Goedart (TE) and the Eagles (DEF). Goedart was going to need to score - and continue to score if the Eagles (DEF) were scored against and had points taken away. This fine balance was put to the test where with just 15 minutes of play left in the week, the Nighthawks lead by 1.8 points. With 40 seconds left in the game the Eagles (DEF) recorded a sack and fell over the finish line by the narrowest win of the season. Guns of Hochuli steal a win from the Helmand Nighthawks, 125.06 - 124.64, a difference of 0.42. That's 5 inches on a running play. Wow.

So we mentioned the powerhouses have risen to the top four, lets check them off.

The Who Dat Nation leads the league at 7-3 but have not yet clinched a play off berth. Behind the, two teams at 6-4 are the Guns of Hochuli and Australian Taipans on a count back. One more game back at 5-5 are the Helmand Nighthawks.

These are the four you would expect to be in front.

The bottom four look like this.

The Drunk Monkeys are also 5-5 but loose the count back to fall to fifth place. The Bosses and the Banter come in at 6th and 7th while the Black Cats are holding the tail at 3-7.

Next week we go back to Sugarland for the divisional match up between the Guns of Hochuli and the Australian Taipans. These two teams have fought it out tooth and nail in the past few years to claim the Surface Skimmers Division, in fact, their matches have often set up the winning Torpedo Bowl championship. It will be a packed house as the Gunners run it out once again against their divisional opponents.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

Making their first appearance at this honour. For the effort of 147 rushing yards and 1 touchdown, 4 reception for 16 yards for a total of 30.30 points, the Week Ten MVT goes to Johnathon Taylor (RB) of the Boss team.


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PUNTED!
Kicked Some Balls This Weekend!

Week Eleven in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Six weeks ago if you looked at the Subsim league ladder it looked nothing like what we would expect. Expansion teams leading the pack, and the diehards trailing at sub .500% records. But our league looks nothing like it now.

The traditional heavyweights are beginning to conquer and as we get ready for the longest week of the year, lets give you this very important message first.

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In the middle of the pack, the Banter Brigade were hosting the Drunk Monkeys at home in Twickenham...cause no one else is using the stadium for the next month. The Banter are an expansion team trailing just behind the .500% threshold mark. The Drunk Monkeys, perennial favorites starting the season swinging from the trees, but have fallen in a big pile of fecal matter in recent weeks, and were looking to wipe that smell off the red rumps. Both banter and the Drunk Monkeys started the match with one player warming the bench, limiting their total points score to under 100. This actually lead to a game of "forcing backs" as the two kickers scored the most points for both teams. Lat on Monday night the Banter only had San Francisco (DEF) to play and provided they didn't provide a negative score, the Banter's were good. Final score in the King Country, the banter Brigade defeat the Drunk Monkeys in a low scoring affair 93 - 73.


Negative scores from a layer? that doesn't happen in the Subsim Torpedo League does it? Of course it does, and the Helmand Nighthawks kicker Gene Gano (K) showed that two missed point after touchdowns for a -1 score doesn't mean a loss. Playing at Wembley the Nighthawks were hosting the local derby against the Boss team, the Nighthawks trailed the Bosses throughout the weekend. The Bosses may have had Travis kelce (TE) score 41 points on Sunday, but the Nighthawks had both Deebo Samuel (WR) and Denadre Hopkins) still to play out on Monday night. IN a come from just a short distance behind, the Nighthawks who looked like they were in trouble all weekend, pick up the pace to finally get home and defeat the Bosses. Final score in England, the Helmand Nighthawks defeat the Bosses 160-138.

Our Match of the Day this Week was in Sugarland, and much like another game, got swapped out in the third quarter when it became apparent this was over. the Guns of Hochuli who lead the Surface Skimmers Division were hosting divisional rivals the Australian Taipans. With half the Gunners team out on Covid leave, the Taipans began to run up the score. And run up the score they did, the Taipans while getting the wind have had some low scores so this game game them an opportunity to raise their scoring percentage. Final score in Sugarland, the Australian Taipans defeat the Guns of Hochuli 174 - 88




Our final game of the week in Oregon was the Who Dat Nation hosting the Black Cats. Two former Torpedo Bowl champions both teams were off to vastly different starts to the season, the Black Cats taking the league lead while the Nation were languishing towards the bottom. The Nation have put together a systematic approach to their games to not only rise on the standings, but to lead the lead heading into the Thanksgiving weekend. This week they were helped by some poor player selections by the Black Cats, and the bookies closed the books on this one before it even started. It was always going to be "by how much". The Who Dat Nation run out victorious against the Black Cats 132 - 84.


The Who Dat Nation maintains a narrow lead of the league at 8-3. Behind them the Australian Taipans are 7-4. Both the Guns of Hochuli and the Helmand Nighthawks are equal at 6-5 while the Drunk Monkeys and the Banter Brigade are at 5-6. The Bosses come in at 4-7 while the Black Cats bring up the rear at 4-8.

We're going back to Oregon next week for the longest week of football as the Who Dat Nation hosts the Helmand Nighthawks. The Nighthawks trail the Nation in the ladder but as a divisional match this is a potential play off game. Look for our two most successful teams in the league to go at it again with a side servig of cranberry sause.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

Not often we get the highlight a kicker in this award, in fact I can't think of any recent winner. But given the effort put it we could not pass over this one. For the effort of 1 FG 20-29 yards, 2 FG 30-39 yards, 2 FG 40 - 49 yards 1 FG 50+ yards and 1 PAT, for a total of 23 points, the Week Eleven MVT goes to Tyler Bass (K) of the Boss team.

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A FOOTBALL FEAST
Giving Thanks for Football

Week Twelve in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.

This thread has had 912 views in the past eleven weeks at an average of 82 views per week...and we cant get get one nominationfor the Best of Subsim? C'mon Man.

While you take a minute to ponder why you haven't nominated the thread you're reading each week, I'll just go ahead and give you the run down on all the action thats occurred, and the implications that this week brings as the doors beging to close on those making the playoffs.

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It was the longest week of football but it was just about all over by Sunday afternoon. Yeah, we had a couple of players still left on Monday night but none of them would prove any consequence in changing the outgames of the games. Lets go aorund the grounds and check out who did what.

The Guns of Hochuli were at home in Sugarland hosting the Drunk Monkeys. Both teams have at one stage, lead the league and having traded the divisional lead in the Surface Skimmers, this match up was prudent to deterine the for and against within the division. Early Thursday morning, Stefan Diggs (WR) was on fire for the Gunners putting up 21 points, only to be countered by the Monkeys Justin Jefferson (WR) matching and increasing the points score. Unfortunately for the Monkeys, Lamar Jackson (QB) was the only other standout for the team as the visiting Drunk Monkeys swung through for the win. In the lowest scoring game of the week, it doesn't matter how many points you score as long as you get a divisional win. Drunk Monkeys kind of stick it the Guns of Hochuli running out vistorious 132 - 94.

Our Match of The Week was the Who Dat Nation hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. The Nation were clear favourites at home to roll their divisional rival the Nighthawks...right up until Mister Chris made three (3) changes to the team, and drew the line between the teams down to single digits. It wasn't going to be a single digit victory though as the newly acquired Dolphins (DEF) put up 18 points, double their expected score to give the Nighthawks the lead. It doesn't hurt to have the #1 QB in the league with Patrick Mahonnes on your team to guide the scores towards a significant margin. In the second occurrence of the weekend, the visiting divisional rival Helmand Nighthawks knock off the Who Dat Nation 158 - 121.

In the Carolinas, the Black Cats were hosting the second English team with the Bosses. Coach FYC has been devoid on the sidelines again this year, and still his team manages to show up and put on a game. As the weeks have trugged on though, their performance has begun to stink like cat litter and left them howling at the bottom of the ladder. The Boss team, having crossed the Atlantic to meet their divisional rival, put on a display as one of two expansion teams this year whom have shown some bark. Amon Saint Brown (WR) put up an astonishing 33 points, supported by Jaylen Hurts (QB) who put up his own 38 points. Those two alone carried the Bosses over the Cats who had two (2) players fail to report from Thanskgiving food poisioning. Final score the Boss Team accounts for the Black Cats 180 - 108.

Our final game of the week was not a US based game, with the Banter Brigade hosting the Austrlaian Taipans. This game was originally slated to be in the US but was moved a couple of weeks ago back to England. Having home field advantage didn't help the Banter this week as they kept the game close, helped by the 49ers (DEF) who scored 20 points. (Our second Defence mention this week.) The Banter's Nick Chubb (RB) was good this week, but paled against Josh Jacobs (RB) for the Taipans. In the fourth game this week where the home team lost, the Australian Taipans run out victorious in England by defeating the Banter 156 - 130.

So where does that leave the league. Lets take this apart beginning with the Sub Simmers division where its a little more clearer.

The Who Dat Nation at 8-4 lead the Sub Simmers division and have the #1 seed in the league. The win by the Helmand Nighthawks this week elevates them to 7-5 and just one game back from the Nation. In the next three weeks the Nation have to play the Bossess, the Banter and the Taipans, while the Nighthawks have to play the Black Cats, the Banter and the Taipans. This division is up for grabs between these two heavyweights. The Boss Team at 4-8 are still in the hunt but need some help if they are to be the second, or third team from this division to make the Championship bracket. The Black Cats at 3-9 with a divisional record of 1-7 are the first team eliminated from the League Championship with this weeks loss. The best the Cats can aspire to is 5th.

Over in the Surface Skimmers division, its a little harder to decipher.

The Australian Taipans are 8-4 in the league and 5-3 within the division. They have an equal number of wins to the league leaders, the Who Dat Nation, but have a better divisional record. In the last few weeks the Taipans have outscored the Who Dat Nation which, if it continues, will decide the league #1 seed on countback.

As if that wasn't messy enough, watch this.

The Guns of Hochuli and the Drunk Monkeys have an equal win - loss record of 6-6, so we go to the first countback. Both teams have an equal divisional record of 4-4, so we go to the second tie breaker. The Gunners have outscored the Monkeys in total point scored this year, by a siginificant margin. The Gunners inherit, by default, the leagues #4 seed and keep their Championship hopes alive, barely, by outscoring the Monkeys. However, both teams have three remaining games to close or extend their lead so we don't need to go into countbacks, again. The Gunners, though leading, precariously poised could fall as far as the #7 seed. Just score baby. The Banter Brigade at 5-7 currently occupy the 7th league seed, but, they can still make the Championship Series with three wins. They would leapfrog both the Gunners and the Monkeys, but they have the toughest schedule to do it in - against the Gunners, the Nighthawks and the Who Dat Nation.

The Match of the Week next week is the unexpected Banter Brigade hosting the Who Dat Nation. The Nation need at least two wins from their last three games to secure the Leagues #1 seed, but they start already as underdogs to the Banter Brigade. A win by the Nation keeps them at least one game ahaead of the Nighthawks while a loss will elevate the Brigade into contention within the Surface Skimmers league, and drag the Nation back to the Nighthawks. A lot is riding on this game, and we'll be there to give you all the highlights.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

There have been some big scores to win this award this year, and this is the second largest indivual score of the year. For the effort of 229 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns, and 6 receptions for 74 yards, for a total of 54.30 points, the Week Twelve MVT goes to Josh Jacobs (RB) of the Australian Taipans.

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NEW LEAGUE LEADER
...and we have our first two teams to clinch.

Week Thirteen in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we have a new league leader. We have defenses that are putting up more scores than some wide receivers. We have Kickers who can punt a ball more yards that some defenses. And we have our first clinch of the season, as we get ready for the play offs.

What does all this mean? Stick around and find out, as we check the grounds, tabulate the results and put together the best picture that we have of the post season, right after this message.

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Our Match f the Week was a beauty with the Banter Brigade hosting the Who Dat Nation. The Nation need at least two wins from their last three games to secure the Leagues #1 seed, but they started as underdogs to the Boss team. A win by the Nation would keep them at least one game ahead of the Nighthawks while a loss will elevate the Boss into contention within the Surface Skimmers league, and drag the Nation back to the Nighthawks. There was a lot is riding on this game, and it did not disappoint. The Bosses started one player down, leaving one of their wide receivers off the field. Not that they need it, Amon Saint Brown (WR) and AJ Moore (WR) combined for over 76 points alone, setting up the Nation with a massive chase. Coach Fuel For Blood started the pursuit well with Joe Burrow (QB) and Cam McCafferty (RB) bringing the score within trailing distance, but that would be the theme of the week. The Brigade put up too many points and while Alvin Kamara (RB) in years past may have been able to chase down the Brigade on Monday night, it was not to be. The Bosses account for the league leading Who Dat Nation handily by walloping them 167 - 123.

With the high scoring game of the Bosses and the Nation over, lets turn our attention to the low scoring game of the Banter Brigade and the Guns of Hochuli. This was a case of who could survive. The Gunners were clear favorites from the outset until 3 seconds into the game when Lamar Jackson (QB) went down. With no one left to run, pass, or even start at Tight End, the opportunity to steal a game from the Gunners presented an opportunity that couldn't be passed up, The Banter had to do just enough to get the win...and that's exactly what they did, just enough. Barely enough. Not even their Greatest of All Time Tom Brady (QB) was terrific, leaving it all in the hands of Cee Dee Lamb (WR) to put up the necessary points to get the win. In the second steal of the weekend, the Banter Brigade upset the Guns of Hochuli in a low scoring match, 111 - 67.

These two games set up an opportunity for the Helmand Nighthawks to get back in the hunt. The Nighthawks have not been playing to their strength this year - actually none of the major players have but it was especially noticeable this year. Needless losses, hard losses, it was as though thee Nighthawks wanted to have a come form behind season instead of their lead from the front. Well, they did it again this week, coming from behind after Devonte Adams (RB) ran up 43 points on his own for the Black cats. Unfortunately, they were almost all of the Cats points and the Nighthawks just had to play smart and ensure they had all their men on the field. Their defense was superb this week as the browns (DEF) put up a league high 30 points. (Just love it when we talk about defense outscoring the running backs.) Helmand Nighthawks received a score update about the Who Dat Nation game in late in the weekend and just cruised into Monday night knowing Chris Goodwin (WR) needed only to catch some passes to secure the win. Nighthawks send the cats off howling with a decisive divisional win 116-85.

Our fourth and final game was the Australian Taipans hosting the Drunk Monkeys. Once again, we talk about solid defense with the Cowboys (DEF) putting up 20 of the Taipans points. The Drunk Monkeys have been a bogey team for the league this year, and the Taipans needed to dispose of them quickly to secure their position. This was a lot closer than the final score demonstrated as it was not until Josh Jacobs (RB) got on the field that the Taipans were able to secure the win. In what was an atypical display, it became the pivotal game of the weekend given the other results that occurred. Final score Australian Taipans defeat the Drunk Monkeys 149 - 106.

So, watch this folks, here's where the table gets sorted out.

The loss by the Who Dat Nation and the Guns of Hochuli, plus the win by the Australian Taipans, give them the outright lead of the league for the first time this season. They were 1-3 and last place in the league in week 4 before stringing together 8 straight wins. The loss by the Gunners with no divisional games remaining means the Taipans have the won the division, and will enter the play offs as either the #1 or the #2 seed.

And after that, it gets muddy.

The Who Dat Nation and the Helmand Nighthawks are both tied at 8-5. The Nighthawks are 7-3 within the division while the Who Dat Nation are 5-4. With a two game divisional lead the Nighthawks will win the division, if they finish at the top of the ladder. The Nighthawks become the second team to secure their ticket to play offs, but its not clear yet where they stand. They could finish anywhere between the first and fourth seed. Nighthawks clinch somewhere, and must wait out the next two weeks to secure.

And behind them is an angry mob of four teams at 6-7. The Boss team, The Gunners, the Banter Brigade and even the Drunk Monkeys are all still alive for a play off position. At least one of these two teams will advance to the Championship series, and one of them could go in as high as the #3 seed. There are too many possible combinations and count back scenarios for this column, so we'll just make it easy. Of these four teams, win and you're in. It's that simple.

The Black Cats, having been eliminated last week, will fill one of the Consolation Series seeding.

So who do we look at at next week. The real battle is who gets in and with that we're going back to watch a pair of 6-7 teams feud. The Drunk Monkeys will be hosting the Boss team next week, and the winner could punch their ticket to the playoffs with a win...and some help. We'll be watching every game but the Monkeys will be our Match of the Day.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

You want to win in this league, you have to have a throwing arm. For the effort of 380 yards and 3 touchdowns, and then rushing another 12 yards for another touchdown, for a total of 45.40 points, the Week Thirteen MVT goes to Jaylen Hurts (QB) of the Boss Team.

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NIGHTHAWKS CLINCH DIVISION
...and take aim at the league.

Week Fourteen in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. We have this and next week to sort out out who else is going to the championship playoffs, and folks, there's a lot of team that could do, but only four will make it.

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Our Match of the Week was a a full on heavy weight battle with a pair of sub .500% teams trying to get to the playoffs. The Drunk Monkeys, perennial favorite as the best damm team that never show up, have had some competition this year from an expansion team, the Boss team, who also didn't show up. The winner of this game was going to put themselves in contention to stay alive in the championship series. This was an arm throwing battle between Jaylen Hurts (QB) for the Bosses and Justin Herbert (QB) for the Drunk Monkeys. While the Bosses gained the advantage with Hurts, it was the wide receiving corp of the Drunk Monkeys that showed up to give the red rump beasts a lead. With the Boss team sitting out three (3) players under covid protocol, it eventually lead the Drunk Monkeys running away with this win late Sunday evening. The dream stays alive with the Drunk Monkeys swinging through the trees convincing winners, accounting for the Boss Team 137 - 85.

In Oregon, Coach Fuel For Blood made a late change to his lineup right before kick off, so late in fact, I was still looking at his listed team from Saturday on Sunday afternoon before I realized he had picked up Pittsburgh (DEF) from the waiver wire and started them. When Josh Allen (QB) for the Australian Taipans had a blah game, this looked like it could be a stolen victory for the Who Dat Nation if only Joe Burrow (QB) could perform. He also had a blah game, almost matching an identical score with Josh Allen (QB), thus handing the game over to Cam McCafferty (RB) to put away. McCafferty (RB) ran and caught touchdowns, but so did Derrick Henry (RB) for the Taipans. The Nation ran out the game on the back of their wide receivers who just didn't score enough points. Taipans get their eight consecutive win and defeat the Who Dat Nation 158 - 103.

In the Carolina's the Black Cats were hosting the Guns of Hochuli. Coach Casey appeared earlier in the weekend then Coach Fuel For Blood and for this game, I actually had the right players on the scorecard before the game started. This was always going to be a lopsided affair as the Cats simply didn't have enough players on the field to mount a challenger, given up two (2) players for Covid. Their situation was made even worst when on the third play of Monday night Kyler Murray went down faster than if he had been torpedoed. Guns of Hochuli cruise to an easy victory over the Black Cats by defeating them 100 - 69.

In England, the local derby of the Helmand Nighthawks hosting the cross country rivals the Banter Brigade didn't go as well as expected. Once again the quarterback issue failed to perform, this time for the Banter when Tom Brady (QB) barely made it to double figure. Up against Patrick Mahonnes (QB) who threw for his standard 300 plus yards, the Nighthawks had this game won by the time they got to Monday night, but still had two (2) players on the bench to play. What should have been a big night for Deandre Hopkins (WR) and Rhondre Stevenson (RB) just fizzled out. They still gave the Nighthawks the win 121- 75, but forgot about the bigger picture.

So lets look at that bigger picture and see what the post season clarity looks like.

The Australian Taipans at 10 - 4 have won the Surface Skimmers division. They will enter the post season as either the #1 or the #2 seed.

The Helmand Nighthawks are at 9-6. Their divisional record is 7-2, two games clear of their nearest divisional rival. They have secured the Sub Simmers division and will enter the post season as either the #1 or the #2 seed.

And now its gets messy, complicated, and with too many variables.

The Who Dat Nation are currently 8-6 and sit as the #3 seed. A win next week and they secure that position. A loss, and with other results, they could fall as low as the 6th position. For the Nation, its win and advance.

The Guns of Hochuli and the Drunk Monkeys have equal divisional records, but the Gunners currently occupy the #4 seed by virtue of a better scoring record. Both teams could advance as high as the #3 seed, or fall as low as the #7th seed. They will be playing with multiple count back solutions.

The Bosses and the Brigade are equal at 6-8 but the Brigade has outscored both the Gunners and the Drunk Monkeys. The Brigade could advance as high as the #4 seed and eliminate both the Gunners and Monkeys. The Bosses can only advance to the Championship with a win and a miracle.

The Black Cats at 3-11 have a secure hold of the #8 seed.

So with that picture where do we get our Match of the day from which this week, includes Saturday playing time. We're going down under - and not for the final time this year, where the Australian Taipans host the Helmand Nighthawks. Both teams have won their respective divisions - and this might be a Torpedo Bowl preview, but the post season seeding is still up for grabs. The Taipans lead the Nighthawks by one game. If the Nighthawks win they will have an equal winning record, so we go to the count backs. The Taipans won the first meeting of these two this year, so to get the number 1 seed the Nighthawks have to win the game - and then some. By splitting the head to head wins the second count back goes to total points scored. The Taipans come into the last game with about a 68 points lead. The Nighthawks have to win the game, and win by 69 points in order to steal the #1 seed, and stay home for the post season.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

You want to win in this league, you have to have a throwing arm, still. For the effort of 352 yards and 3 touchdowns, for a total of 33.78 points, the Week Fourteen MVT goes to Patrick Mahonnes (QB) of the Helmand Nighthawks.

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WHO'S IN? WHO'S OUT?
Who's missed the playoffs about.

Week Fifteen in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.

It's the end of the regular season. We've trudged our way through fifteen of the most grueling make believe shenanigans to finally arrive at the end of the regular season. Some teams will make make it. Some teams might make it. Some teams should have made it. And someone is going to regret not making it.

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Let's start at the bottom of the ladder where the Black cats had a firm grip on the #8 seed. They welcomed the Drunk Monkeys to North Carolina in a match that meant nothing to the Cats, but meant everything for the Monkeys. Monkeys were facing the long shot prospect of making the finals and had to win - and win big. They were helped out by Coach FYC resting two of his starters for the game, including their starter Kyler Murray (QB). This gave the Monkeys an opportunity to fly through the tree branches. Justin Jefferson (WR) was the biggest branch swinger for the Monkeys leaving them with a sizeable lead. When the Cats forwards of Tampa Bay (DEF) choked and the Monkeys played the Broncos (DEF) for 10 points, it was not only a wild win for the Monkeys, but a gap of size for them. With the first obstacle down the Monkeys had to wait out the remainder of two games before they knew where their final seeding position would be. Drunk Monkeys on the road thieve this one from the Black Cats 138-77.

In England, the Banter Brigade were hosting the visiting Who Dat Nation. Playing in a different timezone gave them a slight advantage of knowing how much they needed to score. Tom Brady (QB) had one of his best days as the starter for the Banter and despite having an atrocious first quarter, Joe Burrow (QB) was able to match the Goat and keep pace on the scoreboard. This was a game that was going to be won or lost in the trenches, and who better to get down and dirty than Nation's star Christian McCafferty (RB). Christian put up 31 unanswered points on his own and while the Banter didn't match it, they kept the game close...until they got to their positional spot - where they had scheduled a ghost. The Banter Brigade fall over int he end by virtue of not playing a full team, allowing the Who Dat Nation to steal the win. Who Dat Nation defeat the Banter Brigade 151 - 133.

In Australia, we had the game of the year with the Taipans hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. Having made the long trek south the Nighthawks started slight favorites against the home - how does that happen? This was the biggest shoot out of the year between the two favorites in what may be a Torpedo Bowl matchup. The Taipans opened up an early lead with Greg Kittle (TE) and Josh Allen (QB) before a single Nighthawk got on the field. The nighthawks chased down the Taipans lead lead by Patrick Mahonnes (QB) and then it was a foot race. Both teams had stacked their players into the Sunday afternoon market and this was a lead changing slug fest. This was the highest scoring game of the week with eleven changes of lead coming into the last quarter. In the last 34 seconds of the game the lead changed five more teams with the Taipans just eeking out a slight lead. And then it happened - we're calling it the Stevenson Streak. When the play clock expired the Nighthawks were in possession of the ball. They were swarmed by the Taipans unable to move forward, losing yards when Rhamonde Stevenson received a lateral pass. And he was off to the races. The Taipans ran him down but not before he had accumulated an additional 24 yards, giving the Nighthawks the win after time had expired on the last play of the day. This was a game you will watch on pretend TV years from now and wish you had been there. The Nighthawks steal the win from the Australian Taipans 175.84 - 173.66, a difference of 2.18 points. Wow.

Having heard some of the earlier game results results come in and the stadium broadcast of the current games going on, the Guns of Hochuli were at home hosting the Boss team. The Gunners were on ice, with the intermediate results going the Drunk Monkeys way putting the Gunners in jeopardy of falling out of the playoffs. Even though they had Stefon Diggs (WR) their star in the snow, he only scored 120.70 points, and the door was opened for a Boss team win. With Jaylen Hurts (QB) and A.J. Brown combining for 73.3 points, the Boss Team marched away form the Gunners in the late first half, and this one was all over by the middle of the second half. It would then become a loss by "how much" for the Gunners. Gunners failed to rally over 100 points succumbing to the Boss Team 174 - 93, and as they walked off the field, they began to check their cell phones and wonder had they made the play offs.

Let's check the play off seedings.

The Helmand Nighthawks and the Australian Taipans came into this game as the #1 and #2 seeds. The Nighthawks needed to beat the Taipans by a wide margin. Now, while the Nighthawks have beaten the Taipans both time this year, either side of the Taipans eight (8) game winning streak, the two teams ended up tied for the best record at 10 - 5. The count back for teams outside the division, is by total point scored. The Taipans earn their first regular season championship as the #1 seed and get to stay home throughout the playoffs. The Helmand Nighthawks with their win stay a game ahead of the their divisional rival, and secure the #2 seed. The win by the Who Dat Nation gives them sole possession of the #3 seed without the need to count back....and then it gets messy.

The win by the Drunk Monkeys and the loss by the Gunners elevates the Drunk Monkeys at 8-7 to the #4 seed, and once again we ask ourselves, who good could this team have been if they're coach had just shown up. The Gunners loss relegates them 7-8 in a tie with the Boss team. The Bosses have outscored everyone int he past few weeks so they are elevated to the #5 position. The Gunners are able to stop the freefall and occupy the #6 position. The Banter Brigade in their debut finish 6-9 while the Black Cats, a once might kingdom, occupy last at 3-12.

Now that we know that, where are the games nest week.

The Taipans stay at home and welcome the Drunk Monkeys to town. The Taipans and Monkeys met three times this year with the Taipans winning all three games, but the Monkeys have shown they could be the best damm team...if they show up.

The Helmand Nightahwks win the Sub Simmers division as the #2 seed and welcome their divisional rival the Who Dat Nation to won. These are the two powerhouse teams of recent history and this game is our Match of the Day.

In the consolation series, the countback elevated the Boss team to the #5 seed and they welcome the Black Cats back to England for the third time this year. The Bosses won all three previous encounters. The Gunners slippage from the #4 seed to the #6 seed means they get to stay at home for one game, but they must be left asking "what if" after leading the league for several weeks. They welcome the expansion team the Banter Brigade to Texas.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

We could have taken a player form the Nightahwks win but when you look at what this team did to get into the final four, we had to give it to them. For the effort of 12 receptions for 123 yards and 1touchdown, for a total of 36.30 points, the Week Fifteen MVT goes to Justin Jefferson (WR) of the Drunk Monkeys.

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OMG- WHO LOST THIS WEEKEND?
Who's Going to the Torpedo Bowl?

Week Sixteen in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.

Wow. We have perhaps the biggest upset of the year...so far. We have an expansion team coming through the pack. We have a former Torpedo Bowl winner holding off another expansion team, and we have one game that already, has seen five rewrites of this column throughout the weekend.

And until we get one last game played, we don't know who's going anywhere until the final play of Monday night.

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Let's start with one of the international expansion teams, hosting their first play off game on debut. After going through the count back process last week, the Boss team started to dress up Twickenham for the first of two play off games in England. The Bosses were hosting the Black Cats who after a great start to the season, just fell in a slump for the remainder of the regular season. Both teams had their starting quarterbacks sidelined through Christmas day food poisoning (too many North Sea shrimp). Justin Conner (RB) was the stand out for the Cats putting up 25 points on his own, but, Coach FYC also started Tampa Bay (DEF) with the two cancelling each other out. That rookie mistake was not replicated by the Bosses who had Travis Kelce (TE) score 23 points without getting into the in zone. The Bosses had a guest in attendance, Bruce Springsteen, who cheered his name-team on for an easy victory in a relative low scoring game. Bosses ran all over the Black Cats 105 - 70.

In Texas, the Guns of Hochuli were hosting the Banter Brigade. The Gunners were the big losers of the three way count back at the end of the regular season, dropping from fourth to sixth. Coach Casey in the post game interview last week lamented lost opportunities earlier in the season and vowed that the Guns of Hochuli would advance through the consolation series. Against the second expansion team, the Gunners as former Torpedo Bowl winners just had more experience in play off situations than to leave a player on the bench, as the Brigade did with Andrew Robinson (WR). The Gunners didn't put up spectacular numbers, but just methodically continued to outscore the Brigade at each position. This game was well and truly decided by Sunday lunchtime, to the point it was a matter of how wide the divide would be. Guns of Hochuli account for the Banter Brigade 127 - 105.


Our third game of the weekend was a shock upset. Traditional divisional rivals, the Who Dat Nation Rises boarded a plane and flew to merry old England where they were hosted by the Helmand Nighthawks. With bad weather everywhere, including the Nighthawks hallowed turf, Wembley, the first players on Thursday night didn't score a lot of points. The line on the game had the Nighthawks favored by 15 points but that vanished in the polar vortex of Christmas Eve as the Nation Joe Burrow (QB) and Tee Higgins (WR) combined for almost 70 points. These are not two teams to be taken lightly though as the Nighthawks dug in. The colossal failure of the Nighthawks entire receiving corp who only scored 21 points doomed the Nighthawks, to the point that even before the end of the game, Coach Fuel For Blood was making reservations got the Torpedo Bowl. The Nighthawks were relying on Austin Eckler (RB) on Monday night but the game was just too big. In a statement performance, and a warning to the league, the Who Dat Nation Rises dispose of the Helmand Nighthawks from the Torpedo Bowl, with a convincing 185 - 96 win.

In Australia, on a hot 35 Celsius Christmas Day weekend, the Taipans welcomed the Drunk Monkeys to town. In the Taipans first year winning the regular season, you would think they might start out as favorites, but as we have chronicled year after year, the Drunk Monkeys are the best damm team that doesn't show up - and this year they had the chance to thieve a Torpedo Bowl appearance by phoning it in. The Drunk Monkeys started less than a point favorites after some change in personnel by the Taipans. That change in personnel did nothing on Thursday night and Coach Pioneer tweeted "Ut Oh". The Monkeys came to play, with Justin Jefferson (WR) annihilating the Taipans as they did in the Week One victory. This game went back and forth with the lead changing seven times on Saturday alone. The Monkeys made one error, which may haunt them, by starting the Broncos (DEF) who recorded a -4 score, taking points off the board. On Monday night the Taipans held a slender lead, with the final score predicted to be a line call. Could the Monkeys upset the entire league and knock off the regular season champions? A slow start by both Justin Herbert (QB) for the Monkeys and Keenan Allen (WR) for the Taipans saw the shootout potential of this game get snuffed out before the quarter of the weekend. Despite the 3-1 player advantage on Monday night, the Taipans hold on and punch their ticket to the torpedo Bowl 16- - 120.

So with all games completed that leaves up one week to settle this season.


The Australian Taipans get a second home game to host the Torpedo Bowl and welcome the Who Dat Nation to the sub tropics. The Nation and the Taipans have split the regular series one game apiece.

The bronze medal game this year will be unfamiliar territory for the Helmand Nighthawks as they welcome the Drunk Monkeys to town. The Nighthawks, after getting off to a surprisingly uncharacteristic slow start to the regular season, found themselves short on one game, relegating them to a second home game at Wembley. The Nighthawks only played the Drunk Monkeys one time this year and were 30 point losers. After their shock exit from the Torpedo Bowl, Mister Chris is not going to let the Monkeys swing freely through his stadium.

In the Consolation Series, the Boss team gets their second post season home game in the debut year, as they host the Guns of Hochuli. These two teams split the regular season games 1-1 with lopsided victories to each team. This will be a great show of strength for the Bosses who in their first year will be meeting a former Torpedo Bowl Champion.

The other Consolation Series game sees the other expansion team from England, the Banter Brigade, getting their first post season home field game. Now, with the Banter sharing their field with the premier league, this game has been flexed a short distance away to Manchester. The Banter Brigade only meet once in the regular season with the Banter getting the best of the Black Cats.

One week to go folks, it all comes down to next week.

But this week, and every week week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

Hard to look past a performance that carries your team from the jaws of defeat to an appearance in the Torpedo Bowl. For the effort of 13 receptions for 109 yards and 2 touchdowns, for a total of 41.90 points, the Week Sixteen MVT goes to T.J. Hockenson (TE) of the Who Dat Nation Rises.

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WEEK SEVENTEEN RESULTS PENDING
We'll Get Back To You When We Have A Forward Plan


...and we hope we have all our players back.

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COMMISSIONER CALLS AN END TO THE SEASON
Who Dat Wins Torpedo Bowl

Week Seventeen....and a half, in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.

Wow. We'll go straight to the Press Conference where we're expecting the Commissioner to issue a statement as the Subsim.com Fantasy Football ends prematurely. We'll take you to the conference after this message.

And until we get one last game played, we don't know who's going anywhere until the final play of Monday night.

It's a wild and wacky Christmas weekend to start the first week of the play offs, and we have all the gripping details for you, right after this message.


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Straight to the press conference where the Commissioner is about to speak...

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Good evening. In the years of being Commissioner, I've never had to make a decision on any issue before. Understandably, this being the first, it is the most important for the precedent that it sets for the league going forward.

On Monday night, a player injury affected the outcome of games in the Subsim.com league. In the hours that followed, while the player was receiving the best care possible, the league had to receive the best care possible given the circumstances. As Commissioner, that care has to come from me. The decision was made without regard to the games it affected, and having made the decision, I'll address the games it effects. And here it is.

The points score as at the ending of Monday Night stand. The Subsim.com Fantasy Football League will not come back and finish the game, replay the game, or cancel the game. Much like our motor racing comparatives do, the games were called early. As a result, the Who Dat Nation Rises are the 2022 Torpedo Bowl Champions. Congratulations Coach Fuel for Blood.

Three other teams are affected by this decision, and I'll start with the Guns of Hochuli. The history of the Gunners in this league has been nothing but exceptional sportsmanship, and we trust that standard will continue. We understand that ending the game may have cost you the win. For the other two teams, there will be other games.

No questions will be taken, the time is now right to celebrate the Torpedo Bowl Champions, the Who Dat Nation Rises. This is the end of the press conference.





Wow! The Commissioner just called the season. Lets have a look at the games it didn't affect, and then deal with the games that it did.

For the Bronze medal, the Helmand Nighthawks were hosting the Drunk Monkeys at Wembley. The Monkeys continue to defy expectations and probability as they continue to march through the season rudderless ro reach the Consolation Final. the Helmand Nighthawks were having none of this "no you see me no you don't" attendance and put waste to the Nighthawks in a manner befitting the Nighthawks. The Nighthawks were unexpectedly defeated int he previous week and were not going to be denied at least one of the medals. With Patrick Mahonnes (QB) and Austin Eckler (RB) each scoring 38 points, this one wasn't even close. The Helmand Nighthawks easily account for the Drunk Monkeys int he biggest blow out of the week 166 - 103.

Also in England, one of this years expansion Banter Brigade welcomed the Black Cats to town, albeit at a venue not the home turf to either team. With the three English teams all advancing with home games this games was moved, much to the demise of the Brigade. the Black Cats came to play, and play they did, even with two players staying home in the USA and not making the trip. The Brigade put in an outstanding performance, but the Black cats just had too many weapons to keep them from victory. It wasn't that close, as the Black Cats storm home over the Banter brigade 154 - 136.

And now we get to the two games affected by the Commissioners decision. Lets start with the game most affected by the decision, the Boss team hosting the Guns of Hochuli. The Bosses were hosting their first play off game, but their opponent the Gunners is no pushover, a former Torpedo Bowl winner. The Gunners trailed the Boss team most of the weekend by a small margin, so by the time Stefan Diggs (WR) and Ja mare Chase (RB) took to the field Monday night, it was a formality that the Gunners would overcome the twelve point deficit. With the game abruptly stopped, and the subsequent decision by the Commission to call the game, and not return at a later date, left the Guns of Hochuli hanging - and more importantly short of the mark. The Boss team win their first play off game defeating the Gunners in a shortened match, 122 - 110.

And now the Torpedo Bowl. This was a game that reeked of shoot out but became a low scoring disaster for both teams. The Australian Taipans were hosting their first Torpedo Bowl and welcomed the Who Dat Nation Rises, who having defeated the Helmand Nighthawks the week before, continued the longest road trip int he history of the league. Both the Nation and the Taipans underwhelming scored before reaching Monday night, where both teams had two players each. While the points differently was 21 points, this game was going to be decided by who scored last...and it was the Nation. They were the first team to score with a touchdown to Joe Burrow (QB) before the game was stopped. With the Commissioners decision not to return to this game, the Who Dat Nation Rises cap an impressive comeback against unimaginable odds, to win the Torpedo Bowl 110 - 81.

Congratulations to the Who Dat Nation Rises.

We'll be back tomorrow once all the votes have been tallied to give you our All Star Team for the year, but before we leave this week, we have one more thing to do.

Each week (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

Our winner this week comes out of the 7th place game. For the effort of 10 receptions for 207 yards and 3 touchdowns, for a total of 54.70 points, the Week Seventeen MVT goes to Mike Evans (WR) of the Black Cats.

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ALL STAR TEAM NAMED
Was There Any Doubt Who'd be Honored?


It's the day after the final publication of the year and a time when the Subsim.com league picks their All Star team. Some sports have a probowl, some sports have an all star event - the Subsim.com selected the best fantasy players in their position and an honoree to carry their name.


The procedure is that all the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) select an honoree and submit their name to a pool. All the ASW's then vote, eliminating the honoree with the lowest number of votes, until there is only one. This year, in a first, all the ASW's selected the same honoree.


Ladies and Gentlemen, the Subsim.com Fantasy Football League is honored to present this years All Star team, appropriately named after, perhaps the greatest icon of the past century. I had the honor once to meet this years honoree, and talk with them. It was a honor, to serve you, Maam. Without further ado, this years All Star Team are the Queen Elizabeth Monarch.




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QB - Patrick Mahonnes (Helmand Nighthawks)


WR - Justin Jefferson (Drunk Monkeys) Tyreek Hill (Guns of Hochuli) Devante Adams (Black Cats)


RB - Austin Eckler (Helmand Nighthawks) Christian McCafferty (Who Dat Nation Rises)


TE - Travis Kelce (Boss Team)


K - Brett Maher (Helmand Nighthawks)


DEF - Dallas (Australian Taipans)


BENCH - Josh Allen (Australian Taipans), Stefon Diggs (Guns of Hochuli) Josh Jacobs (Australian Taipans) Mark Andrew (Banter Brigade) Justin Tucker (Boss Team) New England (Drunk Monkeys)


That's a wrap for the year folks. We'll see you back here around July 4th when we announce the next season. Till then, may all your fantasy players score big.