...these would be the playoff matchups:
#1 seed Heirs to the Ayatollah vs. #8 %$!@#&
#2 TheDeterminedSpermWhichSquirm... vs. #7 Minnesota Nice
#3 All Jacked Up vs. #6 Fresh Squeezed
#4 Fire in the Hole vs. #5 Carpet Bombers
The current cutoff line is being 4-3 vs 3-4. Adam's Curly Back Hair is currently the team on the outside closest to getting in. Joebob, Shivan, Stan and JoePa are also at 3-4 and breathing down %$!@#&'s neck.
Ali's 67-26 flattening of Cals in this week's GOTW removes any doubt as to who is the Steamroller favorite heading into the 2nd half of the season.

FREEBIES

Highest scoring team: Heirs to the Ayatollah - 54.4 ppg
Lowest scoring team: The Everyday Tokers - 24.4 ppg
Toughest defense: TheDeterminedSperm... - 30.3 ppg
Softest defense: The Everyday Tokers - 45.4 ppg
League scoring average: 37.9 ppg
Teams with most 50-yard bonus pts: All Jacked Up (72), CBotR (69) and TAQAP(tm) (69)
Teams with least bonus pts: The Everyday Tokers (36) and CB (45)
The Champion Division took 3 of 4 contests from the Puma Division, and the Russell Athletic Division took 3 of 4 from the adidas Division. The Champion Div leads the way with 18 wins. The adidas and Puma Divisions have 13 wins each. The lowly Russell Athletic Div is a combined 12-16.
Enough random babbling... on to WIR #7!

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**** GAME OF THE WEEK ****
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Heirs to the Ayatollah 67
Fresh Squeezed 26

Both of these teams were coming off Week 6 losses and looking to re-assert themselves as the Steamroller frontrunner at the season's halfway point. The unquestioned frontrunner: Ali's HTTA - as MFaulk and RSmith combined for 40 pts in RB production, and Daunte chipped in 9 more as RFL2k's midseason #2 QB. Cals' Fresh Squeezed appeared hung over coming off their loss to TET. Jamal Anderson put in a citrussy-boosted effort, but was letdown by his teammates - as no other FS starter scored more than 3 pts. Frank and Al reprised their Monday Night duet for 15 "running up the score" pts. Dan Dierdorf was nowhere to be found.

c'pepper 9 mfaulk 25 rsmith 15 chrebet 0 rice 3 wycheck 6 delgreco 9
blake 3 jamala 14 biaka 0 price 3 ibruce 3 jackie 0 stover 3
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%$!@#& 45
Fire in the Hole 25

What did Gary ever do to deserve this superhuman effort from Edgerrin?!? RFL can certainly deflate any case of IHS instantaneously. Wang was feeling pretty good about himself - sitting at 5-0. But with 2 consecutive drubbings, FITH looks to be in the fight of its life to hang onto a postseason berth. Elvis and Christie supported EJames nicely for %$!@#&. Wang was reduced to taking comfort in the moral victory of JR Redmond outgaining Fuamatu-Ma'afala 2 yds to 1 in Fuamatu-Ma'afala's RFL debut (and swan-song?). Edgerrin and Marshall appear to be locked in a duel for season top-scoring honors again. Edgerrin won last year.

elvis 6 ejames 30 ma'afala 0 jeremy 0 qadry 0 bjornson 0 christie 9
rob 6 emmitt 9 redmond 0 mathis 6 toomer 0 sharpe 3 wilkins 1
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Curly Back Hair 33
Na Brown's Boys 56

After starting the season 1-4, Joebob has rebounded nicely with 51-29 and 56-33 victories in the last 2 weeks. All 7 Na Brown's Boys starters scored - as Cris Carter and Jason Elam led the way combining for 26. The Levens-Bettis backfield also continued to be productive. Adam's Curly Back Hair has the look of a potentially solid .500 club. 7-7 might be good enough for a playoff spot; 8-6 should definitely get Adam an invite. SDavis and CGarner continue to lead CBH's #2 rushing attack. That female PK from Duke suited up for Adam.

b'lein 0 sdavis 9 garner 15 jefferson 0 patten 3 mitchell 6 Chick X
chandler 6 levens 9 bettis 6 cris 12 ed 6 walls 3 elam 14
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All Jacked Up 49
Merry Munching Merkins 34

Vesh had a 9-pt lead (and the bench pts advantage) heading into Monday Night Madness, but Clark made quick work of his come-from-behind victory on this night. DMason made the circus catch for 6 early in the 2nd quarter, and EGeorge hit the 100 yd mark early in the 3rd. Eddie also hit paydirt later in the game for some playoff positioning pts. Greasy also scored 15 for All Jacked Up. Tony Richardson and Dilger scored a pair of 9s for Merry Munching Merkins. Mmm starting QB BJ has 21 pts in 7 starts on the season - 4 pts behind Tony Banks! The bright spot for Vesh... Vanderjagt is 4th in RFL2k PK scoring.

greasy 15 tiki 3 egeorge 18 dmason 6 warrick 3 fjones 0 anderson 4
bj'son 0 rich'son 9 dillon 0 tibrown 3 albert 0 dilger 9 v'jagt 13
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Carpet Bombers 35
Nasty Pimps 39

The Monday Night injury bug bit Tim in the ass as Jimmy Smits lamed his way out of the Titan-Jaguar contest. 1 measly TD and/or 100 yds for a superstar like Jimmy against the bend-a-lot-and-break-a-little Titan D was too much for his Carpet Bomber teammates to ask. Warner returned from his bye to light it up again. The Twin Tyrones were essentially one-sided again. Nasty Pimp WR Terrell Owens has seized the top spot among RFL2k WR scoring at the halfway point - 5 ahead of Stan's Rod Smith. Shiv tried to start Alstott (bye) and Husted (not on any team), but thanks to the depth chart rule... priest and daluiso stepped in to put up 7 pts - turning a 3 pt loss into a 4 pt win.
Scrub Win for Shivan (1-1)

warner 13 watters 3 tyrone 12 jsmith 0 k'son 0 tyrone 0 l'well 7
favre 6 priest 0 pittman 9 muhsin 0 towens 15 roland 2 daluiso 7
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TheDeterminedSpermWhichSquirm... 54
Black Ops 40

JoePa needed a Rambo-like bodycount from Operative Fred on Monday Night to avert a disastrous result in this week's mission. Fred's first burst behind enemy lines showed promise of heavy Titan casualties to come, but in the end... Fred came up 15 scalps short. Mike Anderson and Tony G scored a pair of dozens for Brodz. All 7 Sperms scored in this one - as the passing game notched 30. Black Ops were led by Boston's dozen - although a negative run of 22 yards nearly wiped out 3 pts from his 123 receiving yards.

couch 3 mand'son 12 prentice 6 harrison 6 moulds 9 tonyg 12 nedney 6
gannon 6 centers 3 ftaylor 6 boston 12 holt 3 jdavis 0 hall 10
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Crazed Beagles on the Run 44
Minnesota Nice 64

Kevin's RB duo of CMartin and RWilliams exploded for 51 against Wally's tinfoil defense. Even DBledsoe ran one in for 6! Minnesota Nice is a strong 3rd in RFL2k RB points - pushing HTTA and CBH for the top spot in the League. Round 2 of the BIG TRADE again went to Kevin on bench pts - Dudley and JamalL both got 0 again, but Dayne outscored Autry 12-9 on their respective benches. Wally got a solid dozen from Freeman and a pair of 9s from RBs SMorris and KFaulk. 44 should be enough for a W, but The Crazed Beagle D just couldn't keep them in this one. Former BC standout (and current [alleged] child enticer) Chmura made a guest appearance for Wally at TE.
Scrub Loss for Wally (1-3)

peyton 3 sammy 9 kfaulk 9 marcus 3 freeman 12 Chmura X jan'ski 8
bledsoe 6 cmartin 27 rw''ms 24 sanders 0 dalex'er 3 dudley 0 krissy 4
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The Everyday Tokers 15
TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm) 66

Richard's squad clearly wasn't ready to play as they suffered a letdown this Sunday after a full week of partying coming off their huge upset of Cals' FS last week. RSalaam and RErxleben took the spots of Enis and Gramatica. TET's pregame drug tests mysteriously disappeared under a thick, smelly cloud of suspicion. TAQAP(tm)'s Rod was fully elongated at 24 this week - while JAllen, JHorn, CLewis and DAkers were four-of-a-kind. McNair outscored Brunell 6-0 on Monday Night to complete Stan's 51-pt smoking of Richard.

brunell 0 Salaam X kaufman 9 moss 6 ttaylor 0 bubba 0 Erxleben X
mcnair 6 jlewis 0 jallen 9 rod 24 sucks 9 chad 9 akers 9
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Thursday game has arrived!

DET at TB is on this Thursday. While most of us will be watching "Must See TV" on NBC, Esspin will beam this contest directly into Tim Purwin's abode. As rosters currently stand, the following GMs will need to set depth for the indicated positions prior to the kickoff of that game:

Gary (WR)
Ali (WR)
Clark (WR)
Brodz (QB)
Wally (RB)
Richard (WR, PK)
JoePa (TE, PK)
Shivan (RB)
Joebob (QB)
Wang (RB)
Cals (WR)

You Wanna Piece of this Firewall?!?

Hackers traced back to the East Coast attempted to usurp control of RFL over the weekend. These sinister electronic attacks on the RFL HQ supercomputers resulted in knocking out communications for nearly 24 hours, but no propoganda from these e-terrorists ever reached the RFL information superpipeline. The perps have been caught and fined 500 RFL bucks each.

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RFL2k Playoff Projection
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Projecting W-L records for all 16 teams based upon their current scoring averages and remaining schedules (not counting players out on bye weeks, injuries, trades, etc.):

Rank	Current	End of Reg Season
1	Ali 6-1	Ali 13-1
2	Brodz 5-2	Brodz 11-3
3	Clark 5-2	Clark 11-3
4	Wang 5-2	Tim 10-4
5	Tim 4-3	Cals 10-4
6	Cals 4-3	Kevin 9-5
7	Kevin 4-3	Wang 8-6
8	Gary 4-3	Joebob 7-7
9	Adam 3-4	Shivan 6-8
10	Joebob 3-4	Gary 6-8
11	Shivan 3-4	Wally 5-9
12	Stan 3-4	Adam 5-9
13	JoePa 3-4	Stan 5-9
14	Wally 2-5	JoePa 3-11
15	Vesh 1-6	Vesh 2-12
16	Richard 1-6	Richard 1-13

Ali - still must face Tim and Brodz
Brodz - big games coming up against Clark and Cals
Clark - should win out after loss to Brodz this week
Tim - should win out after loss to Ali this week
Cals - only Brodz stands in the way of perhaps running the table
Kevin - tough matchups remaining with Ali and Brodz
Wang - bubbleboy has burst
Joebob - should slide into playoffs after 1-4 start
Shivan - 4 game losing streak after 2-0 start was the killer blow
Gary - the creampuff part of %$!@#&'s schedule is over
Wally - paying penance with 1-3 scrub record in 1st half of season
Adam - looks like 5 consecutive losses to close out reg season
Stan - shrewd GM skills required to avoid 2-5 2nd half
JoePa - killer schedule over the 2nd half could mean 0-7
Vesh - should beat Richard in Week 9
Richard - looking to join the Relegated Franchise League in 2001

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SEASON POINTS LEADERS
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QB
85 Kurt Warner (Carpet Bombers)
63 Daunte Culpepper (Heirs to the Ayatollah)
54 Peyton Manning (Crazed Beagles on the Run)

RB
112 Marshall Faulk (Heirs to the Ayatollah)
98 Edgerrin James (%$!@#&)
81 Charlie Garner (Curly Back Hair)
75 Curtis Martin (Minnesota Nice)
72 Stephen Davis (Curly Back Hair)
72 Eddie George (All Jacked Up)

WR
77 Terrell Owens (Nasty Pimps)
72 Rod Smith (TheArmchairQBAdventurePlayset(tm))
66 Jimmy Smith (Carpet Bombers)
60 Isaac Bruce (Fresh Squeezed)
57 Marvin Harrison (The Determined Sperm...)
57 Randy Moss (The Everyday Tokers)

TE
30 Tony Gonzalez (The Determined Sperm...)
30 Frank Wycheck (Heirs to the Ayatollah)
24 Wesley Walls (Na Brown's Boys)
24 Shannon Sharpe (Fire in the Hole)

PK
66 Matt Stover (Fresh Squeezed)
62 Jeff Wilkins (Fire in the Hole)
56 Ryan Longwell (Carpet Bombers)

be sure to check:
The RFL Season Point Leaders page
...for an expanded list of scoring leaders.

Adam	Advantage	Richard
SBeuerlein		MBrunell
SDavis		NKaufman
CGarner		CEnis
OGadsden		RMoss
DPatten		Keyshawn
PMitchell		CFauria
OMare		MGramatica

It's getting close to that time of year when the WIR Editor must make sure every team appears at least once in GOTW. Adam's Curly Back Hair has proven to be nearly worthy of an unrequired appearance. Despite TET's huge upset of Cals' FS, this should be Richard's one-and-only RFL2k spotlight appearance.
With many HUGE swings in advantage (RBs to Adam, WRs to Richard), and an additional distinct advantage (QB to Adam)... this game might actually be closer - and more interesting - than most would anticipate. You hate to see an RFL contest come down to the kickers, but this pair of south Florida "athletes" might be the deciding factor. Mare's going against the Jets in NJ on Monday Night; Martin's hosting the Lions on Thursday Nitro. You'd think that Richard just might pull this one out, but...

**** By a hair on Adam's backy back back: CBH by 1 ****

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