When the music stopped, 5 teams finished at 7-7 in a battle for 2 playoff berths. UWSSM was comfortably in - 73 total points (more than a whole Emmitt) ahead of DCIAC. MiB came up 27 points short - 2 points per game over the course of the season. Crazed Beagles were 20 points out - one Kerry Collins or Yancey Thigpen short. Wide Open Beavers finished 13 points behind DCIAC - one Lawrence Phillips or Cecil Collins would have made the difference.
The 99-00 Steamroller Trophy Winner (and Aglione Bowl X favorite): David Brodkin and his Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits!
The top scoring teams: SLAB (37.1) and Romanians (33.1)
The lowest scoring teams: 12 Angry Men (16.7) and Brian (17.4)
The League scoring average is: 26.5
The worst D: 12 Angry Men (29.1)
The best D: Bladerunners (21.9)

I'D LIKE TO CALL A FRIEND!

Regis: Hello, Patrick. This is Regis calling from "Who'd Like to Win the Aglione Bowl?" The next voice you hear will be that of your friend Brodz. He is on the verge of winning the Aglione Bowl, but needs your answer to a question of his.
Brodz: Cals, I only have 30 seconds - so give me your answer quickly! I'm going up against [TBD] this weekend, and I need 2 starting RB's out of E George, M Alstott, T Wheatley, and T Barber. Whom do I go with?!?
Cals: Well... George and Alstott have been so hot lately, while Tyrone and Tiki have been absolutely frigid. So... I'd bank on the fact that these RB performance levels should INVERT. Start Wheatley and Barber!
Stay tuned to Week 17 for Brodz' final answer!
Enough random babbling... on to WIR #14!

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**** GAME OF THE WEEK ****
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Upper West Side Stomp Mongers 27
Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits 51

With the Steamroller Trophy on the line, SLAB stepped up and smacked a vicious double off the Green Monster. After Eddie was dealt a blackjack by the Raiders on Thursday nitro, Alstott finished off UWSSM with a dozen on Sunday. Brodz' SLAB appears to be maintaining its peak as the playoffs begin - having won 9 of their last 10 games. Dylan could only fall out of the playoffs by losing and having 5 other contests go against him. When MiB fell to DCIAC on Sunday, Dylan was safely into the "real" season.
SCRUB LOSS for Dylan (0-5 in scrubs - an amount of BAD LUCK simply unheard of!!!)

collins 3 emmitt 0 sdavis 12 kevj'son 3 dscott 6 alex'er 0 delgreco 3
jgeorge 6 egeorge 21 alstott 12 ccarter 0 tglenn 3 freddie 0 hollis 9
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Men in Brown 22
Don't Call It a Comeback 33

Both Joebob and Kevin *needed* this game for a shot at Aglione Bowl X. Joebob attempted the "Inverted Charger RB" maneuver - with disastrous results. While DCIAC successfully extracted the sole SD TD with Natrone, MiB was left with the 5th highest Charger rusher of the game - as Fazande finished behind Means, Bynum, Harbaugh, AND TERRELL FLETCHER. The once dynamic duo of Johnson-II-Westbrook has been relegated to the UN-playoffs - as MiB finished poorly losing 3 of their last 4. Tony Gonzalez leads DCIAC into the Ags Bowl hunt. Kevin has won 3 straight - after losing 6 of 7.

johnson 6 tallen 0 fazande 0 westbrook 6 tmathis 0 roland 0 peterson 10
manning 6 means 6 oxendine 0 galloway 0 holt 3 gonzalez 12 brien 6
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Y2K Bugs 25
Wide Open Beavers 20

Oh, the MNF drama...! Stewart was playing well for the Jags, so it looked like Fred would sit this one out - and Tim would back into the winning 6 from Hicks. But then Stewart gets hurt in the middle of the 3rd Quarter, and in comes Taylor! It's raining heavily and Fred gets his first carry with less than 11 minutes left in the game. McCaffrey is clearly not going to score, so it's all up to Fred. Things are looking rosy for Cals. But then with less than 3 minutes left, Fred takes it to THE HOUSE from 38 yards out! Fred's not a real man (real men don't taunt), but he's the game-winner for the Bugs. Cals lost 4 of his last 5 games (3 scrub losses) to tumble out of the playoff picture.
HALF A SCRUB WIN for Tim (1.5-1 in scrubs).

flutie 3 ftaylor 6 linton 6 harrison 3 mccaffrey 0 sloan 0 longwell 7
chandler 0 robsmith 3 antowain 0 moss 12 rocket 0 tyrone 0 christie 5
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Bladerunners 63
brian's bums 20

Clark needed a win to secure a playoff spot, and he went out and matched the highest point total of the season (SLAB, Week 10). Corey Dillon follows up his blackjack last week with MO POINTS this week! B'runners also got 6's or 9's from every other starter - except Chrebet. Brian put up a final respectable showing, but were unable to spoil Clark's postseason plans. B'runners won their last 2 (averaging a League-high 53 points over the last 2 weeks) to overcome a 1-4 stretch.

favre 9 dillon 27 ghill 6 chrebet 0 freeman 6 pollard 6 vinatieri 9
couch 8 kirby 6 bam 0 dawkins 0 mccardell 0 glover 0 richey 6
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Runnerup Romanians 17
Crazed Beagles on the Run 12

The Romanians were already set in the #2 seed for the playoffs as this game headed into MNF action. Wally needed 6 points from Jimmy Smith for a win - and a playoff spot. Jimmy had scored 6 or more points in 5 of the past 6 weeks, but came up empty when the Beagles needed him most! Vesh's Romanians would appear to have gotten their bad game out of their system and should be ready to roll in the q'finals against UWSSM.
SCRUB WIN for Vesh (1.5-1 scrub record)

gannon 3 cmartin 0 bettis 3 ibruce 3 tmartin 0 walls 0 v'jagt 8
justin 0 leshon 0 hoard 0 jsmith 0 moulds 0 wycheck 0 wilkins 12
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Team Desai 46
Ferocious Underwear 47

A loss by FU would have meant 3rd place for the Black Sox. How close did Team Desai come to winning? Hall missed 2 PAT's in the 4th quarter by hitting the left upright, Hall also missed a FG, Gadsden caught a mop up time TD in the same game (Mare hit all his PAT's and FG attempts), and Warner hit 350 yards right on the nose! The RFL Gods finally give Wang a break! OJ was replaced by Conan O'Brien at TE for Desais.
SCRUB LOSS for Team Desai (3-2.5 in scrubs).

kordell 6 watters 0 garner 12 keyshawn 15 morton 3 conan X hall 10
warner 12 mfaulk 21 biakabutt 0 rmoore 0 oronde 6 dmoore 0 mare 8
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12 Angry Men 19
Enid Furth Harmony 16

After winning 5 of 6 in an attempt to overcome their 0-5 start, EFH was clearly spent. EFH needed to score 86 points in this game to complete the most remarkable turnaround in one RFL season (and they were facing the weakest D in the League in Gary's Mad Dozen), but Stan's squad didn't have the juice on this day. Gary got his 2nd win of the season - thanks to another TD from Dudley and contributions from Troy, Warrick, and Pete. Stan got a TD from Olandis - 12th in the RB rankings.
SCRUB WIN for Gary (2-1)

aikman 3 dunn 3 kfaulk 0 jgreen 0 rice 0 dudley 6 stoy'vich 7
brunell 0 demond 0 ogary 6 tbrown 0 azhakim 0 chad 0 hanson 10
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The South Side Black Sox 30
Jock Itch United 25

James Stewart was doing his best to knock the Black Sox down to 5th in the standings, but then JoePa took the form of Romanowski and cheap shotted Stewart right out of the game. Stewart is now tied for 5th place in the RB rankings. LaFleur also moved 12 points ahead of Coates among Ali's TE's. JoePa is struggling with injuries to R Williams and Kasay. The Black Sox are also struggling trying to find production from the WR spots.
HALF A SCRUB LOSS for Ali (3-0.5)

mcnair 6 ejames 9 lamar 0 eg 0 toomer 6 damon 0 kasay 9
marino 0 jstewart 12 rhett 0 towens 0 hilliard 0 lafleur 6 stover 7
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FINAL OVERALL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS:

Rank	Team	Record	Pts Scored
1	SLAB	11-3	520
2	Romanians	11-3	464
3	FU	9-5	449
4	Black Sox	9-5	396
5	Y2K Bugs	8-6	397
6	Bladerunners	8-6	348
7	UWSSM	7-7	458
8	DCIAC	7-7	385
9	Beavers	7-7	372
10	Beagles	7-7	365
11	MiB	7-7	358
12	JIU	6-8	321
13	EFH	6-8	316
14	Team Desai	4-10	316
15	brian	3-11	243
16	12 Angry Men	2-12	234

Playoff Bracket:

#1 SLAB
#8 DCIAC

#4 Black Sox
#5 Y2K Bugs

#2 Romanians
#7 UWSSM

#3 FU
#6 B'runners

UN-playoff Bracket:

#9 Beavers
#16 12Angry

#12 JIU
#13 EFH

#10 Beagles
#15 Brian

#11 MiB
#14 TeamDesai

Playoff Game Tiebreakers:

During the regular season... if two teams tie with respect to starter points and bench points, the game is declared a tie. In the playoffs, the tiebreaker system below is employed:
1) BENCH POINTS
2) TOTAL YARDS (PASSING, RUSHING, RECEIVING) BY STARTERS
3) BENCH YARDS
4) COIN TOSS

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Final Look at the Regular Season Standings
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Rank	Record	Pts Scored	No Scrubs
1	Brodz 11-3	Brodz 520	Brodz 12-2
2	Vesh 11-3	Vesh 464	Dylan 12-2
3	Wang 9-5	Dylan 458	Wang 11-3
4	JoePa 9-5	Wang 449	Vesh 10-3-1
5	Tim 8-6	Tim 397	Wally 9-5
6	Clark 8-6	JoePa 396	Kevin 8-6
7	Dylan 7-7	Kevin 385	Tim 7-6-1
8	Kevin 7-7	Cals 372	JoePa 7-7
9	Cals 7-7	Wally 365	Cals 7-7
10	Wally 7-7	Joebob 358	Joebob 6-8
11	Joebob 7-7	Clark 348	Clark 6-8
12	Ali 6-8	Ali 321	Stan 4-10
13	Stan 6-8	Stan 316	Brian 4-10
14	Desais 4-10	Desais 316	Ali 3-10-1
15	Brian 3-11	Brian 243	Desais 3-10-1
16	Gary 2-12	Gary 234	Gary 1-13

Brodz: clearly *earned* the Steamroller
Vesh: came in just about right
Wang: finished right about where the #'s predicted
JoePa: a little lucky with scrub wins
Tim: just about right
Clark: finished 5 spots ABOVE the total point and scrub indicators
Dylan: should have finished in 2nd! REALLY bad luck!
Kevin: finished a little lower than expected, but made the big dance
Cals: finished as was expected - right on (the wrong side of) the bubble
Wally: clearly unlucky with scrub losses
Joebob: was it the injuries? or something else?
Ali: had some good fortune with the scrub wins
Stan: finished about where the #'s would have predicted
Desais: clearly finished in the right place
Brian: a tiny bit of bad luck with the 0-1 scrub record
Gary: clearly the last place team

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SEASON POINTS LEADERS
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QB
112 Kurt Warner (Ferocious Underwear)
100 Peyton Manning (Don't Call It a Comeback)
81 Brad Johnson (Men in Brown)

RB
117 Edgerrin James (The South Side Black Sox)
117 Stephen Davis (Upper West Side Stomp Mongers)
116 Marshall Faulk (Ferocious Underwear)
108 Eddie George (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
69 Emmitt Smith (Upper West Side Stomp Mongers)
69 Corey Dillon (Bladerunners)
69 James Stewart (Jock Itch United)

WR
104 Marvin Harrison (Y2K Bugs)
84 Cris Carter (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
81 Isaac Bruce (Romanians)
75 Randy Moss (Wide Open Beavers)
62 Jimmy Smith (Crazed Beagles on the Run)
57 Michael Westbrook (Men in Brown)

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

PK
122 Mike Vanderjagt (Romanians)
116 Mike Hollis (Skintight Leather Assless Bodysuits)
98 Jason Hanson (Enid Furth Harmony)

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

Dylan	Advantage	Vesh
DBledsoe		RGannon
SDavis		CMartin
Emmitt/Duce		JBettis
AConnell		IBruce
KevJohnson		TMartin
SAlexander		WWalls
ADelGreco		MVanderjagt

In the Week 6 GOTW, Bettis' 15 points directed the Romanians to a 55-24 romp over UWSSM.
Over the course of the regular season, Vesh only outscored Dylan by 6 total points. However... the Romanians appear to have many distinct advantages in the head-to-head matchups. The Bledsoe/Collins instability at Dylan's QB spot remains a troubling situation. The call on Emmitt vs Duce could also be tough. It doesn't get any easier for Dylan at WR, either. The only question mark for Vesh is Martin/Conway at the #2 WR. Walls, Bruce, and V'jagt give the Romanians their primary strength. Dylan will be led by S Davis. The expected outcome does not appear to be as close as the season scoring averages would indicate.

**** The Romanians should romp again: Romanians by 10 ****

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