Well well!!  The league has tightened up a little and both unbeatens fell in week 5.  The high flying Cal Bears fell to earth, and the Kentucky Wildcats were de-clawed.  There are 4 teams banging on the door at 3-2.  Here is the weekly roundup:

1)      Cal Bears (4-1) – In showing what a tight race the DCFFL has become, Cal is only 6^th in points scored to date.  This could portend tough times ahead for GM Fooch Fucillo as high scoring competition awaits.   Fooch could only manage 81 points in week 5, losing to Purdue 126-81.  Cal’s 81 represented the lowest weekly score of any DCFFL team to date.  Only TexasAM QB Jerrod Johnson could muster any decent offense, totaling 21.

2)      Kentucky Wildcats (4-1) – Roger Fitch’ Wildcats were pummeled by Rutgers 178-130.  Cental Michigan QB Dan LeFevour accounted for 25 points to lead the Wildcats.  Fitch got scoring from his entire lineup,  but most of it small potatoes – under 10 points.  Fitch had highly regarding Washington QB Jake Locker on the bench in week 5; he would have contributed 24 had Locker been a starter.

3)      Rutgers Scarlet Knights (3-2) – Bliss Bliss’ Knights scored their 2^nd consecutive victory by topping previous unbeaten Kentucky.   Bliss had some 9 (!) players on bye’s in week 5, and had 2 byes in the starting roster.  Fortunately for Bliss, he got huge production from what few players he had.  Houston QB Case Keenum topped 40 -  41 to be exact.  And Stanford RB Toby Gerhart picked up 34 on 3 TDs.   Bliss also collected 3 additional 20+ scorers in week 5.

4)      Florida Gators (3-2) – Justin Rauffaf layed 203 on Penn State in a competitive week 5 win, the score was 203-176.   Like Rutgers, the Gators had a ton of players on bye – 8 to be exact.  Two 20+ players, and  two 30+ players: RB Luke Lippincott Nevada (36) and RB Daniel Porter LaTech (30).  They were joined by 42 point BMOC Stephen Williams of Toledo.

5)      Buffalo Bulls (3-2) – GM Robert Occhipinti gets back into contention  as Buff tops Oklahoma State 170-160.   Occho got 20+ point contribution from 4 sources: QB Ryan Mallett Arkansas (24) , Marshall RB Darius Marshall (28), Buffalo WR Naaman Roosevelt adds 20 while GJ Kinne tacks on 20 with the Tulsa Hurricanes.

6)      Purdue Boilermakers (3-2) – Rick McGlothlin has the lowest overall point total at 675, but stands at 3-2.  Great D-Fence I suppose!  Purdue knocked out formerly unbeaten Cal by a 128-81 count.  McGlothlin got 38 from Toledo QB Aaron Opelt, but little else.

7)      Penn State Nittany Lions (2-3) – sucks to be GM Joe Mays!!  He’s the top point getter overall with 932, yet sits here in 7^th.  Back in week 4, Mays outscored Michigan 248-233 in a free-4-all.  In week 5, Penn St dropped one to Florida 203-176.  His South Florida Team D scored 31, while PSU QB Darryl Clark added 27 in a losing cause.

8)      Oklahoma State Cowboys (2-3) – Brett Stott’s Cowboys are the 2^nd leading point getter to date (919), but can’t get a break either.    Its looks like Stott was caught asleep at the wheel in week 5: he lost by 10 to Buffalo, but had 28-pt RB Noel Devine (WVU) sitting on the bench while Vai Taua was in the starting lineup on a bye.  Coulda shoulda woulda.

9)      USC Trojans (2-3) – Your Truly’s Trojans utterly annihilated Michigan 233-104.  Three players in the upper 30’s: Notre Dame WR Golden Tate (37), ULMonroe RB Frank Goodin (37) and Syracuse WR Mike Williams (36).  Jonathan Dwyer got 14, but his Heisman hopes are fading with another mediocre performance.

10)   Michigan Wolverines (2-3) – see mass destruction vs. USC.  GM Mike Schottey did get points from his entire lineup, and least from the lineup he was able to field.  His Wolverines were skating at a 1 man disadvantage.  However none of those scorers could exceed 20 – Utah QB Max Hall’s 17 is the best of the sorry lot.  Like several other teams in week 5, Schottey suffered from excessive byes and didn’t have much to pick from.

11)   Florida State Seminoles (1-4) -  Although FSU has only one win, they’re #3 in overall points scored.  Unfortunately for GM Dale Bettinelli, his weekly opponents are saving FSU to blow up.  FSU dropped a high-scoring nailbiter to  Colorado, handing Tim Hudson’s Buffaloes their first win of the season.    The score: 192-191 in a game that will rival USC-Texas in its intensity.  Bettinelli possessed five 20+ point scorer on the week, led by Toledo WR Eric Page (28) and the TCU team defense.  But Navy starting  RB Marcus Curry bagged a doughtnut while 5 bench RB’s all scored points.

12)   Colorado Buffaloes (1-4) – First win for GM Tim Hudson was a long time in coming.  Wisconsin RB John Clay led the way with 36 for the Buffs.  Hudson’s two starting QB’s Jimmy Clausen of Notre Dame and Russell Wilson of NC State contributed 22 and 25, but they were outproduced by Hudsons bench QB’s Colin Kaepernick and Terelle Pryor who totaled 35 and 28.