Week 3 Recap (by Glen)

(he had some "problems" logging into the blog, so I'm posting this on his behalf) -

Ocean Beach Surf Riders defeat Richmond Sluts 160 - 117
Specialists defeat Bloodthirsty Scalping Savages 137 - 55
Rolling Blackouts defeat Bay City Steam Rollers 112 - 71
Joes Mother Tuckers defeat Chicago Long-Horned Beatles 110 - 103
Rolling Rock Wild Things defeat Emerald City Chimps 103 - 74
Arcadia Bobcats defeat Mission Manhandlers 87 - 81

In the week's most lop-sided game, the delinquent Specialists managed to shrug off their league-imposed penalty and thoroughly spank their Butkus division rivals. Thanks to a mind-boggling 61 point performance from Javon Walker, the Dukester strung together back-to-back wins. There wasn't much the Savages could do in this matchup, with only Tory Holt managing to score double-digit points. Heck, Duke could have been his usual clueless self by not starting Walker and he still would have won! So the first COTW game ball goes to Kevin for not only losing to Duke, but losing badly to Duke.

In this not so exhilarating battle of ex-roommates, Pete's Bobcats managed to secure bragging rights over the Manhandlers this time around. Jamal Lewis is clearly making the most of his remaining days of freedom, generating 32 points for the owner of Casa del Schoewe. But the story behind this matchup of "titans" (and I use that term VERY loosely folks) is the 24 points riding pine for the Manhandlers in the form of Brad Johnson. While few MML observers can fault Kanako for going with franchise player Steve McNair, a bruised sternum will not get you points or wins in this league. It will however get you a COTW nomination.

If the city by the bay has been a dreary place for the Steamrollers as of late, it's also a little darker now thanks to the Blackouts. Mr. Fantasy Football Priest Holmes was anything but that this week, coming up with an anemic 13 points and ZERO TDs. One can already hear Sei working the waiver pool furiously. Blackout QB Trent Green shrugged off his two previous Disappointing Player of the Week awards to lead a balanced Lubelchek attack. But the most eye opening statistic of this game was Sei's decision to leave Brett Favre and his 40 points on the bench! Not that it would have secured the 'Rollers a Week 3 win, but still . . . benching Brett? Upsetting 6 million cheeseheads and the football gods definitely calls for a COTW game ball.

Mr. Fred's offseason regimen of beer, women, and rock-n-roll for the RRWT is clearly paying dividends as they start the 2004 campaign 3-0. Quarterback Donovan McNabb produced his third straight 25+ point game while leading the boys from Philly past the bottom dwellers of the Butkus division. One has to wonder what the hell is going on at Chimps headquarters as Commish Lee can't get production from any of his RBs. Clinton Portis and Quentin Griffin took sucking to new depths as they managed a woeful 11 points between the two of them. That's after generating a whopping 15 points the week before. The only thing this dynamic duo managed to produce in Week 3 was a COTW nomination for Scott.

The Tuckers also start the season off in fine fashion, edging out the Long-Horned Beatles by seven. Thomas Jones once again led the JMTs to victory, rattling off his third straight 20+ point game. Marc "I miss Kurt" Bulger tossed in 27 points to offset a slow day at the office for Ladainian. As for the Fighting Morans, it looks like the Sluts passed on the injury bug to the Beatles. Losing Rich Gannon, Charlie Garner, and Todd Heap to injuries is clearly not good news for the struggling 1-2 Beatles. Thankfully Duante Culpepper came up with yet another 30+ point performance. But team observers wonder out loud whether the CLHB can get by week after week on Duante's arm and Bill's charming wit. Stay tuned.

As for the OBSR, they abused the gals from the Richmond like the sluts they are. Did Moy's boys care that the Sluts were battered and bruised? Hell no! Leading the MML yet again in offensive production, the Riders were the beneficiaries of impressive performances by Peyton Manning and Reggie Wayne. Not even the Monday night heroics of Ron Gardner (39 points) could rescue the Sluts from their scheduled appointment with defeat. All Sluts' asst. coach Mac Liu could say during the postgame interview was "160 frickin points?!?!" COTW for Melissa? Ya sure ya betcha.

Player of the Week: Is there any question as to who should win this? 3 TDs, 220 yards, and 61 points?!?! It's gotta be Javon Walker even if he plays for Duke.

Disappointing Player of the Week: Hey it's not Trent Green! This dubious honor has to go to Michael Vick (Sluts). Negative one point against Arizona? Two fumbles, an interception, and zero TDs? Eli Manning would have been a better start and he was picking splinters from his ass all day Sunday.

Question of the Week: Will the check finally make its way to Scott?

GM Move of the Week: It's gotta go to Melissa for winning the Aaron Stecker sweepstakes and picking up the Falcons D, which generated 21 and 27 points respectively for the Sluts.

Well there you have it . . . Week 3. Don't forget to vote early and often for COTW.