November 13, 2001
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 10 RESULTS   NORM'S LINES-WK 11
 M. TAKERS        87 
 GOOD FELLAS      72 
 JELLY BEANS      -3 
 M. TAKERS       (90)
 JELLY BEANS      58 
 DREAM TEAM       27 
 DREAM TEAM       -8 
 GOOD FELLAS    (100)
 HAMMER HEADS     37 
 QUIET STORM      33 
 HAMMER HEADS     -2 
 BLACK & BLUE    (94)
 BLACK & BLUE    105 
 BLACK REVENGE   103 
 SHARKS           -4 
 QUIET STORM     (98)
 SHARKS           42 
 BULLDOGS         26 
 BLACK REVENGE    -1 
 BULLDOGS        (51)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 DREAM TEAM     
 BLACK & BLUE   
 M. TAKERS      
 SHARKS         
  7  2  0  
  5  4  0  
  5  4  0  
  5  4  0  
 ---
  2 
  2 
  2 
  469
  521
  511
  365
  ELITE LINE      
 QUIET STORM    
 BLACK REVENGE  
 JELLY BEANS    
 BULLDOGS       
 GOOD FELLAS    
 HAMMER HEADS   
  5  4  0  
  4  5  0  
  4  5  0  
  4  5  0  
  3  6  0  
  3  6  0  
  2 
  3 
  3 
  3 
  4 
  4 
  361
  522
  392
  331
  452
  431
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
  MT  
  GF  
  JB  
  DT  
  HH  
  QS  
  BB  
  BR  
   S  
  BD  
  154  213*  57   80    7 
  126  175   54   72   25 
  117  110   81   61   23 
  132  110  141   58   28 
  133   97  132   55   14 
   99   53  117   78   14 
  171*  68  171   81   30 
   83  146  198*  93*   2 
  145   34   93   73   20 
   66   70   96   66   33*
  511 
  452 
  392 
  469 
  431 
  361 
  521 
  522*
  365 
  331 
AVG/GM    12   11   11    7    2     43 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
 S   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Zack Crockett    
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  UNDRAFTED SLOT   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
NORM'S LINES FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 10 finds a record breaking game on the schedule. More about that in the GOW section. The Dream Team tripped up and all but a couple of teams are within 3 games of the championship. A Elite spot is not out of the question for any team. Conversely, nobody has a lock on anything. I have not heard anything on the temporary trade rules. If you have any misgivings about the temporary rules, let me know.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The M. Takers take on the Jelly Beans in a bid to keep putting their slow start way behind them. The Beans have won 3 in a row and climbed right back in it. The Good Fellas and Dream Team will meet after their first appointment was postponed. The Dream Team has lost 2 of the last 4, but the Good Fellas are on a losing streak for the ages. The Black and Blue Attack will try to stay on the winning track against the Hammer Heads after their legendary battle in Week 10. Did they save anything for this week? The Heads need to keep winning to stay alive. The Quiet Storm will try to keep their elite hopes alive against the Sharks. The Sharks have moved up into the Elite and the Storm has moved out. The Black Revenge takes on the Bull Dogs this week. The Revenge is not a happy team after becoming the only team in SWFFL history to score in triple digits and lose. The Bull Dogs climb out of the basement was sidetracked temporarily and they are hoping that Revenge left everything in Week 9.

    Norm was 2/5 this week making him 18/35 (51%) on the season and he retains top billing. Spock was 1/5 this week making him 11/35 (31%) on the year and his locks appear below:

MT  -5 JB (95)     QS -3 S  (83)
DT  -6 GF(106)    BR  -6 BD (92)
BB  -1 HH(109)

    There were 2 games that were technically over. One game was more or les over. The other 2 were still undecided.

    The Jelly Beans exacted a little revenge for the Dream Team's week 1 (86-80) victory. The Beans shutdown Warner (holding him to 6 is shutting him down) and also pretty much kept the rest of the Dream team off the board. Late TD's by Horn, Conway and Moss put the game out of reach for the Dream Team. The Dream Team had tons of bench points and one wonders whether it is time to stop mailing in the top of the lineup.

    The Sharks completed the season sweep of the Bull Dogs. The Sharks were led by Favre, the only guy in either lineup to break double digits. The Bull Dogs winning streak was halted at 3 and the Sharks have won 4 out of the last 5. The Bull Dogs went away from usual starts of Flutie and the RAMS who both outperformed their replacements.

    The M. Takers and Good Fellas were in a battle that any other week would have been prime GOW material. The Takers outlasted the Good Fellas as the TITANS could not overcome a 15 point deficit on Monday night. In a game where both teams scored over 60, the Takers led by Faulk and Garcia avoided a Good Fella sweep. The Fellas, despite good games by McNabb and C-Mart, have now lost 6 in a row after starting 3-0.

    The Quiet Storm, George and Nedney could not overcome an 8 point lead on Monday night against the Hammer Heads. This game also was a prime GOW material most weeks, but not this one. The Storm was led by Brooks who made up for his disappointing week last week. The Heads had a 12 by Thrash sitting on the bench that would have made for a more comfortable Monday.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Black Revenge and Black & Blue Attack. Going into Sunday, the Attack was leading 98-54 going into Sunday Night. It looked like it was over. The Attack added 7 by the RAIDERS, which became very important as Shaun Alexander followed it up with 36 more points giving him a 49 on the night and leaving the Revenge down by 2 going into Monday night with the RAVENS defense. If it went to tiebreakers, the Revenge would have won 67-55 (those are pretty good scores for whole starting lineups). The Attack held on, avoided the sweep and won the first game ever that involved 2 teams scoring over 100 points.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"I never thought I'd be saying this. Rams please throw the ball."
M. Takers (Danny): "Dominic Rhodes is available."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 10
MVP: S. Alexander (49) Black Revenge
  Best on Bench: A. Smith (26) Dream Team   
  Low Scorers: Bull Dogs (26)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Jelly Beans (100%)
Low: Dream Team (35%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Manning(159),Garcia(154),Culpepper(133),Warner,Favre(126)
RB - Alexander(121),Martin(99),Green(90),Faulk(85)
WR - Harrison(96),owens(93),R. Smith(87),Thrash,Scroeder(60)
PK - Carney,Richey(87),Janikowski(86),K.Brown(84)
ST - BEARS(45),CHARGERS(35),RAMS(33),RAIDERS(30)


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