Week Four Recap, Continued ...

I pick up my pen after a day’s reflection, to continue this story told of heartbreak and glory—the story of Week Four in the Montana Mile League.

Is anyone else still surprised that last year the Ocean Beach Surf Riders won the Superbowl? It isn’t that I begrudge Glen his success, it’s just that many dedicated coaches actually showed up at the draft last year—and they certainly didn’t get to win the championship. Now this year, Mr. Moy did deign to participate in the draft, and what did he do? He gave his nod to a rickety bunch of aging has-beens, who, once the season began, promptly started scoring points like they were young, hungry and still only twenty-four. Again this week, the pattern holds: 22 points from Curtis Martin, 14 points from Marshall Faulk, 21 points from Terrell Owens. This state of up-is-downism results in the unfortunate Beetles moving to dead bottom in the Nagurski, in spite of the fact that Bill’s eager young bunch has posted more points than any of his divisional rivals. If Daunte Culpepper hadn’t been on a bye, methinks the Surfers would have been swamped. Don’t worry brave Nagurskites, the pleasure of seeing the Surf Riders trounced will happen sooner than you think. You see, these old men will soon face the Bobcats and their fury!

But let’s continue to focus on Week Four, and turn our attention to the Sluts and the Wild Things. One team waltzed into this match-up undefeated, and one team slinked in sullied with three losses. How can we felicitously express what was the obvious result? I think Janie Frickie said it best: “It ain’t easy bein’ easy.” The Sluts needed to look to their tight end and defense for the bulk of their points—never a winning strategy. Meanwhile, as the Eagles go, so went the Wild Things, with an outstanding and surprising 23 points from Brian Westbrook leading their charge to victory.

I think that everything that needs to be said about the Specialists and the Mother Tuckers this week has already been said. A couple of last minute knees, a load of controversy—and two little girls and a dedicated father to boot. Maybe someday, just someday, our dreams of happiness won’t so easily be shattered.

And that brings us finally to the Mission Manhandlers and the Rolling Blackouts. I must admit my ignorance—I have no idea who B. Volek is (and, right now, I’m too lazy to click), but his 22 points help the Manhandlers get back to their winning ways, with a positively Surf-riderian 23 points from Emmit Smith to help things along quite nicely. Ron must be too busy saving lives to check his lineups—settling for a big zero from his Houston back did a lot to offset the yeoman contributions of Derrick Mason and, yes, David Terrell.

COTW nominations:

Ron for achieving zero points form Dominick Davis

Melissa for getting a combined 15 points from her QB and two RB’s

Scott for not breaking fifty points

I won’t nominate Duke because he’s had more than his fair share of polls lately, and I’ll give Kevin a pass due to the firewall situation at work.