Week Five Power Rankings and Predictions

01. Team Faggy Vampire Kids (3-1)

Last Week: 2

Week Four Result: Win

Week Five Match-Up: @ Team Votto (3-1)

Week Five Prediction: Loss 125-132

02. Team Sparkle (3-1)

Last Week: 1

Week Four Result: Loss

Week Five Match-Up: vs. Donkey Chain 4 Life (1-2)

Week Five Prediction: Win 149-104

03. Team Votto (3-1)

Last Week: 3

Week Four Result: Win

Week Five Match-Up: vs. Team Faggy Vampire Kids (3-1)

Week Five Prediction: Win 132-125

04. The Philly Fakeouts (2-2)

Last Week: 7

Week Four Result: Win

Week Five Match-Up: vs. Argh! Not The Bees! (1-3)

Week Five Prediction: Loss 116-139

05. Team Minch (2-2)

Last Week: 4

Week Four Result: Loss

Week Five Match-Up: @ Rob's Team (1-3)

Week Five Prediction: Loss 101-106

06. Donkey Chain 4 Life (1-3)

Last Week: 6

Week Four Result: Loss

Week Five Match-Up: @ Team Sparkle (3-1)

Week Five Prediction: Loss 104-149

07. Argh! Not The Bees! (1-3)

Last Week: 8

Week Four Result: Win

Week Five Match-Up: @ The Philly Fakeouts (2-2)

Week Five Prediction: Win 139-116

08. Rob's Team (1-3)

Last Week: 5

Week Four Result: Loss

Week Five Match-Up: vs. Team Minch (2-2)

Week Five Prediction: Win 106-101

Post-Week Five Standings Prediction

01. Team Sparkle (4-1)

02. Team Votto (4-1)

03. Team Faggy Vampire Kids (3-2)

04. Argh! Not The Bees! (2-3)

05. The Philly Fakeouts (2-3)

06. Rob's Team (2-3)

07. Team Minch (2-3)

08. Donkey Chain 4 Life (1-4)

Predictions For Week Five

Match of the Week - Rob's Team vs. Team Minch

Weekly Biggest Blowout - Team Sparkle vs. Donkey Chain 4 Life

Weekly Most Points Left On The Bench - Donkey Chain 4 Life

Weekly High Score - Team Sparkle

Weekly Low Score - Team Minch

Player of the Week - RB Chris Johnson (Donkey Chain 4 Life)

Bust of the Week - WR Steve Smith (Argh! Not The Bees!)

Week Four: Looking Back and Monday Night Football

Crazy weekend in terms of standings moves within the FYC League.  Team Sparkle appears to have been handed their first loss of the season, going from 3-0 to 3-1.  At the bottom of the standings, Argh! Not The Bees! is close to having their first win of the season, to join to other teams at 1-3.  The match to watch tonight is Team Votto vs. Team Minch, where Team Minch needs a huge day on the Green Bay side of the ball and Team Votto needs a huge performance from the Vikings defense/special teams.

I would like to take the time to talk about the pink elephant in the room: Monday Night Football.  The Green Bay Packers versus The Minnesota Vikings.  Aaron Rodgers versus Brett Favre.  After watching ESPN, listening to local sports radio, and reading blogs, the consensus seems to be that the Packers have no shot at beating Favre and the Vikings.  I'm going to level with everyone: the match-up does not look good on paper - the Vikings have the stronger team, no doubt about it.  They have Purple Jesus, a solid defensive line, and a good core of receivers.  We have a porous offensive line and an anemic running game.  And we are on the road at a rowdy Metrodome.  This does not look good.

But what I realized last night, when I couldn't sleep because of my worry over this monumental game, is that a win or loss here won't change anything except the standings.  Brett Favre won't be getting a trophy and it doesn't give him a Super Bowl ring.  If Brett Favre embarrasses Green Bay tonight, the only thing that it will do is get the Vikings a win and fill that need for revenge inside of him.  Nothing more and nothing less.  Aaron Rodgers will not be lynched by angry Packer fans, Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy won't be exiled to Gary, Indiana - nothing will happen besides us being one more game back of the division leader.

Let me tell it to you straight: I can't stand Brett Favre now, but I loved him during the "good years" in Green Bay.  Even though he took us deep into the playoffs in his last year, he was starting to get on my fucking nerves.  Every year with his mini-camp/retirement bullshit - there is only so much disappointment you can take from your sports hero.  Leaving the team in such a selfish and immature way last year was bad enough, but to come back to the NFC North and try to exact revenge on the people that built his legacy?  "What an asshole," is what I remarked when I heard he was coming back with the Vikings in 2009.  Honestly, watching him fail on national television at the hands of my team would be sweet, but then I would just be like him.  Fiending for revenge and, ultimately, a sad excuse of a human being.

So tonight, I'll be rooting for the Green Bay Packers to beat the Minnesota Vikings.  I won't be wishing for a Brett Favre injury, nor will I be giving him much of a thought rather than just failing to convert.  I just want the Packers to sit tied atop the division at the end of the night.  I'm a Packer fan first, and while I don't "understand" like Favre hopes I would, I have come to accept this situation.

Go Pack Go.

Week Four Power Rankings

Week Four Power Rankings

01. Team Sparkle (3-0)

Last Week: 2

Week Three Result: Win

Week Four Match-Up: @ The Philly Fakeouts (1-2)

Week Four Prediction: Win 114-110

02. Team Faggy Vampire Kids (2-1)

Last Week: 3

Week Three Result: Win

Week Four Match-Up: @ Donkey Chain 4 Life (1-2)

Week Four Prediction: Win 126-116

03. Team Votto (2-1)

Last Week: 1

Week Three Result: Loss

Week Four Match-Up: @ Team Minch (2-1)

Week Four Prediction: Win 110-101

04. Team Minch (2-1)

Last Week: 4

Week Three Result: Win

Week Four Match-Up: vs. Team Votto (2-1)

Week Four Prediction: Loss 101-110

05. Rob's Team (1-2)

Last Week: 8

Week Three Result: Win

Week Four Match-Up: @ Argh! Not The Bees!

Week Four Prediction: Loss 110-137

06. Donkey Chain 4 Life (1-2)

Last Week: 7

Week Three Result: Loss

Week Four Match-Up: vs. Team Faggy Vampire Kids (2-1)

Week Four Prediction: Loss 116-126

07. The Philly Fakeouts (1-2)

Last Week: 5

Week Three Result: Loss

Week Four Match-Up: vs. Team Sparkle (3-0)

Week Four Prediction: Loss 110-114

08. Argh! Not The Bees! (0-3)

Last Week: 6

Week Three Result: Loss

Week Four Match-Up: vs. Rob's Team (1-2)

Week Four Prediction: Win 137-110

Post-Week Four Standings Prediction

01. Team Sparkle (4-0)

02. Team Faggy Vampire Kids (3-1)

03. Team Votto (3-1)

04. Team Minch (2-2)

05. Argh! Not The Bees! (1-3)

06. Donkey Chain 4 Life (1-3)

07. The Philly Fakeouts (1-3)

08. Rob's Team (1-3)

Predictions For Week Four

Match Of The Week - Team Sparkle @ The Philly Fakeouts

Weekly Biggest Blowout - Argh! Not The Bees! vs. Rob's Team

Weekly Most Points Left On The Bench - Donkey Chain 4 Life

Weekly High Score - Argh! Not The Bees!

Weekly Low Score - Team Minch

Player of the Week - RB Adrian Peterson (Argh! Not The Bees!)

Bust of the Week - WR Vincent Jackson (Team Minch)