Hustle Belt Fantasy League - Week 4: Big weeks keep the top guns on top

What an exciting week in the MAC.  Games came down to the wire all day on Saturday and the conference held their own against Power 5 opponents.  In our fantasy league, we saw a flux of points to most teams, with a pair of trades helping out three teams.  Let's start with those before we head into our Week 4 match-ups.

First, James and I hooked up in a quarterback swap:

The Frumpy Apples receives:  Cooper Rush, QB, CMU
Corey Davis Based God receives:  Blake Frohnapfel, QB, UMass & Alonzo Smith, RB, Miami

Then, Russ wanted to upgrade his running-back position a bit:

Double Fisting Pepsis receives:  Travis Green, RB, BGSU & Miami's D/ST
Corey Davis Based God receives:  Joel Bouagnon, RB, NIU & Toledo's D/ST

I can't complain about the trades.  Not at all.  Onto the match-ups

Double Fisting Pepsis (Russ) vs Reese's Huffs (Karp)

This one was crazy, in that it nearly featured a double century score and could've gone the other way had both teams filled their line-ups.  Both forgot to set a defense, which resulted in an 18-point swing in Russ's favor.  Still, they both racked up points like they were playing Hungry Hungry Hippos.

As you can see, lots of points to be had here.  Getting Greene paid off big here for Russ, as he was the top point getter.  Williams and Hundley had solid games for Karp, but the lack of other scoring from his other options doomed him.  Had he started NIU's defense, he would've had enough, but otherwise was helpless against Roback, Weiser, and Durham's secondary production numbers.

Kadeem Goul-Bourne Supremacy (Justin) vs Corey Davis Based God (Fitz)

In our lone 2-1 vs 2-1 match-up this week, I pounded Justin's face in DESPITE STARTING AN INJURED KAREEM HUNT (I should've started Jamal Wilson and his 13 points instead).  Are you ready?  Because it's about to get ugly:

Alonzo Smith didn't pay off.  Kareem was still hurt.  Bouagnon put up O.K. numbers at best, but Toledo's defense tore it up!  Only allowing a kick-off touchdown, they forced 5 turnovers and had 6 sacks in a rout.

Overall, it was more a lack of production from Justin's team than anything.  Getting 0 points from your running backs is just bad.  Getting -1 from Golladay is even worse.  He'll rebound, but not a good day for KGBS.

The Frumpy Apples (James) vs Tupande Kileleni (Alex)

James did alright on his end of the trade.  Though Rush outscored Froh, he was started over Riley Neal, who had a solid 21 points against Northwestern.  Alex won again with a solid running back performance fueling his play.

Yep, just rough weeks for both of them.  But the lack of production from Lewis, plus no production from the rest of his "reciever-esques" doomed James.  Jackson having a big game helped Alex the most, but his "little points" from Jones, Tuttle, Creel, and Green at the same positions that Jimmy struggled at was the biggest difference in this match-up.

Zippy Squad (Matt) vs Firing Up My Chips (Nick)

Fun note:  Matty plays the waiver wire as good as anyone.  He picked up Tommy Woodson right before the games and I'll let the following breakdown do the rest:

Matt actually left points on his bench in the form of Akron's defense, who had 4 takeaways in a 35-14 win over ULL on Saturday.  But MY GOODNESS!  31 POINTS!  Two passing and one rushing score will do that, but starting Swanson (who scored twice) with Hunt injured was also a great play.  Nothing Nick could do this week, as his CMU and NIU players let him down.

Next Week's Games

#8 Reece's Huff vs #7 The Frumpy Apples
#6 Firing Up My Chips vs #2 Tupande Kileleni
#1 Corey Davis Based God vs #5 Double Fisting Pepsis
#4 Kadeem Goul-Bourne Supremacy vs #3 Zippy Squad