December 18, 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 15 RESULTS  SPOCK'S LINES-WK 16
 M. TAKERS        65 
 BLACK & BLUE     39 
 M. TAKERS       -11 
 BLACK REVENGE  (107)
 QUIET STORM      66 
 GOOD FELLAS      55 
 SHARKS           -2 
 GOOD FELLAS     (94)
 JELLY BEANS      57 
 SHARKS           35 
 DREAM TEAM       -5 
 HAMMER HEADS    (97)
 HAMMER HEADS     31 
 BLACK REVENGE    22 
 QUIET STORM      -5 
 BLACK & BLUE    (99)
 DREAM TEAM       53 
 BULLDOGS         47 
 JELLY BEANS     -15 
 BULLDOGS        (87)
 STANDINGS   W  L  T    GB    POINTS 
 DREAM TEAM     
 M. TAKERS      
 JELLY BEANS    
 BLACK & BLUE   
 11  3  0  
  9  5  0  
  9  5  0  
  7  7  0  
 ---
  2 
  2 
  4 
  749
  792
  724
  769
  ELITE LINE      
 SHARKS         
 QUIET STORM    
 HAMMER HEADS   
 BLACK REVENGE  
 GOOD FELLAS    
 BULLDOGS       
  7  7  0  
  7  7  0  
  6  8  0  
  5  9  0  
  5  9  0  
  4 10  0  
  4 
  4 
  5 
  6 
  6 
  7 
  621
  583
  601
  771
  650
  511
POSITION SCORING MATRIX
 TEAM     QB   RB   WR   PK   ST      TOT  
  MT  
  GF  
  JB  
  DT  
  HH  
  QS  
  BB  
  BR  
   S  
  BD  
  216  300* 129  131*  16 
  177  220   90  124   39*
  146  216  236   96   30 
  252* 148  213  101   35 
  217  107  159   83   35 
  172   87  192  106   26 
  246   98  264  124   37 
  183  187  267* 125    9 
  233   80  174  114   20 
   90  143  147   98   33 
  792*
  650 
  724 
  749 
  601 
  583 
  769 
  771 
  621 
  511 
AVG/GM    13   11   12    7    2     45 
PLAYER TRANSACTIONS
 TM       ACQUIRED         RELEASED    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
SPOCK'S LOCKS FORMAT - Favorite w/Spread on top - Underdog w/Under-Over in parenthesis

    Week 15 finds the 2nd place jinx over. Going into Monday night, the Championship battle looked like it might be interesting too. There are 3 games Saturday, so check out that schedule before making plans to call in your lineup on Sunday. Since this will be my last, opportunity before the holidays, I would like to wish everyone a Safe and Happy Holiday.

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Key Match-Ups to Watch this Week.
    The M. Takers will try to compete the season sweep of the Defending Champion Black Revenge. The Takers need a little run of luck to win the championship. The Revenge is one of the highest scoring and unbelievably the point total and the Bull Dogs are the only things keeping them out of the basement. The Sharks will try to complete the season sweep against the Goodfellas. The Sharks are on the verge of getting back in the Elite. The Fellas are pretty much out of it. The Dream Team needs to avenge the Week 7 drubbing by the Hammer Heads to try and lock up the Championship before close calls like Monday go against them. The Heads, if they win out have a shot at the Elite. The Black and Blue needs to avenge their early season loss to the Storm to keep their title shot alive and probably more important to keep a hold on to that final Elite spot. The Storm is in the 6-8 win or go home boat. The Jelly Beans will try to avenge their early season loss to the Bull Dogs. The Beans are red hot and have gone form the basement to pushing for the title. The Bull Dogs are pretty much playing spoiler now.

    Spock was 4/5 this week making him 27/60 (45%) on the year and he retains top billing. Norm was 2/5 this week making him 31/60 (52%) on the season and his lines appear below:

BR  -3 MT (99)     QS  -4 BB (94)
GF  -2  S (94)     BD  -1 JB (97)
DT  -9 HH(103)

    There was only 1 game that was technically over. Another was all but over. The other 3 were still up in the air.

    The Jelly Beans avenged their week 6 loss to the Sharks and split the season series between neighbors. The Beans are red hot, winning 8 games in a row (sort of reminds me of the 92 Dream Team that went 0-6 and then 9-1-1 to finish in 2nd place). The Beans were led Holmes, Frerotte and a resurgent Randy Moss. Moss is finally coming through and crunch time like now is the best time for it too happen. The Sharks relatively low point total means they probably have to win one more than the rest of the Elite teams to pass them.

    The M. Takers, Faulk and a 29 point lead were too much for the Black & Blue Attack and Carney on Monday night. The battle of former partners was a split this season. The Takers were led by a great WR showing as they put up 53 points without the Faulk-Garcia 1-2 punch. The Black and Blue got good games out of their COLTS, unfortunately they only had 2 of them.

    The Quiet Storm completed the Season sweep against the Good Fellas as the Saint double bubble overcame a 27 point lead on Monday night. There were a whopping 19 special teams points scored in this game. The Fellas were led by McNabb and Thomas. The Storm had another disappointing game out of Eddie George.

    The Hammer Heads completed the season sweep of the Black Revenge as Holt could not overcome a 9 point lead on Monday night. The Heads only got points out of Bouman and Hollis. The Revenge finally got the defense to play and then the offense takes off. The Heads are still alive for a Elite spot. The Revenge points lead gives them a slight chance.

    The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Dream Team and the Bull Dogs. A battle between first and worst, a David and Goliath battle that on paper looked like a laugher. That is why we play the game. The Bull Dogs, Bruce, Williams and a 6 point held off the Dream Team for most of the night. In fact after Marshall Faulk scored, the Dogs were winning by tie breaks for most of the 2nd half. Finally Warner went over 300 and then it was all about keeping Bruce and Williams off the board. The Dream Team's magic number is 2 against both the M. Takers and the Jelly Beans. The Dream Team has clinched at least 3rd place.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm):
"Thanks to the Greatest Show on Earth, the Dream team wins again. P.S.: Thank you Jelly Beans for taking Moss."


BEST & WORST OF WEEK 15
  MVP: Kurt Warner (33) Dream Team   
  Best on Bench: Elvis Grbac (17) M. Takers   
  Low Scorers: Black Revenge (22)
Coaching Efficiency:
High: Jelly Beans (100%)
Low: Black Revenge (55%)


Top Rostered Players By Position (All points included)
QB - Warner(246),Manning(234),Garcia(216),Favre(214)
RB - Faulk(149),Alexander(147),Green(134),Holmes(129)
WR - Owens(120),Harrison(117),R. Smith,Moss(105)
PK - Elam(131), K.Brown(127),Carney(121),Wilkins(122)
ST - BROWNS(47),BEARS(45),CHARGERS,RAMS(42)


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