Fantasy Recap – Game Of The Week
(MyFantasyLeague.com Fantasy Times Sources – Sep 15, 2009) In a week 1 UFFLE intra-divisional battle, Grid Iron Bullies squeaked by a tough Bad Attitudes team by a score of 76 to 74, silencing a partisan crowd of 66,643.
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Grid Iron Bullies were led to their 2 point victory by a 17 point effort from Matt Ryan, who got by the Miami Dolphins defense for 229 passing yards and 2 passing tds. They also got help from a 15 point effort from Jeremy Shockey, who snuck past the Detroit Lions defense for 31 receiving yards and 2 receiving tds.
“The important thing is that we won,” Grid Iron Bullies coach Eric Bell said.
Bad Attitudes were helped out in a losing cause by a 21 point effort from John Carlson, who got by the St. Louis Rams defense for 95 receiving yards and 2 receiving tds. With this performance, Carlson was the number 1 ranked tight end for week 1. They also got help from a 17 point effort from Kurt Warner, who got by the San Francisco 49ers defense for 288 passing yards and 1 passing td.
“They outplayed us in every phase of the game,” Bad Attitudes coach Steve Spickenreuther said.
Compounding the issue, Bad Attitudes could have scored 100 points and gotten the win with their best lineup, but Steve Spickenreuther left key players like Fred Jackson and his corresponding 19 points on the bench.
This brings the record for Grid Iron Bullies to 1-0, and drops Bad Attitudes to a record of 0-1.
Coming up in week 2, the 1-0 Z-Squad are at Bad Attitudes, where Bad Attitudes are an early 34.0-point underdog, while Grid Iron Bullies are at the 0-1 The Undergarments, where The Undergarments are an early 5.0-point underdog.