REAPERS SKIN TAIPANS
Surface Skimmers Division Wholesale Losses
Week Ten in the 2011 Subsim Fantasy Football, and for the second week in a row, the team at the bottom of the league has beaten the team at the top of the league. In addition, only one team in the Surface Skimmers Division scored a win. What is going on with these wholesale divisional losses?
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Last week were saw the team at the bottom of the ladder knock off the league leaders. What chance could we see it happen again this week with the 1-8 Reapers against the 8-1 Taipans. After the Taipans QB Phillip Rivers started somewhat poorly on Thursday night, the Reapers changed their starting line up before their first player took the field, and suddenly they were favorites to win the game. The game was tight all weekend, and, once again, the result was pending on the Taipans "come from behind on Monday Night" for the fourth straight week. Needing a swag of points from Percy Harvin, it wasn't to be. The Repears, for the third straight year, become the bogey team for the Taipans beating them 100.07 - 98.53.
Only Michael Jackson had more Thrillers than the Subsim League, and perhaps one of the best games of the year turned out to be a a defensive power struggle. The high scoring Ghost Monkey, after taking a verbal beating from Coach Mookie last week about "protect the lead", scored a paltry 69.57 points. The Black Cats, clearly the underdogs in this battle but with both teams at 5-4, turned it into an epic defensive game. The Cats with the Green Bay defense played back and forth into the fourth quarter, producing one of the best low scoring games of the year. Ghost Monkey hold on to win 69.57 - 66.85 and move to 6-4.
Over in the Sub Simmers division, Coach Rock and the Dragons, after suffering a shocking loss seven days ago, showed that his 7-2 didn't come from looking back, but from looking forward to the demolition of the next opponent. Unfortunately, it was the Nutcrunchers who had their nuts ....err, their winning streak crushed. The Dragons beat the Nutcrunchers 130 - 80. The win keeps the Dragons at the top of the Sub Simmers league, but don't look back, here comes Every Given Sunday.
With the hottest looking and most naked cheerleaders, Every Given Sunday has wiped out all before them after stumbling in the first three games of the year. Every Given Sunday, putting together this years best streak of 7 wins, have carved through the division to be sitting one game back of the Dragons. In so doing, EGS shut down the hard charging Guns of Hochuli by winning 135 - 73. The loss by the Gunners drop them to 7-3 and with the balance of the division behind them all losing this week, the Gunners maintain their two game lead and sit on the cusp of putting the remainder of the division out of the playoffs.
After the game, Coach Mike W, draped by near naked cheerleaders fondling him, managed to get his tongue out. "We circled this date at the beginning of the season. We came to play, and it was everything we thought it would be. We played it hard and in the end, we're just to come away with the win and look forward to next weeks game."
One game back the Wild Boston Terriers have declared their intent on a playoff appearance, smashing the the Delaware Destroyers 141 - 61. Coach Growler of the Destroyers is apparently trying to hock his team for an NBA franchise, while Coach McBee and the Doggies look forward to the rematch with Mookie and the Monkeys next week.
Down at the bottom of the table, teams are still battling for first round pick next year. Once a proud franchise, Mr. Chris and the London based Helmand Nighthawks keep their slim playoff chances alive with a 20 point win over the Badasses.
With four weeks before the playoffs, and the massive losses by the league leaders in the past two weeks, the situation looks like this.
No team has yet clinched a play off berth. The surprising win by the Reapers for only their second victory of the year still keeps them in the hunt with four teams - the Nighthawks, BP Badasses, Destroyers and Nutcrunchers, one game ahead at 3-7. A loss next week will probably doom any chance of a consolation series appearance.
The top of the league ladder is a mess. The Dragons and Taipans are both at 8-2 with the Dragons holding a half game win against the Taipans earlier in the season. The Dragons, who within their division are 5-1, sit one game clear of the Every Given Sunday, which will be our undisputed Week 11 Game of the Week. The Taipans look to slither into the playoffs matched against less than .500 teams.
But don't think those three teams have a monopoly on the Championship Series. The Ghost Monkeys at 6-4 battle divisional rivals the Wild Boston Terriers in the next biggest game of the week. The winners of this game and the Dragons/EGS game will clear the playoff picture in the Sub Simmers division, where potentially, five of the six teams will make the playoffs.
In the Surface Skimmers division, the Taipans and Guns of Hochulli have separated themselves from the rest of the division. Pending the outcome of other games, the Gunners and Taipans may be playing off for the division in the second last week of the regular season. The rest of the division will be picking up the scraps.
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 receptions for 134 yards and 2 receiving touchdowns, for 30.65 points, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present Rob Gronkowski of the Wild Boston Terriers with the Week Ten MVT.
