Pirk's Wicked Oil Profiteer$ turned Purgatory Field into a track meet and then won the race convincingly, running past the Irwin Hellions 57-34 in Week 5's Game of the Week.

For the second time this season, five P.W.O.P. offensive starters reached double digit points in a victory. Quarterback Steve McNair passed for a team-high 15, and Halfbacks Ahman Green and Travis Henry had 12 and 11, respectively. Randy Moss brought in 10 more and kicker Rian Lindell put 10 through the uprights. In the midst of all the damage from the offense, receiver Robert Ferguson was shut out for the second straight week. Not that that's any consolation to the Hellions, who fell behind early and never recovered. Brett Favre led the home team with 10 points, and Jimmy Smith -- fresh off his four-game suspension -- brought in 7. Edgerrin James was a game-time scratch, however, and left the Hellions without a running game. Even the heralded Tampa Bay defense had a difficult time with P.W.O.P. offense, stripping away only 3 irrelevant points.

The win is the third straight in the series for Pirk, who move to an impressive mark of 4-1. Irwin, losing yet again at home during the Game of the Week, drops to 3-2.

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The Pimps played arguably their best game in a month and then withstood a C.W.O.T. rally before earning a 26-22 decision over division rival Jody. Down by nine going into Monday night, Jody's Martin Gramatica booted five extra points but missed two long-shot long field goal attempts from 58 and 60 yards, sending the C.W.O.T. to their second straight loss.

The Pimps welcomed Shaun Alexander back into the lineup after his bye week and responded with a solid 7 point effort from the backfield. Peerless Price clocked in for his best game of the season, scoring a team-high 11 points. Fellow receiver Rod Smith and newly signed kicker John Kasay had 8 apiece, but quarterback Tommy Maddox had a horrible day, coughing up 3 points to the C.W.O.T. Jody's Aaron Brooks managed to post 6 points a week after posting minus-5, and Deuce McAllister and Moe Williams combined for 20 more to keep the game close. That was when The Pimps' Cowboy defense -- making its first start of the year -- secured the win by out slugging Jody's Dolphin squad 22-13.

The win snaps The Pimps' two-game losing streak and keeps them atop the Eastern Division at 3-2. The loss, Jody's 10th straight to The Pimps in the regular season, drops the C.W.O.T. a game back at 2-3.

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The Piana Raze continued their improbable start, holding off the Anderson Brewmeisters at Saint Arnold Stadium, 43-37.

The visiting Raze engineered a very balanced attack on offense, as Jake Plummer, Tiki Barber, and Marty Booker each contributed 8 points. Wideout Donald Driver chipped in another seven and placekicker Jason Elam booted 12 more as Piana built up a 29-point lead after Sunday. Contributing to the deficit was the sub par play of the Brewmeister backfield; LaDainian Tomlinson and Charlie Garner were held to a combined 9 points a week after going for 23 against the Figs. Against unthinkable odds, Peyton Manning led a heroic comeback under the Monday Night lights. Manning (12 points), Mike Vanderjagt (8), and Keyshawn Johnson (3) played inspired football to get back 23 points, but in the end it just wasn't enough.

The loss drops Anderson back under .500 and out of first place in the East. With the win, Piana improves to 4-1 and is off to its best start in franchise history.

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Don't write off the Bock Boys just yet. Thomas used a huge second half to catapult them past the Abstract Machines, 44-41, in a Western Division showdown.

The hometown Machines ran out to an early lead behind Trent Green's 8 points and the Raider defense's 13. Yet no one else stepped up to deliver the final blow, and Thomas surged back. Quincy Carter got his second straight start at QB and made the most of the opportunity, throwing and scrambling for 10 points. Priest Holmes (4 points) was held in check for the second straight week, but the four-receiver set picked up the slack. Andre Davis and Tony Gonzales had 5 apiece, and David Boston returned from his suspension with a monster 14-point afternoon effort. Yet the game ball just might have to go to Keenan McCardell, who did just enough Monday Night (11 points) to keep the Bock Boys in front of the Machines when Marvin Harrison put the pressure on with 15 of his own.

The win is the second in three weeks for the defending division champs, who have clawed their way into a tie with the Abstract Machines at 2-3. The Machines have now lost consecutive games despite scoring 40+ points in each.

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The goalposts came down Sunday as the Naughty Figs won their first game of the season and first ever over the Sims Stereco, 50-37. In the wake of a record-setting 60-point defeat last week, the Figs rebounded in style by handing the defending Super Bowl Champions to their third loss of the season.

The Fig halfback tag-team of Clinton Portis and Fred Taylor finally lived up to expectations, combining for 28 points in the upset. While Matt Hasselbeck and his receivers struggled all day, kicker Sebastian Janikowski benefited from stalled drives, booting a team-high 16 points. Sims got 10 from his own placekicker, but ultimately failed to match the Figs' offensive assault. Stephen Davis and Ricky Williams combined for 15 out of the backfield, and Drew Bledsoe and Terrell Owens had 7 apiece in the loss. Sims' underachieving Falcon unit also lost the defensive battle to the Figs' Bills team, 9-5. The win keeps the 1-4 Figs two games back of the division leading Pimps and just a game removed from the inconsistent Stereco.

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