Week 11 finds the majority of the Elite Teams taking the loss, which is good news for the majority of the teams. Although the top spots are still not exactly within reach for most of us, that last spot is still pretty wide open. If you can live with the web version or if you want to try and receive these notes by e-mail, let me know. It is cheaper and also much quicker. The league's url is http://swffl.50megs.com .

Key Matchups to watch this Week

  The Jelly Beans will try to avenge their week 3 loss to the Black Revenge, but it will be tough without Donovan. The Revenge needs the "W" to keep any hope of the Championship alive. The Black & Blue will try to keep their Championship run intact by completing the season sweep of the Good Fellas. The Fellas have been playing much better as of late and fortunately for the Elite Line has been sinking so they are still alive for a Elite spot. The Body Shop will take their Championship Run to the Elite Taker's park this week. The Shop will try to bounce back form the loss this week and keep their title hopes alive. The Takers at this point will have to concentrate on keeping that last Elite spot. The Sharks will try to avenge their early season loss to the Bull Dogs and grab the inside track to that last Elite spot, if other teams continue to falter. The Dogs are starting a winning streak after halting their losing streak. The Quiet Storm will try to complete the sweep against the Dream Team and keep their shot at the title alive. The Dream Team's chances of defending their title are all but gone, but the Elite Line is not so very far out of reach.

  Spock was 2/5 this week, making him 32/50 (64%) on the season and he retains top billing. Norm was 2/5 on the week, making him 19/50 (38%) on the season. His lines appear below:

  There were 3 games that were technically over by Sunday. Two others were most definitely up in the air on Monday.

  The Jelly Beans avoided the Body Shop sweep. The Beans win can almost be totally attributed to the gutsy performance by Donovan McNabb. Unfortunately the Beans will have to finish the season with someone else at the helm. In the losing effort, the Shop got a little scoring from many places, but nobody topped double digits.

  The Sharks completed the sweep of the M. Takers in a real shootout involving two run and shoot lineups. The Culpepper/Owens vs. Garcia/Harrison match-up was a virtual push. Neither RB did anything and the difference came down to the Sharks other WRs outperforming the Takers other WR's. The Takers could have grabbed the 'W' with a Vick start and a Bennett start. Neither of these scenarios were necessarily out of the realm of possibility given the performances of Culpepper and Bennet in recent weeks.

  The Bull Dogs avoided the Quiet Storm sweep. Favre and Williams led the Dogs. The Storm was hurt by an early exit by Griese. Luckily for the Storm, Pennington seems to be performing well and should fill in nicely.

  The Black & Blue completed the season sweep as Wilkins could not overcome a 7-point lead. Driver led the Attack, which came very close to wrapping it up on Sunday night as Gannon fell just short of 300 yards and came very close to tossing a TD several times. The Dream Team was led by Manning and a finally a decent game by George. It was nice to see Smith and Smith get back on the board again. Of course the Dream Team could have coasted to the win if they had started the PATRIOTS special teams instead of the BUCCANEERS.

  The "Game of the Week" honors go to the contest between the Black Revenge and the Good Fellas. The Black Revenge/Thomas and Good Fellas/Bruce went into Monday tied, due mainly to the truck full of zeros the Fellas put up on Sunday night. Hines Ward who might have finally landed a permanent slot in the Fellas lineup led the Fellas. The Revenge had a bit more balanced scoring and was led by Brooks and Moss. Thomas gave the Revenge the early lead with a 7. Bruce tacked on a 6 point yardage bonus and missed another 3 by 9 yards.

CHATTERBOX:(Get Quotes in by Monday Night)
Dream Team (Norm): "I feel your pair Eagles fans. If your team is as good as the Rams, you will overcome and still be the team you were before your QB got hurt. P.S.: Koy Detmer is an inch away from being in the Wizard of Oz."
Body Shop (Jack): "I thought this week was going to be a can of corn, it ended up being a nasty can of beans."
Bull Dogs (John T.): "Ooh Yeah! Finally!! The Bull Dogs played like a team, put up some point and got a win."

BEST & WORST OF WEEK 11

MVP: Terrell Owens (30) M. Takers       Best on Bench: Michael Vick (28) M. Takers      Low Scorers: Quiet Storm (24)    Coaching Efficiency: High: Sharks (91%) Low: Quiet Storm (44%)

Top Rostered Players By Position (Rostered Players Only)
QB - Gannon(196),Brady(183),McNabb(174),Bledsoe(165)
RB - Holmes(155),Tomlinson(125),McAllister(120),Williams(102)
WR - Owens(105),Harrison(96),Ward(90),Price(75)
PK - Feely(105),Gramatica,M. Andersen(101),Longwell,Hollis(100)
ST - BUCCANEERS(57),RAIDERS(44),JETS(34),PATRIOTS(32)