thursday game this week

Not that anyone's roster is littered with Jets and/or Bills, but just a heads-up that they're playing early.

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standings update

The balance of power is definitely with the Wily Veterans division this year, with 5 of the 6 teams having winning records. Compare that to the Brash Upstarts division, where only Winehausfrau has managed to win more than she's lost.

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trade deadline is Nov. 28

So there's still time to approach Catastrophic Success with an offer, if you're up to dealing with someone who lists their "needs" as none. (Easy to say from their perch atop the Wily Veterans division.)

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playoff update

If I'm remembering right, 6 teams will make the playoffs -- the top 3 in each division, with teams seeded 1 through 6 and the division winners getting a first-round bye. Playoffs start in week 14, just a couple of games from now.

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thursday games

There are 3 of them. Set lineups accordingly:

   * Green Bay at Detroit

   * Oakland at Dallas

  * N.Y. Giants at Denver

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class reunion

Every 5 years, without fail, the Class of '74 from Ocean Springs High School gets together. (The older I get, the rarer I hear this is.) It's been somewhat of a tradition for the commish to write up a little something and share it with classmates. You can read this year's dispatch here.

Best exchange of the whole weekend, Friday night between the commish and a good ol' boy (we hung around together a lot in elementary school and junior high):

  Commish: You coming tomorrow night?

  Friend: Nah.

  Commish: Why not? It'll be fun.

  Friend: It's too deep.

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now that's just a crime

So two guys from western North Carolina were sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to charges of trying to buy, sell or transport a bear. Best line of the story: "Broom is also forbidden from owning a dog of any kind."

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about the Patriots going for it on 4th down ...

... The commish loved the call. NFL coaches are too conservative way too often (punting from the oppponent's 35-yard line, for instance). Yeah, it cost the Pats the game, but it sure made it that much more exciting, didn't it?

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quote of the weekend

"Sorry to my fantasy owners."

-- RB Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jaguars, after he intentionallly took a knee at the 1-year-line late in the Jags-Jets game. He could have waltzed into the end zone, but the Jags were trying to run the clock down to kick a game-winning field goal. (It worked.)

The non-score did not affect the outcome of the Cat Success-Shiners game; Shiners won by 11.

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standings through 10 weeks

The Wily Veterans division is turning into a real horse race -- Cat Success at 7-3, followed by 4 teams at 6-4. Over in the Brash Upstarts division, Winehausfrau is one game up on the fast-charging Shiners. 

Reminder: There's a Thursday game this week (Panthers-Dolphins).

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