The Iceberg

Time to break out an old cliche. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Led by Adrian Peterson (15 pts.), Tony Romo (14), and the 3-point homefield advantage, the Andres survived for their third straight win to open the season, a 61-59 victory over the Hwayang Wangjabyungs. It’s the latest stunning result for the Cinderella Andres (oooh, “Cinderella Andres“…bossman Andre likes). Last year, the Andres didn’t collect their third win until the eighth week of the season.

The 61 points were only the eighth-highest in the twelve-team IKKFL this week, but a win is a win. Sitting at the opposite end of the luck spectrum last weekend were the Hahoe Mask Drama, who scored the second-highest number of points with 88, but had the misfortune of playing the team that scored the most - the Wonju Wobblers (who had 90 points…including the 3-point homefield edge). Hahahaha! That’s rough. Wonju will need a similar performance to have a chance as the Andres expect to be back in form when they visit the Wobblers next weekend.

Going into last weekend, I looked over the defensive match-ups for some of my players (Romo vs. Chicago, James vs. Baltimore, Walker vs. Jacksonville, Gates vs. Green Bay, Holt and Wilkins vs. Tampa Bay) and suspected that points would be hard to come by. I was right - points were hard to come by - but not because of the defenses. Romo and Gates (11 pts.) did just fine and Holt (6 pts.) overcame as well as he could a horrific performance by his quarterback. James also scored six points from ten receiving yards and 57 yards rushing. The thing is, he got his 57 yards on only ten carries! He broke a 33-yard run on his first carry of the game and then only got the ball nine more times. What’s up with that Whisenheimer??? And Walker? One point from ten yards receiving. And only two catches? C’mon Jay (Cutler)!!! On behalf of Edge and Javon, I shall quote Terrell Owens: Just give them the damn ball! To Wilkins (zero points, two missed fgs) and the Carolina Panthers defense (only one sack, five points versus Atlanta), I will say this: You’re treading on thin ice. Bossman Andre is frowning.

Here are the IKKFL standings after three weeks:

BAEKCHE DIVISION (W-L-T GB PF PA)
Anyang Andres 3-0-0 - 250 198
Konkuk Blood Mages 3-0-0 - 248 187
BuPyeong Silverbacks 2-1-0 1 218 158
Hwayang Wangjabyungs 1-2-0 2 200 203

SHILLA DIVISION
Wonju Wobblers 2-1-0 - 226 215
Busan Power Outage 1-1-1 .5 184 230
Hahoe Mask Drama 1-2-0 1 209 200
Ansan Blue Poo 0-2-1 1.5 197 200

GOGURYEO DIVISION
Gangnam Georiae Namjas 2-1-0 - 200 205
Oh Roh Gi Boong Oh Baang 1-2-0 1 179 194
Songdo City Galbitangs 1-2-0 1 172 218
Itaewon Sweet Life 0-3-0 2 149 224