WEEK TEN REPORT
The playoff picture got a little clearer this
week as Bullseye
clinched a berth with their 7th victory in a row. With their Week Ten loss,
The Fruit Baskets
joined Marshall's Maulers
in the "mathematically eliminated" club. And that dubious club
is about to induct a 3rd squad, Jo-Boo's Browns
Backers, who basically traded their 2001 season
away. Could it be the White Thrash curse?
As for the rest of the teams... it looks like
it might come down to four clubs fighting for three spots. The
Savants, Eighty-Eight,
Late!, and Corey
Dillon The Ball Carrier all have 5-5 records
on the year -- and there are two key head-to-head games remaining between
the clubs. The fourth squad, Dippity Doo,
has a slightly better record (6-4) than the other three teams, but they
have been known to choke down the stretch. After next week we should know
a lot more about which of these teams is going to make the postseason.
Nobody delivers the MNC like Minnesota's
WR Randy Moss! Trailing by 41 points entering the last game of the
week, NGL© needed a big night from
Moss -- and he delivered. His 39 points set a new season record for most
points by a wideout and tied for 4th best all-time. Unfortunately for NGL©
it was two points too few and they lost their Week Ten matchup. As Moss
does well, QB Daunte Culpepper does well. Bullseye needed only 23 from
their quarterback to defeat Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier this week. They
got 39. It wasn't much of a chisel, as we all expected Culpepper to earn
the necessary points - but it was fun to watch.
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Here are the league's full results for Week
Ten:
Bullseye (8-2)
defeated Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier
(5-5), 107-90.
Seven wins in a row and Bullseye looks like they are going to earn more
money this season. Without Edgerrin James for the rest of the year, their
chances to win it all obviously take a bit of hit, but they are definitely
still a top contender. Corey Dillon is struggling with scoring points this
year, and they may find it tough to defeat The Savants next week in a key
showdown. And it won't get any easier for them Week Twelve vs. PTP: Peyton's
Trailerpark Posse! And if that is not bad enough, their final regular season
game is against NGL©... It's going
to be tough for them to win another game this year - let alone qualify
for the playoffs.
Eighty-Eight, Late!
(5-5) defeated NGL©
(6-3-1), 126-124.
Despite losing, NGL© put up another
solid performance this week. Over the last two weeks they are averaging
138 points per game. Eighty-Eight was almost Late-d by #84 on Monday. They
survived the scare and now control their own destiny. They were lucky that
this was the week their defense and kicker decided to go nuts - the two
combined for 33 points.
Marshall's Maulers (2-7-1)
defeated The Fruit Baskets
(2-7-1), 70-61.
This was the first step for these two teams in determining who gets next
year's #1 draft pick. It'll be a dogfight the rest of the way, but some
think that Jo-Boo might crash their party and make a run at the prize (to
make it back-to-back #1 draft picks).
The Savants (5-5)
defeated Dippity-Doo
(6-4), 123-99.
Huge victory for The Savants as they stopped a 3-game slide. Had they lost
their 4th game in a row, they know their playoff chances would have been
slim. But they didn't lose, and in fact, put up their best performance
of the year. Dippity-Doo drops to 2nd place in the Lip Conference and now
has to fight to keep their postseason hopes going. Next week they match
up against NGL© in what should be
a very good game.
PTP: Peyton's Trailerpark Posse! (6-3-1)
defeated Jo-Boo's Browns Backers
(3-7), 86-48.
Jo-Boo was awfully cocky a couple of weeks ago. They wheeled. They dealed.
They even made a ballsy side-bet. Two losses and $38 later, their playoff
dreams have evaporated. Let that be a lesson to all owners out there: Don't
trade good players (Tiki Barber, Warrick Dunn, Willie Jackson) for white
chocolate stiffs (James Thrash) and receivers who don't have QBs (Moulds).
As for the Bus... errr... the Posse!, they set a new all-time record for
defensive points as the N.Y. Jets posted 20 this week. (That
was a lot more than any player on the Browns Backers scored against them
this week.)
That's it for this week...
The Commish
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