Highest Scoring Team ($15)
Hype Zone
Coach Ewoldt
161.87 pts
Highest Scoring Player ($7)
BLASTERS
Coach TC
Deebo Samuel - 32 pts
(Mahomes had 36 pts for Ewoldt, but you can’t win both awards 😉)
The Curse of Nine is no more! Or rather, it was never a thing! Turns out our esteemed IFL statisticians and historians completely forgot that the Flaming Red Hot Gingers won 9 straight games in the 2017 season, from Week 3 to Week 11, when they started off the season 10-1. They would lose in Week 12. So it’s actually the Curse of Ten!
But alas, Hunt and the GROOVERS become just the second team in IFL history to win nine consecutive games this week, destroying Brady and the ALL-TIME D 141-84. The Flaming Red Hot Gingers, who lost in the IFL Superbowl in 2017 to Jack’s Bellhops, are somewhat statistically similar to the GROOVERS, but Hunt’s team may be a bit better. The GROOVERS are currently averaging 135 PPG, whereas the Gingers averaged an adjusted 129 PPG. The GROOVERS will have a chance to set further IFL history next week against Brady’s Boat Bucks.
The DD&B continues the intrigue, as the Technetium Tempest lose in the Game of the Week to TC BEING SO WEIRD ABOUT IT 122-131, thanks to a TD grab from Higbee in MNF. Meanwhile, in what was set up to be an absolute certain loss for the Jord and the Real Slim Brady, having 6 byes to contend with, somehow wasn’t, thanks to some great performances from Kelce and the Cowboys DEF. More importantly, Drew’s (F) Shak laid 2 goose-eggs (Gage and Hockenson) and had 8 or less points from 4 other players. The Real Slim Brady did stand up this week, in a purely heart win, 100-71. Crucial timing, putting Jord back on top of the DD&B. For now.
Meanwhile in the Cul-de-Sack, the Outlaw Soldier gets throttled by the Hype Zone 115-162. TC BEING SO WEIRD ABOUT IT won, as mentioned, and Curtis’s Lot Lizards also take advantage, edging out the Des Moines Football Team 112-106. Brady’s Boat Bucks got BLASTED, 126-153, so they remain a game back.
The Snyder Cut finally snaps their winning streak, losing this week to the Scallon Express, 73-85, which opens the door in the X-IA, and Ewoldt and Jesse waste no time getting back to within one game out of contention. Heck, even Brady’s sorry excuse for a team has yet to be eliminated. Though even just a single win from Snyder Cut would make him officially cut from the playoffs.
The Boy Scout Cyclones have another horrible week and fall to last place. They have gone from 2nd to 3rd to 4th in a span of two weeks. Unreal. The Cul-de-Sack builds on their lead by a few more games.
The top 3 pull away a little further in a tough week of pick ‘em. TC and Ewoldt are the only two who even go 3 for 4. TC is 7 picks back from the frontrunner Jesse, but there are still 16 picks to be made in the regular season and lots of bonus points come playoff time, so nobody’s out of contention just yet.
