NFL Week 2 Wrap-Up: We Will Survive

An incredibly exciting weekend of football led to an equally exciting number of ALACS storylines. In the NFL Survivor Game, all 14 participants who made it out of Week 1 alive also were victorious in Week 2. 50% of the pool picked the Giants to defeat the Rams -- which they did handily – followed by the Bucs (3 picks), Cowboys (2 picks), Packers (1), and Cardinals (1). 14 survivors still have their eyes on the $1000 Survivor Pool grand prize.

In Fantasy Football, little ground was made up by anyone in the USC Division, as all six teams that won in Week 1 were victorious again in Week 2. Brendan Meyer earned himself Team of the Week honors with his Roxy Returns squad putting up 158 fantasy points, led by the 66-point combo of Kurt Warner and Anquan Boldin (oddly, both of these players also player together in the GU Division on Matt Crevier’s El Segundo Teen Wolf). Meyer now has a 22-0 record in breakdown after leading the USC Division in Points in both of the first two weeks, and has a firm grip on the top of the USC Division Power Rankings.

The GU Division saw a particularly exciting matchup take place between Tim Hokit’s Hail Hokit and Drew “the Bird” Schoentrup’s BirdShit in Your Eye. Schoentrup went into Monday night’s game with a 31-point lead, while Hokit had both Donovan McNabb and Nick Folk still to play. Hokit earned a one-point victory with the deciding point coming from Donovan McNabb’s passing yards on the Eagles’ final possession. A GU Division-leading Week 2 performance by El Segundo Teen Wolf pulled Matt Crevier into an 18-4 tie in Breakdown with Mike Marty’s One-Eyed Wonder – the standings are tight up and down the GU Division. Another notable Week 2 perofmance was Willis Barnes’ Team BigMan exploding for 134 points after a less-than-impressive 67-point showing in Week 1. One-Eyed Wonder sits atop the GU Division Power Rankings.

The competition was fierce this week in the LO Division, with a few exceptions. Roughly five years ago, a man named Mike Shoff was banned from all ALA competitions after accepting bribes in exchange for trade vetoes (back when we still used such an archaic system). Then, two years ago, Mike was banned a second time (can I ban someone twice? Yes, I can!) when he chose to attend UCLA for Med School. Shoff is currently making up for lost time, and his Lil Ripstaz Harmony Souljaz turned in a second straight strong performance, leading the LO Division with 149 points. Shoff now stands at 21-1 in Breakdown and sits atop the LO Division Power Rankings with 35 Power Points -- the most out of any team in the ALACS. On the other side of that spectrum is the inspirationally-named Team Schreyer. After two consecutive sub-50-point performances, Billy Schreyer finds himself faced with an 0-22 record in Breakdown and a legitimately depressing fantasy football team. In the middle of the pack fell just about everyone else in the league: seven teams scored 106, 106, 104, 103, 101, 100, and 99 points, making the breakdown distribution particularly brutal for those unlucky enough to be on the bottom of that totem pole.

In the NFL Pick ‘Em Game, Chris Platt led ALACS’ers with a 9-5 record in Week 2. John Rosinbum, Kyle Davis, and Brett Mullin share the overall lead at 18-12, with Mike Lazar and Matt Crevier close behind at 17-13.

In the NCAA Pick ‘Em Game, Joe Simich took the lead with a stunning 8-1 record in Week 3, giving him a 21-9 record overall. Andrew Gay and Corey Rhodes are tied for 2nd place, both at 19-11.

Finally: Week 4 NCAA Pick ‘Em Lines will be sent out today – and get em in quick, because there’s one game on Thursday. Until next week…