HAWAAW CAPS AMAZING COMEBACK WITH BENCH POINTS EDGE FOR UPSET WIN IN GREATEST AGLIONE BOWL GAME EVER

Aglione Bowl VII
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4- HAWAAW 45 (25)
2- Luscious Brodkin 45 (24)

In a game that will go down in history as the greatest Aglione Bowl game ever played, Hooligans a Whompin' and a Whoopin' ended a Cinderella season with an amazing monday nite comeback to upend heavy favorite Luscious Brodkin in Aglione Bowl VII. HAWAAW QB Steve Young and K Jeff Wilkins scored 6 each on the monday nite finale to tie the score at 45 each, and backup QB Elvis Grbac's TD run propelled HAWAAW to a 25-24 bench points advantage.

HAWAAW sprang out of the gates with a 12-0 lead on Saturday afternoon, netting 6 each from WR Isaac Bruce and newcomer RB Mario Bates, while Luscious Brodkin's all-RFL RB Curtis Martin was held scoreless. LB used a solid sunday attack, typical of their season long dominance, to vault into a 45-33 advantage at the end of the day. WR Michael Jackson starred, scoring a season high 21 points, while QB Mark Brunell, WR Carl Pickens, TE Wesley Walls, and K Cary Blanchard added 6 each. Disaster was averted by HAWAAW when, after getting goose-eggs from WR Keenan McCardell and TE Frank Wycheck, MVP candidate RB Terry Allen busted out of a month-long slump with an amazing 21 points, matching his season high. A two-kicker attack on the bench helped give Luscious a 24-19 edge on bench points heading into the monday nite showdown.

Steve Young did his part on monday nite, scoring 6 in meaningless first half action before being pulled. A late TD run by Elvis Grbac shifted the bench points in favor of HAWAAW 25-24, and K Jeff Wilkins came on to tie the score at 45, clinching the upset victory for HAWAAW. A tie could have been averted, had GM Brodkin not called in to RFL HQ minutes before Sunday kickoff to bench RB Bam Morris, who ended up scoring 3 pts, in favor of RB Anthony Johnson, who scored 0.

The victory is GM Pynadath's first Aglione Bowl championship in this, his only appearance to date. The Luscious Brodkin loss gives GM Dave Brodkin a 1-1 record in Aglione Bowls; he won Ags Bowl III back in 1992 with Brodkin Citgo Machine. The loss is devastating to Brodkin, as he has engineered, without a doubt, the greatest RFL team to never win a championship.

Luscious Brodkin			HAWAAW			Luscious bench			HAWAAW bench
QB	MBrunell	6	QB	SYoung	6	QB	Graham	0	QB	Grbac	6
RB	CMartin	0	RB	TAllen	21	RB	Morris	3	RB	Russell	0
RB	AJohnson	0	RB	MBates	6	WR	JSmith	0	WR	Beebe	0
WR	CPickens	6	WR	IBruce	6	PK	Hollis	13	WR	Kennison	6
WR	MJackson	21	WR	KMcCardell	0	PK	Peterson	8	PK	Blanton	13
TE	WWalls	6	TE	FWycheck	0		BENCH	24		BENCH	25
PK	CBlanchard	6	PK	JWilkins	6
	TOTAL	45		TOTAL	45	pregame line: Luscious by 14

The Gibbons, losers of only 2 games all season long, drop two straight in the playoffs to close out a glorious season in misery. The Wankers squeak by in this one thanks to a superb 12 point effort from QB Jeff Blake, overcoming Gibbon RB Ricky Watters' 9 point performance.

johnson 3 watters 9 bettis 0 brown 0 metcalf 6 sharpe 0 jacke 8
blake 12 davis 6 kaufman 0 rice 0 martin 0 jones 0 stoyanovich 9
pregame spread: gibbons by 5
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Playoff Consolation (5th place)
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5- Pistol Whippers 36
3- Store 24 20

Contraversy is averted thanks to a strong supporting performance from the Whippers roster. "WR" Kordell Stewart scored 12 points from the QB position to lead the way, shouting a signal to RFL management to come up with some sort of Kordell-position rule during the off-season. Meanwhile, QB Brett Favre capped a great season with another 9 points.

favre 9 centers 0 means 3 mcduffie 6 stewart 12 dunn 0 delgreco 6
detmer 0 mcelroy 6 kirby 0 conway 3 small 0 brady 6 vinatieri 5
pregame spread: whippers by 3
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7th place game
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8- Digital Rectal 28
7- Ghost in a Helmet 25

Digital ends a 6 game losing streak in the season finale. Ghost in a Helmet closes out GM Kevin's rookie season with 4 straight losses.
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SCRUB INVITATIONAL
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Disgruntled Postal Workers - 37
CKLMTG - 19

Closet Cases - 28
Globulants - 14

Rabid Gnomes - 28
Rumbling Romanians - 14
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FINAL STANDINGS

	W	L	GB	PF	PA	STK
Rampaging Gibbons	13	4	-	567	449	L2
Luscious Brodkin	12	5	1	687	483	L1
HAWAAW	12	5	1	513	431	W4
Pistol Whippers	11	6	2	475	423	W2
Store 24	11	6	2	446	413	L2
Willie's Wankers	10	7	3	511	407	W1
Digital Rectal	8	9	5	417	490	W1
Ghost in a Helmet	7	10	6	448	482	L4
Dgrt. Postal Workers	7	10	6	429	509	W2
Closet Cases	7	10	6	416	418	W1
Globulants	6	11	7	450	486	L2
CKLMTG	6	11	7	384	491	L1
Rabid Gnomes	5	12	8	327	421	W2
Rumbling Romanians	4	13	9	373	540	L2

Pending delivery of entry fees from Mr. Pototo and Mr. Veshia (Thank you Lance), the final grand sum total overall RFL winnings are as follows:

Store 24 (GM Snehal Desai) $ 75
Regular 3rd place ($75)

Willie's Wankers (GM John Wilson) $ 40
Playoffs 3rd place ($40)

HAWAAW (GM Joe Pynadath) $150
Regular 4th place ($50)
Aglione Bowl VII champs ($100)

Pistol Whippers (GM Dave Wang) $ 45
Regular 5th place ($25)
Playoffs consolation ($20)

Luscious Brodkin (GM Dave Brodkin) $185
Regular 2nd place ($125)
Playoffs runner-up ($60)

Rampaging Gibbons (GM Pat Callery) $195
Steamroller champs ($175)
Playoffs 4th place ($20)

Congratulations to the 1996 winners! To those who didn't win this year, don't get discouraged; get ready to turn it up in RFL'97!
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RFL ALL*STARS
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QB
12 Jeff Blake (Willie's Wankers)

RB
21 Terry Allen (HAWAAW)
12 Dorsey Levens (DPW), Karim Abdul-Jabbar (CKLMTG) & Barry Sanders (Romanians)

WR
21 Michael Jackson (Luscious B)
12 Kordell Stewart (Whippers) ... Hmmmm, 6 yardage pts for a QB?

TE
6 Walls, Brady, Jackson, Coates

PK
13 Cole Ford (DPW)
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Week 17 total: 97 - not a bad finish to the season

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