Week 8

Brown Starz (100.50) vs Pizza the Hut (82.50)
Oh man, the Huts are about to fall out of contention after yet another loss (three in a row). After two stellar weeks (WK 5 and 6, 132.50 and 142.00), the Huts are staring at two straight 80-point weeks. Which is the real Huts? It's hard to tell.

They do have good running backs (Tiki, Frank Gore, Julius Jones, and the new find, Wali Lundy), good receivers Chad Johnson, Javon Walker, Kellen Winslow, and Santana Moss, but their QB position is killing them. To say that Alex Smith and Chad Pennington (a combined 8 pts this week) won't do the job is hardly enough. Chad has had an off and on season and could be fine, but Smith is clearly not starter quality. He needs to go, a new QB must be found. And the Huts need to make their move now, by waiver wire or trade, to make a push for the playoffs. They're not that far away from hitting the , but they need to make moves!

The Brown Starz, on the other hand, are looking dandy heading into the second half of the season. They are at an uplifting 5-5 and with Peyton Manning (31 pts) dissecting foes each week, this team is rolling. The Starz didn't even have Corey Dillon and Brad Johnson on Sunday and they've already got a win secured behind Peyton, Rudi Johnson (11), Darrell Jackson ( 13.5), Alge Crumpler (15) and the Bears D (14). Go team Galvez!

Fobulous (117.50) vs Dukes of Hazzard (114.00)
Taiwan versus Korea, and Taiwan wins...despite not starting a QB who was playing. How does it feel to lose to a team that only had one healthy quarterback (Leftwich was out)? It smarts, that's for damn sure. Then again, when LaDainian Tomlinson puts up 42.5 points by himself, he can cover a lot of holes in your offense. Add in Brian Westbrook (13), Terrell Owens (16.5) and Brett Favre's (19) efforts and you have a bonafide Taiwanese victory.

Albeit a very close victory. If only the Korean sensation had played RB Willie Parker (17) instead of the underperforming Leon Washington and Travis Henry -- never trust a Jet -- he would have stolen the win. The Dukes had their own 3 TD stud in Reggie Wayne (38) and excellent performances from fellow WR Andre Johnson ( 17.5) and Steve Smith (16), but they fell a little behind with Matt Leinart's 9 point game, and only 14 from Philip Rivers. I guess inexperience at QB will kill you, in fantasy or in real life. Maybe next week Gene?

Dirty Birds (138.50) vs Jedi Knights (96.50)
The Birds seem to be rising phoenix-like from the ashes. So far this season, any team that has neared to bottom of the standings, or been at the bottom, seems to rebound with two or three wins to get right back in the thick of things. The Birds put up a stellar 138.50 points this week behind Larry Johnson's 4 TDs and 42 points. It looks like Larry's finally coming around to carry his team. While Carson Palmer and Marc Bulger put in some basic games (19 and 24), Freddy Taylor got in the action with two TDs too. Nice.

The Jedi Knights are coming off a two week high (reaching second place in the league in the meantime) and this loss was just a blip on the radar. QB Rex Grossman got back to his old self with 24 points (matched by the Ravens D, also with 24), but that waasn't quite enough to secure a win. RBs Tatum Bell and Warrick Dunn combined for only 9 points total and WRs Hines Ward (12), Drew Bennett ( 2.5) and Bryant Johnson (0.5) weren't too spectacular neither. But it's okay, you can't win'em all right? The Knights might have taken this one up the wazoo but they are still looking good.

Razor Ramons (144.50) vs El Nino's (124.00)
Oh El Nino's, after a pretty outstanding week, they still stand to lose to hated rival Razor Ramons -- unless Tom Brady and Chester Taylor combine for less than 17 points. Not likely. However, that's why they play the game.

The Nino's had outstanding performances from their entire roster this weekend. Thomas Jones (21), New Orleans WR Horn and Colston were the super twins with 51.5 combined, and K Robbie Gould got 12 points. However, the head guys, the QBs for this team failed. Donovan McNabb and Eli Manning only had 11 points apiece, clearly not enough to pull the upset on the Razors. You can't chop off the dragon's head with anything short of Excaliber. Perhaps inserting Muhsin Muhammad ( 14.5) or Marion Barber (16.5) from the bench would have helped, instead it was lackluster efforts by Reggie Bush and Jericho Cotchery that stunk up the joint.
MNF, time to sit back and pray.

If the games hold true and the Razors win this week, it'll be due to the prescient move of starting Ahman Green, who rumbled for an amazing (for him) 25 points. While Michael Vick continues to show his might by throwing his way to 31 pts, the RB-WR duo of Stephen Jackson ( 20.5) and Plaxico Burress (17.5) had great weeks. And that's not all. The Ramons had the Edge (17.5), DeShaun Foster (16) and Drew Brees (25) on the bench. Retarded.

Interestingly, neither team's defenses (Arizona and Denver) put up any points. C'mon kids, no sacks? No interceptions? Nothing? Remarkable.
It looks like it'll take another David -- not a Kelvin or a Hong -- to knock off the Ramon Goliaths.

MNF Update: Brady blew up for 32.00. Game over.


Next Week: Brown Starz versus Dirty Birds. The fight for second place, coming next week!