Well the home and home series have come and gone and per usual have determined the haves and have nots in the divisions. Lets take a look at what happened in this years home and home series.
North Division
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You got swept by the Animals
"Wait, what??" |
In the North it was Father vs. Son as the
Chislers and
Animals squared off for two bitter games. The Chislers came into this winning the past 3 games in a row. The Animals the last 5 in a row. Something had to give. What gave was the Chislers as the Animals swept his father's team and have a commanding 2 game lead in the North at 7-1. In game one in Buffalo the Animals beat the Chislers 36-28 lead by two big TDs from Demaryius Thomas, while Animal QB "Malachi" Dalton was shut out. The Chislers' RB woes continued as they have 3 Raven running backs on their roster and couldn't start the right one. Forsett got the start and Pierce scored. Game two was similar as the Animals won again 38-29. Chislers got the early lead with 12 from Phillip "Jugghead" Rivers, but Dalton got two running TDs to match. Animals WR Antonio Brown would have 2 big TDs and the Chislers couldn't get their Packer players, Lacy, Nelson and Crosby to come through. Only Crosby scored. On the Bench for the Chislers was Roethlisberger (24 points) and Sanders (18 points)...DOH!!!
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| Cutler consoling Smith, another victim of the Ferret Curse |
In the other home and home battle between the
Ferrets and
Wrecking Crew, the Crew were favored to sweep this battle. However, the Ferrets would have something different to say about that. In game one the Ferrets brought their Number One Ranked "Defense" shutting down the Crew offense to only 14 points winning 18-14. Kirk Cousins was in once again for the Ferrets but was then benched mid way through the game but the Ferrets still won the game and continued the Ferret Curse for NFL players. In game two it would be a different story. The Ferrets defense couldn't hold down the Crew offense two weeks in a row and lost 45-16. The Ferret Curse struck again as they started Geno Smith, who was promptly benched for Vick. Gates continues to be the Team MVP as he caught 2 more TDs to give him 9 TDs already on the season. The Chicago Crew combined for 22 points although Gould only had one point and newly acquired Marshall had 0.
Crew now trail the 7-1 Animals by 2 games at 5-3 while the Ferrets and Chislers only hope is for a wild card spot at 3-5.
Eastern Bloc
In the Eastern Bloc we had a battle for Mother Russia and a battle between old Axis power buddies in Germany and Italy...
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| Rodgers injury still in question. |
The
Krauts didn't mess around with their good buddy from the wine country sweeping the
Juggernauts in impressive fashion. Game one the Krauts won 27-7 in Berlin getting 12 points from Rodgers while the only points from the Juggernauts was from their Kicker Bailey. This prompted one of the biggest (and most creative video) fires sales ever! With this many great players up for trade it was hard to believe the Juggs have managed only 1 win on the season. Marshall, Bryant, Bell brothers (Joique and Labia) Maclin...By the time game two rolled around back in Rome, the Krauts had no problem with a picked over remains of the Juggernauts 50-13. This was with only 10 points from Rodgers. The Krauts were lead by 12 points from former Ferret, former Juggernaut, Maclin. The Krauts had 3 players in double digits (Rodgers-10, Maclin-12, "Mother" Tucker -10) plus a defensive TD in OT for the Vikings helped too!
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| Lenin and Stalin...who gains power in Russia? |
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| Manning doing all he can |
In the battle for Mother Russia game one was held in Leningrad as the
Cocktails hosted the
Roulette lead by Peyton Manning. The Roulette made sure that the Cocktails need to respect the top team in the Soviet Union. Cocktails were fired up and already celebrating their win as they got 12 from Romo and then TDs from Wallace, Wright and 6 more from Cundiff up 30-12. Well the Roulette came Sunday night with their dangerous Bronco fire power of Manning, Hillman and Welker. Manning would throw for 4 TDs, Hillman would score 2 TDs and Welker another one, for a total of 34 points to give them the 46-30 lead. Cocktails would add just 6 more from Foster and the Roulette left them remembering Stalin! The next week would be in Moscow and the Roulette would be heavy favorites to complete the sweep. But the Cocktails would prove they are a team to be reckoned with in Russia as Foster scored 18 huge points to give them the 36-24 win over the Roulette in Moscow. Manning came through for the Roulette with 12 points but Hillman and Welker came up empty and was the difference. However the Roulette made their mark even in a loss hammering Romo all game long, knocking him out of the game for a while and is yet to be determined if he will play next week.
So after it is all said and done the Krauts and Roulette lead the East at 5-3, both fielding impressive offenses. Don't count out the Cocktails at 3-5 only 2 games back and now has the #3 offense in the CFFL.
Sad Sack South
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| The deadly Bees sideways 10 point connection |
Oh the South...I feel like a broken record talking about the South every year, but its because its the same shit every year. After the home and home series it appears that the
Bees are well in control of the South and with the #1 offense in the CFFL shouldn't have any trouble winning this division. They swept the
Mayhem and may have put the Mayhem out of playoff contention. Game one the Bees had to hang on to win 35-31 as the Mayhem had Bullock on Monday night kicking in 11 points to make the game closer than it really was. The Bees key to success is the Colts with Luck and Bradshaw who combined for 20 points in game one. Game two would be closer and actually as close as the score indicated as the Bees won 33-32. Again Luck and Bradshaw combined for 18 points and one of the TD passes went to Mayhem TY Hilton! But the final TD pass from Luck in garbage time against the Steelers was the difference to win the game for the Bees and put them in the driver seat of the South.
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| Ingram scores winning TD! |
Home and Home Brother Battle between the
Dragons and
Titans usually mean the Dragons get back in the hunt. Game one would go per usual, although it was closer than anticipated as the Dragons edged the Titans 17-15 getting their only points from their QB Tannehill and Kicker, Sturgis. The Titans at least fielded a team of players that all were playing that week, I think, and still only managed 15 points. In Game 2 the Titans would pull off the upset over the hapless Dragons 21-19. It came down to the Sunday Night game with the Dragons up 19-15 as the Titans had Ingram and the Dragons had Colston. Ingram would score to give the Titans the last minute victory as Colston didn't score, and has been a disappointment all year...actually for a few years now.
While the Dragons are not out of it sitting two games back at 3-5 to the 5-3 Killer Bees, but haven't showed they have the offense to make a run for a playoff spot. However, stranger things have happened in the CFFL...
Wild Wild West
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| Brady and Gronk connect 3 times! |
Is the West the best division in the CFFL? Well they are the only division to have all 4 teams .500 or better. West Division leading
Sinistars would take on the
Bums who were one game behind them and a big game for the Bums to tie the Sinistars for first place. Bums would deliver in game one getting 14 huge points from Russell "Not black enough" Wilson and 6 from Jamaal Charles and Randall Cobb. Tom Brady for the Sinistars would score 12 points but couldn't get much more help from the rest of the roster and failed to hit Gronkowski for the coveted 10 point connection. Well the Sinistars would not be very happy with the results of game one and would come back in the second game and laid a 50-burger on the Bums beating them 57-35. 38 of the 57 points came from their Patriots as Brady hit Gronk for 3 TDs and would have 5 TD passes all together. They also got 12 points from their defense the Dolphins (who we all thought were on the Titans or Dragons). A waste of a good performance from the Bums with 12 from Charles, 6 from Tate and Cobb.
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| Fantasy Gods say "I don't think so!" |
Crush and
Mafia squared off and the Mafia surprised the Crush in game one 24-21 lead by 12 points from Forte and they survived the ill advised roster move of starting Matt Ryan (4) over Eli "Mouth Breather" Manning (12). Sammy Watkins was the only bright spot for the Crush in this game scoring 12 points. The loss by the Crush moved them to 4-3 and for some reason prompted them to issue a fire sale of their team. How does a team still above .500 decide to give up on the season...Well it is the Crush we are talking about. The Fantasy Gods would not be happy with this move and make the Crush pay for it in the following week. The Mafia and Crush would battle to a 35-35 tie in regulation. Drew Brees helped in making that tie with 12 points on Sunday Night and couldn't get just one more TD pass to win the game. Oh and let us not forget the show boating Sammy Watkins who thought he had a TD and began celebrating on the 10 yard line and would be caught from behind and not score...which would have been the difference in the game and give the Crush the win. In OT the home team Mafia would win as Dan Carpenter kicked for 13 points.
The Mafia sweep of the Crush move them to 5-3 only a game behind the Sinistars in the West, tied with the Bums. Crush still in it at 4-4 but the Fantasy Gods are not happy with them and could spell trouble for the rest of the year...
Power Rankings:
1. Alex Animals 7-1 Hard to not rank the Animals, winners of 7 straight, number 1
2. Killer Bees 5-3 Now that they have won 3 in a row and likely win the division the number one offense Bees could be odds on favorite to win it all
3. Sinistars 6-2 On fire Brady and healthy Gronkowski could mean trouble for Sinistar opponents, plus DeMarco Murray..geez...
4. Bacardi Bums 5-3 Playing in the tough west they haven't scored less than 31 points since week 3.
5. Wrecking Crew 5-3 Crew fate depends on the Chicago Crew (Cutler, Marshall, Bennett and Gould), but don't overlook the TE duo of Gates and Graham.
6. Krauts 5-3 After putting up 50 points this week there is some concern about leading scorer Rodgers hammy
7. Roulette 5-3 How this team hasn't scored more points with Manning is still a mystery.
