2022 Subsim Fantasy Football Season

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WEEK ONE SHOCKS
...are we looking at a Drunk Dynasty?

Week One in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. We've got all the news of all the games and all the results. We also have a little smack talking - the first time we've heard from one Coach since dinosaurs roamed the earth, but go ahead, be smug, it's only week one.

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Let's start with one of the new teams to the league, the Boss Team. An expansion team this year based in Twickenham, England, the Bosses were hosting the most successful team in the history of the league. One of the foundation clubs, the Helmand Nighthawks only needed to catch a British Rail train for their shortest "away" match of the year, as the first time as a visiting team on home soil. The Bosses were lead with Jalen Hurts (QB) under center, but it was Johnathon Taylor (RB) who did all the damage on the ground against the Nighthawks. Patrick Mahonnes (QB) leads the Nighthawks this year and despite throwing for 360 yards and 5 touchdowns, the lack of offensive work from the rest of the team meant that Mahonnes (QB) carried the team on his back - but not for a win. On debut in the league, the Bosses take care of business and hand the Nighthawks an improbable loss of 167 - 122.

In the Pacific North West, the Who Dat Nation got to stay at home for opening day for the first time in several years as they hosted the Black Cats. The Black Cats came out of the draft with the best documented team, but as we've seen from the Cats, that don't mean a purr if you don't show up for the games. This year, the Black Cats and Coach FYC are on their game and slithered into town to give the Nation an exercise in execution. The Cats were just too strong and left town with their tail in the air and their head held high as they handed the Nation their first loss of the season. Final score in Eugene, Oregon, - the Black Cats beat the Who Dat Nation 171 - 103.

Our Match of the Day this week was the defending Torpedo Bowl Champions the Guns of Hochuli hosting the Australian Taipans. The Taipans are still sharing their home stadium with the other football team so they stayed on their road trip, having not been home in three years since before the pandemic. These two have battled each other over the years closely, but not this time, this was a landslide. It wasn't even Sunday night before we heard Coach Casey speaking about their many wins to the national media. I even heard Coach Pioneer's response - well I saw it, he used sign language - well, at least some of his finger to respond to Coach Casey. The Guns of Hochuli give the Taipans a skinning and stamp their dominance on the Surface Skimmers Division. Gunners thrash the Taipans 167-130.

Wow. When was the last time those three teams all lost on the same day.

If, there is a perennial fan favorite of any of the teams, its the Drunk Monkeys. Coach Thad and the Monkeys have historically been recognized as the best damm 2-14 team in the world with multiple seasons where they could have been 14-2. The Monkeys historically start off scratching their backside and just swing from side to side throughout the season. This year they get to stay at home for the first time since chimps walked the earth hosting another expansion team, Coach Anthony and the Brigade. The problem being an expansion team - ignore the Bosses, is that you're probably not going to win your first game. The Drunk Monkeys showed up and welcomed the Brigade by putting on an outstanding display where they almost reached 200 points. Finals score - Drunk Monkeys 197 - to the Brigades 90.

So where does that leave us at the end of Week 1, half the teams are 1-0, the other half are 0-1. Next week we go to England for the first of many international games where the Helmand Nighthawks will be hosting the Who Dat Nation. Both teams suffered losses in the first week of the year and as divisional rivals, it's not too early to start talking about divisional wins, as we've seen this division tighten in the last few weeks of recent years to cause multiple count back situations.

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.

You look around the league and there were a lot of scores worthy of this weeks award, but , our recipient's award has to be taken into account given the final score that the team put up. As they did last year, this team wins the MVT on opening day. For the effort 9 receptions for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns, for a total of 45.40 points, the Week One MVT goes to Justin Jefferson of the Drunk Monkeys.

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GUNNERS FIRE...AND ANNIHILATE
...we're not looking at a Drunk Dynasty?

Week Two in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Wow. We have one team that came within a yard of scoring the all time highest record, two teams that have started the season with their worst record ever, and whole bunch of other teams messing up the middle.

It's beginning to look a lot like the most intriguing season we've ever seen, so lets talk the talk and browse the result, right after this important message.

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Let's talk about our Match of the Day and the Helmand Nighthawks. Three time Torpedo Bowl champion, countless 2nd and third place trophies, all time toughest team to get a win against...but not this year. After suffering a staggering defeat in Week One the Nighthawks return home to face the visiting Who Dat Nation. The long haul form Oregon they arrived in the nations darkest hour, but the league decided to press on as Her Majesty - a lifetime club member of the Nighthawks, gave up her membership. Patrick Mahonnes (QB) a future hall of famer and starter for the Nighthawks put up decent numbers, which Nation starter Joe Burrow (QB) couldn't match. But out wide, the Nation outscored the Nighthawks almost 2-1. Looking at a deficit going into the Monday night Cam McCafferty (RB) kept the Nation powerhouse moving eventually running out convincing winners, 147 - 108. And just like that, the Nighthawks are 0-2.

Know who else is 0-2 - the Australian Taipans. After getting their butts handed to them last week the Taipans visit one of the expansion teams, the Brigade, and just bent over for another spanking. The Brigade worked their team fluently but it was their ground game of Nick Chubb (RB) and Mark Andrews (RB) that did all the damage through the middle. not even with their ace Josh Allen (QB) could the Taipans recover enough to make this a close game. The Brigade get their first win of the season convincingly beating the Taipans 153 - 119.


If you were bored watching those games then this is the game you changed over to. The Guns of Hochuli return to Sugarland and get their first home opponent in the Drunk Monkeys. With both teams having wins last week it was the Drunk Monkeys that were the high scoring explosive offense that started on Thursday night running off over 60 points. Coach Casey was heard to say "hold my beer" as he let Lamar Jackson (QB) off the leach to score an individual league record of 60.62 points. But it wasn't done there. The Gunners had more of their team contribute high scores and we watched and willed them on to pass 235...but came up short. This wasn't even close, recording one of the biggest blow outs in league history, the Guns of Hochuli account for the Drunk Monkeys 232 - 120.


Our final game of the week saw the Boss team also staying at home in England and hosting the Black cats. this actually turned out to be the closest (as much as it could be) game of the week. The Bosses were trailing slightly on Monday night before the unleashed Jalen Hurts (QB) who not only passed for a TB, but ran two in himself. The Bosses as an expansion team have come to play as their hand the Black Cats their first loss of the season, dropping them 185 -153.

So where does that leave the table.

At the top of the league the Guns of Hocuhili and the Bosses are both sitting a game clear at 2-0. Their control their respective divisions and it not too early to start talking about the divisional count back. For that, lets look at the bottom of the table.

On for and against, the Helmand Nighthawks at 0-2 sit in the cellar of the league. How did this happen? Is this is the end of the high flyers. But hold on, they're not down there on their own, they have company with the Australian Taipans also at 0-2. You couldn't have got money on that occurring before the start of the season but here we are with two foundation clubs looking for their first win. The rest of the league is 1-1.

Next week, we go back to Oregon for our Match of the Day. We'll be following the Who Dat Nation as they return home at 1-1 and meet the unexpected league leaders Boss team. We'll be there to capture all the action of this an all the games as it happens.

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.

Lots of choices this week. Plenty to choose fro, but we had to pick one. For the effort 12 receptions for 148 yards and 3 touchdowns, for a total of 50.8 points, the Week Two MVT goes to Stefan Diggs of the Guns of Hochuli.

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INTERNATIONALS FINALLY WIN
...and here comes the first and second rewrites of the year.

Week Three in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and finally, our international teams get a win. We get our first and second rewrite of the season - thank you Gunners, and one team finally gets a home game, after playing away for the past two years.

It may only be Week Three but make no mistake folks, regardless of what Peyton and Eli or Troy and Joe talk about...this is the place that you want to be on Monday night, as we get ready to go around the grounds in the most competitive make believe football you've never seen.

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First up - all you Nighthawks fans can start breathing again, Mister Chris is back. In a historical first. the Helmand Nighthawks were off to their season worst start ever at 0-2 and were facing the prospect of going 0-3 against a stronger team. Well, screw you guys, the Nighthawks are back. The Nighthawks were hosting the visiting Black Cats who had jumped out to a surprising 1-1 start to the season. Starter for the Nighthawks, Patrick Mahonnes (QB) has played good in the first two games...but he can't carry the team on his back no matter how hard he tries. This week they entire Nighthawks put their wings on and soared. Course, they were helped by the absence of Mike Evans (WR) of the Black Cats who last week was given a one day suspension, for acting like AJ Brown. (HA - bet you thought we'd get through a season without mentioning HIM - wrong!) Cats started a man down and not helped by Kyler Murray (QB) not throwing a TD for 314 passing yards. This one wasn't even close folks, as the Nighthawks take flight and smash the Cats 106 - 93.

The Nighthawks still have some work to do, but so does another international team.

It was a nail biting day for the Australian Taipans who finally return home after a two year road trip and playing in makeshift stadiums. With the closure of the Australian borders in 2020 for Covid, the Taipans relocated to Southern California - but it wasn't the same. This week, after the end of the regular season of the "other" football, the Taipans returned to their home ground for the first time since January 2020. But they also returned home with a 0-2 record on the road, and it wasn't just 0-2, it was "a lot 0-2". Taipans were hosting the Drunk Monkeys who two weeks ago put up almost 200 points, but there would be none of that this week. This was a down and injury ridden team as the Taipans lost their fifth player of the season mid game to injury. The Monkeys situation was not helped when they left Dalton Schultz (TE) in the airport at LAX after changing planes. Taipans did just enough on Monday night with Dallas (DEF) to stay in front of the lower scoring Drunk Monkeys that we saw in Week One. Australian Taipans win this one 115 - 103.

Our Match of the Day this week was another International Home Game with the Bosses hosting the Who Dat Nation. Coach Anthony B, expansion coach of the year candidate after going 2-0 in the opening weeks was starting to get into the meat of the season where the champions have traditionally shown their strength. And the Nation showed up this week. Starting the game with .500% record the Nation and the Bosses traded blows left and right, swapping the lead five times alone late Sunday afternoon. Somehow, the score changed overnight in scenes reminisce of the Biden Election victory (been waiting to use that analogy) and the Nation skipped out to a slight lead. These two teams tussled in the highest scoring game of the weekend, and if the Bosses had played anyone else, they would have won. Not this week though, as the Who Dat Nation accounts for the Boss Team 134 - 128.

Our first thriller, and second rewrite of the week. As the games progress the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) make notes of the game and begin penning this column. This week the editorial changes began early Sunday as the game swung back and forth. This was always going to be a close game, even if Lamar Jackson (QB) put up over 50 individual points. Cee Dee Lamb (QB) was the last man standing on Monday night needing to score at least one touchdown after Tom Brady (QB) turned in a stinker performance. The brigade were down to 4 minutes before Lamb (WR) crossed to take the lead from the Gunners. Gunners had already exhausted their players and having no one start on Monday, the Brigade were able to fire by and steal a win. The loss by the Gunners is poignant as the last undefeated falters. Final score n England, The Banter Brigade defeat the Guns of Hochuli 137 - 129.

So lets look at where the league stands, but we're going to start at the bottom, again, this week.

The wins by the Hemand Nighthawks and the Australian Taipans lift them out of the windless column to 1-2, and fortune put half of the league alongside them with the same record. The other half of the league are 2-1, so after three weeks, the entire league is separated by just one game. Wow!

Next week, we're heading to the Carolina's where the Black Cats will be hosting the Guns of Hochuli. Both teams are previous champions of the league, the Gunners being the defending champions, and at this time these two are close enough to own the league lead between them. It will be a cat skinning firestorm in the Carolina's as we get to see past champions sort each other out and potentially, take the lead in 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.

Last week we had lots of choices, this week we had to look a little harder. The expansion teams has lowered the forecast winning score from 160 back to approximately 125, so it gets a little harder to pick a winner with the lesser point available. For the effort 1275 yards and 2touchdowns, for a total of 28 points, the Week Three MVT goes to Joe Burrow of the Who Dat Nation.

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WHO DAT LEADING THE LEAGUE?
...the Nation, Dat's Who!.

Week Four in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we are one quarter f the way through the season. We've got a change in league leader, a change in the league cellar dweller, and a past champion who gave everyone a two game start coming on strong.

Who Dat we talking about? We're talking about the greatest selection of fake believe coaches in the modern world, putting together their best manufactured season ever. But if you want to know all the details of this, you're going have to wait for one message first.


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We have a new league leader! After the shock of losing in the opening week, the Who Dat nation stay at home in Oregon this week and welcome the Australian Taipans on their "shortest" away game of the season. The Taipans looked to have corrected their wayward start last week with a win and while coming in as the underdogs, the program for the weekend had the Nation list D'Andre Swift, who was on a requested day off this week. Playing a man down didn't sop the Nation as they rolled out Thursday night as they rolled out Joe Burrow (QB) and Te Higgins (WR). The Taipans were playing from behind all match and were closing in, until, the Nation unleashed T.J. Hockenson (TE) for 45.90 points, the seventh largest score ever at that position. Shut the gate, the Nation put their third consecutive win on the board and suddenly, they look like the championship team that has won the league. Final score, Who Dat Nation account for the Australian Taipans 150 - 112.

Our Match of the Day this week was in the Carolina's where the Black Cats were hosting the Guns of Hochuli. The Gunners had jumped out to a one game lead over everybody and were threatening to run away and take the #1 seed. Not so fast, the big fluffy cats put their claws out and began tearing up the Gunners arsenal. Systematic playing their strengths the Black Cats methodically stretched forward leaving the Gunners with an impossible task on Monday night for Mat Gay (K) to kick 40 points. Not going to happen. Black Cats stop the Gunners from running away with the league, pulling them back into the scrum of the league with a convincing 162 - 111 win.

Lets go to the late game being played in England this week where the Helmand Nighthawks were hosting the Banter Brigade. With another game being played at Totenham the Nighthawks had the pick of the English fans as they flocked to Wembley for the local derby. The Brigade were actually 2-1 before this game while the Nighthawks were 1-2. There had been some whispers around the league that this was the year that the Nighthawks wouldn't make the play offs. Who said that? Not me. Of course the Nighthawks are going to be in play when we talk of the post season having won more championships than any other league coach. When the Nighthawks get behind they rely on the knowledge of Mister Chris to soar high. The soared but it took them until late Monday night and needed Deebo Samuels (WR) to cross before they were finally able to sneak in front of the Brigade. The Brigade put up the fight but a lack of performance from Allen Robinson (WR) while playing San Francisco (DEF) always meant they the two would be taking points off each other. Helmand Nighthawks glide past the Brigade and win the match 146 - 138.

New to the league this year are the Boss team, also based in merry old England. The Bosses were hosting the Drunk Monkeys this week, the best damm 2-12 team ever. The Monkeys were ready to play, somewhat historically inaccurate for this team that struggles without a Coach who vanishes in the first week. Amon St Brown (WR) was a non starter this week and the Bosses send out a message to Antonio Brown, former WR who was on holidays in a Dubai hotel. Brown said he was busy with some booty, so the Bosses started one bum less. The Monkeys got together and for the second time this season post a high score. Could the Monkeys be making a ghost run to the post season? Stick around and find out. This week however, the Drunk Monkeys serve notice against the Bosses 154 - 108.

So with all that, we're do we stand in the league.

The Who Dat Nation inherit sole possession of the league lead with a 3-1 record. They have quietly recovered from their first week loss to show strength in the first quarter of the season. Behind them however, six team are locked together at 2-2. While it's early days, we're already using count backs to break the ties. The Guns of Hochuli hold the #2 seed, the Bosses are at #3, the Drunk Monkeys #4, Black Cats #5, Brigade #6 and the Helmand Nighthawks at #7. Bringing up the tail are the Australian Taipans at 1-3 in #8.

Early days yet and the scrum of teams at 2-2 kinda compacts the league into a two game spread between first and last, but, what it does it puts the Helmand Nighthawks within one game of taking the league. Look out, the Nighthawks are coming.

We're going back to Texas next week for our Match of the day when the Guns of Hochuli host the Who Dat Nation. the #1 and #2 teams of the league are within a game of each other, and this game in particular has divisional implications for other teams. Neither team can afford the loss , but someone is going to come out of the week with an L. And when they do, we'll be there to report all the fake believe facts.

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.

I told you they were coming, and here they come with their first MVT of the year. For the effort 67 yards and 2touchdowns, and 6 receptions for 49 yards and 1 touchdown, for a total of 34.90 points, the Week Four MVT goes to Austin Eckler of the Helmand Nighthawks.

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WHO DA DUCK DELETED WEEK FIVE?
...onto week 6.

Week Six in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and we arrive to find that our week five post has vanished faster than Popeye in the iron Wolves game.

Who's messing around with our stuff?

The week 5 MVT was Josh Allen of the Australian Taipans, but that's old news. This week we have a new MVT from four games that were just as exciting as watching Thursday night football.

While the support team go back and try to find the missing post, we'll go forward and report on the doldrums of this weeks games.


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If our post was still here, you would have read had the Australian Taipans handled the biggest blow out of the week and won the MVT. But with the post missing we'll just skip over that and get back to our regularly scheduled ass whipping that the Guns of Hochuli handed out this week - to the Taipans. the Gunners have been the perennial bogey team for the Taipans and this week Coach Casey did it again with Stefan Diggs (WR) outperforming the Taipans Josh Allen (QB). Not helped by single digit scores, this game was well and truly over early Sunday morning. If they find the post from last week you'd be reading of a Taipan win, this week you're reading of the second divisional win that the Gunners achieved over the Taipans. Gunner demolish the Taipans 155 - 108.

Our scheduled match of the day, which was advertised last week, was the Drunk Monkeys hosting the Brigade. The Monkeys have one of the strongest teams in the league as Coach halo once again does a fourteen week vacation during the middle of the season. Last year we had the Monkeys go all the way to the playoffs as a ghost machine, imagine what they could do if they just showed up. The brigade are following suite leaving two players on the starting team who were out west vacationing. The Drunk Monkeys advance to 4-2 with a convincing win over the Banter Brigade, 120-114.

Our championship coach. Mister Chris, has been languishing near the bottom of the table with not a lot of win. In what has historically been the harder of the two divisions to win, the Helmand Nighthawks have been gifted an easy schedule but not able to exert their dominance on the opposition. Well, that ended this week as the Nighthawks flew and extinguished the Boss team. Even with Cordell Sutton scoring single digit points, the Nighthawks were able to easily pummel the Brigade135 - 82.

Our final match of the week was back in the Carolina's where the Black Cats were hosting the Who Dat Nation. Who told the Cats that it was a long weekend with no game scheduled? They showed up with four (4) players not scheduled, and the Nation just walked right over the top of them. Nothing to talk about it, but the Who Dat nation stomp the Black Cats 145 - 62.

The blow outs shook up our league ladder just a bit. At 4-2, the Guns of Hochuli return to the top of the league ladder but they share it with the Drunk Monkeys and the Who Dat Nation. One game back at 3-3 the Banter Brigade and the Helmand Nighthawks get out of the cellar for an equal share of halfway. Behind them at 2-4 are the Bosses, the Black Cats and the Australian Taipans. Two games separate the top and bottom team but as we come up on the halfway point, that gap is started to look ominous for these teams to get back into the Championship.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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 second time this year, against the same team as the first, we have our first repeat winner. For the effort 10 receptions and 148 yards and a touchdown for a total of 36.80 points, the Week Six MVT goes to Stefan Diggs (WR) of the Guns of Hochuli.

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THE MONKEYS CLIMB TO THE TOP!
...and the Nighthawks begin to soar.

Week Seven in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and even though not a single mod or admin has bothered to explain what happened to our post in week five, we continue to move forward with great football. Poor board management....but great football.

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Lets start with the lowest scoring game of the week. The Boss team, a new expansion team this year, was hosting the Black Cats in England. Yeah, we were the only game in England this week. The Bosses were so sure of themselves, they didn't even start a QB or a WR. Maybe they were watching the Black Cats get off the team plan at Heathrow and saw that the Cats only traveled with six starters. This was a game of "how low can you go" but still eeek out a win that was undeserved. It was Aron Jones (RB) who was the sole standout of the match and provided the winning numbers to produce a Boss team victory. Final score in this Under 12 cricket score, the Boss team defeat the Black Cats 102 - 82.

There was no such underscoring in Australia though as the Taipans welcomed the Banter Brigade to town. Having crossed the oceans (plural) and more time zones than they care to count, the Taipans who had been languishing in the league cellar turned up the heat and put their score board back into a working function. The most telling statistic of this game was that Tom Brady (QB) did not throw for a touchdown. Course, he needed to throw for about 12 touchdowns this weekend just to get close case the Taipans went out fast, and were never headed. Final score down under, the Australian Taipans defeat the Banter Brigade 148 - 51.

The Guns of Hochuli have been hot this season - hot hot hot. So hot they lead the league twice for a week at a time. The Gunners welcomed the Drunk Monkeys into town, a team that cannot be taken for granted as one of the best damm 2-12 teams int he world. And this weekend, they showed how they got that reputation as they silenced the Gunners. Gunners. In a low scoring game that still felt like it had some value, the Drunk Monkeys knock off the league leaders 100 - 79.

Our match of the week was a beauty after several Thursday night snooze fests. The Who Dat Nation after adding another Saint from the waiver wire, welcomed the Helmand Nighthawks to Oregon. These two heavyweights have been trading wins for several years in high scoring games, and this one was not exception. The lead of this game changed six (6) times early Sunday, and another three times late Sunday. The Nighthawks were trailing going into Sunday night before Austin Ecklar (RB) put them ahead. The Nation were left only with Nick Folk (K) on Monday night, and lets face it, not even Folk can kick 30 points. The Helmand Nighthawks hand the Who Dat Nation a loss at home be defeating them 167 - 132.

So at the end of seven weeks, which is almost halfway, we have a new league leader.

The Drunk Monkeys return to the league lead with sole possession at 5-2. One game back at 4-3 are the Guns of Hochuli, Who Dat nation and the Helmand Nighthawks. One more game back at 3-4 are the Bosses, the Banter Brigade and the Taipans. Taking over sole ownership of the wooden spoon are the Black cats at 2-5. Three games separate first to last but its the Nighthawks you need to watch....our championship team is playing angry and coming for wins.

Not surprising, we're going to the Nighthawks home ground at Wembley next week when they host the Black Cats. This ones a divisional game with implication for the divisional seeding. While they may have more wins, the Nighthawks start the game as underdogs. Nighthawks have an opportunity to put away the Black Cats and whittle their division down to a three horse race with a win, while the Black Cats need to stay alive for the championship bracket. Its going to be another big game of make believe next week.

Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

It was a point scoring fest this week and one of the leagues highest point scorer gets the nod. For the effort of passing for 423 yards and 3 touchdowns for a total of 39.42 points, the Week Seven MVT goes to Patrick Mahonnes (QB) of the Helmand Nighthawks.

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NEW LEAGUE LEADER!
...another change at the top of the ladder..

Week Eight in the Subsim Fantasy Football League, and depending on where you draw the line for the halfway point of the league, at the conclusion of this weeks game we are in the second half of the regular season and the lead of the league has changed again. We'll get really spooky on Halloween as we ghost our coaches and get into the catacombs of the weekend, right after we give this very important message about voting.

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Lets start with our match of the day at Wembley, with Helmand Nighthawks hosting the Black Cats. The Black cats had jumped out to a scary start in front of everyone and the Nighthawks were trolling the crypts in last place in week one. Never to be doubted, the Nighthawks have crawled their way out of the tombs like the undead and started harvesting wins like they were being handed out like candy. This was a divisional match up however that had far reaching implications of placing of Nighthawks, potentially, one game clear of the mauling pack following them. Despite the zombie like performance of Daniel Jones (QB) interim on the team, it was Deandre Hopkins (WR) who carried the team on his hunchback. Mike Evans (WR) tried to reverse curse the Nighthawks and get in front but had little to no support from the four open tombs where the Cats failed to start a player. The Nighthawks might have gotten away from the chainsaw massacre had the Cats started all their players, but when you're playing in the fog of the Thames, that's what you get. Final score, the Helmand Nighthawks defeat the Black Cats 127 - 90.

Our second international game this week was in the land where they have traditionally not partaken of Halloween, DownUnder with the Australian Taipans. Competing with one of the world greatest horse races, the Melbourne Cup, the Taipans had were all over this like a rat up a drainpipe with Derrick Henry (RB) posting his best score of the season. The Drunk Monkeys, who had won five in a row to this point, were cur off from drinking as the Taipans put up their second blow our win of the season. This won wasn't even close folks, as the Australian Taipans demolished the Drunk Monkeys 157-79.


In Oregon, the Who Dat Nation were hosting the Boss team in football, but with cricket scores. Not a lot of defense to be seen int his game, as it became one of the biggest shootouts seen this year. Antonio Brown (WR) finally showed why Coach Anthony drafted him so high as he put up 45.60 points. But Coach Anthony as a newcomer to the league did not realize he was playing a former Torpedo Bowl champion with Cam McCafferty passing, rushing and revving for touchdowns in the game. Alvin Kamara (RB) didn't want to be outdone putting up 42.80 points, but it was Nick Folk (K) who put up 21 points on his own that was super impressive. Breaking the double century barrier, the Who Dat Nation hand out a lesson in scoring defeating the Boss Team 208 - 174.


Our final match of the week was a cliff hanger that went back and forth throughout the weekend. Depending on when you watched the broadcast, you could have left the game and thought you had the game won, only to discover that was not the case. On Sunday alone the lead had 15 point swings five (5) times as the The Guns of Hochuli hosted the Brigade, New comers to the league, the brigade had already claimed several scalps, but this is a former Torpedo Bowl Champion who was leading the league - could they do the impossible and cruise into Sugarland and defeat the Gunners? You bet they could, and they did, as they needed Nick Chubb (RB) to continue running into late Monday night before securing their victory. The Gunners, playing one man down might have won this had they played a full compliment, but that's why this is a weekly game. Needing all of Monday night before we got a final score, the Brigade get an inprobable win against the Guns of Hochuli 143 - 130.

So after week eight weeks we have yet another change at the top and bottom of the ladder, and a swarm in the middle that we just cant break open.

At the top of the ladder at 5-3 are three teams. Not unexpectedly, after some shaky starts, the Who Dat Nation and the Helmand Nighthawks, the most successful teams int he Torpedo Bowl, have risen tot he #1 and #2 position. Hold onto yourself, occupying the equal third position are the Drunk Monkeys who once again prove they are the best damm 4-12 team in the league.

If three teams for first through third don't make you think this is the most competitive league in Subsim, how about the fourth through sixth positions. The loss this week bumps the Guns of Hochuli back to 4-4 and the fourth position, shared on the count back with the Australian Taipans in 5th, and the Banter brigade in sixth. One game back from them are the Bosses at 3-5, while the Black cats bring up the cellar at 2-6.


But anything can and probably will happen in the next few weeks, but we can only take this one week at a time, so lets look ahead to next weeks game. We're off the England again next week when the Boss Team host the Guns of Hochuli. The Bosses lead the way of the expansion teams but in order to legitimize their existence int he league they have to go through the Gunners, former Torpedo Bowl winners. It will be a hard fought game which even at this stage, the Bosses start clear favorites. And we'll be there to catch all the action of every game, every week, in the Subsim Fantasy Football league.


Each week, (including the week where our post vanished) 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.

It's a great day when a team wins the MVT, it's a historical day when an expansion team brings home their first MVT. For the effort of 101 rushing yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 reception for 3 yards a 2 point conversion, touchdowns for a total of 31.40 points, the Week Eight MVT goes to Nick Chubb (RB) of the Banter Brigade.