Brodz' SLAB dropped a low-scoring heartbreaker to Stan's EFH, and the Ruthless Romanians won to claim the current #1 seed in the race for the Steamroller. Three teams (Bugs, Sox, Beagles) are one game behind at 7-4. A group of 5 teams sit at 6-5. Cals' Beavers and Clark's B'runners (#9 and #10) are the 6-5 teams currently sitting on the outside - looking in.
Gary's 12 Angry Men are the new worst D in the League - giving up 29.9 points per game.
EFH is the new toughest D - allowing 21.5 ppg.
The top scoring teams: Romanians (35.8) and SLAB (35.5)
The lowest scoring teams: 12 Angry Men (16.1) and Brian (17.8)
The League scoring average is: 26.2

ODDS IN VEGAS

The Rams and the Jaguars were the favorites to win the Super Bowl. Good money could be made by betting on Miami and the Vikes. In the NBA, the Blazers were the 2:1 favorites. Anyone want to take the Spurs or the Heat against Portland? In the NHL, the Bruins had 30:1 odds to claim the Stanley Cup. The Commish saw fit to put a little dough on that one. The Commish also won back his blackjack losses by correctly betting on 2 college football games and the Rams (-7 against the hapless Niners).
The Sisko Division went 3-1 against the Picard Division, and the weak Janeway Division actually held their own at 2-2 against the powerful Kirk Division. The Kirk Division still has the most W's (26) - followed by the Sisko (24), the Picard (23), and the Janeway (15).
Enough random babbling... on to WIR #11!

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Y2K Bugs 21
Bladerunners 18

Tim has now won 2 in a row after going through a 3-game losing streak. Longwell and Harrison led the way in this one - though Harrison fell behind Stephen Davis in the overall point scoring race. Favre seems to be back on top of his game for Clark, but his fellow 'runners bladed poorly this week. The League office has fined McCaffrey $50k in RFL bucks for his shameful dive against Charles Woodson.
SCRUB W for Tim (1-1 in scrub decisions).

flutie 3 karim 0 linton 0 harrison 6 mccaffrey 0 sloan 0 longwell 12
favre 7 hill 0 enis 6 chrebet 0 freeman 0 brady 0 vinatieri 5
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Men in Brown 19
brian's bums 31

BEFUDDLING!!! Joebob was cruising along on a 4-game winning streak - and was looking good to win out - through the balance on the regular season. But the master spoiler nameless ones smacked MiB one right in the kisser! MiB's Johnson-Westbrook pair was shutout - while Brian got a Roger Staubach from Marcus. Marcus is now 9th among all RFL WR's! Brian also got the whole 9 yards from Kirby Puckett and Chocolate Thunder. 7 of 9 filled in (quite voluptuously) for Glover at TE.

johnson 0 tallen 6 sedrick 6 westbrook 0 mathis 0 roland 0 peterson 7
dilfer 0 kirby 9 shehee 0 dawkins 9 marcus 12 seven X richey 1
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Wide Open Beavers 25
Ruthless Romanians 36

After winning 6 of 7 (with 3 scrub wins), Cals has now dropped 2 in a row (both scrub losses). Despite pulling a blackjack out of his butt with Donnell and Germane, Cals fell victim to a 13-point difference between PK's. In addition to V-jagt's 14, Vesh also got TD's from All-RFL candidates Isaac and Wesley. Gannon now ranks 7th among RFL QB's. The Ruthless Romanians have now won 8 of 9.
SCRUB L for Cals (3-2 in scrub games).

frerotte 3 antowain 0 donnell 12 rocket 0 crowell 9 tyrone 0 christie 1
gannon 7 cmartin 3 bettis 0 ibruce 6 tmartin 0 walls 6 v'jagt 14
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Don't Call It a Comeback 14
Crazed Beagles on the Run 44

Despite making the Kitna-for-any-RB trade, Kevin was unable to stop the DCIAC slide (lost 6 of the last 7). Peyton padded his lead over Kurt Warner, but Kevin's 5 toters and catchers got blanked. Wally has now won 3 straight - and perhaps has solved his QB issue. In 2 games, Jim Miller has moved up to #13 in QB points - ahead of such notables as Marino, Brunell, and Chandler! Jimmy and Dorsey also performed with aplomb for the Beagles.

manning 9 huntley 0 lane 0 galloway 0 holt 0 gonzalez 0 brien 5
jmiller 9 levens 9 leshon 0 jsmith 15 moulds 0 wycheck 0 jwilkins 11
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Team Desai 32
The South Side Black Sox 58

Ricky Watters finally busted out for Team Desai, but his performance was matched by Edgerrin. Ricky Williams also TD'ed for the 1st 2 times for the Sox, as Edgerrin and Ricky put together the 1-2 combo that KO'ed Team Desai. The Desais have now lost 6 of 7 - while JoePa snapped a 2-game losing streak. *AIR* McNair also hit paydirt twice for the Sox.
SCRUB L for Desais (2-1 scrub record)

kordell 3 watters 24 garner 0 keyshawn 0 morton 0 santiago 0 hall 5
mcnair 12 ejames 24 rwilliams 15 toomer 0 dyson 0 riemersma 0 kasay 7
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12 Angry Men 13
Jock Itch United 52

Though the Kitna acquisition did not directly lead to this victory (Huard also had 6 pts, and the margin of victory was greater than 6 anyway), the trade of JIU team spark plug Fred Lane seemed to ignite Ali's squad. Stewart posted his season high, and LaFleur scored the 1st TE points of the season for JIU - as they put an end to their 3-game losing skid. Ali made quick work of Gary's 1-game winning streak - as 12 Angry Men resumed their non-winning ways.

cmiller 0 dunn 0 kfaulk 0 jgreen 0 mcduffie 0 dudley 6 stoy'vich 7
kitna 6 jstewart 15 rhett 6 towens 3 hilliard 3 lafleur 6 elam 13
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Enid Furth Harmony 20
Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits 14

If only Stan had started Brunell instead of Beuerlein, he would not have had to stay up late on Monday night to see EFH back Olandis take it to the House in OT. But the late night drama was most welcome as the thrill of victory and agony of defeat were felt in Texas and New England. Brodz has now fallen 4 total points behind Vesh in the race for the Steamroller. SLAB was missing JGeorge and CCarter, and only the kicking foot of Hollis kept this one close. Olandis and B'lein scored just enough in this scrubby victory for Stan (2-0 scrub record) - who has now won 5 of 6.

b'line 6 cwarren 0 ogary 9 tbrown 0 hakim 0 byron 0 hanson 5
mcnabb 3 egeorge 0 alstott 0 schroeder 0 tglenn 0 freddie 0 hollis 11
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Ferocious Underwear 25
Upper West Side Stomp Mongers 17

Wang *needed* this victory to climb back into the playoff hunt - so he shelled out the big bucks to hire D coordinator Foge Fazio away from the Vikes in mid-season. The strategy was to let SDavis get his - but to minimize the scoring from Davis' supporting cast. The D gameplan worked out to perfection as Davis got his 12, but the other 6 Stomp Mongers could only muster 5. Dylan's 3-game upturn is now kaput. Wang's 3-game downturn is now over.

warner 3 mfaulk 6 jjj 9 jeffers 0 qadry 0 mitchell 0 husted 7
bledsoe 3 duce 0 sdavis 12 connell 0 muhsin 0 alexander 0 delgreco 2
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Who's Getting Hurt?

[Key: GM, (team): draft rounds, players]

Joebob (MiB): 12468 Terrell Davis, Herman Moore, Cecil Collins, Eric Green, Michael Westbrook
MiB has basically had every starter hurt except for the QB (Johnson) and PK. Herman and Westbrook (and maybe Cecil) should be healthy for the playoffs.

Tim (Bugs): 145 Fred Taylor, Ed McCaffrey, Lawrence Phillips
Is it worse to lose a guy for the year early on (Terrell Davis)? Or is it worse to have a stud gimpy most of the season (Fred Taylor)? McCaffrey has not missed too much time. I think we all knew that Phillips was a ticking time bomb.

Cals (WOB): 23 Chris Chandler, Antowain Smith
Cals' Beavers have been relatively blemish-free. Does it really matter if Chandler and/or Antowain have to sit one out?

Kevin (DCIAC): 1345 Jamal Anderson, Natrone Means, Yancey Thigpen, Gary Brown
DCIAC has been ravaged at the RB position. Jamal, Natrone, and G Brown looked to form an above average RB rotation at the start of the season. Kevin has had to make do with RB's like Huntley and Oxendine. That's no fun!

Clark ('runners): 135 Brett Favre, Rod Smith, Wayne Chrebet
Favre has had a very unspectacular season this year with his hurt thumb. Chrebet broke his foot by going in motion during a preseason game. Both now appear to be ok - as Bladerunners seem to have fared relatively well in the injury department.

Vesh (Romanians): 2379 Vinny Testaverde, Jerome Bettis, Ron Rivers, Curtis Conway
Vinny went down in Week 1, Bettis got off to a slow start (no pts in the 1st 4 weeks) after being hurt in the preseason, Rivers seemed to be Barry's replacement until going down, and Conway missed a bunch of games in the middle of the season. But the Romanians seem to have gotten past all those bumps quite nicely.

Wally (Beagles): 267 Eric Moulds, Cam Cleeland, Cade McNown
Moulds missed 3 games. Cleeland never played a down for Wally before finally being released in Week 10. Jim Miller has buried McNown in the Bear depth chart. No major bruises here.

Brian (-nameless-): 145 Steve Young, Bam Morris, Mark Chmura
After being an RFL MVP finalist last year, Steve Young lasted 3 weeks (9 pts) this year. Bam started the season hurt - but is now deep in the G Cunningham dog house. Chmura never played a down for Brian. Galloway was cut in Week 5.

Desais (Team D): none
Team Desai has had only one player hurt - Brad Daluiso. Team Desai has only 1 transaction this year - Cary Blanchard for Daluiso. If a team only has 1 injury (to its backup PK) and is 3-8 (with a 2-1 scrub record), what does that mean?!?

Gary (12 Men): 9 Troy Aikman
Gary has had only 1 injury - to his backup QB. If a team only has 1 injury (to its backup QB) and is 1-10 (with a 1-0 scrub record), what does that mean?!?!?

Stan (EFH): 28 Robert Smith, Greg Clark
Stan gave up on Robert Smith (6 pts in the 1st 6 weeks) - who now resides on Cals' roster. One would expect the SF TE to score some pts, but Jerry and Terrell aren't even scoring anymore.

Wang (FU): 23456 Jake Plummer, Shannon Sharpe, Rob Moore, Tim Biakabutuka, Michael Irvin
Marshall Faulk is the only one left from Wang's planned starting 7. Moore and Biakabutuka are now healthy again and waiting in the wings. Plummer is now carrying a clipboard for SLAB.

JoePa (Sox): 23 Ricky Williams, Steve McNair
Ricky did not score until week 7. McNair missed 7 weeks. The Black Sox' performance in Week 11 shows that this squad is hitting its stride just in time for the playoffs.

Dylan (UWSSM): 2 Emmitt Smith
Dylan has scratched Emmitt for the last 2 games due to the broken bone in his hand. Other than Emmitt, UWSSM has been very well-off health-wise.

Brodz (SLAB): 68 Brian Griese, Charlie Batch
SLAB has only had injuries to the backup QB's. Jeff Goerge and Jake Plummer are the 2 primary SLAB QB's now - though Batch could backup George well come playoff time. Griese is now on the Black Sox.

Ali (JIU): 25 Terrell Owens, Dan Marino
Terrell missed 3 games, but he doesn't have anyone to throw TD passes to him anyway. Ali acquired Kitna, and there doesn't appear to be too much difference between Marino and Kitna.

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RFL GM Profiles: Joshua Veshia, GM, Ruthless Romanians
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Josh Veshia - A true RFL enigma! How could one so ignorant in athletics have any sort of RFL success?? How could one without an athletic bone in his body command any sort of respect from his RFL players?? Yet here he is today, once again fighting for the #1 seed in RFL. How could one so short have any luck with the ladies?? In this ultra-brief interview, we will delve into the mind of Vesh to try to understand what makes him tick.

Editor's Note: Vesh blatantly refused to answer the 2nd installment of questions - causing this interview to be horribly incomplete. After offering to answer the questions for him (as is the standard practice for poor interviewees), Vesh started bawling.

RFL Week in Review Editing Staff: Vesh, you are widely regarded by RFL insiders as a worthless GM who gets lucy. Jim Rome (host of The Last Word) went so far as to describe you as "A Talentless GM". Would you agree with this assessment that you are merely a product of good fortune? Or is there some science to your peculiar GM style?

Joshua Veshia: Yes, it's true that I've dated a few Lucy's during my promiscuous youth. One that stands out in my mind was Jim Rome's beautiful wife, Lucy Rome. I assume that the fact that she left him for me after one passionate night may have led him to declare that I was a "Talentless Girl Magnet". I agree that my chiseled face, and Adonis-like body may be a product of good fortune. But, my charm and wit are really the science behind my Girl Magnet style.

RFL: Obviously you weren't able to realize that the question was supposed to say "Lucky" - not "Lucy". Moving right along... when you witnessed your first TBA game back in the summer of '94 out at Thorndike, what was your initial reaction?
a) Damn, I can't ball with these guys, or
b) Damn, I'm going to hoop on everyone here... except for Joe - who's simply the greatest athlete that I've ever had the pleasure of playing against.

JV: It would have to be a). A wise coach once told me that you play to the level of your competition. Because of this, I had always concentrated on playing semi-pro and professional competition on the courts of Boston (schooling Patrick Ewing in Cambridge comes to mind). I determined that playing with the likes of "Mouth" Pynadath, "I'm Injured" Brodkin, "Black Hole" Callery, and "What is Defense?" Wilson could only hurt my game. But rather than turn my back on my friends (who were letting me stay at their house rent free), I decided to take a mentoring role on the courts of Thorndike. Teaching Joe the art of rebounding and Pat the meaning of a pass brought a warm, fuzzy feeling inside that could only be cooled off by the Vornado fan in Joe's room. Plus, I got to hang out with them at Crossroads, which made me look even better when the women compared me to the rest of our group.

(Interviewer nodding his head in his agreement of the assessment of the BLACK HOLE - Cals)

RFL: Our records show that you attended a summer program for prospective engineering students with yours truly out at Lowell, MA. Our records also indicate that your "Player" ways began back then due to your constantly being in Joe's shadow (ping pong, Kelly, etc). Do you care to expand on that?

JV: Beating Joe in basketball in front of all of the students had to be quite a blow for a skinny Indian kid who was already suffering from self-confidence problems. Hooking up with Jen, who Joe lusted after, must have also been painful. Unfortunately Joe was denied acceptance at the University of Lowell as an undergraduate student and was forced to attend Boston University, where he continued to be in my shadow. A good example is his many failed attempts to date Jen Min. 4 years later, the day I moved to Boston... Joe was disgusted to find that Jen was instantly smitten for the Vesh.

RFL: Being the one layoff from Vantive before their buyout, has RFL now become the focal point of your professional career?

JV: Due to some disagreements on compensation between me and the board of directors of Peoplesoft, I was asked to resign. I was justly compensated for my departure. RFL has always had a special place in my heart due to the fact that I just seem to win every year, regardless of the amount of time I spend doing it. Joe, I'm a winner and I'm glad you recognize that. Could you refill my coffee? And, not as much sugar this time.

RFL: If you were to start your own RFL, who would you choose for commisioner - Wang or Cals? And why?

JV: I win regardless of the commisioner so it doesn't matter to me. Cals is a good dancer, however.

RFL: There has been a bitter rivalry between you and Shivan. Some say it's because you see so much of yourself in him. Would you say that there is a good chance that Shivan will become the Indian Vesh?

JV: He definitely has the self-confidence and mouth to be the next Vesh. Wit and Charm are the keys to my success with the ladies (please see #1 above). I think it will take a lot of work, but he has a much better chance than Joe or Snehal, whose bodies will prevent them from ever being a Vesh. Shivan, if you are out there listening... you have the tools. Have your people call my people, and I'll make you a star.

This has been an RFL interview. The rights to all proceeds made from this interview belong to the RFL WIR and exclusively to the RFL WIR.
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SEASON POINTS LEADERS
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QB
88 Peyton Manning (Don't Call It a Comeback)
79 Kurt Warner (Ferocious Underwear)
69 Brad Johnson (Men in Brown)

RB
99 Stephen Davis (Upper West Side Stomp Mongers)
90 Edgerrin James (The South Side Black Sox)
72 Marshall Faulk (Ferocious Underwear)
66 Emmitt Smith (Upper West Side Stomp Mongers)
66 Eddie George (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
57 Dorsey Levens (Crazed Beagles on the Run)

WR
98 Marvin Harrison (Y2K Bugs)
75 Isaac Bruce (Romanians)
63 Cris Carter (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
54 Randy Moss (Wide Open Beavers)
54 Ed McCaffrey (Y2K Bugs)
42 Antonio Freeman (Jock Itch United)
42 Michael Westbrook (Men in Brown)
42 Jimmy Smith (Crazed Beagles on the Run)

TE
48 Wesley Walls (Romanians)
30 Rickey Dudley (12 Angry Men)
24 Tony Gonzalez (Don't Call It a Comeback)

PK
97 Mike Hollis (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
94 Mike Vanderjagt (Romanians)
83 Jason Elam (Jock Itch United)

be sure to check:
The Season Points Leaders page
...for an expanded list of scoring leaders.

Joebob	Advantage	Desais
BJohnson		KStewart
TAllen		RWatters
SIrvin		CGarner
MWestbrook		KeyJohnson
TDwight		CPickens
RWilliams		OJSantiago
TPeterson		JHall

Despite the large disparity in records, the talent level on these two clubs seems to be about equal. Joebob is now fighting for his playoff life. Closing the season against Desais, Cals, and Kevin should mean 3 W's. But MiB is coming off a humiliating loss to Brian.
Team Desai is now playing for a little pride. Even with 3 straight victories to finish the regular season at 6-8, Desais should not be able to weasel their way into the postseason.
Team Desai would appear to have a considerable advantage at RB. And if Shivan would stop starting Morton over Pickens, perhaps an ever so slight advantage at WR. But Joebob seems to have the edge at QB, TE, and PK. As Johnson and Westbrook go, so goes MiB. But look for TAllen and SIrvin to also hold their own in this game.
Oh... and the winner of this game will be President of IFEJ for the next year!

**** Reading between the treadmarks: MiB by 1 ****

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