|
Lucky Bastards
CHARLESTON, WV--You may find puddles with more depth than the Bakersfield roster, but that won't stop general manager Robb Baker from gloating. "Hey, what ever happened to the preseason poll?" he asked before the game even ended. "I wanted a good chuckle but couldn't find it!"
"It's really a shame," Woolfs GM Rick Lord sighed after watching Peyton Manning set a new quarterback scoring record. "We could be watching another Steve Young here. A guy who puts up great regular season numbers, chokes in the playoffs, and would be a hall of famer except no one will ever put a Circus Bear in the Hall."
118
|
Bakersfield Circus Bears | Pts | |
Peyton Manning |
68 | |
Marshall Faulk |
23 | |
Anthony Thomas |
1 | |
Jerome Pathon |
28 | |
Keenan McCardell |
7 | |
Tim Brown |
4 | |
Ken Dilger |
2 | |
Bill Gramatica |
5 | |
Lions |
25 |
| 
104
|
West Virginia Woolfs | Pts | |
Rich Gannon |
10 | |
Eddie George |
11 | |
Ahman Green |
19 | |
Rod Smith |
37 | |
David Boston |
17 | |
Troy Brown |
10 | |
Sannon Sharpe |
13 | |
Jeff Wilkins |
12 | |
Jaguars |
20 |
|
To make matters worse, Baker's gloating came after a late substitution allowed him to start Jerome Pathon instead of Ike Hilliard. "Come on," moaned West Virginia defensive back Fernando Bryant. "How the hell am I supposed to cover Jerome Pathon when I'm busy rolling on the ground holding my sides everytime I look across the line and see he's actually got a job in the BFL?"
The Woolfs posted the second highest score of any team in the league, thanks to Rod Smith's second huge week in a row and former Circus Bear tight end Shannon Sharpe reminding his old team why they shouldn't have let him go. "It's hard to say Marshall Faulk is worth three players, but if anyone is, he'd be the guy."
Bakersfield had intended to keep Sharpe, their starting tight end for the last four seasons, and two other players, hoping to reacquire Faulk in the draft. When it became obvious Faulk would be picked up by West Virginia, they instead let everyone else go.
"They made their decision and I would have liked to have stayed with one team my whole career. Unfortunately, that's not what they had in mind."
Grifters Hurt, Record Isn't
MAYBERRY, NC--A library reading room during midterms couldn't be more quiet than the Sin City locker room at halftime. After watching both Fred Taylor and Derrick Mason taken off the field with leg injuries in the second quarter, the Grifters figured they be lucky if the only other thing they took from the field was a loss.
"I'm not sure what we were thinking," groaned team doctor Jason Kelley as he openly expressed doubt in his experiment to implant hand grenades in each of the running back's joints. It was later learned that Taylor strained his groin, an injury that would require a pack of ice and twenty minutes of rest for most players. Taylor is expected to miss 3-4 weeks.
Ryan Longwell, undrafted and signed as a free agent, proved to be the hero, hitting three big field goals to secure the come from behind win for Sin City.
For the second straight week, Tim Biakabutuka was the overall disappointment of the league. Once again, he fumbled away a key possession and is in danger of losing his job to Dorsey Levens.
53
|
Sin City Grifters | Pts | |
Elvis Grbac |
13 | |
Edgerrin James |
24 | |
Fred Taylor |
0 | |
Darnay Scott |
10 | |
Wayne Chrebet |
8 | |
Derrick Mason |
1 | |
Byron Chamberlain |
5 | |
Ryan Longwell |
13 | |
Chargers |
28 |
| 
49
|
Mayberry Fifes | Pts | |
Brian Griese |
44 | |
James Stewart |
12 | |
Tim Biakabutuka |
0 | |
Orande Gadsden |
9 | |
Joey Galloway |
4 | |
Terrance Mathis |
4 | |
Kyle Brady |
0 | |
Matt Stover |
4 | |
Broncos |
21 |
|
|
Return of the Dirty Bird
TOLEDO--No two teams in BFL history have faced each other more often than West Coast and Toledo and unfortunately, for the Neanderthal, the last three meetings have had the same results.
"If you told me we'd hold Cris Carter to just one catch, keep all their receivers out of the end zone," Neanderthal coach Sam Rutigliano muttered, "I'd have taken those odds in a second." What Toledo overlooked was the return of Jamal Anderson. Not that Anderson hasn't been playing, just that he's finally returned to the form that earned him 1998 Bucco Bruce Bowl MVP honors and nearly put him on the All-BFL team that same season.
"It's taken time," Anderson smiled, "but now that I'm back to 100 percent, it's nice to know West Coast had the faith to keep me around." The highlight of Anderson's day came on a 96 yard touchdown catch that caught the Ravens linebackers off guard. Donovan McNabb--on the other end of that pass--added a rushing TD of his own to continue his Doug Williams Award campaign.
83
West Coast
Mennonites | Pts | |
Donovan McNabb |
46 | |
Jamal Anderson |
21 | |
LaDanian Tomlinson |
9 | |
Jimmy Smith |
12 | |
Kevin Dyson |
6 | |
Cris Carter |
1 | |
Stephen Alexander |
3 | |
Adam Vinatieri |
3 | |
Raiders |
21 |
| 
71
Toledo
Neanderthal | Pts | |
Jeff Garcia |
23 | |
Curtis Martin |
19 | |
Corey Dillon |
15 | |
Antonio Freeman |
12 | |
Amani Toomer |
8 | |
Qadry Ismail |
8 | |
Chad Lewis |
3 | |
Olindo Mare |
4 | |
Ravens |
18 |
|
|
East Coast in Ruins
MOOSE RIVER--How bad were the Killah Bees beaten in Canada? While the game was still being played GM Jack Sanders was already arranging no less than three waivers and signings. The league stresses the deals will not go through until the 24 hour waiting period finishes, but Sanders didn't seem to care, seeking any distraction to prevent him from having to watch the rest of the game.
The Kurt Warner-Marvin Harrison connection that is striking fear in defensive coordinators for the third straight year proved even tougher to guard against as Isaac Bruce punished the Chiefs secondary whenever they tried to double up on Harrison.
4
East Coast
Killah Bees | Pts | |
Vinny Testaverde |
10 | |
Lamar Smith |
12 | |
Emmitt Smith |
8 | |
Randy Moss |
10 | |
Eric Moulds |
2 | |
Ron Gardner |
1 | |
Bubba Franks |
9 | |
None |
0 | |
Chiefs |
22 |
| 
102
Moose River
Mounties | Pts | |
Kurt Warner |
42 | |
Terry Allen |
11 | |
Garrison Hearst |
3 | |
Marvin Harrison |
36 | |
Isaac Bruce |
24 | |
Peter Warrick |
1 | |
Wesley Walls |
0 | |
Joe Nedney |
7 | |
Packers |
48 |
|
|
All Moose, No Duce
ATHENS--Duce Staley may not have had the immediate impact some Woodchucks fans were hoping for, but this weekend he didn't need to. Daunte Culpepper and Moose Muhammad easily outscored the Boston Lagers thanks to the stifling Eagles defense that held both Terrell Owens and Torry Holt both in check.
The Lagers, a preseason favorite to win it all, now are winless and have the lowest point total in the league. Ironically, in the preseason coaches' poll, Mick Foley selected the Lagers dead last, saying he truly didn't think they were that good. "See what I mean?" Foley celebrated postgame.
33
Boston
Lagers | Pts | |
Jay Fiedler |
19 | |
Ricky Watters |
9 | |
Mike Anderson |
5 | |
Terrell Owens |
8 | |
Torry Holt |
4 | |
Bill Schroeder |
10 | |
Tony Gonzalez |
7 | |
Mike Vanderjagt |
6 | |
Titans |
19 |
| 
65
Athenian
Woodchucks | Pts | |
Daunte Culpepper |
30 | |
Michael Bennett |
11 | |
Duce Staley |
2 | |
Moose Muhammad |
18 | |
Brandon Stokley |
3 | |
Eddie Kennison |
2 | |
Frank Wychek |
4 | |
Jason Elam |
14 | |
Eagles |
35 |
|
|
|
Peyton Manning
Bakersfield Circus Bears
|
Week Two Team |
Pts | |
Peyton Manning, |
68 | |
Edgerrin James, SIN |
24 | |
Marshall Faulk, BAK |
23 | |
Rod Smith, WV |
37 | |
Marvin Harrison, MOOS |
36 | |
Jerome Pathon, BAK |
28 | |
Shannon Sharpe, WV |
14 | |
Jason Elam, ATH |
14 | |
Packers, MOOS |
48 |
|
Disappointment of the Week |
Tim Biakabutka
Mayberry Fifes
|
All-Dissappointment Team |
Pts |
Rich Gannon, WV
Vinny Testaverde, EAST |
10 | |
Tim Biakabutuka, MAY |
0 | |
Fred Taylor, SIN |
0 | |
Cris Carter, WC |
1 |
Ron Gardner, BOS
Derrick Mason, SIN |
1 | |
Peter Warrick, MOOS |
1 |
Kyle Brady, MAY
Wesley Walls, MOOS |
0 | |
Adam Vinatieri, WC |
3 | |
Ravens, TOL |
18 |
|
