The Angels aren’t the only hot team in Southern California — the Orange County Beach Dudes are the only team with 5 wins through the first 5 weeks, following a 49-38 win over Dallas. Jacksonville’s late disciplinary-related benching of WR Mike Sims-Walker likely cost Philadelphia it’s 5th win, but the Griffins remain undefeated after battling Mercer to a 63-63 tie. The Froglickers have the league’s 3rd-best record at 4-1, while MassIll posted the high score of the week in a 74-63 win over Happy Valley to up their record to 3-2.

But the real eye-popping stat this week lies in the Engle Division, where the lowest-scoring team in the league through 5 weeks — the Big Oregon Bang — leads the division with a 3-2 record.

Full week 5 scores and stats after the jump.
Continue reading “The hot team is in Southern California” →

After the jump … Continue reading “Week 4 Scores and Stats” →

Mercer, Philadelphia, and Orange County remain the three undefeated teams after 3 weeks. The Griffins knocked off the previously-unbeaten Armadillos handily, 70-25. Mercer got negative points from golden boy Drew Brees, but still hung on for a 46-45 win over Keystone. The Dudes sent Syracuse to 0-3 by a 54-40 score.

Week 3 scores and stats after the jump. Continue reading “Mustangs, Griffins, Dudes all open 3-0” →

Philadelphia and Mercer are on an early roll, both 2-0 and both jumping out to big wins in Week 2. The Griffins demolished the defending champs with a 92-25 thumping of the Wildcats, ending Boston’s 10-game winning streak. Mercer squished the Froglickers 90-58. The Beach Dudes and the Armadillos are also both 2-0.

Final Scores:

PHI Griffins 92, BOS Wildcats 25
MER Mustangs 90, FFL Froglickers 58
DAL Armadillos 77, BOB Big Bang 35
KEY Longfellows 74, MIA Muffdivers 33
HVV Violence 64, SYR Blizzard 49
RIB Raptors 54, NCT Thorobreds 28
OCD Beach Dudes 48, MIM Mud 36

Full stats after the jump. Continue reading “Griffins, Mustangs on an early roll” →

Full scoring and stats for week 1 games, after the jump. Continue reading “Week 1 Scores and Stats” →

Week 1 of the 2009 season is in the books, and 2008’s two top-scoring fantasy players — QB Drew Brees and RB Adrian Peterson — picked up right where they left off in 2008. Peterson’s 3 TD, 180-yard performance was good for 35 points and propelled the Orange County Beach Dudes to Week One’s highest score in a 77-47 win over the Richburgh Raptors.  Brees’ 6 TD, 358-yard performance was good for 34 points and lead the Mercer Mustangs in a 58-56 win over Miami.

Also picking up where they left off in 2008 were the Boston Wildcats. The defending champions scored a 55-50 win over the MassIll Mud. Going back to last season, it’s the Wildcats’ 10th consecutive win.

Preliminary week 1 scores below. Stats, standings, etc., to be updated Wednesday evening.

OCD Beach Dudes 77, RIB Raptors 47
MER Mustangs 58, MIA Muffdivers 56
BOS Wildcats 55, MIM Mud 50
PHI Griffins 51, KEY Longfellows 35
DAL Armadillos 50, HVV Violence 44
FFL Froglickers 38, NCT Thorobreds 24
BOB Big Bang 31, SYR Blizzard 29

We’re still waiting on the Miami Muffdivers to come up for air long enough to send us a roster of protected players. In the meantime, here are some choice nuggets overheard on Protection Sunday:

• “Stop playing with one ball and deal with a team that has 8!”
• “Does Nick have scandalous pictures of NCT crew or what?”
• “You can have the rest of my miscreants, you vultures!”
• “I haven’t had a chance to do anything with FFL yet, so my strategy for this year will be to put as little time in as possible, it certainly can’t be any worse than in prior years!!”
• “Dallas Armadillos trade our 9th round pick this year to the Philadelphia Griffins. Many other teams are giving to the Philly Cause this year and Dallas wants to contribute as well.”
• “How can a team trade away Donovan McNabb, DeAngelo Williams, Ryan Grant AND Reggie Wayne in the same day? That could be a championship team right there.”
• Paul talking to Cathy (on the landline) talking to Doug who is talking to Ying (on the cellphone): “No, don’t trade with him!”
• “We did not protect Favre but are still entertaining trade offers?!?!?!?!” (via email an hour after the deadline)

Remember the protection deadline is Sunday, August 30th at 9:00pm EST. Email your protected rosters to Ying.

All preseason transactions will be posted on the transactions page.

PHI Griffins propose:

A player may only be protected three consecutive seasons by a single team, with the two exceptions noted below.
(In practice, this will limit NFL players to no more than 4 consecutive seasons on a fantasy team, with the following 2 exceptions:)

A) A “drafted” NFL rookie may be protected four consecutive seasons.
(In practice, this means when you draft an NFL rookie, you could keep him on your fantasy team for five consecutive seasons).

B) Each fantasy team gets one “franchise player” designation that they may apply to one player. This player is exempt from the aforementioned consecutive season limit. Teams may apply their one franchise player designation to the same player in consecutive years, without limit.
(In practice, this means ONE player can be protected in unlimited consecutive seasons by repeatedly using your one franchise player designation).

Nick proposes that players protected this year be considered as year one. Also, players that were drafted as rookies in 2008 and are protected this year by the original drafting team are eligible for exception A.

We are changing the draft time again as a majority of owners have either a) expressed interest in moving the draft to noon; or b) expressed that they don’t really give a you-know-what.

DRAFT: Will begin at 12:00 noon EST on Sunday, September 6.

PHONE NUMBER: 866-537-1617
PASSCODE: Has already been sent to everyone via email

Thanks to Happy Valley for starting the ball rolling on finalizing a draft time. We have a majority of owners willing/agreeing to moving the draft to Sunday, so it’s set.

PROTECTION DEADLINE: Submit protected rosters to Ying via email by 9:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, August 30.

DRAFT: Will begin at 1:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, September 6.

The following teams may protect 6 players total — 5 regular plus 1 prospect, and no more than 2 regular players at a single position (meaning if you keep 3 players at a position, one of them must be a prospect).
MER, SYR, RIB, MIA, OCD, NCT, BOB, FFL

The rest of the teams (money winners from last year) may protect 5 players — 4 regular plus 1 prospect.
BOS, PHI, HVV, MIM, KEY, DAL

While we have all been enjoying our summers and not paying attention to football, the 2009 season of the National Football League is fast approach. Thursday, Sept. 10 will be the first game of the season (Titans vs. Steelers). The FFL draft is therefore scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 5 — but some owners would like to change the draft to Sunday again this year to avoid conflicts. Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

The draft lottery was held July 4 at the Fisher summer open house. Congratulations (again) to the Syracuse Blizzard for winning the first pick in the draft.

The first 8 picks of the 2009 FFL draft will go in this order:

1. SYR Blizzard
2. RIB Raptors
3. MIA Muffdivers
4. BOB Big Bang
5. OCD Beach Dudes
6. MER Mustangs
7. NCT Thorobreds
8. FFL Froglickers

The regular draft order, as posted below, will resume after the first 8 picks.

Two quick updates: I’ve posted the 2008 season spreadsheet. It’s a PDF file, so you can view online or right-click to download it.

Nick’s July 4th party will be the scene of the draft lottery this weekend, with owners expected from PHI, MER, FFL, NCT, KEY, and BOS.

The regular draft order is determined by 1) worst record thru best record of non-money-winning teams; followed by 2) low money earnings to high money earnings.

The 2009 Draft will follow this order for all BUT the first 8 picks of the first round, which will be determined by draft lottery.

1. Syracuse (2-12)
2. New Chester (4-10)
3. Mercer (5-9; 609 pts.)
4. Richburgh (5-9; 611 pts.)
5. Orange County (5-8-1)
6. Miami (5-7-2)
7. Oregon (7-7)
8. Frelinghuysen (8-6)
9. Dallas (min. $160)
10. Keystone (min. $175)
11. MassIll (min. $225)
12. Happy Valley (min. $275)
13. Philadelphia (min. $480)
14. Boston (min. $600)

Divisions assignments are made by top money winner to low money winner, and then high points through week 14 to low points through week 14 for non-money-winning teams. Assign the teams numbers 1-14 (below) and assign to divisions as specified in the rules.

1-BOS; 2-PHI; 3-HVV; 4-MIM; 5-KEY; 6-DAL; 7-RIB(611); 8-MER(609); 9-BOB(608); 10-OCD(591); 11-MIA(579); 12-NCT(577); 13-FFL(556); 14-SYR(491)

2009 Divisions:

Paterno Division: Boston, MassIll, Richburgh, Orange County, and New Chester

Cappelletti Division: Philadelphia, Keystone, Mercer, Miami, Frelinghuysen

Engle Division: Happy Valley, Dallas, Oregon, Syracuse

Here is the breakdown for the chances in the 2009 Draft Lottery, to be held at a time/place TBD.