The West-leading Irwin Hellions used a miraculous Monday Night comeback to nip the East-leading Anderson Brewmeisters, 18-17, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. The Hellions managed to stuff Anderson's ground game almost entirely, holding LaDainian Tomlinson to a single point and Brian Westbrook to 5. Yet Anderson took the lead through the air thanks to having the two highest-scoring Week 7 receivers (Santana Moss and Donald Driver, both with 9). Torry Holt, however, was a costly game-time scratch.

Irwin struggled to keep up offensively, particularly with Anderson's Lions defense bringing the hammer down with 23 points-against. Edgerrin James and Domanick Davis combined for 21 points, but Donovan McNabb was held to 5 and Irwin's three receivers to a combined 8. Staring down a 25-point deficit heading into Monday Night, Irwin got the miracle they needed as their Falcons squad ripped 23 points back away from Anderson and provided a defensive score of its own. This 26-point effort clipped the Brewskies by one, sending the Hellions pouring onto the field at Notre Dame Stadium.

Irwin moves to 6-1 with the win and retains its lead in the competitive Western Division. Anderson sees its four-game winning streak snapped and drops to 4-3, just a game ahead of Jody and the Figs in the East. Moreover, the Hellions are now in their heads, having won the last four meetings with the Brewmeisters.

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A day after the Texas Longhorns dressed down the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Thomas' Bock Boys put on hurt on The Pimps, 41-11, on the same field in Austin, Texas. Daunte Culpepper finally put up a Daunte Culpepper-like performance this season, tearing up The Pimps' secondary for a team-high and personal season-best 14 points. Priest Holmes exploded for 11 more, providing enough combined points with Culpepper to outscore the entire Pimps' offense.

The Pimps regressed quickly after scoring a win last week, with only one offensive starter (not including the kicker) to score over three points (Kerry Collins with 6). Kicker Jeff Reed provided the best counter-attack against the Boys with 9 points, and the new Bears defense managed to clip Thomas' Cowboys squad 13-12. Yet this was too little, too late for The Pimps, who drop to 2-5 with the loss. Thomas improves to 5-2 and remains just a game back of the division-leading Hellions.

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The Piana Raze downed Jody's Colossal Waste of Time, 41-25, at the Astrodome, earning their first win over the C.W.O.T. since Neutral Site Week in 2000. Mark Brunell had his second straight double-digit game, throwing for a game-high 14 points against the C.W.O.T.. The rest of the Raze offense struggled, but Kevin Curtis (7 points) and Tiki Barber (6) managed to both reach the endzone in the win.

Jody hammered away at the Raze with a dominant running game. First-round pick Ronnie Brown rumbled for 9 points while Steven Jackson sliced his way through the Raze defense for an additional 12. Ultimately, however, Jody was let down by their Dolphins defense, which actually gave a point back to Piana. The Raze's own Bengals defense played well enough, stripping Jody of 8 points in the loss. The C.W.O.T. fall back under .500 to 3-4, while the Raze snap a two-game skid and improve to 4-3.

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Football purists say defense and a running game wins games, and such might be the case for the 2005 Naughty Figs. The Naughties got a combined 46 points from those two positions as they stuffed the Abstract Machines in Abilene, 29-7, for the Eastern Division's lone Neutral Site victory. Clinton Portis had his best effort of the season Sunday, rushing for three touchdowns and 15 points, but the rest of the offense – six players – managed only 16. Thankfully, the Colts defense had its way with the Machines, posting 26 game-clinching points.

The Machines failed to find their offensive rhythm, with only one player scoring over 6 points (kicker Neil Rackers with 8). The four-member receiving corps was held to a combined 11 points, and – making matters worse – the Ravens defense managed only 5 points-against. The loss drops the Machines back to .500 at 3-3-1, while the win – their second in three weeks – elevates the Figs to 3-4, just a game back of Anderson in the East.

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Pirk's Wicked Oil Profiteer$ snapped a four-game losing streak to the Sims Stereco with a 33-17 win amongst the oil wells in Odessa, Texas. Brett Favre showed flashes of his past, ripping the Stereco defense for a 12 points, while halfback Warrick Dunn ran for 8 more on Monday Night. Despite playing without an active kicker, Pirk got the win thanks in part to a huge 19-point defensive effort from their Eagles squad.

The Stereco were led by Sebastian Janikowski (8 points) and Larry Fitzgerald (7). Only one other offensive starter scored more than 3, and the Saints defense managed only 6, leaving the Stereco staring at their third straight loss and a dangerous 2-5 record. Even with the win, P.W.O.P. isn't fairing much better in the standings, having a new mark of 2-4-1.

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