Week 8 finds the SWFFL void of undefeated teams. The "Almighty" Beans finally lost their first game. Cheer up Beans, even thought you lost your spotless record, you still maintain a 2 game lead on the rest of the league. For the rest of the league if you won, you picked up a game on the top 2 teams. If you lost, you did not lose any ground on the top teams. My estimate's for Norm's picks are always going to win the week when the top 2 teams not named the Dream Team loose and the Dream Team wins. The Waiver wire is still going strong. Sorry about the delay in the notes, but this is one of "those years" at work.

  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 Dream Team and the Young Gunz meet in a battle of 4-4 teams that have made a trade with the Body Shop. The Black & Blue Attack and Roxborough Wranglers meet in a battle of 4-4 teams that have not traded with the Body Shop. The Fightin' Irish will try to keep their Elite Spot by beating the Black Revenge. The Jelly Beans and M. Takers meet in a battle of the top 2 teams in the standings. The Good Fellas will try to climb back in it by beating down the despondent defending Champion Body Shop.

  Norm was 4 of 5 making him 18 of 30 (60%) on the year and he regains top billing, his lines (actually my estimates) appear above. Spock was 1 of 5 making him 12 of 30 (40%) on the year. His locks appear below:

  Every game was more or less up in the air on Monday (some more than others).

  The Dream Team, Cassel and 46.3 point lead proved to be too much for the Body Shop, Matthews and Breaston on Monday night. Neither team had a starter over 20 points. And the defending Champ's bench would not have helped much as the Shop's entire roster failed to clear triple digits. This was a pretty serious bye week, but 93.2 total roster points is just plain sad. I think it might be time to put the Tebow plan on the shelf.

  The Black & Blue Attack and a 65.7 point lead were just too much for the Jelly Beans and Floyd. So the Black & Blue halted the Beans dream of an undefeated season (I doubt we will ever see one) and notched their 3rd helmet (2nd in a row). The Attack was led by Newton and Megatron. So if Peyton was playing (and still on the Attack roster), I think the Attack might have a problem deciding who to start. The Beans were led by Shady in the losing effort. You know early in the season, I told another SWFFLer that Shady reminded me of Barry with the elusive moves. He laughed, but I've hearing those comparisons more recently. I know it is way too early, but he sure seems to be making defenders look silly.

  The Roxborough Wranglers and a 44.2 points lead were too much of an obstacle for the Young Gunz and Gates. The Wranglers were led by Manning, Brown, Smith, Celek and the LIONS. Stafford and Boldin led the Gunz in the loss. Both teams wind up in the 4-4 log jam.

  The Black Revenge snapped a 3 game losing streak as 13.1 points was just a tad too much for the M. Takers and Bowe. The Revenge had no starters over 20 as they tried to run the corner. The Takers wasted decent outings by Vick and F-Jax and lost a 4 game winning streak. The 2.9 point difference almost made this Game of the week but it wasn't. There were several options on the Taker bench that would have turned the tide.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Fightin' Irish and the Good Fellas. The Irish, Rivers, Battle and V-Jax barely overcame a 32.3 point lead against the Fellas and pulled into a tie for second with the Takers at 5-3. The Irish were led by Rice and Cruz. The Fellas got nice games out of AP and the BILLS in the losing effort. A Moreno over Bryant start would have turned the 2 point loss into a 0.1 point win by the Fellas.

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

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 8

MVP: Cam Newton (35.9) Black & Blue       Best on Bench: Ben Roethlisberger (28.4) Rox. Wrang.      Low Scorers: Body Shop (73.7)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Jelly Beans (100%) Low: M. Takers (73%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - Rodgers(262.5),Newton(236.3),Brees(224.8),Stafford(213.7)
RB - FJackson(175.9),McCoy(170.7),Peterson(164.3),Forte(162.1)
WR - CJohnson(211.4),Welker(183.3),SSMith(172.6),Wallace(168.8)
TE - Graham(150.3),Gronkowski(115.5),Witten(105.7),Davis(99.7)
PK - Janikowski(94),Hanson(89),Crosby(88),Kasay(85)
ST - JETS(88),RAVENS(85),JETS(83),BILLS(80)