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Week V Postgame Analysis

No opening remarks today. Oh, wait...

Nor Cal Crushers (3-1) d. Rhode Island Dynamic (3-1)
78-58
On a good note for Rhode Island: they win the QB battle 9 to -4. On a good note for the Crushers: well, just about everything else. Where they faltered in quarterbacks, they made up everywhere else. The rest of their offense outplayed the Dynamic’s, with Anquan Boldin’s 10 and Josh Scobee’s 11 having a cakewalk against Wes Welker’s 10 (and virtually no offensive support) for Rhode Island. Rhode Island’s defense played better, but came across Nor Cal’s 22 from Jacksonville and a combined 25 from Bulluck, McGee, and Fletcher (that’s 44 points from the defense alone). The Dynamic didn’t stand a chance.

Koko's X-Cats (2-2) d. Cromer Smash! (1-2-1)
60-52
I’m sensing a pattern to QB battles this week… the Smash won that one 7 to -3. They also won the rest of the offense, with only Larry Johnson’s 12 providing any relief for the X-Cats there. But then we move to defense, where Cromer has been having trouble all season. The Smash could only score 10 on defense, leaving the door wide open for the X-Cats. They stepped through said door with a Carolina 12, a 10 from Julius Peppers, and a 13 from Karlos Dansby (who?). So we have another game where the team with the best defense wins.

Eat My Shorts (1-3) d. Cooney Quest (2-2)
58-26
“When you leave three roster spots blank including the quarterback you don't really have much of a chance at all.” Not that there was anything Cooney could do about it (no backups in any of the positions on a bye). Reggie Bush finally gave some quality pointage (hooray for Eddieisms) with 13, but that was all the Quest had. EMS prettymuch won just by the fact that they had more players. Their big scores from McAllister (13), Bullocks (10), and San Francisco (17) were all they needed anyway.

T-Hawks (2-2) d. FIRST Force (2-1-1)
58-35
Heh, Randy Moss did better than Steve Smith this week. Of course, the same can not be said about their respective owners. Randy Moss’s 8 was the Force’s best score. Steve Smith’s 3 was among the worst for the Hawks. Now like Ed said in the pregame analysis, there was no one player sticking out, and the scores say the same thing. But led by Phillip Rivers’s 11, the T-Hawks had all but three of their players clear 4. It was an impressive conglomerate, and more than enough to defeat the Force.

Silver Lobos (2-2) d. RPI10 (2-2)
60-52
“The hot Bear offense (I need to say that again so I can actually believe it) is featured.” And I need to quote that because I still can’t believe it. “On one side, the Lobos have quarterback Rex Grossman, while RP110 has Cedric Benson. Who steps up?” Both of them. Grossman had 11, while Benson had 14. RPI also had the services of Eli Manning, who added 10. And Maurice Jones-Drew is starting to make a name for himself, giving the Lobos 15 points. So on the upper end of the scoring spectrum, it was a very even match. But it was on the lower end that the Lobos ended up taking this one. They had one fewer donut than RPI, and all their players who scored had at least 4 points. So the difference in this game was minor, but it’s what gives the Lobos a winning record.

Evil Trav's Minions (3-1) d. The Very Fast Blitz (1-3)
65-47
The Blitz had their best defense of the year this week. Which isn’t saying much, because most of that score was Minnesota’s 19. In fact, that was most of their overall score, which was equaled by Donovan McNabb for the Minions. The Minions also had Gore (who didn’t fumble), Rackers, and Barber combine for 23. And their defensive players actually scored, which means the Minions coasted to victory.

Amazin' Blue (3-1) d. Indiana Ironmen (3-1)
58-46
“Amazin ' Blue is the first team I have seen that has three running backs and they may not even get 10 total points from these guys. Ironmen aren't much better.” Ed was right. Both QBs scored 10, but the rest of both offenses were quite underwhelming. So we have to look at the defenses. And it’s clear that Amazin’ Blue won it here. Their top scorer was Justin Miller’s 11, and he led a combined 28 on the defensive side. The Ironmen’s defense fell 13 points short of that, and they lost because of it.

Stevies Scapegoats (2-2) d. Boilers 1529 (1-3)
61-38
I have to say, the Boilers have done a complete one-eighty in the past two weeks. I suppose it helps that neither of their last two opponents put up very good scores (exhibit a: Trent Green’s replacement, Damon Huard, had the Scapegoats only score worth mentioning, an 11). But the Boilers still had to fight. A 20 from Philadelphia was their high score, Feely added 11, and Brees contributed 7. That fighting took them to their second straight win.

Meatball Artists (1-3) d. {} (1-3)
58-30
It seems that Murphy’s Lawyers just can’t catch a break. This week, in the Roethlisberger/Losman competition for the starting QB job, the Lawyers went with Losman. Of course, we all know how both the Bills did this week. And they had two byes for which they had no backups for. The Artists, while having no defense, at least had an offense. Taylor and Bulger scored almost enough to win on their own. The Meatball Artists, much like the Boilers before them, take their second straight.

stantheman (4-0) d. sigmakittens (0-4)
51-35
The Sigmakittens best score (a 9) came from their kicker spot. So you can probably see where this review is going. Only one other Kitten scored more than 5. Now I’ll be honest here: STM played a relatively bad game this week, if only because this is STM we’re talking about. But they had it where it counts; Chicago gave them 11, and Gates and Barnett had dual 8s. Plus, other than their QB (quite possibly STM’s only weakness), everybody scored. So our last undefeated team defeats our last winless team. And really, who couldn’t see that coming?

Code:
Rank  	   	Team  	        W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  F.Rank  Change
1. 	stantheman 	        5-0-0 	1.000 	287.00 	W-5 	5 	±0
2. 	Evil Trav's Minions 	4-1-0 	.800 	355.00 	W-1 	1 	±0
3. 	Nor Cal Crushers 	4-1-0 	.800 	328.00 	W-1 	3 	+1
4. 	Amazin' Blue 	        4-1-0 	.800 	276.00 	W-4 	8 	+2
5. 	Rhode Island Dynamic 	3-2-0 	.600 	338.00 	L-1 	2 	-2
6. 	Silver Lobos 	        3-2-0 	.600 	306.00 	W-2 	4 	+2
7. 	Indiana Ironmen 	3-2-0 	.600 	285.00 	L-2 	6 	-2
8. 	Koko's X-Cats 	        3-2-0 	.600 	277.00 	W-2 	7 	+1
9. 	T-Hawks 	        3-2-0 	.600 	257.00 	W-1 	12 	+3
10. 	FIRST Force 	        2-2-1 	.500 	270.00 	L-1 	10 	-3
11. 	Eat My Shorts 	        2-3-0 	.400 	275.00 	W-1 	9 	+4
12. 	RPI10 	                2-3-0 	.400 	265.00 	L-3 	11 	-1
13. 	Boilers 1529 	        2-3-0 	.400 	242.00 	W-2 	13 	+4
14. 	Cooney Quest 	        2-3-0 	.400 	241.00 	L-2 	14 	-4
15. 	Stevies Scapegoats 	2-3-0 	.400 	228.00 	L-2 	16 	-2
16. 	Meatball Artists 	2-3-0 	.400 	224.00 	W-2 	17 	+2
17. 	Cromer Smash! 	        1-3-1 	.300 	239.00 	L-2 	15 	-3
18. 	{} 	                1-4-0 	.200 	214.00 	L-1 	18 	-2
19. 	The Very Fast Blitz 	1-4-0 	.200 	212.00 	L-1 	19 	±0
20. 	sigmakittens 	        0-5-0 	.000 	207.00 	L-5 	20 	±0
I should probably mention that I was in a hurry writing this. Anyhow, other than the top and bottom two teams, there was a lot of jumpage in the standings. The bigger jumps were towards the bottom of the standings, proving that nobody is even remotely out of the season yet.

Well, until next week.
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