2007 FIRST Fantasy Football

[Travis Hoffman]

[quote=Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The Very Fast Blitz vs. Cromer Smash!
The Smash need to fix up their roster but so long as they have TIki Barber they are dangerous. Not sure to expect from Willie Parker. The Blitz have players who are variables. They could be explosive or they could easily be duds. I certainly wouldn't trust my fortunes to Brunell and who knows what Westbrook can do?

sigmakittens vs. Evil Trav's Minions
ETM has McNabb hungry to make a big comeback without TO publicly dissing him in the lockeroom every Sunday but I'm not sure if Frank GOre is what I'd call a good bet for your running game. THe kitties have a pair of dissapointing backs looking to rebound i Willis McGahee and Lamont Jordan. If Plummer doesn't betray them they could win this one.

The Smash better get all they can out of Barber the first week, because they traded him to Evil Trav's bunch for a bag of footballs. Evil Trav would love to start Barber this week but noooooooooooo he has to wait an interminable amount of time for the trade to go through. He shall overcome regardless.

[Alex Cormier]

[quote=T. Hoffman]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

The Smash better get all they can out of Barber the first week, because they traded him to Evil Trav's bunch for a bag of footballs. Evil Trav would love to start Barber this week but noooooooooooo he has to wait an interminable amount of time for the trade to go through. He shall overcome regardless.

How many votes does it take to veto?

[EddieMcD]

Wow, I have an 0-1 record… that’s a first. Anywho, onward to a new season of the Pre & Post Game Analysis Brought to you by Ed & Eddie Show!

Koko's X-Cats d. Rhode Island Dynamic
75-56
It’s that time of year again: the annual Pregame vs. Postgame rivalry game! Yeah, it wasn’t that exiting. The players you’d expect to score big (namely, Rhode Island’s offense) didn’t, and the players who you don’t expect to score much (namely, the X-Cat’s offense) did. Both defenses did okay, but where the Cats really struck was with their three 9s from Moulds, Jenkins, and Stover, plus a 12 from Nick Saban’s inability to throw a challenge flag- er, I mean Heath Miller. Rhode Island’s best score came from Manning’s 8 while kicking his little brother’s butt, and while everybody put up numbers for the Dynamic, they weren’t nearly enough to take down the 2003 champ.

Cooney Quest d. FIRST Force
53-44
“Both teams feature running quarterbacks, but FIRST Force features a real quarterback in Daunte Culpepper…” Let the quoting of Ed begin! Culpepper only had 2, which leads me to: "…the Quest have a glorified running back taking snaps in Michael Vick.” Ed makes that sound like a bad thing. Vick scored 12. That wasn’t the only difference in the game, but it was a big factor. The Force’s kicker never got a chance to score, and their defense had two donuts (though props to McGee’s 15). Cooney was running with Atlanta and their 11, helping make this a victory for the Quest.

Eat My Shorts d. Silver Lobos
58-49
It’s the battle of quarterbacks who did nothing! Pamler and Green combined for -1 points, but at least Palmer can still play. EMS now needs to search for a new QB for the next few weeks. Back to the game, the Lobos had a Vinatieri 14 and a Buffalo 10, but that was all that was noticeable. EMS lost a QB, but at least nabbed 14 from Stallworth and 13 from Tomlinson. The rest of their non Trent Green players contributed, and put that 1 in their win column.

Cromer Smash! d. The Very Fast Blitz
47-39
Is it ironic that the Blitz had prettymuch no defense? Owens and Westbrook did the majority of their scoring, with 10 and 13, respectively. Whereas Cromer actually had a defense (even if it was really only Cincinnati’s 14). Tiki Barber contributed 10, and both Coles and Brown scored 8, easily surpassing the offensive accomplishments of the Blitz.

Nor Cal Crushers d. Amazin' Blue
79-42
Talk about horribly one sided. The Blue lost their second round pick, Domanick Davis, to the IR, meaning they really didn’t have a quality RB. Byron Leftwich scored 12, but there wasn’t much to add that 12 to. Nor Cal came out strong, living up to their name. Who’d have thunk Kurt Warner could score 17 (you know, other than Ed)? Certainly not me. And who the heck is London Fletcher-Baker? I have no idea, but he finished with 19 this week. And Chester Taylor had the best game of his career, giving the Crushers an additional 12. Those three would’ve won on their own. Long story short, the Crushers crushed Amazin’ Blue.

T-Hawks d. Boilers 1529
44-41
While this game was closer than it ever should’ve been thanks to Steve Smith not playing, to the Boilers credit, they did keep it interesting. Their highest score was only a 7 from Warrick Dunn, but the rest of the offense kept pace. Defenses were only slightly in the Hawks favor (more on that later). The Hawks offense was led by Shockey’s 8, and their offense kept pace as well. But in the end, it came down to this game's highest scorer: Ray Lewis with 9. T-Hawks had him, and it was just enough to edge out the Boilers.

RPI10 d. Meatball Artists
62-44
“Meatball Artists are going full bore with three running backs, but who knows how much Fred Taylor has left?” At least enough for 11. “How long til Julius Jones ends up on the bench?” Not this week. He also had 11. “Stephen Jackson could be big though.” Only 7. I say the word only, because while Ed was wrong about the backs, he was right about the rest of the team. Three goose eggs on defense left this game open for RPIs taking. And take it they did. Two 10s from Rudy Johnson and Plaxico Burress and an 11 from Shayne Graham led the offense. And the defense combined for 22, 15 points more than the opponent’s. It’s safe to say that this was an easy victory for RPI.

Evil Trav's Minions d. sigmakittens
84-36
The Minions had Donovan McNabb. The Kittens had Jake Plummer. Yeah. I could just end it there, but I’m contractually obligated to at least mention those twin 17s (McNabb and Frank Gore) and 10s (Bennett and Rackers). The Kittens had a 9 coming in from Jamal Lewis (nice week for the Lewis’s). It obviously wasn’t nearly enough to stop the Minions on their way to first place.

Indiana Ironmen d. {}
63-51
“How the heck do you pronounce {}?” That’s a very good question. I’m sure it’ll bug us all season long. All naming issues aside, Murphy’s Parentheses had one problem: their starting QB had an appendectomy, and their backup didn’t play (well, okay, two problems in one position). Their defense was also lacking. They had a few good things going; Jeff Wilkins scored all of the Rams 18 points, and Ronnie Brown scored 14 on Thursday. While Indiana had their fair share of problems as well (their three receivers combined for 6), they had an excellent defense led by Baltimore’s 17 and Shawne Merriman’s 12. Their non-receiving offense all cleared 6 as well. So in the end, an appendectomy and a missing defender cost the Parentheses the game. Murphy’s Law, huh?

stantheman d. Stevies Scapegoats
62-16
I think I’ve finally been stumped. I really have no clue how to analyze this one. I guess I should start by saying that the Scapegoats’ best (and practically only) score was Edgerrin James’s 9. Their defense combined for a grand total of 0. Double take if you have to, but I did just say zero. And even worse: Favre scored even lower than that! StM at least had a QB score positive points, and an actual defense (a pretty good one at that, with a combined 34). The rest of their offense contributed mostly solid numbers. Not that they needed it; this one was a massacre already.

Rank  	   	Team  	                W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  Change
1. 		Evil Trav's Minions 	1-0-0 	1.000 	84.00 	W-1 	-
2. 		Nor Cal Crushers 	1-0-0 	1.000 	79.00 	W-1 	-
3. 		Koko's X-Cats 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	75.00 	W-1 	-
4. 		Indiana Ironmen 	1-0-0 	1.000 	63.00 	W-1 	-
5. 		RPI10 	                1-0-0 	1.000 	62.00 	W-1 	-
6. 		stantheman 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	62.00 	W-1 	-
7. 		Eat My Shorts 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	58.00 	W-1 	-
8. 		Cooney Quest 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	53.00 	W-1 	-
9. 		Cromer Smash! 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	47.00 	W-1 	-
10. 		T-Hawks 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	44.00 	W-1 	-
11. 		Rhode Island Dynamic 	0-1-0 	.000 	56.00 	L-1 	-
12. 		{} 	                0-1-0 	.000 	51.00 	L-1 	-
13. 		Silver Lobos 	        0-1-0 	.000 	49.00 	L-1 	-
14. 		FIRST Force 	        0-1-0 	.000 	44.00 	L-1 	-
15. 		Meatball Artists 	0-1-0 	.000 	44.00 	L-1 	-
16. 		Amazin' Blue 	        0-1-0 	.000 	42.00 	L-1 	-
17. 		Boilers 1529 	        0-1-0 	.000 	41.00 	L-1 	-
18. 		The Very Fast Blitz 	0-1-0 	.000 	39.00 	L-1 	-
19. 		sigmakittens 	        0-1-0 	.000 	36.00 	L-1 	-
20. 		Stevies Scapegoats 	0-1-0 	.000 	16.00 	L-1 	-

A rather humerous note is that for every game except the last, I had to cut and paste the teams around because the second team Ed had listed kept winning this week. Okay, it maeans absolutely nothing in terms of analysis, I just found it funny. See you all next week.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by EddieMcD

Nor Cal Crushers d. Amazin' Blue
79-42And who the heck is London Fletcher-Baker? I have no idea, but he finished with 19 this week.

He's only one of the top 3-5 LB's in the league

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Cory

He's only one of the top 3-5 LB's in the league

Except to Bills fans.
He always makes the tackle down the filed.
Waaaaaay down the field......

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Except to Bills fans.
He always makes the tackle down the filed.
Waaaaaay down the field......

I'll be happy with him as long as he makes the tackle... doesn't much matter where it is, to me

[Koko Ed]

[quote=Koko Ed][quote=Koko Ed]

The FIRST Robotics League

Rank  	   	Team  	                W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  Change
1. 		Evil Trav's Minions 	1-0-0 	1.000 	84.00 	W-1 	-
2. 		Nor Cal Crushers 	1-0-0 	1.000 	79.00 	W-1 	-
3. 		Koko's X-Cats 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	75.00 	W-1 	-
4. 		Indiana Ironmen 	1-0-0 	1.000 	63.00 	W-1 	-
5. 		RPI10 	                1-0-0 	1.000 	62.00 	W-1 	-
6. 		stantheman 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	62.00 	W-1 	-
7. 		Eat My Shorts 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	58.00 	W-1 	-
8. 		Cooney Quest 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	53.00 	W-1 	-
9. 		Cromer Smash! 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	47.00 	W-1 	-
10. 		T-Hawks 	        1-0-0 	1.000 	44.00 	W-1 	-
11. 		Rhode Island Dynamic 	0-1-0 	.000 	56.00 	L-1 	-
12. 		{} 	                0-1-0 	.000 	51.00 	L-1 	-
13. 		Silver Lobos 	        0-1-0 	.000 	49.00 	L-1 	-
14. 		FIRST Force 	        0-1-0 	.000 	44.00 	L-1 	-
15. 		Meatball Artists 	0-1-0 	.000 	44.00 	L-1 	-
16. 		Amazin' Blue 	        0-1-0 	.000 	42.00 	L-1 	-
17. 		Boilers 1529 	        0-1-0 	.000 	41.00 	L-1 	-
18. 		The Very Fast Blitz 	0-1-0 	.000 	39.00 	L-1 	-
19. 		sigmakittens 	        0-1-0 	.000 	36.00 	L-1 	-
20. 		Stevies Scapegoats 	0-1-0 	.000 	16.00 	L-1 	-

Koko's X-Cats(1-0) vs. stantheman(1-0)
Having Aaron Brooks as your starting fantasy QB is like playing chicken with a train five feet from you with your back turned. Not really reccomended. Also who knows how much impact Lwrence Moroney can have splitting carries with Corey Dillion. Steve McNair is a better bet for the X-Cats since he will play it low risk against a disinterested Raiders D and Larry Johnson has to play better this week.


Cooney Quest(1-0) vs. Rhode Island Dynamic(0-1)
So long as the Dynamic have Peyton Manning who owns the Texans and Corey Dillon who may have to split carries with Moroney but is more likely to get end zone carreis they are looking good. The Quest are strong with Shaun ALexnader and Reggie Bush. Micheal Vick has demons to slay on SUnday agianst his personal enemy the Buccaneers.


Eat My Shorts(1-0) vs. FIRST Force(0-1)
EMS has LaDanian Thomlinson. They don't really need much else. FIRST Force needs Daunte Culpepper to play much better and something out of Domanic Rhodes.

Cromer Smash!(1-0) vs. Silver Lobos(0-1)
The Smash are looking for Tiki Barber to have a good day and good things from Willie Parker because Chad Pennington is probably not going to tear up New Englands D. The Lobos got Carson Palmer who will probably be more comfortable this week and DeShaun Foster to make a bigger contribution.

Nor Cal Crushers(1-0) vs. The Very Fast Blitz(0-1)
The Blitz Brian Westbrooke is hurting and their other two backs are part time contributors who aren't expected to do all that much ( Look out for Joseph Addai in the passing game though). How good can the Blitz Marc Brunell be aginst the nasty Cowboys D without Cinton Portis. My bet is not very good. The Crushers Kurt Warner should find the Seahawks D much tougher than the Niners D and Chester Taylor has a very angry Pantehrs D on the other side of the line from him.

T-Hawks (1-0) vs. Amazin' Blue(0-1_
Not much from the running game from either team but I'll take the T-Hawks Matt Hasselback over Amazin' Blue's Byron Lrftwich any day.

RPI10 (1-0) vs. Boilers 1529(0-1)
This is a tight one but Boilers 1529 has two backs capable of big games (Warrick Dunn and Carnell Williams) and RPI10 has Rudi Johnson but who knows what Cedric Benson can give? The QB matchup is pretty close as well with Eli Manning for RPI10 and Drew Brees for Boilers 1529. This one could go either way.

Evil Trav's Minions(1-0) vs. Meatball Artists(0-1)
Not sure is the Minons Donovan McNabb can repeat last weeks production nor if Frank Gore can do the same. Meanwhile the Meatball Artists have a trio backs in Stepen Jackson, Fred Taylor and Julius Jones and Marc Bulger facing a Niners D that is far from good.

Indiana Ironmen(1-0) vs. sigmakittens(0-1)
The kitties need Jake Plummer to play better whle Lamont Jordan and Willis McGahee Need to produce Jamal Lewis could be more than enough. The Ironmen have a lonelly Tom Brady and an invisable Ahman Green on their side.

{} (0-1)vs. Stevies Scapegoats(0-1)
The Scapegoats are a hurting outfit. Edgerrin James is their best bet and he didn't exactly tear up a weak Niners defense and plays a much tougher Seahawks defense this week. {} is better off with Ronnie Brown romping through a Bills run D that has seen better days and the return of Ben Roethlisberger.

[EddieMcD]

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Rhode Island Dynamic (0-1) d. Cooney Quest (1-0)
80-64
“So long as the Dynamic have Peyton Manning who owns the Texans and Corey Dillon who may have to split carries with Moroney but is more likely to get end zone carries, they are looking good.” Peyton Manning: 400 yards, 3 TDs, and 21 fantasy points. Dillon also added 10. “The Quest are strong with Shaun Alexander and Reggie Bush. Michael Vick has demons to slay on Sunday against his personal enemy the Buccaneers.” Michael Vick: 127 rushing yards, 1 passing TD, 1 Rushing TD, and 16 fantasy points. Alexander and Bush also combined for 14. While this was a hard fought game by Cooney, they were a little lacking in the middle offensive and receiver positions. Whereas Rhode Island’s fleet o’ receivers combined for 22, and was the major difference in this game.

stantheman (1-0) d. Koko's X-Cats (1-0)
53-43
“Having Aaron Brooks as your starting fantasy QB is like playing chicken with a train five feet from you with your back turned.” No real reason for me quoting that, I just wanted to hear it again. Plus, that’s one psychic point for Ed. Aaron Brooks subtracted 5 from StM’s score. Luckily, they had Maroney’s 12, Chicago’s 13, and Urlacher’s 11 to help offset this. Also important to note was that everyone (other than Brooks) contributed at least a point. Half the X-Cats defense looked great; Carolina had 10 and Julius Peppers scored 18. The other half, unfortunately, was a grand total of 0. There were also two 0s on offense, and nobody really stuck out for them. So despite a -5 from StM’s QB, they manage to hold on for the win.

FIRST Force (0-1) d. Eat My Shorts (1-0)
70-55
“EMS has LaDanian Tomlinson. They don't really need much else.” That first sentence is accurate; he had 17. The second sentence, not so much. While that 17 is certainly impressive, only two other players cleared 3. “FIRST Force needs Daunte Culpepper to play much better and something out of Domanic Rhodes.” They combined for 16. Good, not great. Enter Antonio Bryant and Adrian Wilson, who added 27 more. And all but one of the Force’s players cleared 3. So yes, EMS had LaDanian Tomlinson. But no, they really needed more.

Silver Lobos (0-1) d. Cromer Smash! (1-0)
66-40
It was a game full of surprises for the Smash; Pennington scored 13 in a losing effort against the Patriots, a Packer receiver scored 9, and their defense had three zeroes. The Lobos had a normal game though; Palmer scored 12, Vinatieri tallied 13, and their most remotely backward score this week had Buffalo taking in 15 points. Everybody contributed at least their small share, allowing the Lobos to sail to their second victory.

Nor Cal Crushers (1-0) d. The Very Fast Blitz (0-1)
65-30
Blitz: Defense: Non-existent: Irony. And other than Westbrook and Addai combining for 16, that was their story. Crushers: Defense: Actually there: Crushing. It was worth a combined 25. And wait, there’s more! (you see, that’s my way of making this sound more exciting. ) Nor Cal added 14 thanks to Darrell Jackson. And while they didn’t have the greatest showings at QB and RB, they at least held their own. Alright, you all know Nor Cal won, I’m just trying to make this review look longer.

Amazin' Blue(0-1) d. T-Hawks (1-0)
42-31
We have a pretty lackluster game here, so I’ll give the basics. QBs were even, defenses were even, kicking was prettymuch even, and receiving was nigh even. Amazin’ Blue opened up this game though with their three running backs. Tatum Bell, Kevin Faulk, and Michael Turner combined for 17 points, all unanswered by the T-Hawks. It gave the Blue their first win.

RPI10 (1-0) d. Boilers 1529 (0-1)
81-45
You know, even if the Boilers could put up more than Glenn’s 10 and Brees’s 8 (plus a couple 7s), they still would’ve lost. They were already outdone with Manning’s 18 and Burress’s 12. And to top things off, RPI’s Rudy Johnson scored an unanswered 20. This gave the rest of the offense the ability to slack off (which, in all fairness, they did). But the defense was right there picking up the slack, making this game over before it began.

Evil Trav's Minions (1-0) d. Meatball Artists (0-1)
75-33
This game looks remarkably similar to the last one… On one side is three offensive players with decent scores (McNabb, Gore, and Chambers combined for 35), the rest of the offensive not showing up, and the defense doing their job (and mad props to Adalius Thomas and his 21). On the other side is a couple players scoring decently, but nothing the rest of the way down. Okay, so McNabb, Gore, and Chambers could’ve won on their own. So could the Minion’s defense, which combined for 36. We’re in “do the math” territory here.

Indiana Ironmen (1-0) d. sigmakittens (0-1)
75-38
Hey, Jake Plummer scored 7 more points than last week for the Kittens! Okay, so that’s still only a 1, but it is an improvement. Also unfortunately for the kitties, the best thing they had going for them was their defense, and their combined 23 was barely decent. The Ironmen’s only good offensive score was Chad Johnson’s 9, but they absolutely dominated on defense. Led by Baltimore’s 24 (highest single score of the week, BTW), this defensive outfit took 43 altogether. That alone is enough for a victory. The rest is just icing on the cake. Mmm… icing…

Stevies Scapegoats (0-1) d. {} (0-1)
65-41
The Scapegoats did all their work on Sunday night. Actually, four players did all their work for them: Joey Galloway (10), Jerricho Cotchery (13), Ryan Longwell (14), and Tampa Bay (13). Murphy’s Sunday, not Monday Squad did some work on Sunday too (DeAngelo Hall’s 12, Seattle’s 10, and Donald Driver’s 8), and were hoping to finish the job on Monday. You’d figure Roethlisberger and Porter would at least make this a close one (and in this analyst’s opinion, a good chance at victory). But no, the Steelers got pwned on Monday night, Roethlisberger and Porter combined for -2, and MS,nMS remains winless.

Rank  	   	Team  	        W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  F.Rank  Change
1. 	Evil Trav's Minions 	2-0-0 	1.000 	159.00 	W-2 	1 	±0
2. 	Nor Cal Crushers 	2-0-0 	1.000 	144.00 	W-2 	2 	±0
3. 	RPI10 	                2-0-0 	1.000 	143.00 	W-2 	3 	+2
4. 	Indiana Ironmen 	2-0-0 	1.000 	138.00 	W-2 	4 	±0
5. 	stantheman 	        2-0-0 	1.000 	115.00 	W-2 	8 	+1
6. 	Rhode Island Dynamic 	1-1-0 	.500 	136.00 	W-1 	5 	+5
7. 	Koko's X-Cats 	        1-1-0 	.500 	118.00 	L-1 	6 	-4
8. 	Cooney Quest 	        1-1-0 	.500 	117.00 	L-1 	7 	±0
9. 	Silver Lobos 	        1-1-0 	.500 	115.00 	W-1 	8 	+4
10. 	FIRST Force 	        1-1-0 	.500 	114.00 	W-1 	10 	+4
11. 	Eat My Shorts 	        1-1-0 	.500 	113.00 	L-1 	11 	-4
12. 	Cromer Smash! 	        1-1-0 	.500 	87.00 	L-1 	13 	-3
13. 	Amazin' Blue 	        1-1-0 	.500 	84.00 	W-1 	15 	+3
14. 	Stevies Scapegoats 	1-1-0 	.500 	81.00 	W-1 	16 	+6
15. 	T-Hawks 	        1-1-0 	.500 	75.00 	L-1 	18 	-5
16. 	{} 	                0-2-0 	.000 	92.00 	L-2 	12 	-4
17. 	Boilers 1529 	        0-2-0 	.000 	86.00 	L-2 	14 	±0
18. 	Meatball Artists 	0-2-0 	.000 	77.00 	L-2 	17 	-3
19. 	sigmakittens 	        0-2-0 	.000 	74.00 	L-2 	19 	±0
20. 	The Very Fast Blitz 	0-2-0 	.000 	69.00 	L-2 	20 	-2

You'll notice a new stat in the standings: F.Rank. This is your ranking when it comes to fantasy points. I added this to help with my playoff analyses in the second half of the season, and because the highest ranking team in fantasy points gets an award at the end of the season (yes, I actually plan on giving out awards at the end of the season, really). It'll be called the Top Gun Award (shamelessly stolen from the list of Battlecry awards, not to be confused with the #1 Seed Award) I'll hopefully have a full list by the time my first half analysis goes up after week VII.

That being said, I'll see you all next week.

[Koko Ed]

The FIRST Robotics League

Rank  	   	Team  	        W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  F.Rank  Change
1. 	Evil Trav's Minions 	2-0-0 	1.000 	159.00 	W-2 	1 	±0
2. 	Nor Cal Crushers 	2-0-0 	1.000 	144.00 	W-2 	2 	±0
3. 	RPI10 	                2-0-0 	1.000 	143.00 	W-2 	3 	+2
4. 	Indiana Ironmen 	2-0-0 	1.000 	138.00 	W-2 	4 	±0
5. 	stantheman 	        2-0-0 	1.000 	115.00 	W-2 	8 	+1
6. 	Rhode Island Dynamic 	1-1-0 	.500 	136.00 	W-1 	5 	+5
7. 	Koko's X-Cats 	        1-1-0 	.500 	118.00 	L-1 	6 	-4
8. 	Cooney Quest 	        1-1-0 	.500 	117.00 	L-1 	7 	±0
9. 	Silver Lobos 	        1-1-0 	.500 	115.00 	W-1 	8 	+4
10. 	FIRST Force 	        1-1-0 	.500 	114.00 	W-1 	10 	+4
11. 	Eat My Shorts 	        1-1-0 	.500 	113.00 	L-1 	11 	-4
12. 	Cromer Smash! 	        1-1-0 	.500 	87.00 	L-1 	13 	-3
13. 	Amazin' Blue 	        1-1-0 	.500 	84.00 	W-1 	15 	+3
14. 	Stevies Scapegoats 	1-1-0 	.500 	81.00 	W-1 	16 	+6
15. 	T-Hawks 	        1-1-0 	.500 	75.00 	L-1 	18 	-5
16. 	{} 	                0-2-0 	.000 	92.00 	L-2 	12 	-4
17. 	Boilers 1529 	        0-2-0 	.000 	86.00 	L-2 	14 	±0
18. 	Meatball Artists 	0-2-0 	.000 	77.00 	L-2 	17 	-3
19. 	sigmakittens 	        0-2-0 	.000 	74.00 	L-2 	19 	±0
20. 	The Very Fast Blitz 	0-2-0 	.000 	69.00 	L-2 	20 	-2

Koko's X-Cats (1-1) vs. Cooney Quest (1-1)
The X-Cats are in big trouble. No Larry Johnson (who hasn't been exactly lighting it up this year they now have to rely on backup Mike Anderson to provide the running game but their defense to probably provide points. THe Quest could simply kill them with Shaun Alexnader. WHat Reggie Bush does will be icing on the cake.

Eat My Shorts (1-1)vs. Rhode Island Dynamic (1-1)
It's bad enough the the Dynamic have Peyton Manning on their side but they also have two very capable running backs in Ronnie Brown and Cprey Dillion while EMS only have Duece McCallister who has to split carries with Bush.

FIRST Force (1-1) vs. [/b] Cromer Smash! (1-1)
Alex is angry at Eddie again and is basically sabatouging his own team (why do you keep joining Eddie's league when you never ever get along with him?) so FIRST Force gets a break.

Silver Lobos (1-1)[b] vs.Nor Cal Crushers (2-0)
The Crushers get a eager to show what he can do Clinton Portis to go with Minnasota workhorse CHester Taylor. THe Lobos got Carson Palmer who is looking for revennge against the Steelers but DeShaun Foster could be losing hi starting job.

The Very Fast Blitz (0-2) vs. T-Hawks (1-1)
The T-Hawks best bet is Matt Hasselback (CHris Brown hasn't shown much this season). The Blitz need more from Brain Westbrook and very much more from Marc Brunnel (they also need to fix thier roster. TO is on a bye and hurt and there is a not available defender and in this close matchup they cannot afford any blank spots).

Amazin' Blue(1-1) vs. RPI10 (2-0)
Both teams are going with two backs unfrotunately for Amazin' Blue they have three and Micheal TUrner is on a bye so his roster spot is wasted. RP110 has Rudi Johnson and Cedric Benson while Amazin' Blue has Tatum Bell and Kevin Faulk. I like RP110's backs better and RP110 has Eli Manning to Amazin' Blue's Byron Leftwich. Advantage RP110.

Evil Trav's Minions (2-0) vs. Boilers 1529 (1-1)
McNabb could put up some bigtime points for the Minons but as Travis pointed out to me at Wonderland he would hope more for a 41-38 game to a 41-0 game because he needs production from Frank Gore. Boilers 1529 has the NFL leading rusher Warrick Dunn but Cadillac WIlliams is not productive at all and Drew Brees is gonna be on the run all Monday night from that ferorcious Falcons pass rush.

Indiana Ironmen (2-0) vs. Meatball Artists (0-2)
I would have more confidence in the MEatball Artist chances if they didn't have the on a bye Julius Jones and two non existant defenders (one on IR) tking up roster space. THe IRonmen can be taken with an aging Ahman Green as their featured runner and Tom Brady now having to simply manage games.

Stevies Scapegoats (1-1) vs. sigmakittens (0-2)
The kitties are looking to bounce back and WIllis McGahee could be the key as he has previously owned the Jets at home as has Jamal Lewis agianst the Browns and Deangelo Willams is comming on strong. The SCapegoats have three backs as well but Edgerrin James is struggling behind a weak o-line, Maurice Hicks is stuck behind Frank Gore and Travis Henry is comming off and injury. Both teams have scary turnover prone quarterbacks. Brett Farve for the Scapegoats and Jake Plummer for the kitties. WHich ever quaterback makes less mistakes will win.

stantheman (2-0)vs. {} (0-2)
No that he would have been much help but giving a roster spot to Aaron Brooks who is on a bye and hurt is a big loss. Ben Roethlisberger is not a big fantasy contributor but you don't give up easy points to the competition. Now they need even more out of Laurence Maroney but if ROnnie Brown or Mike Bell produce for {} it won't matter.

[EddieMcD]

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?

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.

[Koko Ed]

The FIRST Robotics League

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

Nor Cal Crushers (4-1) vs. Koko's X-Cats (3-2)
One of the biggest tell all of this matchup is the direct competition of the X-Cats Drew Bledsoe vs. The Crushers David Carr. Obviously Bledsoe ahs the easier day lined up for him. On the otehr hand the Crushers have Clinton Portis running wild on the NFLs worst rusing defense while the X-Cats stud Larry Johnson is nursing a neck injury and going against a desperate Steelrs team so he could be neutralized.

Rhode Island Dynamic (3-2) vs. T-Hawks (3-2)
The Dynamic don't have Peyton Manning this week so they are already in trouble nevermind that they don't even have a backup to put in. That opens up an opportunity for the T-Hawks Phillip RIvers who gets to apply the smackdown to the Niners D.

Cromer Smash! (1-3-1) vs. Cooney Quest (2-3)
Micehal Vick is a Fantasy Football enigma. His remarkable talent rarely cash into big points and some weeks he just outright bombs. This week the Quest hopes he can break through against the Gaints defense but they also have Thomas Jones and Reggie Bush to take up the slack. The Smash are looking for a big bounce back from Chad Pennington and Willie Parker to cut through the improved Chiefs defense.

Eat My Shorts (2-3) vs. stantheman (5-0)
stantheman has been the surprise of the league so far but the run could be ending this week if they don't move fast and replace Laurence Maroney who is on a bye and fix a blank on defense. EMS may not take advantage though because Trent Green may not be ready to come back yet and having the Niners as your starting D is suicide especially when the opposing defense is CHicago. It's up to THomlinson and McCallister to save the day.

FIRST Force (2-2-1)vs. RPI10 (2-3)
2 blanks.
FIRST Force ahs hobbled their hopes to win by leaving two spots empty and now they have no running back and are relying on Joey Harrington to cme through for them. If RP110s Eli Manning or Rudi Johnson have any kind of a big day it's over quick.

Evil Trav's Minions (4-1) vs. Silver Lobos (3-2)
The featured quarterback matchup will provide the fireworks (the Minons Donovan McNabb vs. the Silver Lobos Rex Grossman) but the Minons have a secret weapon. If Grossman has any type of success it will probably come though Bernard Berrian who is on the Minons.

The Very Fast Blitz (1-4)vs. Indiana Ironmen (3-2)
Ther blitz are missing four players and aren't going to win because they can't score enough.

Stevies Scapegoats (3-2) vs. Amazin' Blue (4-1)
This is an odd matchup. The Scapegoats have all their players but no one really stands out. Amazin' Blue is missing two players but if their backs Tatum Bell or Michael Turner do what they do best they can overvcome those losses.

Boilers 1529 (1-4) vs. {} (1-4)
Well someone has to win this one...
biolers has the advantage at quarterback with Drew Brees over JP Losman and may have the advantage at runningback with Warrick Dunn vs. Ronnie Brown.

Meatball Artists (2-3) vs. sigmakittens (0-5)
There are six missing players on both roster combined due to byes and injury in this underwhelming matchup.
So who has the advantage?
Well the MEatball Artist have a strong running game with Stephen Jackson and Julius Jones. Marc Bulger is playing very well for them as well but they won't get much of anything from the defense. The kitties have three runningbacks but none of them have done much of anything this year.They need a big day from Jake Plummer.

[EddieMcD]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Rhode Island Dynamic (3-2) vs. T-Hawks (3-2)
The Dynamic don't have Peyton Manning this week so they are already in trouble nevermind that they don't even have a backup to put in. That opens up an opportunity for the T-Hawks Phillip RIvers who gets to apply the smackdown to the Niners D.

(underlining mine)

And who exactly am I going to replace him with? All the league's starting QBs are taken.

Sadly, half my starters are off this week. Good news: I wont have to worry about byes after this week. Bad news: I have to rely on a fleet o' returners this week.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by EddieMcD

(underlining mine)

And who exactly am I going to replace him with? All the league's starting QBs are taken.

Sadly, half my starters are off this week. Good news: I wont have to worry about byes after this week. Bad news: I have to rely on a fleet o' returners this week.

You didn't think to get a backup before the season began?

[EddieMcD]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

You didn't think to get a backup before the season began?

I had a backup (Losman). I dumped him because I needed a defense in Week III. And there were a few other QBs left, so I figured there'd be at least one available for when Peyton was off.

I do feel okay about it though, because even if I had Peyton this week, I still wouldn't have won due to my opponent getting the highest score this season. Gotta love being 5 points off the fantasy point lead, and in eighth place...

[EddieMcD]

Who'd have thought that one Monday night game could cause so much chaos?

T-Hawks (3-2) d. Rhode Island Dynamic (3-2)
96-68
You might notice something missing from Rhode Island’s lineup: Peyton Manning. Not that him playing would have done the Dynamic any good (ok, they’d most likely be in the lead for fantasy points). Despite some excellent team effort (all but one player cleared 5) led by Reggie Brown’s 19, they had the unfortunate situation of having the T-Hawks as their opponent. It goes simply like this: Joe Horn and Steve Smith combine for 34, Phillip Rivers adds 15, Troy Polamalu scores 13, and Ray Lewis has 12. Their only unfortunate situation was the Kansas City DEF’s -2. Literally no one could touch the T-Hawks this week.

Nor Cal Crushers (4-1) d. Koko's X-Cats (3-2)
83-52
Let’s ignore, for the moment, the fact that Nor Cal was fielding David Carr and his -2; That Crusher offense was NASTY (and I mean that in a good way). Clinton Portis, Anquan Boldin, Kevin Jones, and Darrell Jackson all combined for 51. From four players. THAT’S INSANE! The X-Cats had Bledsoe’s 11. While certainly good this week, their only other decent offensive score was Larry Johnson’s 8. They kept up on defense, but the game was already decided by the offenses.

Cromer Smash! (1-3-1) d. Cooney Quest (2-3)
82-51
“The Smash are looking for a big bounce back from Chad Pennington, and Willie Parker to cut through the improved Chiefs defense.” I’d call 11 a nice bounce-back. And Willie Parker just ate the Chiefs alive, taking them for 15. And those two weren’t even the most impressive scores from the smash; that honor belongs to Coles (18) and Branch (15). Defense was a non-factor in this game, which is where Cooney very well could’ve taken the Smash. Now I’ll give the Quest credit: all but two players on Cooney scored at least five. But while I’m all for team effort (see Rhode Island a couple reviews up), they had no big score to lead the way, so the Smash basically overpowered them for the win.

Eat My Shorts (2-3) d. stantheman (5-0)
73-60
In its four year existence, the FIRST Robotics Fantasy Football league has never had an undefeated team at the end of the regular season. So basically, STM was due to lose any moment. This was that moment. I wonder if it has anything to do with Tomlinson scoring 30 for EMS… That highly unexpected score is definitely what gave them the win. I mean, despite a missing QB and a might-as-well-be-missing RB, STM played pretty well. Gates, Ward, and Carney combined for 26, and the defense combined for 29. But EMS was already half way to victory with Tomlinson. They kept pace on defense with 21, and Kasay’s 11 sealed the deal. And down goes the last of the undefeated.

FIRST Force (2-2-1) d. RPI10 (2-3)
67-26
I still don’t get how RPI has lost four in a row. They’ve fallen fourteen spots in the process. I only say this because RPI has a good team on paper. That, and I’m trying to fill up space, because RPI had nothing going for them again. Quoth the Ed: “If RP110’s Eli Manning or Rudi Johnson have any kind of a big day it's over quick.” And that’s how it should be. The problem is it hasn’t happened all season. The Force could’ve won with just their defensive 38. The 11 from the K spot just made them look good. Whereas RPI has essentially Dunedained (YES, I found an excuse to use that one again!).

Evil Trav's Minions (4-1) d. Silver Lobos (3-2)
53-32
The Lobos looked a lot like the Cardinals on Monday Night Football this week. Which is ironic, because it was Rex Grossman who cost them the game. This match was even going into Monday night. The Minions had McNabb (10) and Barber (13), while the Lobos had a nice defense (25 combined). But then that fateful Monday nighter happened. Grossman had six turnovers, giving him a -12 (which has got to be the biggest bomb ever). I dare say that this game would have turned out extremely different had the Bears offense actually done something (other than singles for tackles, which Davis having four of for the Minions is so wrong). But as it stands, this game was just like the Bears/Cardinals game, with the Lobos on the losing end.

Indiana Ironmen (3-2) d. The Very Fast Blitz (1-4)
54-39
The Blitz had T.O. with 20. The Blitz also had no defense, making that 20 go to waste. Two 9s from the Ironmen’s Heap and Gradkowski, a 12 from Kaeding, and a defense that scored 21 more points than the inappropriately-named Blitz’s were more than enough to secure victory.

Amazin' Blue (4-1) d. Stevies Scapegoats (2-3)
82-72
This was the game of the week… at least until Monday night came along to deliver a disappointing end. We were tied at 73 going into that game. The Scapegoats had three 11s from Maurice Hicks, Josh Brown, and Denver, plus a 15 from Roy Williams. Amazin’ Blue countered with Pittsburgh’s 11, Houshmandzadeh’s 12, and Holt’s 26. But on Monday Night, the Scapegoats got a grand total of -1 from Edgerrin James. The Blue got a 9 from Leinart (the good QB in that game). That was the difference. The Scapegoats unfortunately caught a tough break this week (lousy Monday Night Game…).

Boilers 1529 (1-4) d. {} (1-4)
59-50
Hmm… ever think Murphy’s Byes would’ve been better off playing Roethlisberger this week? Though Roethlisberger’s 5 point edge over Losman wouldn’t have been enough, had the Byes not lived up to their namesake and actually had a defensive backup or two, they probably would’ve won this one. But lets talk about the good things: the Boilers had 14 points from both Brees and Dunn, plus another 10 from Chris McAlister and 9 from Feely. The Byes had Ronnie Brown’s 13, plus two donuts from the defense because they don’t have any defensive backups. While I do feel like I’m repeating myself here, it’s worth repeating, because those two byes are what cost the Byes the game.

Meatball Artists (2-3) d. sigmakittens (0-5)
55-29
In its four year existence, the FIRST Robotics Fantasy Football league has never had a winless team at the end of the regular season. So basically, the Sigmakittens were due to win any moment. This was not that moment. Again, we have another team with defensive byes, and no backups to put in. Actually, we have two teams, as the Artists were in the same sitch. But then again, they also had an offense. Bulger had 18, and Jackson had 10. Do the math.

Rank  	   	Team  	        W-L-T  	Pct.  	Pts.  	Streak  F.Rank  Change
1. 	Nor Cal Crushers 	5-1-0 	.833 	411.00 	W-2 	1 	+2
2. 	Evil Trav's Minions 	5-1-0 	.833 	408.00 	W-2 	2 	±0
3. 	Amazin' Blue 	        5-1-0 	.833 	358.00 	W-5 	4 	+1
4. 	stantheman 	        5-1-0 	.833 	347.00 	L-1 	7 	-3
5. 	T-Hawks 	        4-2-0 	.667 	353.00 	W-2 	5 	+4
6. 	Indiana Ironmen 	4-2-0 	.667 	339.00 	W-1 	8 	+1
7. 	FIRST Force 	        3-2-1 	.583 	337.00 	W-1 	10 	+3
8. 	Rhode Island Dynamic 	3-3-0 	.500 	406.00 	L-2 	3 	-3
9. 	Eat My Shorts 	        3-3-0 	.500 	348.00 	W-2 	6 	+2
10. 	Silver Lobos 	        3-3-0 	.500 	338.00 	L-1 	9 	-4
11. 	Koko's X-Cats 	        3-3-0 	.500 	329.00 	L-1 	11 	-3
12. 	Boilers 1529 	        3-3-0 	.500 	301.00 	W-3 	13 	+1
13. 	Meatball Artists 	3-3-0 	.500 	279.00 	W-3 	17 	+3
14. 	Cromer Smash! 	        2-3-1 	.417 	321.00 	W-1 	12 	+3
15. 	Stevies Scapegoats 	2-4-0 	.333 	300.00 	L-3 	14 	±0
16. 	Cooney Quest 	        2-4-0 	.333 	292.00 	L-3 	15 	-2
17. 	RPI10 	                2-4-0 	.333 	291.00 	L-4 	16 	-5
18. 	{} 	                1-5-0 	.167 	264.00 	L-2 	18 	±0
19. 	The Very Fast Blitz 	1-5-0 	.167 	251.00 	L-2 	19 	±0
20. 	sigmakittens 	        0-6-0 	.000 	236.00 	L-6 	20 	±0

Okay, I know I'm biased when I ask this, but does anyone else find it odd that Rhode Island is 5 points off the fantasy point lead and in the .500 bracket? Anywho, I'll be back early next week with the Week VII postgame analysis, then around Thursday-Friday (possibly Saturday if I'm running late), you'll see the first half analysis and awards. So I'll catch you all next week.