(WatchBlog McGee is a fictionalized blogger but reports on actual, flesh and bone, real-life fantasy football leagues. This year, he is embedded deep in the CFFFL, and will be periodically blogging on league matters.)
WatchBlog here again. The late games of the weekend came down to the wire. Let’s get to it.
Honey, can you hear me?
The Badger lost again, and the Puppies won again. Nothing surprising. What was surprising is that the Badger actually would have been the highest scoring CFFFL team of the week had they played their optimal lineup. What was also surprising was that the Puppies didn’t come close to their weekly average of 119.05 points, and instead only scored 84.36. Nevertheless, instead of an exciting victory by the biggest underdog vs. the most dominant team of the league, we got the same old Puppies’ win, and the same old Badger indifference. Chronos, if you are still out there, the CFFFL still needs you...
King of the Jungle?
The Lions started the season off hot with 3 wins in a row. Since then, they have done nothing but lose, and this week was no exception. The Lions had the advantage in week 6 of being one of only 2 CFFFL teams that had no players on a BYE. However, when you have bad starters, not having any on a BYE is not very helpful, just ask the other team with no BYE players this week, the PlowBoys. The loss means the 47ers will leapfrog the Lions in the 4 Cooks and a Johnson Division (4CJD), and leave the Lions clinging to the last playoff position. The 47ers had to hang on to win Monday night, as the Lions made a late charge to only lose by 5. In his customary cocky style, 47ers manager Jerry “it ain’t over ‘til I get bored paying attention to it” Cook was already making statements concerning his week 7 game even before his week 6 game with the Lions had been decided. Had the managers met midfield after this contest, surely a slap hand shake and back shove would have been witnessed.
Can we play this team every week?
In the most dramatic game of the weekend, Easily Offensive overcame a 21.38 point deficit on Monday night to pull out a 9+ point win. The win was a critical one for the Offensives as their playoff hopes were fading as fast as their dismal winning percentage. It was only their 2nd win of the season, and it was against the only CFFFL team they’ve beaten this year, Cousin Mose & Me.
In an odd bit of symmetry, the Cousins only 2 losses for the season have been to the Offensives whose only 2 wins have been at the expense of the Cousins. The Cousins will maintain their second place position in the 5 Cooks Division (5CD) but will fall to 4th overall in the CFFFL. Next week’s matchup between the Cousins and the Hunters could still be for 1st place in the 5CD, but due to the Cousin’s week 6 loss, they can only vault the Hunters with a win of approximately 52 or more points. When asked if he thought his team could beat the Hunters by 52 points in week 7, Gary “I’ll play anyone who isn’t Easily Offensive” Cook reportedly said: “even for fantasy, that is a ridiculous question.”
WatchBlog out.
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