Highest Scoring Team ($15)
Tuna with Spicy Mustard
Coach Jack
156.98 pts
Highest Scoring Player ($7)
Des Moines Football Team
Coach Qualley
Lamar Jackson - 33.9 pts (2nd time this season)
(Jack’s Ja’Marr Chase had the most this week with 56.65 pts, but you cannot win both weekly awards)
In case you were concerned, despite some rumors to the contrary, your commish’ is alive and well, and not at all avoiding this week’s recap due to suffering his fourth consecutive loss. No, in fact this week I had a higher calling, officiating my sister-in-law’s wedding, and it was not at all on my mind that my team’s 121 points were the highest total by a losing team in a week where Jesse’s Aspen Dummies would win with just 61 points.
It’s a remarkable win from Jesse to mark his 7th consecutive win, particularly given that it also to took place in what is officially the lowest scoring game in IFL history, at 118.59 points, blowing the previous record out of the water, which was the 2022 Week 6 matchup between my own Daddy’s Boys and Austin’s Rodgers LSDream Team in which I narrowly defeated him 63.93 - 63.12 (127.05 combined points). It’s also a remarkable loss from Curtis, who had the opportunity to take the outright lead of the Cul-de-Sack with a win. Instead Brady’s easy win over Jord 131-110 actually puts the miserable CdS into a 3-way tie.
Even more amazing is the fact that our 2023 IFL Champ Nick won his third straight game this week, pulling himself to just one game back in the CdS, and making his playoff chances very real, after his uncharacteristic 0-7 start, putting the beatdown on Ewoldt this week 144-100. Over the last 4 weeks, Nick has a +18 PPG differential to his season average, which is higher than every team in the league by at least 8 PPG.
Other big doings this week took place in X-IA, as Hunt and the Groovers would suffer their second loss in a row, this week to the TCU 83-133. That would open the door to the wolves at the door in the division, and Doctor Belichick would absolutely BLAST through it, putting the hurt on Chris 157-98. Of course, the team this week was put on the supple back of Ja’Marr Chase who put up the 4th highest individual performance in IFL history (as scored at the time) with just a completely un-understandable 56.65 points. Mind boggling. Jack not only takes command of X-IA, but now sits atop the league standings, which is the first time that it hasn’t been Hunt since Week 4.
Four weeks to go, and things are starting to get a little spicy. Like a spicy… yellow… condiment?
The CdS has their best week of the season, but still trail the pack by a lot. X-IA shows its first sign of weakness, and allows Papa Jord’s to cut the lead a bit.
The consensus goes 3 for 3, and Jesse and TC get one back.
