Week 6: Sakaruba Blows out Stamens to Take the Lead

Wow, Sakaruba's team just committed 3 extra turnovers and needed 1 more steal to win a week 9-0 against Stamens. While a 7-1 win is always nice, I'm sure a 9-0 would be even better. I'll leave it to Stamens to discuss what it is making his team falter so badly. Maybe it's lack of production from Charlie V.... but I hope that is not the sole cause. On the bright side, Stamens gets Shaq back this week and Sakaruba just jynxed his team by adding Kandi-Man to his squad.

In what has to be the craziest turn of events, Curry Pork (Pork Attack) was absolutely screwed again. Really, it's comical now... I think Curry Pork is cursed for life. Asian Sensation had the absolute worst team of the league in Week 5. So what happens in the week that he gets matched up against Curry Pork? Well, the numbers don't lie - Asian Sensation's team was the most dominant this week, and his squad laid a huge smack-down on Curry's team even though Curry remains a top 4 squad (in terms of fantasy power) in the league. Crazy. So, the H2H scoring results are misleading; Curry is just getting hosed as nearly everyone he matches up with just happens to turn in a super-week to upset him. Hopefully Curry Pork is a USC fan and I will have something to cheer about....

Anyway, as for my matchup - it indeed was the most sorry pairing so far this season. Vegibear and Toes had a sub-par matchup in Week 1 - but Creek's squad and mine had a combined ranking of 19.56 - making it the ugliest matchup so far (Vegibear v. Toes combined for 18.89 in their ugly matchup). But, unfortunately for me, Creek's team fixed their deficiency at shooting and started to swat shots. What a shame.... Things kick off on a bad note for me in Week 7 - Artest is demanding to be traded and he's going to be riding the pine..... and I'm guessing he will find himself on the Hornets in a trade for JR Smith.

Another interesting turn of events this week; Mongol Rampage had the second best statistical team of the week - but lost to Gyan 4-5. In every single matchup so far this year, the team with a superior average rank always won the fantasy week versus their opponent. But Gyan lost a couple of categories extremely badly - and made up for it in some other close ones; to make him the winner this week even though his team wasn't the best statistically overall. So, I have to dub Gyan's team as the best "odd ball" team as it was able to claim 3PM and Steals while also being the best FG% squad and minimizing TO's.

Last, the ruling in the case of Stamens V. Curry Pork seems final... so let this be a lesson; read about the latest news before you accept a trade! And, don't offer trades involving a recently injured player or you may get accused of fraud.

Oh - and just to let you all know about my awesome gambling powers; so far this NFL season (starting in week 4), I am 27-6-1 (11-1-1 in the last 3 weeks) in picking spreads and over/under results of NFL games. I kick ass. I generally stop betting as the season winds down since the Reggie Bush Lottery effects betting in random ways.