Week 10 Summary - Adventures In Burlington, Upsets, & Blow-outs

Another weekend, another birthday. Assuming Madge stayed in his native 905, at least half the league was in the suburbs Saturday night, as 4 brave souls ventured West seeking adventure, friendship, and mini-burgers. The suburbs are a strange place. The car ride allowed us to learn far more about one of our fellow owners than anyone would have imagined. Lance's birthday party saw an interesting mix of characters and common wisdom suggests that the 905ers were just as afraid of the 416ers as we were of them. Conversation included Kevin's bold prediction that despite having all the check marks in his favour, he would lose to Harris. The party also proved a great opportunity to unveil Lance's ultimate man cave. Thumbs-up.

Average score hardly budged as it came in at 94.4 this week compared to last week's 94.6 pts. The average margin of victory hardly changed either as this week's 28.4 pts was down just a bit from last week's 29.7 pts. The closest game being the Hauser/Gregor match decided by 12.3 pts thanks to a strong Baltimore D/ST performance on MNF. The least closest game would have been the 60+ point blow-out perpetrated on your beloved commissioner by Jeff Alls. I don't want to talk about it.

Performer of The Week:

Lance Richter put up a solid 124.7 to take the award this week. More importantly, Lance was the first to jump on Madge's fading performances of late and the first one to hand him a loss since week 1. I have enjoyed this episode of Burlingtoner-on-Burlingtoner crime.

Senorita Of The Week:

Fusco, 61 pts. In what can only be some sort of Karmic payback for my comments to Jeff in this section last week, I put on the dress and took it. Another concussion for Westbrook (Trading with Ashby was like buying a coffin and some nails), a bruised lung for Jones, and a whole bunch of crap from the rest of my team make your commissioner a very sad man.

8-2 Club:

Ruh-roh. Devo and Madge sitting in a tree....

But in the line-up outside, behind the velvet rope stand Hauser and Gregor. I wonder if the bouncer will let them in.


The Jason Madge Memorial "Why Didn't I Start THAT Guy" Fantasy Player of The Week:

No award again this week as no bench player could have swayed any of the outcomes.

State of the League:

I woke this morning thinking the Hauser victory was a heartbreak for a number of teams vying for that final playoff spot, but since his victory was over Gregor, I now think it may have actually opened things up a bit. With 4 weeks to play, 9 teams remain (mathematically) in the hunt. And the head-to-head match-ups between contenders could drastically alter the current state of affairs. I reluctantly include my team in the hunt, but fear not as my collection of cadavers and fading pulses will do little to upset the apple cart.

The death bell has tolled for Mike D., Jamie Harris, and Kevin Andrachuk, as all hope for making the playoffs is gone. Spoiler is the best any of you can hope for.


Commissionarily Yours,

Your Commisssioner
Commissioner's Office, Suite 2200
Commissioner's Plaza
400 Commissioner's Blvd.

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