Were the games this weekend good......or were they good? I'll admit that seeing my Panthers lose wasn't fun, but the weekend on the whole was great! Consider: > The 0-10 Colts beat the Packers as the clock rolls to 0:00. > The Chiefs win over the Broncos was great football -- even if you only saw the last two minutes. > The NFL had its first tie game since 1989 when the Eagles and Ravens played to a 10-10 finish. (Both kickers missed FGs in OT.) The second ownership change of the season just took place. The team affec- ted is League III's Dolphins. The new owner is Michael Farrier (family4@ aug.com). He's decided to keep the team name the same for the balance of the season, but promises a new name for '98. I'm now accepting proposals for rules changes for the 1997-1998 Competition Committee E-meeting (to be held in January). I will try to post the pro- posals to the Site as they make their way to the RAFFLE offices. Because of Thursday games (incluing the annual Turkey Day games), there will be no trade windows for Weeks 14 and 15. Also, Weeks 16 and 17 each have a pair of Saturday games. This will move the lineup deadline to Saturday at 10:30 am EST for the final two weeks of RAFFLE's season. Standings ~~~~~~~~~ Record Division Pts Max Avg Pts Max Avg W L T W L T For PF PF Agnst PA PA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Damn Yankees 10 2 0 4 1 0 1038 131 87 832 87 69 Chesapeake Bay Bombers 8 4 0 2 2 0 974 107 81 901 131 75 Airballers 5 7 0 3 3 0 744 90 62 853 94 71 Philly Nesting Eagles 1 11 0 1 4 0 706 87 59 966 124 81 Nantucket Nightmare 10 2 0 4 1 0 1080 126 90 812 118 68 Terminators 7 5 0 3 2 0 888 118 74 878 94 73 Bayside Ballhogs 6 6 0 2 4 0 979 107 82 934 109 78 Davi's Dawgs 6 6 0 1 3 0 882 119 74 911 93 76 Green Bay Smackers 5 6 1 2 2 1 911 124 76 825 104 69 Cobras 5 7 0 2 3 0 834 104 70 852 126 71 Kookaburras 4 7 1 4 0 1 708 78 59 895 114 75 Wichita Linemen 4 8 0 1 4 0 817 85 68 902 119 75 Results ~~~~~~~ Chesapeake Bay Bombers( 48) Airballers ( 86) Green Bay Smackers ( 93) Philly Nesting Eagles ( 69) Terminators ( 54) Damn Yankees ( 72) Cobras ( 78) Davi's Dawgs ( 79) Wichita Linemen ( 75) Nantucket Nightmare (103) Kookaburras ( 48) Bayside Ballhogs ( 85) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 NE WR Troy Brown NYJ QB Glenn Foley 3 SD K Greg Davis PHI QB Bobby Hoying 2 PIT K Norm Johnson BUF WR Quinn Early 8 NO WR Andre Hastings SD QB Craig Whelihan Trades ~~~~~~ None this week. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 3 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 12 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 1 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 11 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 10* Thursday 1:00PM: Team 6 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 8 Thursday 3:00PM: Team 5 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 2 Thursday 5:00PM: Team 4* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 7* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bayside Ballhogs at Airballers Nantucket Nightmare at Philly Nesting Eagles Chesapeake Bay Bombers at Damn Yankees Davi's Dawgs at Terminators Kookaburras at Green Bay Smackers Wichita Linemen at Cobras Arizona at Baltimore Buffalo at Tennessee Dallas at Green Bay Indianapolis at Detroit Miami at New England Minnesota at NY Jets New Orleans at Atlanta Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Tampa Bay at Chicago Carolina at St. Louis Jacksonville at Cincinnati Kansas City at Seattle San Diego at San Francisco NY Giants at Washington Oakland at Denver