Week #5, my "better than the average, worse than the best" brethren, which looked to be maybe a dull week (aside from the evenly matched battle of Hawks-Cutters,) turned out to be the wackiest week of the short life of the NOVAFFL. The biggest play of the week made by...a Merk??? The Merks 'acting Captain', Dan "the man" made by far the biggest impact of the zany week 5. Yup, believe it or not, with most of Saturday's games ending rather quickly, you cant help but believe that those sparkling white new field markers had something to do with the minimization of arguing.

This actually allowed most of the minimum two hours spent at the Polo Fields ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME! The (5-3) Candles knew there was a skunking coming against the (2-6) Upper Deckers. What they didnt know is that they would be at the receiving end of a 5-0 spanking at the hands of the Coach D led team. This, without a doubt, was a shock to all who were there, but the shocking didnt end there. Big Ron left the field...IN SILENCE??? Who would have thought that the cupcakes would finally be the one to tame the wild beast? Not this fellow yapper! This just in: the No-Namers have begun their 2007 season. With the Namers finally running on all cylanders (also finally getting their chance to 'battle' the Merks), they have won three of their last four to pull their record up to 4-6.

Not where they expected to be, but surely something to look positively on after their first three weeks. After revenging their skunking by putting the 'Dawgs on a leash, they have a chance to put themselves right back in the thick of things. Unfortunately, they have a tough doubleheader against two of the top three teams in the league, the Conquest and Cutters. If they can go .500 or better in week 6, consider this team back in business! The Cutters get through, what is undoubtedly the most physical doubleheader of the season, sore but triumphant. After battling the diversity of the Hawks to a 3-1 victory (a shutout to anyone who was there), the Cutters had the brawny Conquest waiting on the sidelines, either well-rested or frozen, after a quick 5-1 victory over the Extraordinaries. Turns out that it might not be an advantage to have 45 minutes in between games.

The Cutters were able to put things away shortly after the start of the second half, 5-1, with two interceptions for TD's and a punt return by Felipe 'the Cuban Link'. Although there were many unexpected things that happened during week five of the innaugural season of the gallant NOVAFFL, I am sure that we have just seen the beginning of it. Week six might show a possible return of the new, leaner MadCap, possibly trying his hand in the secondary. How many catches will Mike D be able to squeeze in before the return of San Fran in week 7, or will he even be a Field General by then? Will VooDoo's Nostradamus-like prophesy come true and the Cutters fall to the No-Namers? Only time will tell. One can only wait...two more days til football...OH YEA!!!