• Composite Spreadsheet (PDF file)
• 2005 Transactions
• 2005 Draft
• 2005 Final Schedule, Scores
• 2005 Final Standings
• 2005 Final Rosters
• 2005 Final Points
• 2005 Top Players

The New Chester Thorobreds posted a league-high 80 points in Week 17, easily overtaking the Big Oregon Bang and capturing the league’s points championship to go alongside the trophy for Fantasy Bowl XIV. The Thorobreds become the third team in league history to capture both the Fantasy Bowl and the points championship in the same year — a feat previous done by the 1994 Wisconsin Cheeseheads (now FFL Froglickers) and 1997 Pennsylvania (now Boston) Wildcats.

(IR/Inactive in red italic).

Reg. Season Schedule/Scores:

• 12/30: PHI drops QB Sage Rosenfels; activates RB Derrick Blaylock from IR
• 12/23: PHI drops QB Billy Volek, Titans; adds QB Sage Rosenfels, Dolphins
• 12/16: PHI activates RB Lee Suggs off IR; drops RB Alvin Pearman, Jaguars
• 12/14: BOS drops QB Chris Simms, Bucs; adds QB David Garrard, Jaguars
• 12/10: HVV drops WR Wes Welker, Dolphins; activates WR Darrell Jackson from IR
• 12/7: PHI drops RB Patrick Pass, Patriots; adds RB Ryan Moats, Eagles
• 12/7: BOS drops WR Bryant Johnson, Cards; adds WR Koren Robinson, Vikings
• 12/4: MIM drops QB Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers; adds RB Maurice Hicks, 49ers
• 12/2: BOS activates WR Bryant Johnson, Cards; places WR Brandon Jones on IR
• 11/22: BOS activates WR Brandon Jones, Titans, off IR; drops WR Scotty Vines, Lions
• 11/20: PHI drops RB Tyson Thompson, Cowboys; adds QB Billy Volek, Titans
• 11/20: PHI drops WR Clarence Moore; adds RB Patrick Pass, Patriots
• 11/20: KEY drops WR Travis Taylor, Vikings
• 11/20: BOS adds QB Chris Simms, Bucs
• 11/20: BOS trades QB Mark Brunell, Redskins to KEY for 2006(5) draft pick
• 11/18: HVV drops RB Reshard Lee, Packers; adds RB Heath Evans, Patriots
• 11/18: HVV activates WR Drew Bennett; drops QB Josh McCown, Cardinals
• 11/17: MIM activates WR Anquan Bolden; places RB Priest Holmes on IR
• 11/16: KEY places QB Donovan McNabb on IR; adds QB Mike McMahon, Eagles
• 11/15: BOB drops WR Courtney Roby, Titans; adds WR Amani Toomer, Giants
• 11/13: BOS drops WR Jabar Gaffney, Texans; adds WR Scottie Vines, Lions
• 11/13: BOS drops RB Patrick Pass, Patriots; adds RB Jonathan Wells, Texans
• 11/13: BOS activates WR Bobby Engram from IR; places WR Bryant Johnson on IR
• 11/9: KEY drops QB Brian Griese, Bucs; activates K David Akers off IR
• 11/8: MIM drops WR Amani Toomer, Giants; adds WR Ernest Wilford, Jaguars
• 11/8: PHI drops QB Jeff Garcia, Lions; adds RB Adrian Peterson, Bears
• 11/8: HVV drops RB Anthony Thomas; adds WR Reggie Brown, Eagles
• 11/8: MIM drops QB Aaron Brooks, Saints; adds QB Trent Green, Chiefs
• 11/8: MIM drops RB Maurice Morris, Seahawks; adds RB Sam Gado, Packers
• 11/6: NCT drops WR Cedrick Wilson, Steelers; adds K Matt Stover, Ravens
• 11/6: DAL drops QB Kyle Boller, Ravens; adds QB Anthony Wright, Ravens
• 11/5: KEY drops RB LaBrandon Toefield, Jaguars; adds WR Travis Taylor, Vikings
• 11/5: KEY drops K Josh Scobee, Cardinals; adds RB Lamar Gordon, Eagles
• 11/5: KEY activates WR Nate Burleson from IR; places RB Ahman Green on IR
• 11/4: MIM places WR Anquan Boldin on IR; add RB Maurice Morris, Seahawks
• 11/4: MIM activates WR Charles Rogers from IR; drops K Nate Kaeding, Chargers
• 11/4: RIB drops RB Amos Zereoue, Patriots; adds K John Carney, Saints
• 11/3: RIB drops QB Trent Green, Chiefs; adds QB Charlie Batch, Steelers
• 11/3: BOS drops WR Arnaz Battle, 49ers; adds WR Bryant Johnson, Cardinals
• 11/1: BOB drops WR Reggie Williams, Jaguars; adds WR Courtney Roby, Titans
• 11/1: SYR places QB Daunte Culpepper on IR; adds QB Brad Johnson, Vikings
• 11/1: BOS activates WR Joe Horn, Saints; places WR Brandon Jones, Titans, on IR
• 10/30: HVV drops RB Ron Dayne, Broncos; adds WR Wes Welker, Dolphins
• 10/30: MER drops RB Ryan Moats, Eagles; adds K Phil Dawson, Browns
• 10/30: PHI drops RB Adrian Peterson, Bears; adds TE Heath Miller, Steelers
• 10/28: HVV drops K Rian Lindell, Bills; adds RB Reshard Lee, Packers
• 10/27: MIM drops WR Travis Taylor, Vikings; adds TE L.J. Smith, Eagles
• 10/27: HVV activates RB Travis Henry, Titans; places WR Drew Bennett, Titans, on IR
• 10/27: PHI trades draft pick 2006(5) and WR Michael Jenkins, Falcons, to OCD for WR Donald Driver, Packers
• 10/26: SYR drops TE Courtney Anderson, Raiders; adds WR Antonio Chatman, Packers
• 10/26: FFL drops RB Ciatrick Fason, Vikings; adds K Jose Cortez, Eagles
• 10/25: PHI drops RB Sammy Morris, Dolphins; adds QB Jeff Garcia, Lions
• 10/25: BOS drops RB Lamar Gordon, Eagles; adds RB Marion Barber, Cowboys
• 10/25: BOS drops WR Brian Finneran, Falcons; adds WR Jabar Gaffney, Texans
• 10/25: BOS activates RB Carnell Williams, Bucs; places WR Joe Horn, Saints, on IR
• 10/21: OCD drops WR Samie Parker, Chiefs; adds RB Greg Jones, Jaguars
• 10/20: BOS drops TE LJ Smith, Eagles; adds WR Brandon Jones, Titans
• 10/18: HVV drops QB Alex Smith, 49ers; adds K Rian Lindell, Bills
• 10/18: BOS drops WR Shaun McDonald, Rams; adds RB Patrick Pass, Patriots
• 10/16: SYR drops K John Carney, Saints; adds K Rob Bironas, Titans
• 10/16: BOS drops QB David Carr, Texans; adds QB Mark Brunnell, Redskins
• 10/14 RIB: drops RB Moe Williams, Vikings; adds WR Az-Zahir Hakim, Saints
• 10/14 RIB places RB Deuce McAllister, Saints, on IR; adds TE Daniel Graham, Pats
• 10/12: PHI places RB Lee Suggs, Browns, on IR; adds RB Adrian Peterson, Bears
• 10/12: HVV drops RB Najeh Davenport, Packers; adds RB Anthony Thomas, Cowboys
• 10/12: PHI places RB Derrick Blaylock, Jets, on IR; adds RB Tyson Thompson, Cowboys
• 10/11: KEY drops WR Reggie Brown, Eagles; adds K Josh Scobee, Jaguars
• 10/11: PHI drops K Mike Nugent, Jets; adds K Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders
• 10/11: SYR drops RB Ran Carthon, Colts; adds RB Cedric Houston, Jets
• 10/11: SYR drops QB JP Losman, Bills; adds RB Antowain Smith, Saints
• 10/11: OCD drops RB Vernand Morency, Texans; adds RB Aaron Stecker, Saints
• 10/11: BOS drops K Matt Stover, Ravens; adds K Jay Feely, Giants
• 10/9: HVV places WR Darrell Jackson, Seahawks, on IR; adds QB Josh McCown, Cardinals
• 10/9: BOS places WR Bobby Engram, Seahawks, on IR; adds WR Shaun McDonald, Rams
• 10/9: NCT places RB Kevin Faulk, Patriots, on IR; adds RB Michael Turner, Chargers
• 10/9: BOS places RB Carnell Williams, Bucs, on IR; adds TE L.J. Smith, Eagles
• 10/8: SYR drops K Sebastian Janikowski, Raiders; adds K John Carney, Saints
• 10/6: MIM drops RB William Green, Browns; adds WR Joe Jurevicius, Seahawks
• 10/6: MIM places WR Charles Rogers, Lions on IR; adds K Nate Kaeding, Chargers
• 10/5: HVV places RB Travis Henry, Titans on IR; adds QB Alex Smith, 49ers
• 10/4: BOB drops K Josh Scobee, Jaguars; adds K Jeff Reed, Steelers
• 10/2: DAL places WR Javon Walker, Packers, on IR; adds TE Jeremy Shockey, Giants
• 10/1: BOS drops RB Anthony Thomas, Cowboys; adds WR Brian Finneran, Falcons
• 10/1: BOS drops QB Chad Pennington, Jets; adds QB David Carr, Texans
• 10/1: BOS drops K Rob Bironas, Titans; adds K Matt Stover, Ravens
• 10/1: KEY places WR Nate Burleson, Vikings, on IR; adds WR Doug Gabriel, Raiders
• 9/30: RIB drops TE Heath Miller, Steelers; adds RB Amos Zereoue, Patriots
• 9/28: KEY places K David Akers, Eagles, on IR; adds K Neil Rackers, Cardinals
• 9/27: SYR drops WR Ronald Curry, Raiders; adds TE Courtney Anderson, Raiders
• 9/27: SYR drops WR Reche Caldwell, Chargers; adds RB Ran Carthon, Colts
• 9/27: BOB drops K Jeff Reed, Steelers; adds K Josh Scobee, Jaguars
• 9/27: MIM drops RB Maurice Morris, Seahawks; adds WR Troy Williamson, Vikings
• 9/21: MIA drops QB Patrick Ramsey, Redskins; adds QB Trent Dilfer, Browns
• 9/21: BOS drops WR Troy Williamson, Vikings; adds WR Bobby Engram, Seahawks
• 9/21: BOS drops RB Michael Turner, Chargers; adds RB Lamar Gordon, Eagles
• 9/19: BOS drops K Matt Stover, Ravens; adds Rob Bironas, K, Titans
• 9/14: SYR places RB Eric Shelton, Panthers, on IR; adds WR Robert Ferguson, Packers
• 9/13: NCT drops QB David Carr, Texans; adds QB Gus Frerotte, Dolphins
• 9/5: PHI drops RB Marion Barber, Cowboys; adds RB Sammy Morris, Dolphins
• 9/3: MIM places RB Onterrio Smith, Vikings, on IR; adds RB Maurice Morris, Seahawks

Pre-season:

• PHI Griffins trade draft picks 2005(3) and 2005(8) to DAL Armadillos for draft pick 2006(3)
• PHI Griffins trade RB Fred Taylor (Jaguars) and TE Tony Gonzalez (Chiefs) to MER Mustangs for draft picks 2006 (4) and 2006 (2)
• OCD Dudes trade WR Eddie Kennison (Chiefs) to FFL Froglickers for FFL’s 4th-round draft pick this year.
• BOS Wildcats trade RB Kevan Barlow (49ers), RB Larry Johnson (Chiefs), and a 1st round draft pick this year (pick #9) to the New Chester Thorobreds (formerly NDV) for their 1st round draft pick this year (pick #1).
• SYR Blizzard trades RB Michael Bennett (Vikings) to the Richburgh Raptors for a 2006 draft pick conditional* on Bennett’s 2005 point production.
• BOS Wildcats trade WR Drew Bennett (Titans) to the Happy Valley Violence for QB Brett Favre (Packers).

Traded Draft Picks (2005 and beyond)

• OCD has FFL’s 2005 (4) – Eddie Kennison deal
• BOS has NCT’s 2005 (1); NCT has BOS’s 2005 (1) – 1 for 1 switch (Barlow/LJ deal)
• BOB has DAL’s 2005 (1) – Marvin Harrison deal
• PHI has MER’s 2005 (1) and 2005 (4) – Byron Leftwich deal
• KEY has FFL’s 2005 (3) – draft day trading
• PHI has DAL’s 2005 (2) – Marc Bulger deal

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• BOS has KEY’s 2006 (5) – Mark Brunell deal
• OCD has PHI’s 2006 (5) – Michael Jenkins/Donald Driver deal
• PHI has DAL’s 2006 (3) – draft day pick trades – 2005 draft
• PHI has MER’s 2006 (2) and 2006 (4) – Fred Taylor & Tony Gonzalez deal
• BOB has DAL’s 2006 (2) – Marvin Harrison deal
• SYR has RIB’s 2006 (*) – Michael Bennett deal
• * – If Bennett scores 150+ pts, SYR receives RMD’s 1st round pick. If 100-149 points, it’s a 2nd round pick. If 50-99 points, it’s a 3rd round pick. If < 50 points, it’s a last round pick. Points count whether Bennett is in starting lineup or not.

The Cinderella Season is complete for the New Chester Thorobreds, and their glass slipper is the trophy for Fantasy Bowl XIV, winning the league’s championship game with a decisive 93-73 win over the Big Oregon Bang.

The Thorobreds (then the New Denver 2x4s) finished the 2004 regular season with an 0-14 record, and lost two more games on the way to an 0-16 overall record, and were the Ultimate Cellar Dwellars of 2004. But just a year later, the newly-renamed Thorobreds are champs.

And the 20-point win over the Big Bang has nearly deadlocked the league’s points race. Going into the final week, the BOB Big Bang’s lead in the overall point race has slipped to a mere 7 points. BOB will enter week 17 with 990 points. NCT will enter week 17 with 983 points.

The Boston Wildcats are a distant 3rd place in overall points with 852. BOS also grabbed 3rd place overall in the playoffs, with a 59-21 win over the Philadelphia Griffins.

In the consolation bracket, Happy Valley rallied with 24 points Monday night from Corey Dillon and Adam Vinatieri to edge the Keystone Longfellows 51-46 in the consolation bracket finals.

And in the year that saw least year’s Cellar Dwellar bounce back to win the championship, last year’s champs were tossed to the bottom of the heap. The Syracuse Blizzard fell 72-59 to Miami, and SYR reigns as 2005’s Ultimate Cellar Dwellar.

Fantasy Bowl XIV

NCT Thorobreds 93
BOB Big Bang 73

Fantasy Bowl Playoffs – 3rd Place Game

BOS Wildcats 59
PHI Griffins 21

Consolation Bracket Finals

HVV Violence 51
KEY Longfellows 46

Cellar Dwellar Finals

MIA Muffdivers 72
SYR Blizzard 59

Other Scores

FFL Froglickers 43
RIB Raptors 42
MER Mustangs 39
MIM Mud 37
OCD Beach Dudes 36
DAL Armadillos 28

WORST TO FIRST?: The Cinderella season for New Chester is almost complete, as the Thorobreds advance to Fantasy Bowl XIV. The franchise finished last season a record 0-14, and went on to sink to the Cellar Dwellar with a final record of 0-16. It’s hard to imagine a more dramatic turnaround in one year.

BIG BANG ADVANCES: The Big Oregon Bang advances to Fantasy Bowl XIV with a thrilling 63-60 win over the Boston Wildcats. Wildcats owner Ron Yeany followed the action through the late afternoon games, watched several lead changes as the teams were neck-and-neck, and saw the Wildcats lose when Raiders RB LaMont Jordan broke a 27-yard run late in the 4th quarter. Oregon won Fantasy Bowl XII in 2003.

CONSOLATION (NO-LONGER) DEADLOCKED: So we don’t have a tie in the KEY-MIM consolation game … KEY wins outright, 42-41. I’m not sure what the stat change was from those posted Sunday night to the official ones posted Tuesday, but it made a one point difference. KEY faces HVV for the consolation bracket title.

DIVERS DOWN: Miami has moved into the Cellar Dwellar finals by virtue of an 86-31 loss to Orange County. MIA plays Syracuse, and the loser of that game is the official Cellar Dwellar.

Fantasy Bowl Semi-Finals

Consolation Semi-Finals

Cellar Dwellar Semi-Finals

Other Scores: RIB 31, FFL 15

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, NO REPEATERS — None of this year’s Fantasy Bowl playoffs teams (BOB, PHI, NCT, and BOS) were in the top-tier playoffs last year, and this is the FIRST time in league history that all four teams from the previous year failed to make the Fantasy Bowl playoffs. Last year’s playoff teams were Syracuse, Graynbald (now MIM), Richmond (now RIB), and Dallas.

AND A 1, AND A 2, AND 3 AND 4 AND — Remember last year when the top 4 highest scoring teams of the year failed to make the Fantasy Bowl playoffs? Perhaps it’s further evidence of how odd 2004 really was. This year it’s the exact opposite: the top 4 highest scoring teams in the regular season are the four teams in the hunt for the league champsionship.

WILDCATS ARE THE WILD CARD — The Boston Wildcats will return to the Fantasy Bowl playoff bracket for the first time since 2001, holding on for a 58-50 Week 14 win over the MassILL Mud to clinch the final playoff spot as the wild card team. Boston (9-5) will face the #1 seed, Big Oregon Bang (11-3). In the other Fantasy Bowl semifinal, the #2 seed Philadelphia Griffins (10-3-1) will face #3 New Chester Thorobreds (10-4).

CONSOLATION BRACKET:
#1 seed Keystone Longfellows (8-6) vs. #4 seed MassILL Mud (7-7)
#2 seed Happy Valley Violence (8-6) vs. #3 seed Mercer Mustangs (7-6-1).

CELLAR DWELLARS:
OCD Beach Dudes (5-9) vs. MIA Muffdivers (3-11)
SYR Blizzard (4-10) vs. DAL Armadillos (3-11)

WILD WILD CARD: Going into the final week of the regular season, the race for the final playoff spot is still up in the air. The Boston Wildcats are the only team that holds their own destiny — a win over MassILL Mud this week would clinch the wild card berth with a 9-5 record. The Happy Valley Violence can also finish at 9-5, but HVV lost their Week 10 matchup against BOS and would thus lose the tiebreaker. BUT WAIT … it gets better. Keystone, Mercer, and MassILL are all sitting there with 7-6 records. It is possible to have a 5-team tie, because BOS, HVV, KEY, MIM and MER could all finish with 8-6 records.

POINT RACE TIGHTENS: With upset losses by Philadelphia and Oregon, New Chester now shares the league’s best record at 10-3 with the Griffins and Big Bang. The Thorobreds have now won 5 in a row and have closed to within 23 points of the Big Bang for the overall points lead. Last year’s point champs, the Griffins, are 80 points back and last year’s points runnerup, the Wildcats, are 121 back. It could get interesting … some of the top-scoring players might find themselves on teams with home field advantage clinched in a week or two.

THE NEXT-TO-LAST GOOSE EGG FALLS: The next-to-last zero has fallen off the standings page — Syracuse’s 40-35 win over Oregon was the Blizzard’s first division win of the year. The only remaining zero on the standings (other than ties) is the Thorobred’s undefeated division record of 5-0.

WORST TO FIRST: Hey, remember those 2004 New Denver 2x4s? The Studs staggered through an 0-14 season and sunk to the bottom of the cellar dwellar playoffs to finish at 0-16? This week, the New Chester Thorobreds are 9-3 and clinched the Engle Division title. Maybe it was all in the name change. Are you reading this, Paul? 🙂

A BIGGER BANG: The team with the 4th worst record in 2004 also clinched a division title this week: The Big Oregon Bang. Riding a now 7-game winning streak, the Big Bang are tied with the Griffins at 10-2 for the best record in the league. BOB is also on pace to challenge the record 647 total points at running back, a record held by the 1998 Griffins in the year Terrell Davis, Marshall Faulk, and Fred Taylor were all at their peak. The 1998 Griffins averaged just over 38 points each week at the RB position. The 2005 Big Bang are averaging about 37.5 points each week at the RB position with Shaun Alexander, Steven Jackson and Lamont Jordan.

WILD CARD FIGHT: With two weeks left in the regular season, the only missing piece for the Fantasy Bowl XIV playoffs is the wild card team. There are 7 teams still technically in the hunt: Boston, Happy Valley, and Keystone are all tied with 7-5 records. Mercer and MassILL are still in it at 6-6. Richburgh and the Froglickers, both 5-7 are not officially eliminated at this point, but their hopes are slimmer than Vince’s seat cushion.

STREAKS SNAPPED: The Griffins, who started the season 5-0, suffered their first loss. The Beach Dudes and the Blizzard, who started the season 0-5, picked up their first wins. No teams are undefeated, and no teams are winless.

POINTS RACE TIGHT: The top 5 teams in points (Wildcats, Big Bang, Violence, Raptors, and Mud) are separated by only 20 points.

SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT: Through 6 weeks, there have been 6 different teams with the highest score of the week (in order: PHI, BOS, FFL, RIB, HVV, and BOB). Also, there have been 6 different players with the individual high score of the week (in order: Willie Parker, Donovan McNabb, LaDainian Tomlinson, Plaxico Burress, Tom Brady, and Shaun Alexander). Also note those 6 players are on 6 different FFL teams.

Round 1:

Following the 18th Carbon House Road Rally on May 8, owners from four FFL teams drew the cards for the 2005 draft lottery. In attendance were Ying, Nick, Waugh, Trz, Slick and Chris (Paret, not Nibs). The number of chances were posted here on the home page at the end of the season (scroll down page).

The first 7 picks of the 2005 FFL Draft will go in this order:

1. Boston Wildcats (via New Denver’s pick)
2. Big Oregon Bang
3. Keystone Longfellows
4. Orange County beachDudes
5. Miami Muffdivers
6. Philadelphia Griffins (via Mercer’s pick)
7. Freylinghuysen Froglickers

The divisions for the 2005 season will be:

PATERNO: Syracuse, Richmond, Happy Valley, Oregon, Frelinghuysen
CAPPELLETTI: Philadelphia, Dallas, Keystone, Miami, Mercer
ENGLE: Mass-Ill, Boston, Orange County, New Denver

NOTE: Due to rules change, division assignments this year were based on 1) top money winner to low money winner; then 2) high points of remaining teams through low points of remaining teams.

The following is the standard draft order (worst record through highest money winner). This will be the draft order for all rounds of the 2005 draft, with the exception of the first 7 picks of the first round, which will be determined by lottery.

1. New Denver (0-14)
2. Mercer (2-12)
3. Miami (5-9)
4. Oregon (6-8 / 924 pts.)
5. Orange County (6-8 / 947 pts.)
6. Keystone (6-8 / 952 pts.)
7. Frelinghuysen (6-7-1)
8. Happy Valley ($75 min. winnings)
9. Boston ($175 min. winnings)
10. Dallas ($185 min. winnings)
11. Richmond ($235 min. winnings)
12. Mass-Ill ($285 min. winnings)
13. Philadelphia ($290 min. winnings)
14. Syracuse ($390 min. winnings)

Only 2 of the 7 proposed rule changes were passed by owners. Both rule changes will take effect this season:

1) Dropped players may be re-added by the team that dropped them after one week.
2) Active roster for regular season will be reduced from 15 to 14. (This year’s draft will be one less round).