• Composite Spreadsheet (PDF, 14 pages, 100K)
• 1999 Transactions
• 1999 Final Standings
• 1999 Final Schedule, Scores
• 1999 Final Rosters
• 1999 Top Players
• 1999 Final Points
• 1999 Draft

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  9 December 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Neil O’Donnell, QB, Titans and Marty Booker, WR, Bears; add Jeff Blake, QB, Bengals and Jeff Wilkins, K, Rams.
• 7 December 1999: New York Griffins drop Charles Evans, RB, Ravens; add Wilmont Perry, RB, Saints.
• 7 December 1999: Miami Muffdivers drop Scott Mitchell, QB, Ravens; add Tony Banks, QB, Ravens.
• 1 December 1999: Boston Wildcats activate Ron Rivers, RB, Lions from IR; drop Pete Mitchell, TE, Giants.
• 1 December 1999: Mission Viejo Impossibles drop Rashaan Salaam, RB; add Mike Cloud, RB, Chiefs.
• 30 November 1999: New York Griffins drop Basil Mitchell, RB, Packers; add De’mond Parker, RB, Packers.
• 30 November 1999: New York Griffins drop Keith Poole, WR, Saints; add Charles Evans, RB, Ravens.
• 25 November 1999: Syracuse Blizzard activates Jake Plummer, QB, Cardinals off IR; drops Rick Mirer, QB, Jets.
• 25 November 1999: Boston Wildcats move Thurman Thomas, RB, Bills off of 10-week IR onto season-long IR.
• 23 November 1999: New York Griffins drop Stacey Mack, RB, Jaguars and Andrew Glover, TE, Vikings; add Jermaine Fazande, RB, Chargers and Fred Beasley, RB, 49ers.
• 21 November 1999: New York Griffins drop Cory Schlesinger, RB, Lions; add Stacey Mack, RB, Jaguars.
• 21 November 1999: Big Carolina Bang places Cecil Collins, RB, Dolphins on 5-week IR; adds Jim Miller, QB, Bears.
• 20 November 1999: Freylinghuysen Frog Lickers move both Steve Young, QB, 49ers and Shannon Sharpe, TE, Broncos off of 5-week IR onto season-long IR.
• 16 November 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Tony Banks, QB, Ravens; adds Cade McNown, QB, Bears.
• 16 November 1999: Newport Beach Nightmare drops Mario Bates, RB, Cardinals; adds Garrison Hearst, RB, 49ers.
• 16 November 1999: Graynbald Mud drops Elvis Grbac, QB, Chiefs and Lamar Smith, RB, Saints; add Steve Christie, K, Bills and Joe Montgomery, RB, Giants.
• 16 November 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Kenny Bynum, RB, Chargers and Moe Williams, RB, Vikings; add Marty Booker, WR, Bears and Pete Mitchell, TE, Giants.
• 14 November 1999: Dallas Armadillos trade Dan Marino, QB, Dolphins and 2001(round-1) draft pick to New York Griffins for Mark Brunnell, QB, Redskins.
• 12 November 1999: New York Griffins drop John Avery, RB, Broncos; add Basil Mitchell, RB, Packers.
• 7 November 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Eric Zeier, QB, Bucs; adds Tony Banks, QB, Ravens.
• 2 November 1999: New Denver 2x4s drop Demond Parker, RB, Packers and Steve Christie, K, Bills; add Tim Dwight, WR, Falcons and Todd Peterson, K, Seahawks.
• 31 October 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Joe Horn, WR, Chiefs; adds Marcus Robinson, WR, Bears.
• 28 October 1999: Miami Muffdivers drop Reidel Anthony, WR, Bucs; add John Kasay, K, Panthers.
• 27 October 1999: New York Griffins drop Pete Stoyanovich, K, Chiefs; add Andrew Glover, TE, Vikings.
• 26 October 1999: Newport Beach Nightmare drops Gary Brown, RB, Giants and Todd Peterson, K, Seahawks; adds Leshon Johnson, RB, Giants and Tony Gonzalez, TE, Chiefs.
• 26 October 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Trent Dilfer, QB, Bucs; adds Eric Zeier, QB, Bucs.
• 26 October 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Cade McNown, QB, Bears and place Ron Rivers, RB, Lions on 5-week IR; add Kenny Bynum, RB, Chargers and Moe Williams, RB, Vikings.
• 21 October 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Dedric Ward, WR, Jets; adds Joe Horn, WR, Chiefs.
• 21 October 1999: Newport Beach Nightmare drops Tony Gonzalez, TE, Chiefs; adds Todd Peterson, K, Seahawks.
• 19 October 1999: Mission Viejo Impossibles drop O.J. Santiago, TE, Falcons; adds Tiki Barber, RB, Giants.
• 19 October 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Sean Bennett, RB, Giants; adds Patrick Jeffers, WR, Panthers.
• 19 October 1999: Syracuse Blizzard places Jake Plummer, QB, Cardinals on 5-week IR; add Damon Huard, QB, Dolphins.
• 19 October 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Irving Fryar, WR, Redskins and Frank Wycheck, TE, Titans; add Cameron Cleeland, TE, Saints and activate Steve McNair, QB, Titans, from IR.
• 17 October 1999: Frelinghuysen Frog Licks drop Keith Byars, RB; and place both Steve Young, QB, 49ers and Shannon Sharpe, TE, Broncos on 5-week IR; add Adam Vinatieri, K, Patriots, Jeff Garcia, QB, 49ers, and Andre Rison, WR, Chiefs.
• 14 October 1999: Graynbald Mud drops Larry Centers, RB, Redskins; adds Stephen Alexander, TE, Redskins.
• 14 October 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Robert Holcombe, RB, Rams; add Irving Fryar, WR, Redskins.
• 12 October 1999: Mission Viejo Impossibles drop Todd Peterson, K, Seahawks and Mike Cloud, RB, Chiefs; adds Justin Watson, RB, Rams and Terrence Wilkins, WR, Colts.
• 12 October 1999: New Denver 2x4s drop Cam Cleeland, TE, Saints; add Jay Riemersma, TE, Bills.
• 12 October 1999: Keystone Longfellows drop Joe Jurevicius, WR, Giants; activate Wayne Chrebet, WR, Jets, from injured reserve.
• 8 October 1999: Graynbald Mud drops LeShon Johnson, RB, Giants; adds Olandis Gary, RB, Broncos.
• 7 October 1999: Mercer Mustangs place Kimble Anders, RB, Chiefs on season-long IR: add Wade Richey, K, 49ers.
• NOTE: 3 Oct. transaction for FFL is disallowed because Jeff Garcia is a veteran QB, and can’t be added as a 3rd QB on the Frog Lickers’ roster.
• 6 October 1999: New York Griffins place Terrell Davis, RB, Broncos on season-long IR; add Pete Stoyanovich, K, Chiefs.
• 6 October 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Stephen Alexander, TE, Redskins; add Robert Holcombe, RB, Rams.
• 5 October 1999: Syracuse Blizzard drops Kent Graham, QB, Giants and Adam Vinatieri, K, Patriots; adds Az-Zahir Hakim, WR, Rams and Rick Mirer, QB, Jets.
• 5 October 1999: New York Griffins drop Andre Rison, WR, Chiefs; add John Avery, RB, Broncos.
• 3 October 1999: Frelingheysen Frog Lickers drop Keith Byars, RB; add Jeff Garcia, QB, 49ers.
• 3 October 1999: Dallas Armadillos place Ki-Jana Carter, RB, Bengals on season-long IR; add Chris Jacke, K, Cardinals.
• 30 September 1999: New York Griffins drop Wade Richey, K 49ers; add Brett Conway, K, Redskins.
• 29 September 1999: Mission Viejo Impossibles drop Sedrick Shaw, RB, Browns; add Rashaan Salaam, RB, Browns.
• 28 September 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Hines Ward, WR, Steelers; add Stephen Alexander, TE, Redskins.
• 28 September 1999: Keystone Longfellows drop Morton Anderson, K, Falcons; add Olindo Mare, K, Dolphins.
• 28 September 1999: Syracuse Blizzard places Jamal Anderson, RB, Falcons on season-long IR; adds Donnell Bennett, RB, Chiefs.
• 28 September 1999: Graynbald Mud drops Joe Montgomery, RB, Giants; adds Leshon Johnson, RB, Giants.
• 26 September 1999: Dallas Armadillos drop Ty Detmer, QB, Browns; add Jim Harbaugh, QB, Chargers.
• 22 September 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Amos Zereoue, RB, Steelers; adds Rashaan Shehee, RB, Chiefs
• 22 September 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Richie Cunningham, K, Cowboys; adds John Carney, K, Chargers
• 21 September 1999: Newport Beach Nightmare drops Edgar Bennett, RB, Bears; adds Ken Oxendine, RB, Falcons.
• 20 September 1999: Syracuse Blizzard drops Andrew Glover, TE, Vikings; adds Byron Hanspard, RB, Falcons.
• 18 September 1999: Boston Wildcats place Steve McNair, QB, Titans on 5-week IR; add Neil O’Donnell, QB, Titans.
• 16 September 1999: New York Griffins drop Madre Hill, RB, Browns; add Cory Schlesinger, RB, Lions.
• 16 September 1999: Boston Wildcats place Thurman Thomas, RB, Bills on 10-week IR; add Jonathan Linton, RB, Bills.
• 13 September 1999: Miami Muffdivers place Vinny Testeverde, QB, Jets, on season-long IR; add Kurt Warner, QB, Rams.
• 8 September 1999: Boston Wildcats drop Michael Husted, K, Raiders; add Germaine Crowell, WR, Lions.
• 8 September 1999: Keystone Longfellows place Wayne Chrebet, WR, Jets on 5-week IR. KEY adds Mickael Ricks, WR, Chargers.
• 7 September 1999: Big Carolina Bang drops Rashaan Salaam, RB, Raiders; adds Sean Bennett, RB, Giants.
• 4 September 1999: New Denver 2x4s place Trent Green, QB, Rams on season-long IR — this transaction was done during the draft.
• 4 September 1999: New York Griffins trade their first 1st-round pick (1999) and their 2000(3) pick to Newport for NPB’s 1999(1) pick and 2000(2) pick.
• 4 September 1999: New Denver 2x4s trade their 1999(1st round) pick to Mission Viejo for MVO’s 1999(1st round) pick and MVO’s 1999 (3rd round) pick.
• 4 September 1999: The New York Griffins traded their 1999(6th round) and 1999(8th) to Frelinghuysen for FFL’s 2000(4th) pick.
• 26 August 1999: The Wisconsin Cheeseheads announced their new team name — Frelinghuysen Frog Lickers. Their symbol for the FFL Web site is, ironically, “FFL”
• 26 August 1999: Big Carolina Bang trades Charlie Batch, QB, Lions and Charlie Garner, RB, 49ers, to the Mercer Mustangs for Mercer’s 1999 3rd-round pick.
• 26 August 1999: Boston Wildcats trade Ricky Proehl, WR, Rams to Frelinghuysen Frog Lickers for the Lickers’ 1999 6th-round draft pick.
• 24 August 1999: Keystone Longfellows trade Vinny Testeverde, QB, Jets to the Miami Muffdivers for Miami’s 2nd-round 1999 draft pick.
• 9 August 1999: New Denver 2x4s trade 2nd round draft pick, year 2000, to New York Griffons for Duce Staley, RB, Eagles.
• 17 July 99: New Denver 2x4s trade Terrell Owens, WR, 49ers to the Richmond Rattlin’ Raptors for Richmond’s 1999 1st round draft pick, Richmond’s 2000 1st round draft pick, and if Owens scores more than 100 points in both the 1999 and 2000 seasons, NDV also receives RMD’s 2001 1st round draft pick. (Owens’ scoring counts whether or not Richmond plays him.)

Traded Draft Picks (2000 and beyond)

• NYG has DAL’s 2001(1) – Brunnell/Marino deal
• NDV has RMD’s 2000(1) – Terrell Owens deal
• NDV may conditionally receive RMD’s 2001(1) – Terrell Owens deal (if Owens scores > 100 points in both 1999 and 2000)
• NYG has NDV’s 2000(2) – Duce Staley deal
• NYG has FFL’s 2000(4) – Draft pick exchanges, 9/4/99
• NYG has NPB’s 2000(2) – Draft pick exchanges, 9/4/99
• NPB has NYG’s 2000(3) – Draft pick exchanges, 9/4/99

The trophy winners from 1998 are the same teams as 1999 — they just have to swap trophies.

The New York Griffins’ Fantasy Bowl win over Boston will give Nick Fisher the championship trophy for this year, but he’ll have to relinquish the total points trophy to Ronnie Feldman and Greg MacInnis as the Graynbald Mud finished the season with 934 total points. New York finished 18 points back (916) and Boston finished 37 point back (897). It was the closest points race in recent memory.

Top Players
Players with 100+ points on the season as a starter

Final points by position for all FFL teams
(TEs included with WRs — Highs [green] and lows [yellow] are highlighted at each position)

Keystone co-owner Terry Muth’s Week 17 lineup gets the year’s most creative lineup award:

Team: Keystone
Player1: manning(a.k.a. cindy crawford)
Player2: dillon(Julia Roberts)
Player3: williams(the big mama from Drew Carey)
Player4: rhett (Hale Berry)
Player5: schroeder(my sister)
Player6: dyson(my grandma)
Player7: chrebet(nancy kerrigan)
Player8: mare(cameron diaz -si !)
Note: the connection:

1. while manning may not be #1 on a lot of lists right now, he’s definitely in everyones top 10…thus, Cindy.
2. some weeks you want to put dillon on the trading block then suddenly he breaks through and you get a glimpse of his true talent…i.e.Julia
3. Ricky should take his helmet off once in a while and give it to her to put on.
4. for a mid round pick he did o.k. Hale Berry is mid-round or better in any FBL league.
5. having Bill on your team is like kissing your sister – 2 points,5 if your lucky – yippeee.
6. Dyson -my grandma could’ve scored more than him and she’s been singing the halleluiah chorus for 25 years.
7. what did I expect with a bum leg.
8. mare-came outa nowhere to add some Latin pizzazz to an otherwise dull team.

**expert analysis – a few keepers, we’ll put the big mama on a diet and underneath that circus tent there’s a babe waiting to unmask herself next season.

Week 17 Quotables:

I can’t believe you let Nick win. You disappointed us, Ying. — Nearly every FFL owner and ex-FFL owner Ying has spoken to since the Fantasy Bowl.

New York’s fifth trip to the Fantasy Bowl proved to be the charm, as the Griffins got huge games from Brad Johnson (30 pts) and Marshall Faulk (25 pts) en route to an 87-71½ win over the Boston Wildcats in Fantasy Bowl VIII.

Both the Griffins and the Wildcats easily bested the highest point total ever posted in a Fantasy Bowl (62) and the Wildcats’ 71 points in a losing effort will likely be a record that stands for many years.

Griffins owner Nick Fisher would not predict victory going into the Monday night contest, as the Griffins have been torched in previous Fantasy Bowls by big Monday night performances.

Wildcats owner Ron Yeany was very happy with his team’s performance, and said there wasn’t much more he could have done to overcome a Griffin team that put a hot streak together to end the season. “Nick has consistently fielded the best team in the league year in and year out, and I’m happy he’s finally captured a championship.”

“Given the fact that the Griffins lost RB Terrell Davis early in the year, Fisher will easily walk away with Coach of the Year honors,” Yeany added.

Fisher’s closest competitor in Coach of the Year honors will likely be Jim Waugh and Phil Dellorso, who guided the perenially underachieving Mercer Mustangs to the league’s best regular season record and a 61½-54 win over Graynbald Mud to capture third place.

The Consolation Bowl was the week’s closest contest, and the Miami Muffdivers, for the second week in a row, benefitted from the home field advantage to edge the New Denver 2x4s 51½-49 to capture the consolation bracket crown.

Week 17 will continue the highly-contested battle for the points race, with Graynbald, New York and Boston all in striking distance of the overall points crown. Going into the final weekend, only 25 points separate these 3 teams:
Graynbald Mud: 873 points
New York Griffins: 864 points
Boston Wildcats: 848 points

Week 16 Quotables:

Eggo, We’ll send you back your Santa hat if you win this weekend (otherwise it remains hostage until you visit NJ again!). — Jeanne & Mike White (New Denver co-owners).

Richmond’s lineup for the week: Joe Namath, Gale Sayers, Kevin Mack, Walter Payton, Fred Bilitnicough (sic), Lynn Swann, Don Maynard, George Blanda. Note: We look good on paper, anyway. — Richmond owner Chris Lieberman

Mustangs, Wildcats clinch

The Mercer Mustangs and the Boston Wildcats clinched division titles this week. The race for the Paterno Division will come down to the wire, with New York, Keystone and Newport Beach all having a shot to win the division.

The Griffins (8-5) can clinch the division championship with a win against Newport Beach (7-6) this week. The Griffins must win to capture the division title. Keystone (7-6) can win the division if the Longfellows win and the Griffins lose. Newport Beach will capture the division if they beat the Griffins AND Keystone loses to Richmond.

The wildcard race will be hotly contested. Graynbald, Miami, and New Denver are all tied at 8-5 going into the final week, and none of them play head-to-head matchups, so they all could finish tied for the wildcard.

New Denver, with head-to-head wins over both Graynbald and Miami, control their own fate. A win this week puts the 2x4s in as the wildcard. Graynbald and Miami split their season series and currently have identical division records, which means a 3rd or 4th tiebreaker could come into play.

Should all 3 of those teams lose this week, it could open the door for the 2nd place team in the Paterno Division to sneak in as the wildcard.

There is also an extreme outside possibility of Dallas (7-6) sneaking in as the wildcard team, but this scenario is highly unlikely.

For the consolation playoffs, only the teams mentioned above that do not make the top-tier playoffs will be eligible.

Week 13 Quotables:

Will all you guys tell your players to stop hurting my players. Lets keep it clean. No more injuries. — Graynbald co-owner Ronnie Feldman.

No more moving during the FFL season Ying!. — Mission Viejo owner Ross Hessler.

Second time this year that I had the second highest score, and lost. — New York owner Nick Fisher

Boy- I sure could have used M. Brunnell eitther of the last 2 weeks to help in my playoff and points run. — New York owner Nick Fisher

If my defense wasn’t so bad, I might still be in this thing. — Mission Viejo owner Ross Hessler.

Here’s a recent photo of Sladic (New Denver co-owner) when he came to visit us with the new baby — maybe you can do something with it for me —- like put it on the FFL thingee or something like that for everyone to look at … I’d appreciate it. He just looks so darn comfortable. Some guest!!!! — Donna Zilberfarb, wife of Frelinghuysen owner Dave Zilberfarb.

My team appears to be playing up or playing down to the level of opponent. —Boston owner Ron Yeany, after the Wildcats play to two ties in two weeks.

Is just another doormat on the armadillos road to destiny — Dallas owner Paul Gilgallon.

Dan, we think our Johnsons are better than yours! So much so, we’ll only use one of them today. Good Luck! — Mike & Rich (White and Sladic) New Denver co-owners.

Will the spreadsheet help me win games? — Richmond owner Chris Lieberman.
Your answer Nibs — NO.

Why did the football coach go to the bank? . . . To get his quarter back. — Olivia Muth, daughter of Keystone co-owner Terry Muth.

Go Boston, beat GBM. — Mercer co-owner Jim Waugh. Ed’s Note: Sorry, Waugh. Doesn’t look good.

Paul’s team is a thorn in the side of the Wildcats. (Ying is now 3-5 lifetime against Paul) — Boston owner Ron Yeany

Cleve – I always knew that you were filled with integrity. Thanks – tm. —Keystone co-owner Terry Muth.

My johnsons might be long and distiguished but I sure wish they got a little more action. — Newport Beach owner Dan Callahan

Theres nothing left to say. — Syracuse owner Doug Weaver ED’S NOTE: Not sure if Cleave is talking about the Blizzard or the Nittany Lions, but they both fit the comment.

I’m back with the Cellar Dwellars again … can I just play Clev and Zilb the rest of the season ? Throw in Banger’s team on my revised loser-schedule too. —Richmond owner Chris Lieberman.

Looks like the miami squad already covered the dumpers pre-season over/under of 4 wins. can’t remember whether he took me up on next years league dues. do you remember nick?? — Miami owner Pat Landy

Kudos from Week 6…

I forgot to point out last week that we had a record-setting performance. Keystone Longfellow kicker Olindo Mare set the all-time FFL high for a kicker: 23 points. The previous high was 22, held by John Carney (Miami Muffdivers — 1993) and Jeff Wilkins (Keystone Longfellows– 1996).

Did You Notice…

One week after New York scored the second highest points for the week and lost (to Keystone) … the same thing happened to Keystone this week (lost to Syracuse with 2nd highest points).

Week 7 Quotables:

Cleave, we’ve now sunk to the lowest depths imaginable — Nibs is giving US shit!!! — Frelinghuysen owner Dave Zilberfarb.

This week I’m starting exactly one guy that was also in my starting lineup in Week 1. The world as I knew it has been turned upside down – Zilber’s team (whatver the name is), Syracuse and Carolina suck; Dallas, Keystone and Miami are good. Can I get a refund of my annual dues? — Carolina owner Wayne Rupert

Although I was thoroughly beaten by Eggo’s surprisingly upstart Miami squad, I would like everyone to know that I can still beat him in Caps. This week is a rematch of last years FFL Bowl as The “MUD” take on Nick’s universally hated New York Squad. Should be a good one. — Graynbald co-owner Ronnie Feldman

Banger’s sooooo lucky…has there ever been a game so low scoring ?(16-14) I think it’s the kid thing taking effect. Make sure you put us on the record page for lowest scoring game…total points…. where both teams needed to win. —Richmond owner Chris Lieberman

We suck. — Syracuse owner Doug Weaver.

I can’t believe that the Frog Team (Zilb) and Blizzard (Clev) teams are that bad … Christ, I even got 2 wins already. Is there a law against these two teams battling it out for the Cellar Dwellar trophy? — Richmond owner Chris Lieberman.

I felt so bad for Nick for not playing Brad Johnson last week that I told him it was o.k. with me if he played him this week…I sincerely believe in promoting good fellowship among the owners. — Keystone co-owner Terry Muth

I see Syracuse is using the old Mission Viejo strategy of falling behind early to get the best additions. I miscalculated in thinking that 1-3 would be bad enough (to add Az-Zahir Hakim). Good work Cleve! — Mission Viejo owner Ross Hessler

FFF received this letter from Nightmare owner Dan Callahan today:

Ying this FFL stuff is great. I haven’t had an opportunity to speak with my friends Cleave and Crowley in some time, it was very enjoyable. I would like to thank the powers that be that scheduled my good friends two weeks in a row. It gives me added incentive to get out of bed on Sunday.

At this time I would like to petition the league about a fairly sensitive matter. This league is supposed to promote friendship and allow people who really like each other to stay in touch. With that said I believe the league should remove GBM, NYG, and BOS off my schedule and replace them with SYR. Let’s be honest I don’t like Nick, Ronnie or yourself. Why should I play you? I am sure the league will honor my request so I would like to thank you in advance.

Newport Nightmare
Dan Callahan