The Irwin Hellions won their third straight game to start the season, this week handing Western Division rivals Pirkle’s Wicked Oil Profiteer$ their first loss with a 33 – 25 road victory.

Going through the positions, this was really a very closely contested game. Hellions QB Eli Manning outdueled P.W.O.P. QB Phil Rivers 9-7, but at running back it was a wash, with Kevin Smith and DeAngelo Williams totaling the same 10 points for the Hellions as Reggie Bush and Steve Slaton did for the oilmen. Hellions receiver Derrick Mason led the Hellions receivers with 9, but Chris’s three wideouts posted a mere 1 point more than Paul’s trio. The Hellions Eagles D stripped 14 from the Profiteer$; but, Paul’s Giants D played well, too, taking 12 away from the Hellions. Had P.W.O.P. won the kicking game, the outcome and the ranking atop the Western Division might have been different. Hellions kicker Nate Kaeding knocked in 10 points, while Paul’s Lawrence Tynes managed only 5.

At three weeks into the season, the Hellions sit alone in first place in the West, while the 2-1 P.W.O.P. are tied with dad’s Bock Boys in second.

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Jody’s C.W.O.T. took their undefeated record to 3-0, which a convincing 44 – 25 home win over the Naughty Figs. Led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, with 16 points, and kicker Steven Hauschka’s 10, the Jodys got enough support from the 6’s posted by RB’s Ronnie Brown and Steven Jackson, and receiver Steve Smith (NYG) that they didn’t really miss the poor showing of their Steelers D, which managed only 6 takeaway points.

The Figs got an impressive 14 points from kicker Stephen Gostkowski, but not much from anyone else. Frank Gore was held to 4 yards and a goose egg, backfield mate Clinton Portis posted only 2, and normally productive receiver Roddy White managed only a singleton. The Chargers D scored only 9 takeaway points, so Anquan Boldin’s 7 fourth quarter points only served to pad his stats.

Even though it’s still early in the season, Jody seems to be emerging – again – as the team to beat in the East, taking a 1 game lead after Sims undefeated streak came to an early end. The Figs remained winless after their first three, with only a tie in week 1 keeping them from joining the Pimps in the Eastern Division cellar. But the season’s still early, and things could look significantly different in another three. We’ll see.

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The Sims Stereco saw its hopes for an undefeated season come to an end, courtesy of a late rally by the Thomas Bock Boys, whose Dallas defense came alive in the fourth quarter to propel them to a 24 – 9 victory in front of the Bockville faithful. Sims, trying to keep pace with Jody in the East, had received 17 takeaway points from their surprisingly strong Jets D in early action. Brandon Jacobs added 8 points from the backfield; but, quarterback Drew Brees and RB Chris Johnson, who combined for 36 points in a week 2 beatdown of the Anderson Brewmeisters, were 30 points worse this week, with Brees posting but a single digit (as, likely, did owner Sims, also). Still, the Stereco had Thomas sweating in the fourth, with receiver Larry Fitzgerald keeping the Cowboys D at bay in the first half of the Monday night’er. But the ‘Pokes, who gave up almost 200 yards in the first two quarters, managed to wake up in the last two, getting three turnovers, three sacks, and a DTD (that’s 17 takeaway and 3 offensive points). Of course, the defense didn’t do it all by itself, as kicker David Akers led the ‘Boys offense with 10 points, and QB David Garrard and receiver Donald Driver posted 8 each. Marion Barber’s late scratch had Thomas biting his nails for awhile, but in the end, the ‘Pokes came through.

Thomas is now 2-1 at the quarter pole, same as Sims. And, just like Sims, Thomas trails the division leader by one game.

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Peyton Manning through for three touchdowns, and Steve Smith caught just enough fourth quarter passes to hold the hometown Pimps at bay, giving the Anderson Brewmeisters their first win of the young season. Manning got off to a bit of a shaky start; but, after throwing a first quarter interception, came back to sling it up for 379 yards and the four scores, giving him a game-high 18 points, and picking up the slack for RB Brian Westbrook, who was a late scratch. Brewsky kicker Ryan Longwell was once again the consistency of the team, with 9 points after 10 each in the first two games. Newly acquired running back Fred Jackson contributed 5 points, as did new for this year receiver Steve Breaston. All points turned out to be huge in a game decided by a single digit, but none were bigger than Brewmeisters’ receiver Steve Smith’s 2, which came Monday night, and were just enough to offset Pimps receiver Jason Witten’s 4. The Brewmeisters’ win puts them at 1-1-1, as they avoid falling 2-1/2 games behind the division leading C.W.O.T. No one in the Brewmeister camp is celebrating, however, as only 3 points have kept this team from starting out 0-3.

The Pimps, in falling to 0-3, got game from Running back Julius Jones, who posted 136 total yards and a score for 10 points, and also from draft pick Jericho Cotchery (8), Randy Moss (6), and kicker Kris Brown (6). But RB Adrian Peterson (MIN) was uncharacteristically held to 5 points, quarterback Matt Ryan posted only 4, and the Texans D managed but a single point. In the lowest scoring game of the weekend’s matchups, the Pimps managed, by the slimmest of margins, to snatch another defeat from the jaws of victory.

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The Piana Raze got off the schneid with a thorough beatdown of the Abstract Machines on the road. Maurice Jones-Drew and Matt Schaub led the winless-no-longer Raze with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Almost lost in the fireworks put up in Reliant Stadium was receiver Reggie Wayne’s 9 Sunday night points. Even though T.O. unbelievably went statless, the rest of the team more than took up the slack.

The Machines saw QB Tom Brady return to form, with 9 points, to lead the team, and kicker Jeff Reed added 7, but the rest of the offense was largely MIA. Mike F spent three transactions trying to pump new energy into his team; but new RB Darren Sproles and receiver Patrick Crayton had trouble with the A.M. playbook, and only produced 3 apiece. On the other side of the ball, Mike’s new Saints D did a great job of stripping away 17 points from the Raze, but even here, the Machines were outclassed, as Brian’s Ravens D posted 21 takeaway points.

The result in the Western Division is that the Raze climbed out of the cellar, at 1-2, while the Machines, at 0-3, remained.

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