October 17, 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 7 RESULTS   NORM'S LINES-WK 8
 SHARKS           72 
 MAC ATTACK       59 
 M. TAKERS        -4 
 SHARKS          (94)
 M. TAKERS        85 
 JELLY BEANS      59 
 HAMMER HEADS     -3 
 BLACK REVENGE   (97)
 BLACK REVENGE    84 
 QUIET STORM      53 
 DREAM TEAM       -9 
 QUIET STORM     (99)
 BULLDOGS         56 
 DREAM TEAM       34 
 MAC ATTACK       -3 
 BULLDOGS        (95)
 HAMMER HEADS     39 
 BLACK & BLUE     25 
 JELLY BEANS      -4 
 BLACK & BLUE    (98)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 BLACK REVENGE  
 BULLDOGS       
 QUIET STORM    
 MAC ATTACK     
  6  1  0  
  6  1  0  
  5  2  0  
  3  4  0  
 ---
 ---
  1 
  3 
  432
  384
  524
  347
  ELITE LINE      
 HAMMER HEADS   
 DREAM TEAM     
 BLACK & BLUE   
 SHARKS         
 JELLY BEANS    
 M. TAKERS      
  3  4  0  
  3  4  0  
  3  4  0  
  2  5  0  
  2  5  0  
  2  5  0  
  3 
  3 
  3 
  4 
  4 
  4 
  322
  298
  254
  358
  338
  281
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
   S  
  JB  
  HH  
  QS  
  BR  
  BD  
  DT  
  MA  
  MT  
  BB  
  189*  70   24   39   36 
   57  118   81   38   44*
  108   79   60   65   10 
  144  131* 132   85*  32 
  139   67  120   70   36 
   66  121  147*  50    0 
   66   60   99   73    0 
   54   94  135   41   23 
  107   44   66   57    7 
   98   21   54   74    7 
  358 
  338 
  322 
  524*
  432 
  384 
  298 
  347 
  281 
  254 
AVG/GM    15   12   13    8    3     51 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
 HH  
 QS  
 DT  
 BR  
 BR  
 BD  
 S   
     
     
     
  James Thrash     
  Darnell Autry    
  Jeff Blake       
  Steve Christie   
  Derrick Mason    
  Wade Richey      
  Reggie Jones     
                   
                   
                   
  Mike Hollis      
  Errict Rhett     
  Kevin Johnson    
  Mike Cloud       
  J.J. Johnson     
  Terry Kirby      
  JETS             
                   
                   
                   
NORM'S LINES FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    First of all, I offer my sincerest apologies for the last couple of weeks. I had a truly incredible workload at work for a special project. The project is over and things should return to normal again. I tried to keep the web site as up to date as possible (mainly because that required the least effort), but there was no Commissionerly drivel for the last 2 weeks. The drivel is back. I would also like to publicly thank Danny Jones for filling in for me at taking lineups in Week 6 (and also all those other times when people call before I get to Football Central). It has been a long time since I saw a Elite team under 500. That pretty much means everybody still has a shot. There is an NFL Game this Thursday!!!!

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The Sharks take on M. Takers in a battle of 2-5 teams. The Sharks and Warner make them one of the most dangerous 2-5 teams ever. The Takers have been building momentum and now have won 2 in a row and even managed to grab a helmet after starting off the season with 3 straight "low-scorer" marks. The Black Revenge will try to hold on to the number 1 slot this week against the Hammer Heads. The Revenge seems to be putting all together this year. The Heads are lurking on the fringes, looking for an opening. The Quiet Storm will try to get back on the winning track against the defending champion Dream Team. The Dream Team also had a nice winning streak snapped. The Bull Dogs and Mac Attack square off, with the Dogs looking to jump in the top slot and the Attack trying to hold on to that final Elite spot. The Jelly Beans and Black & Blue Attack contest features 2 teams both on long losing streaks after fairly good starts. The Black & Blue impression of the 99 Bulldogs has failed and the Beans are still trying to recover from their Week 3 battle for first place with the Quiet Storm.

    Norm (actually My guesstimates) was 4/5 making him 16/30 (53%) on the year. He gains top billing this week. Spock was 1/5 making him 16/30 (53%) on the season. His lines appear below:

S  -4 MT (102)    BD -13 MA (97)
BR -17 HH(107)    BB  -3 JB (95)
QS -12 DT(112)

    There were 2 games that were technically over (1 where only the final score was in question). There were 2 that were pretty much over. And there was only 1 game with a reasonable chance for a change in the winner on Monday night.

    The Sharks got back on the winning track against the Mac Attack. The Sharks were led by Warner, a strong running game and an amazing 4 2-pt. conversions by the RAMS. The Mac Attack put up 59 pts. in the losing effort and got a great game out of Rod Smith. The Attack is still hanging on to that last Elite spot.

    The Black Revenge held a lead and the only Monday night player against the Quiet Storm. The Storm fresh off of 2 straight triple digit scoring weeks returned to the stratosphere with a 53 point game. The Storm has failed to score 50 only once and then they scored 48 and won. It is hard to figure them with 2 losses. The Revenge was led by a surprisingly good Brian Griese and a resurgent Antonio Freeman.

    The M. Takers took out a season's worth of frustrations on the Jelly Beans. A 26 pt. lead was too much for the Beans and Jimmy Smith to overcome on Monday night. The Takers took the Helmet and were led by an MVP performance by Jeff Garcia. The Takers also, at least this week, proved to be on the better end of that "Big Trade". The Beans who shot out of the box with 2 big weeks have not found the Promised Land since.

    The Hammer Heads, the JAGUARS and a 20 pt lead were too much for the Black & Blue Attack and Fred Taylor on Monday night. The Heads were saved by a big 73-yard run by Robert Smith. The Black & Blue have dropped 4 in a row after starting off 3-0. After the big day by the Takers, the Black & Blue has now fell to the bottom spot on the scoring totem pole.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the match between the Dream Team and the Bull Dogs. The Buldogs, George, McCardell, TITANS and a 6 pt lead were too much for the Dream Team and Brunell. The Dogs were led almost single-handedly by C-Mart and Owens. The Dream Team managed to choose all their RB's and WR's who did not score. Garner managed to keep them close enough for Brunell to give them a shot.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"Wiaitng"

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 7
MVP: Jeff Garcia (36) M. Takers
Best on Bench: Plummer,Elam,Boston(18) JB,QS,BD
  Low Scorers: Black & Blue (25)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Mac Attack (100%)
Low: Dream Team (59%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Warner(189),Garcia(141),Culpepper(125),Griese(124)
RB - Faulk(99),James(82),Davis(72),R.Smith,Garner(66)
WR - Owens,Smith(69),Harrison,J.Smith(66)
PK - Stover(79),Longwell(77),Wilkins(71),Andersen(62)
ST - BRONCOS(44),RAMS(36),RAVENS(32),BUCCANEERS(31)


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