2007 FIRST Fantasy Football

[EddieMcD]

First off, I’d like to thank the good people of the City of Dallas for providing snarky analysts like myself enough material in the past week to last a full season.

Rhode Island Dynamic (1-1) d. Eat My Shorts (1-1)
58-55
Sadly, this was not the offensive shootout it was meant to be. Rhode Island’s fleet o’ receivers didn’t do much and their running game was non-existent, making Peyton Manning their only good offensive score with 14, 6 of which was from a naked bootleg. EMS got nothing from their QB, and their best score was John Casey’s 18, 10 of which were from two 50+ yard field goals. However, we had a surprisingly good defensive match here. Despite the Dynamic pulling a single goose egg from a pro-bowler who shall remain nameless, Vilma and Thomas both gave RI 10 points, and St. Louis added 9. For EMS, it was Josh Bullocks leading with 11, and the other three defensive spots adding 13. So in conclusion, defense played an important role, and Rhode Island won with a naked bootleg. Yes, all that leadup was just so I could say “naked bootleg” again. Naked bootleg, naked bootleg, naked bootleg.

Cooney Quest (1-1) d. Koko's X-Cats (1-1)
49-42
Holy Monday nighters! “The Quest could simply kill them with Shaun Alexander.” I quote this only because if you take Shaun Alexander out of the lineup (which BTW, Cooney will have to do for the next few weeks), this game is the X-Cats’. As it stands, this game was in limbo going into Monday night, with five Falcons and a Saint between the contestants (which would actually explain why this was such a low scoring match). The good stuff was on Sunday though, with McNair scoring 10 and Stover scoring 11 for the X-Cats. But Cooney was already better off, with Lindell, Brooking, and the aforementioned Alexander all giving Cooney 8, and Dallas Clark adding 7. It was a game of small-ball for sure, but the Quest came out of this one bigger.

FIRST Force (1-1) vs. Cromer Smash! (1-1)
draw
54-54
First off, let’s all take a moment to stare at Ed’s massive butchering of the word “sabotaging” . There’s a theme to this review now! Cromer’s upsides were Willie Parker (19) and Cincinnati (16). The Force’s upsides were the New York Jets (12), Dante Culpepper (9), and the fact that the Smash left a roster spot open on defense. Yes, had the Smash plugged in a single defender who got one little tackle in a game (I won’t even start with the two zeros from the other two defensive spots), they would’ve won. But instead, we have our first tie of the season.

Nor Cal Crushers (2-0) d. Silver Lobos (1-1)
61-54
Carson Palmer’s 12 is the only thing that really stands out for the Lobos, though I will give them credit for a decent conglomerate, with only four players scoring under 6. If they can bring their lower scores up a tiny bit, they will be a contender. Nor Cal, of course, is already a contender. Clinton Portis came out strong with 19, and was backed up by Darrell Jackson’s 15. Those two big scores were a solid foundation for the rest of the Crushers to do their job. Okay, so they got a -3 from their kicker. Pobody’s nerfect.

T-Hawks (1-1) d. The Very Fast Blitz (0-2)
58-52
What do you say about a team who has Brian Westbrook’s amazing score of 26, Mark Brunell’s 10, and five zeroes, one of which was T.O. on a bye? Suicidal, perhaps? Sorry, couldn’t resist . The T-Hawks played a lot like the Lobos did this week (and I mean that as a compliment), except they had and 18 from Hasselbeck to build upon. Everybody contributed. Which is more than I can say about the Blitz. Don’t let the score fool you; this game was not even close.

Amazin' Blue (1-1) d. RPI10 (2-0)
61-39
You know, I totally expected this to go the other way, or at least be a lot closer. But RPI just had problems scoring. Their receivers combined for -1, and other than Eli Manning’s 12 (most of which came from the fourth quarter again), the offense just wasn’t there. Even the defense’s combined 21 was outdone by Amazin’ Blue by 4. Speaking of the Blue, their two backs combined for 9 (a third was on a bye), and Torry Holt came through with 13. Just add Leftwich’s 8, and you have a well rounded victory for Amazin’ Blue.

Evil Trav's Minions (2-0) d. Boilers 1529 (1-1)
68-34
This seems to be a standard Minions game: just have as many guys as you can score big points. The big guys this time around were New Orleans (back in the Superdome!!!) with 17, McNabb with 14, and Ronde Barber with 12. We’re at the point where those three guys would’ve won on their own. The Boilers were barely there anyway, with only Philadelphia’s 9 standing in the way of the Minions. It and they were obviously steamrolled.

Indiana Ironmen (2-0) d. Meatball Artists (0-2)
55-26
I must say, even losing, Tom Brady looked good. Him and Baltimore led the Ironmen with 11s. And despite three zeroes from the offense, Indiana had everyone else clear 6. The Artists just had Bulger’s 9. Really, that was all. Okay I’m exaggerating a bit, but my point still stands.

Stevies Scapegoats (1-1) d. sigmakittens (0-2)
62-57
The best week the Kittens have, and they happen to be facing the surging Scapegoats. I mean, they looked like a solid team this week. So what went wrong? Nothing really. Heck, they even got a 14 from Plummer. McGahee and Indianapolis both scored 8. Maybe a better question isn’t how the Kittens lost, but how the Scapegoats won. I’ll give you three names: Favre (who, by all rights and means, should have actually blown the game for them), James, and Longwell. That’s a 19 and two 10s, respectively. See what happens when Brett Favre plays a team as bad as the Lions? The Scapegoats win.

stantheman (2-0) d. {} (0-2)
59-33
It seems that Murphy’s Sideway Seagull Thingies (seriously, turn your head sideways, those braces look like seagulls in the distance) just can’t catch a break. Roethlisberger was a dud again (you’d figure the Steelers would just go back to Charlie Batch), and their running game, which should be top notch, combined for just 4. Yes, STM was out a quarterback this week, but it really didn’t matter. Javon Walker’s 19 and John Carney’s 13 were plenty enough. Combine that with a decent defense, and woe is MSST.

Rank  	   	Team  	        W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  F.Rank  Change
1. 	Evil Trav's Minions 	3-0-0 	1.000 	227.00 	W-3 	1 	±0
2. 	Nor Cal Crushers 	3-0-0 	1.000 	205.00 	W-3 	2 	±0
3. 	Indiana Ironmen 	3-0-0 	1.000 	193.00 	W-3 	4 	+1
4. 	stantheman 	        3-0-0 	1.000 	174.00 	W-3 	6 	+1
5. 	Rhode Island Dynamic 	2-1-0 	.667 	194.00 	W-2 	3 	+1
6. 	RPI10 	                2-1-0 	.667 	182.00 	L-1 	5 	-3
7. 	Cooney Quest 	        2-1-0 	.667 	166.00 	W-1 	10 	+1
8. 	Amazin' Blue 	        2-1-0 	.667 	145.00 	W-2 	12 	+5
9. 	Stevies Scapegoats 	2-1-0 	.667 	143.00 	W-2 	13 	+5
10. 	T-Hawks 	        2-1-0 	.667 	133.00 	W-1 	15 	+5
11. 	FIRST Force 	        1-1-1 	.500 	168.00 	T-1 	8 	-1
12. 	Cromer Smash! 	        1-1-1 	.500 	141.00 	T-1 	14 	±0
13. 	Silver Lobos 	        1-2-0 	.333 	169.00 	L-1 	7 	-4
14. 	Eat My Shorts 	        1-2-0 	.333 	168.00 	L-2 	8 	-3
15. 	Koko's X-Cats 	        1-2-0 	.333 	160.00 	L-2 	11 	-8
16. 	sigmakittens 	        0-3-0 	.000 	131.00 	L-3 	16 	+3
17. 	{} 	                0-3-0 	.000 	125.00 	L-3 	17 	-1
18. 	The Very Fast Blitz 	0-3-0 	.000 	121.00 	L-3 	18 	+2
19. 	Boilers 1529 	        0-3-0 	.000 	120.00 	L-3 	19 	-2
20. 	Meatball Artists 	0-3-0 	.000 	103.00 	L-3 	20 	-2

::giggles at the fact that there are two .500 teams after an odd number of games:: Week III, other than the top two, looks NOTHING like it did after Week II. Still it's early, and fluctuations like that are bound to happen. I'll see you all next week.

[Koko Ed]

[quote=Koko Ed]

The FIRST Robotics League

Rank  	   	Team  	        W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  F.Rank  Change
1. 	Evil Trav's Minions 	3-0-0 	1.000 	227.00 	W-3 	1 	±0
2. 	Nor Cal Crushers 	3-0-0 	1.000 	205.00 	W-3 	2 	±0
3. 	Indiana Ironmen 	3-0-0 	1.000 	193.00 	W-3 	4 	+1
4. 	stantheman 	        3-0-0 	1.000 	174.00 	W-3 	6 	+1
5. 	Rhode Island Dynamic 	2-1-0 	.667 	194.00 	W-2 	3 	+1
6. 	RPI10 	                2-1-0 	.667 	182.00 	L-1 	5 	-3
7. 	Cooney Quest 	        2-1-0 	.667 	166.00 	W-1 	10 	+1
8. 	Amazin' Blue 	        2-1-0 	.667 	145.00 	W-2 	12 	+5
9. 	Stevies Scapegoats 	2-1-0 	.667 	143.00 	W-2 	13 	+5
10. 	T-Hawks 	        2-1-0 	.667 	133.00 	W-1 	15 	+5
11. 	FIRST Force 	        1-1-1 	.500 	168.00 	T-1 	8 	-1
12. 	Cromer Smash! 	        1-1-1 	.500 	141.00 	T-1 	14 	±0
13. 	Silver Lobos 	        1-2-0 	.333 	169.00 	L-1 	7 	-4
14. 	Eat My Shorts 	        1-2-0 	.333 	168.00 	L-2 	8 	-3
15. 	Koko's X-Cats 	        1-2-0 	.333 	160.00 	L-2 	11 	-8
16. 	sigmakittens 	        0-3-0 	.000 	131.00 	L-3 	16 	+3
17. 	{} 	                0-3-0 	.000 	125.00 	L-3 	17 	-1
18. 	The Very Fast Blitz 	0-3-0 	.000 	121.00 	L-3 	18 	+2
19. 	Boilers 1529 	        0-3-0 	.000 	120.00 	L-3 	19 	-2
20. 	Meatball Artists 	0-3-0 	.000 	103.00 	L-3 	20 	-2

Koko's X-Cats (1-2) vs. Eat My Shorts (1-2)
The main event of this battle is the X-Cats Larry Johnson vs. EMS's LaDanian THomlinson. The difference is while Thomlinson will be wrangling with the super nasty Baltimore Ravens defense, Johnson will be in cruise control vs. a porous Niners D. The X-Cats Drew Bledsoe could be the deciding factor against the Titans.

Rhode Island Dynamic (2-1) vs. Cromer Smash! (1-1-1)
GRUDE MATCH! While it would probably be more fun to watch these two in a cage match that's not what this game is about. So instead of watching Alex to to apply a smackdown on Eddie Alex is the one who could get smacked down by Peyton Manning. Jake Delhomme could hold his own for the Smash but LaDell Betts sure aint the answer in the running game.

stantheman (3-0) vs. Cooney Quest (2-1)
Technically the Quest have three running backs (Reggie Bush, Thomas Jones and Micheal Vick) while stantheman has Laurence Maroney and even more scary has Andrew Walter who was an embarrasment to the keystone kops in his NFL debut against the Raven a couple of weeks ago.


Nor Cal Crushers (3-0) vs.FIRST Force (1-1-1)
Not sure how long the Crushers Kurt Warner is going to be on the field due to his recent poor play but it shouldn't hurt them too much since they have CHester Taylor and Clinton Portis. FIRST Force's Daunte Culpepper has been a dissapointment so far but Houston is a great cure all as is the Jets defense for Domanick Rhodes. The question is; is it gonna be enough?

T-Hawks (2-1) vs. Silver Lobos (1-2)
Absentee owner alert!
The T-Hawks are making things easy for the Silver Lobos by sporting four blank spots on their roster. Matt Hasselback can only do so much for them (especially when he's afacing the Bears without his MVP running back). All it takes is Carson Palmer to do what he does best and it's over for the T-HAwks.

The Very Fast Blitz (0-3) vs. RPI10 (2-1)
Poor roster managment makes this an interesting game. Otherwise somebody pulls away. While The Very Fast Blitz is wasting roster space on an unavailable defender RP110 is missing Eli Manning and hasn't replaced him. That is just plain bad news. Now Rudi Johnson has to take up the slack. It's not as if The Very Fast Blitz running backs scare anyone (Brain Westbrook is a miscast third down back, Samkon Gado is a backup at best and Joseph Addai is splitting carries. Still if they do anything thiey will win.

Evil Trav's Minions (3-0) vs. Amazin' Blue (2-1)
Amazin' Blue didn't look like they had much of a chance even before three of his players went on a bye. WHo's gonna save thier butts now? Byron Lrftewich? Nate Clemens? Kevein Faulk? What McNabb does on Monday night and GOre does against KC will probably be more than enough to guide the Minions to victory.

Indiana Ironmen (3-0) vs. Boilers 1529 (1-2)
A close matchup that could be decided on how much Ahman Green makes a difference on Monday night, If the Packers fall way behind like I expect them to. The Ironmen would have no one else to turn to except Tom Brady who is looking for someone to thrown to. Warrick Dunn will run for the Falcons no matter what the score is and Drew Brees could be playing catchup all day with the Panthers.

Stevies Scapegoats (2-1) vs.Meatball Artists (0-3)
Doing without a kicker is not a good way to go in ot battle but the Meatball Artist want to go in that direction so whatever flauras your fauna. Stephen Jackson and Marc Bulger have to be bigtime but Julius Jones who has a history of big post bye weeks can carry the team on his bacvk himself. The SCapegoats could stand another big passing night to keep it close.

sigmakittens (0-3)vs. {} (0-3)
Both teams are missing a player on the roster but the kitties missing a quarterback is far worse than a defensive player (even if that defensive player is Joey Porter). First thing Murphy’s Sideway Seagull Thingies need is JP Losman to make something (good) happen. They also need Ronnie Brown to show up this week. Now while the kitties are missing Plummer they have three capable backs in Jamal Lewis, Willis McGahee and DeAngelo Williams to make up for the loss. Will it be enough? Tune in next week. Same FIRST time! Same FIRST channel!