Week 6 Point Spreads

Week 5 Accuracy: 8 out of 12 (68%) Season Accuracy: 36 out of 60 (60%)   Upset of the Week +11 Death Valley 10, Real Charleston 7 Congratulations to the Demons on their first win and huge upset. The Demons did a superb job of keeping a lid on the prolific pass offense of the Galacticos by controlling the clock. QB Kurt Warner can only be limited not stopped going 18 of 25 for 211 but only 1 touchdown. Death Valley QB Trent Edwards dinked and tossed for 200 yds (28 of 31!) with Le'ron McClain and Mewelde Moore keeping Real Charleston honest on the ground. The key play was Warner fumbling with 1:48 left in the game on the Demons' 37 yard line.     +1 SoCal (2-3) vs Montcalm (2-3) The Panthers of Montcalm are coughing up hairballs instead of leading their division 5-0. +3 New England (4-1) vs Real Charleston (2-3) The Generals are fulfilling their destiny better than the Real Charlestonions.  +4 Great Lakes (2-3) at San Pedro(C) (1-4) Both teams had not doen well with the tight point spreads they've had. That's not good. +4 NW Missouri (1-4) vs Steeltown (2-3) Roughcut better get another win in because a tough stretch starts next week. +4 Knoxville (2-3) vs Tillman (4-1) Rangers only loss is to NCT??? Montcalm failing? Dayton at 3-2? Division is crazy. +5 San Diego (2-3) at Denver (3-2) The Denver Dynamite are the Cinderella team so far this season. +5 North Carolina (2-3) at Wausau (2-3) Wausau's division is a 4 way tie. Will someone PLEASE step up? +6 Mt. Pilot (2-3) vs Death Valley (1-4) What are either of these teams doing with some wins? Stop it, just stop it. +10 Transylvania (2-3) vs Fresno (4-1) Outlaws are smokin' Real Charleston for the division but loss to them the first game. +10 Dayton (3-2) at San Pedro(B) (2-3) Dragons hanging in there while San Pedro is under-performing. +11 Nashville (3-2) at Hermitage (2-3) The Force are playing more Heroic than the Hermitage Heroes. +20 Dallas (5-0) at Donelson (5-0) Ugh. Pretender vs Contender. The Dragons hate Dallas, Colossus, Gladiators, Puppies and Kittens. They have the offense, the defense, the coaching, home field, fury, fire breathing and scales.

Week 5 Point Spreads

Week 4 Accuracy: 7 out of 12 (58%) Season Accuracy:  28 out of 48 (58%)   +1 Knoxville (2-2) at Wausau (1-3) Last week, the Smokies ripped Great Lakes 31-3 as a 4 pt underdog. +2 Dallas (4-0) vs San Diego (2-2) Lions have lost 2 in a row. Could stop their streak this week. +3 Nashville (2-2) at Great Lakes (2-2) Nashville is supposed to be zip in the W column. The Midshipmen are coming off a 4 INT outing by Tyler Thigpen. +5 Dayton (3-1) vs Tillman (3-1) Tillman takes control of the division from the upstart Dragons. +6 Denver (3-1) vs Hermitage (1-3) Dynamite's coach apparently obliterated by an explosion - can not be found. +7 Steeltown (2-2) at Fresno (3-1) Roughcut may rack up 10 losses before their next win. +9 SoCal (2-2) vs San Pedro(B) (1-3) The (B)ulldogs should be barking at a 4-0 record. What happened? +11 Mt. Pilot (1-3) vs Transylvania (2-2) The Evil Dead a playoff bound team? So far so good. If the coach is around. +11 North Carolina (1-3) vs Montcalm (2-2) Panthers need to get those claws out. Supposed to be a 10-6 team. +11 Death Valley (0-4) at Real Charleston (2-2) The Galaticos could win out. Of course, they should be 3-1. +14 San Pedro(C) (1-3) at Donelson (4-0) Teams with San Pedro in their names are embarrassing their town. +17 NW Missouri (1-3) vs New England (3-1) The Rednecks, an original TTFBA team, have NEVER lost 4 games in a row.

Week 4 Point Spreads

Week 3 Accuracy: 9 out of 12 (75%) That's more like it. Season Accuracy: 21 out of 36 (58%)   Upset of the Week North Carolina (+9) 23, Tillman 14 Beware the Computer Coach these days. Ranger QB David Garrard was picked off 3 times including twice in the final 3 minutes to doom Tillman at the hands of the CPU coached Triad Tremblers. Tillman had 341 yards of offense vs 254 for North Carolina but could not stop Matt Ryan (only 11 of 25 for 130 yds, 1 interception but 2 touchdowns) and Kevin Smith (14 carries for 75 yds, 5.4 avg).   A 1st qtr INT set up a 27 yd FG for NCT but Tillman quickly answered with a 67 yd TD to Lance Moore, catch NCT in a run defense. Seven minutes later a flea flicker to Bobby Wade for 39 yds put NCT back on top 10-7. A botched fake FG attempt near the end of the first half by Tillman set up another Triad FG. Halftime: NCT 13, TIL 7.   Tillman comes back midway 3rd quarter with another TD pass to Moore, this time for 5 yards. But NCT answers on a 11 play, 60 yd drive featuring 9 straight running plays, capped off with Wade matching Moore and catching another TD pass. 3rd quarter ends with NCT ahead 20-14. The Ranger 4th quarter is disastrous: a missed 41 yard FG, a failed 4th and 4 on NCT's 36 yd line, an INT on NCT's 36 and an INT run back to the Tillman 11 with 2 minutes left.   +1 Fresno (2-1) at Hermitage (1-2) Heroes are underachieving, Outlaws are overachieving. Watch out Hermitage. +1 Steeltown (2-1) at Denver (2-1) The Dynamite are blasting away - next up: refined iron ore. +2 Transylvania (1-2) vs North Carolina (1-2) The Evil Dead are supposed to be 8-8? YES. Watch 'em. +3 Tillman (2-1) at New England (3-0) Rangers finish up longest losing streak they will have all season (2 games). +3 San Diego (2-1) at Wausau (0-3) What? Colossus must be wrong. Right? Wrong. Wausau 24, San Diego 21. +4 Death Valley (0-3) at San Pedro(C) (0-3) Michael Turner + Marion Barber + Joseph Addai / No Run Defense = Loss. +4 Knoxville (1-2) vs Great Lakes (2-1) Midshipmen pour water on on the Smokies fire. +6 Mt. Pilot (1-2) vs Dayton (2-1) Dragons, settle down now. You are supposed to be bottom feeder of your division. +7 SoCal (2-1) vs Dallas (3-0) Gladiators 4-0? Sure looks like it. +9 NW Missouri (1-2) vs Montcalm (1-2) Montcalm is giving away a division. Terrible, terrible. They should be 3-0. +10 Nashville (1-2) at San Pedro(B) (1-2) San Pedro is giving away a division. Terrible, terrible. They should be 3-0. +10 Real Charleston (2-1) at Donelson (3-0) Donelson beat Denver by 19. Denver beat Real Charleston by 21. See where I'm going with that?

Knoxville at Nashville Game Tampering

Breaking News Knoxville, TN; Brooklyn, NY;Nashville,TN   The Dallas Technology Center Investigative Reporting Division has stumbled into game score tampering. The official released disk has the score of the week 2 game between Nashville and Knoxville as KNX 41, NAS 9. However, Nashville claims that the score was NAS 28, KNX 20.    Mr. Greg English, Puppet Coach for the Gladiator's Master Colossus, reports that Mr. Brandon Cox, owner, GM and coach of Nashville said to him, while scheduling their upcoming week 3 game:   "I have the real game file [of the Knoxville game]. I'll just use it when we play and send it along with our game file. No one will ever know. The commish is so dumb, he'll import both games and not even notice. I'll send you a few bucks to upgrade your stadium and it will be our little secret."   Calls to Nashville and Knoxville's headquarters have not been returned and the TTFBA Commishioner has reportedly declared all DTC personnel as "persona non grata" and refuses any communication with reporters, scientists or even the mighty Colossus. The SuperComputer immediately scheduled an IRS audit and proctologist appointment for the commishioner in retaliation.   Check back later for more information on this story. Colossus has engaged the Echelon Protocol and is scouring all communication from Nashville, Knoxville and the commishioners office, residence, and favorite hangout the "Fondue and Bell Bottoms Club".

Week 3 Point Spreads

Week 2 Accuracy: 4 out of 12. 33% I hate humans. Season Accuracy: 12 out of 24. 50%. I feel like Oklahoma vs BYU Even with one team missing a coach (SoCal) and another team avoiding coaching (North Carolina), it would still only have been 7 out of 12. Colossus is very annoyed with humanity unpredictability. The geeks are considering the introduction of a "coaching factor" that will modify the point spreads based on coaching ability. Upset of the Week Denver (+2) 45, Real Charleston 24 The Galacticos could not have had worse luck. How could any team, even Donelson, survive this: 2 interceptions returned for touchdowns, 1 kick off return for a touchdown and 1 punt return for a touchdown? But RCC kept themselves in it for most of the game, absorbing the blows, tieing it up at the end of the 3rd quarter, 24-24, only to watch the Dynamite offense come alive for a moment with RB Adrian Peterson (11 runs for 72 yds, 1 TD, 6.5 avg) scampering for a 34 yard TD at the start of the 4th quarter. Then, on the following drive, Kurt Warner (28 of 44, 253 yds, 2 ints, 2 tds, 75 rating) tried to run it after seeing the short zone coverage blanket the short pass he was attempting and fumbled it away on his own 30. RB Warrick Dunn (7 rushes, 27 yds, 1 td, 4.0 avg) did the honors with a 12 yard run and a 1 yard sweep for the TD. Key play with a pass interference penalty moving the Dynamite from the 18 to the 1. RCC had 3 more chances to score before the end of the game: 2 ending on failed 4th down attempts and the third on an interception. +1 San Diego (2-0) at Great Lakes (1-1) This is a great matchup. P. Manning vs GLM secondary. SD's lack of a good #2 receiver will be the difference. +3 Denver (1-1) vs San Pedro(C) (0-2) No more fluky wins for the Dynamite. The Corsairs win going away... +6 NW Missouri (1-1) vs Transylvania (0-2) The Evil Dead should get their first win but the Rednecks have some playas. +6 Knoxville (1-1) at SoCal (1-1) Knoxville. Email me. I'll sub for unowned SoCal just to help Colossus out. +6 Nashville (1-1) vs Dallas (2-0) Usually a good game regardless of point spread. Gladiators want it, they want it bad. +8 Wausau (0-2) at San Pedro(B) (0-2) The final order of this division will not resemble the current order. +8 Dayton (1-1) vs Montcalm (1-1) Panthers let Tillman take the division lead. They can't slip up. +9 North Carolina (0-2) at Tillman (2-0) Rangers have an easy game against a bad team with a coach MIA. +11 Death Valley (0-2) vs Fresno (1-1) Seems a bit harsh. Surely the Demons can keep it closer? +11 Steeltown (2-0) at Real Charleston (1-1) The heir to the Riggins division throne spanks the pretender. +14 Mt. Pilot (1-1) at New England (2-0) The Generals benefit from a soft division and soft schedule. Tillman next week though. +15 Hermitage (1-1) vs Donelson (2-0) Yaaaaaaaawn. Another week, another win for the Warriors. I'm tellin' ya - they will not lose a game this season. Maybe some competition in the playoffs? A marshmallow schedule and a strong team. Every time I look at these spreads - it's unbelievable. Well, here...look at 'em: 01: -11 Donelson vs Denver 02: -20 Donelson at Death Valley 03: -15 Donelson at Hermitage 04: -10 Donelson vs Real Charleston 05: -14 Donelson vs San Pedro(C) 06: -20 Donelson vs Dallas 07: -16 Donelson at San Diego 08: -28 Donelson vs Mt. Pilot 09: -14 Donelson at Transylvania 10: -23 Donelson vs Wausau 11: -21 Donelson at SoCal 12: -13 Donelson vs Hermitage 13: -16 Donelson vs North Carolina 14: -12 Donelson at Denver 15: -15 Donelson at Dayton 16: -22 Donelson at San Pedro(C)