CFFL Week 10

Week 10 in the CFFL is Salute to Service as we take a look at 4 close games that went down to the wire...

Salute to Service

Wrecking Crew 16 Sinistars 15
While this might not have been the most exciting game as it went on, it had a hell of a finish.  Scoring was at a premium as neither team could find the end zone.  But going into Sunday Night it would be Tom Brady for the Sinistars vs. C-Mike for the Crew.  Truly the Crew were in trouble as they held on to a slim one point lead and Michael was sidelined with a hamstring issue (then later would be waived...what the hell is up with that??).  Tom Brady wouldn't be shut out would he?  Well as the game went on it was one of the Patriot games where they just run it in.  Until the final drive of the game, the Patriots were on the one.  Brady Sneak..Stuff!  Brady sneak...fumble! But Brady would recover.  4th down and goal to go and Brady throws the dreaded 50/50 and its incomplete with no time left!  The Crew hang on by the skin of their teeth.

Brady leaves the field with a big fat ZERO

Roulette 34 Titans 33
Titans would give the Roulette everything they could handle making them want to play Russian roulette for real.  While they seemed to have the game in control with 14 points from Rodgers including a 10 point play to Nelson, plus 14 points from their kicker Hopkins.  The Titans wouldn't go away quietly as they started racking up points with their Dolphin connection of Tannehill and "Beans and" Franks after Willie Snead caught 2 TD passes.  Tannehill hit 2 TDs and just needed a third to pull off the upset.  He would come up short and the Roulette survived and are now sole possession of first place in the East.

Nelson scores a 10 point connection

Dragons 37 Krauts 32
This was potentially the game of the week, going late into the Super Moon Monday night.  Krauts would take a 10 point lead behind 12 points from Roethlisberger, 6 from Williams and 6 from kicker "Lamebo" Lambo.  Down by 10, the Dragons had Manning, Beckham and Gould.  All it would take is one TD pass to Beckham to take the lead.  Manning would toss 1 TD, but not to Beckham,  to pull the Dragons to within 5, 26-21.  Finally Manning would find Beckham for the 11 point connection taking a 32-26 lead and seemingly the game.  But the Krauts would not go quietly into the super moon night as Jeremy Hill would scamper in for a TD to tie the game at 32!!!  But Manning wasn't done firing in the game winning TD pass late in the game.  Dragons prevail 37-32 and remain tied in the South with the Mayhem.

Beckham celebrates the game winner

Chislers 31 Crush 28
Would it be another Monday Night Jam for the Chislers.  Who in past Monday Nights would be burned by kickers and lose by a point time and time again.  The Chislers had no one left, but the Crush had both A.J. Green and Eifert.  It would not look good for the Chislers as right away the Crush would get a TD from Green to pull with in 3.  Just one TD from either Green or Eifert would spell dome for the Chislers and end in another Monday Night Jam.  The game would go on and on, but Chisler luck finally returned, as Green and Eifert would not score the rest of the night, although had plenty of chances.  Chislers keep pace with the Crew and the Crush fall to 8-2 and are only 1 game ahead of the Mafia.

Rivers smells victory for the Chislers

Around the League...Juggernauts hammered the hapless Bees 48-19.  They had three players in double digits; Flacco-13, Bell-12, and Succop-11...Cocktails couldn't mount a huge comeback on Monday night as they rested their comeback hopes on the shoulders of "Malachi" Dalton.  That was their first mistake.  Mayhem would get a 16 point performance from Mariota that the Cocktails couldn't overcome...Mafia would blow this game wide open Sunday night with 3 TDs from Blount.  They needed them all to keep the biting and scratching Ferrets from coming back to steal this game as Russell Wilson had 12 points for the Ferrets.  Mafia hang on 49-38...The Bums suddenly have put together a couple of wins and are not an easy team to play.  This week, despite 10 points from Newton and 14 from Ryan Mathews, the Animals found out how tough the Bums have become.  With a nice combo of Prescott (8) and Elliott (18), they rolled...

Blount scores 3 times.  He was a BEAST!!!!

Not much change in the playoff picture but has tightened up with 7 teams at 6-4, plus Bums right there at 5-5.  Mayhem have moved into the Wild Card position while the Krauts have not dropped to In the Hunt, outside looking in:

Division Leaders                 Wild Cards           In the hunt
Crush (8-2)                         Mafia (7-3)            Chislers (6-4)
Roulette (7-3)                     Sinistars (6-4)        Krauts (6-4)
Wrecking Crew (6-4)         Mayhem (6-4)        Bums (5-5)
Dragons (6-4)                     Cocktails (6-4)       Juggernauts (4-6)