MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO
Monkeys Dominate The Nations
Week 6 in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and the crowds were on hand to see some thumping fantasy football this weekend. We'll talk about the team starting to pull away from the rest of the league, the team anchoring the bottom of the league, and, alas, the surprising team that is once again purring ahead of their division.
In this election year, there's only one more thing you need to do.
VOTE SUBSIM FANTASY FOOTBALL FOR BEST OF SUBSIM...'CAUSE WE DIDN'T GRAB ANYTHING.
The censors wouldn't let me write what I wanted, but you get the meaning.
Speaking of small black furry things, Black Cats hosting the Australian Taipans for the second time this year, and just like it was earlier, the Black Cats showed the foreigners just exactly how it's done. Lead by the Almost Panther team, the Black Cats this week were dominated by Buffalo McCoy (RD) who just ran through the Taipans, again and again and again. Taipans still can't catch a break (maybe they're the Cubs of the FF?) as the Cats stacked the scoring box with two of the highest scoring individual points of the year. And the Cats needed it too, after Travis Benjamin (WR) and the Panthers (DEF) coughed up furballs with low and negative scores respectively. Black Cats get their second divisional win against the same divisional opponentbeating the Taipans 147 - 129.
Our Match of the Day saw 200,000 fans turn out to Chad Stadium to welcome home their long lost Coach Gargamel from a tour of the North Atlantic. Drunk Monkeys were decked out in their historic jerseys of all brown and bright red rumps as they hosted the failing Who Dat Nation. The Nation opened the season off with a win but have been on a season long downhill slide since. Monkeys showed the Nation how it's done with Julio Jones (WR) once again showing why he's worth the high draft pick by scoring another 32 points to his yearly total. The Who Dat Nation were lead by Tom Brady (QB) who top scored with 37 points and three touchdowns. However, it was their entire WR, RB and TE Corp that didn't score a single touchdown that left their Defense of the Eagles to score their only remaining TD. Drunk Monkey Nation goes bananas as Gargamel and the Monkeys move into a play off position at 3-3.
The blockbuster of the week was the match between the Guns of Hochuli and the Helmand Nighthawks. Gunners currently own the league, just barely, having had some favorable lower scoring wins, but they knew that the Nighthawks would leave nothing on the table this week as they set out to prove the dominate firepower. Gunners delayed their start, opting not to play in Thursday nights choke fest, which hampered the Nighthawks who scored below par. Unfortunately, the Nighthawks made a classic rookie mistake of playing Brandon Marshall (WR) and the Cardinals (DEF) against each other. Desperate they were to mount a come back on Monday Night, there was only so much that David Johnson (RB) could do to chase down the Gunners lead. Nighthawks come up short on Monday night and allow the Guns of Hochuli to steal one away 155 - ???
As we approach the halfway point of the season, we'll look at each of the division racers and try to dissect what's going on.
In the Sub Simmers division, the Guns of Hochuli at 5-1 hold a two game lead and control their destiny. The return of Coach Gargamel has a death knoll about it as the Who Dat Nation were expected to at least contest for the division lead. The return of Coach Gargamnel and his two game winning streak puts the Monkeys at .500 at 3-3. The Who Dat Nation appear to be choking in a vat of bourbon as they close out the division at 1-5, and are already two divisional games behind the Monkeys. The Monkeys are setting themselves up for one of the biggest shocks of the year if they can bundle the Nation out of the Championship Playoffs.
Over in the Surface Skimmers division, it's not so clear. The Black Cats sit atop the division at 4-2, but have scored almost the identical number of points as the other two teams int he division. The separator in the division has been the points scored against. The Helmand Nighthawks sit at 3-3 and one game further back are the Taipans who have had almost a game and a half of points scored against them when compared to the Black Cats. With only two games separating the Cats, Nighthawks and Taipans, this division is a little cloudy to predict, but if the Taipans don't stop the loss rout, it will be a Cats and Nighthawks decider.
And that is exactly where we'll be going to next Weeks Match of the Day, Black Cats will be hosting the Helmand Nighthawks in Carolina as they arm wrestle for control of the division. A win by the Cats puts some purring distance over the other two teams, but a loss brings the Divisional Lead back into contention again. This may end up being a key game which will decide the Divisional Title, and we're only half way through the season.
Just imagine what the next half will bring to the league.
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 157 rushing yards, 8 receptions for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns, for a total of 46.2 points, the Associated Subsim Writers are pleased to present O'Dell Beckham Junio of the Guns of Hochuli the Week Six MVT.
