In the previous 14 years that I have been commissioner we have had 8 different Super Bowl winners, 7 who are still in the league today.
The only one who has won a Super Bowl and is not a part of the league was our 1998 winner, my 1st season (I was runner up).
1998: Pete
1999: Jody
2000: Ben
2001: Ben (2nd)
2002: Jason
2003: Nate
2004: Ike
2005: Jody (2nd)
2006: Ben (3rd)
2007: Jason (2nd)
2008: Matt
2009: Jason (3rd)
2010: Adam
2011: Jason (4th)
We had one new member this season, and he did not find it very difficult to succeed. Joel stepped right in and finished with the 2nd best overall record. Kudos to him.
More on the league in a bit, we still have the regular season to wrap up before focusing on the trophy that I am still currently in possession of.
There is a THURSDAY night game between OAKLAND and DENVER. Waivers will run overnight Wednesday as usual.
Onto the games:
Adam and I went into the final game of the regular season both vying for the playoffs. I had a much stronger foothold on a playoff spot, meaning I could lose and still get in, but Adam had to win to make the playoffs. Adam was on a 4 year playoff run while I was on a 5 year playoff run...both streaks were still on the line. I got the scoring started with 13 from Matt Bryant on Thursday night, but unfortunately that was my last double digit scorer until Monday. In between Adam got a game high 30 points from Cam Newton, 12 from Mikel Leshoure and 10 from Stephen Gostowski to take a 37 points lead with only RGIII and Alf left to play. They both hit double figures but could only muster 29 total points as Adam pulled even with me in the standings at 7-6. Tiebreakers ahead!
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This now left the door open for either Ike or Matt to take the 3rd seed in the playoffs. The winner of their game would leapfrog me in the standings and sit alone in 3rd place. A loss for Matt would most definitely eliminate him while Ike had a somewhat comfortable points scored cushion over some of the other possible 7-6 teams. Matt saw Matty Ice struggle to just 12 points Thursday, but once again his team balanced kicked in to keep him alive. He had 6 of his other 7 players score between 9-15 points. Ike had the game high scorer in Tony Romo who stayed red hot with 28 points and Jamaal Charles posted 12, Arian Foster put up 10 and Brandon Marshall hauled in 11 to keep the game close. What doomed Ike this week was an early injury to Jordy Nelson and another no show game for Vernon Davis. Matt wins and claims the #3 seed. Ike heads to tiebreaker land.
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Luke was in the same position as Ike and I with a good points scored lead over the possible 7-6 teams, but he had to win against his brother, Joel who was already cemented into the #2 seed for that to happen. Hoping to ride the hot streak of Colin Kaepernick, he had his healthiest lineup in weeks. Kaepernick stepped in for Mike Vick (after a Mark Sanchez week of disaster) and posted 16, James Starks filled in admirably for LeSean McCoy with 13 and everything seemed to be okay. That was until his normal starters crapped the bed. Doug Martin, Julio Jones and the Bears defense combined for just 13 points and the door was left open for Joel to end Luke's season. Aaron Rodgers started the charge with 18, TRich added 14, but it was McCoy's backup who put the final nail in the coffin on Luke's season. Bryce Brown scampered for 26 points and Joel came from behind to earn his 10 win in his 1st season.
Final Score: Nikachu 81 Deathtongue 66
The only drama in the game between Nate and John was whether Nate could become the 1st ever team in the history of the League to finish without a loss. He had a tie in week 3, but a win would not only give him that quasi perfect season, but also would give him a league record tying 10 consecutive victory. Nate left nothing to doubt behind 33 points from Adrian Peterson. He more than made up for a disappointing 12 points from Drew Brees whose TD passing streak came to an end at 54 games. Dez Bryant continued his hot streak with 18 points, Michael Turner added 12 and Rian Lindell put the cherry on top with 11. John was led by Matt Schaub who had 22. Not only did Nate finish 12-0-1, but he added an additional $10 for the top scoring team of the week. Nothing short of a tremendous season...good job Nate!
Final Score: The Bounchers 101 The Situation 65
Jody faced Alex this week needing not only a win, but also needing to score a ton of points to get back into the points scored race for the final playoff spots. He had a good week, easily defeating a depleted Peons squad, but it wasn't the week he needed. Josh Freeman scored 19, Steve Smith added 14, BJGE put up 11 and Lawrence Tynes added 10, but he finished 19 points short of a playoff spot. Jody did win his 100th game in his career in the FCNPFFL, so congrats on that note.
Final Score: DoggNutz 83 Worthless Peons 47
Ben was in an even worse spot than Jody, but the story was the same. He not only needed to beat Nick B, but he needed to put up almost 200 points in scoring this week. Matt Stafford did his part with 22 and Demaryius Thomas added 18 while CJ Spiller chipped in with 13, which was good enough to win this week, but not good enough to make the playoffs. Nick B could have stolen a victory, but he left his new crush Andrew Luck on the bench while giving his long time fantasy flame, Eli Manning, one last start. Luck outscored Manning by 17 and Nick B lost by 8.
Final Score: The Magic Wands 80 The Knacks 72
And because they had to, Nick G thumped Mike in the final game of the regular season for the league. Peyton Manning outplayed Tom Brady in this fantasy match up 23-14 and Megatron exploded for 17 points in this rout.
Final Score: Lollipop Kids 80 Bookoo Barbarians 45
Our final standings and payouts look like this:
Nate 12-0-1 (#1 seed $230+$20) (save for $15 that I am owed)
Joel 10-3 (#2 seed $105+$20)
Matt 7-5-1 (#3 seed $65)
Jason 7-6 (#4 seed $35+$30) 1032 points
Ike 7-6 (#5 seed $10, which I am owed as well) 1029 points
Adam 7-6 (#6 seed) 999 points
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Jody 7-6; 981 points
Ben 7-6; 929 points
Luke 6-7; head to head win over Nick G
Nick G 6-7
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Alex 5-8
Mike 4-9
Nick B 3-10
John 2-11
Schedule for the Playoffs:
Super Bowl
#4 Jason 7-6 vs. #5 Ike 7-6
#3 Matt 7-5-1 vs. #6 Adam 7-6
Bye weeks #1 Nate 12-0-1 #2 Joel 10-3
Purgatory Bowl
#1 Jody 7-6 vs. #4 Nick G 6-7
#2 Ben 7-6 vs. #3 Luke 6-7
Toilet Bowl
#1 Alex 5-8 vs. #4 John 2-11
#2 Mike 4-9 vs. #3 Nick B 3-10
Some interesting notes on the season:
Picks 1-7 in this years draft went 43-47-1 with 3 playoff teams while picks 8-14 went 47-43-1 with 3 playoff teams. This after last season picks 1-7 went 41-46-4 with 3 playoff teams and 8-14 went 47-42-2 with 3 playoff teams...interesting, no?
The Back Wall Division scored 6727 total points to 6523 by the Critter Corner Division, but Critter Corner had 7 top scoring weeks, to only 6 for Back Wall.
The Back Wall Division ended up having 5 of the 6 playoff teams with Joel being the lone Critter Corner entry. Joel played 2 games against the Back Wall Division and they were against the two non-playoff teams. Go figure.
I made the playoffs for the 6th consecutive year while Adam has made it for 5 straight years.
The six participants in this years playoffs own 8 of the 14 Super Bowl trophies, including the last 5 and 8 of the last 10...good luck Joel, you might need it.
Overall since 2000 (when I have concrete records for the league) the playoff appearances for this group are as such:
Jason: 9 times
Adam: 6 times
Nate: 5 times
Matt: 5 times
Ike: 4 times
Joel: 1 time
We had a record 5 quarterbacks drafted in the 1st round of the draft this year and the records showed a wide range of success or lack there of.
The records of the teams drafting a QB first were: 12-0-1, 10-3, 7-6, 4-9 and 3-10 including our top two seeds. They were the only playoff teams of that group.
Good luck in the playoffs guys and I hope to bring home my 5th Super Bowl and defend my crown!
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