Week 8 finds the frontrunners falling back to the pack. There are now teams within 2 games of first and at least tied for the last Elite Spot. Three other teams are only one game out of the Elite. Only one team is 4 games out of first. Bottom line as we approach the halfway point it is looking like everybody is still in it, a few weeks ago - it looked like a few teams were running away with it. In general, that is good for the league. Like the NFL, I prefer the term parity over mediocrity.

  Don't forget to keep an eye on the old web site (http://swffl.50megs.com). It has updated archives and historical records. I will also add some web-exclusive materials there, like the complete 2010 Draft analysis, as I develop them. Anybody with ideas, send them to me and I will see what I can do.

Key Matchups to watch this Week

  The Young Gunz take on the surging Black Revenge in a battle of 4-4 teams. The Jelly Beans take on the Black Revenge as they try to get over the 500 and the Elite Line. The slumping Fightin' Irish take on the Dream Team (Bone, if you have any Monday night players - play them). In a battle between both ends of the standings, the first place Body Shop takes on the M. Takers. To a lesser degree, the 2nd place God Fellas take on the 7th place Black & Blue Attack.

  Norm was 3/5 last week making him 16/30 (53%) on the year. His lines (actually my estimates) appear above. Spock was 1/5 last week making him 12/30 (40%) on the year. His locks appear below:

  One game was over on Sunday, one was more or less over and the other three had some definite Monday Night Madness.

  The Young Gunz defeated the Roxborough Wrangelers in our tribute to the old west. Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid were not on hand, but Palmer, Blount and Williams led the Young Gunz. Peterson, green-Ellis and Carpenter led the Wranglers. Despite the close finish, the Wranglers had their best lineup in as due to the BYE or injury the Wranglers only had 2 bench points. To be honest the Gunz did not have many bullets on the bench either.

  The Black Revenge and a 95.1 point lead were too much for the Defending Champion Good Fellas, Manning, Jones and Vinatieri. The Revenge was led by Orton, Charles, Fitgerald and Johnson & Johnson as they handed the formerly undefeated GoodFellas their second loss in a row and knocked them out of first place, scored the helmet and climbed above the Elite Line again. The Fellas were led by Manning and Mendenhall. The Fellas had no help on the bench as their entire roster would have lost to the Revenge.

  The Black & Blue Attack, Schaub, Garcon, Johnson and Williams overcame a 36.6 pt. lead by the Fightin' Irish on Monday Night. Andre Johnson led the Attack. Only Lloyd managed to break the 20 pt. barrier for the Irish. The Irish best lineup would have stopped their losing streak from going to 3 games.

  The Body Shop, Foster and Rackers overcame a 20.8 pt. lead by the Dream Team. The Shop was led by Foster, TO and Witten as they climbed into first place. Brees and Gates led the Dream Team as they ended their 2 game stay in the Elite. Benson, Bryant and Moore starts would have kept the Dream Team in the Elite. I can't resist this and I am sorry if this I getting old, but I can not believe that my team is leading the league in scoring and has a losing record. We also are 0 for 4 (or is it 5) on Monday Night. I curse you Fantasy Gods.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Jelly Beans and the M. Takers. The Takers carried a 10.7 point lead over the Beans and Tamme. Tamme did his best Dallas Clark impression and pushed the Beans over the top. The Beans were led to their second win in a row (after dropping 4 in a row) by Stafford. The Takers were led by Rivers as they dropped their 4th game in a row. The Takers played their best lineup, so I guess I can't second guess the Takers starting lineup this week. See Bubba, that is all you have to do to avoid my weekly "you should have started so and so" tongue lashing.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): Suspiciously Absent

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 8

MVP: Calvin Johnson (37.1) Black Revenge       Best on Bench: M. Sims-Walker (29.3) Fightin' Irish      Low Scorers: Figthin' Irish (89.1)    Coaching Efficiency: High: RW, MT, YG (100%) Low: Jelly Beans (74%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - Rivers(198.3),Brees(189.5),Rodgers(180.9),PManning(174.9)
RB - Foster(177.0),CJohnson(164.1),Peterson(155.2),Gore(146.9)
WR - White(166.7),Lloyd(162.8),Owens(149,9),Hicks(148.5)
TE - Gates(166.3),Witten(108.2),Miller(107.1),Davis(102.4)
PK - Janikowski(90),Carpenter(88),Bironas(87),Crosby(76)
ST - TITANS(88),PACKERS(78),REDSKINS(77),PATRIOTS(74)