Record Breakers

Hong Kong, China - October 29, 2006

CTDB 2006 has been a wild ride for the Monkeys. GM Shiue said at the beginning of the season that this would be the year that we would see the team truly play its best football – and so far, he’s been right. As the Monkey’s cruised to another victor over the struggling Dirty Birds, the team is making history while they are at it. The team broke the cherished CTDB Points Scored in a Single Game record originally set by the Phreaks in 2004 by scoring 178 points in Week 8.

While featuring the likes of Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, Javon Walker, and Julius Jones – the Phreaks scored an unprecedented 174 in 2004. The record stood for over two years and was never really threatened until Buffy scored over 160 two weeks ago. Until now – backed by a stunning 121 points scored between Peyton Manning, Larry Johnson and LaDainian Tomlinson alone, the Monkeys made history as they won their 7th game this season by scoring 178 points. Despite the press surrounding today’s achievement, the Monkeys are actually in the midst of another record breaking stretch – the team has scored a total of 149, 153 and 178 in the last three weeks for a total of 480 points since Week 6. The league has never seen a dominating offensive streak like this before.

In a post-game interview, GM Shiue tried to downplay the team’s accomplishments. “The goals of this team have always been the same – win home-field advantage in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl. We are well on our way to our first objective but until we get the second one, none of this matters frankly. The team is of course, very proud of today’s accomplishment. The record set by Phreaks was a high bar and it took a couple of seasons for us to reach it. Its something we cherish and hope will stand for a long time. However, we need to continue working hard and putting points up on the board. We’re very fortunate to have one of the most talented and explosives lineup and its up to us to make it count.”

ESPN Analyst, John Clayton made little effort to hide his praise for the team. “Hands down this is the best team in CTDB history but until they win that ring, this team will be just like the Bills. However, the ability and the explosiveness of this Monkey’s team is frankly just not in the same league as the rest of the teams. Larry Johnson and LaDainian Tomlinson easily represent the best 2 running tandem this league has ever witnessed. Peyton Manning has been and remains one of the most dangerous quarterbacks and with the acquisition of Anquan Bolding, the trio of Bolding, Terrell Owens and Andre Johnson gives the Monkeys a receiver set that now really has no weakness. The offensive explosion we’ve seen this year should not be a surprise. GM Shiue had a plan for the team and they are simply executing that plan better than the rest of the league. Now they just need to win that league title.”