Rising From The Bilge
Rats Gnaw Doggies
Week 1 in the Subsim Fantasy League, and do we have a debut for you. We'll tell you about one of the biggest eye openers since....well since Fantasy Football started. We'll catch up on a thriller, a thriller than could have been, and we'll see how the two newest team did against the foreign imports, as we go around the globe under the light of the silvery "supermoon".
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There are two new teams playing in this years Subsim Fantasy League, and in the first week, each of the new teams had opposing results. Let's start with the Mini Ded Poets, who crossed the Pacific Ocean to play the Australian Taipans. Jet lag much have affected the Mini's player choice because they played not only Jason Witten (TE) and Dan Bailey (K), but they ran on the 49ers (DEF) The 49ers were no slouch though as they high scored for the Mini Dead's with 20 points. On the other side of the paddock, the Taipans started an interesting pair of RB's in Matt Forte and Chris Johnson doing most of the work in the ground and pound. The Taipans send the Mini Dead's home packing with a steady serving, running out eventual winners 102 - 81.
Proving that running the opposition against your defense doesn't always doom you to a loss, last years surprise upstart to the league showed that you can in fact start Adam Vintieri (K) and the Bronco's (DEF) on the same team.
Coach Fuel for Blood after the game said "Yeah, our game plan tonight was not to score a lot of kicking points, and let our defense do the work."
The Who Dat Nation were certainly helped when the Green Beans started Cam Newton, ruled out two days prior to the start of the game with a bruised ego. Despite this, the Beans still managed to utilize Calvin (Megatron) Johnson for two touchdowns and 164 yards. (Who was throwing to him? C'mon Man.) The gap was way too much for the Beans, even when Michael Floyd (WR) scores 16 points on Monday night, as they fall to the Who Dat Nation 113 - 101.
Going across the other ocean, the defending Torpedo Bowl Champions the Helmand Nighthawks started the season at Wembley hosting Michael's Team. The second of three new comers to the league, this Atlantic Crossing was no Rod Stewart as the Nighthawks put a licking on Michael. Despite the valiant effort of QB Matt Ryan scoring 32.21. points, the Nighthawks just played their consistent steady brand of football that lead them to the championship. This game could have been a thriller on Monday night if only Keenan Allen (WR) of Michael's team showed up. Final score, Nighthawks 117 defeat Michael 101.
The biggest upset of the week was the match up between the Wild Boston Terriers and the Bilge Rats. The Terriers, a Commissioner franchise team, after grabbing first pick of the draft, also had the first game of the week. The Doggies, playing at home lead by Russell Wilson, came out strong and began putting up some impressive points before the Rats even got started. But when they got started, start they did and they piled it on. Every player on the Rats team scored double digit points, lead by their QB Matthew Stafford.
"Yeah, we played hard, knowing how important this game was. We played it hard and we're grateful just to come away with the win and look forward to next week," Stafford said after the game.
After taking the Associate Subsim Writers A+ draft rating, the Rats have come out and on the Terrier's home turf, put up 155 points, one of the highest scored seen in the game. The Terriers were sent to the 0-1 doghouse as the Rats cleaned up 159 - 107.
The thriller of the week belongs to the match up between the Black Cats and the Guns of Hochuli. Two powerhouse teams of past, who both decided that on draft day they had better things to do. In week one they were matched against other. Last year the Cats fielded perhaps the best team on paper, but when it came down to the end, just didn't have enough purr in the tank. Despite being heavily favored in Las Vegas, the ding dong game between the Cats and the Gunners swung with each play. Back and forth they traded the lead seven times through Sunday morning, and by the time they got to Monday night, the game was so close that one pass could decide the game. The Gunners started Larry Fitzgerlad (WR) and frankly, Fitzgerald did not look like he wanted to play. Larry only need one catch to give the Gunners the lead and the win, and we had to wait until 4 minutes before the end of the weekend to get his catch. Final Score, they barely squeak by in one of the historically closest matches ever, Gunners 102.24 defeat the Black Cats 101.58, a margin of .66
So after week one, let's look at where the teams stand.
Half the teams in the league won, the other half lost.
What it does mean is that in week 2, we get to pick and choose the best games to focus on. We pick the defending champions return to the Colony as the Black Cats get to host their first home game of the season after suffering a narrow defeat in week one.
Each week, the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) will nominated their Most Valuable Torpedo (MVT) of the week, the single player who proved decisive in their teams performance.
For the effort of 7 receptions for 104 yards and 3 receiving TD's, for a total of 35.20 points, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present Julius Thomas of the Bilge Rats the Week One MVT.
