November 15, 2000
S W F F L  C O M M I S S I O N E R S '  N O T E S
By Karl J. (Butch) Smalley
   WEEK 11 RESULTS   NORM'S LINES-WK 12
 HAMMER HEADS     33 
 SHARKS           27 		  SHARKS           -5 
 QUIET STORM     (94)
 JELLY BEANS      58 
 QUIET STORM      57 		  JELLY BEANS      -2 
 BLACK REVENGE   (91)
 DREAM TEAM       69 
 BLACK REVENGE    52 		  HAMMER HEADS     -3 
 BULLDOGS        (96)
 BULLDOGS         61 
 M. TAKERS        60 		  M. TAKERS        -2 
 MAC ATTACK      (96)
 BLACK & BLUE     52 
 MAC ATTACK       32 		  DREAM TEAM       -7 
 BLACK & BLUE    (98)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 BLACK REVENGE  
 BULLDOGS       
 QUIET STORM    
 MAC ATTACK     		   8  3  0  
  7  4  0  
  6  5  0  
  6  5  0  		  ---
  1 
  2 
  2 		   658
  609
  746
  620
  ELITE LINE      
 HAMMER HEADS   
 BLACK & BLUE   
 DREAM TEAM     
 SHARKS         
 JELLY BEANS    
 M. TAKERS      		   6  5  0  
  6  5  0  
  5  6  0  
  4  7  0  
  4  7  0  
  3  8  0  		   2 
  2 
  3 
  4 
  4 
  5 		   544
  468
  528
  546
  499
  507
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
   S  
  JB  
  HH  
  QS  
  BR  
  BD  
  DT  
  MA  
  MT  
  BB  		   219  157   54   80   36 
   75  197* 123   53   51*
  180  129  123  100   12 
  224* 185  183  122*  32 
  205  119  183  110   41 
  126  145  195  115   28 
  145  124  168   91    0 
  137  158  222*  80   23 
  159   79  150  105   14 
  155   67  135   97   14  		  546 
  499 
  544 
  746*
  658 
  609 
  528 
  620 
  507 
  468 
AVG/GM    15   12   14    9    2     52 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
 DT  
 BR  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   FALCONS          
  Gus Ferotte      
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
   Dorsey Levens    
  Keith Poole      
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
NORM'S LINES FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 12 finds things really getting hot around the Elite line. There is now a 4-way tie for third place and every Elite team but one lost this week. Interestingly we had 3 single digit wins and 2 games decided by a single point. Be aware that SWFFL statures demand that all results be certified by Tuesday at noon, so all recount requests must be processed by that deadline barring judiciary intervention. I heard that the on-line lineup submissions were down all week. I didn't know, if you use it and it is not up early in the week- hoot me an email, chances are it is down by mistake.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The Sharks will try to avenge their Week 3 loss to the Quiet Storm. The Sharks need the win to keep their Elite hopes alive. The Storm is an a logjam at the third and surely will need the "W" just to keep pace. The Black Revenge will try to repeat their Week 3 victory over the Jelly Beans and maintain their hold on the top spot. The Beans climbed back out of the basement and are trying to make that long climb back up the standings. The Bulldogs will try to repeat their early season win over the Hammer Heads. The Dogs find themselves in sole possession of 2nd place after halting a mini-slump, though they are still trying to figure out how they lost on Monday night in Week 10. The Heads are tied for third place and are only under the Elite Line by total points. The Mac Attack will try hold on to their Elite spot by completing the season sweep of the M.Takers. The Takers have been putting up better point totals since these 2 teams made their blockbuster trade and it will be interesting to see how the trade plays out this week. The Black & Blue Attack will try to step over the Elite Line by repeating their week 3 victory over the Dream Team. The Dream Team needs a "W" to keep within striking distance of the log jam at 3rd. Interesting to note that the Champs of the last 3 years meet in a game that could decide whether they have a shot at the Elite.

    Norm (actually my guesstimates) was 3/5 making him 25/50 (50%) on the season. He regains top billing this week. Spock was 1/5 making him 24/50 (48%) on the year. His locks appear below:

QS  -6 S (112)    MA -11 MT(103)
BR -16 JB(116)    BB  -2 DT (92)
BD  -8 HH(104)

    Only 2 games were over on Sunday. One game had a slim possibility of a lead change on Monday. The final 2 games both involved Monday Night Madness.

    The Hammer Heads completed the Season sweep against the Sharks on Sunday night. The Heads carried a 6 pt. lead into Sunday with Manning and Testaverde to decide the issue. The dueling QB's battled to a 6 pt. tie and the Hammer Heads won. The Heads were led by Robert Smith and have won 3 in a row. The Sharks looked on enviously as Trent Green lit up the scoreboard. Will the Sharks still have a shot when Warner returns?

    The Bulldogs ended their mini-slump by completing the season-sweep of the M.Takers. The Takers held a slim 6 point lead over the Dogs going into Sunday night. The Dogs had C-Mart and Dudley on Monday. The Takers had the COLTS who looked like they might put up a shutout as Hall missed early FGs. The COLTS lost their shutout and it looked like it would come down to Martin yardage bonus and the Tiebreaker rule. Martin put up a late 7 pt. TD and ended all of that. The Dogs shrewdly started Collins over Beurlein this week. The Takers have now enjoyed the benefits of that trade for several weeks in a row. Apparently it was not that bad of a deal after all.

    The Dream Team avenged their early loss to the Black Revenge as Griese could not overcome a 23 pt. lead on Monday night. The Dream Team was led by a huge MVP game out of Trent Green as they snagged their 1st helmet of the year. Norm was on the phone with Martz urging him not to rush Warner back too fast. The Revenge had a small margin of error that has been reduced to almost non-existent.

    The Black & Blue swept the Attack Bowl Series as the Mac Attack, Rod Smith and 12 point lead were no match for Gannon, T.D. and Brown on Monday night. Week 11 saw The Black & Blue finally put in a lineup that contained both of their top 2 picks from the Draft. The Mac Attack was certainly surprised by the goose egg Grbac put up against the Niners (as were many other people). The Mac Attack clings to that last Elite position and the Black & Blue is in a position to make a late season run (pardon the pun) with it's top 2 draft picks.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the match between the Jelly Beans and Quiet Storm. The Beans, BRONCOS and Rison were able to overcome a 1 pt. lead against the Quiet Storm, Easy Ed and Elam. The Beans repeted their week 2 win against the Storm. The next week they started the longest losing streak of the year. This game saw the lead change a couple of time and also saw the tie-breaker rule almost come into play. The Storm saw a fine game by Culpepper go to waste. The Beans got a big 13 out of Rison and the BRONCOS.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): "We beat the Black Revnege, I guess anything is possible this year. P.S. Even without the 2 most lethal weapons in the NFL, the Rams still win."
M.Takers (Bubba): "I lost by a small margin but I won't cry like the Democrats."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 11
MVP: Trent Green (37) Dream Team
   Best on Bench: Ike Hilliard (24) Hammer Heads   
  Low Scorers: Sharks (27)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Jelly Beans (100%)
Low: Hammer Heads (58%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Culpepper(205),Warner(195),Garcia(193),Manning(180)
RB - James(137),Faulk(132),L. Smith(110),S.Davis(110)
WR - Harrison(1114),Moss(102),Owens,Bruce(99)
PK - Longwell(116),Stover(113),Gramatica(111),Nedney(105)
ST - BRONCOS(51),BUCCANEERS(43),RAMS(36),FALCONS(35)
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