A belated Happy Halloween to one and all! I hope you guys had a good time, whether you escorted kiddos from house to house (like Brent) or partied with other adults (like Scotty). They each had some pretty cool pictures, which I’ll let them share in the chat if they choose to do so. Me? I escorted kids around various neighborhoods for close to two hours. Wifey snapped this pic of me after I got home. Look at the fun I was having!
Sticking with the Halloween motif, it was a scary week of football for Packer Hater. After losing his first game of the season in Week Seven, Alex was looking to rebound against my inferior QB Farm Team. What should have been a cakewalk became a helluva matchup on MNF. In the end, Packer Hater was able to withstand the onslaught from Gibbs, sneaking past me, 120.94 – 116.10. Could be I shouldn’t have called him a charlatan last week? Maybe this week I’ll just be like Mila and…
From scares we go to chills, as in: it’s chilling to think that ZaWood was an early-season darling taking bad beats and that maybe, just maybe, he would start turning it around at some point. Nope. Instead of spending some of those picks to plug the holes on his roster, he’s gotten so bad he let the damned Science Walrus get his first win of the season, 111.70 – 80.24! The shame of his most recent loss has the Woodster just a tad bit frustrated.
Next up, Evil Empire showed just what a monster his team can be. Normally someone would be sunk if Davante Adams and Patrick Mahomes combined for 7 measly points on the week. Not so with Scotty O. Despite the low score from two of his stars, he *still* put up a massive total, winning The Battle of the Scotts, 149.10 – 100.08. Now, even though Evil Empire and Growler Prowler are sworn enemies on the field, it’s good to see ole Skeletor had it in his shriveled heart to show his opponent some good sportsmanship once the week was over. Lord knows the league lush needed it.
One need look no further for something ghastly than Buzzystinger’s starting lineup. After offloading Henry and Diggs (this after also losing Rodgers and Chubb early in the season), it’s a veritable house of horrors for Bryon right now. The Analrapist took advantage of his friend’s ineptitude to notch his third victory in a row, 110.08 – 82.86, and move into fifth place overall. Congrats are in order, I suppose, if beating Growler, ZaWood, and Buzzy can be seen as an achievement?
And last, we come to some rather thrilling thrills. Puff’s Punishers and Urban Achievers are not only two of the top teams in this league, but they have a *ton* of history: their parents are best friends and they’ve pretty much known each other from birth, so while they’re normally very close friends, there’s no love lost between these two on game day. As you can imagine, the shit-talking comes fast and furious, and never more so than a week like this. Back and forth these titans battled as the scores got higher and higher. It became apparent on Sunday night that these two would be the high scorers for the week. The irresistible force meeting the immovable object. Even 175.34 points didn’t look safe for Redman going into MNF, as Puffy was only 16 points behind and still had the Sun God going. It looked doubly bad when St Brown had 10 points almost immediately. The talk ratcheted up even more…and then, the points just dried up. Gibbs had a career game, ARSB only got another 3 points, and Redman came away with the win, 175.34 – 173.12. It looked like Josh might offer up a lame excuse during their post-game handshake, but Red had had enough chatter for one week.
Best of luck in Week 9, fellas!
Andy
The Terrible Ten 