Tampa Bay Fantasy League

The 2009 TBFL Draft is in the books ! Even with a minor foul up due to a last minute trade, the entire draft was completed in 2 hours 20 minutes – a new record for the TBFL….Congrats to everyone ! The draft report is now corrected to show Warrior’s picks in the right places, it does not show they were keepers….but it won’t matter for next year.

Remember RULE 3(h) – ‘The Winslow Rule’ and set a starting roster. If you have not done so the Commish will assign one based on the order of players taken in your draft….of course you can always change the lineup before kick off. Also until the clearing time of this week you have unlimited drop/adds – just in case you realized after drafting that your entire team is off Week 7…..

Hard to pick a Game of the Week for this week, but we will go with last year’s Fantasy Bowl rematch between Hurricanes and UO Grandmasters. For those wagering on the outcome of TBFL games…I have not OFFICIALLY been notified by ANY teams that there ANY Bitch Tags on the line for Week 1….

Also, every year it comes down to just Shawn and I playing, so maybe if we all start Week 1 – we will all play to the end…..Please click on the ‘CONTESTS’ tabs and enter a pick for the Survivor Pool and this week’s NFL Pool contests.

Multiple media outlets are reporting that the Arena Football League will be “suspending operations indefinitely” and may also be declaring bankruptcy. Current TBFL owners Shannon Harris and Hunter McGaughey and former TBFL owner Andy Lopusnak have all had ties with the league between the Tampa Bay Storm and Grand Rapids Rampage. No word at press time if Great American Group will have any involvement in liquidating league assets, but if so….you know…helmet stickers….TBFL HQ…say no more…

Story on 4LTR

Congrats to everyone on the conclusion of another successful regular season in the TBFL! Most of the Playoff teams had been determined, but we did again come down to the last week to know the winners of two divisions and the final seedings:

Hurricanes getting hot late and sweeping his division foes ties him for best record in the league and gives him the Buccaneer Division title in his rookie campaign. By way of a 7 pt victory over the Cows in Week 4 – they claim the #1 seed and a Bye for the Wildcard Weekend.
South Park Cows have literally limped through the last three weeks to claim their second Bandit Division crown, the #2 seed, and a badly needed Bye for the Wildcard Weekend.
After a record setting trouncing in Week 12, UO Grandmasters managed to pull it back together this week and secure their third Storm Division title and hang on to the #3 Seed.
As the only at large team to make 9 wins, perrenial playoff participant Runs N Throses claims the #4 Seed and will host a home game.
Fudgie Whales was able to beat out the rival Marauders this week to hang in the Playoff hunt. A 4 point victory over the Thrashers in Week 4 makes them the #5 Seed.
And the most remarkable story in the TBFL, after being upset by the spoiler Playground Legends team and riding outside the playoff bubble, Coach Kevin Beveridge was able to completley refocus his Bay Area Thrasher squad and post back to back record setting scoring weeks to stay alive in the hunt. Ultimately though they still needed help and it was this team’s smack talk rival – Hurricanes -beating XFactor – who held tie breakers over everyone – that allowed them to make the field.

So round one is set:
UO Grandmasters will host division foe Bay Area Thrashers at home. The 4 point home field advantage may not be a factor here though as UO beat them by 55 in Week 6, but suffered a 97 point defeat in Week 12.
Runs N Throses will host a home game against Fudgie Whales. The Week 8 meeting between these two was a 24 point victory for the Throsers.

As a matter of clarification, since the playoff chart does not show it very well, we do re-seed each round. The lowest seed to get through the Wildcard Weekend will go to Hurricanes Stadium, while the other team will come to South Park to face the Cows.

First, the trade deadline has passed, some teams may start dropping players drafted in the first three rounds of the draft to replace them with future keepers….remember as this happens that those players are considered locked till next year’s draft….If you waste your waiver moves on them, they will be removed from your roster and you won’t get your pick priority back.

Congrats to Fudgie Whales who claim their first ever TBFL Team-of-the-Week award passing up yours truly who got no production from old man Bruce on Monday Night….

The Playoff Picture

With three weeks to play all against your own division rivals….Marauders joins the list of those officially eliminated from winning their division….With currently at least six wins required to make the playoff field, Playground Legends and Money Inc are officially out….Marauders and Warriors are next on the cusp requiring themselves to win out while six win teams lose out to have a shot….AND would have to win out and have UO lose to Thrashers to stay in the Wildcard race….XFactor cannot afford a single loss if they want to try and win the Buccaneer Division, but they are still deep in the Wildcard hunt….

If the Playoffs started today:
Runs N Throses would still retain the #1 seed and a Week One Bye.
South Park Cows would still hold the #2 seed and Bye over UO by way of head-to-head record.
UO Grandmasters would host a Wildcard Round game against Bay Area Thrashers who are now the #6 seed due to a four point loss to Fudgie Whales in Week 4.
Hurricanes would host the other Wildcard Round game against the Fudgie Whales who refuse to go away and are now the #5 seed.