DOUBLE THRILLER.
And Monday Night final quarter rewrites.
Week 6 in the Subsim Fantasy League, and if you were looking for a little pre-Holloween Thriller, you got it with the Guns of Hochuli and the Australian Taipans down to the wire, Hail Mary play on Monday night. Not enough action for you? How about we double the thrills with the a second helping of Mini Dead Poets and Nighthawks playing out one of the closest nail biting finishes (and of course, Monday night rewrites).
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On to the pretend football.
Let's start with one of the biggest shocks of this weeks games, as the Black cats host the Who Dat Nation. The Nation has been a power scoring machine in recent years, and any chance to get a win is a feather in your cap. The Black Cats came home after a two game road trip and really needed to show the Nation that the Cats truly are a team deserving of respect. And respect they got as they pounded the Nation. The Who Dat Nation struggled to score, only their Quarterback Andy Dalton reached double figures. While the Ravens (DEF) didn't put up a lot of points for the Black Cats, they did manage to keep to keep the Nations scorers on the sideline warming the bench. With time of possession in their favor, the Black Cats didn't even need to play Travis Kelce (TE) who was in Fiji on vacation. Cats trounce the Who Dat Nation, holding them to a pitiful 97 - 42 scoreline.
Last week, the Wild Boston Terriers were decimated in Australia, but not this week. This week they cam home, licked their....ummm, well you know where dogs lick, and set out to get their season back to .500%. Having the 0-5 Michael's team in town may have seen like a walk in the park, but Michael's team showed that they can keep pace with the dogs and score points, even if there is no one at the helm steering the ship. If they did have a skipper at the helm, they may have played two positions that didn't have guys on vacation, and give the doggies a swift kick. No, the Wild Boston Terrier put the bite on Michael, level out at 3-3 with a 94 - 69. win.
In a much calmer post game interview (compared to the previous week) Coach McBee addressed the media.
"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."
Maintaining an even race in the battle for the wooden spoon, Coach Chad and the Green Beans, a once proud franchise, now sits like a discarded burrito after a big night in Bangkok at 0-5. With no wins on the board, it was always going to be a difficult ask when the Bilge Rats come to town, and as it turned out, there was very little contest in it. Once again, with no one apparently at the helm, the Beans could have given the Rats a run for their money if they had bothered to substitute in two players. As it was, the Rats made a rookie mistake of playing both Gionvani Bernard (RB) and the Panthers (DEF), but the Beans were unable to take advantage and get their first win. Bilge Rats advance to 4-1 with a 119 - 82 win.
Our match of the day this week is the first of two thrillers. Entering this week, the Guns of Hochuli were the last remaining undefeated team at 5-0. You have to go back a long way to find a 6-0 team, so it was up to the Australian Taipans to put that streak to an end. Buoyed by their impressive scoring performance last week, you only needed to see the scheduled team on Thursday night to know that the Taipans may have let this one slip away with TY Hilton (WR) on the bench for 31 points. The Lions (DEF) stepped up for the Gunners and and abysmal failure of two of the Taipans wide receivers means that this game came down to the last quarter on Monday night. Needing just one touchdown to end the Gunners immaculate season, the Taipans were lucky to get one pass. Final score Gunners win a close game 128 - 120.
Our second thriller of the week was the Mini Dead Poets hosting the defending Torpedo Bowl champions, the Helmand Nighthawks. In a rare error, Mister Christ started Jamal Charles (RB) for the Nighthawks while Charles was soaking up the sun in Fiji. Playing one man short, the Mini's had a chance to steal this one away if just one of their players showed up. And show up Jordy Nelson (WR) did. Two weeks after winning the MVP, Nelson went for another 109 yards and a TD to give the mini's a chance of glory. On Monday night, the Mini's had to wait on the 49ers (DEF) before they knew the result of this one. A pick 6 with less than 60 seconds remaining gave the Mini's some breathing room. Mini Dead Poets steal one away from divisional rivals the Nighthawks, in a thrilling 92 - 78.
With six weeks completed lets have a look at what we know, the probables and the possibles.
At the bottom of the ladder, Sub Simmer divisional rivals the Green Beans and Michael's team sit at 0-6. One of those teams is guaranteed to advance to 1-6 next week as they meet each other. Without a miracle, or the appearance of their Coach, both teams will will be at the Torpedo Bowl, watching from the first batch of released seats. Put a fork in them, they are done.
The top of the ladder gets a little clouded and harder to decipher. The Guns of Hochuli and the Bilge Rats both lead their divisions. The Who Dat Nation and the Black Cats are second in their respective divisions at 4-2. Behind them the Wild Boston Terriers, Australian Taipans and Mini Dead Poets sit at a respectable .500%. The defending Torpedo Bowl champions the Helmand Nighthawks are at 2-4.
Next week we go home back to Oregon for a Sub Simmers Divisional game between the Who Dat Nation and the Bilge Rats. With just a game between these two teams, and the apparent lack of coaching in the 0-6 teams, the divisional matches play significant importance. This will also be no walk in the park either, as we begin to get down to the seeding process for the play offs. It looks to be one of the best match ups this year.
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 8 sacks and 3 interceptions, for a total of 24 points, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present the Lions Defense of the Guns of Hochuli, the Week Six MVT.
