November 20, 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 11 RESULTS   NORM'S LINES-WK 12
 JELLY BEANS      69 
 M. TAKERS        64 
 DREAM TEAM       -4 
 M. TAKERS       (99)
 DREAM TEAM       58 
 GOOD FELLAS      39 
 GOOD FELLAS      -3 
 HAMMER HEADS    (94)
 HAMMER HEADS     57 
 BLACK & BLUE     50 
 QUIET STORM      -1 
 JELLY BEANS     (91)
 SHARKS           40 
 QUIET STORM      28 
 BLACK REVENGE    -2 
 SHARKS          (94)
 BLACK REVENGE    63 
 BULLDOGS         52 
 BULLDOGS         -2 
 BLACK & BLUE    (89)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 DREAM TEAM     
 SHARKS         
 BLACK REVENGE  
 M. TAKERS      
  8  2  0  
  6  4  0  
  5  5  0  
  5  5  0  
 ---
  2 
  3 
  3 
  527
  405
  585
  575
  ELITE LINE      
 BLACK & BLUE   
 JELLY BEANS    
 QUIET STORM    
 HAMMER HEADS   
 BULLDOGS       
 GOOD FELLAS    
  5  5  0  
  5  5  0  
  5  5  0  
  4  6  0  
  4  6  0  
  3  7  0  
  3 
  3 
  3 
  4 
  4 
  5 
  571
  461
  389
  488
  383
  491
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
  MT  
  GF  
  JB  
  DT  
  HH  
  QS  
  BB  
  BR  
   S  
  BD  
  178  225*  81   84    7 
  132  175   60   92   32 
  123  110  137   68   23 
  162  115  147   68   35*
  160   97  147   56   28 
  121   53  117   84   14 
  183*  74  189   95   30 
  113  157  210* 103*   2 
  160   39   99   87   20 
   72   88  114   76   33 
  575 
  491 
  461 
  527 
  488 
  389 
  571 
  585*
  405 
  383 
AVG/GM    13   10   12    7    2     44 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
 JB  
 MT  
 BD  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  Travis Minor     
  Marty Booker     
  Dominick Rhodes  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  Eddie Kennison   
  Dominick Rhodes  
  Marty Booker     
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
NORM'S LINES FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 11 finds mixed results for Elite teams as a VIKING outburst on Monday night causes a total rewrite of the notes. We are now past the mid-way point so it would be a good time to rally the troops for the late season run. By the way, this week marks our first successful trade. It was successful mainly because Bruce was not involved. There are two games this Thursday, so check your lineups before Thanksgiving dinner.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The M. Takers take on the Dream Team in a battle of Elite Teams. The Dream Team started out like a rocket including a week 3 win over the Takers, but has slowed lately. The Takers got out of the box slow, picked up speed for a while but have hit a speed bump. In a battle at the opposite end of the standings, the Hammer Heads and Good Fellas will also do battle. The Heads have won 4 of their last 6, but the 0-4 start is hurting them. The Fellas started out 3-0 and haven't won since, but the Heads were one of those first 3 wins. The Quiet Storm will try to avenge their Week 3 defeat to get back in contention. The Beans have won 4 in a row and are making up for a slow start. The Black Revenge will try to sweep the resurgent Sharks and win their 3rd game out of 4. The Sharks are 4 out of the last 5, and are in 2nd place, a far cry from their 1-3 start. The Black & Blue would like to come back from a heartbreaking loss by completing the season sweep of the Bull Dogs. The Dogs have been streaky all year and are currently on a losing streak.

    Norm was 5/5 this week making him 23/40 (58%) on the season and he retains top billing. Spock was 2/5 this week making him 13/40 (33%) on the year and his locks appear below:

MT  -1 DT(109)     BR  -4 S  (98)
HH  -4 GF (98)     BB  -1 BD(101)
JB  -1 QS (83)

    There were 2 games that were technically over. The rest of the games were up in the air and in fact two were decided on Monday night.

    The Dream Team defeated the Good Fellas, who have lost 7 in a row. The Dream Team was led by Warner, and maintained their 2 game lead on the pack. The Good Fellas were led by David Akers in the losing effort. The Fellas enjoyed the great output by their kicker, but they like most of us Eagles fans would have rather seen a few more extra points instead (in Good Fellas case following McNabb TD's).

    The Black Revenge defeated the Bull Dogs and are on the Elite door step again. The Revenge was led by Gannon. The Revenge (self-pronounced RAIDER fans) lost last week because of a RAIDER TD to the Black & Blue. This week the Revenge and Gannon handed an "L" to another RAIDER-ite. The Bull Dogs finally completed a trade. It cost them the "W" though. Rhodes had a 5, but Booker would have won the game for them.

    The Sharks, Toomer and 12 pt. lead were too much for the Storm and Dayne to overcome. The Sharks had nice games out of Favre and Vandy, and a few others chipped in. The Storm got a nice day out of Brooks but had far too many zeros in the box score at other positions, also despite Brooks' play a Plummer start would have made the difference in the game.

    The Black & Blue Attacks' 36 point lead was not enough to hold off the Hammer Heads, Culpepper and Carter. The Attack was led by Manning, Boston and Carney. The Heads had a banner day out of the EAGLES, and for last night anyway the VIKINGS looked like the 2000 version that could occasionally pull out a game like this.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Money Takers and Jelly Beans. The Jelly Beans and Moss overcame a 25 point deficit on Monday night. Moss has not played like a high draft pick for most of the year, but last night he proved his worth. Only the Rice of old could be counted on making up that big a deficit. The Beans had a good day out of Conway, but the scoring was sparse outside of the WR position. The Takers got 24 out of Rice and Garcia (re-united on the Taker lineup if not in San Fran). The Takers had players on the bench with a load of bench points including a player they traded for and a Monday night kicker. Always start Monday night kickers, an unwritten SWFFL rule.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"Greatest Show on Earth wins again. P.S.: There is another Greatest Show on Earth brewing in the SWFFL."
Black & Blue (Mike B.): "Conspiracy or not: Officer Eddie D. arrests Buckhalter on South St., thus insuring a good day for the Black & Blue Attack's Duce Staley."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 11
MVP: Warner, Gannon, Moss (30) DT, BR & JB   
  Best on Bench: Booker, Plummer(36) MT & QS   
  Low Scorers: Quiet Storm (28)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: JB, DT & S (100%)
Low: Quiet Storm (54%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Garcia(178),Manning(171),Culpepper(160),Warner(156)
RB - Alexander(126),Martin(99),Faulk(97),Green(90)
WR - Owens(99),Harrison(96),R. Smith(93),Booker(75)
PK - Carney(101),Janikowski(96),K.Brown(94),Richey(93)
ST - BEARS(45),CHARGERS(42),RAMS(33),TITANS(32)


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