With their backs to the wall after an 0-2 start, the defending Western Division Champion Bock Boys answered the bell in Round 3 without authority, dropping the high-octane Profiteer$, 33-10, in the Week 3 Game of the Week.

Thomas' offense was once again lead by the unstoppable Priest Holmes, who tagged P.W.O.P. for a game-high 13 points. Kicker Jeff Wilkins was second on the team with 11, and quarterback Daunte Culpepper scored 9 more before leaving the game with a back injury. P.W.O.P., meanwhile, seemed to lose some of its magic from the first two weeks. Ahman Green was held to a pedestrian 3 points and Travis Henry actually cost his team 2 points by throwing an interception before leaving with an injury of his own. Hines Ward emerged as the team's leading scorer with only 5. The Profiteer$ did manage to salvage a small victory on the defensive side of the ball, where their Titan squad held back the Bock Boys new Seahawk unit 17-12, but the game ultimately belonged to the visitors.

The win is Thomas' first since their Week 13 defeat of P.W.O.P. -- in Oil Town, nonetheless -- from last season. As a result, the defending division champs improve to 1-2. And after combining for more than 90 points in their first two weeks, the Profiteer$ are held to 10 and fall from the dwindling ranks of the unbeaten.

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As an encore to last week's gritty win over the Hellions at Purgatory Field, the Abstract Machines returned home and scored a hard-fought 23-13 victory over The East-leading Pimps.

The game was ugly and physical, and points were hard to come by. Pimp receiver Isaac Bruce led all scorers with 7 points and was backed by 6 more from quarterback Tommy Maddox. The Machines were lead by by receiver Darrell Jackson and kicker Morten Anderson, who scored 6 apiece. After combining for 15 points a week ago, Marshall Faulk and Corey Dillon were held to 3 before both backs were forced from the game with injury. The Pimps' Rod Smith also made a quick exit via ejection after punching the Ref during a confrontation. The Machines pulled away on defense, where their Ravens squad outperformed The Pimps' Packers unit 9-2 to secure the win.

The loss is the first of the season for The Pimps and only their second to the Machine franchise in seven years. The victory is the second straight for the Machines, who move to 2-1 and into a share of the Western lead.

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The Irwin Hellions put a stop to their home losing streak in grand fashion, nearly shutting out the Anderson Brewmeisters en route to an impressive 21-2 victory.

Defense was front and center for this interdivisional contest. Anderson's Steeler team had its best outing of the season, stripping 16 away from the Hellions. That effort, however, paled in comparison to Irwin's Buccaneer team, who ambushed the visitors for an astounding 26 points. Brewmeisters LaDainian Tomlinson (11 points) and Peyton Manning (8) did their best to help avoid the franchise's first shutout. From the other sideline, the Hellions' young receivers continued to impress, with second-round pick Andre Johnson leading the way with a career-high 11 point effort. Yet this win -- much like their first in the season's opening week -- should be credited to the Hellions' amazing defense.

The loss is the second straight for the Brewskies, who drop to 1-2 on the year. Adding insult to injury, the 2 points scored is the lowest total in Anderson franchise history. The Hellions, meanwhile, rebound from their Week 2 setback against the Machines to improve to 2-1.

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Lookout FLF -- the Piana Raze are hot, or at least by team standards. The rebuilding Raze burned the defending Super Bowl Champion Sims Stereco at En Fuego Field, 42-21, to earn their second win of the season. Last year, it took Piana a full 13 weeks to score Victory No. 2 in a very forgettable campaign.

The Raze apparently are also ready to forget Kurt Warner, cutting the injured former star and signing Brad Johnson to start behind center. Johnson, the third different starting QB in as many weeks, was impressive in his Raze debut, scoring a much-needed 10 points. Jamal Lewis, a week removed from a monster 22-point effort, rumbled through the middle of the Stereco defense for an additional 10, and second-round pick Ashlie Lelie brought down 9 more in the rout. Stereco quarterback Drew Bledsoe had a horrible day, coughing up a pair of points to the Piana "D". Ricky Williams and Amani Toomer combined for 16 points, but it wasn't near enough to avoid the blowout

The loss drops the Stereco to 1-2, while the win bumps the now 2-1 Raze into a four-way tie atop the Western Division.

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Jody's Colossal Waste of Time went old school on the Naughty Figs this week, using a suffocating Dolphin defense to hand the struggling Figs their third straight loss to open the season.

After posting a disappointing two-week total of 1 point to start the year, Jody's Dolphin squad took out their frustration on the Figs, stripping a game-breaking 25 points from the home team. The Figs' Bills defense, by contrast, had a very respectable 14-point effort in the loss. Matt Hasselbeck, starting in place of a benched Rich Gannon, scored a team-high 10 points for the Figs, and receiver Koren Robinson put up an additional 8. Jody countered with 8 apiece from Aaron Brooks and Eddie George to keep pace, yet it was the Dolphin defense that provided the knockout blow.

The win is the second straight for the Colossal Waste of Time and first within their division. The stumbling Figs drop to a league worst 0-3 with the loss.

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