Week 5: RIVALRY WEEK

RIVALRIES: Can't Beat Em'
By: Willie Stroker Willie Stroker: Yahoo Columnist

Week 4 saw a new rivalry born within an even stronger, older rivalry in football. Brett Favre, now wearing the purple and gold, took down his former Green and Gold, Green Bay Packers. Rivalries like this is what drives us to watch big time games on Sunday and Monday nights like this past week. The same goes for fantasy football and my personal favorite, the All Pro Fantasy League. Week 5 brings on the rivalries, so lets get on to the preview!


The Rivalry of Rivalry Week:

The ALLIANCE	0	Match Up
Chinese Eggrolls.	0

This is a rivalry that hasn't started this week, nor this season, and not even last season. Believe it or not, this rivalry started brewing long before the storied birth of the All Pro Fantasy Football League. This rivalry started before both of these fellows were even a twinkle in their father's eye. Hell, this started even long before Dave was even a twinkle in his mother, and Ant's eye. It's been going on not since the beginning of time, but since simply, the beginning.

Both teams have been going at it since the inaugural All Pro season in 2004. In fact, these two foes squared off in the first official game in All Pro, in week 1 of the 2004 season. The ALLIANCE [featuring only one member at the time] defeated the Eggrolls in that first meeting. Yet Kevin and the Eggrolls would go on to defeat the ALLIANCE two times after that year, including in the semifinals leading Kevin to a 2nd place finish.

The following year, Kevin would take both regular season matchups, yet in another payoff matchup, the ALLIANCE sent the Eggrolls packing in the first round, going on to a 2nd place finish. 2006 saw a career year for the ALLIANCE, going 9-5 in the regualr season gettin the 2 seed. One of those losses came to the Eggrolls once again by a total of 1 point. Later on that year they owuld split the season series, with the ALLIANCE mauling the Eggrolls by over 50. Yet the Eggrolls would see another trip to the championship, only to go down to Josh once again.

In 2007, the two rivals split the season series at 1-1 yet again, both being bounced first round. On the other hand, this past year, the ALLIANCE had Kevin's number. They sat on the Eggrolls, literally, and Ant is a big boy so I can vouch that it really hurt. In turn the Chinese Eggrolls had their worst season ever, coming in last place. This season, Kevin doesn't look to stop where he left off started 2009 at 0-4.

THIS MAKES IT 15 LOSSES IN A ROW FOR KEVIN AND THE CHINESE EGGROLLS.

There is a whole lot riding on this game; Billy's pride, Kevin's courage, Ant's lunch... and the list goes on. Kevin once started 0-5 and made a run at a 2nd place finish, yet another occurrence of this is very unlikely, especially if they go down for their 16th week in a row in All Pro. The All time series is at ALLIANCE 5, Eggrolls 6. The ALLIANCE looks to crush the Eggrolls and write their name in stone in the annals of All Pro time, while the Chinese Eggrolls look to simply just win. It should be a slobber knocker, a barn burner, and all out brawl. Yet who will come out with bragging rights?


COMING VERY SOON: MULLET MAFIA-ROMOSAPIENS.... and all other irvalries this week

I AM THE #1 WILLIE STROKER!

Willie Stoker is Yahoo! Sports' national columnist. Send Willie an email at Willie1Stroker@yahoo.com