WEEK 9 PREVIEW!

Oklahoma City Wilsons   (5-3)   vs. Purple Hurricanes   (4-4)

The Hurricanes have won 5 out of the 8 matchups against the Wilsons in this series.  The Wilsons have not beaten the Hurricanes in the Regular Season since 2009.  In the past 4 Regular Season matchups, the Wilsons have come closer and closer to victory.  They lost by:

2010 = 46.5 points

2011 = 31 points

2012 = 15 points

2013 = 8.5 points.

Most of the damage by the Hurricanes in the recent games has come from the Drew Brees / Rob Gronkowski connection.   Brees has averaged 24 and Gronkowski 17.5 in the last two games these two teams have played.  Both the Power Rankings and ESPN favor the Wilson this time, however coach Bell knows he has to stop that duo to win.

South Lake Devil Dogs   (5-3)   vs.   Eddie Royale w/Cheese   (3-5)

This is the first meeting between the Cheese and the Devil Dogs.  The Devil Dogs are fresh off of a thrashing of his Queen Anne Rival Pretty Boys.  The Dogs put up 154.5 points, and with adjusted scoring (using the bench points that would have created the optimal lineup) the team would have scored 174 points.  The Dogs left 18.5 on the bench from RB Lorenzo Taliaferro, and 1 pt from Kendall Wright.  The 174 points represents the highest adjusted points scored in the league this season.  The Cheese dropped a tough game to the Felons in week 8.  Cheese QB Aaron Rodgers put up 24 in the loss, but the other 5 offensive players kicked in a total of 22 pts.  To date, the Cheese have the 2^nd lowest scoring RBs and WRs.  If they can get some more production in those spots, things could really turn around for coach Cam.  Both the Power Ranking and ESPN are picking the Devil Dogs to win this game.

Rainier Valley Felons   (2-6)   vs.   Riggins   (6-2)

The Felons have won 5 of the 8 battles with Riggins.  The Felons second ranked scoring defense will take on Riggins’ top ranked scoring offense.  Riggins is averaging 27.6 points/game more on offense than the Felons, so the defense may not even come into play.  Riggins won this matchup in 2013 by 15 points, 118.5-103.5.  In that game, the Felons had 33 points from Tom Brady, but the 2 RBS and 2 WRS combined for 6 points.  Riggins was on pace to set the all-time scoring mark before last week, but fell off the pace after putting up only 104 in Week 8.  Riggins is aiming to put up 162 points this week to get back on pace for the scoring record.  The Power Rankings pick Riggins to win, while ESPN sides with the Felons.

L.A. LAW(UP)YERS   (5-3)   vs.    Fluffernutter   (3-5)        

Shawn Law and the Law(up)yers have yet to taste victory in this series.  The Fluff have won both matchups, and by a swell average margin of 29 points per game.  Not many in the league would have predicted such an up and down season for the usually solid Fluff.  The loss of Adrian Peterson and the health of Jimmy Graham have led to inconsistent play.  In 3 wins, the Fluff has averaged almost 144 points per game.  While in their 5 losses, they have put up just over 97 points…that is a difference of 47 points per game!  The LAW has put up an average of 123 points per game over their last 4, but only came away with 2 victories (in a sort of statistical anomaly, both LAW and his opponents have scored 493 points over the 4 games!).  Both ESPN and the Power Rankings like the Fluff to continue their winning ways this week.

Fighting Freemasons   (1-7)   vs.   The Counselor   (3-5)

The Freemasons are 4-2 against the Counselor.  The Freemasons come in off a tough loss in Week 8.  The team put up its second highest scoring output of the year with 117.5 points, but still lost by 25.  The Counselor comes in after a big victory over arch rival Chris Bell and the Wilsons.  Counselor did leave QB Ben Roethlisberger and his 44 points on the bench, but plans to start the stud QB against the Freemasons this week.  Both the Power Rankings and ESPN expect Counselor to stay on a roll and come out victorious in week 9.

Westwood Animals   (5-3)   vs.   Goodview Pretty Boys   (6-2)

The Queen Anne Division leading Pretty Boys, and the and the Columbia City leading Animals will face off in week 9 for just the fourth time.  The Animals took the first two games in the series, but the Pretty Boys were able to take the “W” last year behind 19 points from Tony Romo and 38 points from the WR corps.  Andrew Luck scored 24 of the teams 76 points in that game, but simply could not get any help as not a single other player on the team broke double digits in the game.  Luck is the top scoring QB in the league (22.6 points/game over his last 3) and is getting a ton of help from TY Hilton (19.6 points/game in last 3).  The Pretty Boys are a bit banged up heading into this one (5 players listed as questionable heading into the weekend) and will hope to get big games from it League Leading LBS to help slow the Animals offense.  Both ESPN and the Power Rankings like the Animals in this game.