The Rhino's Vision:
This year's Cross-Dressed Championship has shades of last year's event...the rookie from the North versus the veteran from the South. Will this year's upstart rookie be able to topple the veteran as the Dynamic Duo did to Private's Parts last year? A week ago I would have said "Not a chance!" But that was before the high Priest had fallen and couldn't get up. Now this game takes on a whole different appearance.
Let's talk history. Straight up these teams have only played one game and that was in week #10 where the Invaders got spooked 85-69. Hemo Goblins History: A rookie franchise from the Northwest Division. Started out a bleak 1-4 but came on strong and finished the season at 7-6. This record put them dead even along with the other 3 Northern Conference playoff teams and landed them as the third seed after the tie breakers. They boast a perfect 2-0 playoff record and should play with wreckless abandon as they have already obtained success that rookies normally don't.
Invaders: Some real history here for one of the leagues founding members. 62-53-3(.538) lifetime, 7-5(.583) in the playoffs including two title game appearances (1995, 1999) and one Cross-Dressed Championship (1999). And this season the Invaders came out of the gate and bolted to a 5-1 record before destiny may be struck down by adversity.
Analysis: Let us get down to business and look at this game's positional matchups.
QB: The Hemo Goblins have gone to the "Spurier Carrousel Method" to lead their team. Seems to have worked thus far, but there doesn't appear to be a clear cut best bet this week. Meanwhile the Invaders have Jeff Garcia and, well Jeff Garcia! Now that's commitment and faith. And they shouldn't be disappointed this week when he travels to Arizona. Advantage Invaders.
RB's: Obviously the Invaders had a clear advantage until Holmes took a dive. Now we must did deeper. The Invaders are surely feeling ill about the situation. One word: "WHAAAAA!" You're not the first to deal with major injuries and you won't be the last. But yours might just be the most critical and at the worse time. It's not like this guy was pulling something ridiculous like 25ppg for you. What? He was? Oh, that's too bad. (Rhino snickers.) Well guess what else? The Goblins are solid with A. Green and Staley going against Buffalo and Dallas respectively. Advantage: Hemo Goblins
WR's: Well the Hemo Goblins will probably shy away from Ward this week as they are up against a tough Tampa Bay defense. This leaves Booker and Holt who have reasonable matchups. For the Invaders it's probably Driver and Moulds in a head-to-head matchup. A good deal indeed. Advantage: Invaders
Def: You don't get here without a good defense or an offensive juggernaut like Holmes. But both of these teams still have this covered. Slight Advantage: Hemo Goblins
K: The're kickers for Christ sake, who cares!? Well these teams both have good ones. And they both have the potential to get some serious points this week. Basically a wash if they both have similar games, but a slight edge to the Hemo Goblins.
Well, so where do the chips fall this year? The Rhino see's the rookie getting the Invaders goat as the Holmes injury will just be too much to overcome...
Rhino Bonus: This one's for the computer geeks/M$ naysayers. While searching for "I've fallen and can't get up." I found this. How appropriate!
The Rhino says...Hemo Goblins win by +3.
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