Quick and the dead rankings (2038 Week 14)
LAST UNDEFEATED FALLS AS TOP 3 TEAMS LOSE!!!!Week 14 was a wild and entertaining week where the last undefeated team lost big and the top three ranked teams would lose. Along with those upsets, we had several other big upsets with teams ranked at least 10 spots lower then their opponent won.
The game of the week was the #10 Blue Rock Heisenbergs defeating the undefeated #1 Kansas City Monarchs 31-13. The game went into halftime 7-6 Heisenbergs and the Monarchs would take a 13-10 lead with 11:36 left in the 3rd quarter before the Heisenbergs would score 21 unanswered points to win going away. The Monarchs defense entered the game allowing no more than 13 points in any game and they averaged 7 points allowed per game for the season before the Heisenbergs laid 31 points on them. The win moved the Heisenbergs up to 6th while the Monarchs slipped down to 4th after spending 6 straight weeks at #1.
There was more then 1 game of the week as the #6 Chicken Wing Foghorn Leghorns knocked off the #2 Deadwood Dust Devils 26-10. The Foghorn Leghorns have the #2 scoring offense and have scored at least 26 points during their current 6 game winning steak and end up ranked 2nd with the win, just 1 ranking point out of 1st. The Dust Devils are in the midst of a 5 game stretch versus top 10 opponents and are currently 1-2 in that stretch including a week last week versus the new #1 team. The lose dropped the Dust Devils down to 7th with the last 2 games against the #5 Hammers and the division rival #3 Mellotrons.
The 3rd game of the week featured the #7 Bratislava Mellotrons shutting out the #3 Hollywood Stars 26-0. This lopsided win helped the Mellotrons move up to 3rd, just 1 ranking point out of 2nd and 2 ranking points out of 1st. The Stars are 3-2 versus top 10 teams and their final 2 games are against 2 more top 10 opponents. They play the #1 Quicksilver and #2 Foghorn Leghorns the next 2 weeks and the current lose drops them down to 8th in the power rankings.
The #5 Great Falls Quicksilver survived to win in overtime versus the #13 Mayfield Bakers 20-17. The win helped the Quicksilver climb into the top spot in the rankings just 1 point ahead of the #2 Foghorn Leghorns and 2 points ahead of the #3 Mellotrons. The Bakers are battling for a playoff spot but back to back loses to top 10 teams by 3 points has them in need of a strong finish. The lose kept them ranked 13th.
We had some big upsets this week, none more than the #31 Philadelphia Cheesesteaks edging out a win versus the #20 Albany Firebirds 12-10. The Cheesesteaks have struggled to score all season, scoring 17 or less in 12 of their 14 games. The Cheesesteaks managed just 12 points this week but it was enough to give them their 2nd win and they moved up to 27th. The Firebirds have 5 wins thus season, all against Dead teams but they lost this one and become Dead themselves as they drop to 25th.
Another upset was the #29 Hawaii Black Sharks beating the #18 Mississippi Mud 13-6. The Black Sharks have had a very erratic season where they have beaten the #7 Dust Devils, #17 Corsairs, #19 Rampage and #20 Voodoo but have also lost to the #22 Billy Goats, #25 Firebirds, #24 Autobots and #30 Cut Throat's. This win moves them back into the And tier at 18th. They have yo-yoed back and forth between And & Dead all season and even made a 1 week appearance in the Quick tier. The Mud lose dropped them back into the Dead at 26th but after a season where they finished 32nd as the North Florida Lizards, the move to Mississippi has shown signs of improvement and their 5 wins is positive step.
The #26 San Antonio Rampage upset the #16 Buffalo Chips 13-12. The Rampage was resurrected from the Dead up to 19th while the lose by the Chips dropped them to 21st.
THE QUICK
1. Great Falls Quicksilver 167 (5)
2. Chicken Wing Foghorn Leghorns 166 (6)
3. Bratislava Mellotrons 165 (7)
4. Kansas City Monarchs 155 (1)
5. Charleston Hammers 151 (4)
6. Blue Rock Heisenbergs 135 (10)
7. Deadwood Dust Devils 117 (2)
8. Hollywood Stars 117 (3)
9. Tokyo Far East 108 (8)
10. Oak Island Treasure 107 (9)
AND
11. Galanta Mallards 72 (11)
12. Birmingham Thunderbolts 71 (12)
13. Mayfield Bakers 63 (13)
14. Chesapeake Bay Crusaders 58 (17)
15. Omaha Storm 57 (14)
16. Menominee Timberjaccks 43 (15)
17. Tampa Bay Corsairs 18 (23)
18. Hawaii Black Sharks 24 (29)
19. San Antonio Rampage 28 (26)
20. New Orleans Voodoo 23 (21)
21. Buffalo Chips 8 (16)
22. Chicago Billy Goats 7 (19)
THE DEAD
32. St. Lawrence Muskies -71 (32)
31. Letterkenny Shamrocks -67 (30)
30. Colorodo Cut Throat's -29 (28)
29. Duluth Timbers -22 (25)
28. Green Bay Bullfrogs -20 (24)
27. Philly Cheesesteaks -16 (31)
26. Mississippi Mud -16 (18)
25. Albany Firebirds -12 (20)
24. Atlanta Autobots -12 (22)
23. Texas Butcherz -10 (27)
BECAME QUICK
None
BECAME DEAD
Albany Firebirds
Atlanta Autobots
Mississippi Mud
RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD
Tampa Bay Corsairs
Hawaii Black Sharks
San Antonio Rampage
NO LONGER QUICK ENOUGH
None