THE PEERLESS PURPLE PENGUIN PROGNOSTICATIONS (PPPP): WEEK THREE!!!
Feast or famine, guys. Feast or famine. Two one point thrillers and a number of blowouts this week.
Season Results: 16-0
Week Two Results: 8-0
Louisville at Richmond Prediction: LOU 87-10 Actual: LOU 97-0
Atlanta at South Bend Prediction: ATL 49-7 Actual: ATL 69-0
Houston at Texas Prediction: HOU 45-0 Actual: HOU 128-0
Sin City at Cleveland Prediction: SIN 31-13 Actual: SIN 34-33
River City at Saginaw Prediction: SAG 28-10 Actual: SAG 35-10
Jax Beach at Syracuse Prediction: SYR 27-10 Actual: SYR 17-16
Red Bank at Roswell Prediction: RBK 38-12 Actual: RBK 73-7
Appalachian at Lincoln Prediction: APP 20-10 Actual: APP 30-0
Frankly, if I were Cleveland, I’d be ROYALLY pissed!!! They drive down and score a TD with 39 seconds left to play to cut the deficit to two. What does the Sim do? IT KICKS THE *#&%@!!! PAT INSTEAD OF GOING FOR TWO!!!! What the Hell kind of strategy is that??? I mean, ok the 2 pt conversion might well have failed, but at least TRY for it!!! What good is 1 point going to do you in that circumstance???
……It’s only a game…..it’s only a game……it’s only a game……
(and it’s not even my team!)
My condolences to the Buckeyes who played valiantly and didn’t deserve to lose that way. Again, perhaps they would have lost anyway, but the computer didn’t give them any choice. Not to take anything at all away from Sin City, but you gotta admit, even if you’re one of the Showboats, the Sim screwed it up.
But better to focus on the future than dwell on the past, right? Back to the predictions……
(8) The State of Texas Domination (0-2) at Red Bank Thundercats (2-0)-----Can it get any worse for the Domination? They lose to an intrastate rival in humiliating fashion (not trying to be rude, but 128-0 is pretty bad in anybody’s book) and now get the top team in the conference from last year (that’s still in BBB). Not only that, but Red Bank is even BETTER than it was last year! OK, so in predicting this score I come up with a figure of…..wait……wait a sec…..carry the 3, divide by 2 and take the square root of the denominator……..hmmmm, my calculator must be broken because it’s telling me to predict a score in favor of the Thundercats of 3,462,107-0, but that can’t be right. I’ll just go with my gut and say……..RED BANK-96 TEXAS-0
(7) Cleveland Buckeyes (0-2) at Atlanta Purple Penguins (2-0)-----The Penguins looked impressive against South Bend, but Cleveland provides more of a challenge. Don’t look for Atlanta’s All Conference DE Carl Ellard to repeat his 5 sack performance against Cleveland’s L25 LT Jermon Bushrod. The Buckeyes have decent weapons in the passing game in L22 QB Sebastien Montague Summersthwaite III (hey, don’t blame me---I didn’t name him!)and L20 WRs Christian Gonzales and John Taylor. Unfortunately, they don’t have the running game to balance it as the Buckeyes field a L19 HB with only a L11 FB. The offensive key to this game may be whether Cleveland’s interior OL can handle the DTs for the Penguins. On defense, Cleveland’s secondary looks vulnerable without a single CB that cracks L20, a L18 SS and a L16 MLB. L23 FS James Jeremy Saylor can’t be everyplace at the same time. Despite their obvious strides towards improvement, Cleveland is still a bit outmatched at this point leading to a prediction of.……..ATLANTA-42 CLEVELAND-7
(6) Richmond Empire (0-2) at Sin City Showboats (2-0)-----Richmond is not as bad as they used to be. We all agree with that. Sin City may not be quite as good as their record shows, considering they squeaked by Cleveland by a single point and both their previous opponents are winless thus far. So this should be a competitive game, right? Well, uh, no. The Showboats OL is pretty much L23s across the board and Richmond’s rebuilding efforts have mostly borne fruit on the offensive side of the ball. Against Sin City’s behemoths, they send out a feckless foursome of L18, L17, L14 and L11! With this kind of advantage at the line of scrimmage, Sin City should have their way with the Empire. The matchups on the other side of the ball are not as one sided, but still favor the undefeated Sin City squad. I hear in Vegas they like to watch when someone makes a big killing---time to up those concession prices!……..SIN CITY-38 RICHMOND-9
(5) Roswell Invaders (1-1) at Louisville Baby Kittens (2-0)-----It was the best of times (Richmond, W 70-30), it was the worst of times (Red Bank, L 73-7). Football is so full of culture and intellectual refinement! Now Roswell runs up against the Baby Kittens, who are busy making whatever fool said they looked a little weaker than last year look like a, well, a fool! Not only do defenses have to worry about the oft-talked-about-and-yet-still-better-than-advertised duo of Kamikaze Kitten and Kyle Kortnue (Hey! I bet that guy likes alliteration! I think I knew a guy once who had a penchant for prose practically pulsating with painfully persistent alliteration!) they now have to worry about a league leading rusher in Jackie R. Robinson. Can’t these guys do ANYTHING without leading the league? It’s getting annoying!!! Roswell needs to make a statement if they want to be taken seriously as contenders this year. In Kentucky would be as good a place to start as any, but I just don’t see it happening.………LOUISVILLE-55 ROSWELL-16
(4) South Bend ShamRockers (0-2) at The River City Ransom (0-2)-----It’s too early to call ANY game a “must win” but falling to 0-3 with the caliber of teams above them would make it VERY difficult to make a playoff run. South Bend’s defense got worked over last week, but they are solid in the middle with DTs Patato Skins (L23), The Green Hornet (L24) and Albert “The Mad Hatter” Anastasia (L20) at MLB. It’s the rest of their defense that’s suspect. On offense, ShamRockers QB Papa Dynamite has weapons to work with against a defense whose only standout is ROLB Sweat Mouton. Both offenses seem to outman their defensive counterparts, making this a tough call, but I’m going to bet that the Ransom’s L17 OG Banger “TNT” Nobel is going to have plenty of trouble with the ShamRockers DTs and Papa may not have time to get the ball to his receivers. It’s could go either way, but the call here is..…..SOUTH BEND-20 RIVER CITY-17
(3) Saginaw Spirit (1-1) at Jax Beach Juggernauts (0-2)-----Saginaw: better than its record considering its loss was to the Purple Penguins? Jax Beach: better than ITS record since it lost by a single point to undefeated Syracuse? Doesn’t matter. These two teams are going to throw down and Saginaw is still burning from the loss in the opener. The Saginaw starters look to me to have a slight edge over Jax Beach, but the Spirit’s bench is overwhelmingly stronger than the Juggernauts, even if we disregarded the massive number of inactives on the Jax Beach roster. ReSurging Saginaw Spirit Survives Scare Scoring Second Sequential Superb Success...……..SAGINAW-37 JAX BEACH-13
(2) Lincoln Freedom Warriors (1-1) at Houston Armageddon (1-1)-----Lincoln got a rude introduction to the new Appalachian Lycans last week, but luckily they play a more typical opponent this week. Houston is a strong team, and one I picked to get to the playoffs handily, so this will be an important game for both clubs. Each has a loss to a dominant team. Each may well be fighting for a home playoff berth in the post-season, and the first tiebreaker is head-to-head results. Welcome to playoff football in Week Two! Winning this game may well mean claiming a prize of a couple million dollars at the end of the season!!! If that’s not motivation, I don’t know what is!!! I’m tempted to call THIS the Game of the Week, but the next matchup between two unbeatens can’t be denied. Still, this should be a VERRRY interesting dogfight with each team using every advantage at its disposal to win. If they don’t, then they deserve to lose and shame on them. Talent leans toward Houston. Tradition towards Lincoln. And despite the fact that I picked Houston to finish ahead of them, my gut is telling me….…..LINCOLN-27 HOUSTON-20
(1) GAME OF THE WEEK: Syracuse Samurai (2-0) at Appalachian Lycans (2-0)-----Once again the Lycans are the featured game of the week as they face one of the teams picked to be a playoff contender and the new kid on the block, the Syracuse Samurai. The Samurai have won their first two BBB #7 games, but surely must feel fortunate to have come away with a victory against Jax Beach. You can argue that any win is a good win, and good teams find a way to win even when they play bad (badly) and every other cliché ridden excuse in the book, but Championship teams DOMINATE weaker opponents, and that’s exactly what the Lycans have done so far, destroying Texas 73-0 (ok, so that’s not exactly much of a barometer) and dispatching the highly regarded Lincoln Freedom Warriors 30-0. Thus far Syracuse has won on the basis of its exceptional talent advantage over its opponents. That’s not going to be the case against Appalachian. This week the Lycans show why I have them as the team to beat in our league (with apologies to Red Bank).……..APPALACHIAN-30 SYRACUSE-10
OK, some great matchups this week! Let me say that I appreciate all the words of encouragement you guys have posted as well as any corrections you make to errors in the PPPP. Remember, this is all purely speculation with no scientific basis whatsoever. Feel free to post your opinions and have a great game!
EDIT:
In view of the recent developments with the South Bend ShamRockers/Baltimore Hustle, the PPPP hereby revises its analysis of Game #4:
(4) Baltimore Hustle (0-2) at The River City Ransom (0-2)-----Well, River City must be living right to have lucked into the ShamRockers surrender right before their game. It is beginning to look as though the Hustle is going to be built along the lines of a "slow build" team, which is all the rage now. Yep, Baltimore's got trouble right here in River City and that starts with "T" and that rhymes with "B" and that stands for BLOWOUT(you buggers are all too young to get that reference)!!! Not that the Hustle will care if they are slow building---they'll pretty much write off the season as a necessary sacrifice for the sake of future competitiveness. I'm not sure if they'll be able to bring their players up to speed in this league in less than 3 seasons considering everyone else has about a 20 level lead on them, but it'll be interesting to see how it turns out in the long run. In the short run, Baltimore ascends to the Throne of Incompetency formerly occupied by Richmond and briefly held by Texas. Well, at least their ineptness is by design..…..RIVER CITY-47 BALTIMORE-0
Feast or famine, guys. Feast or famine. Two one point thrillers and a number of blowouts this week.
Season Results: 16-0
Week Two Results: 8-0
Louisville at Richmond Prediction: LOU 87-10 Actual: LOU 97-0
Atlanta at South Bend Prediction: ATL 49-7 Actual: ATL 69-0
Houston at Texas Prediction: HOU 45-0 Actual: HOU 128-0
Sin City at Cleveland Prediction: SIN 31-13 Actual: SIN 34-33
River City at Saginaw Prediction: SAG 28-10 Actual: SAG 35-10
Jax Beach at Syracuse Prediction: SYR 27-10 Actual: SYR 17-16
Red Bank at Roswell Prediction: RBK 38-12 Actual: RBK 73-7
Appalachian at Lincoln Prediction: APP 20-10 Actual: APP 30-0
Frankly, if I were Cleveland, I’d be ROYALLY pissed!!! They drive down and score a TD with 39 seconds left to play to cut the deficit to two. What does the Sim do? IT KICKS THE *#&%@!!! PAT INSTEAD OF GOING FOR TWO!!!! What the Hell kind of strategy is that??? I mean, ok the 2 pt conversion might well have failed, but at least TRY for it!!! What good is 1 point going to do you in that circumstance???
……It’s only a game…..it’s only a game……it’s only a game……
(and it’s not even my team!)
My condolences to the Buckeyes who played valiantly and didn’t deserve to lose that way. Again, perhaps they would have lost anyway, but the computer didn’t give them any choice. Not to take anything at all away from Sin City, but you gotta admit, even if you’re one of the Showboats, the Sim screwed it up.
But better to focus on the future than dwell on the past, right? Back to the predictions……
(8) The State of Texas Domination (0-2) at Red Bank Thundercats (2-0)-----Can it get any worse for the Domination? They lose to an intrastate rival in humiliating fashion (not trying to be rude, but 128-0 is pretty bad in anybody’s book) and now get the top team in the conference from last year (that’s still in BBB). Not only that, but Red Bank is even BETTER than it was last year! OK, so in predicting this score I come up with a figure of…..wait……wait a sec…..carry the 3, divide by 2 and take the square root of the denominator……..hmmmm, my calculator must be broken because it’s telling me to predict a score in favor of the Thundercats of 3,462,107-0, but that can’t be right. I’ll just go with my gut and say……..RED BANK-96 TEXAS-0
(7) Cleveland Buckeyes (0-2) at Atlanta Purple Penguins (2-0)-----The Penguins looked impressive against South Bend, but Cleveland provides more of a challenge. Don’t look for Atlanta’s All Conference DE Carl Ellard to repeat his 5 sack performance against Cleveland’s L25 LT Jermon Bushrod. The Buckeyes have decent weapons in the passing game in L22 QB Sebastien Montague Summersthwaite III (hey, don’t blame me---I didn’t name him!)and L20 WRs Christian Gonzales and John Taylor. Unfortunately, they don’t have the running game to balance it as the Buckeyes field a L19 HB with only a L11 FB. The offensive key to this game may be whether Cleveland’s interior OL can handle the DTs for the Penguins. On defense, Cleveland’s secondary looks vulnerable without a single CB that cracks L20, a L18 SS and a L16 MLB. L23 FS James Jeremy Saylor can’t be everyplace at the same time. Despite their obvious strides towards improvement, Cleveland is still a bit outmatched at this point leading to a prediction of.……..ATLANTA-42 CLEVELAND-7
(6) Richmond Empire (0-2) at Sin City Showboats (2-0)-----Richmond is not as bad as they used to be. We all agree with that. Sin City may not be quite as good as their record shows, considering they squeaked by Cleveland by a single point and both their previous opponents are winless thus far. So this should be a competitive game, right? Well, uh, no. The Showboats OL is pretty much L23s across the board and Richmond’s rebuilding efforts have mostly borne fruit on the offensive side of the ball. Against Sin City’s behemoths, they send out a feckless foursome of L18, L17, L14 and L11! With this kind of advantage at the line of scrimmage, Sin City should have their way with the Empire. The matchups on the other side of the ball are not as one sided, but still favor the undefeated Sin City squad. I hear in Vegas they like to watch when someone makes a big killing---time to up those concession prices!……..SIN CITY-38 RICHMOND-9
(5) Roswell Invaders (1-1) at Louisville Baby Kittens (2-0)-----It was the best of times (Richmond, W 70-30), it was the worst of times (Red Bank, L 73-7). Football is so full of culture and intellectual refinement! Now Roswell runs up against the Baby Kittens, who are busy making whatever fool said they looked a little weaker than last year look like a, well, a fool! Not only do defenses have to worry about the oft-talked-about-and-yet-still-better-than-advertised duo of Kamikaze Kitten and Kyle Kortnue (Hey! I bet that guy likes alliteration! I think I knew a guy once who had a penchant for prose practically pulsating with painfully persistent alliteration!) they now have to worry about a league leading rusher in Jackie R. Robinson. Can’t these guys do ANYTHING without leading the league? It’s getting annoying!!! Roswell needs to make a statement if they want to be taken seriously as contenders this year. In Kentucky would be as good a place to start as any, but I just don’t see it happening.………LOUISVILLE-55 ROSWELL-16
(4) South Bend ShamRockers (0-2) at The River City Ransom (0-2)-----It’s too early to call ANY game a “must win” but falling to 0-3 with the caliber of teams above them would make it VERY difficult to make a playoff run. South Bend’s defense got worked over last week, but they are solid in the middle with DTs Patato Skins (L23), The Green Hornet (L24) and Albert “The Mad Hatter” Anastasia (L20) at MLB. It’s the rest of their defense that’s suspect. On offense, ShamRockers QB Papa Dynamite has weapons to work with against a defense whose only standout is ROLB Sweat Mouton. Both offenses seem to outman their defensive counterparts, making this a tough call, but I’m going to bet that the Ransom’s L17 OG Banger “TNT” Nobel is going to have plenty of trouble with the ShamRockers DTs and Papa may not have time to get the ball to his receivers. It’s could go either way, but the call here is..…..SOUTH BEND-20 RIVER CITY-17
(3) Saginaw Spirit (1-1) at Jax Beach Juggernauts (0-2)-----Saginaw: better than its record considering its loss was to the Purple Penguins? Jax Beach: better than ITS record since it lost by a single point to undefeated Syracuse? Doesn’t matter. These two teams are going to throw down and Saginaw is still burning from the loss in the opener. The Saginaw starters look to me to have a slight edge over Jax Beach, but the Spirit’s bench is overwhelmingly stronger than the Juggernauts, even if we disregarded the massive number of inactives on the Jax Beach roster. ReSurging Saginaw Spirit Survives Scare Scoring Second Sequential Superb Success...……..SAGINAW-37 JAX BEACH-13
(2) Lincoln Freedom Warriors (1-1) at Houston Armageddon (1-1)-----Lincoln got a rude introduction to the new Appalachian Lycans last week, but luckily they play a more typical opponent this week. Houston is a strong team, and one I picked to get to the playoffs handily, so this will be an important game for both clubs. Each has a loss to a dominant team. Each may well be fighting for a home playoff berth in the post-season, and the first tiebreaker is head-to-head results. Welcome to playoff football in Week Two! Winning this game may well mean claiming a prize of a couple million dollars at the end of the season!!! If that’s not motivation, I don’t know what is!!! I’m tempted to call THIS the Game of the Week, but the next matchup between two unbeatens can’t be denied. Still, this should be a VERRRY interesting dogfight with each team using every advantage at its disposal to win. If they don’t, then they deserve to lose and shame on them. Talent leans toward Houston. Tradition towards Lincoln. And despite the fact that I picked Houston to finish ahead of them, my gut is telling me….…..LINCOLN-27 HOUSTON-20
(1) GAME OF THE WEEK: Syracuse Samurai (2-0) at Appalachian Lycans (2-0)-----Once again the Lycans are the featured game of the week as they face one of the teams picked to be a playoff contender and the new kid on the block, the Syracuse Samurai. The Samurai have won their first two BBB #7 games, but surely must feel fortunate to have come away with a victory against Jax Beach. You can argue that any win is a good win, and good teams find a way to win even when they play bad (badly) and every other cliché ridden excuse in the book, but Championship teams DOMINATE weaker opponents, and that’s exactly what the Lycans have done so far, destroying Texas 73-0 (ok, so that’s not exactly much of a barometer) and dispatching the highly regarded Lincoln Freedom Warriors 30-0. Thus far Syracuse has won on the basis of its exceptional talent advantage over its opponents. That’s not going to be the case against Appalachian. This week the Lycans show why I have them as the team to beat in our league (with apologies to Red Bank).……..APPALACHIAN-30 SYRACUSE-10
OK, some great matchups this week! Let me say that I appreciate all the words of encouragement you guys have posted as well as any corrections you make to errors in the PPPP. Remember, this is all purely speculation with no scientific basis whatsoever. Feel free to post your opinions and have a great game!
EDIT:
In view of the recent developments with the South Bend ShamRockers/Baltimore Hustle, the PPPP hereby revises its analysis of Game #4:
(4) Baltimore Hustle (0-2) at The River City Ransom (0-2)-----Well, River City must be living right to have lucked into the ShamRockers surrender right before their game. It is beginning to look as though the Hustle is going to be built along the lines of a "slow build" team, which is all the rage now. Yep, Baltimore's got trouble right here in River City and that starts with "T" and that rhymes with "B" and that stands for BLOWOUT(you buggers are all too young to get that reference)!!! Not that the Hustle will care if they are slow building---they'll pretty much write off the season as a necessary sacrifice for the sake of future competitiveness. I'm not sure if they'll be able to bring their players up to speed in this league in less than 3 seasons considering everyone else has about a 20 level lead on them, but it'll be interesting to see how it turns out in the long run. In the short run, Baltimore ascends to the Throne of Incompetency formerly occupied by Richmond and briefly held by Texas. Well, at least their ineptness is by design..…..RIVER CITY-47 BALTIMORE-0
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