Wildcats claw past Longfellows 71-40 for Fantasy Bowl XIX Title

The Boston Wildcats road strong performances from QB Tom Brady (12), RB Matt Forte (16), WR Greg Jennings (11) and K Sebastian Janikowski (19) to knock off the top-seeded Keystone Longfellows 71-40 for a win in Fantasy Bowl XIX. Keystone was paced by QB Michael Vick (14) and WR Miles Austin (13). RB Shonn Greene (8) was the only other player to score more than 2 points for the Longfellows.

The 2010 Fantasy Bowl win is the third championship for the Wildcats, who also won titles in 2008 and 1997. The Wildcats have appeared in 4 other Fantasy Bowls, losing in 1994, 1999, 2000, and 2001. The 2001 loss was to Keystone 91-78, and is Keystone’s only previous Fantasy Bowl appearance.

Despite the Fantasy Bowl loss, Keystone held on to win the Overall Points Trophy, edging out Boston 974-967 for the points trophy. The other two playoff teams finished 3rd and 4th in the point race: Happy Valley (948) and Philadelphia (933).

Dallas (925) and Oregon (920) finished 1st and 2nd in high points for non-playoff teams.

2010 Final Schedule Grid

TEAM PHI OCD BOB FFL BOS KEY MER HVV RIB MIM DAL SYR MIA NCT
Week
1 FFL BOS KEY PHI OCD BOB MIM DAL NCT MER HVV MIA SYR RIB
2 OCD PHI NCT MIM DAL RIB SYR MIA KEY FFL BOS MER HVV BOB
3 SYR KEY DAL MER HVV OCD FFL BOS MIA NCT BOB PHI RIB MIM
4 MIM DAL NCT SYR MIA RIB HVV MER KEY PHI OCD FFL BOS BOB
5 MER HVV FFL BOB DAL MIM PHI OCD SYR KEY BOS RIB NCT MIA
6 HVV MIA MER NCT KEY BOS BOB PHI DAL SYR RIB MIM OCD FFL
7 BOS DAL MIM SYR PHI NCT MIA RIB HVV BOB OCD FFL MER KEY
8 FFL BOS RIB PHI OCD MIA MIM DAL BOB MER HVV NCT KEY SYR
9 KEY BOB OCD BOS FFL PHI NCT SYR MIM RIB MIA HVV DAL MER
10 RIB FFL HVV OCD SYR MER KEY BOB PHI MIA NCT BOS MIM DAL
11 MER HVV RIB MIM MIA NCT PHI OCD BOB FFL SYR DAL BOS KEY
12 BOB MER PHI RIB NCT DAL OCD MIA FFL SYR KEY MIM HVV BOS
13 MIM RIB BOS KEY BOB FFL SYR NCT OCD PHI MIA MER DAL HVV
14 SYR MIA KEY MER HVV BOB FFL BOS NCT DAL MIM PHI OCD RIB
15 BOS PHI HVV KEY
16 HVV KEY BOS PHI
TEAM PHI OCD BOB FFL BOS KEY MER HVV RIB MIM DAL SYR MIA NCT
KEY: WIN LOSS TIE

2010 Draft Lottery Chances

A lottery determines the first 8 picks of round one for the 2010 FFL Draft. See the rules for specific guidelines.

The following table details the 2010 lottery chances:

Team Record thru
Week 11
Points Thru
Week 11
Chances based
on record
Points
Weeks 11-15
Chances based on
points Weeks 11-15
Total
Chances
NCT 1-10 16 206 3 19
SYR 3-8 14 236 4 18
HVV 4-7 581 10 278 7 17
MER 4-6-1 8 256 6 14
MIA 4-7 443 12 164 1 13
RIB 5-6 6 241 5 11
MIM 6-5 545 2 278 7 9
DAL 6-5 525 4 197 2 6

2010 Regular Draft Order

The 2010 regular draft order determines draft selections for all but the first 8 picks of round 1, which is determined by a draft lottery.

Draft order is defined in the league rules as 1) worst record through best record of non-money-winning teams; followed by 2) low money won to high money won. Tiebreaker for identical records is total points (record and points based on week 14 standings).

  1. New Chester (3-11)
  2. Miami (5-9; 544 pts.)
  3. Syracuse (5-9; 592 pts.)
  4. Mercer (5-8-1)
  5. Dallas (6-8; 603 pts.)
  6. Richburgh (6-8; 719 pts.)
  7. Happy Valley (6-8; 720 pts.)
  8. MassIll (8-6)
  9. Keystone (6th $ won)
  10. Boston (5th $ won)
  11. Frelinghuysen (4th $ won)
  12. Oregon (3rd $ won)
  13. Orange County (2nd $ won)
  14. Philadelphia (1st $ won)

2010 Divisions

Division placement for 2010 is as follows:

PATERNO DIVISION:

  • PHI Griffins
  • FFL Froglickers
  • MER Mustangs
  • MIM Mud
  • SYR Blizzard

CAPPELLETTI DIVISION:

  • OCD Beach Dudes
  • BOS Wildcats
  • HVV Violence
  • DAL Armadillos
  • MIA Muffdivers

ENGLE DIVISION:

  • BOB Big Bang
  • KEY Longfellows
  • RIB Raptors
  • NCT Thorobreds

Placement is defined in league rules. The following 2009 stats are relevant to selecting division placement:

For 2009, money winners finished in this order:

  1. PHI (4th place playoffs + 1st overall points)
  2. OCD (3rd place playoffs + 2nd overall points)
  3. BOB (1st place playoffs)
  4. FFL (2nd place playoffs)
  5. BOS (1st points, non-playoff teams)
  6. KEY (2nd points, non-playoff teams)

For 2009, points through week 14 of remaining teams:

  1. MER (726 pts.)
  2. HVV (720 pts.)
  3. RIB (719 pts.)
  4. MIM (716 pts.)
  5. DAL (603 pts.)
  6. SYR (592 pts.)
  7. MIA (544 pts.)
  8. NCT (448 pts.)

No 100+ Point Games in 2009

Here’s a brief note and a somewhat odd bit of trivia — there were no 100+ point games from any team during the 2009 season. Granted in fantasy football, 100 is just an arbitrary number, but for stats purposes it is a threshold rarely reached and also carries the psychological factor with it as well.

But to put it in perspective, the last year that no team has had a 100+ point week was 1999 — a full decade ago.

There were two close calls in 2009 — Philadelphia scored 99 in week 9 and Boston scored 98 in week 6, but no other team came within a touchdown of hitting a 100+ point week in 2009.

2009 Final Schedule Grid

TEAM BOS PHI HVV MIM KEY DAL RIB MER BOB OCD MIA NCT FFL SYR
Week
1 MIM KEY DAL BOS PHI HVV OCD MIA SYR RIB MER FFL NCT BOB
2 PHI BOS SYR OCD MIA BOB NCT FFL DAL MIM KEY RIB MER HVV
3 NCT DAL MIA RIB MER PHI MIM KEY FFL SYR HVV BOS BOB OCD
4 OCD MIA SYR NCT FFL BOB MER RIB DAL BOS PHI MIM KEY HVV
5 RIB MER MIM HVV MIA OCD BOS PHI NCT DAL KEY BOB SYR FFL
6 MER FFL RIB SYR DAL KEY HVV BOS MIA NCT BOB OCD PHI MIM
7 KEY MIA OCD NCT BOS SYR FFL BOB MER HVV PHI MIM RIB DAL
8 MIM KEY BOB BOS PHI FFL OCD MIA HVV RIB MER SYR DAL NCT
9 DAL HVV PHI KEY MIM BOS SYR NCT OCD BOB FFL MER MIA RIB
10 BOB MIM MER PHI NCT RIB DAL HVV BOS FFL SYR KEY OCD MIA
11 RIB MER BOB OCD FFL SYR BOS PHI HVV MIM NCT MIA KEY DAL
12 HVV RIB BOS BOB SYR MIA PHI FFL MIM NCT DAL OCD MER KEY
13 OCD BOB KEY DAL HVV MIM NCT SYR PHI BOS FFL RIB MIA MER
14 NCT FFL DAL RIB MER HVV MIM KEY SYR MIA OCD BOS PHI BOB
15 BOB PHI FFL OCD
16 OCD FFL PHI BOB
TEAM BOS PHI HVV MIM KEY DAL RIB MER BOB OCD MIA NCT FFL SYR
KEY: WIN LOSS TIE

Griffins retain overall points title

The Philadelphia Griffins will keep the trophy for overall points after scoring 61 in the final week, easily beating out Orange County who managed only 20 points. The Griffins finish with 1,032 points, and the Beach Dudes are second at 979 points. The Froglickers finished 3rd overall with 941 points.

Boston and Keystone finished 4th and 5th overall in points at 895 (BOS) and 869 (KEY). The Wildcats and Longfellows will take the final 2 consolation awards for top points for non-playoff teams.

Final overall points:

  1. PHI 1,032
  2. OCD 979
  3. FFL 941
  4. BOS 895
  5. KEY 869
  6. RIB 855
  7. MIM 851
  8. MER 842
  9. BOB 820
  10. HVV 810
  11. SYR 733
  12. DAL 718
  13. MIA 654
  14. NCT 570

Full week 17 scores and stats after the jump.

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Big Bang wins Fantasy Bowl XVIII; Dudes trail Griffins by only 12 points overall

The Big Oregon Bang has made 4 trips to the Fantasy Bowl in the past 7 years, and this year walks away with the franchise’s second FFL championship game title with a 63-44 win over the Frelinghuysen Froglickers. The Orange County Beach Dudes had the weekend’s high score and won the Fantasy Bowl consolation game (aka 3rd place) by a 79-42 score over the Philadelphia Griffins.

The Dudes also closed the gap in the overall points race. Going into the final week, Philadelphia leads the Beach Dudes by only 12 points: 971-959. The Froglickers, at 899 points, will likely finish a distant 3rd or 4th, as Boston now sits with 862 points and appears poised to grab an award for top points of non-playoff teams. KEY (833), MIM (820), MER (819), HVV (805) and RIB (795) are all within striking distance of grabbing one of these remaining two awards.

Full scores and stats for week 16 after the jump.
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Big Bang grabs last-second win; will face Froglickers in Fantasy Bowl XVIII

The Steelers’ thrilling, last-second win over Green Bay Sunday also provided some FFL thrills. With the Big Oregon Bang trailing the Philadelphia Griffins by 5 points, and all fantasy players finished for both teams with the exception of the Big Bang’s Big Ben, the Steeler QB delivered a game-winning touchdown as time expired, giving Oregon the win with the TD plus a passing yardage total nudging past the 500-yard mark. The resulting 7 points sent the Big Bang to the Fantasy Bowl with a 70-68 win over Philadelphia.

The Big Bang will meet the wild card Froglickers in the Fantasy Bowl after a 56-45 win over the Orange County Beach Dudes. The Dude’s were hoping Giants’ receiver Steve Smith could spin a little magic in the Monday night game, but it was not to be for OCD.

The Froglickers make their third trip to the Fantasy Bowl — a long wait since winning back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995, when the franchise was known as the Wisconsin Cheeseheads. Oregon is making it’s 4th trip to the title game, winning in 2003 and losing in 2005 and 2006.

Full week 15 scores and stats after the jump.
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