By MARLON SCOTT
Senior Staff Writer

As of press time, Monday, Oct. 25, week seven is about to draw to a close, half the season is over. It has been seven weeks of shuffling, winning, losing, cheering, cussing and one of the key ingredients to fantasy football: smack talking.

The only thing better than making the right decisions to get the win is making fun of losers and reminding them of every mistake they made. As the weeks progress and the winners separate themselves more and more from the “less fortunate,” smack talk escalates. Anyone who accepts winning graciously and respectfully thanks his defeated peers for playing should not be allowed to play fantasy football. It is true for all leagues including The All State.

Week 1

Joe Mills-“Nice way to start season. Concussion with Kolb. It was the throwback helmet.”
“TheRook”-“POW! Now that’s how I like to start a season. Mr. D. is going down next.”

Week 3

Joe Mills-“The Mills Effect had no wind in its sails today. The Rook posted 9 TD’s against me. Brady/Moss/Johnson combine for 7 TD’s/71 pts. They had a great day.”
“My running backs DeAngelo Williams and Frank Gore were kept out of the end zone. It was a tough day.”
“I bow to greatness of the Rook. Next time little man.”
“TheRook”-“All I’m gonna say is … Yaaaaawn. Gotta love Joe Mills though, he put up a great fight. This week is the week of reckoning though … the Rook versus Mr. T. It’s going down!”

Week 4

Marlon Scott-“Damn, Damn, Damn.”
Joe Mills-“I am bringing LaDanian out of retirement against FalconCoach. Watch out … he is carrying his AARP card.”
“Vick goes down with injury. What else?”
“TheRook”-“As I bask in the glory of victory, I cannot help but wonder how defeat must taste. Poor Scott has been shellacked 4 weeks in a row, and there is no end in sight. The Rook reigns supreme, and all of you will bask in my glory.”

Week 5

Marlon Scott-“I’ve been whooped every way conceivable so far and my ego can take no more! Rook, Shingler, all of you, I am going for blood. Keep in mind we all make the playoffs. Top two just get bye weeks. Regardless of the road, I will not only make it to the finals, but will lay waste to whomever has the bad luck to have to face me there.
1. Dramatic speech. Check.
2. New game face. Check.
3. Start winning.

“TheRook”-“The season is lost my friend. Not just for you Marlon, but for everyone in our league. I am simply unstoppable. I have the single best, deepest, most potent lineup in the history of fantasy football. I look forward to the posts of misery that everyone will continue to be posting at my expense.”
Joe Mills-“Don’t smack talk too early. It is a long way before we get to the end of the season and playoffs.”
“I am thinking you just jinxed yourself.”

Week 6

“TheRook” -“CJ officially sealed the deal for me tonight. I am invincible. Mwahahahaha! And my archnemesis Davenport is next.”
“Get ready Scott, the beatdown train is going to be rolling into your neighborhood soon enough.”
“And for the Mills Effect, when I win the league this year I shall claim your pretty new Residence hall as my domain.”
Anthony Shingler-“OK, David, you might have beat me twice but I will find a way to beat you.”
“I made a couple mental notes. Start Peyton Hillis and do not listen to Matthew Berry of ESPN. Again I lose by 1 point.” TAS

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