MD United 27 vs Hero's Green 27 Hero's Green -6 Hero's has played well in this matchup in the past, and I'm not sure anything has changed to effect that. Could be close in first half before Hero's pulls away.
Score: Hero's Green 9-7 Fairly competitive match, sloppy at times. Should build momentum for MDU.
CCLax 27 vs Hero's White 27 Hero's White -7 We need to see if CCLax can bounce back. Hero's really can't afford to go 0-2 at this point and this is a must win game.
Score: Hero's White 11-0 Huge win for HW, seems they controlled this game. CCLax now has to wonder if it will win a game in A.
Cavalier 27 vs Stars Light Blue 27 Cavalier -3 This may shock a few people, I just got a feeling Cavs take this game. Another NoVa matchup here.
Score: Stars 7-5 Hard to say if both teams are solid or both teams not good but we know they are pretty even.
TLC Red 27 vs LBC 27 LBC -13 May be a bit high but I expect LBC to come out hard and not let up, and TLC has shown us nothing so far, I'm just expecting a big gap here.
Score: LBC 11-7 Either TLC is much better than we thought, or LBC is struggling. Either way, TLC earned my respect with this score.
NEMS 27 vs Skywalkers Blue 27 NEMS -11 NEMS will want to move on from last week and they get a great team to take out frustrations. Skywalkers can make a statement just keeping this thing from getting away. Score: NEMS 11-7 Another game I went way too high on the favorite. There is a trend now where there isn't that separation from bottom teams to top teams. I'd love to hear how this game flowed.
M&D Black 27 vs Coppermine Black 27 M&D -9 I saw the summer matchup and it was ugly. We will see how much fight Coppermine has. M&D averaging 22 pts a game is tough for them.
Score: M&D 13-3 M&D is just in its own category right now. Coppermine can bounce back but it won't be such a cakewalk as I thought against SW or TLC.
BLC Blue 27 vs Pride Red 27 BLC -3 If Pride won, I wouldn't fall out of my chair. Both teams I feel continue to get a bit underrated. BLC should pull out in the end. A Pride win puts them squarely into playoff scenario.
Score: BLC 7-6 Another tight game BLC manages to win. They seem to force others to play their game. Not a huge loss for Pride here, they still can make playoffs.
No major takeaways other than CClax is in over its head at moment while Skywalkers seems to have improved measurably.
I watched the 2nd half of the SW game. They are much improved. They have 3 or 4 players who can play with anyone. (I assume these players are new because I don't remember playing against them). If they can build around this core they will be very good in a year or two. Not sure I can see them winning many games until their defense improves or they get depth, but I don't see them getting blown out every week like last year.
NEMS has taken a step backwards for sure unless they were missing a lot of players. There is a pretty big gap now between them and MDU,Pride/BLC