The Mashup is back after an unplanned hiatus last week. Report cards and fantasy football do not mix. That's all I got to say about that. Thanks to everyone who came to our annual League Meeting event this past Sunday at the Greene Turtle. We had a very good showing as 8 of our 12 league members dropped by, including Dewey who came to his first official league function. Everyone there was treated to some exciting action as the Bucs and Panters, Jags and Texans, as well as the Cowboys and Browns all went to overtime, with the Jags and Texans invoking the new overtime rule where a field goal on the first possession no longer equals instant win. The Bucs, much to the delight of our Dynamic Bucs Fans Duo, scored a TD in the last minute, as well as complete the deuce play, to force OT. Then, they took the opening kickoff and marched downfield to score the TD to win it.
Our League Meeting itself was a fun-filled event. It started with our Bucs contingent (Dewey and JP), arriving first, followed by the commissioner. Kent and Zach arrived next. They looked like twins in their 12 jerseys! Gaz came next, followed by Jeff (who arrived in the 2nd quarter even after getting up early to run 10 miles). Patrick Small rounded out the crew, but only came to drink one beer and then peaced. Here's a summary of the food ordered (because I know you're all dying to know).
-2 orders of mozzarella sticks
-1 fish sub
-1 club sandwich
-1 Turtle Burger
-Lots and lots and lots of 22-ounce glasses of hoppy goodness
Everybody left a winner on Sunday. We already talked about the Bucs game, but amazingly, the Redskins not just beat the Eagles, but they smoked 'em. Later that the night, the Ravens won a slop-fest, much to the delight of Jeff Newman.
Oh...right, sorry Kent. I'll...uh...leave it at that.
We have entered the final part of the season. There are only 3 weeks to go until the kickoff of the Menace Playoffs to see who will earn the right to play in Menace Bowl IV! Let's get to the match recaps!
Congratulations to Mr. Ben Gazlay, aka the official League Nudist (who oddly enough came to the League Meeting fully clothed), officially clinches the Pub Dogs division at the League Meeting, the earliest this has ever happened in MIISFFL history. He also opens a 2-game lead at 10-1 for the #1 overall seed in MIISFFL. To add insult to injury, he also takes home the weekly scoring pot after pounding the one team in the division that had a mathematical chance at catching him, Patrick Small. In football speak, we call this "closing" the matchup. In street lingo, we call this laying the smack down. Gaz has left no question this season who the top dog is in the Pub Dogs. Put some clothes on!
In the Greene Turtles division, matters are not quite settled just yet, but it is making for some good drama. JP held off a pesky Zach squad, thanks in large part to 31 points from Gronk. However, in a sick twist of fate, those will be the last 31 points Gronk scores for JP this season thanks to season-ending forearm surgery. Nevertheless, JP improves to 8-3 and a full game lead on the field in the Greene Turtles as Zach is doing his best to save face after an abyssmal start to his season defending his title. JP is no stranger to the catbird seat in his division, having been at least tied for first for more weeks than anybody else in MIISFFL history. However, will this be the year he finally closes the deal and wins when they matter the most?
Tom had a chance to keep pace with JP, but that's the price you pay for skipping the league meeting. Instead of keeping tied at 8-3, he falls into a 2nd place tie with kent at 7-4 as the big Tates Qua-Jizzed all over the Extreme Team. Alright, so it was an uninspired 9 point win for Kent, but it allows him to keep pace at just 1 game behind the division lead, while also holding off a hard charging (and growing) crowd at 6-5, as the race for the 2 wild card spots is all of a sudden very interesting after Kent and Tom had achieved separation for much of the season. Kent completes the season sweep of Tom and takes command of a huge tiebreaker should it come down to that as we enter the home stretch.
Dewey had a chance to keep pace with the crowd at 7-4, instead he falls back to 6-5 following a 128-110 loss to a 3-8 Andy team that has no shot at anything this season. Leading the charge (or lack thereof) for the Austrarians was the Houston defense, who surprisingly got lit up by an uninspiring Jags squad that allowed 37 points to be scored against them. This dud overshadowed good performances from the likes of Dalton, White, and Finley. Meanwhile, Tom Terrific showed Andrew Luck how it's done and dropped 33 points for Andy in the process. Andy cornered the market on Patriots players this week as their defense hardly finished in the negatives to allow Andy to score the upset win.
Patrick Deegan worked on grades instead of attending the League Meeting, but surprising was not punished for his transgressions as he ran into the team formerly known as the bomb squad. Jeff's squad this weak could not even pass for a cap gun as Jeff had nobody score over 17 points. This week's matchup proved fortuitous for Deegan as Matty Ice threw up a stinker against the "vaunted" Cardinals secondary, but still managed to escape with the win. As a result, Deegan joins the crowd at 6-5 only 1 game back. Deegan sits in good tiebreaker shape with a 1-game lead over Dewey for best division record and near-100 point lead over the other Patrick in points scored, with another game agasint Small in 2 weeks.
In the B-division (more like the Z-division), your humbled commissioner saved some face this week, and reminded everyone that he used to be a fantasy stalwart in this league by pasting Sean by 50. My advice to you is this. NEVER...and I mean NEVER...take Philip Rivers in a draft. I don't care how highly he is rated. NEVER draft him. All I got to say is thank goodness for Cecil Shorts III. Gotta be something about those guys with Roman Numerals on their back, right Small? Oh you left him on the bench, not like that would've helped you this week anyway...BAZINGA!
Only 3 weeks to go in this mess we call MIISFFL! All the matchups are divisional from here on in! Let's take a look at Week 12:
Dewey-Zach (Defending champ looks to dash Dewey's playoff dreams)
Kent-Andy (Andy looks to do the same to Kent)
Deegan-Nick (Nick looks to do the same to Deegan as Teacher Bowl means a lot more to the Patrick)
JP-Tom (Tom's last chance to catch JP in the standings?)
Small-Jeff (Small's done in the division, but still has a puncher's chance at the wild card)
Gaz-Sean (Gaz starts evaluating talent for the playoffs, having locked up the division)
One of the playoff spots is set, but there are 3 more still to be decided. Who will stake their claim to them? We find out next time on....
THE MASHUP!!!
Nick
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