MONKEYS SCARE THE NIGHTHAWKS - AGAIN
Cats ghost to another win - again.
Week 11 in Subsim Fantasy Football and before we get to gobble down and give thanks, we have to go around the grounds and find out who choked, who spilled their dessert, and who got lucky and advanced to the playoffs.
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Texas. It was hot and steamy, an unusual weather pattern had settled over the ground. The air hung heavy, and the men were stretching their collars to let the sweat run down. On the field, the Guns of Hochuli were hosting the visiting Taipans. The Gunners have made pop appearances this year, making advances on the waiver wire, but they left the Rams (DEF) as starters while they were on vacation. The Gunners got some unheralded support though from the Taipans who started the Bills (DEF) who recorded the first negative score of the year, -4, to shorten the field for Coach Casey. Nick Chubb (RB) carried the ball for the Gunners, but he was the only stand out performer on the team. Conversely, the Taipans Patrick Mahonnes (QB) once again struggled as the back up QB, and the Taipans needed the combined force of McCafferty and Nixon (RB) to cool the night night off and hand the Gunners another loss. The win becomes significant as it elevates the Taipans to 4-0 within the division, and depending on other games, enables the Taipans to be the first team to clinch a playoff berth this year. Australian Taipans hold off the late charging Gunners 155 - 121.
In North Carolina, the Black Cats were hosting the visiting Who Dat Nation. This game has significance to play off seeding as both team are still in contention, ghosting their way through the season into the play offs. Both the Cats and the Nation benched their starting quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murry respectively, and let the game play out with second grade players. Austin Eckler (RB) was the single stand out player of the game, as the Black Cats stormed through the Who Dat Nation Rises Again to a lopsided win of 152 - 84.
Best match of the weekend was the Drunk Monkeys hosting the Helmand Nighthawks. The Monkeys have shown that on their own, they are the best damm ghost team in the league, and with a performance like this year, they easily could have won every single game. As it is, they have already defeated the Helmand Nighthawks twice this year, a third victory to the Monkeys would throw the countback for the division into turmoil with the Monkeys holding the decider. Johnathon Taylor (RB) came out and had a second career day against the Nighthawks, ringing up 59 points on his own. Monkeys would need every one of those points as they had three players on vacation not starting the game. Playing three men up the Nighthawks trailed the Monkeys significantly through the weekend, and it was not until late Sunday that Tyree Hill (WR) was able to bring the Nighthawks within scoring distance of the final score. The Monkeys had no one scheduled for Monday night, whereas the Nighthawks had Terrific Tom Brady (QB) just waiting to unleash, covering the deficit before too long. Brady (QB) would go on to make the scoreline respectable, after it looked like being a thriller. Final score, the Helmand Nighthawks defeat the Drunk Monkeys 140 - 113.
With the week 11 scores in the book, we now have to start looking at what this means for the league.
The win by the Taipans elevated them to 8-3 but at 4-0 within the division, they become the first team to secure a playoff berth. Their final seeding will be decided over the next two weeks.
The Helmand Nighthawks, although having defeated the Taipans twice this year, are a game behind at 7-4. the Nighthawks are fighting for their lives to win the division as the other teams the keep winning unexpectedly. The win over the Drunk Monkeys means that the tie breaker is still undecided in the division.
The Black Cats come in as the third seed this week at 6-5 and are the best placed ghost team in the league. They're in the same division as the Nighthawks are are still contending to win the division. If the Nighthawks let the Cats win the division, in all probability, those two teams will meet in the first round of the playoffs.
After this it gets a little murkier and hard to decipher. The Who Dat Nation Rises, Guns of Hochuli and Drunk Monkeys are all tied at sub .500%. The Nation are the powerhouse team but without their Coach, they're just another ghost team. The Monkeys for the umpteenth season are running on good intentions only, it's the Guns of Hochuli that's unknown. Coach Casey has made waiver wire moves during the season and just a few more corrections could see this team still make the playoffs.
With week 12 being the longest weekend of football for the year, we looked at the forthcoming matches and picked the Australian Taipans at home against the Black cats for the match of the week. The Taipans playing in a rented stadium will start underdogs to the Black Cats, as the Taipans have been riddled with injuries at running back. Their quarter backs have been hit and miss, and the wide receiving corp barely able to score. The Black Cats need to beat the Taipans to stop them from winning the division, which could be wrapped up this weekend.
Each week, the Associated Subsim Writers (ASW) will nominated their Most Valuable Torpedo (MVT) of the week, the single player who proved decisive in their teams performance.
For the effort of 50 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns, 6 receptions for 65 yards and another 2 touchdowns, for a total of 41.50 points, the Week Eleven MVT goes to Austin Eckler (RB) of the Black Cats.
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