Week 3 is over. Wins, losses, sadness, joy…. The usual. As Shoresy said, run em up, aka outscored your opponent. Or fill em in, hockey talk for bringing the lumber. Some of our teams did one, the other or received one or the other. Overall a great week of fake football! More injuries, busts, waiver wire hero’s and more foosball to come. Enjoy the week 3 recap. Let’s get to it!

DFUN v Ceiling Cats

In this battle of old school foes, DFUN was projected to win and with the Cats QB and TE play (abysmal) so far this year, no one was surprised. Baker crushed Dak (WTF was the Cats coach thinking??) and Bucky trounced draft bust Chase Brown. Kyren and Bijan were even so the Cats were only down big. Then Ceedee hurt an ankle and we all held our breath, some fearing an injury, one FFL owner praying it was! It was! Cedee finished with a zero giving the Cats a glimmer of hope! So it’s close ballgame going into the 4th quarter. Malik versus JSN. Remember last week? Malik had 30 points and multiple TDs? Well…Russ was horrible and eventually benched. Malik grabbed 3 points worth of terrible passes, just 3. JSN finished of the Commish with 20 and the Cats defeat the oligarch and put an end to his win streak. Fill em in worked this week. Final 126-104

TBIAC v Pigg

As seen below (we have adjusted Def points) when your D scores 44 fn points, it’s over. Who cares what everyone else did! TBIAC definitely ran em up this week.

Nizz hosts Big D at the FarmersOnly.com field and agricultural center

Looked like a great game on paper. Then JTaylor rumbled for 32 and it was downhill from there for Big Diesel, who’s looking like this years best loser (every year has one, but it’s still early for the Cali-Kid). Add a 21 from the Nizzle K and 24 from TB Def and, yup, Diesel got run up. So far in this short season, Nizzle has run wild with an unstoppable Offense and a stout D. We can only hope some bad decisions will be made soon😂! Final score 151-120

Our first Catfight of the season Reba visits the Lilliputian Land of LO

This was the BEST game of the week, coming down to the MNF game. Both Little Women could win, or lose. For LO- JLove was bad in an even worse loss to CLE. JJacobs was fine with 12 and Philly realized AJBrown played for them and actually threw him the ball, 22. Puka did what Puka do, 22. And GB D, with Micah, 14. AintReba countered with Pollards 13, MEvans 13 and bad hammy, DSmith (forgot he was in the league) 20. Dicker the Kicker booted 12 and the Philly D 18. Tight game, lots of tiny fists being throw, but luckily their arms were too short to really connect. So here comes MNF… LO has the lead and JGibbs. Reba down, but has her dynamic duo,Lamar and KingHenry. Gibbs goes off for 26 and the lead. Henry fumbles away AintReba’s chances. Ooorrrrr did he? Well… he did. But Dan Campbell and his giant juevos went for it, as usual, and with the game all coming down to Detroit running out the clock, DMonty broke off huge run and instead off falling down to run clock, he scored! DET is is winning the game! But LO only has a small lead and Lamar has 1:49 left. Ball game. Lamar moves it down the field but doesn’t score. DET beats the Ravens, but who freaking cares. We are FFLers. LO loses 127-133 because DMonty scored and neither team had him rostered. Crazy ending, great game!! Words not usually associated with an AintReba contest🤣😂.

Week 4 is coming up fast! As usual, make the moves, make the trade, pray to the FFL Gods. And always remember, if you can’t run em up, fill em in. Wise words. Until next week,….

Welcome to Week 2, where dreams begin to die, slowly, painfully and inevitably. Or not! Some teams are hot to start the season, most are meh, and then there is the bottom feeders. But there is plenty of time to chance your fate (hopefully). Burrow is out, Purdy is a maybe, JDan is banged up, Hurts can’t throw, AJones is done, and the Cowboys made Russ look like 26 year old Tom Brady! But new bodies take their place and the game rolls on. Just like in This Is Serious Business! Let’s get to it…

LO looking for her longest win streak in the modern era, 2 games. Cats looking to go undefeated despite barely scoring from the QB and TE positions. Burrow, as noted above, injured and scores 7. But Fields outdid him in this Sunday. Injured, 3 points. Gibbs went off while Jeanty looks like a bust. Puka ran all over the place with 27 and JSN tried to rally with 18., for the Cats. But Warren hauled in 11 while JJ McCarthy has made all Vikings worthless, Hockenson 2. Good play from both teams on ST/D. Final score 112-92. WINNING STREAK for LO and lots of soul searching for the Kitties.

Nizz vs AintReba in the CountyFair Bowl! These two country bumpkins squared off in the middle of a pasture, one driving his new tractor the other hanging off the plow disk humming a Shania tune. This battle turned quickly into a slaughter. For Nizz- 26, 12, 36, 10,16, 16. 11. JChase had no trouble without JoeCool pulling in the 36 (AintReba had 26 from Lamar, 18 from the resurgent Ertz and 16 by Etienne (who she should have traded, just sayin). But this week was over before it really even started. Final 169-111. AintReba goes to 0-2 as usual😂

Pigg at DFUN in the first Ffffaaaaaaaaammmmmiiiilllllyyyyy Fffffeeeeeuuudddddd of the year! Pigg had his best game of the year despite Jaylin Daniel’s coming up gimpy. Saquon ran for 17, THigg 14, Tyreek, 17 and THE BRANDON AUBREY with 30 freaking points!!! The Commish countered with 19 from Baker, 18 by Bucky, 20 actually caught passes by CeeDee and Malik tore up the Cowboys D with 9 catches for 167 yards and 2 TDs. That would be the difference in this domestic violence case. DFUN remains unlossed, 129-116. Pigg falls to 0-2, as usual.

TBIAC heads to the Country Club to duel, gentlemanly, with Big Diesel. Not much of a game. JCook 26, JWill 25, Deebo scampered for 17 and waiver wire hero TKraft 24 in BDs home stadium. DLondon failed with 5, Hampton failed harder with 3 and everyone else was pretty good for TBIAC. But pretty good doesn’t get it done this week. Final score 144-104. Diesel revenges a painful week one loss while the Capt heads back to the think tank and some soul searching.

Week 3 starts soon, so hit the waivers,make a trade, put in that rookie and let it ride! DFUN and LO are 2-0, Reba and Pigg are 0-2, and everyone else is middling. The next few weeks are when a few front runners start to distance themselves from the pack, be in that group, or start making space on the mantle for the most beautiful trophy in all FFL land, the Sacko! Good night and good luck!

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Welcome back to This is Serious Business! A big season ahead for us all, and this time the commish actually collected money, so that’s different😂. Also something really different has already happened, EVERYONE was at the draft ready to build their next dynasty. The Yankee baller Pigg was not physically there but that was more due to passport issues and less foosball issues. 7 teams snuck past the security at the Oak Mont Country Club and raided the opulent mansion of Big Diesel (the wife is loaded) and went to FFL work. 33 second average pick time was AMAZING!! Great work Coaches! We could talk more, but as stated, everyone was there. This brings us to Week 1.

Week 1, the usual jitters, uncertainty (LO), bravado (AintReba) and joy of the beginning of 18 weeks of pure FFL has dropped. Lots of roster questions and spots to fill, injuries to happen, breakouts to breakout and others to fail. The journey lays before us and the evil reign of DFUN starts his first, only and last Championship Tour. Let’s see if maybe we can break a record and have two recorded trades this season, huh, maybe? The entire season lays ahead, remember it is a marathon not a sprint so stretch those hammies well and put on that cool headband (Nizz swears by his LuluLemon yoga pants) and let’s get to the recap!

DFUN v Big D

In a playoff rematch, these two heavy hitters came out swinging! Josh Allen led the way in another amazing game, 38pts. The Commish counter punched with Wilson and Lamb (minus all 3 drops) combined 40. The Cali boy showed some SF love and picked up Deebo, not this writers tiny kitten but the football player, and Deebo rewarded his loyalty with 22. Both teams had huuuuge DEF games, Den with 22 and SF, shocking, with 15. This slugfest came down to two things, the Commissioner’s TE Bowers, who continues to dominate the position, 15 points and Big D’s failure at RB. Walker III only 5 and a dissapointing day for Nico, only grabbing 5. Final score 147-128, DFUN continues the miracle run that AintReba dreams about!

AintReba v TBIAC

Seemed like a good game, from the early smack talk, but it wasn’t. Reba’s dynamic duo returned from last season to wreak havoc again, and they did. DHenry 29, and LJack 29. But the veteran ffl’er TBIAC didn’t panic, he just calmly had Mahomie toss 26 and CMC rumble for 23. McBride and Kittle were even at 12, but the Capt’s WR’s outran the country songstress’s team 34-23. Add to that an 9 point swing on special teams and this snorefest was OVER. 110-124. TBIAC moves on, AintReba will be feverishly churning her roster over the next few days. Same results different season!

Nizz v Laces Out

In the beatdown of the week, lil LO came out like an angry dwarf who’d been bowled all last season (she was) and put a tiny foot right on the throat of the Gentleman Farmer. JoeCool was bad but Harrison, TWarren, Puka, Jamir and JJacobs weren’t. Niz tried to keep pace with Kelce and Kamara gaining 25, but JChase was a no show and that’ll wrap up your week real quickly. LO piled on with 24 Special Teams points to Nizz’s 2. One happy little FFL coach, and another sent back to the farm to grow a better squad. 119-92 final

Ceiling Cats v Pigg

The native Texan Cats hosted our Northman Pigg at Denton Teachers Credit Union Stadium for a big time showdown to start the season. It was terrible, and boring. But mostly terrible. Nix was terrible, but JDaniels hit 20 for Pigg. Bijan outpaced Saquon, but AJones got 15 to Jeanty’s 12. JSN had a big 19 over Tee Higgs 6, and CBrown outran Tyreeks 8. 89-89 coming into the all important ST/D. Loop kicked 13 for the kittens, Aubrey crushed 11. Down to the Def…. Ariz planted 7 big ones on the terrible Saints and PIT, well, they got run over. Raaaaaawwwwwwwdddddgggggeeeerrrs tore them up for 4 TDs and a total of 0 points. This guy is still on waivers by the way. He won’t get hurt. Maybe. But back to the total, 109-100. Cats win in the worst game of the week! And Pigg lost the worst game of the week😂😂

The best draft ever is complete, Week 1 is in the books. 4 winners 4 losers, (like every week). Get to churning, researching and trading. Look out for injuries (spoiler- Kittle, Purdy, prob CMC, Ekeler, Worthy) and busts (Caleb, Bryce, and all Cowboys). Hope you all enjoyed the offseason, cause it’s over and we have begun THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS!!!