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A matchup between a maybe underrated Bunnies and the vastly overrated Boomers.

These teams have played each other only 7 times since 2011, with no matchups in the 2016-18 seasons (how??). They are almost even split, with 4 wins for Bunnies and 3 wins for the Boomers. Their last match up was in the 2019 season, with the Boomers crushing the Bunnies 185.45 to 136.97. The Boomers effort was led by a trio of familiar faces: 33 points from Dark Prescott, 38 points from CMC, and 36 points from Austin Ekeler. The Boomers have been without CMC for most of the year, and now will be without Ekeler. Lets take a look at these 2020 stats:

The Boomers have been riding an extremely favorable schedule to open up the year. They are currently undefeated while holding the third lowest points for, and the least points against. The Bunnies are now sitting at 2-2 thanks to some timely stat corrections, but hold a sub-average point average and wins against the field. They’ve recently began surging thanks to the acquisitions of Mike Davis and Joe Mixon. The Boomers have relied heavily on the performance of Dak Prescott who has scored an incredible 23% of the Boomers total points this season. This is as vulnerable as we’ve seen an undefeated team: 2 stud RBs hurt, bye weeks and Covid pulling out flex players. The Boomers will need to make quite a few moves to even put together a roster this week. 

ESPN and PWR both agree that it’s an uphill battle for the Boomers. What these systems can’t account for, is the raw power of unbelievable luck that carries a team through an entire season. We’ve seen worse teams win harder matchups. The bulk of the players will be playing in the 10AM slot on Sunday. There will be a handful of players playing in the afternoon and night games, and then the Boomers (and Pumaskulls) will pray that the Bills will play football on Tuesday night.

Final Prediction:

Fluffy Bunnies: 134

Boomers: 112  

(Boomers projection is based on them filling current empty spots on their roster. The floor is much lower)

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• Danny Amendola and Drew Brees! Now on the Atoms!
• TGIF’s favorite player of all time: Matt Forte.
• The results of their first match-up of all time? A stunning 52 to 49 defeat of the Atoms (these were low scores even at the time).

Since then, they’ve played 12 more times against each other with TGIF taking another 10 victories. Is this the time for Atoms to take some revenge? Let’s look at the teams in 2020:

Unfortunately for the Atoms, this is a scorching hot TGIF team. Maybe one of the best teams we’ve ever seen. They’ve scored an average of 195 points in the first two weeks, and seem to have the depth and options to keep it going. Atoms have been no slouch in year 11, averaging 153 points to start the season. Both teams have had a pretty balanced effort, though TGIF has been killing the QB position with the incredible Russ Wilson. Both teams have struggled a bit with the flex position, and the Atoms core of WR and RB have slightly outscored TGIFs. This matchup will feature the top three wide receivers in the league as well as the number one running back. There should be plenty of points to go around.

The PWR system gives a heavy nod to TGIF while ESPN slightly favors ESPN. TGIF looks to take a big edge in the areas that they’ve been successful – QB and IDP. We’ll see the matchup kick off with James Robinson on Thursday night and carry through to all Atom’s slate of Aaron Jones, Drew Brees, and Davante Adams on Sunday night. Atoms would have to do pretty terrible for TGIF to not sweat that crew. They’re projected for about 45 points, but have a ceiling of nearly 90 points. TGIF will have a busy slate of football on Sunday, watching their entire team play in the 10AM or 1:30PM games.

Final Prediction:

Springfield Atoms: 138

TGIF: 145 

(How stupid does this look when they’ve done back to back 195)

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Two teams that came away with a win in week one, but both may have under performed. These teams have played six times in the past, with the Butthole Surfers taking victory in five of the match-ups. 5 of the games the two teams were within 10 points of the other. Is it time for the Boomers to reverse their luck and get some revenge?

Each team is configured a little bit differently, with the Boomers relying on their strong trio of running backs, and the Surfers falling back on their wide receiver group. Injuries will also play a big role as the Surfers currently have 3 players on IR, and another 2 questionable to play.

The projections have this one at a dead 50/50 split. The Boomers will kick things off with a possible 7 players in the 10am Sunday slot, as well as close things out with 2 players in MNF.

Final Prediction:

Butthole Surfers: 136

Nellis AFB Boomers: 137

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