Six teams are now atop the RFL standings with a 5-2 record. Three teams follow closely behind with a 4-3 record. So at the halfway point of the season, 9 teams sit poised to pounce on the Steamroller trophy.

Tim's Y2K Bugs got bit while the Romanians, Ferocious Underwear, Black Sox and Skintight all won to improve to 5-2. In the GOTW, JIU stopped the Beavers' 4 game win streak. In other games, MIB stomps the Mongers and the Bladerunners beat 12 Angry Men (but then again, who hasn't?). But look out! Streaking out from the cellar is Enid Furth Harmony, with its second straight W.

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Wide Open Beavers 13
Jock Itch United 23

JIU won despite team dissension as to who would start. Two of JIU's starters were benched, but returned to the starting lineup due to DUIs or DNPs. It didn't matter much as the replacements, lane and hilliard were MIA. The Beaver's 4 game win streak was stopped, and now both teams are in the hunt for the RFL title. A midweek pickup of Montgomery, plus the leg of Elam gave JIU the victory in this game that didn't quite live up to its GOTW billing.
SCRUB W for Ali (3-0 in scrub decisions).

chandler 3 antowain 0 donnell 0 moss 0 rocket 6 tyrone 0 christie 4
huard 0 montgomery 6 lane 0 freeman 6 hilliard 0 coates 0 elam 11
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Men in Brown 50
Upper West Side Stomp Mongers 12

This matchup featured the League's two worst defenses. The score of this game was corrected as the inexperienced sub commish caught a shortchanging of MIB's score. Herman Moore was not active for his game (and neither was the flash in the pan Hakim), so mathis played in his place, racking up 12 points for MIB. The real commish will correct me if I am wrong on this rule. But anyway, MIB had a powerful attack against UWSSM's team. Is sdavis showing his true colors, or is this just an off week for the normally high scoring guys from the upper west side? Del Greco had a bye, so El Greco filled in. He paints better than he kicks.

johnson 6 tallen 15 collins 3 westbrook 0 mathis 12 drayton 0 peterson 14
bledsoe 0 emmitt 6 sdavis 0 connell 6 muhsin 0 mcgee 0 el greco 0
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Y2K Bugs 38
The South Side Black Sox 48

The Black Sox do everyone a favor (except for his opponent) and beat the Y2K Bugs, allowing a mad rush for first place. Ricky finally gains 100 yds, but it was his fellow rookie that scored the TDs. A dozen by Griese and a balanced attack helped the Black Sox stave Marvin's dirty dozen.
SCRUB L for Tim (0-1 in scrub contests).

flutie 9 linton 0 phillips 0 harrison 12 mccaffrey 3 sloan 6 conway 8
greasy 12 ejames 12 ricky 3 alexander 0 toomer 6 riemersma 6 kasay 9
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Don't Call It a Comeback 24
Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits 25

We won't call it a comeback as DCIAC can't score 1 measly point on Monday night in a game that made me happy my TV is broken. Despite twelve points from small forward gonzalez, Skintight rides its QB and K to a win. Is this finally the place that Jeff George lives up to expectations? I give him two more weeks to show his true colors.

manning 6 means 0 oxendine 0 tedwards 0 holt 0 gonzalez 12 husted 6
jgeorge 9 alstott 0 wheatley 0 tglenn 0 ccarter 6 freddie 0 wilkins 10
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Bladerunners 27
12 Angry Men 17

The verdict is in - this team sucks. I am now changing my team name to bye, since playing this team is like having a bye week. The only difference is bye has better running backs. Bladerunner's Kyle Brady had a bye so Bobby Brady filled in. He didn't score.

favre 9 rhett 6 enis 0 rodsmith 6 chrebet 0 brady 0 vinatieri 6
aikman 12 hanspard 0 hicks 0 rice 0 mcduffie 0 dudley 0 stoyanovich 5
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Refurbished Romanians 31
Team Desai 14

The Romanians are streaking - and not just at the mouth. New QB gannon powers the refurbished Romanians to its 5th straight win as Team Desai loses its 3rd straight. Isaac also continues to provide points. Kordell couldn't quite muster up the 7 TDs he needed to win for Team Desai.

gannon 15 cmartin 3 bettis 0 ibruce 6 tmartin 0 walls 0 vanderjagt 7
kordell 3 watters 0 garner 0 keyshawn 0 pickens 0 santiago 0 hall 11
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Crazed Beagles on the Run 26
Ferocious Underwear 34

Marshall comes alive for FU with 200 yds. Warner battles for surprise of the year with sdavis. The Beagles are hurt by two no shows. Neither Boston or the Red Sox were playing this weekend, and the most famous beagle of all was busy flying his doghouse.
Despite his reputation for scrubby W's, this SCRUB L makes Wally 1-2 this season in scrub games.

mcnown 0 levens 9 hoard 9 hines 0 red sox 0 snoopy 0 anderson 8
kwarner 9 mfaulk 15 biakabutt 0 jreed 0 jeffers 0 dmoore 0 mare 10
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brian's bums 9
Enid Furth Harmony 12

It's games like this that make me thankful that the RFL is not televised. Brian's bums lost; but at least they found the end zone.
SUPER SCRUBBY W for Stan - in his 1st scrub game of the year.

couch 0 bam 6 shehee 0 dawkins 0 mrobinson 0 glover 0 carney 3
beuerlein 3 kirby 0 ogary 3 emills 0 tsimmons 0 gclark 0 hanson 6
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We all owe GM Eigen a round of applause for the fine job he did in holding down the fort - while I was away in Tokyo (and while a quorum of GM's were playing "Where's the cigar, Monica?" with some nasty stripper - and Cals).
Perhaps someone should lay down for Gary and give 12 Angry Men a W?!? Gary plays Brian in Week 10. Circle that weekend on your calendar, and go do something outdoors!

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RFL GM Profiles
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This feature segment will return next week at its regularly scheduled time. The special guest is tentatively set to be Joe Parker, GM of The South Side Black Sox.
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SEASON POINTS LEADERS
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QB
54 Peyton Manning (Don't Call It a Comeback)
45 Brad Johnson (Men in Brown)
42 Drew Bledsoe (Upper West Side Stomp Mongers)
42 Brett Favre (Bladerunners)
42 Doug Flutie (Y2K Bugs)
42 Kurt Warner (Ferocious Underwear)

RB
48 Stephen Davis (Upper West Side Stomp Mongers)
45 Marshall Faulk (Ferocious Underwear)
42 Eddie George (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
42 Dorsey Levens (Crazed Beagles on the Run)
39 Terry Allen (Men in Brown)
39 Tim Biakabutuka (Ferocious Underwear)

WR
69 Marvin Harrison (Y2K Bugs)
57 Isaac Bruce (Romanians)
45 Ed McCaffrey (Y2K Bugs)
33 Randy Moss (Wide Open Beavers)
33 Antonio Freeman (Jock Itch United)
27 Curtis Conway (Romanians)
27 Terry Glenn (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)

TE
36 Wesley Walls (Romanians)
24 Tony Gonzalez (Don't Call It a Comeback)
18 Jay Riemersma (The South Side Black Sox)

PK
57 Mike Hollis (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
56 Adam Vinatieri (Bladerunners)
50 Gary Anderson (Crazed Beagles on the Run)

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

Wang	Advantage	Brodz
KWarner		JGeorge
MFaulk		EGeorge
TBiakabutuka		MAlstott
JReed		TGlenn
RMoore		CCarter
DMoore		FJones
OMare		MHollis

One team will be out front for the league lead; the loser sits a game back. FU has consistent play from QB and its top RB. Skintight looks for a solid performance from george, at least one of them. Both of these teams have players that can explode for 15+ points in a week. Can Mare continue his torrid pace of FGs? Skintight will expose the weakness at WR for FU, but will come up just short.

**** Eigen's Vector Angle: FU by 1 ****

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