WEEK SEVEN REPORT
The Lip Conference continued their dominance
over the Hair Conference this week, as it took 4 out of 5 interleague games.
The one Hair Conference victory was earned by St. Johns Ragin' Amies over
The Pussy Willows. The result was important as the Amies gained a full
game against the four other Hair Conference teams, while The Pussy Willows
lost ground against their intraleague rivals. Overall, the Lips have outscored
the Hairs by 318 points after seven weeks, and have notched a 12-3 record.
The 1999 season has just crossed the midway
point, and the playoff picture is starting to look a bit clearer. If the
season ended today, two Hair Conference teams (St. Johns Ragin' Amies and
Jo-Boo's Browns Backers) would advance to the playoffs, and four Lip Conference
teams (Randy's Rocket, Scott's . . . Savants, White Chocolate, and P.O.B.'s
Pounders) would qualify for the postseason. We have never had four teams
from the same division make the playoffs, so it should be interesting to
see how this plays out. Personally, I think the Lips will get four playoff
berths, which will even out the Lip Conference teams' disadvantage of not
being in T.T.M.F.N.'s division. No team has been mathematically eliminated
yet, although it looks like T.T.M.F.N., The Pussy Willows, and Chisel Squad
have their backs against the wall. These teams will need to turn things
around in the second half of the season if they want to make a championship
run.
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Feature game of the
week
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P.O.B.'s Pounders (4-3)
defeated Jo-Boo's Browns Backers
(3-3-1), 124-90. The Pounders are for real this year! They lead the league
in overall scoring, and if not for their difficult early season schedule
(they also lead in points scored against them), the Pounders would have
a much better record than 4-3. In fact, they have averaged 91 points in
their three losses this year. Next week, they play the Savants in a key
Lip Conference matchup. The Browns Backers posted a modest 90 points in
defeat, and are only one-half game out of first place in the Hair Conference.
We'll see how this team holds out the rest of the season as they no longer
have their three 1980's stars: Emmitt, Michael, and Steve.
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Here are the rest of the results for Week
Seven:
Randy's Rocket (7-0)
defeated Chisel Squad (2-5),
88-67. Randy's Rocket has now won 11 games in a row - dating back to last
year's playoffs - and has officially clinched a playoff spot. We'll see
if The Fat Bus can put an end to their streak when the two teams face off
next week. The loss this week seriously hampered Chisel Squad's playoff
hopes, as it looks more and more like only the top two Hair Conference
teams will qualify for the postseason. Next week they play the Ragin' Amies,
a game they definitely need to win.
St. Johns Ragin' Amies (4-3)
defeated The Pussy Willows (2-5),
69-60. This low scoring contest featured a combined 17 QB points and 25
RB points. That's ugly. What was even uglier was The Pussy Willows decision
to play QB Stoney Case on Thursday night. That blunder, combined with
another stellar day from the Amies' star WR Marvin Harrison, left
The Pussy Willows alone in last place in the Lip Conference. Next week,
The Willows play White Chocolate in a must-win game. The Amies now sit
alone atop of the Hair Conference, with just a half-game lead over the
Browns Backers.
White Chocolate
(4-3) defeated The Fat Bus (2-4-1)
, 87-75. After last week's "gimme" victory over T.T.M.F.N., The
Fat Bus got a chance to see how well their band-aid team would fare against
a playoff-caliber team. With starters Olandis Gary, Bobby Engram, and Corey
Bradford filling in for their injured regulars, The Fat Bus was no match
for White Chocolate. Things will not get any easier here for the Bus as
they face Randy's Rocket in next week's sole interleague game..
Scott's "All They Know
How To Do Is Score" Savants (5-2)
defeated T.T.M.F.N.
(1-6), 82-47. The only thing of note regarding this game (besdies T.T.M.F.N.'s
failure to cover the 48.5 over/under sidebet) is that the Savants are 5-2
after Week Seven! Famous for their mid-season collapses and the fact that
they are the only veteran team not to have made the postseason, the Savants
are looking liking a playoff-quality team. We'll see what the final six
weeks has in store for them, however, as their next few games look like
very difficult matchups.
The 1999 payout schedule - based on our draft-night
discussion - has been posted under the RULES section of the site. Also,
the trading deadline is fast-approaching! After Week Nine's games get underway
(10:00 a.m. on on November 7th), trades will no longer be accepted. Good
luck next week.
The Commish
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