HAULING ASS
Can no one penetrate the Bad ones?
Week Nine in the Subsim Football league, and around the league, Coaches are shocked. Earlier in the week they all got together to go see magician David Copperfield, but it wasn't until the the Badasses got off the field, that everyone said "How the hell did he do that?" The Badasses asserted their dominance, throttling the Dragons with a record 167 - 115 win.
The win assures the Badasses a post season position, and leaves them one game shy of home field advantage through the playoff. "We're pretty freaking happy about this, despite the fact we're now getting hate mail from the 72 Dolphins." On the other side of the game, the Dragons lead by Coach Rick, short by .03 points of their best score for the year, fall into an avalanche of 5-4 teams in the Surface Skimmers division.
One of the most intriguing games in that division was the Takky Glue - Taipans matchup. The Glue started out 20 point favorites, despite being 4-4 to the Taipans 5-3. At the start of Monday night, the Taipans lead by 4 points. For the second week in a row, the Taipans have choked, losing 77-62. Coach Pioneer was livid at his team, with reports that the Cowboy fire sale starts tomorrow.
Coach Casey with the Mudville Nine has quietly put together a three game winning stream, defeating the Wild Boston Terriers 115 - 54. The win moves the Nine to 6-3 in the SubSimmers division, a game clear of the Ded Poets. The loss, however, was devastating for the Terriers, who head back to Oregon, tail between their legs, chanting "just wait till next year", all but eliminated from the Post Season.
The Reapers join the 5-4 congestion in the Surface Skimmers Division, defeating early favorites the Helmand Nighthawks, Despite having first pick in the draft the Nighthawks have fallen to the cellar of the Surface Skimmers division at 4-5. In the last four weeks they have not scored over 90 points, but, are still within two games of taking the divisional win.
In the biggest surprise of the week, (other than the Badass score) Coach Mookie advance to the hardest earned 3-6 team in the league, by putting up 118 points, the most this season, to defeat the 5-3 Really Ded Poets. "We're still a chance" the TD's cried on their way home, legitimately probably three games back with five games left to play. If only they had one of those early losses back.
Controversy surrounds the Subsim League this week, with Coach Aramike claiming that in two years he has not had a single MVT. Really? I guess the Coach's memory does not extend back to
week 3 last year when his quarterback Aaron Rodgers scored 24 points and was awarded the MVT.
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.
In Week Eight, it turns out that Coach Aramike gets his second MVT. The Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present, for the effort of 4 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries and 2 defensive touchdowns, for a score of 31 points, the Packers defense is the Week Nine MVT.
