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WEEK EIGHT REPORT
A streak
is defined as an unbroken series of wins or losses. It may also be an undergarment
problem Ed gets after a run to Richie's Taqueria, but that's not important.
What is important is that a championship team definitely needs to put a
winning streak together en route to winning a title. Most of the time,
we need a solid streak to ensure a playoff berth and we need to avoid a
long losing streak or else our season is over. Right now the two longest
winning streaks belong to Dawson's Crizzzy and TD Taunters. The Crizzy
has a three game winning streak going and the Taunters have won a couple
in a row. Both of these teams were looking like early season busts, but
now they both have a decent shot to make the postseason.
The longest losing streak in the league belongs
to Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier. After winning their first two games this
year, they have now lost six in a row! You can pretty much look for them
to make a trade this week before the trading line (which is this upcoming
Sunday at 9:59 a.m.) to try and shore up their franchise position for next
year. What went wrong for Corey Dillon this season? Simple, their defense
has been horrible. They have long been a franchise that prides themselves
at holding their opponent to nominal scoring week after week. Obviously,
they have no control on how their opponents perform on Sunday. But over
the last couple of years, they have had some of the lowest points scored
against them overall. And they were proud of that, in a demented sort of
way. Well it works both ways. This year they lead the league in points
scored against them, and they have only their defense to blame for being
so tayreebs.
Here are the full results for Week Eight:
TD Taunters (3-5)
defeated Karen's Komets (3-4-1),
100-84. The Taunters
needed this win badly. They still are 3-5 and on the outside looking in
for a playoff berth. But with five weeks to go, they have a chance to pull
off a great turnaround season. The Komets still have a shot as well, and
that tie they have might be their ace in the hole. We'll have to see how
it plays out, but a 6-6-1 record might be good enough to get them into
the postseason.
Gimme The Damn Ball!
(4-4) defeated The Green Party (5-2-1),
106-90. Priest
Holmes only had one touchdown this week and The Green Party must be very
disappointed. The Damn Ball!'s RB Duece McAllister had three TDs this
week, en route to putting up 30 points on his own. He was the difference
in this game, a game his team definitely needed to win.
Dawson's Crizzzy
(4-4) defeated Boston Stranglers (5-3),
115-103. QB Jeff
Garcia went nuts for the Crizzy. He posted 38 points on Sunday, and more
then made up for the Crizzy's weak #3 and #4 receivers. Those two positions
(Freeman, Patten) combined for one catch and one mere fantasy point. The
Stranglers drop to 5-3, but are still alone in 2nd place in the Hair Conference.
Pooh Bott Helmets (6-2)
defeated The Savants
(2-6), 76-55.
This is the definition of a bye. It is sickening to think you can score
76 points and still win by over 20 points. Well, that's the advantage the
Helmets had this week by virtue of playing the worst team in the league.
The Savants needed to pick up two wide receivers this week to have a full
starting lineup. Those two guys, Shawn Jefferson and Frank Wycheck each
scored a pathetic one point. The horror.
Bullseye (5-3)
defeated Corey Dillon The Ball Carrier (2-6),
116-96. A lot
of people have forgotten about the other "Duece" in the NFL.
Not Bullseye. They rode Duce Staley's coattails this week en route to a
solid 20 point win over the Ball Carrier. Based on their divisional opponents,
Bullseye looks like a lock to make the playoffs. But they still need to
win a couple more games.
OK folks, I will cya here next week...
The Commish
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