Another week, another loss...... :( I hope those in the U.S. had a good Thanksgiving weekend. I changed the oil in the car and got the house back in order after September's little water problem. (Seems a lot of people take advantage of the four-day week- end to take care of things around the home.) I'm now accepting proposals for rules changes for the 1998 Competition Com- mittee E-meeting (to be held in January). I will try to post the proposals to the Site as they make their way to the RAFFLE offices. Because of a Thursday game, there will be no trade windows again this week. Anyone with a Bengal or Oiler will need to declare the player's status by 18:00 EST Thursday. 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. Final 1997 Standings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Record Division Pts Max Avg Pts Max Avg W L T W L T For PF PF Agnst PA PA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- x-Damn Yankees 12 2 0 5 1 0 1241 131 89 930 87 66 y-Chesapeake Bay Bombers 8 6 0 2 4 0 1112 107 79 1095 131 78 z-Airballers 6 8 0 3 3 0 909 90 65 1039 123 74 z-Philly Nesting Eagles 2 12 0 2 4 0 857 90 61 1166 124 83 x-Nantucket Nightmare 11 3 0 4 2 0 1284 126 92 958 118 68 y-Terminators 9 5 0 4 2 0 1063 118 76 1016 94 73 y-Davi's Dawgs 7 7 0 2 4 0 1011 119 72 1067 93 76 y-Bayside Ballhogs 6 8 0 2 4 0 1122 107 80 1093 109 78 x-Green Bay Smackers 7 6 1 3 2 1 1150 124 82 978 104 70 y-Cobras 7 7 0 3 3 0 996 104 71 992 126 71 z-Kookaburras 4 9 1 4 1 1 811 78 58 1110 116 79 z-Wichita Linemen 4 10 0 1 5 0 971 94 69 1083 119 77 Results ~~~~~~~ Green Bay Smackers (123) Airballers ( 88) Philly Nesting Eagles ( 90) Chesapeake Bay Bombers( 78) Wichita Linemen ( 94) Terminators (101) Nantucket Nightmare ( 82) Davi's Dawgs ( 85) Damn Yankees ( 99) Kookaburras ( 38) Bayside Ballhogs ( 80) Cobras ( 82) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 SEA TE Carlester Crumpler CIN QB Boomer Esiason 4 NO D NEW ORLEANS NE WR Troy Brown DEN QB Jeff Lewis NYJ QB Glenn Foley 8 WAS TE Jamie Asher STL RB Jerald Moore Trades ~~~~~~ None this week. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ None this week. Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bayside Ballhogs at Damn Yankees Cobras at Nantucket Nightmare Davi's Dawgs at Green Bay Smackers Chesapeake Bay Bombers at Terminators Kookaburras at Airballers Philly Nesting Eagles at Wichita Linemen Tennessee at Cincinnati Buffalo at Chicago Denver at Pittsburgh Green Bay at Tampa Bay New England at Jacksonville NY Giants at Philadelphia Oakland at Kansas City St. Louis at New Orleans Seattle at Baltimore Atlanta at San Diego Indianapolis at NY Jets Minnesota at San Francisco Washington at Arizona Detroit at Miami Carolina at Dallas