FCNPFFL: Week 11 Results

I probably use this line every year around this time, but.....'And down the stretch they go'. While our top five teams seem pretty set in stone, barring an unwelcome three game losing streak, we had at least seven teams vying for the final playoff spot. You know how they say, 'Gotta be in it to win it.'

Your weekly friendly reminder about THURSDAY NIGHT football takes us to the NFC South as ATLANTA and NEW ORLEANS square off.

On a bright note...this upcoming week marks the final week of BYE WEEKS. This week CINCINNATI, SEATTLE, BUFFALO and PHILADELPHIA get to take a some time to heal.

This league has no trading deadline, but still requires a 48 hour voting window. Feel free to make some trades.

Onto the games:

I had my final shot at salvaging my season against Nate. I got the jump with two long TDs from Antonio Brown who scored 21 points, but Nate took control shortly thereafter behind fill-in RB Bobby Rainey who scored three times and amassed 34 points. He also got 17 from fellow Bucs player Vincent Jackson and ran away behind 29 from RGIII. With 11 from the Bears D and 10 from Nick Novak, Nate secured $10 for top scoring team of the week as his run to the playoffs continues.

Final Score: The Bounchers 115 Escaped Lunatics 67

Who likes kissing their sister?? Apparently Luke and Nick B do because as of now...they're tied. (Of course CBS and the NFL could add/subtract a point on Wednesday...who knows). Luke continues to ride his Stafford/Megatron combo as they combined for 60 total points. Nick B got 24 from Michael Floyd and 12 from the Seahawsk D, but needed a huge night from Cam Newton to get back into the game. Newton tallied 28 points and left the game knotted at 83. Nick B failed to replace his TE who was on a BYE week while his backup TE scored a single point on the bench. Oh what could have been for the Knacks.

Final Score: Deathtongue 83 The Knacks 83

Matt needed a win (like everyone else), but he was going up against a suddenly hot squad coached by John. This was another nail biter. Matt saw Nick Foles stay hot with 24 points and he got 10 from Fitz while John was led by Drew Brees with 18. Chris Ivory added 15 and Delanie Walker put up 12 way back on Thursday. Going into MNF John trailed by just a point but he had the Panthers strong D and Pats kicker Stephen Gostkowski while Matt had Panthers TE Greg Olsen. This game stayed tight throughout as Olsen scored, the Panthers D held NE in check, but when they scored it was from the foot of Gostkowski. A very muddled affair. When the dust settled, John emerged with a two point victory.

Final Score: The Situation 64 Rainbows & Puppies 62

Ben and Joel met in what appeared to be a great game on paper even with Joel missing Aaron Rodgers. Ben was led by Marshawn Lynch with 23 who has been equally as valuable as his QB Peyton Manning who mustered 'just' 18 points. Joel got 17 from backup QB Jason Campbell and 13 from Ryan Mathews. Unfortunately for Joel he had no other double digit scorers while Ben got 16 from Dan Carpenter. His last chance with his two Patriots came up woefully short as Ridley and Dobson were held to just 10 total points when he needed at least 28.

Final Score: The Magic Wands 81 Nikachu 63

Ho-hum another week and another win for Adam. He was led by the Bengals D who scored 21. Ike got 20 from Russell Wilson and 11 from Garrett Hartley. His WR combo of AJ Green and Riley Cooper went drastically cold, scoring only 2 total points (Josh Gordon had 20...inside joke y'all). On MNF  Ike had Gronk left, but Adam still had Brady and a six point lead. Unless everything went to Gronk Adam was going to win. Brady 17, Gronk 9.

Final Score: Biggums' 'Basers 74 Myra's College Fund 60

Nick G went to the church of Mike and was rewarded with a strong scoring week. Oh Mike how giving you are. Nick G got 27 from Rashad Jennings, 20 from Andrew Luck and 12 from Steven Hauschka to roll easily over Mike even with 23 from Shady McCoy and 22 from Matt Ryan.

Final Score: Lollipop Kids 90 Bookoo Barbarians 68

Jody continues to play hard down the stretch as he dominated Alex this week. He got 20 from a resurgent CJ2K and 17 from Philip Rivers along with a well balanced 5-8 points from his other six players. Alex got 16 from Matt Forte, 14 from the Bills D, but a big fat 0 from Geno Smith who matched Tony Romo while Romo was probably chillin' on a Caribbean island somewhere with a cold drink in hand.

Final Score: DoggNutz 77 The Worhless Peons 55

Standings after Week 11:

Back Wall Division

Biggums' 'Basers (Adam) 10-1 (Overall #1 Seed)
Lollipop Kids (Nick G) 8-3 (T-#3 Seed)
Magic Wands (Ben) 8-3 (T-#3 Seed)
Bookoo Barbarians (Mike) 4-7
Myra's College Fund (Ike) 4-7
Worthless Peons (Alex) 3-8
DoggNutz (Jody) 2-9

Critter Corner Division

Deathtongue (Luke) 7-3-1 (#2 Seed)
The Bounchers (Nate) 6-5 (T-#5 Seed)
Nikachu (Joel) 6-5 (T-#5 Seed)
The Situation (John) 5-6
Rainbows & Puppies (Matt) 5-6
The Knacks (Nick B) 4-6-1
Escaped Lunatics (Jason) 4-7

Schedule for Week 12

Adam 9-1 vs Nick G 8-3 (Game of the Week)
Ben 8-3 vs Mike 4-7
Luke 7-3-1 vs Jason 4-7
Nate 6-5 vs John 5-6
Joel 6-5 vs Nick B 4-6-1
Matt 5-6 vs Jody 2-9
Ike 4-7 vs Alex 3-8

So the correct answer to last weeks question was: 2. Only 2 5-6 teams.