The Week That Was in Fantasy League Football

The Eastern Division Champion Pimps earned the franchise's first ever Super Bowl berth this week by stopping the fiesty Abstract Machines, 43-35. After giving up 17 more points than they scored on offense, The Pimps used a 21-point differential on defense to send the Machines packing.

Marshall Faulk and Brad Johnson exploded out of the gate for the visiting Machines, stinging The Pimps for 19 and 13 points, respectively. Corey Dillon (7 points) and Marvin Harrison (9) kept pressing the assault until the Machines had a whopping 58 offensive points. The home club kept their cool, however, and used solid showings of their own to claw their way back into the game. Sophomore phenom Shaun Alexander led the rally with 13 points, while quarterback Mark Brunell (7 points) and kicker Jeff Wilkens (8) did their part to close the gap. The offense got it just close enough for The Pimps' heralded Packer defense, who posted a banner day effort of 26 points. The Machines Rams' squad, which had posted 16 points a week ago in the win over Thomas, was held to a paltry 5 against The Pimps and could only watch as the offense's lead and possible Super Bowl berth slipped away. That fine defensive effort by the cheeseheads earned The Pimps their ninth win in ten games and, more importantly, a ticket to the biggest game of all -- Super Bowl V.

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The three-time Western Division Champion and reigning World Champion Irwin Hellions have earned a shot to defend their league title on the grandest of stages after subduing Pirk's Wicked Oil Profiteer$, 25-6, in Championship Week. Irwin used a huge defensive effort to limit the P.W.O.P. to their lowest point total of the season and snap their five-game winning streak.

Ronde Barber was relentless in the secondary for the Hellions' Buccaneer defense, intercepting three passes and leading the 23-point defensive assault against the visiting P.W.O.P.. The Profiteer$' own Raider "D" stripped Irwin of 14 points, but fell far short of matching the Bucs' intensity and aggressiveness. On the other side of the ball, Brett Favre - last season's Super Bowl MVP - outdueled Pirk's Jeff Garcia 10-7 while posting the game's offensive high mark. He was backed by a strong showing on the ground, as Curtis Martin (8 points) and Dominic Rhodes (6 points) outperformed Ahman Green (9 points) and surprise starter Trung Candidate, who got shut out while in place for Emmitt Smith and Mike Alstott. Neither receiving corps posted newsworthy numbers, but P.W.O.P. place-kicker was spotted his 7 points since Irwin didn't field a kicker. Yet all told, the Profiteer$ lacked the necessary offensive firepower to overcome Favre, the Tampa Bay defense, and home field advantage. The Hellhole came alive as the final gun sounded and fans poured onto the field, celebrating Irwin's return trip to the Super Bowl. The loss is the tenth in eleven all-time games against Irwin and represents a rather anticlimactic end for P.W.O.P.'s otherwise incredible 2001 campaign. As for the Hellions, they'll immediately begin preparing for a rematch with The Pimps, who bested them 37-27 back in Week 10.

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