Week 3

Brown Starz (112.00) vs Jedi Knights (111.50)
Our game of the week certainly didn't disappoint. Chris and Galvez? Galvez and Chris? A true battle for the ages. Galvez held a slight lead going into Monday Night -- 5.5 points -- but Lum still has Warrick Dunn. 5.5 points for Dunn should be a mortal lock so it's over. Bye bye Brown Starz. All you haters out there? Yeah that's you, Razor Ramon, Gene, Hong.....Chris showed you! Despite having no peer support whatsoever (everyone voted for Galvez over Lum), Chris got the big win.

How'd he do it? RB Clinton Portis, just destroying the Texans with 28 total points after just a few quarters of play. He probably could of had forty but held back. Much like his team owner, Portis is a compassionate man. Problems loom on the horizon however for the powerful Jedi. Their QBs aren't looking that hot (Culpepper and McNair) and despite a strong running corps (Portis, R Brown, Dunn plus D Foster, K Jones, T Bell) and the successful return of Steve Smith, the receivers are a tad weak. In a moral saving move, half-black half-Korean Hines Ward was cut Monday afternoon, sending repurcussions throughout the Asian community. Filipino spokesman and BEP member Apl.de.ap had this to say:

"Lapit mga kaibigan at makinig kayo
Ako'y may dala-dalang balita galing sa bayan ko
Nais kong ipamahagi ang mga kwento
Ng mga pangyayaring nagaganap
Sa lupang pinangako"

Galvez translated that for us and it means, in a few more words, "Let's eat my Filipino brothers." Speaking of those Brown Starz, how'd they lose? WRs Darrell Jackson (20.5) and Roy Williams (22.5) both had great games and Peyton Manning had an easy 20 points. But RBs Rudi Johnson and Corey Dillon combined for only 7 points. That's not gonna help many teams run toa win. So in the battle of the brown, Superlum stands victorious.

Post MNF - Oh No! Our game of the week turns again! Galvez wins, Galvez wins! Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier! Ali boma-ye! Havlicek stole the ball! It's all over! Johnny Havlicek stole the ball! Warrick Dunn, why couldn't you catch one more pass? Run or receive one more yard? Oh No!

Fobsters (162.50) vs El Nino's (105.50)
A butt-kicking I've personally wanted to administer myself (except Hong's bigger than me. Muscles, I mean, his muscles are bigger). Ah well, I guess if someone's gonna have to beat Hong it might as well be Jimmy so that when I beat Jimmy, I can say that I'm better than Hong too. While Hong still unearths the gems (K Robbie Gould had 15 pts), his usual stars faltered. And by stars I'm referring to Thomas Jones, Jerricho Cotchery, and Joey Galloway. Let's see. Oh right, Donte Stallworth -- who killed many teams this week with a surprising visit to the sidelines.

With Donovan still kicking ass and taking names, the Nino's can afford one off-week. The Fobsters pretty much rode two players to their overwhelming victory. Old standard Brett Favre threw for 3 TDs (29 pts) and versatile Brian Westbrook also had 3 TDs on his way to 35 pts for the week. Not bad eh? It's rare that a matchup with four players still to go on Monday (Reggie Bush and Saints D for Hong, Deuce McAllister and K John Carney for Jimmy) is already over. Unless Hong magically planted his former beloved player, J Carney, to score -50 something points for Jimmy.

Post MNF - And Jimmy finishes with the highest score -- so far -- for the season...162.50 points. Congrats.

The Dukes of Hazzard (105.50) vs Pizza the Hut (89.00)
Apparently Marcus will have to do questionable dragon maneuvers with Hong. Been there, done that. Why not wager something less common? Like NOT playing dragons with Hong? Last place Dukes finally pulled it together and through a mighty team effort -- 7 players in double digits -- took down the Huts. It's nice to get that first win isn't it? Gene could have poured on the hurt if he had played Willie Parker (26.5). Maybe next week. Actually, he's going to have to next week because the 2006 version of the Madden curse hit early and hit hard. Number two overall pick Shaun Alexander has a broken foot. Whoops. But he was sucking it up this year anyway, so maybe a change to Fast Willie Parker won't be a bad thing.

Marcus had an injury himself this weekend. Young star Frank Gore strained his abdomen muscles while stretching toward a touchdown. He'll be back however -- and so will his fumbleitis. Oh well. The only player to even show up on Sunday for the Huts was Matt Hasselbeck, who tossed 5 TDs (but somehow only managed 25 pts). Maybe our scoring system is all wrong. How can 5 TDs only be 25 pts? Heck, Marcus sat down Javon Walker -- 3 recepts, 130 yards, 2 TDs -- and he had 26.50 points. Weird.

Dirty Birds (114.50) vs Razor Ramon (109.00)
In a matchup with trash-talking throughout, the Birds (ironically) headed into MNF facing QB Michael Vick. While the Birds seemed to be flying high and well on their way to a big first victory of the season, the Razors somehow -- through the late game fantasy heroics of Tom Brady -- got within 16 points. Vick has averaged well over 20 points each week and the (S)aints aren't exactly the Monsters of the Midway. At least Jon has the ATL defense to get a few spare points. For the Birds, QBs Palmer and the newly acquired Marc Bulger provided some decent scoring and WRs Holt (22) and Fitzgerald (15) were forced to offset Fred Taylor and Joseph Addai's (lack of) production. The 2-0 Razors fougth back with a balanced attack of RBs E James (15.5), Steven Jackson (12.5), Chester Taylor (9.5) and the always smooth Marvin Harrison (12). So, did Vick pull it off? Can the Birds knock-off the king of the hill? Wait and see.

Post MNF - Jon squeaks, and I mean, squeaks out his first victory as Vick tallies only 11 points. Who thinks the NFL rigged the Saints to win, raise your hand. Still, Jon gets a much needed win and the Razors almost had a great comeback.


Next week: Jon versus Gene. Both self-proclaimed fantasy gurus. Both sitting pretty with one win each. Who will pull to 0.500? Let's hope it's Jon (totally unbiased). Maybe they can tie. Which would be fitting.