HALFWAY TO A CHAMPIONSHIP.
The Field Thins Out.
Week 7 in the Subsim Torpedo League and as the field thins out, the chatting rises, and the smack talk begins.
"Your mother wears army boots?"
"Cause your father likes his women ugly."
Ugly was not the word to describe the fury of week seven games. The Huge Manatee, with no positional changes at all, earn their third win of the season with a total of 58 points against the Collared Greenz. At the other end, the Mudville Nine blow out Phant's Rage 113.86 - 55.75, relegating the Rage to first pick of the draft next year.
Let's not assume however, that with the field thinning out, that there was any less excitement. Going into the last game of the week, a mere .21 points separated the Dead Poets and the Reapers. The Dead Poets, early season favorite to go 13-1 against the inconsistent Reapers, had their hands full, trading the lead throughout the final game of the weekend. Eventually, the game came down to who was better, the arm of McNabb or the hands of Santana Moss. (Moss was eventually worth 4 points more.)
Once the final whistle had blown, the field of contenders was revealed, including, possibly one or two pretenders.
In the Old Schools Division, defending Torpedo Bowl Champions, the Dragons, have quietly stepped out to 5-2, a one game lead against the Miners at 4-3, who potentially could missing out on the post season with a rugged schedule.
In the tough Norris Division, the surprise loss by the Wild Boston Terriers hands a one game lead to the "where did they come from?" BP BadAsses team, who have put together a three game streak. However, the Ded Poets, after starting the season 3-0, find themselves a half game back and potentially needing to win all their remaining games, having already suffered two divisional losses.
The two horse race of the Surface Skimmers sees the Mudville Nine at 5-2, leading the Helman Nighthawks, who after being the #1 team at 3-0, fall to 4-3.
The lottery of the Sub Simmers division sees Every Given Sunday retain the lead, but, the Australian Taipans, defeated divisional rival Show Me Your TD's and moves up to be 2-0 against divisional rivals.
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 seven, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present, for the effort of 311 passing yards, 31 rushing yards and 3 TD's, Tony Romo of Miners is the Week Seven MVT.
Sidenote: 27 game changes from the Monday Night Game made this a messy, excessive strike-through review.