HOG Report®

Time is running out, just 3 weeks left.  Here's the most serious HOG Report® yet!

HOG of the week - C4 Explosives are dynamite!  Clearly the Supreme Ruler is the HOG of the week.  Last week they thumped the red hot Buffalo Soldiers 107-85.  Their early season transactions, trades, and pick ups of players such as Toomer, Culpepper, McCardell, Shipp and Domanick Davis are paying dividends.  This week they play the Pigskins who will be without Portis, Horn, and Vinatieri... all out on a BYE week.  Look for C4 to continue their hot streak and perhaps thump the other white meat.  And... if a Blackcat can cross the Bear Necessities path... then C4 can move into the #1 seed slot.  Meow.

TOP HOG by division - C Division's (20-16-0) TOP HOG is the Bear Necessities at 7-2.  Sneaking up behind are the Blackcats and those darn Fockers.  I sure hope the Bear Necessities aren't superstitious.  Things such as Blackcats and broken mirrors won't faze da Bears, will they?  Is that a rabbit's foot in your pocket Butch?  Watch out for Boden... he's sneaky.  Then there's the TA&T's Division (19-17-0) TOP HOG the Rough Riders.  What seemed like a strong hold on this spot last week has changed and is all of a sudden becoming a showdown between the Pony Riders, Widowmakers and Southsiders.  Side note... can you believe the Buffalo Soldiers have a chance at the wildcard?  The Doomsday's Division (14-20-2) TOP HOG is C4 Explosives.  Like I said... they're dynamite!  Those mud slinging Pigskins are close behind.  This week they square off in the Supreme Ruler's match up of the week.  Don't let C4 fool you... they should have an easy time with the depleted Pigskins.

Wildcard HOG - Those mud slinging Pigskins are the Wildcard HOG.  The Pigskins lead in the Breakdown category (aka Mike's rule) with a 71-27-1 record.  Which brings us to... where's Widow?

	Record	Points		Breakdn		Power
Bear Necessities	7-2-0	712	Pigskins	71-27-1	C4 Explosives	33.0
C4 Explosives	6-2-1	760	C4 Explosives	65-32-2	Pigskins	33.0
Rough Riders	6-3-0	713	Rough Riders	57-41-1	Rough Riders	29.0
Pigskins	5-3-1	766	Widowmakers	57-42-0	Bear Necessities	26.0
Widowmakers	5-4-0	755	Buffalo Soldiers	55-42-2	Widowmakers	25.5
Puck Fackers	5-4-0	694	Puck Fackers	55-44-0	Puck Fackers	20.5
Blackcats	5-4-0	653	Bear Necessities	52-46-1	Buffalo Soldiers	17.5
Southsiders	5-4-0	613	Blackcats	44-53-2	Blackcats	16.5
Buffalo Soldiers	3-6-0	668	D-Teasers	37-61-1	Southsiders	13.5
P-Cubed	3-6-0	595	Southsiders	37-62-0	D-Teasers	9.0
D-Teasers	2-7-0	601	P-Cubed	34-63-2	P-Cubed	7.5
Flea Flickers	1-8-0	550	Flea Flickers	23-74-2	Flea Flickers	3.0

HOG Market Report - a quick look at what we've got left in our Piggy Banks and what available on Free Agency and Waivers. Remember, transaction forms are due by 6pm tonight.  Last night for trades.

Piggy Bank	FAAB	FREE AGENTS		Waivers
Blackcats	$20	QUARTERBACKS	WIDE RECEIVERS	Vinny Testaverde
Widowmakers	$16	Tommy Maddox	Dante Hall	Kurt Warner
Rough Riders	$11	Kyle Boller	Javon Walker	Drew Brees
Puck Fackers	$9	Joey Harrington	Kevin Johnson	Jerome Bettis
Bear Necessities	$9	Chris Chandler	Travis Taylor	Lamar Gordon
Pigskins	$7		Eddie Kennison	Troy Brown
P-Cubed	$5	RUNNINGBACKS		Bobby Shaw
C4 Explosives	$4	Arlen Harris	ODDS AND ENDS	Christian Fauria
Flea Flickers	$3	Shawn Bryson	Itula Mili	Dallas Clark
Southsiders	$3	Rudi Johnson	Anthony Becht	Drew Bennett
D-Teasers	$3	Stacey Mack	49ers	Ernie Conwell
Buffalo Soldiers	$1		Saints	Eagles DST

And now for something really different....

Parts Is Parts
by Jeffrey B. Moran

My new heart used to be in a pig.
It's not too little; it's not too big.
It pumps blood OK from my feet to my brains
Through all my arteries, catepillars, and veins.
None of its semi-lunar valves leak,
And for its rhythm, it's got a good beat.
But I find now and then for truffles I dig.
My new heart used to be in a pig.

Chorus:
Now part of me's person and part of me's pork.
Not quite the same as was brought by the stork.
No sausage, no hamhocks, no spare ribs for me.
Pigs (hogs, swine) are now part of my family tree.

My new liver, it came from a hog.
Not from a horse or a sheep or a dog.
It fits just fine in my abdomen,
'Bout halfway 'tween my hips and my chin.
And it stores sugar, makes hormones and bile,
Just like the one I had as a child.
But often times through a barnyard I jog.
My new liver, it came from a hog.