The Western division-leading Thomas Bock Boys continued their torrid start to the ’07 season, vanquishing the Naughty Figs 49 – 30 in Prairie Lea.  Unlikely hero Laveranues Coles led the team this week, with 13 points out of the #3 receiver position, more than doubling his average.  He was joined in double digits by Randy Moss (12), with QB Jeff Garcia adding 9 and RB Marion Barber adding 8, almost all of which came in the second half of the game.  The Boys’ Patriots D was almost up to its usual standard, with 10-against and a touchdown scored.  The Figs might have made a game of it, had not the league-leading Steelers defense stumbled to a 10-against, matching its poorest performance of the season, and receiver Patrick Crayton not given away a point to the Bock Boys.  Kicker David Akers led the team with 10, while RB Clinton Portis added 9, and QB Matt Hasselbeck was good for 8 in the losing cause.  The Bock Boys, now at a lofty 6 – 1 since being picked by the “expert” as the pond scum of the West, did not gain on their challengers, as almost everyone in the division kicked dirt on the Little Sisters of the East.  In this particular case, the Figs fell to 3 – 4, and into a tie with the Brewmeisters for third in the minor division.

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Missing several starters due to the bye week flu, the Anderson Brewmeisters looked listless and lifeless in week 7, and basically watched as Pirkle$ Wicked Oil Profiteer$ pulled away to a convincing 32 – 11 interdivisional victory at the Mustang Bowl.  Although the two offenses actually played it pretty close, the Brewskies lost the battle of the defenses, as Pirk’s Seahawks defense came a gusher, to the tune of 33 points against and a touchdown scored.  The Brewmeisters’ Chargers defense put up a credible 12-against, but without any star performances on offense, it mattered little.  P.W.O.P. got good production from it’s backfield and kicker, as Tony Romo put up 7, Reggie Bush scored an 8, Kevin Jones (perhaps a little pumped to be playing against a former team) posted a 9, and Shayne Graham chipped in 8.  The Brewskies got good production from Peyton Manning (9), and Brandon Jacobs (9) in his first start of the season, filling in as best as possible for LaDanian Tomlinson.  Reliable Stephen Gostkowski hit for 7, but no one else scored more than six for the Brew Krew, who saw their mini winning streak stopped at two.  Both teams are now at 3 – 4; however, the Profiteer$ have a bigger mountain to climb in the Western division, where they are still 3 games behind dad’s Bock Boys and tied for Irwin for last place.  The Brewmeisters, in a tie with the Figs for third place in the East, are only one game behind the C.W.O.T.

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In the most closely contested game of the weekend, the Eastern division Sims Stereco fell back on their losing ways, this time to the Western Division’s Abstract Machines, 41 – 35 at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene.  With the Stereco entering at 1-4-1, and the Machines having just rolled up a monster 82 total points against the Hellions the previous weekend, the game played out a lot closer than some might have figured.  Though Machines quarterback Tom Brady was his usual spectacular self, amassing another monstrous 25 points, the AM’s pretty much reverted to the Brady/Ravens show, with the supporting players largely disappearing.  Other than Brady, and RB Willie Parker, with 7 points, no offensive starter scored more than 4 for the victors.  The Ravens defense, looking less and less like the leading unit from last season, managed a 10-against score, three less than its average, but still twice what Sims’ Jaguars D (5-against) managed.  The Stereco did have some impressive individual performances, with receiver Wes Welker and kicker Robbie Gould each posting unlucky 13’s.  And, almost lost in the ruins of another loss, was a second straight impressive performance by Stereco quarterback Drew Brees, who scored an 8 on the heels of an 11 point game last week (which, unfortunately, didn’t count, as he was benched).  The Machines’ third win in a row leaves them in a two-way tie for second place in the powerful Western division.  The latest Stereco loss leaves them at 1-5-1, solidly in last place in the lesser division, needing five wins in the remaining six games to keep their season from turning to crap.

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The beatdown of Eastern division teams continued in Eugene, Oregon, as the Piana Raze blew like a wildfire across Autzen Stadium and, in a score that could only happen in fantasy, scorched the Pimps, 39 – 1.  Brian’s Giants Defense, playing like madmen, trampled the Pimps, to the tune of 26 points-against and a defensive touchdown, while the Pimps vaunted Bears defense managed only a paltry 6-against.  Brian seems to have made a great pickup of the NYG defense, as they are now the 2nd ranked D in the league, while the Pimps’s Bears D falls to #15 following its latest disappointing performance.  The stellar play of the Giants D allowed the Raze to overcome its latest round of quarterback woes, as this week’s starter Jason Campbell was a total washout, scoring no points for the winners (hey, at least he didn’t give away any).  The Raze was not without offensive stars, however, as running back Larry Johnson led the team with 10, kicker Adam Vinatieri followed with 9, and three other starters contributed 7 or 8 points each.  The Pimps were “led” by receiver Dont’e Stallworth’s 6 and RB Adrian Peterson’s 5, but the remaining five starters managed only a total of 16.  The Raze now find themselves in a tie for 2nd place in the West, at 4-3.  The Pimps, who have now not seen a win for three weeks, fall out of 1st place in the East, with a 3-3-1 record.

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The Jody’s C.W.O.T. kept the Western division from sweeping the Neutral Site Week slate of games, with a 46 – 26 thumping of the Irwin Hellions in the Meadowlands.  Led by kicker Josh Brown’s 17 points, the C.W.O.T. received timely, if unspectacular, contributions from almost everyone in the lineup, as five of the other six starters posted 5 or 6 points.  The lone non-contributor was wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez.  Jody’s Buccaneers D was unimpressive, managing to take only 7 points from the Hellions, but they still won the battle of the defenses, as Chris’ Eagles D put up a goose egg, as did his kicker, Nate Kading.  In fact, the Hellions had little to get excited about, beyond Donovan McNabb’s team leading 9 points, and receiver Andre Davis’ 8, as four of their starters combined for only 10 points.  In winning, the C.W.O.T. take over first place in the Eastern division with a 4-3 record – the only winning record in the division.  The losing Hellions drop to 3-4, only one game under .500, but still find themselves tied for last in the powerful Western Division, and now three games behind the division leading Thomas Bock Boys.

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