Week One's Featured Match Up

Week One's featured match up is between perennial playoff team and Vandelay Cup contender The Annandale Sunshine and the expansion Short Bus Bullies.

Since the leagues inception two years ago, The Sunshine, led by Sara 'The Greek' Ruckman have always been a powerhouse, with great depth at QB featuring Drew Brees and Donovan McNabb. Add Reggie Wayne at the WR slot and The Sunshine has the ability to throw up a ton of points at any time.

The SBB, led by Jason 'Mavis' Hanna are a virtual unknown. Hanna inherited one of last year's playoff teams, Travis Kelley's Antarctica Anteaters and was allowed to keep 3 of the team and take the first free agent in the draft. This has enabled him to turn a weak playoff team into what could be a Vandelay Cup contender. With pure money players such as Steve Smith at WR, Brian Westbrook at RB and Antonio Gates at TE, The SBB are going to score at will this year, provided they stay healthy.

But that's really going to be the down side for both teams, health. For the Sunshine, the QB tandem of Brees and McNabb could be a scary one health wise. With McNabb recently announcing that he's still not 100% and Brees only a year removed from a season ending shoulder injury don't be surprised to see one of these guys being moved early on to find a healthier, younger backup.

The injury outlook doesn't get better either when you look at the running back slot for the Sunshine. With Shaun Alexander as their only proven starter, and given his recent injury bug (thanks Madden!) this author thinks the Sunshine may be looking for a reliable RB soon.

For the SBB, Westbrook and Smith are constantly banged up, but the are generally more durable than the Sunshine's current crips. Hanna's only other shortcoming maybe the QB position. With Hassleback as his starter (again, injured a good part of last year only playing in 12 games) and back up Jake Delhomme publicly in risk of losing his starting job to former Texans disappointment David Carr, the Bullies are not invincible either.

Currently, Yahoo predicts The Bullies to win out over the The Sunshine 104-87, but I predict a much closer game due to two of the Bullies starters going against the Chicago defense and none of the Sunshine's starters facing a top tier 'D'. Final score: SBB 89, Sunshine 85.

Other notable match ups for week 1:

• None.

All of the other games this week suck. They'll either be between non-contenders (see Red Dogs vs. Amish) or blow outs (see Space for rent vs. Black Hand).