October 24, 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 8 RESULTS  SPOCK'S LINES-WK 9
 SHARKS           82 
 M. TAKERS        69 
 BLACK & BLUE     -1 
 SHARKS          (99)
 BLACK REVENGE    72 
 HAMMER HEADS     56 
 MAC ATTACK      -14 
 JELLY BEANS    (106)
 DREAM TEAM       66 
 QUIET STORM      37 
 DREAM TEAM       -8 
 HAMMER HEADS    (96)
 MAC ATTACK       95 
 BULLDOGS         75 
 BULLDOGS         -3 
 QUIET STORM    (119)
 BLACK & BLUE     84 
 JELLY BEANS      29 
 BLACK REVENGE   -20 
 M. TAKERS      (106)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 BLACK REVENGE  
 BULLDOGS       
 QUIET STORM    
 MAC ATTACK     
  7  1  0  
  6  2  0  
  5  3  0  
  4  4  0  
 ---
  1 
  2 
  3 
  504
  459
  561
  442
  ELITE LINE      
 DREAM TEAM     
 BLACK & BLUE   
 SHARKS         
 HAMMER HEADS   
 JELLY BEANS    
 M. TAKERS      
  4  4  0  
  4  4  0  
  3  5  0  
  3  5  0  
  2  6  0  
  2  6  0  
  3 
  3 
  4 
  4 
  5 
  5 
  364
  338
  440
  378
  367
  350
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
   S  
  JB  
  HH  
  QS  
  BR  
  BD  
  DT  
  MA  
  MT  
  BB  
  195* 130   30   49   36 
   57  146*  81   39   44*
  135   79   78   76   10 
  165  141  132   91*  32 
  160   72  150   81   41 
   90  127  162   73    7 
   66   87  132   79    0 
   66  130  165*  58   23 
  128   55   96   64    7 
  116   27  105   76   14 
  440 
  367 
  378 
  561*
  504 
  459 
  364 
  442 
  350 
  338 
AVG/GM    15   12   14    9    3     53 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
 S   
 BR  
 MA  
 BB  
 JB  
     
     
     
     
     
  Jacquez Green    
  Keith Poole      
  Jim Miller       
  Justin Watson    
  Mike Hollis      
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  Reggie Jones     
  Dedrick Ward     
  Tim Couch        
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
  Duce Staley      
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
SPOCK'S LOCKS FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    For those of you who only receive these by regular mail, these will be the first notes you have received in a while. I apologize to those of you without a computer. For those of you with a computer and Internet access, you were able to get everything that was available on the web page. 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). I repeated that for those of you who are seeing notes for the first time since Week 4. A 4-4 team holds the last Elite spot, which means everybody still has a shot. Next week will be the only week where the schedule isn't repeated. In other words, you only face your week 9 opponents once.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The Sharks take on the Black & Blue Attack without the services of Kurt Warner. The Black & Blue put up big points in Week 8 and hope to continue it this week. The Mac Attack will try and hold on to that last Elite spot vs. the Jelly Beans this week. The Jelly Beans are on a serious losing streak and will look to snap out of it this week. The Dream Team takes on the Hammer Heads in week 9 and they will try to finally get over that Elite Line. The Heads will try to get themselves back into position for a 2nd half surge. The Bull Dogs and Quiet Storm square off in a match up of Elite Teams. A key battle because if the Revenge keeps winning, the loser may find the Championship drifting too far away. The Revenge will take on their long-time rival the M. Takers. The Revenge is trying to coast into their first Championship. The Takers have emerged from their early season slump and are making a valiant effort at salvaging their season.

    Spock was 3/5 making him 19/35 (54%) on the season. He gains top billing this week. Norm (actually my guesstimate of his line) was 2/5 making him 18/35 (51%) on the year. His lines appear below:

BB  -3 S  (87)    QS  -1 BD(100)
JB  -4 MA (91)    MT  -2 BR (94)
DT  -7 HH (99)

    All but 1 game was final by Sunday night. The one game that was not final, had a chance of the outcome changing on Monday night.

    The Sharks won their 2nd in a row against the M. Takers. The Sharks got big games out of their RB position, which was needed since Warner finished with single digits for the first time ever. It was an expensive victory as the Sharks lost Warner's services for 4 to 6 weeks. The Takers scored 69 points, held Warner to 6 points and still lost. Sometimes it is just not your year. The Sharks were led by Williams and Wheatley. So who lit the fire under Rick Williams?

    The Black Revenge continued their winning ways against the Hammer Heads and still only has one blemish on their record. The Revenge was led by Griese and Harrison. The Heads got goose-eggs from their running game and the loss can probably be directly blamed on that.

    The Dream Team defeated the high-scoring Quiet Storm. The Dream Team suffered through their 4th straight 0 at the QB position. Despite the 0's they are 3-1 in that stretch, go figure. The Storm scored under 40 for the first time this year. Of course they would not have lost and would have probably scored yet another helmet if they had started Dillon and his 50 pts.

    The Black & Blue Attack ended their 4 game losing streak against the Jelly Beans. The Beans have now lost 6 on a row. The Black and Blue were led by an MVP performance by Albert Connell. Connell had been relatively quiet this year, but he earned his keep this week. The Beans had a decent ground attack, but their aerial attack was non-existent.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the match between the Bull Dogs and Mac Attack. The Mac Attack, Mare and a 9 pt lead were too much for the Bull Dogs and C-Mart. The Dogs took a big lead early with a 23 on Thursday by Gramatica. The Attack chipped away and took the lead with double-digit scoring from 5 players. The Dogs got a nice game out of Beuerlein but ere hurt by an injury to Eddie Gorge.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"Rams loose, Warner down. Even the Rams make a sacrafice for the Dream Team. P.S. Go Green, - No Butch not the Eagles."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 8
MVP: Albert Connell (39) Black & Blue
   Best on Bench: Corey Dillon (50) Quiet Storm   
  Low Scorers: Jelly Beans (29)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Hammer Heads & Bull Dogs (100%)
Low: Quiet Storm (42%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Warner(195),Garcia(162),Culpepper(146),Griese(145)
RB - Faulk(104),James(99),Davis(72),R.Smith,Garner(66)
WR - Harrison(96),R.Smith(81),Bruce,Moss,Owens(78)
PK - Stover(85),Longwell(77),Andersen(73),Wilkins(71)
ST - BRONCOS(44),BUCCANEERS,RAMS(36),RAVENS(32)


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