Week 9

3 out of 4 match-ups ended in a regular season sweep; only Yappiedog’s Rule managed to get a split. Yappiedog’s Rule snapped a one game losing streak aided by a 217.00 point 4th quarter push. Yappiedog’s Rule has 30250 career points. They are the 8th team in league history to score over 30000 points. Congrats Y.R.! Mariah Rene continues to stack together Ws. They collected their league leading 8th win of the season. Their 6th round pick Bucky Irving led the team in points with 57. The High Score Award for week 9 was a photo finish. Team Squizard and Yappiedog’s Rule both can put in a claim for the league’s most coveted prize. Yappiedog’s Rule edged out Team Squizard for the league prize. Yahoo Sports awarded Yappiedog’s Rule 4 additional points on Thursday’s corrections. That has to be a league record for corrections. Congrats YR! The Cucamonga PATRIOTS had Lady Luck on their side for a change. They went 11 straight quarters without holding a lead. They snapped the losing streak in the 4th quarter. Moreover, the Pats tallied 128 points in the last quarter to capture their first come-from-behind victory of the season. The Week 10 Snickers Game of the Week will showcase Team Squizard vs SteelCityBLITZ.

Snickers Game of the Week
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Cucamonga PATRIOTS 435 vs SteelCityBLITZ 375.50

The Week 9 Snickers Game of the Week was a re-match of the Week 2 Game of the Week. The Cucamonga PATRIOTS took down SteelCityBLITZ 526.50 to 411.50. The Patriots went wire-to-wire in that game. This game would be different. The SteelCity Boys would hold a lead in this game. In fact, they would hold a lead for two separate occasions. The Boys dominated play in the first half scoring 211 first half points. The Jacksonville DEF led the way with 49 points in the first quarter. The 2nd half was a seesaw affair between both teams. The lead changed hands three times before the Pats would be declared the winner. The SteelCityBLITZ would enjoy their last lead of the game in the 5th quarter. They held a slim 12.50 point lead going into the final frame. Both teams had 4 starters playing in the 6th quarter, but the Cucamonga PATRIOTS had one key advantage. They had Allen and Cook suiting up for the decisive quarter. Allen and Cook combined to score 116 points in the come-from-behind win. They outscored SteelCityBLITZ 128 – 56 in the win. It was Pats first come-from-behind win of the season.

Purple People Eaters 443.50 vs Yappiedog’s Rule 481

This year will be the battle of nutrition for many teams in the PPR and IDP Football League. The Purple People Eaters are a prime example of the rash of injuries that is going around in the NFL this season. They had 3 players in their starting lineup that recorded 0.00 because of injuries. Yappiedog’s Rule left the game in relative good health. Despite being decimated by injuries, the Purple Crew performed well right out of the gate. But their dominance would end in the 4th quarter. Yappiedog’s Rule went on a 221 to 40 run in the 4th quarter to put the Purple People Eaters away for good. Yappiedog’s Rule dominated the 2nd half by outscoring the Purple People Eaters 243 – 76. They evened the regular season series with the Purple People Eaters in the win. They also stormed back to record their first DirectTV High Score Award of the season. Yappiedog’s Rule beat Team Squiard by 4 points to earn the award. They are ranked 6th all-time with 13 High Score Awards.

Bayou Breeze 359 vs Mariah Rene 449

The Bayou Breeze beat their scoring projection for the week, but they would have to do more than beat their scoring projection against the best offense in the league. The Breeze did well to score 359 points against Mariah Rene. Four of their starters posted 0.00 points in their match-up with Mariah Rene. The Bayou Breeze held a brief lead for 2 quarters before it was quickly erased in the 3rd quarter. Mariah did not do anything spectacular in this game, but they did enough to secure their 8th win of the season. Mariah Rene will set a franchise record for wins in a single season for every win that they accumulate in the last 5 games of the season. The league record is 12 games held by four teams. Mariah Rene was the winner of the Week 9 Toyota Tundra Biggest Blowout Award with a margin of 90 points. That was the smallest margin of victory for the award this season. They passed sexystud for 13th place with 5 Biggest Blowout Awards.

Team Squizard 477.50 vs Trikz 466.50

Trikz had a strong week. They posted the highest percentage increase over their projection in the league. Trikz beat their scoring projection by 17.01%. It’s what kept them in the game against Team Squizard. Trikz beat Team Squizard 3 out of 6 quarters, but they could not overcome their 3rd quarter deficit against Team Squizard. Team Squizard led from start to finish recording their league leading 4th wire-to-wire win of the season. They also won the Gillette ProGlide Razor Thin Award with a margin of 6.00 points. T-Squizzy took home a league leading 4th Razor Thin Award. They are ranked 1st with 44 career Razor Thin Awards.