We had a newsworthy week in the SPFL since I last wrote to you all. Let’s look back…
Yahoo’s AI was on to something … the Ghost of Megatron erased that ugly “0” in the win column … and put the first “L” in the loss column for the Bright 1s in the process. And quite handily, too, I might add.
The Piranha Brothers just kept on beating down whomever gets in their way. You know how in golf tournaments, the TV coverage sometimes shows the trophy getting engraved with the assumed winner’s name while they’re still on the course? The SPFL cameras may catch me doing the same to the Farley Trophy soon with the way the Brothers are acting up.
The No Names are erasing that No Game nickname. While they did suffer the loss this weekend, they put up some good points and … pulled the trigger on the first (last?) trade of the SPFL season by sending Patrick Mahomes to Greased Lightning land in exchange for Tony Pollard and Trevor Lawrence. I love it! Nice strategic move by both teams.
The Midgets had everyone in their lineup score this week! Yay. It didn’t matter, Beauty answered the call and assured the rest of the league that she’s no ordinary rookie.
Oh and Yesterday’s Corn started an injured running back just to rub it in the Moops face, by humiliating the Mayberry crew by 60+.
Only one zero remains in the standings now, with the Piranha Brothers at 8-0 in the Tommy Boy and looking a lot like they may just pull off that magical perfect season. The Corn are only three games back at 5-3, but it feels like a mile with the way the Brothers are scoring. The Moops, Turtles, and Lightning are all at 4-4 while the Thunder Monkeys, hot off their second win of the season, bring up the rear.
The story is almost the same in the Matt Foley, with the Bright 1s still standing tall at 7-1 with the Heroes and Beauty battling it out in second at 4-4. The pesky No Names are at 3-5 while the Midgets are 2-7. Megatron is only 1-7 but showed us all this week that there’s still meat on the bone.
If the playoffs started today, the Brothers and the Bright 1s would get that first round bye as division winners. The younger Perry brothers, the Corn and the Heroes, would be second place wild card teams, while total point wild cards would go to the Moops and the Turtles. HOWEVER, Beauty is only four meager points out of that wild card BUT still technically tied for second place, so there’s a lot yet to be decided. The Lightning and Monkeys are also both less than 100 points out of the wild card right now.
Brothers 175 – Turtles 138: The Turtles gave it a shot, but like everyone else so far, fell considerably short. CMac and Etienne with 31 and 30, respectively, led the way. The Turtles had a great balance to their lineup, with Breece Hall (24) and … oh no! … Kirk Cousins (20) posting the leading scores.
Davante Adams at the airport with Josh McDaniels’ plane
Heroes 156 – Names 133: The Heroes are finding their stride, led by Josh Allen (30) and Austin Ekeler (28). The No Names were right in it, thanks to DHop (38) finding the fountain of youth and that fearsome Lions D (27).
and the winner is …..@ASU_Baseball costume scrimmage pic.twitter.com/2V9upm37n9
— Willie Bloomquist (@williebloom) October 30, 2023
Arizona State Halloween Costume Scrimmage Game. LOL.
Monkeys 117 – Lightning 91: The Monkeys picked up a win thanks to JaMarr Chase (25) and Rachaad White (18) while the Lightning were spinning their wheels, led by the Chiefs D (17) and Mandrews (14).
Megatron 158 – Bright 1s 118: Yahoo gave us a heads up on this one as Megatron put on his armor and went to battle. CeeDee Lamb (41) and Jahmyr Gibbs (32) had monster games to lead the effort. The 1s were led by Justin Herbert (24) and Jordan Addison (21).
Steelers plan on being “inside Trevor lawrences ass” today, per ESPN report pic.twitter.com/BmI88enhdX
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) October 29, 2023
Say whut?
Beauty 152 – Midgets 106: Beauty and her beasts got off the L train in a big way, led by Jalen Hurts (28) and George Kittle (23) while the Midgets had Jahan Dotson (24) and Joe Mixon (21).
NFL should fully commit to the throwbacks and let Tennessee wear tear-away jerseys.
— Joe Bryant (@Football_Guys) October 29, 2023
pic.twitter.com/yJLAe0mxqo
Earl Campbell was something else, man. So were those uniforms.
Corn 174 — Moops 112: The Corn made a mockery of the Moops, as Sam Howell thought he was playing Wake Forest again (32) and Gus Edwards (31) lived in the end zone. The Moops had AJ Brown (33) and the Jags D (22) and precious little else. Funny thing is, the Moops were comfortably favored going into the game, especially when the Corn started David Montgomery. The Yahoo odds were still heavily in favor of the Moops when ye old Commish settled in for a Sunday afternoon nap after his Cowboys opened up a can on the Rams. When ye old Commish awoke and checked his phone? What the…? It’s a great game, I love it even in the hard times.
There's a point in every relationship where your partner demands to go apple picking and you have to decide if you want to be in a relationship or if you want to watch football whenever you want but just remember that God gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers
— Jeff (@TheFantasyEng) October 28, 2023
Thankful for Mrs. Commish’s understanding nature. And that I’m more of an NFL man than college (i.e., Saturday) man.
Next Week
- Moops @ Beauty
- Midgets @ Monkeys
- Megatron @ Corn
- Lightning @ 1s
- Heroes @ Turtles
- Names @ Brothers
I’m still lacking two league fees … don’t make me start dropping name hints…
Found Waldo! 😀 pic.twitter.com/lkcxnedOrR
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 28, 2023
Brews and Boos in Jonesborough? Brews — a solid A. The Boos? — a solid C. Being in Jonesborough I should have expected it, but it was more old fashioned, Appalachian storytelling than stereotypical ghost/spooky stories. And you all know I’m not very sophisticated when it comes to my entertainment. I wanted a vampire and a haunted house or spooky forest. It didn’t help that on my way back to the car, I got a notification on my phone that Matthew Perry had died. I’m no Friends Fanatic, but he played a great character and man, did he fight some personal demons. And I give him a lot of credit for laying it all on the line in hopes that the public could learn from his mistakes. Sad loss. RIP.
Wemby as Slenderman for Halloween 👻 pic.twitter.com/wHWfjybW3g
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 31, 2023
How freaking awesome is that? It looks AI generated.
Guess how many trick and treaters dared to approach the league office on Halloween? That’s right. Zero. Our town does a downtown “Trunk or Treat”-type event and that’s where all the kids go nowadays. Just more efficient, I guess. Fill your candy bucket with one stop. It’s okay — more Skittles for me and I could watch last week’s Amazing Race episode uninterrupted. But I bet there’s some folks around town who can’t do the downtown event and would like to see a few little ones in their costumes. But traditional T or T’ing still lives. My youngest daughter and her husband gave out over $200 worth of candy in their Giles County neighborhood. Virtually every house on the block decorates big time and it’s a big deal.
From spooky season to turkey season we go…
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