W9 SmashBoard SmashMouth NFL Pioneer League

Still first and most important news is the launch of SmashMouth NBA!  BE HEARD, SPREAD THE WORD... We are trying to put a dent in the fantasy sports universe! You're all early adopters... share the word with friends, invite them to register/play asap. We also today learned from FOXsports that we can offer CASH PRIZES along with their promotional support. This is huge.

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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man."

OK now back to some kick-ass NFL bidness... no Thursday game so rest easy, lineups not due until Sunday, 1pm per usual.

W9 MARQUEE MATCHUPS
TAM @ CLE (Sun 1p)
ARI @ DAL (Sun 1p)
PHI @ HOU (Sun 1p)
SD @ MIA (Sun 1p)
STL @ SF (Sun 4p)
DEN @ NE (Sun 4p)
BAL @ PIT (SNF)
IND @ NYG (MNF)


W9 SmashBoard
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=538

W9 SmashMatches

ANTHONY ANNESE (4 - 4) @ LOU AURICCHIO (5 - 2)
Seasoned (NBA 2x) champ vs. rookie on a roll.

ROB TALLIA (5 - 3) @ CRAIG ROSENBAUM (6 - 1)
Italian Mafia vs. Jewish Mafia.

ROB BAILEY (4 - 3) @ LISA CALITRI (4 - 4)
Two crusty veterans searching for crumbs.

TONY D'AMATO (1 - 7) @ BILL ROARK (7 - 0)
No line in Vegas.

CHARLIE ALDRICH (2 - 6) @ JAMIE BURTON (4 - 4)
Great Northwest redemption vs. Nyack attack.

LEE FINKEL (4 - 4) @ TONY BEDINI (2 - 5)
TONY looks to tap on LEE's brakes.

RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 4) @ BILL CRONE (2 - 6)
BILL may catch RICHARD still auditing W8 score.

DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 6) @ KEVIN KRUEGER (3 - 4)
Mid-season misery awaits the loser.

BRUCE WILLIAMS (7 - 1) @ MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 7)
WILLIAMS wins, no question.

JIM GARDNER (6 - 1) @ VINCE CALITRI (2 - 6) 
JIM takes his 1 point W and hits the road running.

JIM PEPE (3 - 4) @ MARIO HENRY (4 - 4)
MARIO, concede already. Please :-)

JOHN INCANTALUPO (3 - 4) @ JOE HENDERSON (5 - 2)
The Road Warrior still licking wounds.

SmashMatch Of The Week
GARY LAZARUS (6 - 1) @ CHUCK ROSS (4 - 3) 
Rookie of Year candidate GARY faces upstart CHUCK.

BYEs
CHRIS PALUMBO (7 - 1)  

GLENN ARONOW (5 - 3)  

TOM MAIDEN (4 - 4)

KEVIN CARTER (4 - 4)

QUENTIN WALKER (2 - 6)

JEFF NIGRO (1 - 7)

SmashMouth NBA is LIVE and FREE TO PLAY!

The NBA 2014-15 season starts tonight and so does SmashMouth NBA Fantasy Basketball!!! For a limited time, it's also FREE TO PLAY!

Go to www.smashfantasysports.com, register and play!

SmashMouth NBA pits you directly vs. your opponent and is easy to play.

• Challenge an opponent. Your draft is turn-based so you alternate picks.
• Lineups require 2 Point Guards, 2 Shooting Guards and 4 Forwards/Centers, one each from 8 NBA Marquee Matchups
• Once a challenge is accepted, the Home Coach is selected at random and picks first (a Smash Pick).
• The Away Coach then picks an NBA player from same game, same position, opposing NBA team (a Force Pick). That NBA game is then closed.
• Away Coach picks again (a Smash Pick) from remaining available players.
• Home Coach then makes Force Pick and you alternate until you each have 8 players per the lineup requirements above.

Now, you're matching wits directly with your opponent. Check it out now, register and play! www.smashfantasysports.com 

W8 RAPID RECAP SmashMouth NFL PIONEER LEAGUE

First and most important for all you NBA wizards out there, the SmashMouth NBA Fantasy Basketball app is now LIVE and, for a limited time, FREE TO PLAY! Check it out at www.smashfantasysports.com, register and play!

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming... 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=23

W8 RAPID RECAP

GLENN ARONOW (5 - 3) -- 180
ROB TALLIA (5 - 3) -- 229
ROB throttles GLENN and sends him tumbling from first to third in the ASC East.

LOU AURICCHIO (5 - 2) -- 226
TONY D'AMATO (1 - 7) -- 198
LOU's beginner's luck will not fade away.

JEFF NIGRO (1 - 7) -- 208
LISA CALITRI (4 - 4) -- 231
LISA shows honor and skill in victory. 

CHARLIE ALDRICH (2 - 6) -- 153
BILL ROARK (7 - 0) -- 198
Navy = Unsinkable.

LEE FINKEL (4 - 4) -- 203
JAMIE BURTON (4 - 4) -- 171
LEE takes aim at a mid-season playoff surge.

DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 6) -- 182
CHUCK ROSS (4 - 3) -- 189
CHUCK beats DeLANDIS and the Developer's Curse.
  
BILL CRONE (2 - 6) -- 165
TOM MAIDEN (4 - 4) -- 207
TOM garners Unique Pick and a nifty victory.
  
JOHN INCANTALUPO (3 - 4) -- 208
CRAIG ROSENBAUM (6 - 1) -- 212
The Road Warrior gets clipped in the end.

ANTHONY ANNESE (4 - 4) -- 164
ROB BAILEY (4 - 3) -- 263
Both play nice, resulting in a beatdown bludgeoning by ROB... and The Weekly Smash (Maidzo) with a +99.

BRUCE WILLIAMS (7 - 1) -- 246
VINCE CALITRI (2 - 6) -- 196
Even unwarranted cries of cheating can't stop BRUCE from another W.
  
RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 4) -- 222
JIM GARDNER (6 - 1) -- 223
RICHARD is not speaking to the Commissioner currently.

CHRIS PALUMBO (7 - 1) -- 176
QUENTIN WALKER (2 - 6) -- 183
Hugely redemptive win for Q.

KEVIN CARTER (4 - 4) -- 218
JIM PEPE (3 - 4) -- 202
The Commissioner is not speaking to KEVIN currently.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 7) -- 189
GARY LAZARUS (6 - 1) -- 205
GARY takes a monster 2 1/2 game lead in NSC South Division.

SmashMatch Of The Week
KEVIN KRUEGER (3 - 4) -- 253
MARIO HENRY (4 - 4) -- 187
Yet another former champ looking to make a mid-season playoff surge.

BYEs
JOE HENDERSON (5 - 2)

TONY BEDINI (2 - 5)

W8 SmashMouth NFL Pioneer League SmashBoard!

Here we are, already at the 8/17ths point of the season -- damn Bye week screws up everything! -- and the playoff picture is slowly coming into focus. Or maybe I just cleaned my contact lenses. Whatever.

No Thursday game this week -- the newly invoked "Peyton Manning aka LeBron James Rule" in full effect -- so lineups are not due until Sunday at 1pm. Which btw is NOT an invitation to hit up your opponent at 12:30pm Sunday. Really?

W8 SmashBoard

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=507

W8 MARQUEE MATCHUPS
STL @ KC (Sun 1p)
SEA @ CAR (Sun 1p)
MIN @ TAM (Sun 1p)
BAL @ CIN (Sun 1p)
PHI @ ARI (Sun 4p)
IND @ PIT (Sun 4:30p)
GB @ NO (SNF)
WAS @ DAL (MNF)

W8 SmashMatches

GLENN ARONOW (5 - 2) @ ROB TALLIA (4 - 3)
No, GLENN, you cannot draft a Buffalo Sabres' Defenseman at Linebacker.

LOU AURICCHIO (4 - 2) @ TONY D'AMATO (1 - 6)
This one has the consigliere abuzz.

JEFF NIGRO (1 - 6) @ LISA CALITRI (3 - 4)
LISA must show no mercy for her own recruit. 

CHARLIE ALDRICH (2 - 5) @ BILL ROARK (6 - 0)
Army vs. Navy. Go _ _ _ _! Beat _ _ _ _!

LEE FINKEL (3 - 4) @ JAMIE BURTON (4 - 3)
Protect his house and JAMIE is in fine fettle. LEE? Not so much.

DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 5) @ CHUCK ROSS (3 - 4)  
CHUCK battles two foes -- DeLANDIS and The SmashMouth Developer's Curse. At least it's a home game.  
  
BILL CRONE (2 - 5) @ TOM MAIDEN (3 - 4)
Important early ASC South tiff.
  
JOHN INCANTALUPO (3 - 3) @ CRAIG ROSENBAUM (5 - 1)
The Road Warrior seeks to re-establish his moniker.

ANTHONY ANNESE (4 - 3) @ ROB BAILEY (3 - 3)
Lose and pay the ASC West consequences.

BRUCE WILLIAMS (6 - 1) @ VINCE CALITRI (2 - 5) 
Mediation services available for this SmashUp.  

RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 3) @ JIM GARDNER (5 - 1)
Huge Conference game for DR. J to establish strong playoff position early.

CHRIS PALUMBO (7 - 0) @ QUENTIN WALKER (1 - 6)
CHRIS continues to play out of his mind, but a quick peek at last season indicates an imminent swoon. Yes, I wrote "swoon."

KEVIN CARTER (3 - 4) @ JIM PEPE (3 - 3)
JIM needs a W. Fortunately, he also controls the scoring. He's also dumb enough to call it to everyone's attention. Dammit!

MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 6) @ GARY LAZARUS (5 - 1)
Vegas line is GARY giving 75 points. Side action anyone?

SmashMatch Of The Week
KEVIN KRUEGER (2 - 4) @ MARIO HENRY (4 - 3)
A battered, bloodied and bruised KEVIN must win here. Did I mention who controls the scoring? Inbox me.

BYEs
JOE HENDERSON (5 - 2)

TONY BEDINI (2 - 5)

RAPID RECAP W7 Pioneer League SmashMouth NFL

This week's big winners were Peyton Manning and GLENN ARONOW (yes, THAT Glenn, the reigning SmashMouth NHL champ). Peyton apparently threw 510 passes in one game, good for well over 3,000 fantasy points, both tearing up the record books. Pretty tough to beat. Wait... 510 career TD passes? Ah, never mind.  

But speaking of records, the real story is GLENN anyway, who pulls off not only the double double of Weekly Smash (The Maidzo) with a 295-145 obliteration of MICHAEL WILLIAMS but also serves up a big fat blank sandwich with IND CB Vontae Davis (27 pts) shutting down sub CIN WR Brandon Tate (0 pts) to garner Unique Pick and bank some more cash. Oh and the record? Well, his +150 margin of victory breaks JEFF NIGRO's +149 set Week 1 of last season vs. -- one guess -- MICHAEL WILLIAMS. Ouch, MIKE, what gives? Fortunately for Mike, GLENN did not break the all-time high score record, as a deep search into the SmashMouth archives shows RICHARD BROWNE hanging on with his 298 point (vs 173) destruction of the long lost Ken Calitri in Week 4 of the inaugural 2012 Pioneer League season.

Also note, the Pioneer League schedule maker invokes the "LeBron James Rule" in Week 8 on the LeBron-like Peyton Manning himself, so the SD-DEN Thursday Night Football game is not a Marquee Matchup. W8 lineups are due Sunday by 1pm. Stay tuned for the W8 SmashBoard later today.

Here's the rest of the RAPID RECAP:

W7 RAPID RECAP

MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 6) -- 145
GLENN ARONOW (5 - 2) -- 295
Yep, all of the above still applies.

LOU AURICCHIO (4 - 2) -- 228
JEFF NIGRO (1 - 6) -- 179
It's a long way from W1 of last season, eh JEFF? LOU steps in and continues his hot hand/beginner's luck/rookie roll.

ROB TALLIA (4 - 3) -- 226
LISA CALITRI (3 - 4) -- 152
'Twas a pummeling, no two ways about it.

BILL ROARK (6 - 0) -- 226
LEE FINKEL (3 - 4) -- 193
Last year's Outlier Champ ousts SuperSmash I winner.

CHUCK ROSS (3 - 4) -- 173
TONY D'AMATO (1 - 6) -- 195
A huge step in the right direction for TONY. As would have been a tie.

BILL CRONE (2 - 5) -- 167
JAMIE BURTON (4 - 3) -- 178
JAMIE but just barely.

JOE HENDERSON (5 - 2) -- 196
ROB BAILEY (3 - 3) -- 224
SuperSmash II finalist refuses to go meekly.

JIM GARDNER (5 - 1) -- 249
DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 5) -- 155
JIM continues his hot hand as DeLANDIS continues his replication of 2013.

TOM MAIDEN (3 - 4) -- 157
BRUCE WILLIAMS (6 - 1) -- 235
This one started ugly (SmashUp ugly) and ended ugly.

TONY BEDINI (2 - 5) -- 175
VINCE CALITRI (2 - 5) -- 201
Huge season and reputation saving W for VINCE.

JIM PEPE (3 - 3) -- 159
CHRIS PALUMBO (7 - 0) -- 240
CHRIS concedes literally 5 minutes into the 1pm games. How'd that work out?

MARIO HENRY (4 - 3) -- 225
KEVIN CARTER (3 - 4) -- 171
MARIO back in the hunt. KEVIN hunting too but with no ammo. 

QUENTIN WALKER (1 - 6) -- 148
CHARLIE ALDRICH (2 - 5) -- 162
Matt Forte. Always Matt Forte. 

KEVIN KRUEGER (2 - 4) -- 151
JOHN INCANTALUPO (3 - 3) -- 202
JOHN sends KEVIN hurtling toward SmashMouth NHL.

SmashMatch Of The Week
CRAIG ROSENBAUM (5 - 1) -- 194
ANTHONY ANNESE (4 - 3) -- 190
This one lived up to the pre-season and week-long billing, as CRAIG clips arch-rival ANTHONY in a game that goes right down to the wire and has water cooler ramifications all Tuesday long.

BYEs
GARY LAZARUS (5 - 1) 

RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 3)

Full scoring detail as always available here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=23

SmashMouth NHL returns!

After a one-year hiatus, which GLENN ARONOW spent polishing his 2013 Pioneer League SmashMouth Cup ad nauseum, SmashMouth NHL is BACK!

Manual leagues will begin no later than December 1 -- and possibly sooner. League fee is TBD, whatever it takes to get going a nice, friendly, knock-some-teeth-out-with-an-errant-slapshot league of no less than 12 iced-up Coaches.

All interested parties should upgrade their dental coverage and e-mail me at jimp@smashfantasysports.com.

Lineups are composed of the following:
2 Centers v 2 Goalies
2 Wingers v 2 Defensemen
2 Defensemen v 2 Wingers
2 Goalies v 2 Centers

Each pairing of above matchups pulled from same game as usual.
SCORING as follows:
Goal = 4 pts
Assist = 2 pts
Shot on Goal = 1 pt
Blocked Shot = 1 pt
Save = 1 pt per 10 saves + 1 pt per 2 Shots on Goal versus opposing Coaches' Centers.

SmashMouth NFL Pioneer League W7 SmashBoard

Ah, yes, Week 7. Lucky #7. Which inevitably will be G-d d$#^ @+*&%!* #7 for half of us. Either way, lineups due Sunday by 1pm!

W7 Marquee Matchups

MINNESOTA NORSEMEN @ LONGPORT BILLS (Sun 1p)

MIAMI SANDCRABS @ MATT FORTES (Sun 1p)

DREW BREES' @ MATT STAFFORDS (Sun 1p)

CAMOLINA NEWTONS @ AARON RODGERS' (Sun 1p)

CINCINNATI TIGERS @ BALTIMORE COLTS (Sun 1p)

KANSAS CITY ROYALS @ SAN DIEGO PADRES (Sun 4p)

COLIN KAEPERNICKS @ PEYTON MANNINGS (SNF)

JJ WATTS @ VELVET CURTAINS (MNF)

W7 SmashBoard available here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=490

W7 SmashMatches

MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 4) @ GLENN ARONOW (4 - 2)
GLENN is just idling away his time in anticipation of SmashMouth NHL. The strategy seems to be working.

LOU AURICCHIO (3 - 2) @ JEFF NIGRO (1 - 5)
Victorious mid-season replacement Coach LOU looks to boggle the oddsmakers yet again. Wait, he's playing JEFF. Never mind, carry on.

ROB TALLIA (3 - 3) @ LISA CALITRI (3 - 3)
It's paesano vs. honorary paesana.

BILL ROARK (5 - 0) @ LEE FINKEL (3 - 3)
Some say LEE has lost a step. I happen to be among them.

CHUCK ROSS (3 - 2) @ TONY D'AMATO (0 - 6)
Some say TONY never had a step to lose. I happen to be among them as well.

BILL CRONE (2 - 4) @ JAMIE BURTON (3 - 3)
Tyreek Burwell's cuz JAMIE will make the Bearcat's #65 proud!

JOE HENDERSON (5 - 1) @ ROB BAILEY (2 - 3)
As must-win a game as ROB could possibly face so early in the season. No pressure though.

JIM GARDNER (4 - 1) @ DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 4)
Triumphant but completely scathed by bitter Bruce, JIM looks to stay in the brutal NSC West hunt.

TOM MAIDEN (3 - 3) @ BRUCE WILLIAMS (5 - 1)
Lose, TOM, or be subjected to an onslaught of insults. Wait... win but make sure I'm in the group text. Pure entertainment.

TONY BEDINI (2 - 4) @ VINCE CALITRI (1 - 5)
These paesane are compromising the ancestral honor!

JIM PEPE (3 - 2) @ CHRIS PALUMBO (6 - 0)
These paesane are not!

MARIO HENRY (3 - 3) @ KEVIN CARTER (3 - 3)
Two vets seek to break the .500 malaise. 

QUENTIN WALKER (1 - 5) @ CHARLIE ALDRICH (1 - 5)
Big Q with a big W heads to the Great Northwest.  

KEVIN KRUEGER (2 - 3) @ JOHN INCANTALUPO (2 - 3)
KEVIN needs a road win here or his repeat NSC West title chances grow dim.

SmashMatch Of The Week
CRAIG ROSENBAUM (4 - 1) @ ANTHONY ANNESE (4 - 2) 
These boys circled this game on their schedule back in Spring... a pretty neat trick since the schedule wasn't made til Summer.

BYEs
GARY LAZARUS (5 - 1) 
RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 3)

RAPID RECAP SmashMouth NFL W6

The dwindling party of the undefeated now stands at two skillful warriors (CHRIS PALUMBO and BILL ROARK), who also stand as marked men with giant targets scrawled upon their respective backs. 

W6 SmashMatches

LISA CALITRI (3 - 3) -- 210
GLENN ARONOW (4 - 2) -- 174
LISA owns GLENN and right in his backyard to boot.

KEVIN CARTER (3 - 3) -- 165
LOU AURICCHIO (3 - 2) -- 178
A little rookie love for upstart LOU.

ROB BAILEY (2 - 3) -- 161
ROB TALLIA (3 - 3) -- 213
ROB won, as predicted.

MARIO HENRY (3 - 3) -- 183 
BILL ROARK (5 - 0) -- 191
Vernon Davis lays an egg, which lands in BILL's loss column.

JAMIE BURTON (3 - 3) -- 181 
CHUCK ROSS (3 - 2) -- 176
CHUCK's mad comeback falls short.

CHARLIE ALDRICH (1 - 5) -- 161 
GARY LAZARUS (5 - 1) -- 194
The good news for CHUCK is Matt Forte is available W7.

TONY D'AMATO (0 - 6) -- 120 
TOM MAIDEN (3 - 3) -- 197
The Weekly Smash/Maidzo goes to Maidzo himself, though we may need to petition for a name change to The D'Amato!

LEE FINKEL (3 - 3) -- 187 
BILL CRONE (2 - 4) -- 160
LEE further recaptures his mojo with a nice road win.

ANTHONY ANNESE (4 - 2) -- 166 
DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 4) -- 153
DeLANDIS' season starting to look hauntingly familiar. 

TONY BEDINI (2 - 4) -- 179 
RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 3) -- 167
TONY does what Furman can't possibly do this coming Saturday... or can they?

VINCE CALITRI (1 - 5) -- 147 
KEVIN KRUEGER (2 - 3) -- 202
KEVIN setting us all up for another of his runs to the SuperSmash.

CHRIS PALUMBO (6 - 0) -- 189 
MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 4) -- 181
CHRIS will take it.

JEFF NIGRO (1 - 5) -- 162 
QUENTIN WALKER (1 - 5) -- 181
Sure feels nice, doesn't it Q?

JOE HENDERSON (5 - 1) -- 179
JOHN INCANTALUPO (2 - 3) -- 159
JOE takes another efficient win as The Road Warrior succumbs to the friendly confines of his own home.

SmashMatch Of The Week
BRUCE WILLIAMS (5 - 1) -- 174
JIM GARDNER (4 - 1) -- 226
BRUCE humbly accepts losing with grace, dignity and aplomb. Wait, no, that wasn't him.  JIM takes Unique Pick with TY Hilton posting 36 vs Kareem Jackson's 9.

BYEs
CRAIG ROSENBAUM (4 - 1)
JIM PEPE (3 - 2)

Stay tuned for W7 SmashBoard. No Thursday Night game this week!

Week 6 SmashMouth NFL SmashBoard

Here's all you need for Week 6's SmashUps. Note that Marquee Matchups include Thursday Night Football so picks from that game, if any, must be submitted by kickoff. Otherwise, lineups due Sunday by 1pm! REMEMBER, HOME TEAM MUST VERIFIABLY REACH OUT BY THURSDAY LATEST OR LOSE FIRST PICK ADVANTAGE!

W6 SmashBoard avail here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAgFGL4FCTmdG83eGRFOUlSbzRuVmVKU2NSRzdtZWc#gid=455

W6 MARQUEE MATCHUPS
IND @ HOU (TNF)
JAX @ TEN (Sun 1p)
BAL @ TAM (Sun 1p)
SD @ OAK (Sun 4p)
DAL @ SEA (Sun 4p)
WAS @ ARI (Sun 4p)
NYG @ PHI (SNF)
SF @ STL (MNF)

W6 SmashMatches

LISA CALITRI (2 - 3) @ GLENN ARONOW (4 - 1)
GLENN smells SmashMouth NHL. Distraction or driving force?

KEVIN CARTER (3 - 2) @ LOU AURICCHIO (2 - 2)
Benvenuto Signor LOU!

ROB BAILEY (2 - 2) @ ROB TALLIA (2 - 3)
Clearly, ROB wins.

MARIO HENRY (3 - 2) @ BILL ROARK (4 - 0)
MARIO assembling pre-emptive excuses in case he loses.

JAMIE BURTON (2 - 3) @ CHUCK ROSS (3 - 1)
CHUCK stopped sucking weeks ago.

CHARLIE ALDRICH (1 - 4) @ GARY LAZARUS (4 - 1)
CHUCK started sucking weeks ago.

TONY D'AMATO (0 - 5) @ TOM MAIDEN (2 - 3)
Oh and 5 and on the road. Happy days.

LEE FINKEL (2 - 3) @ BILL CRONE (2 - 3)
LEE fine-tuning his hyper-analytical approach.

ANTHONY ANNESE (3 - 2) @ DeLANDIS BROOKS (1 - 3)
DeLANDIS looks to start all over again following Bye week. 

TONY BEDINI (1 - 4) @ RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 2)
TONY flying high with personal best one-game winning streak.

VINCE CALITRI (1 - 4) @ KEVIN KRUEGER (1 - 3)
The Underachievement Bowl.

CHRIS PALUMBO (5 - 0) @ MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 4)
Tricky road test for the surprising CHRIS.

JEFF NIGRO (1 - 4) @ QUENTIN WALKER (0 - 5)
JEFF enters The Q Dome.

JOE HENDERSON (4 - 1) @ JOHN INCANTALUPO (2 - 2)
JOE gladly hits the road vs. The Road Warrior.

SmashMatch Of The Week
BRUCE WILLIAMS (5 - 0) @ JIM GARDNER (3 - 1)
A win here and BRUCE will declare himself SuperSmash III champion outright.

BYEs
CRAIG ROSENBAUM (4 - 1)
JIM PEPE (3 - 2)

RAPID RECAP SmashMouth NFL Week 5!

'Twas a turvy weekend (last week was topsy, keep up man!) in NFL AND in SmashMouth NFL, although somehow we have 3 unbeaten Coaches remaining.

NOTE: Week 6 SmashBoard following shortly. The Thur game IS amongst the 8 Marquee Matchups, so any picks (up to 2 each) from that game must be delivered by kickoff of TNF. Obvi.

W5 RAPID RECAP

BILL ROARK (4 - 0) -- 237
LISA CALITRI (2 - 3) -- 235
BILL pushes the envelope to seal off a hair-raising W.

ROB TALLIA (2 - 3) -- 177
ANTHONY ANNESE (3 - 2) -- 155
Lotsa pasta, notsomucha scoring.

CHUCK ROSS (3 - 1) -- 218
TOM MAIDEN (2 - 3) -- 161
It's dev vs rev. Dev wins.

CHARLIE ALDRICH (1 - 4) -- 186
LEE FINKEL (2 - 3) -- 238
Someone tell Chicago CHUCK that Da Bears weren't in a Marquee Matchup W5 so Matt Forte's points don't apply. I just don't have the heart to do it. Thanks.

JAMIE BURTON (2 - 3) -- 242
TONY D'AMATO (0 - 5) -- 143
Beginner's luck is no luck at all.

BILL CRONE (2 - 3) -- 159
VINCE CALITRI (1 - 4) -- 261
Sometimes, newbies follow the script and accept their role as fodder for veteran blastings. And for this, VINCE thanks you, collects 60 Maidzo/Weekly Smash smacks while donating 5 to Mr. BILL.

CRAIG ROSENBAUM (4 - 1) -- 220
JOE HENDERSON (4 - 1) -- 227
One unbeaten is felled, tree-like. We await the protestation after his hired forensic accounting team dissects each scoring event ad nauseum.

JIM GARDNER (3 - 1) -- 249
ROB BAILEY (2 - 2) -- 212
Doctor JIM chests up and augments his record.

KEVIN KRUEGER (1 - 3) -- 208
BRUCE WILLIAMS (5 - 0) -- 221
As compelling a matchup as we could conjure with reigning SuperSmash Champ KEVIN falling short vs. early ROY candidate, BRUCE, who's lobbying for a 2-win credit on this one. No matter, 5 - 0 will nicely suffice.

JOHN INCANTALUPO (2 - 2) -- 177
RICHARD BROWNE (3 - 2) -- 240
If 2014 SmashMouth MLB runner-up RICH ran into the Washington Nationals' bullpen in a dark alley, this would be a reasonable facsimile of that meeting.

QUENTIN WALKER (0 - 5) -- 191
TONY BEDINI (1 - 4) -- 222
Perhaps you've heard the phrase "Q score," the celebrity popularity metric? Um, QUENTIN hasn't. TONY lands Unique Pick with Russell Wilson -- and tell me again exactly why none of us other geniuses took him?

MICHAEL WILLIAMS (1 - 4) -- 164
KEVIN CARTER (3 - 2) -- 211
Although KEVIN's lineup submission often resembles the technological equivalent of stone carvings, he does get the W from time to time.

JEFF NIGRO (1 - 4) -- 205
MARIO HENRY (3 - 2) -- 168
The more MARIO analyzes, the less his results make sense. This is the NFL... NOTHING makes sense!

GARY LAZARUS (4 - 1) -- 213
JIM PEPE (3 - 2) -- 176
Not only was JIM subjected to GARY's pontificating bluster on WHY he made each pick, then each pick had to pan out exactly as projected. FML!

SmashMatch Of The Week
GLENN ARONOW (4 - 1) -- 213
CHRIS PALUMBO (5 - 0) -- 219
CHRIS again plays against type and wins.

Stay tuned for W6 SmashBoard!

SmashMouth MLB WORLD SERIES & Outlier Champs!

Why not Kentucky? Why not Kansas City? Why not NICK!?!

All hail the winner... and NEW SmashMouth MLB World Series champion, NICK MENCIA!!!  The young gun steps in and steps up to the exalted throne of SmashMouth MLB Champion.

Here's the RAPID RECAP:

SmashMouth MLB World Series
NICK MENCIA (12 - 9) -- 361
RICHARD BROWNE (11 - 10) -- 331
Two unlikely finalists light up the scoreboard as NICK's picks of WAS Pitching and STL 3B Matt Carpenter go all clairvoyant en route to a comfortable and commanding World Series victory. Enjoy the spoils!

Outlier Finals
TONY BEDINI (13 - 9) -- 347
TOM MAIDEN (12 - 10) -- 306
TONY's rise to the best of the worst was inevitable, having honed his SmashMouth craft for two years and two sports running. WAS Pitching and BAL DH Nelson Cruz sure helped.

Below is the final accounting for the league:

NICK MENCIA -- $615
RICHARD BROWNE -- $215
PHIL PEPE -- $140
TOM MAIDEN -- $75
GLENN ARONOW -- $70
VINCE CALITRI -- $70
TONY BEDINI -- $50
JOE HENDERSON -- $50
JOHN INCANTALUPO -- $50
SAM CANTOR -- $45
JIM PEPE -- $45
CHUCK ROSS -- $40
ROB TALLIA -- $35
GARY LAZARUS -- $20
SCOTT AXELROD -- $10
CHRIS ZEIG -- $10

Thanks for another great SmashMouth season!