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Old 08-13-20, 11:50 AM   #1
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IT'S BACK!
Are you ready for some (make believe) football?

Yes, get ready for 16 of the most frustrating weeks you can ever imagine. It's just a couple of weeks until the kickoff of the 2020 Subsim.com Fantasy Football league.

Draft day is Saturday 5 September, 2020, at 0900 PDT.

"That seems a late draft and short notice?" - ESPN

The Commissioner of the Subsim Fantasy League has been in contact not only with world leaders on three continents, several airline companies and at least one car company. The safety of the players in this league is paramount, and must be addressed alongside the commercial aspects of our fan base and our sponsors. Some of our fans have been in isolation approaching five months - we are honored to that they have stayed with us for this long.


"What plans do you have to keep these fantasy players safe?" - NBC

At the completion of the draft, the Commissioner will outline some of modifications for both the season and for actual game days. As the world wide pandemic evolves on a daily basis, the response from the Subsim League must be made in accord with the developments and advice from our stakeholders, and the Coaches themselves.


"Will Antonio Brown be playing this year?" - Antonio Brown

The decision to play will always rest with the individual, which is why the Subsim League waited until after the Mandatory Opt Out Day before announcing the draft date. With that in mind, the League is still available with four (4) expansion teams available for Managers. The League will assist new Managers if the choose to join. As a lot of Managers may still be quarantined at home, the expansion roles will be filled on first come first serve basis.


Folks, there are a lot of questions still to be answered and today is not the day for that. Today's the day we set the draft, and let you know, there will be football.


In accord with that, this years draft, in light of the pandemic, will be taking place in one of the least affected pandemic region of the world - the Sahara Desert of Algiers.







Managers will camel there way in deep into the desert to a tent village set up around an oasis. Each Manager will have satellite link up and cell phone t the outside world, while a Harem of Algierian ladies attend to their hospitality needs. The actual location of the oasis is a highly guarded secret, as Jerry Jones is interested in setting up a new team in the area.


The link to the league is below:

https://football.fantasysports.yahoo...447199ab0a15d4

If you've ever wanted to be part of a pretend fantasy empire - this is the pandemic that you have waited for.

Each week, your make believe team goes head to head with other make believe teams, in one of the most coveted make believe stadiums in the world. Put your team and sledging skills to the test as we get ready to play Fantasy Football.
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COMMISSIONERS PRESS CONFERENCE
Major Announcement


The season has even started and we have our first major announcement. We go live to the conference now...





Commissioner: We're going to make this quick so you people can get back to regularly scheduled program.


The World has been dealing with the Covid situation, and the other major sporting leagues across the globe have enacted measures to ensure, both player and fan safety. The Subsim Fantasy Football League is no exception, and I'm here to announce, this evening, the first major response to the Covid situation.

In Australia, the government approach to returning citizens has been to quarantine for fourteen days upon arrival into the country, and prior to continuing to their final destination. This mandate would not work for our sole Australian Team, the Taipans, nor for the remainder of the league that is scheduled to play in Australia.

In conjunction with the Australian government, the Australian Taipans, and an American city, in order to prevent the further spread of Covid and maintain the integrity of the league, the Australian Taipans will be playing all their home games on US soil. A stadium has been secured for them, and for this season, they will be known as the Australian Taipans of Southern California,

The Taipans will play their home games as scheduled at Jack Murphy Stadium, also known as Qualcomm, in San Diego. This is an appropriate venue since being vacated by the Chargers several years ago. The decision to place the Taipans here stems from them being a former Torpedo Bowl Champion, and the greatest concentration of Australians outside of the homeland, is in Southern California.

"Who made the name choice?" - Mike Terico.

Comissioner: The Taipans were initially in talks with the City of Los Angeles, when a representative from a Major League Baseball team, the Anaheim Angels, suggested that they have an extraordinary long name for no apparent reason.

"What about the Nighthawks?" - Joe Buck

Comissioner: We have secured another venue for the Nighthawks in the City of Saint Louis. The Nighthawks after completing the draft, and getting a C grade (snicker snicker) were not allowed re entry into the United Kingdom, and were redirected to Saint Louis, where the league has prepared the stadium, fans, training grounds and strippers, for the arrival of the Nighthawks. For the 2020 season, they will be known as the Helmand Nighthawks; Deployed in Saint Louis. The Nighthawks will be playing in the vacant Edward Jones Dome.






The League has apologized to the teams, the fans and the hookers who follow the teams for this sudden change of home venue for the Covid Year of Fantasy Football. In a stroke of scheduling luck though, both the Nighthawks and the Taipans were scheduled to play the first game of the season as the away team, with the Nighthawks @ Who Dat Nation Rises in Oregon, being our first Match of the Day. This scheduling anomaly will allow both teams an extra week to acclimatize.

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Monkeys Defeat Bowl Champ
Gunners Silenced

This is it folks, after the long wait, we're back again and it's Week One in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.

Let's recap some of preseason for those that came in late.

There was no preseason, we started with the draft, and teams had five days.

Got it? Good! Let's get to the football after the most important news you need to hear.


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Last year, the Guns of Hochuli were a regular season mediocrity, up and down in their wins and losses before scrambling into the post season. But, once in the post season, they went the whole way and defeated the two biggest names in the league to win their first Torpedo Bowl. So after the the draft you would expect that dominance to continue, particularly when they are playing at home the Drunk Monkeys, one of the most disappointing teams in the league when they're not present - but dynamic when they show up. Having missed the draft for Covid19, Coach Thad was no where to be seen for the Monkeys but the players didn't seem to mind - as they set about just thumping the Gunners.

With starting quarterback Kyle Murray, the Monkeys looked like they might have the red rump to sustain the Gunners blasting. It was in the Monkeys wide receiving corp that that Monkeys showed their true dominance, outscoring the Gunners 80 points to36. Coach Casey of the Gunners may have misread the players list at the draft and thought he was getting Antonio Brown (WR) but instead drafted AJ Brown (WR) who was the disappointment of the game. The Monkeys open the regular season with the leagues highest score of the week just annihilating the Gunners 183 - 136. With the Monkeys having the first week one win in seven years, could this be the year that the Drunk Monkeys come through - should their Coach show up?

The Subsim Match of the Game in Oregon was the heavyweight clash we've come to expect from easily, the two best Coaches on the league. Coach Fuel for Blood of the Who Dat Nation Rises was hosting Mister Chris of the Helmand Nighthawks in a week one divisional match. These two team are going to to go back and forth all year in the run to win the divisional and the #1 seed, with the other to take one of the wildcard positions. Returning as the oldest starting QB in the league, Drew Brees (QB) did not have a stand out game for the Nation on a first appearance, but did enough to keep the Nation in the hunt. Thee Nighthawks however, took Lamar Jackson (QB) as the first quarterback in the draft and this paid dividends in excess of 30 points. Both teams receiving corps were held in check to lower than expected scores, with the Nighthawks Josh Jacobs (TE) being instrumental in giving the Nighthawks the win. In a an expected slug fest, the Nighthawks and the Who Dat Nation went back and forth until the final whistle. In the end, the performance of the Nighthawks was just better than the Nation, resulting in a 155 - 130 win for Mister Chris and the Nighthawks.

Well, we didn't have to wait very long for the first thriller of the year, with the Black Cats hosting the Australian Taipans. The Taipans ran onto the field Thursday night but were finished by Sunday afternoon. The Black Cats stayed close and despite starting underdogs, this was looking to be a exciting season home opener for the Cats. And then Chris Riddley (WR) of the Taipans showed up with two touchdowns and 130 yards. The Black Cats had drafted Derrick Henry (RB) with the first draft choice and expected yardage and a score from him. Henry (RB) ran the ball for 116 yards and with just two (2) seconds left in the game, needed two (2) more yards to give the Black Cats the win. It was not to be and in the closest scoring game of the week, the Taipans managed to squeak out a win against an unexpected high performance Black Cats 169.04 - 167.12.

So after Week One - where do we stand?

Half the league is 0-1, the other half is 1-0.

Of note, all the visiting teams won on opening day, the first time that this has happened in the league. Wow.

With Covid19 restricting player movements to the continental area, the Helmand Nighthawks get to play their first game in their assigned stadium next week when the Black Cats travel to Saint Loius. This game represents two coaches who have multiple Torpedo Bowl appearances, with Mister Chris being the most acclaimed coach with more wins.

Also, next week, this column will be coming to you later than usual. I will be on the road next Sunday at Sofi Stadium for the Chargers game, then driving to the "Death Star" for Monday Night with the Las Vegas Raiders, as part of the press Corp.

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 For the effort of 16 yards for 1 rushing touchdown, and 5 receptions for 51 yards and a receiving touchdown, for a total score of 23.70, the opening week MVT goes to Alvin Kamara (RB) of the Drunk Monkeys.


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LEAGUE RECORDS FALL
...as the Monkeys Get Spanked.

Week Two in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Boy, oh boy, do we have some highlights for you. We'll talk about the team that set a league record, the international team that opened their American based campaign, and for the second time in two weeks, the thriller that came down to late Monday night.

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As we reported several weeks ago, the Covid 19 pandemic created a need for a football bubble, forcing the league Commissioner to temporarily relocate the two (2) international teams to the North American continent. The first international team, the Australian Taipans of Southern California are playing their home games in the empty Qualcomm Stadium of San Diego, where this weekend, they opened their American home stay with the Drunk Monkeys coming to town. The Monkeys after getting a win in the first week of the season, should have stayed home as they were embarrassed by the Taipans. The Taipans went out and amassed the highest league score, ever, and also amassed the highest margin of win. There's very little we need to say about this game other than the final score. The Australian Taipans of Southern California advance to 2-0 as they easily account for the Drunk Monkeys 254 - 137.

The match of the Week involved our second international team, the Helmand Nighthawks Deployed in Saint Louis showed that their new digs is a winning venue as well. The Nighthawks were hosting the Black Cats in the Nighthawks stadium opener. Lamar Jackson (QB) didn't show the same strength as he did last year, but it was the 8 catches for 179 yards form Julian Edeleman (WR) that helped the Nighthawks to an acceptable score. Conversely, it was the wide receiving corp that let the Black Cats down, failing to catch a single touchdown. The Helmand Nighthawks Deployed to Saint Louis account for the Black Cats easily 151 - 107.

It's only week two and already we have our second rewrite rising from our second thriller. Two teams that were defeated last week, both of them former Torpedo Bowl Champions, came together trying to avoid being the last place in the league. The Gunners were hosting the the traveling Nation out of Oregon, and before the weekend even started, were playing a man down. The Gunners failed to remove Greg Kittle (TE) from the starting team and were forced to play a man short. Under normal circumstances, the Who Dat Nation Rises would just destroy the opposition starting a player short, but this week they struggled to keep pace. The Gunner Matt Ryan (QB) carried the team with an impressive 36 points, and it came down to Monday night with the Nation starting both Drew Brees (QB) and Jared Cook (TE). In a normal season, you would expect Brees and Cook to just run over the Gunners, but it was not to be. Brees (QB) failed to pass enough and Cook (TE) couldn't receive a pass to catch, putting the Nation 12 points behind going into the last quarter of the weekend. On the last pass of the night, Drew Bress (QB) passed for 15 yards, to give the Who Dat Nation (just) enough to squek on by the Guns of Hoculi. Even here in the booth we had to go back and check the numbers to make sure. The Who Dat Nation Rises narrowly defeats the Guns of Hochuli 120.78 - 119.72.

After two weeks, the two international teams of the Helmand Nighthawks and the Australian Taipans sit at the top of the league both 2-0. They currently hold a one game lead over their pursuers. At the bottom of the league, a surprising Guns of Hochuli share the cellar with the Black Cats at 0-2. While the Nighthawks have the history of winning, the Taipans have a lesser history, so we won't know if they can sustain their scoring ways. We'll see how the Nighthawks continue next week when they visit the Guns of Hochuli in our Match of the week.

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.

hard to look past the Australian Taipans this week, every player worthy of the league record performance. For the effort of 168 yards for 2 rushing touchdown, and 4 receptions for 68 yards and a receiving touchdown, for a total score of 51.60, the Week Two MVT goes to Aaron Jones (RB) of the Australian Taipans of Southern California.


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TWO MONDAY NIGHT THRILLERS
...who saw this coming?.

Week Three in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Wow. If you thought picking a quarterback off the waiver wire was only going to get you twenty points, you need to see what happened this week. If you thought benching the reigning Torpedo Bowl QB was a bad move, you need to see what happened this week. And if you thought that we couldn't have two thrillers come down to Monday night, making for the fourth occurrence, you need to see what happened this week

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Let's start with the Australian Taipans of Southern California, temporarily occupying the Q Stadium in San Diego as they host the Black Cats. the Cats and the Taipans met in week 1 where the Taipans were barely able to squeak out a victory, that they really had no business losing. This week the Taipans came to play, modifying the wide receiver corps to drop their #1 receiver for an additional receiver. The Cats were scratching their post right from the outset as they started both Harrison Buttker (K) and Baltimore (DEF) The Cats look like they're about to become the first "ghost team" of the season, once again, and as the weeks progress, become nothing more than a smelly cat. Taipans account for the Black Cats 181 - 119.

I can't remember the last time that we had two (2) games in the Subsim Torpedo League, come down to the final quarter on Monday Night. We're only in week three of the regular season and this week, we had two games. Let's start with our Match of the Day, the Guns of Hochuli hosting the Helmand Nighthawks Deployed to Saint Louis.


The Gunners under Coach Casey were the first team to hit the waiver wire after the draft. As the defending Torpedo Bowl Champion, the Gunners have very quietly and methodically go about the business of pretend football. The Nighthawks, easily the dominate force in the Torpedo Bowl of recent years, is not afraid to make moves as well. When the program for this game came out and I saw that Mister Chris had benched Lamar Jackson (QB) in order to pick up Russell Wilson (QB), even I had to question the move. Pfft. What do I know - I'm not a Coach in the league and the decision by Mister Chris to start Wilson (QB) earned him 50 points. 50! That's an insane score for a quarterback, what did Coach Casey had to respond. Gunners quarter back Matt Ryan was disappointing, but it was the Gunners wide receiving corps that outscored the Nighthawks, lead by Keenan Allen (WR) with 36 points. On Monday night, the scored were close and each had one (1) player left. For the Nighthawks it was Travis Kelce (TE) and for the Gunners, Clyde Edwards - Helaire (RB). Kelce (TE) and Edwards - Helaire stayed on pace with each other, moving the score forward, but it was the Gunners ground game that was able to roll forward in the last two minutes of the week. Edwards - Helaire finished with 18 points, Kelce (TE) with 14 points, giving the Guns of Hochuli a key win over the Helmand Nighthawks Deployed to Saint Louis. Final score in this game, Gunners hold on for their first win of the season 150.72 - 145.3.

How many times in the past years have we talked about the Drunk Monkeys being the best damm team - when they show up. The Monkeys were hosting the second heavyweight of the league when the Who Dat Nation Rises came to town. Both the Monkeys and the Nation were at 1-1, the Monkeys having a shock win, and the Nation having a shock loss. One of these teams was going to come out of their game sub .500%, the other other to a possible tie breaker. The Monkeys started Julio Jones (WR) who was scratched earlier in the week, and this meant that Alvin Kamara (RB) had to pick up the slack - and that he did becoming the second player of the weekend to score over 50 points. The Nation started New Orleans (DEF) who recorded the first negative score of the year, -3. Would those three points come into play as the Monkeys relied on Justin Tucker (K) to boot the Nation and give the Monkeys the win? Tucker kicked 2 FG and 2 PAT, but needed another field goal to close out the game for the win. In a nail bitter, the Who Dat Nation Rises holds on after being pushed to the last two minutes of the week, winning 173.08 - 170.5.

Where do we go for next weeks games? There are some really good match ups, but the one unpredictable element was that the Australian Taipans would be leading the league. Next week they travel to Saint Louis where our other international team, the Helmand Nighthawks are Deployed. And that top of the table game is our Match of the Day as the heavyweight of the league the Nighthawks, host the upstart of the season the Taipans.

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.

Hard to look past the Australian Taipans again this week. I actually voted for the performance of Indianapolis (DEF) with 36 points, but the others voted for an individual. For the effort of 385 yards, 4 passing TD's, 26 rushing yards, and 1 rushing touchdown, for a total score of 54.0, being the third player this week to score more than 50 points, the Week Three MVT goes to Patrick Mahonnes (QB) of the Australian Taipans of Southern California.


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TWO MONDAY NIGHT THRILLERS - AGAIN?
...and what happened Saturday?

Week Four in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. Is this not the most competitive season in the history of the Torpedo Bowl as we reach for our sixth Monday night rewrite as, once again, two games hang in the balance as we conclude two separate Monday Night games. Yes, that's right, you heard, two separate Monday night games. How did that happen? We'll tell you, right after we tell you the most important message that you need to hear today.



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First things first, let's talk about the mess that happened last Saturday.


In the pandemic era, the Subsim League has begun to see it's first cases of Covid 19 affecting players, most notably, Cam Newton (QB) of the Guns of Hochuli. The league has postponed the games of several players to later weeks, bringing their byes forward and catching coaches off guard. However, the most telling situation was the delay in the announcement of another game, until after the waiver wire closed at 10am Saturday morning.


Commissioner Pioneer explains: "The league had advised that a decision would be made after testing was completed Saturday morning, however, our partner did not deliver the results until after the waiver wire closed. Accordingly, in light of the results, players were moved to Monday afternoon creating two Monday night games, and unfortunately, some Coaches will be unhappy.


Top of the list of unhappy was Coach Pioneer who had multiple players lined up waiting on the test results. I happen to know that twice a week the Commissioner and that Coach car pool together- I can tell you there were some terse words exchanged between those two while driving to work on Monday and then long bouts of silence.


So, having reorganized several games, lets look at the games that did proceed and how they played out.


Our defending Torpedo Bowl Champions the Guns of Hochuli were hosting the Who Dat nation this week. The Gunners have started below standard and were 1-2 coming into the game. Their opponent was Coach FuelForBlood and the Who Dat Nation Rises who flew to the game form Oregon via Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Branson just to avoid the virus - and to overnight at the respective casino cities. The Nation absolutely thumped the Gunners this week, smashing their previous best margin of defeat. The Gunners, just did not score as they had four (4) key starters affected by the virus ruled out of the game. The Who Dat Nation easily account for the Guns of Hochuli 175 - 69.


In our cellar dweller battle, and perhaps the best game of the week, the Black Cats turned on some hospitality as they welcomed the Drunk Monkeys to the South Carolina. The Cats had Devonte Adams (WR) and Derrick Henry (RB) listed as starters despite their Covid rating, while the Monkeys had Pittsburgh (DEF) likewise listed while in quarantine. Despite starting two (2) players down, the Cats were sensational putting up a very respectable score of 149. The Monkeys, as we have chronicled over the years, are the best damm team to almost show up and gave the Cats a run for their money. When Julio Jones (WR) left the field with a half to play, the loss cemented the Cats first victory of the year. Final score, the Black Cats 149 hold on to defeat the Drunk Monkeys 138.



Our final game of the week and our Match of the Day was the Helmand Nighthawks deployed to Saint Louis hosting the Australian Taipans of Southern California. (Gasping for air after those long names) Coach Chris of the Nighthawks is the winning-est coach in the history of the league, but this year, have trailed by Coach Pioneer who coming into this game, wad the only undefeated team at 3-0. This game became controversially impacted by the Covid decision, with both Coaches unable to use the waiver wire when it looked like the game announcement would not be made. The Nighthawks, needing to get back to their league domination performance of years past went out and were helped by a carer high game from O'Dell Bekham Junior with 39 points. The Nighthawks and Taipans went back and forth on Sunday morning, trading the lead seven (7) times before the Nighthawks jumped out to a lead late Sunday. The Taipans had multiple players stacked for Monday night, and when the announcement was of the second game was not received in time, the Taipans put their chase in the hands a of Aarron Rodgers (QB) and Calvin Ridley (WR). Rodgers was outstanding, leading the charge for the Taipans, but they were let down by Ridley (WR) who failed to catch a ball in the first half - and none in the second half. From 70 points back, the Taipans chased the Nighthawks, but came up less than touchdown short when the final whistle sounded. Helmand Nighthawks Deployed to Saint Louis get one over the Australian Taipans of Southern California 170 - 165.


With a quarter of the season over lets recap where each of the teams are. Well, it's real easy. The Helmand Nighthawks Deployed to Saint Louis, the Who Dat Nation Rises and the Australian Taipans of Southern California are all 3-1. The other half of the league, the Guns of Hochuli, the Black Cats and the Drunk Monkeys are all 1-3. and while not out of contention, the Black cats have two divisional teams in front of them with a winning record, while the Monkeys and the Gunners only have one team in front of them with a winning record.

Next week we go back to Texas where Coach Casey and the Guns of Hochuli are hosting the Black Cats. As the defending Torpedo Bowl holders, the Gunners have fallen behind on their win count and need to get over the Black Cats. The cats, having recorded their first win, can continue on their way and steady the ship after a poor start to the season.

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.

They had to do it the hard way but in earning their first win of the season, they were carried by one player. For the effort of 152 rushing rushing yards and 2 rushing touchdowns, 6 receptions for 30 yards and 1 touchdown, , for a total score of 48.10, the Week Four MVT goes to Joe Mixon (RB) of the Black Cats.

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THE LONGEST WEEK ENDS...FINALLY.
...and votes have been counted.

It's Week Five (and a half) in the Subsim Fantasy Football League.We got to talk about last week before we can get tot his week. We gotta talk about the thriller on the last scheduled game of the week, that wasn't. And we gotta reset the table and try to work out where the league goes form here.

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Before we get to what happened, we need to go back and talk about what happened before this.

Several teams (looking at you Guns of Hochuli) had players breach Covid protocol which resulted in some of the games being rescheduled. Not only were games this week changed, so were games changed next week. Thus, last night, Monday Night, while I was doing yet another rewrite int he thriller between the Who Dat Nation Rises and the Australian Taipans of Southern California, I thought it was going to go down to the wire. Alas, I had forgotten that there was still players who were going to play on Tuesday Night, and thus, we now have the longest week in league history.

So let's talk about that Nation and Taipans game. It feels like the Taipans have been in every thriller this year, and they just about have - this week being no exception. The Taipans travel to Oregon where the Who Dat Nation was running level with the Helmand Nighthawks - a win to the Nation would give them the division lead. The Nation were hunting the Taipans, swapping the league all day Sunday as they kept pace, taking this game deep into the weekend. And then ....it happens. Starting QB for the Who Dat Nation Dak Prescott sustained a season ending injury, making for the second player on the Nation roster expected to carry them into the post season. With a narrow lead, The Taipans had no players left for Monday Night as the Nation fielded New Orleans (DEF). The nation took the lead at the start of the game but couldn't hold it long enough to get the win. The Australian Taipans get another narrow win as they hold out the Who Dat Nation 152 - 144.

Our defending Torpedo Bowl holder, Coach Casey and the Guns of Hochuli are in trouble. With the changes in the scheduling of the games Coach Casey was moving players around, and awaiting the results of Covid tests before cementing their starting line up. The Gunners failed to report back to the league so they starting team was filled with holes, players absent on vacation or with Covid. The Black cats, while looking like a ghost team are still managing to score enough point, as we saw last week when they got an unexpected win. The Black Cats repeat this week to get another victory defeating the Guns of Hochuli 160 - 106.

Our final game this week was the Drunk Monkeys hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. The Monkeys as we have documented, are the best unmanaged team in the league - we have to ask just how good they would be if their freaking coach showed up. The Monkeys put up a respectable score but it would be no match as the Nighthawks used the Tuesday game to add more point tot heir tally, Final score, the Helmand Nighthawks deployed to Saint Louis easily account for the Drunk Monkeys 166 - 123.

So our league is starting to shape up. The two internationals of the Nighthawks and the Taipans lead the league and their respective divisions at 4-1. The Who Dat Nation have sole ownership of the third place at 3-2. Once we slip below the .500% mark, the Black Cats occupy the fourth position with a 2-3 record. At the bottom of the table, shockingly, the Guns of Hochuli, the defending Torpedo Bowl Champions, share the cellar with the Drunk Monkeys.

Next week we go down to South Carolina where the Black Cats will be hosting the Who Dat Nation. The Nation are hot favorites to win but they have had more injuries this season that any other tea,. The composition of their team as they head towards the playoffs is most intriguing as they go against a ghost team still in tact.

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.

There were some interesting choices this week, and with the extra day, the postal votes arrived in time For the effort of 217 yards and 3 touchdowns, and 58 rushing yards for a total score of 29.48, the Week Five MVT goes to Russell Wilson (QB) of the Helmand Nighthawks Deployed to Saint Louis.


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