The Piana Raze did just enough to outlast the visiting Pirk's Wicked Oil Profiteer$, winning a battle for the Western Division lead, 30-26. The Raze's Larry Johnson led all scorers with 14 points, and Reggie Wayne contributed another 9. The rest of the team was effectively shut down, combining for only 14 additional points.  Pirk didn't fare much better, with kicker Shayne Graham leading his team with only 7 points. All told, seven players from both sidelines managed to score 2 points or less, and the Naughty Figs (who were hosting the Machines and fighting for their playoff lives) managed to outscore the combined efforts of both teams.

The Piana Raze should indeed be thankful this week in that they were able to get a win despite playing their worst statistical game of the season. The victory puts them a game-and-a-half up of the Profiteer$, who have suddenly lost three of their last four. The Raze victory also punches a playoff ticket for Piana, who joins Anderson and Sims as the only clubs to have clinched a berth in the postseason tournament. At 5-6, P.W.O.P. remains a game shy of being playoff eligible.

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Another year, another home victory for the Irwin Hellions over Thomas' Bock Boys. Irwin's inspired 31-14 rout of Thomas lifts their all-time record against the Boys at Purgatory Field to a still-perfect 8-0. Chad Johnson led the way for the Hellions, scorching Thomas for three TDs and 19 points. Deion Branch (9 points) and Wali Lundy (7) also provided offensive punch, but Irwin took a serious hit with the loss of Donovan McNabb, who was knocked from the game and will miss the remainder of the season. The Bock Boys couldn't take advantage of McNabb's absence, however, and actually had two players – Jeff Wilkins and Reuben Droughns – fail to score anything. Thomas' Patriots defense ripped Irwin for 19 points to make the score more respectable, but it wasn't near enough to keep the Boys' playoff hopes alive.

With their eighth loss of the season, Thomas becomes the first club to fall out of playoff contention. After an impressive six-season run, the Boys from Bockville will finally be watching the postseason tournament from home. Irwin remains alive thanks to the win, but they will still need to win out – without McNabb – to make it back to the playoffs.

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The Naughty Figs pulled the shocker of the weekend, steamrolling the defending Champion Abstract Machines 42-20 to keep their own playoff aspirations alive. The Figs were powered by four players with double-digit scoring: Lee Evans (19 points), Steelers D (16), Josh Scobee (15), and Travis Henry (10). The Machines could only counter such large numbers with their Ravens defense (15 points), and Willie Parker (9). The victory did not come without a cost, however, as the Figs lost yet another runner to injury with Kevin Jones going down before scoring a point. The team pulled it together, however, to score their third straight victory over the Mechanical Ones.

Both clubs will now enter the season's final two weeks with identical 4-7 records, and both will need to win out to qualify for the playoffs. Amazingly, if the season ended today, the hard-luck Machines would actually find themselves in the Draft Bowl.

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The Sims Stereco avenged their only divisional loss of the season with a 23-6 stomping of Jody's Colossal Waste of Time. To be fair, Sims didn't so much as beat Jody as Jody pretty much laid down. Carson palmer led the charge for the visiting C.W.O.T. with 13 points, but the entire rest of the team scored only 14 more (with the Falcons defense accounting for half of that). Reggie Brown actually cost the Pewter & Black two points with only a lost fumble to show for his efforts. The Stereco were also led by their quarterback, with Drew Brees tossing for 10 points. The offense sputtered behind him, too, but the Jaguar defense put the game on ice with a 14-point performance.

The loss drops Jody to 6-5, leaving the C.W.O.T. – who are already playoff eligible – still still short on clinching an actual playoff berth. The victory clinches a home playoff game for the Stereco, their first since 1999. The win also keep Sims alive in the Eastern race, who will need to win out and have Anderson lose out in order to steal the crown.

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The Pimps gave the visiting Anderson Brewmeisters all they could handle Sunday, right up until LaDainian Tomlinson took the field. LT continued his unimaginable scoring streak with four more touchdowns and 21 points, lifting the Brew Krew to their sixth straight win. Peyton Manning was held to his lowest point total of the season (5 points), but Steve Smith and Ryan Longwell picked up the slack with 8 apiece. The Pimps were led, not surprisingly, by their Bears defense with 12 points, and then backed that up with a very balanced offensive attack that saw five different starters scored 5 or 6 points. Those totals weren't enough to overcome Tomlinson's Sunday Night heroics, however.

At 10-1, Anderson has tied the league record for most regular season wins, already shared by the 1998 Jody's C.W.O.T. (10-2) and the 2001 Pimps (10-3). The Brewmeisters are a win away from breaking that record and clinching the Eastern Division title and the No. 1 overall postseason seed. The Pimps, meanwhile, drop back to 4-7 (with all seven losses coming inside the division) and must now win out to become playoff eligible.

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