Straight up: 5-1 (Jellypop is the lone blemish)
vs. the spread: 2-4 (with that, I hand the reigns over to McGee)
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NFFC No. 3 WILE E. COYOTES (879 points, 7-6 record) at the Tech Bowl (front lawn of the NCSU Student Center) |
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| Head-2-Head: The Jayhawks eked out a 65-61 win in Week 3. The Jayhawks lead the all-time series 3-1. Playoff History: None. This is the 'Yotes first trip to the Tech Bowl; the 'Hawks have been here and lost twice. The Line: Jayhawks by 13 |
Sheer intimidation. This squad is on the verge of setting a league record for most points in a season. Their 41-point output last week was their worst of the season, yet still more than what half the teams in the league are averaging! OK, that is perhaps an exaggeration, but not much of one. This team racks up more points than your average high schooler has on his driving record. | Bill could start an entire roster of people playing indoors or in warm-weather climes, and the Dolphins' defense gets to go against the turnover machine that has become Daunte Culpepper. Jayhawks point machine Priest Holmes looks to be felled by a hip injury, and his dynamic duo of Saints (Deuce McAllister and Joe Horn) has to play in Cincinnati with an early forecast of snow showers. | Bill has a somewhat dubious history on his side. No team has won both the overall and Tech Bowl titles in the same season since 1998, when Steve accomplished the double dip. Also, each of the last two times a team has made its first appearance in the Tech Bowl finals, that team won -- the Jellypop Fighters year and the Weathermen in 1999. This is virgin territory for the Wile E. Coyotes. In his first three seasons, Bill was 0-2 in the playoffs. But if N.C. State can win 10 games in football, what's to stop the Coyotes from taking their first Tech Bowl title? In an upset that won't quite rival the Jets' defeat of the Colts in Super Bowl III, the Coyotes pull a stunner and eke out a one-point win over the Jayhawks. |
THE OBITUARIES
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AFFC No. 3 THE BOTTLEROCKETS |
| All the pieces were in place for a historic upset, but the Bottlerockets fizzled on the launch pad. With the Jayhawks scoring a season-low 41 points (three less than former Jayhawk Clinton Portis scored all by his little lonesome last week), they were as ripe for the picking as low-hung tomatoes in July. | You gotta know it's gonna be a bad week when Dee Brown is your leading scorer. The Panthers' fifth option at RB prior to the season racked up 13 points for the 'Rockets. | Brett Favre was doused by a steady drizzle in San Francisco, and Ron's three wide receivers combined for zero points. It's hard to overcome three goose eggs from your wideouts. | Playing for pride is all that's left for Batcho. But pride has never been enough to motivate any TFFLer who finds himself out of the running for $. See you next year, Ron. All is not lost, however. A couple of bad weeks, and Ron could tank himself into the No. 2 slot in next year's draft. Timmy's got the No. 1 spot locked up. |
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NFFC No. 4 HEELBILLYS |
| It was just a bad week all around for playoff teams. The top four scores of the week were all posted by non-playoff teams. McPooters' team was just a little worse than Billo's fired-up Coyotes. | Marc Bulger did his best and chipped in 13 points, and Martin Gramatica also had reason to celebrate with 11 points. | Everything else. Wayne made the mistake that many rookie investors make on Wall Street -- he bought one week too late on the Texans defense. After Houston scored a whopping three defensive TDs against Pittsburgh the previous week, they only got 5 points total for Wayne. The Titans D would have been worth 12, but still not enough to pull out the victory. | Looking forward to the Tar Heels' bowl game! Oops, that ain't gonna happen. Oh well, there's always basketball season. |