Season Ends - Playoffs Begin

Another regular season comes to a close and congrats go out to Coach Rick Rodrick's Iowa PIK Acres, who compiled a Raves Division and league best record of 11-4-1. We also congratulate Steve Rodrick's Minnesota Northboars who's 9-7 record squeaked past the Sycamore Ons on a total points tiebreaker to capture the Rants Division crown.
The playoffs begin (this THURSDAY) and if you follow this link:
http://football5.myfantasyleague.com/2008/options?L=36295&O=79
you can see how the brackets line up.
In Toilet Bowl action, the Cutting Edge is looking to take their loser-best record of 7-9 all the way to next years top pick.

Week Twelve Tiers

TIER ONE
The Iowa PIK Acres
The Iowa State Cutting Edge
The White Tornado

TIER TWO
The Minnesota Northboars
Cheeba's Homecats
The Dirty Dozen

TIER THREE
The Balled Egos
The Sycamore Ons
The Cedar rapids Vikings

TIER FOUR
The Hell Fire
Casey's Crusaders
The Young Guns

Vagaries and the H-word

Week 10 in the CSFA was a memorable one. The vagaries are shadowy things that tempt and tease and corrupt the mind until you're starting people that shouldn't be in the NFL, much less on your fantasy team. This week, they showed up with a vengeance in two games particularly.

The Iowa PIK Acres are a team of destiny. If they picked up Jeff George right now, he'd go to the pro bowl. This week, Rick scored 81 points with just 1 point from his receivers. It went like this, Thomas Jones-20, Maurice Jones-Drew-19 and from the bench, Brandon Jones, er, Jacobs-14. These 3 running backs are the 3rd, 4th and 5th best running backs, respectively, in the league. Tell me you predicted that at the beginning of the year and you're either Kreskin or a damn good lier.

More important than Coach Rodrick's ability to pull double digit scoring running backs out of his backside linebacker; however, was his opponent this week. Casey's Crusaders are the third highest scoring franchise in the CSFA. They play there hearts out for coach Leo. They downright love him, even though he gives all his halftime speeches with his pants down. This week the Crusaders scored the second largest number of points. Only problem is, see above. Coach Bacino has been plagued his entire career in the CSFA with these kind of thing. I think it might be explained by this year's team motto, "It's gonna happen" This smacks of h****s in the worst way. Nothing is for sure in the CSFA and the vagaries know this and want to make sure you do too. If Coach Rodrick ran the crusaders, you can bet the motto would read something like this, "It might happen someday if we're really lucky because we're really not that good and when we win it's just because we started the right guys by accident and it'll never happen again, really."

And now for something completely different..

The Minnesota Northboars have done something right OR the Hell Fire really pissed somebody off. Tied at 21 going into Monday night, the Northboars needed 1 point to win. The Hell Fire were done and the Boars had rookie running back Tim Hightower to go. Piece of cake ...or not so much. The rookie running back was really just a back the whole night because there just wasn't much running happening. With 8:21 left in the game, Hightower catches a 5 yd pass to give him 53 yards and the point to win. Hurrah! With 2:12 left, he adds a yd rushing to pad his total to 54. At the two minute warning, another handoff to Hightower for a MINUS 4 yds, giving him exactly 50 for the game. Luckily, San Francisco managed to run the clock out and not give Mr. Hightower another chance to go below 50. I believe the Northboars were able to pull out the victory because I slept through the entire 4th quarter and the vagaries like it better when they can see the misery as it happens.

Week 10 Tiers

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Tier One

The Iowa PIK Acres

The Balled Egos

The Sycamore Ons

The Young Guns

Cheeba's Homecats

Casey's Crusaders

The Hell Fire

The Cedar rapids Vikings

The Minnesota Northboars

The Dirty Dozen

The White Tornado

The Iowa State Cutting Edge

because you're all #1 in my book!

Week Nine Tiers

Iowa PIK Acres head coach Rick Rodrick looks down at the rest of the CSFA

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Tier One

The Iowa PIK Acres

Tier Two

The Hell Fire

The Iowa State Cutting Edge

The White Tornado

The Cedar rapids Vikings

Tier Three

The Minnesota Northboars

The Sycamore Ons

Casey's Crusaders

The Dirty Dozen

Tier Four

The Balled Egos

The Young Guns

Cheeba's Homecats

Week Eight Tiers

After he lost the game and the bet, Guns head coach, the new guy(left), was forced to shave his head so he would look just like Vikings head man, Mark Witham

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Tier ONE

The Iowa PIK Acres

The White Tornado

The Iowa State Cutting Edge

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Tier TWO

The Sycamore Ons

The Cedar rapids Vikings

The Dirty Dozen

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Tier THREE

Da Hell Fire

The Balled Egos

Cheeba's Homecats

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Tier FOUR

The Minnesota Northboars

Casey's Crusaders

The Young Guns

Week Seven Tiers

Parity has arrived in the CSFA

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Tier One

Tier Two

The Dirty Dozen

The Iowa PIK Acres

The Iowa State Cutting Edge

The Cedar rapids Vikings

The Hell Fire

Casey's Crusaders

Cheeba's Homecats

The Balled Egos

The White Tornado

The Sycamore Ons

The Young Guns

The Minnesota Northboars

Tier Three

Tier Four

Starting the right guys

O.K. follow me. It's all about playing the best guys or as we like to say "Riding your big horses". So, when you compare the top 10 points leaders to the top 10 starting points leaders, it should be the same list, right? Not so.

(Place kickers and Tight ends not included because they're boring)

#1 Aaron Rogers, QB The Hell Fire

Points 72
Starter Points 46
Sat on the bench behind Drew Brees for the first two games this year. I think that's a move we would have all made. Aaron Rogers was the new guy and we know how much new guys suck.

#2 Phillip Rivers, QB The White Tornado

Points 69

Starter Points 24

Sat on the bench behind Donovan McNabb for three games this year. His three best games of this year.

#3 Tony Romo, QB The Dirty Dozen

Points 67

Starter Points 67

RIDING THE BIG HORSE!!

#4 Jay Cutler, QB Casey's Crusaders

Points 62

Starter Points 62

RIDING THE BIG HORSE!!

#5 Drew Brees, QB The Minnesota Northboars

Points 61

Starter Points 61

RIDING THE BIG HORSE!!

#6 Kurt Warner, QB The PIK Acres

Points 60

Starter Points 60

RIDING THE BIG HORSE!!

#7 Brett Farve, QB The Iowa State Cutting Edge

Points 59

Starter Points 59

RIDING THE BIG HORSE!!

#8 Ronnie Brown, RB The Balled Egos

Points 54

Starter Points 15

Sat on the bench the first 4 games of the year while Head Coach Matt Stear played a 3 wide receiver offense.

#9 Clinton Portis, RB The Young Guns

Points 46

Starter Points 33

Sat on the bench in week 2 with fellow Gun Jonathan Stewart. Both scored 13 points. The starter that week: Ricky Williams with 0 points. "new guy"

#10 Michael Turner, RB The Balled Egos

Points 46

Starter Points 46

RIDING THE BIG HORSE!!

Special Bonus!!!

The Player who has started every game and brought the least return on the investment:

Terrell Owens, WR The Young Guns

Points 33

Starter Points 33

New Quarterback. Wonder how long before his bad numbers are Brad Johnson's fault.

Week Six Tiers

Young Guns head coach "The new guy" greets Cedar rapids Vikings head coach Mark Witham at midfield after their 33-26 victory.
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Tier ONE
The Iowa State Cutting Edge
THe Hell Fire

The White Tornado
Tier TWO
The Cedar rapids Vikings
The Balled Egos
The Iowa PIK Acres
Tier THREE
The Dirty Dozen
Casey's Crusaders
Cheeba's Homecats
Tier FOUR
The Sycamore Ons
The Young Guns
The Minnesota Northboars

No interaction....

I work and I slave 'til my fingers are bloody stumps. And what thanks do I get? One response from Rick. W O W. You can find me on the message board where anyone can put down a thought and anyone can respond and it's right there to see. Come on guys, after 26 years, we may have to change the name to the CSBGFA. That's Central States Boring Guys Football Association. If you liked the blog, put that on the message board. If I don't hear from you, I'll assume you're dead. By the way, thanks for the Hightower comment on the board, Matt. It made me feel warm, all the way down to my cockles.

Week 5 Tiers

Iowa State Cutting Edge head coach Josh Rodrick mugs with quarterback Brett Favre after their lopsided victory over Cheeba's Oldcats.

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Tier ONE

The Iowa State Cutting Edge

The Balled Egos

The White Tornado

Tier TWO

The Cedar rapids Vikings

Casey's Crusaders

The Iowa PIK Acres

Tier THREE

The Dirty Dozen

The Hell Fire

Cheeba's Homecats

Tier FOUR

The Sycamore Ons

The Young Guns

The Minnesota Northboars

Top 10 Performers*

1. Brett Farve ICE 13.5
This is the guy that retired last year. He'll retire again this year. And come back again. And beat everybody's ass again.
2. Ronnie Brown EGO 13.0
Even a blind squirrel finds some nuts. It won't happen again. Let's just hope Matt keeps playing him.
3. Phillip Rivers TOR 12.5
The San Diego running game has been a bit flat. When LT finally gets healthy, expect Rivers to drop like a stone.
4. Jay Cutler CAS 12.0
For three weeks we marveled. Last week, he looked very human, against the Chiefs. We should wait a bit on this one. Besides, he can't be that good, he's a Crusader.
5. Brian West(er)brook FIR 11.0
First there was fragile Fred Taylor. Now there's broken Brian West(er)brook. He'll win you the games he plays. Trouble is.....
6. Aaron Rogers FIR 10.8
Matt thought he was so good that he traded away Drew Brees. Week 4 brought some substandard play and an ouchy shoulder. Maybe not the best decision.
7. Drew Brees NBO 10.2
All this and without Marques Colston. The Northboars can't have Tom Brady this year, so they'll try to get by with Brees.
8. Kurt Warner PIK 10.2
Viva Viagra, I guess. 472 passing yards and 2 touchdowns and you still lose. Could the Iowa PIK Acres be the Arizona Cardinals of the CSFA?
9. Tony Romo DOZ 10.0
He played his college ball at Eastern Illinois University. That's all. The Cowboys are an arrogant bunch and the Dozen should still start a tight end, even if he's on a bye week.
10. Brandon Marshall TOR 9.3
He should end the year as the number one wide receiver. He has the desire, skills and passion to make it happen. Oh, wait, Cutler plays for the Crusaders. Forget I said anything.
*ave per game

Week Four Tiers

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Tier One
The Cedar rapids Vikings
Iowa PIK Acres
The White Tornado

Tier Two
The Dirty Dozen
The Balled Egos
The Hell Fire

Tier Three
Casey's Crusaders
Cheeba's Homecats
The Iowa State Cutting Edge

Tier Four
The Sycamore Ons
The Young Guns
The Minnesota Northboars

Player of the Week

Ronnie Brown relaxes at the palatial estate of Egos Head Coach Matt Stear with Janet Blair-Stear.

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Ronnie Brown spent week 3 on the Balled Egos bench. His 32 points would have beat 6 CSFA TEAMS. When asked about his benching, Ronnie said, "That Stear dude don't know nothin'. He was probably smokin' the ganji with Ricky. On the other hand, his wife is smokin' hot."

A Little Confused

Balled Ego head coach Matt Stear seems to be doing his best Northboar head coach imitation these days. Just look at the transaction history for the past few days.

9/14

dropped Young

added Hall
9/19

dropped Hall

added Williams

9/21

dropped Williams

added Pennington

9/21

dropped Pennington

added Griese

9/19

dropped Taylor C

added Young (remember me - see above)

9/21

dropped Young (again)

added Taylor F

9/20

dropped Orton

added Hall (remember me - see above)

9/21

dropped Hall (again)

added Bulger

9/21

dropped Bulger

added Bryant

9/23

dropped Bryant

added Quinn

In the space of nine days, he dropped/added 10 times and he did it to two guys twice. I am impressed.

Week Three Tiers

Tier One

The Cedar rapids Vikings

The Hell Fire

The Iowa PIK Acres

Tier Two

The Dirty Dozen

The Sycamore Ons

The Balled Egos

Tier Three

The Iowa State Cutting Edge

Casey's Crusaders

Cheeba's Homecats

The White Tornado

Tier Four

The Minnesota Northboars

The Young Guns

Player of the Week

Player of the Week Kurt Warner scored 15 points on Sunday and led the PIK Acres to a 58-32 win over the Ons and a 58-25 shellacking of the Young Guns. The 58 points scored was the highest point total for any team in Week 2 After the game, when Warner was asked about the victories, he replied, "I don't care what Coach Hubris says. We're number ONE!"

PIK Acre head coach officially had no comment, but could be heard mumbling, "No, we suck. Really, we suck" as he left the field.

It's gonna happen

Wow, with less than two minutes left in the game on Monday night, Brian Westbrook crosses the 100 yard mark, earning one more bonus point and lifting the Hell Fire to a 46-45 victory over Casey's Crusaders. I think it might be payback for all the times Leo referred to him as "Brian Westerbrook" before the draft. You don't mess with a man's name. It just ain't right.

Week 2 Results

Cedar rapids Vikings (47 pts) at The White Tornado (35 pts) The Balled Egos (32 pts) at The Dirty Dozen (38 pts) The Minnesota Northboars (29 pts) at Cheeba's Homecats (23 pts) The Sycamore Ons (32 pts) at The Iowa PIK Acres (58 pts) The Young Guns (25 pts) at Casey's Crusaders (45 pts) The Hell Fire (46 pts) at The Iowa State Cutting Edge (23 pts) The White Tornado (35 pts) at The Balled Egos (32 pts) The Dirty Dozen (38 pts) at The Minnesota Northboars (29 pts) Cheeba's Homecats (23 pts) at The Sycamore Ons (32 pts) The Iowa PIK Acres (58 pts) at The Young Guns (25 pts) Casey's Crusaders (45 pts) at The Hell Fire (46 pts) The Iowa State Cutting Edge (23pts) at Cedar rapids Vikings (47 pts)

Oh, I think there's gonna be some comments THIS week.

Well, at least the new guy lost

OK. Brady’s out for the year. My season’s over. Let’s move on.

New ranking for week 2.

Tier One
The Cedar rapids Vikings
The Iowa State Cutting Edge
The Hell Fire

Tier Two
The Sycamore Ons
The White Tornado
Cheeba’s Homecats
The Balled Egos

Tier Three
The Dirty Dozen
Casey’s Crusaders
The Iowa PIK Acres
The Young Guns

Tier Four
The Minnesota Northboars

Week 1 Results

The White Tornado 23 @ The Iowa State Cutting Edge 31
The Dirty Dozen 29 @ Casey's Crusaders 20
Cheeba's Homecats 41 @ The Iowa PIK Acres 15
Cedar rapids Vikings 45 @ The Hell Fire 40
The Balled Egos 34 @ The Young Guns 26
The Minnesota Northboars 16 @ The Sycamore Ons 33

Comments anyone?

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Special Event!

Kickoff of the NFL season is Thursday night with the game getting started around 6PM central time. A number of coaches are gathering at league HQ and we invite the whole league to watch along with us.
That's right, the event will be webcast LIVE!
Just come back here Thursday night and watch the game along with us!
It'll be just like you're here.

Cuz who can get enough of Fantasy coaches telling each other how dumb they are.
Er, how dumb you are.
You know, the other guy.
Whatever.

First Predictions

This year our first predictions will be given in true fantasy fashion. TIERS!!

Tier One
The Cedar rapids Vikings
The Iowa State Cutting Edge
The Sycamore Ons

Tier Two
The White Tornado
The Young Guns
The Iowa PIK Acres
The Dirty Dozen

Tier Three
The Minnesota Northboars
Casey's Crusaders
The Hell Fire

Tier Four
The Balled Egos
Cheeba's Homecats

Speak Up

This just in....The Blog, at this point in time, only offers you the opportunity to comment on posts left by the co-commissioners. If you would like to contribute to the blog, simply contact Don via email or phone and he can make that happen. I haven't discussed this with him yet, but unless he's become somewhat of an ass in the last few days, I don't see the problem.

Survivor Pool

Don't forget to make your selection in the survivor pool. It's located on the CSFA webpage under the owner's tab. Come on, get in the pool!!!! The water's, well, suspiciously warm and slightly discolored.

Noticing Helmets

I noticed that the Young Guns helmet is almost as lame as their name. I noticed that the Hell Fire has changed their helmet for like, the fifth year in a row. It's not your colors, Matt, it's your players. I noticed that the next CSFA Champion, the Cedar rapids Vikings, need to change their helmet, but I'm betting that Vikings head coach, Mark Witham, doesn't know how. Ask your wife, Mark, she'll know how.

A Very Important Day

Do something today to celebrate the birthday of CSFA co-founder Rick Rodrick. Draft a mediocre team, contemplate how average your team is, or maybe, win a championship or two. Happy Birthday, Rick

Words from Coach Witham

The Vikings are not the favorite to win this year. That would be the On's. This is the team and this is their year. The Northboars have the best back up team I have ever seen! Pray for injuries steven, pray for injuries. Good luck to all except the new guy with no name. Dues paying time for you young man.

Coach Witham

The Time For Hesitatins' Through

There's no time to wallow in the mire.

Let's do this thing.

Saturday. Noon. Be Here.
Aloha.

Let's talk this out.

The way I see it, Matt has several different guys he could protect.
Derek Anderson
Laurence Maroney
Ronnie Brown
Edgerrin James
Fred Taylor
Greg Jennings
Chad Johnson
I think Anderson and Maroney. I like the receivers in Cleveland and the Patriots score tons of points. What do you think?

Chuck just might not realize...

Chuck Meyer of the now defunct Quad Cities What If, right, consults with his agent, Cole Sear, on whether to comment on the new CSFA blog. Chuck, who has become a virtual recluse in his Wisconsonian yurt, only communicates with the outside world through Mr. Sear.

Cole Sear: I see ex-CSFA coaches.
Chuck Meyer: In your dreams? [Cole shakes his head no]
Chuck Meyer: While you're awake? [Cole nods]
Chuck Meyer: Ex-CSFA coaches like, buying magazines? On fantasy sites?
Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're ex-CSFA coaches.
Chuck Meyer: How often do you see them?
Cole Sear: All the time. They're everywhere.

Cole Sear: Tell me the story about why you're sad.
Chuck Meyer: You think I'm sad? [Cole nods]
Chuck Meyer: What makes you think that?
Cole Sear: Your eyes told me.

The Homecats always get their Mannings

Hungry for a CSFA title, Coach Mike Dexter of the Homecats has protected what may be the best quarterback combo in the history of the league, Peyton and Eli Manning. The only problem: How to get them both on the field at the same time. Answer:

(That's Eli on the left)

Let's hear it for the CSFA

Wow, the technology just gets better and better. Wouldn't it be nice if your team could do the same. Well, them's the breaks. Be sure to get your magazines, subscribe to your websites, study, plan and see if you can make a difference. See you on the 23rd. (Draft will be seen live on this blog) Talk to you before that, I'm sure. Does anybody remember who won the championship last year? Oh, yeah. It was me.

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Revvin' Up

Well, I've heard back from all but a couple of coaches and so far it's another 100% return rate.

Live draft?

You'll notice the player on the right.
I hope to broadcast the draft live!

Stay tuned for all you need to know about the CSFA!