The Game of the Week began to invoke memories of the 1992 Oilers-Bills playoff history maker, as the Anderson Brewmeisters watched a huge lead disappear in the fourth quarter when Pirkle’s Wicked Oil Profiteer$ rallied back from a 33 point deficit.  At halftime on Monday night, the Profiteer$’ Seattle defense had already recorded 7 sacks, and the owner’s suite at St. Arnold Stadium had suddenly gone very quiet.  Perhaps the ferocity of the first half wore the Seahawks out, however, as they recorded just one additional sack in the second half, and no turnovers.  Although this resulted in a league best (for the week) 23 points-against performance, it was not enough to prevent another Brewmeisters win, as the league leaders won their 8th overall, and their 4th home game in as many tries.  

P.W.O.P. broke out to an early lead, behind 9 point performances from rookie receiving sensation Marques Colston and kicker Shayne Graham.  Though starting slowly, the Brewmeisters finally began to establish their running game, with LaDanian Tomlinson racking up another 19 points – his 3rd score of 19 or more in the past four weeks – and the Chargers defense taking a fumble all the way to the house in a 20 point effort.  Then, when Peyton Manning added another 11 in the Sunday night game, the Brewskies had put the Profiteer$ in a hole they couldn’t quite dig out of. 

The Profiteer$’ second consecutive loss leaves them at 4-5, still in 2nd place in the Western division, but now 1.5 games behind the surging Piana Raze.  While the win moves the Brewmeisters to 8-1, they remain only a game ahead of the Sims Stereco, as the two teams have now combined to record 1/3 of the league’s win total. 

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The Naughty Figs continued their version of the Texas Two-Step, as they stopped their third two-game losing streak with their third blowout win.  This time the unfortunate victim was the Pimps, who lost for the sixth time in nine tries to join the Naughties at the bottom of the Eastern division.   

Having just traded away receiver Roy Williams to the Piana Raze, and with Joe Horn (injury) and Anquan Boldin (bye) both out, the Naughty Ones needed Javon Walker to carry the load at receiver.  He responded with a huge game – 134 receiving yards, 2 receiving TD’s, and a 72 yard score on a reverse, for a 19 point performance to lead the team.  Running back Kevin Jones and kicker Josh Scobee each added another 14, as the Figs piled on the offense.  The Pimps countered with 12 points from quarterback Damon Huard, just acquired off waivers, and 8 from their own kicker, Jeff Reed.  But the league leading Bears D picked a bad week to have an off game (7 points against), which left the Pimps with no chance against the latest pelting of fruit out of the Figs. 

The 25 point beating, while looking good in the power rankings, ultimately leaves the Figs with the same 3-6 record as the Pimps, and both teams needing to double their win total in the next four weeks to reach playoff eligibility.  The Naughties appear to have a slightly easier schedule, as the Pimps must play Anderson and Piana, while the Figs play neither.  But if the Figs hold true to form, they’ve only got one more bomb in their arsenal, and that would get dropped on the Stereco in Week 12.

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The Sims Stereco beat a bye-week-depleted Hellions team 36-20, and in the process tied their franchise record for regular season wins, in only the ninth week.  In a game in which no position player scored more than 7 points, Sims was led by kicker Robbie Gould (7) and journeyman running back Deuce McAllister (6).  The Hellions countered with 7 points from receiver Braylon Edwards, and 6 each from receiver Deion Branch and kicker Nate Kaeding.  But Eli Manning, filling in at quarterback for Donovan McNabb (on bye), managed only 5 points.  And the Hellions inexplicably failed to suit up a defense, so had nothing to offset Sims’ 16 point performance from their Jaguars D.  This proved to be the difference in the game. 

The Stereco, in winning their seventh game against only two losses, stubbornly hang in only 1 game behind the division and league leading Anderson Brewmeisters.  More importantly, they have all but clinched their first playoff birth in four years, with 4 games still remaining in the regular season.  Conversely, the Hellions, perennially a league power, are within a gnats’ ass of missing the playoffs for the first time in four seasons.  Their 3-5-1 record means they will have to go 3-1 over the next four weeks to become eligible. 

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The Colossal Waste of Time wasted little time taking care of business in a “gimme” 38-11 win over the hapless Bock Boys at the Vortex.  Running back Stephen Jackson put up a dozen points, and Josh Brown kicked in another 10, and that was all the offense the Jodys needed, as the Boys managed only 16 “offensive” points.  The score sheet for the losers was sprinkled with 2’s and 3’s, with only kicker Jeff Wilkins managing as many as 5 points, and “Fire and Ice” (aka, quarterback Rex Grossman) taking a point away from his team.  On the other side of the ball, there wasn’t much to get excited about either, as the defenses cancelled each other out with token 5 points-against performances. 

The C.W.O.T. win puts the team in good position for a wild card berth in the playoffs.  With a 5-4 record, they need only another win to qualify.  Thomas’ loss leaves his team in the group of five bottom-feeders looking at the daunting task of having to win 3 of their final four to become eligible. 

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The Piana Raze are looking more and more like championship material after posting their fourth win in their last five games, the most recent being a convincing 47-32 besting of last year’s champion Abstract Machines on the road.  The Machines, fresh off the previous week’s 24 point win at the Hellhole, were looking to establish some continuity by taking care of business at home, but it was not to be.  With the backfield of Larry Johnson (12), Tiki Barber (11), and Marc Bulger (9) setting the pace, the Raze sprinted out to a big lead.  Newly acquired receiver Roy Williams paid immediate dividends with a 10 point performance.  Machines running back Willie Parker kept the game close, with 13 points, and the Ravens defense did its part, adding a touchdown and outscoring Brian’s Giants D 17-7.  Still, the teams headed into the Colts-Patriots game with the visiting Raze up by 15.  With the Mechanical Ones’ Marvin Harrison outplaying Brian’s Reggie Wayne 13 to 5, the AM’s cut the deficit in half.  But then Tom Brady picked a bad time to post his first “Kitna” since early in the 2003 season.  Playing about as abstractly as possible, Brady had a major meltdown, and took 3 points away from his team.  Raze kicker Adam Vinatieri’s 7 was only salt in the wound for the losers, who now find themselves in the large group of three-win teams, which need another three wins in the remaining four games to qualify for the playoffs.

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