NFL Week 9 Wrap-Up: Passing the Midway Point

Relatively speaking, Week 9 in ALACS Fantasy Football was a low scoring week, with only nine teams across the three divisions breaking the 100-point barrier. Pete Lawton’s Panty Sniffers earned Team of the Week honors with a 138-point performance led by Kurt Warner (27), Adrian Peterson (19), and Derrick Mason (19). The GU Division is truly open for the taking – there are six teams within five Power Points at the top of the Power Rankings, led by Tim Hokit’s Hail Hokit at 29.5. Sean Stokke’s The Taters – fresh off a recent six-player blockbuster trade with Mike Marty’s One-Eyed Wonder – may have a leg up on the rest of the league if his luck in H2H record can revert to the norm. Stokke leads the GU Division in both Points and Breakdown, but finds his squad sitting at 3-6.

In the LO Division, Kyle Davis’ Rudi’s Luggage saw a previously comfortable lead take a beating by scoring only 53 points in Week 9. Kyle’s performance, coupled with 115 points from Andy Popp’s Bandwagon Butcher, accounted for a 21-game swing in the Breakdown category. Rudi’s Luggage still has a substantial lead in Points, but Popp and Mike Shoff’s Harmony Souljaz are creeping up the Power Rankings. The Harmony Souljaz led the LO Division in Week 9 with 124 points.

In the USC Division, Jordan Spektor’s Seahawks Nation (recently renamed ‘Santonio Holmes’ Weed’) led the way with 123 points. Spektor sits two Power Points behind the division leader – Brendan Meyer’s Roxy Returns – in the Power Rankings. After two down weeks, current ALACS leader Dan Goldman’s TriCrownThreat has fallen to 5th place in the standings.

In the NFL Survivor Game, Andrew Gay and Mike Rennard both are still alive after picking the Chicago Bears to defeat the Detroit Lions.

The top of the standings in the NFL Pick ‘Em game remained relatively unchanged from Weeks 7 to 9 in the NFL season – currently, Kyle Davis and Billy Schreyer are separated by half a game at the top, with Hot Karl leading by percentage points. Brett Mullin and John Rosinbum sit tied for 3rd. Mike Lazar had the best record in Week 9 at 9-5.

Corey Rhodes is leading the NCAA Pick ‘Em game by a comfortable margin through 10 weeks, having won 61.8% percent of his picks – Joe Simich is his closest competitor, 3.5 games behind. The Commish led the field in Week 10 with a 7-3 record.