UPSETS OR EXPECTATIONS
...as we ghost towards the playoffs..
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Week Eight in the Subsim Fantasy Football League. We're heading towards the playoffs and there are two teams starting to distance themselves form the rest of the pack. One we expected to be leading the pack, but is not. The other was expected to be in the pack, but is leading. What's going on?
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Look around the league on any given weekend during the season and you'll see a number of things - teams expected to win, teams expected to not to win, and somewhere between the two, are teams who upset the views. Such was the case with our Match of the day in Texas as the Guns of Hochuli hosted the Who Dat Nation. The Nation were clearly expected to win this one, perhaps even trounced all over the Gunners, but Coach Casey shows that when you come to Texas, everything is bigger - including the Gunners....err, Guns. The Nation started first with their potential MVP player Kyler Murray (QB) on Thursday night - who didn't have a good game, but scored some points Opposing him was the other potential MVP player, Josh Allen (QB) who came out and started the trouncing. (Trouncing: the act of being trounced.) With the nation sending two of their players on vacation this week, the nation were playing from behind the whole way. The Gunners, while they had no players off on vacation were easily able to send the Who Dat Nation packing back to Oregon handing them an unexpected L. Final score in Texas, The Guns of Hochuli defeat the Who Dat nation Rises 146 - 88.
In Southern California, the Taipans got some most welcome news with the lifting of travel restrictions to and from Australia. The Taipans currently have a lease on the Los Angeles Coliseum and may be able to return home later this year. For the time being though, they're playing at "home" in Los Angeles and welcomed the Drunk Monkeys to the cauldron for a sound beating. As we outlined at the start of the report, this was one of those games where the team expected to win did, and did so in fine form. the Drunk Monkeys, renown for being the best damm ghost team int h history of the league, had four (4) players out on vacation. Four! You can't win with half a team, you can't event compete with half a team, so the Monkeys unexpectedly fell to the hand of the Australian Taipans. Final score at the Coliseum, Australian Taipans hand the Drunk Monkeys an ass whopping 170-105.
Across the country in the Carolina's the Black Cats welcomed the Helmand Nighthawks to the fray in what is turning into a interesting battle. The Black Cats have taken some wins away from teams that were expected to win, and the Nighthawks, while on a roll, have not shown the same domination that they have held for the last few years. The Nighthawks however rolled into town and decimated the Black cats, putting paid to their loss earlier int he season. This one wasn't even close. The Helmand Nighthawks soundly defeat the Black Cats 166 - 105.
We're at the end of week eight and after a shaky start in the first three weeks, the league is starting to space themselves out and form up for the play offs.
The Australian Taipans of Southern California lead the league at 6-2 after their defeat of divisional rivals this week. The Taipans hold a two game lead over their nearest divisional rival.
One game back at 5-3 the Helmand Nighthawks who are beginning to streak back to their rightful position after a couple of unexpected losses. Their defeat of the Black cats this week puts them at the top of the division and now they have the tiebreaker evened against the Cats. The Nighthawks will probably need to defeat the Black Cats later int he season for the divisional title.
The Black Cats and the Guns of Hochuli are both at 4-4 and occupy second place in their respective divisions, with the Cats holding the tie breaker against the Gunners. The Cats have clawed their way forward, somewhat unexpectedly with a couple of surprising and unexpected wins, as they continue to ghost along.
Currently in a free fall at 3-5 are the Who Dat Nation. Coach Field for Blood's absence continues to mimics the ghost teams, and we're beginning to wonder if the Coach has abandoned his team.
And bringing up the tail, again, are the Drunk Monkeys at 2-6. The best damm team that has ever ghosted a league, each year we ask the same question - and this year is no exception. Just how good could this team be if their Coach showed up.
Next week we go back up to Oregon again where the Who Dat Nation are hosting the Australian Taipans. the nation, already, are starting as favorites for this match. The Nation can stop their free fall and get back into the hunt for the Torpedo Bowl while the Taipans are in a position to put away the Nation from contesting the #1 seed. It looks to be a solid game and we'll be there to catch all the action.
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.
We have our first repeat winner for the season this week. normally the repeat winners would be a sign that the team is gong to the playoffs, but we're not quite ready to award that just yet, so we'll stay with the MVT. For the effort of 249 yards and 2 touchdowns, and rushing for 55 yards and 1 touchdown , for a total of 33.46 points, the Week Eight MVT goes to Josh Allen (QB) of the Guns of Hochuli.
