Week 11.

Time for the final push in Fantasy Football.

The Moss Bluff Cruisers are coming off a debilitating 88-52 loss at the hands, er, hooves of the Poplarville Stallions. Now tied with the Stallions at 5-5, the Cruisers are mercifully only two games behind the Kenner Kastrators, thanks to an upset turned by the Touchdown Titans the same weekend.

But the hopes of a losing streak in Kenner do little to dispel the bleak outlook for the Cruisers, as week 10 also saw the end of the season for the Cruisers' star tailback, Clinton Portis, out with a broken hand for the rest of the year. And while the worst of the schedule is done, so is the best: After this weekend's matchup, the Cruisers return to Moss Bluff to complete their home schedule against the Harvey Hooligans, then finish the season on the road: @Titans, and @Kastrators.

But before those take place, first the Cruisers travel to East Jefferson for a game against the Metairie Mudbugs.

The Mudbugs (6-4), who took Shaun Alexander with the first overall pick, have had a rough go of it, but still find themselves two games up in the DEII Central division. And while the Cruisers are favored by 4, this game promises to be much closer than a field goal.

Okay, I really need to lay off the NFL Films. But this is a key game. I don't know how many more chances I'm going to have to catch Frank, so I need a win here.

But this is the guy that signs off on my timesheets. This, more than the 3 principals in my company, is my boss. Dare I pull this stunt?

*tsh* As if I could.

Going home for the weekend. Don't expect much out of me, except a "Geaux Pokes" when they beat up on Nicholls State University in the Hole tomorrow night.

-KIE