Ep 3: Week 3 - The Longest Two Minutes in Sports with a Reigning Champion
Release Date: 09/18/2025
5th & Long
Week 17 doesn’t care about what you meant to do, or what your roster looked like in October. It only cares about totals. One round is already in the books, and now we’re staring at the second half of a two-week playoff where every point counts the same, whether it comes on Christmas Day or Sunday night. There are no style points left. This is math, nerve, and lineup discipline. Some teams are protecting leads. Others are chasing aggressively. And everyone’s checking injury reports like they’re reading tea leaves. This is the week where safe decisions lose leagues and bold ones win...
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Welcome back to 5th & Long, the OBFFL’s official safe space for overconfidence, regret, and revisionist history. It’s the final week of the regular season, and somehow the league feels both completely predictable and utterly unhinged at the same time. The Gargoyles have clinched the Iacanos Division, four teams have punched their playoff tickets, and six others are clinging to life like a flex player projected for 7.4 but ‘trending up.’ Week 14 gave us the full spectrum: big swings, brutal beats, Morgan’s concession speech for Tit of the League, and a Pick ’Em race where half...
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You thought I missed? Made a commitment so I have to keep the train against Bethesda Big Train this week.
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It’s Week 9 in the OBFFL, and this is the point where contenders separate, pretenders panic, and someone inevitably blames “bye weeks” for their collapse. Week 8 brought chaos, heartbreak, and a few miracle wins no one deserved. Standings are tight, the takes are hotter, and the group chat never sleeps. Here to break it down this week is Alec Swiecinski of Andy Reid's Fupa & Dom Schlabach of You Sanu'z You Lose
info_outlineTwo weeks in the books, and we're already seeing some serious separation. The undefeated are getting cocky, the winless are getting desperate, and everyone else is just trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Hoop Dreams and YSYL are perfect through 2 weeks while teams like Andy Reid's FUPA and Colonel Sanders Was Offsides are staring down the barrel of an 0-3 start that could derail their entire season.