The Eastern division leading Jody’s C.W.O.T. squared off against the middle of the pack in the West Thomas Bock Boys on the No. 7 fairway at Gonzales Independence Golf Park, Sunday, and for the Jodys, it was a Colossal Waste of Time, as the Bock Boys dominated from start to finish in a 49 – 24 double-up of the Pewter and Grey.

Even though Halloween was still a week away, former C.W.O.T. signal caller Carson Palmer came back to haunt his old team, throwing for 5 TD’s in a 20 point performance which earned him Offensive Player of the Week honors. Palmer played better in his bye week assignment for the Bock Boys than he had at any time in his three previous years with the C.W.O.T. And in a blast from the past, Bock Boys running back Ricky Williams scored 14 points on a 3 TD day. Kicker David Akers also made it into double digits for the Boys, with 10. C.W.O.T. QB Aaron Rodgers had a fine game, with 15 points, but only running backs Steven Jackson (7 points) and Ronnie Brown (5) added any meaningful points for the time wasters. Three receivers each scored 3, and Jody didn’t bother to pick up a kicker for Steven Hauschka, who was out on bye. The Bock Boys won the battle of the defenses, though not by much, as their Cowboys D stripped 18 points from the C.W.O.T. and added a DTD, while Jody’s Steelers took 12 from the Boys, but managed 2 DTD’s.

The win for the Bock Boys puts them at 3-3-1, still tied with the Piana Raze for third in the West, still 3-1/2 games behind the undefeated, untied Hellions. With all Eastern division teams losing during this weekend of interdivisional play, the C.W.O.T. holds onto 1st place in the west, albeit with a mediocre 4-3 record.

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The Irwin Hellions doubled-up the Pimps in a game played at Wembly Stadium, in London. For much of the game, the Hellions seemed to be just going through the motions, apparently thinking they could beat the Eastern division cellar-dwelling Pimps just by suiting up – and by suiting up merely 7 players at that (with receiver Derrick Mason on bye). The Pimps, though, came to play. Fresh off the waiver wire, Pimps receiver Miles Austin scored a game leading 15 points, RB’s Adrian Peterson and Beanie Wells added 9 and 7, and kicker Kris Brown posted 7, as the Pimps took a lead into the 4th quarter against a Hellions squad of studs – WR Chad 88 (12), kicker Nate Kaeding (12), and RB DeAngelo Williams (10) – and duds – WR Andre Johnson (3), RB D. Ward (2), and the pine-riding Derrick Mason. But the Pimps’ Bears D imploded, giving away 4 points to the Hellions, and the Hellions’ Philly D woke up and stripped 24 away from the Pimps, adding a DTD for good measure. Hellions QB Donovan McNabb’s 6 points were hardly needed, and only served to cement the final margin of victory – the 7th in as many games for the Hellions.

The Hellions, undefeated and untied, extended their team record best start, but failed to add any distance between themselves and the rest of the pack in the West, remaining 2 games ahead of the Wicked Oil Profiteer$. The Pimps, now on their second three-game losing streak of the season, are on life support – the addition of Miles Austin having only caused their eyelids to blink momentarily. They could still qualify for the playoffs, but it will take a remarkable turnaround. From their 1-6 start, they must now go 5-1.

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After having been Superman the week before, Tom Brady was merely very good in Week 7. This week, though, he received very good support on offense and defense. As a result, the Abstract Machines took their second win of the season, a 36 – 29 thumping of the Anderson Brewmeisters.

This game pitted two of the top quarterbacks in the league against each other, and both played well. The Brewmeisters’ Peyton Manning played his best game of the season, winning the position battle over Brady, 14 points to 11. However, this game proved to be more about the rushing game, and the Machines won because Mike f’s duo of Ryan Grant and Thomas Jones posted 19 combined points (Grant – 10, Jones – 9) against a paltry 5 put up by the backfield of the Brewskies’ LaDanian Tomlinson (4) and Brian Westbrook (1).

The Brewmeisters fell behind early, but began closing the gap when Manning came in to toss 3 TD’s, one going to Devin Hester (6 points) and one a spectacular carom to newly picked up Hakeem Nicks (7), on a play which brought the Brew to within 4 points at the end of the 3rd quarter. But Brewskie workhorse Brian Westbrook was literally knocked out of the game in the 4th quarter, after posting only a single point, and the Machines pulled away when receiver Santana Moss tallied 4.

For the second weekend in a row, the Brewmeisters’ Pats D won the defensive war (by 2 points), with 18 takeaway points and a DTD, vs. 13 takeaway points with 2 DTD’s by the Machines’ Saints D. Small consolation, however, as the Brewmeisters fall to 2-4-1 on the year, and are watching their chances for the playoffs continue to dwindle. The Machines, even with the win, are still looking at a 2-5 record; and, both teams must finish the season with 4 wins in the final 6 games to become playoff eligible.

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The Piana Raze desperately needed a win to keep their playoff hopes on track. The Sims Stereco were trying to catch the C.W.O.T. for first place in the East. In the most closely contested game of the week, the Stereco couldn’t sustain the momentum into the 4th quarter, and fell to the Raze for the twelfth time in fifteen meetings, 35 - 28.

The bye week took its toll on running backs in this game. Piana was without Jones-Drew, and Sims was missing his Johnson (Chris, of the Tennessee Titans). Brian used his only available replacement – Pierre Thomas – and Sims went with a strange 4 receiver/2 tight end formation, with Chris Cooley as his fill-in for Johnson. Neither replacement made an impact on the game, with Thomas scoring just 3 points, and Cooley only 1 before leaving the game with a broken ankle.

The Raze completed their Sunday slate down by one, with only WR DeShawn Jackson remaining for the fourth quarter. Sims still had Larry Fitzgerald in the Sunday night game, along with Cooley on Monday, and it didn’t look good for the Raze. In fact, had Stereco QB Drew Brees not had – for him – an off game, scoring only 7 points, the Raze would have been in an even deeper hole. Brian had received 11 points from Matt Schaub, who seemed eager to end the Raze’s season-long QB controversy, 9 from recently signed kicker John Carney, 7 from receiver Reggie Wayne, and 6 from RB Michael Turner. The Colts defense, picked up for the Ravens bye week (and maybe beyond), stripped 14 from the Stereco, and added a DTD for good measure, although they still lost the defensive battle, as Chris’ Jets D played one of its best games of the season, stripping 20 from the Raze. Sims had no players in double digits, but did get 9’s from both Wes Welker and Owen Daniels, and 6’s from RB Joe Addai and kicker Mason Crosby. With #1 receiver Fitzgerald coming in for the Sunday night game, it looked like a rare Stereco win over the Raze was in the offing. However, Fitz posted just 4 points, while Jackson came through with a game-high 13 points, and Brian pulled out the win. It should be noted that the coaches decision to use Cooley as a fourth receiver, rather than put Brandon Jacobs in the backfield, cost the Stereco a tie. Add this to the list of reasons why Jim Zorn won’t be coaching in Washington next season.

Of course, nothing changed in the standings, except the West now has bragging rights over the little-sister Eastern division. The Raze are a modest 3-3-1 and still tied with Thomas for 3rd in the West, and the Stereco are 3-4 and still 1 game down to the C.W.O.T. in the East.

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In the nominal game of the week, the number two teams from each division played an overseas match in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In an elementary school yard. There were few witnesses to the 25 – 17 win by the Wicked Oil Profiteer$ over the Naughty Figs, which capped off a total domination of the East by the West in season 13’s Neutral Site Week.

The winning P.W.O.P. relied on multifaceted offense, with just 1 running back and 4 receivers, two of which were tight ends (why would anyone – let alone two teams – start two tight ends?!). QB Phil Rivers led the team with a game-high 15 points, while RB Steve Slaton added 8 and receiver Marquez Colston posted 6. The Naughty Figs went with the conventional two-back attack, but no one scored more than the 7 posted by team leading receiver Lee Evans, as 2’s and 3’s were the most common individual score. The Figs’ Packers D won the defensive battle, with 17 takeaway points vs. 11-against for Paul’s Giants; but, without much offense to support Evans, the Figs saw their three game winning streak come to an end.

Still just ½ game behind the division leading, 4-3 C.W.O.T., the Figs are at 3-3-1 and alone in second place in the East. And the Wicked Oil Profiteer$ did not gain ground on the Hellions in the West, remaining 2 games out; but, with the league’s second best record, 5-2.

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