Week 7 Wrap Up

Hi Everyone! We've passed the halfway mark for the season, so how is your team looking now? Bye weeks are always the test of strategic strength of a manager, and some of us are looking pretty good. Some of us were halfway to smart but then decided to take a left turn. But in the end, there can be only one, one team on top, that is. Will it be the Boozers? The team is still undefeated and also has the most points scored for the season so far. Be careful, Adam, for the Curse of the Red Hot Skillet may strike you. You're wondering, what the hell is the "Red Hot Skillet", aren't ya? Well, last season, the Highway Hogz (manager: Bob Trame) renamed the team to the Red Hot Skillet in hopes of remaining undefeated in the playoffs like he did during the regular season. The Highway Hogz, aka Red Hot Skillet then CHOKED in the playoffs, losing in the first round. We felt bad for Bob-o (for a moment) but then I remembered: when you're playing King of the Hill, it's easier to be the one trying to knock off the guy on top than to be at the top of the hill trying to protect yourself on all sides from all the nutjobs coming after you!

This week was one of extremes. We had the widest range in scores in Week 7 - 44 points on the bottom (Molesters) and 124.5 on the top (Shysters), a difference of 80.5 points. What does this mean? Damned if I know, but it's always interesting to look at the numbers in hopes that some brilliant realization will come. Outside of the numbers, we had some of the best smack we've seen this season so far. Great entertainment, guys! By the way, Tim, Stan Lee (of Marvel Comics) called the Commissioner's Office and threatened a lawsuit, something about plagarism, yada, yada. I gave him your address and phone number, place of employment, names of your children and wife and your bank account numbers. He said that he would be contacting you soon.

Here's another set of numbers that may be of interest. If we were pitting the North against the South in head-to-head matchups, this is what we've got so far:

	North	South
Week 1	2	0
Week 2	2	0
Week 3	4	2
Week 4	1	1
Week 5	2	2
Week 6	1	3
Week 7	1	1
Total	13	9

So far Week 3 has been our only week of all North vs. South matchups. And notice who is victorious so far? Yeah, that's right! North wins again!

And just one more set of numbers for you to hem and haw over - average fantasy points per game. I'll let these speak for themselves:

Nashville Nimrods - 74.3
Homer's Heroes - 79.0
ChiTown Shysters - 85.9
Southern Molesters - 74.7
Happy Hopheads - 75.7
Sidehill Gougers - 74.4
Dallas Demons - 85.1
Belmont Boozers - 89.7
Brown County Blues - 60.3
Sunday Brew Crew - 81.0
Nonads - 77.4
Last But Not Least's - 77.3

The Commish asked me to find out how many points we were all leaving on the bench, but I have better things to do, like watching paint dry. So, that's all I've got on the numbers this week. I do have one sidenote, however. I've noticed that some of you (LBNL) have struggled with your grammar, making your smacktalk nearly incomprehensible (LBNL). If you don't understand the word "incomprehensible", get a freakin' dictionary and look it up! So the Commissioner's Office will be issuing some books to help the "less advanced" managers who struggle with putting two words together (LBNL). You can expect your copies in the mail soon.

Thanks, all, and have a great Sunday!