Still stinging from last week’s loss to the Stereco, The Anderson Brewmeisters rebounded in a big way to hammer the Abstract Machines 58-25, in the process getting some revenge for the back-to-back losses that ended their 2005 season.  The receiving duo of Torry Holt (17) and Steve Smith (12) got the Brew Crew off to an early lead, while the Machines kept it close behind 9 points from Jeremy Shockey and 8 from Darrell Jackson.  Things were looking bad for the Brew as newly acquired quarterback David Carr layed a goose egg.  Later in the game, however, when Ben Rothlisberger (11) and Willie Parker (9) threatened to give the AM’s the lead, the Brewmeister’s LaDanian Tomlinson iced the game with a season best 19 points off a four touchdown performance. 

With the win, and the Stereco’s second loss of the season, the Brewmeisters (5-1), retake sole possession of the FLF Eastern Division.  The loss leaves the Machines in the Western Division cellar at 2-4, but only one and a half games out of first. 

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The inconsistent, but ever dangerous Naughty Figs got everyone on the same page again, and laid a humiliating 46 – 1 whipping on the Pimps.  Led by Matt Hasselbeck’s 15, the Figs had four other players score 9 or more, and their Steelers defense piled on another 18 points against.  The Pimps’ Bears D countered with 18 of their own, but the offense mostly took the day off, as only kicker Jeff Reed (8) and QB Marc Brunell (6) provided any meaningful scoring.  The Pimps did play a man short, with only two receivers suiting up, but that really was not a factor in this game, as even Shaun Alexander wouldn’t have helped.  In fact, not wasting a transaction on a guy who wouldn’t have made any difference was about the only thing that went right for the Pimps this week 

The Figs’ second win is the Pimps’ fourth loss, which leaves both teams sharing the Eastern Division cellar with 2-4 records.  

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The Piana Raze moved into sole possession of the surprisingly mediocre Western Division by pounding the Bock Boys 41 – 13 at En Fuego Field.  On a weekend of drubbings, the Raze got into the act when QB Mark Bulger tossed three touchdowns to post a game-high 14 points, and Tiki Barber and Terrell Owens added 11 each.  The game was actually held up for several minutes while T.O. preened for the crowd after his third touchdown reception, but the Raze players were able to overcome the “T.O. Show” and tend to business after that.  The Bock Boys were led by receiver Laveranues Coles’ 11 points, but only Marion Barber was able to add as many as 6 more. Going into the Monday night game, the Boys actually had an outside chance to pull out a win, but quarterback Rex Grossman imploded on national TV.  Throwing 4 pics and coughing away 2 fumbles in a performance that may have been the worst player performance ever, Grossman actually stripped 9 points away from his own team, which was 2 more than the Raze’s Bengals defense managed to do.   

The win gives the Raze a 3-2-1 record – the only winning record in the division.  What makes this so surprising is that the Raze is one of only two teams in the league which has yet to reach 300 points.  Perhaps they are getting ready to “blast off.”  The loss puts the Bock Boys at 2-4 as their mini-winning streak comes to an end; however, they are only a game and a half back of the Raze, so the race remains wide open in the West. 

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Rounding out the trend of lopsided home team wins, the Jodys C.W.O.T. ran their record to 4-2 and moved into a tie for 2nd place in the East with a trouncing of the Sims Stereco by a score of 56 – 18.  Led by replacement kicker Josh Brown’s 14 points, everyone on the team contributed solid performances, with five players posting 7, 8, or 9 points.  Meanwhile, the Stereco seemed to take last weeks pounding of the Brewmeisters as a sign they could just show up and pencil in a win.  The team looked ill-prepared and disinterested for the most part.  Running back Tatum Bell scored a team best 8 points, and tight end Todd Heap played well, adding another 6.  But kicker Robbie Gould (6) was only average, as were quarterback Michael Vick and running back Julius Jones (5 each).  Most notably, the fill-in Chiefs Defense was nowhere to be found, while Jody’s Panther D racked up a solid 16 takeaway points. 

So now the Jodys find themselves in familiar territory with a solid 4-2 record.  Though the three previous wins had been against the league’s weak sisters, they finally got that elusive win over a quality opponent, and looked good doing it.  Meanwhile the Stereco must hope to regain its focus this week against the Thomas Bock Boys. 

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The lone close game of the week was also the only one in which the home team lost.  Pirkle’s Wicked Oil Profiteers went into the Hell Hole and came away with a hard fought and impressive intra-divisional win over the Hellions, 41 – 38.  With a cast of one star and many supporting players, P.W.O.P. quarterback Phil Rivers led all starters with 13 points, while five of the other six Profiteers each contributed 5 – 7.  Hellions receiver R Brown led his team with 13, with kicker Nate Kaeding (12), wideout Deion Branch (11), and QB Donovan McNabb (9) all making excellent contributions.  Once again, however, the Hellions’ defense was its undoing.  Already using his third defense of the season, Irwin tried the Eagles D this time, but their 5 points-against performance was no match for the 17 point effort of Pirkle’s Broncos. 

The win moves the P.W.O.P. into sole possession of 2nd place in the West with a 3-3 record.  The Hellions have now lost two in a row, by a combined four points, and fall to 2-3-1 and 3rd place in the West.

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