Week 9 Notes

Ron Yeany

Week 9 – Week of the Games

Instead of a “Game of the Week” there are several big games this weekend. First off, New York vs. Carolina – The Griffons come into this game seemingly waltzing to the Division 1 championship. The Big Bang would like to put a stop to that dance, as Carolina is still stinging from an awesome 75-point weekend that got them nothing but a loss at the hands of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin vs. Los Angeles also offers an intriguing matchup, as these teams don’t know whether their respective Jekyls or Hydes will show up. Mercer vs. Miami offers a scenario where Miami needs a key win to stay in the playoff hunt. Division 3 games pit the two 5-3 teams against the two 4-4 teams… yes, we could actually have a 4-way tie in Division 3 after this weekend.

Week 8 wrapup: high octane

Wisconsin set the season’s high team score with 90 points this week to knock off Carolina despite the Big Bang’s season-high 75-point performance. Butler’s season-high 77 points evened their record at 4-4. Mercer’s 75 points also were a season-high.

Pittsburgh, with a win over Dallas, pulled even with Pennsylvania atop Division 3, as Pennsylvania was Keystone’s second victim of the season. With State College losing and Butler winning, they are tied with 4-4 records, as all 4 teams in Division 3 are within 1 game of each other.

The Mustangs, a big winner over Richmond this weekend, will retain a one game lead in Division 2 over Los Angeles, who beat Miami on the weekend. And New York will benefit from Miami’s loss and Carolina’s loss, as the Griffons will push their lead in Division 1 to a game and a half over Carolina and 2½ games over Miami.

FINAL SCORES:

Wisconsin 90: Fryar shines with 32
Carolina 75: McCardell posts 20 w/o a TD!

Butler 77: Stewart runs for 20
Newport Beach 36: Coates + Aska = nada

Mercer 75: Testeverde wows with 25
Richmond 42: Elway wows with 25

Los Angeles 56: Running Watters for 20
Miami 16: Bettis streak snapped

New York 56: Davis 29, God Squad 0
State College 30: Up-and-down Walls hits one

Keystone 54: McDuffie 20 buries Cats
Pennsylvania 43: Wanted! Receivers

Pittsburgh 36: No Favre, no problemo
Dallas 20: Tripled year-to-date RB total

Nick’s stats… this week:

(*lifetime records against opponent are in parentheses)
NY (4-2) over CL
LA (5-3) over WN (WN has won the last 3 meetings)
PA (5-3) over BR (PA has won the last 4)
NP (0-0) RD
KS (0-0) DS
PG (5-3) over SC
MR (3-1) over MI

Also provided by Nick:

After hours of exhaustive research, I thought you all would enjoy these fun facts.
Entering this season, during the regular season only:
the following teams were undefeated lifetime against their opponent:
……………………..Overall Record……………..This years’ result
WN over BR……………4 – 0……………BR over WN (first ever win)
SC over MI……………4 – 0……………SC over MI (streak now at 5)
NY over PA……………5 – 0……………Week 13
PA over CL……………4 – 0……………PA over CL (streak now at 5)
LA over PG……………4 – 0……………Week 13
LA over DS……………6 – 0……………LA over DS twice (streak now at 8)
CL over PG……………4 – 0……………Week 11

the following teams had not lost to opponent since the first year:
……………………..Overall Record……………..This years’ result
WN over CL……………3 – 1……………WN over CL (streak now at 4)
WN over PG……………3 – 1……………Do Not Play
NY over BR……………3 – 1……………NY over BR (streak now at 4)
NY over DS……………3 – 1……………Do Not Play
LA over RD……………3 – 1……………Do Not Play
CL over LA……………3 – 1 ……………CL over LA (streak now at 4)
DS over PA……………3 – 1……………DS over PA (streak now at 4)