Yay, first win!
Rhode Island Drive (0-2) d. Koko's X-Cats (0-2)
63-47
"A battle of colossal disappointments." Truer words were never spoken... Anyhow, long story short, the X-Cats stopped scoring after Phillip Rivers delivered 17 points (humorously winning the QB battle by 24). Rhode Island (at least on Sunday) came with everything else, including Marion Barber's 18. They also dominated on the other side of the ball, winning the defensive battle by 25. Okay, the Drive had Brees and McAllister on Monday night (Brees turning the ball over five times and losing McAllister for the season), but luckily for them, this game was already over.
What Am I Doing Here (1-1) d. Indiana Ironmen (2-0)
72-51
What am I doing here? I'm wondering how the Ironmen's receiving troika of Smith, Johnson, and Johnson (sounds like a bad law firm) only scored 9 points between them. That's most of the Ironmen's offense right there. Matt Stover's albeit impressive 14 points by itself isn't going to cut it. WAIDH had LT and Portis putting up 10s. Vince Young joined in with another 10, and Burress tacked on 11. The defense did the rest, staying even with the Ironmen's, and starting this week's theme of undefeated teams losing.
Nor Cal Crushers (1-1) d. Youngstown Hitmen (1-1)
90-70
"The Hitmen have an odd situation on their hands as they have Terrell Owens taking on their Chicago Bears defense. That could real put a crimp in your plans." You know what's really odd? TO was the player of the game in that Sunday nighter, but only put up 8 fantasy points because he was the one Cowboy that didn't hit the end-zone. Which, by the way, also helped kill Youngstown's hope of salvaging a decent defensive score. Also, Nor Cal had Brian Westbrook. Nuff said... but I'll say more anyway because I'm contractually obligated. On top of Westbrook's 30, Nor Cal also had Lions' receiver Roy Williams's 17 (another "nuff said" moment), and two 10s on defense. Jordan, Delhomme, and Vinatieri combined for a respectable 37 for the Hitmen, and Westbrook and Williams
still topped that by 10. So after taking a week off, the Crushers are back to doing what they do best: Crushing.
Silver Lobos (1-1) d. The XaulZans (2-0)
67-50
"The Silver Lobos are going with the one back attack against three. I'm not sure if Adrian Peterson can outscore Thomas Jones, Rudi Johnson and Frank Gore all by his lonesome." Peterson: 11, Jones, Johnson, & Gore (an even worse law firm): 9. Yay, Peterson!
"He [Peterson] is going to need some serious backup from Peyton Manning." Manning had 10. Yay, Manning! In fact, that's just about how the game went; one back for the Lobos took out the entire middle-offense of the Zans. The one battle the Zans did win was with Romo, and that was only by 3. You add in the rest of the Lobos' offense, and it clearly is enough to take out another undefeated team.
Isotopes (1-1) d. Dunedain (1-1)
81-76
In what was probably the game of the week, the 'Topes had McNabb. His 21 kept them in the game. Reggie Bush (14) and Braylon Edwards (11) sure helped too. Dunedain had Hasselbeck (12), Addai (15), and Driver (13), and enough defense and auxiliary scores to stay even. Where this game was decided was at my favorite place: the kicking game. The Isotopes' kicker had 7. Dunedain's kicker... let's just say that he and the Rams team he plays for, well, Dunedained for a -1. Of all the times to have your kicker fail, in a high-scoring shootout is quite possibly the worst. Your winner: the Isotopes.
Team Jack (1-1) d. Stevies Scapegoats (0-2)
63-45
Something tells me the Goats would've been better off starting Kevin Curtis... a 30 sitting on the bench is something I wouldn't wish even on my Fantasy Football rivals. Especially when that 30 would've completely changed the outcome. Sadly, all of the Scapegoats whose scores (or lack thereof) actually counted stayed in single digits, and only two scored more than 5. Team Jack had Tom Brady's 20 from his domination over the Bills, Cowboys' safety Roy Williams's 10 (I actually have to differentiate between the two Roy Williams) in their domination over the Bears, and seven players scored 5 or more in Team Jack's domination over the Scapegoats.
The Stud Man Clan (1-1) d. FIRST Force (2-0)
64-61
Talk about your close games... both teams had a pair of goose-eggs, which actually makes me wonder what the score would've been if either team had one more scoring player. Both teams played alike; the Clan had 18 from Randy Moss, 15 from Dallas, & 10 from Neil Rackers, and the Force had Jeff Reed's 13, Houshmandzadeh's 12, and three more 7s from the rest of the offense. In fact, you'll notice that both team's total offense came to a total of 46, which means that it was one little defensive end tacking on 3 more for the Clan that was the difference. Also, FIRST Force was undefeated, and that didn't seem like it was a good thing this week. Either way, The Stud Man Clan wins.
Code:
Rank Team W-L-T Pct. Pts. Streak F.Rank Change
1. FIRST Force 2-1-0 .667 259 L-1 1 +1
2. Indiana Ironmen 2-1-0 .667 255 L-1 2 -1
3. Silver Lobos 2-1-0 .667 247 W-1 3 +1
4. What Am I Doing Here 2-1-0 .667 240 W-1 4 +1
5. The XaulZans 2-1-0 .667 209 L-1 6 -2
6. Nor Cal Crushers 2-1-0 .667 204 W-1 8 +4
7. The Stud Man Clan 2-1-0 .667 185 W-2 10 +1
8. Team Jack 2-1-0 .667 181 W-2 11 +1
9. Isotopes 2-1-0 .667 167 W-1 12 +2
10. Dunedain 1-2-0 .333 232 L-1 5 -4
11. Rhode Island Drive 1-2-0 .333 209 W-1 6 +1
12. Youngstown Hitmen 1-2-0 .333 197 L-1 9 -5
13. Koko's X-Cats 0-3-0 .000 159 L-3 13 +1
13. Stevies Scapegoats 0-3-0 .000 159 L-3 13 ±0
Wow, not a good week to be undefeated, huh? Now, there's never been a team to finish the regular season undefeated in the history of the FIRST Robotics Fantasy Football League, but this is easily the earliest that we've lost all undefeated teams. Can the same thing happen next week for the last two remaining winless teams? Tune in next week to find out!