Game of the Week

It’s a co-owner face off! There are only two teams in Maize and Blue with two owners and they are in a tight race for The Wood division title. At stake here is “The Wood” name, as division winners earn the right to name their entire division. Should Hong and Eric’s team eek out a win over J and Jayvee, we’re looking at a possibly very un PG-13 name going up on the charts. Someone prevent that! Pooh vs Fockers, let’s get it on!

100 Acre Wood Pooh Bears (8-3) vs * Fockers (7-4)
Last season, Fockers aka Human Amoebas was out of the playoffs and finished third in the division at 6-7. They are clearly much better this time around, with four wins in their last five games, but is that enough to usurp Pooh Bears, who are coming off a 126 point week and have also won four of their last five games? The computer scientists of ESPN tell us that both teams are projected to score 87 points next week, and that means we’re looking at a potential knuckle biter.

QB: It’s a battle of super steady Andrew Luck versus a surging Cam Newton. While Killer can throw up a dud once in awhile, the Panthers are rolling and Newton could easily outgun Andre the Giant. Still, we’ll give the advantage to Luck for his consistency. Edge: Fockers

RB: It hasn’t been pretty in the backfield for either team this season. Pooh Bears lost Doug Martin to irrelevance and then a seaon ending injury. Fockers’ Ahmad Bradshaw has been useless, while DeAngelo Williams is back to the bench. Rookie Montee Ball has been less than useless. The good news is, GM Hong patiently waited for first overall pick Le’Veon Bell to heal up and now he’s the bell cow in the backfield. Fockers will also also use free agent pick up Pierre Thomas for the first time all season, electing to sit pass catching specialist Danny Woodhead. J’s team will roll with Ray Rice, coming off his best game of the season, and his own pass catching wonder, Shane Vereen. There's not much to love from either backfield combination. Edge: Neither

WR/TE: First things first, Jimmy Graham is an outsized advantage over Kellen Winslow. In fact, it’s such a huge edge that Fockers will likely find themselves in a double digit hole just from this one matchup. The worse news is that Pooh Bears’ receiving corps also features red hot Antonio Brown and the always dangerous Dez Bryant. Demaryius Thomas has been spectacular all season for Fockers but he and the surprising Pierre Garcon don’t quite make up for the difference in tight end quality. Edge: Pooh Bears

DEF/K: In the world of unpredicatable defenses, it’s likely neither Steelers DEF nor Browns DEF will put up more than 5-8 points each. The bigger issue is if Browns DEF could stumble into a negative outting, as they’ve done before. In a nice twist of fate, it’s Steelers versus Browns in their real NFL matchup this week. As for the kicking matchup, Phil Dawson is a bit hotter than David Akers but that’s by only a few points. We don’t see either making much difference if they can play to their averages. Edge: Neither

INTANGIBLES: In his rookie season, Hong has been King Midas Jr. and made all the right moves. His trash talking backed up by wins has rendered the rest of the league quiet. An opportunity for a big upgrade at TE slipped away at the trade deadline last week but his bold moves this off-season set the table for a winning season. As for J, he (probably deliberately) annihilated Porta's team on the weekend of his wedding. I mean, that's some Red Wedding shit right? Geezes. What a friend! Edge: Fockers

Prediction: As much as we’d like to see an upset, we’re concerned that the Pooh Bears' receiving advantage is just too great. Plus, Cam Newton could easily negate Fockers’ slight advantage in QB and that could spell doom for Hong’s division hopes. Over the last three weeks, Fockers have been steadily declining in points scored from a season high of 104 points in WK9 to last weekend’s 64 points. Pooh Bears threw up a 46 point clunker in WK10 but otherwise they’ve been near the magical DeLorean 88 ppg mark. We smell a division clinching win for Pooh Bears!

[Immediate update:] Early breaking news, the big mouth co-owner of Fockers guarantees a victory this week. I'll let you guess which owner it was. It's a very Broadway Joe move, but you know, Sea World Hong. We're changing our pick to Fockers for chutzpah and you know, J's karmic retribution for last weekend's slaughter of Italian Stallionz. Almost literally on his wedding day...