November 21, 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 12 RESULTS  SPOCK'S LINES-WK 13
 QUIET STORM      76 
 SHARKS           32 		  BLACK REVENGE   -12 
 SHARKS         (106)
 BLACK REVENGE    66 
 JELLY BEANS      25 		  HAMMER HEADS    -10 
 JELLY BEANS    (106)
 HAMMER HEADS     77 
 BULLDOGS         63 		  QUIET STORM      -3 
 MAC ATTACK     (115)
 M. TAKERS        27 
 MAC ATTACK       27 		  DREAM TEAM       -4 
 M. TAKERS       (98)
 BLACK & BLUE     76 
 DREAM TEAM       69 		  BULLDOGS         -3 
 BLACK & BLUE    (99)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 BLACK REVENGE  
 QUIET STORM    
 BULLDOGS       
 HAMMER HEADS   		   9  3  0  
  7  5  0  
  7  5  0  
  7  5  0  		  ---
  2 
  2 
  2 		   724
  822
  672
  621
  ELITE LINE      
 BLACK & BLUE   
 MAC ATTACK     
 DREAM TEAM     
 SHARKS         
 M. TAKERS      
 JELLY BEANS    		   7  5  0  
  6  6  0  
  5  7  0  
  4  8  0  
  4  8  0  
  4  8  0  		   2 
  3 
  4 
  5 
  5 
  5 		   544
  647
  597
  578
  534
  524
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
   S  
  JB  
  HH  
  QS  
  BR  
  BD  
  DT  
  MA  
  MT  
  BB  		   219  166   69   88   36 
   75  203* 132   63   51*
  201  161  138  109   12 
  257* 191  201  131*  42 
  250  125  189  119   41 
  152  166  207  119   28 
  166  135  195   96    5 
  137  158  237*  85   30 
  159   79  168  114   14 
  176  110  141  103   14  		  578 
  524 
  621 
  822*
  724 
  672 
  597 
  647 
  534 
  544 
AVG/GM    15   12   14    9    2     52 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                    
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                    
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
SPOCK'S LOCKS FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 12 finds a real logjam at 7-5. For the first time since it's inception a few years ago the Tiebreaker system finally decided a game. See the "GOW". Don't forget Thanksgiving lineups.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The Sharks have suffered through the loss of Warner, then Williams and now Wheatley. And for all their troubles they get to meet the 1st place team this week. The Revenge gained a measure of breathing room, but they want to avoid repeating their Week 4 shootout loss to the Sharks. The Hammer Heads made the big jump over the Money line as they try to repeat their Week 4 win against the Jelly Beans. The Beans are trying to avoid the basement, and hopefully make a late run for the Money. The Quiet Storm takes on the Tiebreak losing Mac Attack. Obviously this win is crucial to either team if they want to keep their Championship hopes alive. The Mac Attack just nipped the Storm in Week 4. The Dream Team would like to repeat their "W" against the fellow football-central Money Takers, as they can't really afford to lose any more. The Takers really can't afford any more losses. The Bulldogs probably must complete the sweep of the Black & Blue to keep their Championship hopes alive. The Black & Blue, despite Fred Taylor's week 12 performance, are re-evaluating the pre-draft strategy of selecting studs with question marks and their backups (who incidentally proved to be even more fragile).

    Spock was 3/5 making him 27/55 (49%) on the year. He regains top billing this week. Norm was 2/5 making him 27/55 (49%) on the season. His lines (actually my guestimates) appear below:

 S  -2 QS (98)    DT -10 MT(102)
JB  -3 HH (95)    BB  -5 BD (97)
MA  -1 QS (99)

    Only 1 game was officially over on Sunday. Two games had a slim possibility of a lead change on Monday. Two games involved Monday Night Madness.

    The Black Revenge completed their season sweep of the Jelly Beans. In week 3 we had the Conway no-show. This week we had the Frerotte explosion. The Revenge has been simply uncanny spot starting QB's. The Beans now have to concentrate on lower goals, but a Money spot will take a lot of luck. Incidentally, Toast has informed me that the all-black uniforms sported by the Revenge this week have been in the closet since the last Title (1989 Black Assassins). If the All-Black uniforms (including the numbers?) bring you Championships, why keep them in the closet for 11 years.

    The Quiet Storm completed the season sweep against a truly beaten-up Sharks team. The Sharks starting trio of Warner, Williams and Wheatley are all in the infirmary and their replacements are not filling in well. The Storm was led by the possible surprise of the year Culpepper. OK he is not 1999 Warner surprise material, but I am sure most thought he'd be average to good because of the talent around him. He has definitely surpassed the average to good plateau.

    The Hammer Heads avenged their Week 3 loss to the Bull Dogs and are right in the middle of a battle for 2nd (even if they are still fighting that battle from below the Money Line). The Heads have now won 4 in a row and are the hottest team in the league right now. The Dogs loss puts them 2 games out for the Title and has relieved a lot pressure in "Death Valley". The Heads QB-RB combo simply got a little more support than the Dogs QB-RB combo.

    The Dream Team looked like it was coasting to a "W" with a 31 pt. lead going into Sunday night and Green and The REDSKINS vs. George and Connell on Monday. There was still the small matter of Fred Taylor on Sunday night, who proved to be not so small after all. Taylor's monster 43 pt. game gave the Black & Blue a 12 pt. lead with Goerge and Connell against Green and the Redskins. The QB's traded points and the Dream Team finally got some ST points, but in the end the 12 pt. deficit was just too much. The Black & Blue's 3rd "W" in a row has them eyeing a Money spot. The Dream Team pretty much has to run the table to get up in the fray.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the match between the Mac Attack and Money Takers. The Mac Attack, Bruce and Davis somehow failed to overcome a 0 pt. lead against the Money Takers and a tiebreaker lead. As amazing as it may seem Bruce and Davis (both normally guaranteed points) failed to break the tie. Interestingly one of the Takers tiebreakers was Cris Carter of the blockbuster trade between these teams. I guess there is no question who won the trade this week. Norm, insists the mere existence of the rule has kept us form having a tie until now. Sort of like "Your number comes out the one day you forget to play". I don't know about all that kismetesque mysticism. The way I see it, the rule was simply an over-reaction to a rare situation that is unlikely to repeat itself. Anyway, this game featured 0 QB points. Has the clock struck 12 for Garcia?

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): "Waiting."
B. Revenge (Toast): "I thought I was picking up Gus Frerotte not Kurt Warner."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 12
MVP: Gus Frerotte (45) Black Revenge
   Best on Bench: Rob Johnson (22) Jelly Beans   
  Low Scorers: Jelly Beans (25)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Sharks (100%)
Low: Jelly Beans (38%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Culpepper(238),Manning(201),Warner(195),Garcia(193)
RB - James(143),Faulk(138),R. Smith(122),L. Smith(110)
WR - Moss(117),Harrison(114),R. Smith(102),Owens,Bruce(99)
PK - Longwell(124),Stover(122),Gramatica(115),Nedney(110)
ST - BRONCOS(51),BUCCANEERS(43),RAVENS(42),RAMS(36)
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