The Airballers lived up to their namesake using TD passes and receiving TDs to beat the Wildcats 40-27. The Airballers even their record to 3-3 while the Wildcats dropped their 4th straight. With a very strong performance by Mark Rypien, Team LIGHTNING stomps the Anarchists by a 48-29 count. Lightning moves to 5-1 while the Anarchists have dropped their last 3. Hot Death remains undefeated thanks to WILBUR MARSHALL :) by edging out the Bombers in the game of the week 24-15. Hot Death won despite the fact that they started (in effect) no wide recievers ... The Bastards rebound from losing to the Cloggers and even their record by stomping the hapless Bombjacks by a 27-5 score. The Bombjacks are the only RAFFLE team to score less than 10 points in any game, and have done it TWICE. They have not won since opening day :( The Trouncers, behind M. Higgs and H. Jeffires soundly defeat the Linemen 40-14. The Trouncers even their record after an 0-2 start, but the Linemen remain below .500. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN WHAT HAS TO BE *THE* UPSET IN THE RAFFLE THIS YEAR, THE 1-4 CLOGGERS TAKE IT TO THE PREVIOUSLY UNBEATEN STEELERS 43-33. The Cloggers won the shootout Monday Night after tying the Steelers on Sunday!! The Cloggers have won 2 straight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BONERS: Five teams in the RAFFLE started players who did not play this week! (Some despite the fact they turned in a lineup...) The record of the 5 clubs was 2-3. While some may argue that a TIGHT END makes no difference, don't tell that to the COMMISSIONER whose TE Pat Beach scored 12 points last week!! REMEMBER THIS FOR WEEK 7! (If Pat Beach can do it, ANYONE, and I mean ANYONE, can! :D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BEHIND THE NUMBERS: Houston and Washington scored over 100 total fantasy points and ALL were picked up by RAFFLE TEAMS! Here are some RAFFLE STATS through week 6: * The only undefeated team in the RAFFLE has had less that 100 pts against (and has therefore had the easiest schedule ...) * The Cloggers scored more points against the Steelers than any two of the previous Steeler opponents COMBINED. * The Bombjacks have yet to break 100 points for, but have also had 197 points against. (and therefore the toughest schedule ...) The Bombjacks also have the distinction of being the only RAFFLE team to score less that 10 points in a game - TWICE!! They have been the victim of the biggest blowout, 39-1, by the Steelers. * The Spade and NoTrump divisions have scored 682 points - the exact same number - but the Spade division has a 4-2 victory margin over teams from the NoTrump divsion. The Club Division is also 2-4 vs the Spade Division AND NoTrump Teams. * Points for is not all it is cracked up to be! The Airballers and Bastards (2nd and 4th in points for respectively) both have even records, while the points leader, Team LIGHTNING, is 5-1. The undefeated HOT DEATH are 5th. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAFFLE standings and stats for week # 6: NoTrump Division | #| W | L | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst | ---------------- |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------| Hot Death | 4| 6 | 0 | 0 | -- | W 6 | 176 | 96 | Allen's Airballers | 1| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | W 1 | 209 | 193 | Clydestown Cloggers | 2| 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | W 2 | 165 | 178 | Eastern Anarchists | 3| 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | L 3 | 132 | 184 | Spade Division | #| W | L | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst | -------------- |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------| Lightning | 8| 5 | 1 | 0 | -- | W 3 | 221 | 131 | Ch. Bay Bombers | 6| 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | 151 | 154 | Drunken Bastards | 7| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | W 1 | 177 | 161 | Witchita Linemen | 5| 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | L 2 | 133 | 192 | Club Division | #| W | L | T | gb | stk | Pts for | Pts Agnst | ------------- |--|----|----|---|----|-----|---------|-----------| Pischke Steelers |11| 5 | 1 | 0 | -- | L 1 | 196 | 128 | Troan's Trouncers | 9| 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | W 2 | 169 | 153 | Atlanta Wildcats |12| 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | L 4 | 149 | 189 | Worcester Bombjacks |10| 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | L 5 | 83 | 197 | Trades and transactions: (Last week) | # | Released |pos| Acquired |pos| |---|------------------------|---|------------------------|---| | 8 | M. Stover, CLEV |rb?| B. Humphrey, MIA |rb | | 8 | R. Delpino, LARM | rb| M. Cofer, SF | k | | | | | | | | | | | | | Next week's contests: (Home Team listed first) #1 vs #11 #3 vs #6 #5 vs #4 #8 vs #9 #10 vs #2 #12 vs #7 Game of the week: The Trouncers and LIGHTNING, two of the hottest teams in the RAFFLE, will tangle to see who will continue their winning ways. Trade Order: THERE IS NONE THIS WEEK!! Order 1: Team # ?? 8 am Thursday Order 2: Team # ?? 9 am Thursday Order 3: Team # ?? 10 am Thursday Order 4: Team # ?? 11 am Thursday Order 5: Team # ?? NOON Thursday Order 6: Team # ?? 1 pm Thursday Order 7: Team # ?? 2 pm Thursday Order 8: Team # ?? 3 pm Thursday Order 9: Team # ?? 4 pm Thursday Order 10: Team # ?? 5 pm Thursday Order 11: Team # ?? 6 pm Thursday Order 12: Team # ?? 7 pm Thursday Special notes: NOT ALL NFL TEAMS PLAY NEXT WEEK, DAMMIT! BUFFALO AND THE NY JETS DO NOT PLAY NEXT WEEK!!!. Remember that MIAMI and NEW ENGLAND PLAY EACH OHTER BECAUSE OF HURRICANE ANDREW!! Also, DETROIT and MINNESOTA play on THURSDAY THIS WEEK!! IF YOU PLAN TO START ANY PLAYER FROM EITHER TEAM, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR LINEUP IN BY 7:00 pm EST on THURSDAY!! ANY LINEUPS RECIEVED WITH A DETROIT OR MINNESOTA PLAYER AFTER 7:00 EST ON THURSDAY WILL SCORE 0 POINTS FOR THE MINNESOTA AND/OR DETROIT PLAYERS! IF YOU HAVE MINNESOTA OR DETROIT PLAYERS CURRENTLY IN YOUR LINEUP, YOU MUST SUBMIT A NEW ONE BY THURSDAY OR HAVE THIS ONE CARRIED OVER! (Only HOT DEATH, LIGHTNING and the STEELERS (backup: R. Peete!) need to worry) NOTE ON TRADE ORDER: There is no trade order this week because of the early game and the fact that the rosters NEED to be filled by SUNDAY of this week, or your team will not be able to ADD any more players (You can trade and exchange, of course!). The OFFICIAL ROSTERS have been sent out already. If you need a copy, or any other resource I can LEGALLY provide you with, just e-mail me or you may find the likes of Kelly Stouffer in your roster :) Please try to fill the gaps if you have any, whether or not you believe you need them filled ...