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Nighthawks Secured Play Off Berth
Week Eight in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we have our first team into the post season. We have a return to form of one of the stalwarts of the fantasy football legacy, and we have a week where one team will have a starting QB without a season ending injury.
But on this evening of preparation for ghastly ghouls and children int he streets, let's just slow down, look twice, and pay attention to the important things that matter.
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England: The Helmand Nighthawks are storming into the season with their 7-0 record, getting ready to host the trans Atlantic pussy's. The Black Cats strut into town, tail in the air, smelling of cat nip, and got scared out of their paws. The Nighthawks showed that they too can put up double century numbers as they just ran riot over the Black cats. The Black Cats, benched Deshawn Watson who went down to the minor leagues and scored almost 50 points. At the same time, the Nighthawks proved that their name was no coincidence as they flew through the air on their way to a score north of the 200 hundred mark. This game was over early Sunday morning and it was always going to be how much of a blow out the Nighthawks would win. When the Nighthawks put up 200 points on the score board, statisticians started looking back for the largest win in history. We only had to look back to week three to discover that the Who Dat Nation had a 113 point win. The Nighthawks went "ham'" (Can I say that on Subsim?) over the Black Cats just pummeling them into oblivion with a 218 - 117 point win over the Black Cats. The Nighthawks come up just 3 points short of a record win.
Our best Match of the Weekend was the previously mentioned Who Dat Nation hosting the Guns of Hochuli. The Nation has been the clear #2 team in the league as they were looking to not drop back further from league and divisional leader the Helmand Nighthawks. Someone forgot to tell the Gunners that plan as they rolled into Oregon, licking their win after a devastating loss last week to the Drunk Monkeys. The Who Dat Nation forgot to show up, as their best point scorer was Mark Ingram (RB) who had two lost fumbles. The Gunners, chasing their divisional leader, needed to make a statement a week after being in the doghouse and did so with double digit scores bu all offensive players. Melodically, systematically, the Guns of Hochuli fired off barrage after barrage to shot holes in the Nations game plan and put them into a divisional hole. Guns of Hochuli get back on the winning page as they forged ahead and outscore the Who Dat Nation 134-80.
Australia: Across the pacific, playing one day earlier than everyone else, the Drunk Monkeys added to their jet lag woes when they flew into the wrong airport. Scrambling for a connecting flight to make the last 3000m trek across he country, the Monkeys arrived barely in time for the National Anthems (of which no body knelt for) but for the Monkeys could have been their only respite., In a low scoring game, the Taipans managed to keep the clock ticking over against the well rested and injured started roster of the Drunk Monkeys. This was not going to be a high scoring game, but after the last three weeks where the Taipans have lost three starters to season ending injuries a W is a W anyway you can get it. Taipans stop the slide and get to .500% with a 105 - 72 win over the Monkeys.
Having arrived at Week Eight, our post season match ups are already starting to take shape.
Helmand Nighthawks: The win by the Nighthawks and the loss by the Who Dat Nations assures the Nighthawks a play off berth. The Nighthawks can secure themselves the #1 berth with a win against any team in the next six weeks. The Nighthawks play three games against the Drunk Monkeys in the second half of the season, so we'll just go ahead and give the Nighthakws the Divisional Title and the #1 seed now.
#2 seed. The Nighthawks are with in one game of the securing the top seeding, leaving the #2 seed open for the winner of the Surface Skimmers Division. The Australian Taipans currently lead the Division but not by any convincing means. The Guns of Hochuli sit within one game of the Taipans. It's quite possible that only one of these two teams will make it into the playoffs, the other relegated to the stands to watch the game. Too close to call at this time.
#3 and #4: With the divisional title of the Sub Skimmers almost wrapped up, the Who Dat Nation and the Black Cats are playing for a path to the finals. The easier path for these teams into the Championship game is through the #2 seed, probably the Taipans or the Guns of Hochuli. The #4 seed will have to travel to England where the Nighthawks are looking for an immaculate season. Also, too close to call.
#6 seed: At the bottom of the league ladder, the Drunk Monkeys are within two games of being eliminated from the post season.
Next week come back to Carolina as the Black Cats host the Guns of Hochuli. Both teams are playing from the disadvantaged position of one game behind their divisional opponent. With both teams having their divisional opponent meet in another game, a win in this match up could propel them into the preferred #2 or #3 position. This game has implications in the shuffle for the minor placings in the post season match ups.
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.
records are made and it is hard to look past the season highest point scorer. For the effort of 8 receptions, 224 yards receiving and 1 touchdown, for a total of 42.4 points, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present Deandre Hopkins (WR) of the Helmand Nighthawks the Week Eight MVT.
