Gunner Bowl Preview, 2009 round 1

The Gunner Bowl and Ballistic Bowl tourney games have begun with last nights Thursday Night Football on NFL Network. The season has passed quickly once again and the league office has been very busy preparing for next season. But the 2009 season is not complete until a champion has been crowned and there are some very nice matchups around the league to look at.

The 6-7 Perdew Pulverizers, who hope to extend their 3 game winning streak, face off against the 5-8 Zima Ruskies for an opportunity to play in the Gunner Bowl Title Game.

Last week Perdew Pulverizers were led to a victory over the Texan Bruisers by wideout Wes Welker with 26.7 points. The Pulverizers have seemingly corrected their early season woes, albeit they were of the tough luck kind rather than self inflicted ones, to finish with a respectful 6-7 record. Based on projections from FantasySharks.com, the Perdew Pulverizers can expect a 22 point effort from Wes Welker in week 14, who is projected to get 80 receiving yards and 1 receiving TDs. "We have been playing good team football all season, played at a high level all season, but as they say, you are what your record is", Perdew Pulverizers coach Josh Perdew said.
The Zima Ruskies on the other hand, are one of the leagues weakest teams based on stats, but could have made the playoffs with one win in either of their last two games. Unable to get into the Ballistic Bowl playoffs was a devastating blow to ownership and the Gunner Bowl is not where they thought they would be a month ago. Last week in a loss to the Temp Texas Boy's tight end Jason Whitten had one of his best games of the season, a 29.60 point effort. Expect him to only post half that amount this week and the team needed a big performance from wide receiver Santonio Holmes. That didn't happen last night, but he did post a respectful 15.9 points with six catches and 93 yards. "This game is not only for bragging rights, but it's an opportunity to retrieve my league entry fee, and we are fired up about it" Zima Ruskies coach Jesse Kizima said.
This is the first game between these two franchises in their history, and is sure to be a good one.

In the other Gunner Bowl game, the defending Ballistic Bowl champ Boot Hill Balut take on the Kavanators from Kav in a matchup between two last place teams.
Coming up in a week 14 estandout battle, the 3-10 Kav's Kavanators, who hope to end their 3 game losing streak, face off against the 3-10 Boot Hill Balut.

The Kav's Kavanators got a 33.67 point effort from Philip Rivers in a week 13 loss, their eighth of the last nine games played. The team started the season as though they would be a sure contender for a playoff spot, but things began to go downhill in a week five loss to the Whitmore team. Last night tight end Heath Miller posted a very nice 18.5 point score, getting a good start to this weeks games. "We have to crank it up, want our entry fee back" Kav's Kavanators coach Ron Kavanaugh said.
The Boot Hill Balut team has ended the season as one of the hottest teams in the league, averaging 156 points per game over their last five and winning their final two. Injuries and tough luck were a factor in the season never getting started for them until around week 10, but poor manegement certainly played it's part as well. Last week Antonio Gates stepped up with a 24.70 effort, and surprise free agent starter Shaun Ellis posted 17.50 points in their win over the Flurries. We project Boot Hill Balut to geta  23 point effort from him in week 14, and Running back Moreno to get around 80, yes, 80. "We're playing not only for pride, but would be proud to bring a Gunner Bowl trophy into our possession",  Boot Hill Balut coach T. Rhodes said.
This is the first game between these two franchises in 2009.

I project Boot Hill and Perdew to play next week in the Gunner Bowl championship game.
The losers of this weeks Gunner Bowl tourney games will play next week in the Toilet Bowl game, a game of Pride. I expect that to be the Zima Ruskies vs the Kavanators.