BAH's Spawn Fantasy Football outlook

The Spawn Fantasy Football season starts this weekend with a full slate of games. If you are an owner and have not already set your lineup.... don't worry -- I am sure it will be OK. It took me a little longer to get this posted, but I have good excuse. I was blinded by the super sonic speed of our QB on saturday.

BAHammm's Disclaimer:: This is just my opinion based on flimsy NFL knowledge and history. Teams 1-5 and 12-14 are pretty solid but the teams between 5 and 12 could be shuffled at random most likely. I will try no do this as often as possible throughout the season. We can vote to either have power rankings or weekly wrap-ups like I tried to do every week last season. You decide.

Just an early look at the upcoming Fantasy Football season here at the Spawn. With college football imminently approaching (Tomorrow!! ) football is on a lot of hearts and minds these days. I've taken the liberty as commish to briefly take a look at the teams and rank them as I see it right now. This is taken into account some of you have already attacked the free agent market liberally. Without further ado.

14:) TrueBlueMen. Idk what happened with their draft or where they've been but this deserves a MNF "C'mon Man!" Star players of Desean Jackson (will Kolb be able to get him the ball?) and the NYJ defense bracket 10 RBS ON THE ROSTER!

13:) Fightin' Tigers. Your QBs consist of Ben Roethlisberger (suspended 4-6 games) and Sam Bradford. Good WRs in Colston and Welker but not enough big point guys to be a threat at this stage.

12:) C-Town Playas. Mcnabb (will he stay healthy) and Josh Johnson at QB brings up a ?. The Steve Smith twins at WR anchor a pretty solid WR corps. Somewhat skeptical RB issues and 2 kickers on the preseason roster.

11:) Smooth Operators. Your son may say your team is stacked but I believe his to be the superior team at this moment. Qb is a big issue but they do have solid Rbs and decent WRs. 2 defenses on the roster bring them down as well.

10:) Surfing Kook. 3 QBs on the roster with Favre leading the way with Vince Young. Tim Tebow as a 3rd QB? Ray Rice can be a stuf FF RB though. Also has 2 kickers.

9:) DR. B. Kevin Kolb will either turn out to be a stud or a bust. Time will tell. Andre Johnson is money all day. But, 2 kickers and 2 defensive teams?

8:) Slim Shady's. Romo and Henne could be solid QBs. Combined with workmen-like WRs and RBs that should put up consistent points. May not be at the top but definitely not at the bottom. 2 Ds on roster.

7:) He Hate Me. Holding down the 7th spot mostly because of Adrian Peterson. With Favre's options dropping like Michigan's secondary All Day is going to have to come up BIG this season. Solid players at the other positions should round out the team though.

6:) Defenestrators. Aaron Rodgers should be huge again this season. Combined with good WRs and RBs this should be a threat throughout the season.

5:) 9 Finger Freaks. Little did many know but Schaub led the league in passing yards last season and will probably have another huge year. A solid WR corps compliments Schaub but somewhat sketchy backups and 2 kickers may be worrisome. Still put them at the number 5 position though.

4:) Homo 4 Romo. Drew Brees, big time RBs, big time WRs. This team should be trouble. Backups though may let them down at times.

3:) Bigassham. Your Commish's team comes in at 3rd. At first I thought I had a terrible team, then I thought "hey pretty good", now again I'm not so sure but I'm going with my initial instinct. Manning will put up solid numbers again along with Randy Moss. The rest of the WRs could be suspect but Cribbs may have a breakout season at the position. Time will tell for this team.

2:) Huge Fake TDs. One name, Tom Brady. Big threat receivers. Power backs usually used at goal line situations. Should be a high scoring team.

1:) I guess it should come as no surprise to anyone as last year's returning champs Zoltan's Heroes comes in and grabs the number 1 pick Chris Johnson and also the number 1 spot on our initial power rankings. Complimenting Johnson should be a great year from Flacco with his new added weapon. Combine that with solid players at every position and we could have a repeat.

Fantasy Football Draft

Reminder: The 2010 Spawn Fantasy Football draft is tomorrow (August 28th) at 7PM EST. This season we have filled our available 14 teams, and return an impressive 7 owners. The order of the draft will be determined 30 minutes before the draft. Thanks to BAHammm for setting this up again this year. Good luck to all the owners and enjoy eating my dust.

2010 SPAWN FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAMS
TrueBlueMen
9 Finger Freaks
C-Town Playas
surfing kook
homo4romo
Fightin' Tigers
Huge Fake TDs
DR.B
He Hate Me
Defenestrators
Zoltans Heroes
Smooth Operators
Slim Shady's
Bigassham

Spawn Fantasy Football - JOIN or DIE

It is that time of year again... our very own Bigasshamm is once again volunteering as commissioner of our "just for fun" fantasy football league.

Currently we have nine teams and we are looking for more. If you have never played before, don't worry, it is easy. The draft is scheduled for August 28th.

If you are interested in joining the fun, send us an email to spawnofmzone at gmail dot com. You will get an invite.

Come home Ronald Johnson!

Lost in the "he is qualified but not admitted" chaos of this week was the much more important news about the USC football sanctions. The Trojan football program has finally been held accountable for their transgressions during the Reggie Bush era. Yes, I know it only took 6 years, but a decision and punishment have been handed down. In a nut shell, USC is not allowed to play in a bowl game for 2 years, they will lose a total of 30 scholarships, 14 wins from that time period are vacated from the record books, AND most importantly the current juniors and seniors on the team are eligible to transfer to any other school without penalty. None of the Trojan upper class men will be required to get a waiver from USC or sit out a year after transferring. It is the college football equivalent of a fantasy draft - and we need to get in on the action.

There are plenty of players on this list that could immediately help the 2010 Michigan Wolverines. Off the top of my head, snagging one or two of their defensive backs or linebackers would be a dream scenario. However, emotionally, the most important player on the list for me is Ronald Johnson.

You all remember Ronald Johnson... right? He was a highly recruited defensive back/wide receiver from Muskegon High School. He was on almost every High School All American list. Everyone around here prayed he would choose the winged helmet and be the next great cornerback for Michigan. But, instead he chose Pete Carroll and the USC song girls. It was just one of many straws that led to broken back situation we are faced with today.

At USC, RoJo has been a solid contributor an a team filled with All Americans. He has been used primarily as a WR and kick returner. He has caught 74 passes, for 315 yards, and 12 touchdown passes. His most memorable performance was during the 2009 Rose Bowl when he delivered 2 touchdowns against an overmatched Penn State bunch. There is no doubt in my mind he would become an immediate impact player for us today.

In case you are reading this Ronald:
Please come home and play for the Wolverines! We want you. We need you. I am sure we can convince Terrance Robinson to give up his #8 for you. Heck, if is important to you, I'll even talk to Braylon Edwards about approving you for the #1. What ever it takes. We just want you back home where you belong. Also, feel free to bring along some of your new California friends. There is plenty of room for you all in the Big House.

Fight on and Go Blue.

A Girl Scouts: Superbowl Commercials

So I was going to go thru and remind us all about the "playas" for the Saints and the Colts, but then I thought, nah....what we all really care about are the commercials. Then I got sucked into NFL networks best commercials of the decade and well, here we are....laundry not getting done and the chores on hold.

This was the #1 ad of the decade according to Jim Nantz...and I kinda agree.



But, I found some other ones that make my own personal list.

Here's one that is just perfectly stoopid and ballsy:



And this laugh out loud cuz you know you work in this office:



Amazing how a commercial can create a phenomenon all by it's self:




And this final one for the ladies.....




SO, which one's have I forgotten??? What makes a great Superbowl Commercial??? Funny? Stoopid? Animals? Violence? Sarcasm?

Spawn Bowl Game Pick 'em FINAL standings

Here is the final standings for the Spawn Bowl Pick 'em contest. Congrats to HMBFossil. Despite the fact he was the last entry for our little contest he was able to select four winners and the closest BCS point total. If he did not already hate him, GoBlueBob has a very good reason to loath Nick Saban. Normal coaches would have just sat on the ball with a 10 point lead less than two minutes left. If Saban wasn't such an ass in allowing his offense to score again -- GBBob would have had the correct BCS number and taken home the trophy.



HMBFossil: let me know what you want to do with your newly acquired space on our sidebar.

Bowling update

Congrats to the Iowa Hawkeyes for the impressive showing last night in the Orange Bowl. The win ensured the Big Ten will have a winning record in bowl games this year. Personally I don't think conference bowl records mean anything, but maybe it will silence the Big Ten football critics for a couple of weeks. If you consider the conference was a FG away from winning 2 more bowl games (Minnesota and Northwestern) things are looking much better than they were a year ago. It is safe to say that Sparty was the only dark spot in an otherwise good bowl season.

Not many people remember, but Iowa was a miracle (in the form of two blocked FGs in a row) away from an Appy State like meltdown in the first game of the season against Northern Iowa. The Hawks dominated the entire game at the line of scrimmage against Georgia Tech. I am biased, but I think Navy runs the option attack better than the Yellow Jackets. It would be interesting to see if they could do better against the Iowa D. I do not look forward to seeing Mr Clayborn next year in Michigan Stadium.

Speaking of impressive, how about that fake FG attempt by Iowa in the 4th quarter ? The flip from the holder to the kicker was as innovative as I have ever seen. He essentially got off his knee before he caught the snap and flipped it thru his legs to the slow (but sprinting kicker). It did not work, but it still as awesome. Watching the play made me ponder two things:

1) Why do the refs not blow most fake FGs dead when the kneeling holder catches the ball ? He is technically down.

and

2) Why do the refs not call intentional grounding when a team spikes the football to stop the clock ? The QB is still inside the tackle box and the ball never makes it past the line of scrimmage.

Anyway, with two games left, here is the Spawn Bowl Pick 'Em update. According to my records, no one has a chance at a perfect 5-0 record. It has come down to Hemlock and myself (and possibly others). I am hoping for a lot of points in the BCS game.

Zoltans Heroes = Spawn Bowl Champs

Congrats to Zoltans Heroes for winning Spawn Bowl I.

This always happens in fantasy football. The stars of the NFL typically take week 17 off and the players that dominate the bulk of the season are not a factor. Zoltan got a 38 point performance from KC Chief RB Jamal Charles and almost 20 points from Kyle Orton.

Top performers for our league:

QB = 349.96 total points Aaron Rogers, Bigassham

RB = 342.90 total points Chris Johnson, Smooth Operators

WR = 213.90 total points Andre Johnson, Zoltans Heroes

TE = 174.50 total points Vernon Davis, 9 Finger Freaks

K = 156 total points Nate Kaeding, He Hate Me

Def = 252 total points New Orleans Saints, nobody

Spawn Bowl Game Pick 'em update III

Quick Bowl Pick 'em update.

Since there is only 4 Bowls left on the schedule, the contest is closed to new entries. Ohio_Guy and HMBFossil still have have a shot at a perfect 5-0 record. Good luck.

Spawn Bowl Game Pick 'em update II

Here is a post New Years Day game update for our Bowl Pick 'em contest. Thanks to the Oregon Ducks, there will be no 5-0 winner in this contest based on the current participants. In my mind, the only thing left to cheer for is a Northern Illinois victory over South Florida in order to deliver a perfect 0-5 record to Whet. If only his lack of success in choosing games could translate into failure for his Buckeyes...



There are still 9 bowl games left on the schedule. If you have not already entered the contest it is not too late. You can still run the table and take home the prize.

Edit: My bad. ohio_guy still has a chance to be 5-0. Sorry.

Spawn Bowl Game Pick 'em update

We are 6+ games into the Bowl Season, and things don't look so well for those of you that picked the early games. Based on my records, Shorty The Beachcomber is the only Spawn Bowl Picker to actually select a winner so far. He selected Utah to win. WooooHoooo.

With Marshall leading Ohio 21-0 in the Detroit Pizza Bowl -- it does not look very good for Phil or Whet to get off the goose-egg. I seriously believe that Phil has a realistic shot at going 0-5. Ouch.

If you have not already done so, there is still time for you to make your picks. The rules are simple... pick any 5 winners (selections need to be in before the game starts) and the total points scored in the BCS game. Make your picks.

Spawn Fantasy Football - Playoffs

It has been a while since we have had a Spawn Fantasy Football update. The regular season ended with six teams advancing to the playoffs.

At this point, I think it is important to recognize both the Bursely Busses and the 9 Finger Freaks as the only two teams in the league to not advance. It is pretty hard to not make one of the six spots in an eight team league, but they did it. Both of these franchises displayed an incredible amount of fantasy football stupidity throughout the season. BRAVO !

The top two teams got a "bye" last week (Defenstrators and Smooth Operators). Congrats to both of those teams for dominating our league. If there is any interest, I would like introduce you to the owner of the Detroit Lions. He can use your help.

Last week we had two playoff games to decide who moves on to play the leaders. Game #1 featured He Hate Me led by Peyton Manning against Sleeping with the Enemy led by Donovan McNabb. Big point days by Manning, Chad Ochocinco, and Adrian Peterson made this one a blow out. Sleeping with the Enemy could not overcome the mountain of points despite the heroic efforts of McNabb and Reggie Wayne.

This game is a perfect example of why I never want to play fantasy football again. I know this will anger many fantasy football players, but what is the point? Reggie Wayne delivers a big day for one team, but it doesn't matter because Peyton Manning gets a bunch of points for the opposing team. I would much rather root for teams than individual players. He Hate Me advances to play #1 seed Defenstrators with a 116-90 win.

Game #2 featured Zoltan's Heros against BigAssHam. This one was a little closer, but Brett Favre let BAH down while Phillip Rivers and Jamal Charles both posted 20+ points for Zoltan. 102-90.

How ironic is it that BigAssHam is defeated by a random average NFL player having a huge game against the Cleveland Browns -- and the Browns win? Zoltan moves on and will face #2 seed Smooth Operators.

Spawn Bowl Game Pick 'em Contest

I was planning on creating an online contest to have you select each bowl game, but it just got too complex. One thing I have learned about this place: if you make it simple -- more people will participate.

So here we go...

Rules:
1) Pick the winners in any 5 bowl games. You choose which bowls.
2) Pick the total combined score of the Texas/Alabama BCS game.
2) Your entry must be made before the start of the earliest bowl game you have selected. The time stamp on your entry will be key.
3) Picks must be made as a comment to this post OR (for those of you that want to continue to lurk) sent to the Spawn email address.

We will take all the 5-0 winners and award the entry with closest the total combined score of the Texas/Alabama BCS game as the winner.

Winner gets honored on the sidebar (similar to the SpawnIcon winner).

Lions Open Thread: Spawn Fantasy Football Update: Week 10

Editor's Note: BAH was not late with his homework. I was a lame administrator and kept running out of time to post this. This will also serve as today's Lions open thread -- since it's much better to live in our little fantasy world than to actually follow the Lions......

Spawn Fantasy Football Update: Week 10
Another week of fantasy football and NFL action. Hopefully I won't "Bellichik" my way through these highlights and disappoint an entire fanbase in the process. Seriously almost 2 minutes to go when you're leading by 6 and you go for it on 4th and 2 at your own 28 yard line? WTF?!? I haven't seen coaching like that since, well, every Clowns game. Speaking of great Clowns coaching here's your scenario:: You're down 16 with seconds to play and have one last play what do you do? A: Put your 3rd stringers in because this game was over before it even started? or B: Leave all your starters in, run some hook and lateral gimmick play, get THE ONLY player on your team who contributes every week injured possibly costing him his career, all while embarrassing yourself even more. If you went with B: your name is Erik Mangini and you will soon be looking for employment.

All bitching aside on to the FF. The blowout of the week went to SleepingwiththeEnemy against Bursley Busses. Sleeping put up a league leading 142 points to Bursley's 88. Bursley's team played exactly to their potential but it just wasn't enough to stop Sleeping's onslaught. Sleeping was lead by Reggie Wayne, Donovan "Chunky" Mcnabb and the Duh starter of the week the Baltimore Defense. Bursley had a great game from Reggie Bush but no one else on the team were able to step up.

The second and even bigger blowout of the week had Smooth Operators dismantle Zoltan's Heroes. Smooth is clearly Operating on all cylinders (Har Har) and is making their case for the top spot of the league. Zoltan's coming off a couple victories couldn't put anything together and only managed 79 points. Smooth has next years #1 fantasy pickup Chris Johnson leading all scorers with 35 points.

The closest game of the week had Bigasshammm finally getting another win over He Hate Me. He Hate was winning going into Monday night but Bigasshammm's squad still had Ray Rice against the Clowns defense and the rest was history. He Hate Me was let down by his receiving corps this week while Big's team is just a key player away from actually contending.

Finally Defenstrators wins again (yawn) over 9 Finger Freaks. It wasn't a great week for the Defenestration but they always seem to have those weeks when their opponents have even worse weeks. Tom Brady was a big plus for 9 Finger but Santana Moss and Willie Parker really let them down. Drew Brees only had a marginal day and Maurice Jones-Drew made every fantasy football owner scream when he took a knee at the 1 yard line ala Westbrook to shed time off the clock. That move in itself is quite baffling as your team is losing and you can score a TD to go ahead which is guaranteed. Why leave it on the feet of your kicker?

Playoffs start week 15 and Defenestrators are the first to secure their playoff spot. Bigasshammm's squad with their win this week has vaulted up into the final playoff position based on total points. There will be a few more changes before week 15 so it should get hot n heavy. Trade deadline is this Friday although I don't think we've had one trade. This week has the Ultimate Pillow Fight between the Clowns and the Cowardly Lions. I predict Lions by 17.

P.S. Don't be like me and forget that Thursday night games have begun! Get your rosters set early.

Spawn Fantasy Football: Week 9

From BAH, the Fantasy Football Czar

Boring week in the NFL last weekend. Thankfully true football fans were spared the Cleveland Clowns for a week. Detroit is on the rise and even Tampa Bay got off the snide with their rookie QB at the helm. Puts the Clowns back in the running for the number 1 overall pick which they can make then squander and ruin the professional career of some talented player. It's sad really.

The shootout of the week was Smooth Operators beating Bigasshammm's squad 153 - 138. Bigasshammm couldn't buy a win much like RR can't coach a win. Smooth's dynamic duo of Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald paved the way to victory. Big had a good week with nearly every player scoring double digits and climbed up to 5th in total points. Sadly though they are cemented in dead last with only 2 victories.

The 9 Finger Freaks got off their losing ways against SleepingwiththeEnemy. Sleeping had a very sub par week with only Joseph Addai being their lone bright spot. Michael Turner had a huge game for 9 Finger propelling them to the win. 9 Finger currently sits in the final playoff spot with the edge on total points over Bursley Busses.

Speaking of the Busses Bursley Busses' coach Andy took the week off and left a couple spots vacant giving Zoltan's an easy victory. We're all upset at the outcome of this season but please come back to us Andy. You are the fire repellant that keeps this couch from burning. Zoltan's meanwhile is one a winning streak and looking to take down Smooth in this week's matchup.

Finally Defenestrators won again. They knocked off He Hate Me with average games from both teams. Pittsburgh's D was not enough to keep the Defenestrators from grabbing another victory. At 8-1 they now have a 2 game lead on the competition. Won't they take a week or two off?

Get your popcorn ready as this weekend has an intriguing matchup. The Cleveland Clowns fans vs National TV. Granted I probably won't be able to watch on Monday night as it won't be a sellout but there is city wide unrest with the ownership and management of the team. A fanwide protest of the start of the Monday Night Football flogging with the Baltimore Ravens has been organized. They are trying to have all fans not enter the game until after kickoff. Thus when the game begins there will hopefully be "plenty of good seats still available!" I've never wanted something to succeed more than this. This Bud's for you.

Spawn Fantasy Football Update

From our FF guru, Bigassham:

What a weekend of NFL games. None better than the ageless Brett Favre sweeping the "washed up?" Green Bay Packers and proving he is the greatest once again. Mr. Favre when you're in Canton I will be there. Anyway another standard week of games in the Spawn FF pool. Some typical outcomes and not a lot of close games. Although one game did come down to Monday nig

ht and was virtually separated by mere decimals until one WR blew up. On to that in a moment.

Game 1 this week had the top dogs Defenestrators against Smooth Operators. Smo

oth was led by some great RB play but his WRs pulled a Braylon Edwards and couldn't amount for anything. Defenstrators continued his dominance with Maurice Jones-Drew destroying all other players on either team. Defen now pulls to a 2 game lead over Smooth in the overall standings.

Game 2 saw SleepingwiththeEnemy trounce He Hate Me by 40 points. Where was All Day? He Hate Me only managed to get 2 players into double digits but the highest was only nearly 14 points. Sleeping had a good day from the RBs and a great day from Reggie Wayne propelling him to victory.

Game 3 saw the closest game of the week as Bigassham fell once again to Zoltan's Heroes. Zoltan's avenged their week 1 loss to the Hamster. This game was tied on Monday night with a few decimal points separating the two until Roddy White burst open for a 58 yard TD and the Zoltan's never looked back. This reporter blames himself for turning on the damn game. Bigassham is now cemented in last place and has a huge battle again this week with Smooth. It's not looking good.

Game 4 the hometown heroes Bursley Busses knocked down 9 Finger Freaks into an almost dead even tie with Bigassham in the cellar. In the only bright spot of the weekend for Andy Bursley pulled off the win led by Tony Romo and Marques Colston. 9 Finger was hampered by Steve Slaton's impressive -0.90 score. The only negative score I remember seeing so far this season.

This week will see no one pick up any free points for teams playing the Browns. This should even up some of the standings and bring some more parity into the league. If not then all is lost and football is dead to me.

Signing off.

Spawn Fantasy Football Week 7

Submitted by BigAssHammm, Spawn Fantasy FB czar.

Another weekend of miserable football action. Both in college and of the professional variety. Lots of blowouts this week and not a lot of parity. The same can be said of the Spawn FF this week as their was only one close game. On to the action...

Starting off with our Game Of The Week SleepingwiththeEnemy managed to knock off the league's #1 Smooth Operators during the Monday night game. Although Mcnabb's numbers weren't spectacular he did enough combined with kicker David Akers to propel Sleeping over Smooth. Smooth played a good game but came up short in a few key categories and that made all the difference.

In other news He Hate Me went on to bludgeon the Bursley Busses by almost 40 points. Big games from Chad "Don't Call Me Johnson" 85 and the Pittsburgh Steel Curtain D led the way to this performance. Bursley's players played for winning teams but they were not able to compile the stats needed to elevate the team.

Zoltan's Heroes was able to hold off 9 Finger Freaks in a somewhat close game. Phillip Rivers is starting to climb back to FF greatness while Cedric Benson obviously couldn't get out of Chicago fast enough. 9 Finger had an overall good performance but it just wasn't quite enough to get them the victory. Braylon Edwards continues his career path of NFL bust with another poor injury riddled performance.

In this week's final game Bigasshammm was trounced by league juggernaut Defenstrators. Bigasshammm had one of their better weeks but it was nothing compared to the 150+ point performance of the Defenstration. With 5 out of 9 player positions scoring above 20 points you will be hard to beat every week. The biggest surprise was the fact that Drew Brees was not the high scorer, that honor went to the Eagles Desean Jackson. Bigasshammm continues to struggle to find a consistent running game but seems to have shored up a solid receiving corps. We'll see where FA takes them in the next week or two.

With the end of week 7 that takes the FF league to it's halfway point. Playoffs begin week 15 of the NFL season and the top 6 teams will play for the crown. Current standings are as such. Defenestrators sit atop the throne at 6-1 with a whopping 790 points. Smooth Operators is alone in 2nd place at 5-2 with 753 points. A 2 way tied for third has SleepingwiththeEnemy and He Hate Me at 4-3. Zoltan's Heroes is alone in the 5th position with a 3-4 record. Finally it is a 3 dog race for the final playoff spot with 9 Finger Freaks, Bigasshammm, and Bursley Busses clawing it out at the bottom each at 2-5 on the year. Trade deadline is Nov 20th not that we've seen much action in that area but the information is out there.

Spawn Fantasy Football Week 6

Submitted by BigAssHammm, Spawn Fantasy FB czar.

Well Spawners it's been a while since we've had a FF update. Real life happens and unfortunately it can't all be fantasy. Over the last two weeks we've seen Defenstrators suffer their first loss. Meanwhile Smooth Operators has turned into a serious threat and is scoring some major points. Bigasshammm after his week 1 win has continued to suck and fallen to last place in total points and win loss column. Shame shame shame. Anyway on to the games.

In the first blowout of the week Smooth Operators trounced the Bursley Busses 138-88. Smooth high scorer was Wes Welker, but he managed to score in double digits in all but one of his positions leading to the huge score. Bursley meanwhile had a good day from their QB and defense but none of their skill positions came through. Hi scorer of the match was Bursley QB Ben Worthlessburger.

In the second blowout Defenestrators got back to his winning ways by dismantling Zoltan's Heroes 135-88. Zoltan's team just couldn't get anything going while Drew Brees for the Defenesttration continues to wrack up major points. Won't someone go for the knees? Maurice Jones- Drew also proved his career wasn't over with a huge game against StL.

In the XFL 9 Finger Freaks managed to grab their second win over He Hate Me thanks to Tennessee not getting off the bus in NE. This reporter has never seen a team score as handily as the NE Patriots did in blowing accumulating snow ever. That was worse then the time DSU came into the Big House. Tom Brady with a league high 39 points lead the charge while the GB defense closed the door on the wounded courage-less Lions.

This weeks closest matchup saw Bigasshammm scratch and claw his way to a last minute win over SleepingwiththeEnemy. Thanks to some late game heroics in the Atl-Chi game Bigasshammm managed to pull from behind and squeak out the win by only 0.36 of a point. Our closest game yet. Big days from Aaron Rodgers and Randy Moss paved the way while Sleeping had a huge day from Thomas Jones that was in vain. At one point it was observed Bigasshammm's owner banging his head on the ground shouting "why didn't I start Ray Rice why why WHY?"

Overall standings for the year are as follows. Smooth Operators is tied with Defenestrators at 5-1 but holds the tie break in overall points. SleepingwiththeEnemy and He Hate Me are tied at 3-3 while all the rest are at 2-4 on the season. It's wide open for the 6 playoff spots that will be decided in the next 8 weeks. Good Luck.

Spawn Fantasy Football - Week 3

Submitted by BigAssHammm, Spawn Fantasy FB czar.

Another week of NFL magic and finally, FINALLY, the Detroit Lions get off their humps and pull out a W. The collective mass of NFL fans though wholly expected them to give the game away in the closing minutes. A good win for new coach and QB and for those remaining loyal fans. In other news the Cleveland Clowns played much like they have the last 3 years and were smoked by the Raven.s Who's shocked? No one.

On to Spawn FF. In the first game this weekend Smooth Operators took on Zoltan's Heroes at hallowed Michigan Stadium. Smooth although he obviously has been away from his FF team since he set up his roster is still finding ways to win. He continues to ride the good ship Arizona and as long as they do well he seems to do well. Although Wes Welker has been out for two weeks and he still has him in the starting lineup. Come back to us Smooth! Zoltan's on the other hand faced another defeat after getting limited production from his WRs and Rbs. He should have the team to keep it together though as the season rolls on.

Game 2 saw SleepingwiththeEnemy take on Bursley Busses in the Schoolyard. Sleeping managed to pull this one out with the FF pick of the week the Baltimore Ravens D against the inefficient Browns offense. Big points also from Jay Cutler and Reggie Wayne in their respective wins. Unfortunately no one on the Busses decided to step up big this week but they did have a nominal game and kept this one close.

The afternoon game saw the Defenstrators against the 9 Finger Freaks in Woody's Toilet Bowl. Defenstrators proved once again that they will be the team to beat this season in Spawn FF. Much of the rest of the league is praying for Defenstrators internet to break down and their roster to fold for a few weeks to let everyone catch up. Big games from Desean "I'm a Showoff look for me getting arrested soon" Jackson and Maurice Jones-Drew. ( Finger's Santana Moss had probably the best receiving day in their loss to Detroit but it just wasn't enough to outmatch Defenstrators. Defenestrators takes the top dawg of the week award as well.

Monday night saw He Hate Me vs Bigasshammm in the Canned Ham. Big is seriously in a downward spiral as they are once again this weeks "Biggest Loser". Getting no production from barely any of their skill players will do that. TO will you ever be a factor in the NFL again? This game was close believe it or not until Peyton Manning proved once again why he is the cream of the crop as far as NFL QBs. It's a shame he didn't win a Heisman. But I digress...

This week's match-ups we have Bigasshammm vs 9 Finger Freaks in a battle for the bottom of the barrel. Bursely Busses has the daunting task of trying to take down Defenstrators. SleepingwiththeEnemy takes on Zoltan's Heroes. Finally Smooth Operators fine tuned machine battles He Hates Me's rage. It should be another week of ineffective roster moves and smack talk leading up to Sunday.

Spawn Fantasy Football Week 2

Submitted by BigAssHammm, Spawn Fantasy FB czar.

In another week of NFL should have seen that comings, both the Detroit Lying Downs and the Cleveland Clowns fell to their respective teams. Some big upsets this week both on the field and in the realm of our little world. Let's get right to them....

First up we had Bigasshammm taking on Smooth Operators. Big coming off a week 1 win, and the most points of the week award, put in a mediocre performance. You're just not going to win many FFs matchups when you score 11.9 points combined with your 2 starting RBs. Smooth on the other hand went from the week 1 cellar dweller to the top scorer of the week and league thus far. Huge production from both Dallas Clark and Chris Johnson (who combined had nearly as much as Big has all together) and nearly hitting the projected stats on all other positions lead Smooth to a league topping 145.47 points. WOW!

Next up we had 9 Finger Freaks against SleepingwiththeEnemy. 9 Finger, along with much of the rest of the country, expected a big game from Tom Brady but the Jets did not let that happen. Both teams struggled but the game was over when Sleeping's Frank Gore lit up Seattle and lead him to an upset.

In the afternoon game Bursley Busses took on Zoltan's Heroes. Zoltan, the NYJs of the week through some trash talking out there last week and came up big this week. Big games from Matt Ryan and Andre Johnson lead to their near 30 point drubbing of blogtown favorite Bursley. This reporter was left shaking his head and reminded Andy that this is just for fun.

In the Monday night game Defenstrators destroyed He Hate Me. When you've got a QB like Drew Brees you're going to be tough to beat each week. That is why Defenstrators sits alone atop the mound of unbeaten. Greg Jennings through up a doughnut on He Hate Me's squad helping to lead to their defeat. I'm not sure even a solid game would have been enough as Defenstrators is just tough tough tough.

This week we have Bigasshammm heading to the frozen XFL tundra of He Hate Me. 9 Finger Freaks takes on the daunting challenge of Defenstrators. Bursley Busses tries to resist the temptation of SleeingwiththeEnemy. Finally Smooth Operators Goes against Mesko's pride Zoltan's Heroes.