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Here we are on the back end of Week 3. Some teams have only played 2 games while others already have 6 under their belts. It’s tough to say where things will finish up, but as it stands All We Do is Quinn is proving to us all they should have been moved up to D2 this session by leading their division and the league in points per game. Conversely, teams like Energy Buff and Puckett All Stars are sitting at the bottom of their division after a run in last season’s playoffs. If we learned anything from last year it’s that anything can happen and nothing is guaranteed (and yes I realize in most divisions everyone makes the playoffs but we’re talking championships here). Here’s what I saw…

At 10:00 Wild Oak Beard Co took on Blitzkrieg and put up a score of 40-26. Blitz’s QB plays this game like he’s got his eye on the TSL Power Rankings Charts. As both coach and QB, he runs a tight ship with his team. Blitzkrieg has some decent players. I particularly noticed the guy with the backwards black hat. He impressed me with his speed and route running. WOBC’s QB, in the time I watched, seemed to have trouble reading the field as he missed some open receivers. This was especial true with the females and as any savvy veteran will tell you, you can’t get to 4-2. Go to the females early and often, if you don’t trust them you won’t go far in this league. What WOBC did well was use their height to their advantage and take the short plays when given to them. Most importantly, I did take note that 3 out of the 5 guys on the team did in fact have a beard.

All We Do Is Quinn lately seems to go into games expecting to win. Maybe they already know they should be in D2 and now see their opponents in D3 as beneath them but that’s a dangerous attitude as I’ve previously stated that anything can happen. But this game was not going to be the Cinderella story some of us may have wanted to see. Quinn and Co beat Ultimate Warriors 44-30 thanks to their Top 10 QB having way too many weapons for the UWs to cover. Aside from the usual suspects, Rawdog, Schwab, Cat, there seems to be a previously unknown receiver making a big catch every time I watch. UW has some solid athletes as well but they continue to be unable to get the go ahead score to win them a game.

Eyes Downtown took on Gryffindor and pulled out a narrow victory 48-45. Gryffindor’s frustrating season continues as they once again lose by a miniscule margin, probably making every player go home thinking “if only”. Gryffindor had the chance to pull off the upset as ED were short on guys so Bobby had to play defense (no offense, but offense is your forte Bobby). I did hear he even skipped his men’s league to make sure ED had enough bodies to field a team. I didn’t watch this game long enough to see how Gryffindor put up ALMOST as many points as ED but I did see them struggle to stop Jeff and Matty on defense. They then went on to play Marketing Mayors in yet another close but no cigar loss, 46-41.

Eyes Downtown went on to play Public Enemy later in the day. The good news for them was more players showed up so Bobby no longer had to play defense. The better news was they caught PE on a bad day. Cole struggled to get anything going offensively and they were missing Boccio while he recovers from a head injury. Misty played well for PE, however, Rachel of ED did as well. The game turned into a defensive (and verbal) battle against teams who are just plain sick of playing each other. ED walked away 2-0 on the day with a 23-16 win.

A&A played We Back in a boring, we all know where this is going contest. We Back showed up once again with not enough players so Matty played receiver for them. Val Testa showed up to be 6^th person and they played 3 males 3 females. I’m still not sure that they actually have females on their roster since Molly McDermid subbed for them again as well. QB Chris was also MIA so Sal and Mark tried out throwing. A&A had their full squad so this game was over before it started. Aside from Sal’s pick preceding his injury there was nothing exciting about this game. As for the injury, we all wish Sal a speedy recovery.

The Full Throttle/Matty’s Angels game was hyped up as it was supposed to a tight game between the current 1 and 2 seeds of the division but the Angels did what they do and FT could not find a way to stop them. FT was able to score a respectable 32 points but defensively they could not find a way to stop the ladies from either chunking it down the field or going for the deep bomb. In the time I watched, I did notice 2 of FT’s touchdowns were scored by throwing over Matty.

Mountain Dew Me beat a downtrodden Uncle Rico’s Time Travelers 61-19. Right off the bat, Tim threw a pick directly to a MDM defender and it never went up from there. To their credit, MDM continues to impress with their speed and play calling despite being a new team. If I didn’t know better, I’d say MDM was the veteran team in this game based on the chemistry among the players and the outcome. URTT looked lost on both sides of the ball. I know it’s been said before but I don’t know what the issue is with this usually top of the division team but I hope they are able to right the ship soon.

Peachy Platoon was back with vengeance this week with the Dilfs standing in their way. I would have guessed this would be a blow out game of an overall faster, younger team dominating a slower, older team but that was not the case. The Dilfs had a new QB in for the game but it appeared Travis was calling most of the plays. PP got off to an early start but the Dilfs were able to answer back. I didn’t see much of what happened throughout the game but later that it came down to the wire when Dean threw an unnecessary pick that the Dilfs were able to convert into a gender touchdown. They needed a 2 point conversion to tie it up but their new QB misread the play and failed to convert. PP took the win 31-29.

En Fuego continued their perfect season with 2 wins on the day. After beating Practice Squad, 34-16, they went on to demolish Pink Pteratacos 33-6. I’m sure Blasé and co already have their bags packed for D4 and are enjoying the smooth sailing while they can. They come out each week in their jorts, happy go lucky. They have talent all over the field along with some veteran leadership. In each of their previous games, they’ve had an edge over the competition be it their girls or their athleticism. This week, PP was short handed in both of their games and had to fill in spots with the Sub List. Joe played defense as well as QB which is always going to be a problem going up against guys like Frank and Co. PP may be looking at a trip back down to D6 at season’s end.

And that’s a wrap on Week 3. I must say I am impressed with the attendance at the fields and at the bar so far this season. Yes, the bar specials help that I’m sure. I love seeing so many of you hanging out, bringing the families along, and socializing. The volleyball courts are always full, the music is playing, such a great atmosphere. I’ve also heard there have now been a couple bets placed on games including the Tater Tots vs French Fries bet between (obviously) Tater Tots and pAssless Chaps as well as a beer bucket challenge between En Fuego and Overcompensators who play each this week. That’s the kind of thing we love to see here at Topper’ Sports so keep em coming. And remember, I am only one person (or am I?) so if something incredible happened in your game that the world needs to hear about, email Topper and he will be sure to pass along the information. Until next time, I’ll be watching….

~ courtesy of...The Sentinel

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