Week 1 Recap

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Remember all of that talk about how the Ninjas division was far inferior to the Pirates division? Well in Week 1, the top four scoring teams were all in the Ninjas division: Macon, Dewey, Graball, and Brooklyn. Will this be a trend or a mirage?

Macon 116 - Graball 92
The more things change, the more they stay the same. As painful as it is to write, Big B's squad did remind the entire League that the road to the championship still goes through Macon. Jason's 92 point losing effort was actually the third highest point total of the week. I guess he should have voted for Big B's proposed rule!

Dewey 95 - Crotch Lake 54
Many people thought this game would be a blowout...but with the opposite results. TP's squad dominated Fryxell's by 40+ points. It's safe to say that Dewey will be moving way up in the rankings, while Crotch Lake will be heading in the opposite direction.

Brooklyn 78 - Crotch Crescent 59
Saber's boyz put up the 4th most points this week, while the pre-season #2 ranked Chupacabras couldn't break the 60-point mark. In related news, Willey was spotted at Best Buy this morning trying to get a refund for his Draft Dominator software.

Kona 77 - Moorhead 75
In the only game that wasn't decided by double-digits, Kav snuck by Swanny in a nailbiter. In what will likely go down as the worst example of overcoaching this year, Swanny changed his line-up 5 minutes before kickoff and inserted Percy Harvin (1 pt) instead of Hakeem Nicks (25 pts). And speaking of overcoaching, if Kav had started Matt Forte (32 pts) instead of Ray Rice (5 pts), he would have put up 114 points in Week 1.

Earth 72 - Cripple Creek 60
In the ugliest game of the week, Boogie's squad sucked less than CCD's squad. Given Notre Dame's performance against Michigan on Saturday -- and given that Ryan Grant is expected to be on crutches for the next 3 months -- it's understandable why CCD has reportedly been holed up in his bedroom all day today, crying softly while clutching a body pillow and listening to Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Survive" on repeat.

Somewhat Related Video of the Week
As someone who decided not to increase my bid for Arian Foster, I felt a bit like the woman in the clip below when I woke up and saw that he had put up 41 points. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMBYvKFdeiE


P.S. Updated rankings will come out later this week (after I've had a chance to break down all of the film).