If I have said it once, I have said it a million times. This is a fraternity. We may not like everyone in the fraternity, but we are bonded in a brotherhood only understood by those that partake in the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.
We come from very different places with very different perspectives. I see some brothers having to confront mortality and grief at a far greater pace than anyone one should. Just trying to do their damn best to keep their heads up. Others dream of corporate glory and a quest for the gold at the end of the rainbow. Some of us are in the twilight of our careers, just shaking our head at the young guys the way old guys used to shake their heads at us. It is the natural ebb and flow of this life. Quite beautiful if you ask me.
Every Sunday for one hour all of that is cast aside. Our troubles, our fears and our insecurities mean nothing. We line up and do what we've been doing since we could crawl around on the floor. Play!
I see people arguing for suspensions, looking for the schedule to be completed and things are as the should be. I know injuries are a cold reality of what we do each week, but I simply could not write the rankings because this one hurt personally.
Keith Pollack you are everything that is right about our league. You've earned our respect with your talent and selflessness for those important to you. You play hard, you play clean and you play to win. I will miss seeing Kris, your dad Mark, but most of all I'll miss seeing #24 running away from me on another pick six! Get well,
Sideboob
1. Saints - beat the tide. Play the Goats this week.
2. Money Team - beat the Chargers. Play the Warriors next.
3. Wildcats - beat Miami. Play the Overachievers on Sunday.
4. Giants - had a bye. Get Rock Nation and Team USA.
5. Warriors- beat Rock Nation. Play Money Team.
6. Titans - made quick work of the Seahawks. Get Outcast.
7. Raiders- lost to the Overachievers. Play the Gators next.
8. Gators - lost to Outcast. Raiders on deck.
9. Chargers- lost to Money Team. Bulldogs up next.
10. Rock Nation - took a loss to the Warriors. Giants in the queue.
11. Miami - lost to the Wildcats. Get a bye.
12. Team USA - had a bye. Play the Crimson Tide and the Giants.
13. Overachievers- beat the Raiders. Welcome the Wildcats on Sunday.
14. Outcast - won against the Gators. Titans loom.
15. Crimson Tide - lost to the Saints. Team USA comes next.
16. Dynasty - won their game against Beefcake. Play early against the Old Dogs.
17. Beefcake - Lost to Dynasty. Get the Silverbacks on Sunday.
18. Old Dogs - Lost to the Ducks. Play Dynasty on Sunday.
19. Seahawks - took an el against the Titans. Alter Ego is on the schedule.
20. Mud Dawgs - split the day with a win against Alter Ego and a loss to the Lions. Spartans on Sunday.
21. Ducks - Beat the Old Dogs. Bye this week.
22.Lions - got a win against the Mud Dogs. The Badd Guys are up next.
23. Goats - lost to the Badd Guys on Sunday. Saints on Sunday.
24. Spartans - beat Wolfpack. Mud Dogs on deck.
25. The Badd Guys - got a W against the Goats. Play the Lions on Sunday.
26. Jokers - Won against the OG's. Bye on Sunday.
27. Wolfpack - lost to the Spartans. Bye on Sunday.
28. Bulldogs - beat alter ago. Chargers on Sunday.
29. PL Vikings - handed the Silverbacks a loss. OG's on Sunday.
30. OG's - lost against the Jokers. PL Vikings are up next.
31. Alter Ego - took two on the chin against Bulldogs and the Mud Dogs. Up against the Seahawks next.
32. Silverbacks - lost against the PL Vikings. Beefcake beefcake!