Bombing Their Way into the Playoffs

What team is likely to be a huge spoiler come Novaffl playoff time? To find the answer to this question you need to look no further than Grover's odd-defying bombers. Nearing the end of the season, they have bested the Cutters and now have knocked off the Spartans. Next week poses the B-22's against the Upper Deckers, their former comrades at arms who they broke off with earlier in the season. The Bombers have been saddled with a cowardly losing record obtained by BLCC - but have nonetheless made the most out of their comeback trail.

The Upper Deckers have already made the playoffs, and Grover, the team's general manager has some crucial wins this weekend to guarantee his team at a shot for the coveted Novaffl title. But the question I ask the crazed Novaffl reader is the following: "Will Grover be able to last three games in the playoffs -considering he has opted for a small Cutter like roster?"

This past Saturday, November 3, 2007 the Bombers faced off against the stalwart Spartans, which proved to be a good match up and an exciting game. The Bombers went on to win, besting the Greeks, even after losing one of their players, forcing them to play 6 versus 7. In fact, part of the Bombers strategy was psychological, in that they knew the Spartans Qb was not akin to scrambling. Why not prevent the pass if the QB won't run was their philosophy - and it worked (Sparta yards Qb scrambling = 0)

Let's take a look at how the Bombers disarmed the formerly dangerous Spartans:

Initially, the Spartans were caught off-guard by a 'rough around the edges" "he so country QB---whose favorite saying to an opposing lineman was "get on with your ole self". This guy as seen in the baseball photo not only scrambled, with several spin moves, but quickly made use of receivers, "Vic the Beast" for several short yardage passing plays that often turned into longer jaunts in the center of the field. Vic is an interesting player who often bullies defensive backs, into cringing for the sidelines as he approaches their vicinity. Playing with a linemen's body, he prefers long range attacks rather than the glory of sacking a QB. This theme seems to be shared by the Bombers.

After getting the B-41's within striking distance, country QB was able to unleash his slew of fighters on the Spartan's air defenses. Let's look at the most damaging culprit:

Standing 5'10 with steel-like tendons of power, deceptively concealed under rolls of portly pasta, exists a strike fighter named Groverb who cackles at any a scheme of anti-air defense.

Over and Over again, Grover smashed the Spartan arsenal with back-breaking catches in the end zone. Sparta swarmed the bomber, but to no avail. The jets on this personified long range instrument of destruction assailed the Spartan secondary with over-the-shoulder catches four times in a row to give him a grand total of seven touchdowns on the day ( three from the Hawks game).

In addition to Groverb, the strike fleet's frontal defenses were strengthened by SuperDuper and a 6'5 fellow to protect the "he's socountry QB." The Spartans struggled to amass two sacks, with one of the sack/safeties being self inflicted by the Qb on his own farmland to prevent poor field position. Also, this game saw the Dupe playing more of an eligible role to catch some of the quick passes by the Qb.

Finally, a shout-out has to go to TJ, for his continued quickness in novaffl and his ability to consistently find himself open and to the injured bomber who attempted to stay in the war long enough to help his team to victory. Dennis as well, showed that the Spartans were prevented from throwing short as he consistently denied the Spartan offense their patented 5 yard slants.

The Bombers are best represented with Grover's post-game proclamations, obviously directed to the "Fraudulent Deckers" (coined by Dupe):

"No one in the league has a guy that can guard me one on one"

"If Coach D Mosses me I'll sit out the rest of the game"