MORE THRILLERS THAN MICHAEL JACKSON
...less kiddie stuff though.
Week Six in the Subsim Fantasy Football League and do we have a a hot hot week of football to talk about. We've got scores closer than baseball games, more changes that Kings Cross station and we're only one third of the way through the season.
Imagine what the next two thirds of the season will bring.
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Let's grab out breath and run down the program and check all the games at all the grounds and find our best of the week.
In Oregon, the Who Dat Nation Rises welcomed the Helmand Nighthawks to town. The traditional two heavy weights of entire league have put on a few pounds and are currently 2-3 this season coming into the game. The big shock was the Nighthawks who lost their first three, but have started to put on a more traditionally looking run of games winning the last two. The Nation however, they appeared bogged won in the Pacific North West rain as Coach Fuel for Blood struggles to put gas in the tank. The Nighthawks didn't have any stand outs in the game, they just did their job to eventually put the Who Dat Nation Rises away to the tune of 120 - 94.
At Twickenham, the Banter Brigade welcomed the Guns of Hochuli to town in what would be a low scoring affair. Well, what would you expect when both teams leave a combined four (4) players at the pub before the main game. These two teams are playing for seeding already at this stage of the season and the Gunners were just that little bet better. A shock loss by the Banter Brigade sees them fall to the Guns of Hochuli 94 - 88.
Monday brings out winners, and tussles. And there was no bigger tussle then when the bottom of the league were hosting the top of the league, and it all came down to Monday night. The Drunk Monkeys, the best damm 0-2 to every grace the league had the Taipans fly in for what might be their biggest game of the year. The Taipans were running a five game winning streak while the Monkeys were just not scoring. Taipans started three (3) different players on Thursday night and the Monkeys ran them down early Sunday morning. A back and forth tugging match ensued through Sunday, and once we got to Monday night, the Monkeys were slightly in front. The lead change five times and it was apparent this was going to be decided at the end of the night. With 2 minutes to go Cedee Lamb (WR) pulled in a catch that took him for over 100 yards, and the Taipans were beaten. Final score and biggest upset of the week, Drunk Monkeys defeat the Australian Taipans 152 - 141.
Our second thriller saw the lowest ranked team in the league, the Black cats, hosting the hottest team int he league, the Boss team. Coach FYC has coughed up a furball a couple of times this year but were able to strut out to an early lead despite the fact that both teams had a combined four (4) starters down with Covid, and the Black Cats started the hapless Broncos (DEF). This was just a much a snuggle struggle as the cats eventually squeaked out the win 126.5 - 123.2
Next week, the call outs are in full swing so its hard to pick a great game. We're going to go back down under as the Australian Taipans at the top of the table, host the hard charging Banter Brigade on their longest trek of the 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.
This one was still undecided on Monday night, and we had to wait out the final games before casting some votes. For the effort of 12 receptions for 124 yards and 1 TD's, for a total of 36.40 points, the Week Six MVT goes to Amon Saint Brown of the Black Cats.
