Streak over in Fantasy League

My Fantasy Football League: Team Big Red took down Team Priceless and Team Smith upset the Big Dawgs in the UPC Hood Fantasy Football League in Week 5 to throw the family league into a four-way tie for first place.

The Big Dawgs, Team Priceless, Mega Powers and Team Smith are the league leaders, all at 4-1, as we head into Week 6 in our make-believe league and the National Football League. Team Big Red moves to 3-2 after edging my Team Priceless, 137-130 in fantasy points. It came down to MNF once again, only this time it wasn't in the cards for my team, thanks mainly to Minnesota's Percy Harvin, who collected 21 fantasy points for Team Big Red. It looked like I was going to pull it out and move to 5-0 as my fantasy kicker and former Arizona Wildcat Nick Folk booted five goals and two PAT's for 19 fantasy points. But Mark Sanchez, my fantasy quarterback, collected only seven points on the night and that turned out to be the difference, allowing Team Big Red to escape with a 7-point win to send the fantasy league into a four-team pile up at the top.

Of course, in real life, Sanchez and the Jets held off the Vikings and escaped with a hard-fought 29-20 win on Monday Night Football. It was an exciting game as Minnesota's Brett Favre connected on three TD passes -- number 500, 501 and 502 in his illustrous career. As for Folk, his five field goals, one of which was 53 yards helped seal the win for the Jets. Back in 2005, Folk helped the Wildcats beat USC when he booted a 52-yard field goal, a personal-best in his four years at the UofA.

In another close battle in the UPC Hood League, the Grey Ghosts(2-3) held on for a 141-140 win over Team Army (0-5). It was a real nail-biter as the Vikings' Randy Moss piled up 14 fantasy points. He was the only player involved for the two fantasy teams on MNF...another pass reception or two would have given Team Army its first win. Fantasy Football can sure be cruel!