This one got out a little later than expected -- I made the mistake of look- ing through USA Today's bonus E section. For anyone who has travel horror stories, this section is definitely good. It essentially shows how a little humor can make things go a lot easier: Departure time came and went, the passengers grew restless, but the jet didn't budge from its gate. That's when the captain brought down the house. "We're sorry for the delay. It seems the machine that smashes your luggage is broken, so we have to smash it by hand and that's taking a little longer." (There are also several photos that go along with the story.) Trade windows start this week and are listed just before next week's games. In short: if your transaction request is sent before the end of your trade window, it will be processed in the order of the trade windows. (An owner at 0-3 would have his tranx processed before an owner at 1-2, even if the tranx from the 1-2 team was sent before the tranx from the 0-3 team -- as long as the 0-3 team's tranx was sent before the end of his trade window.) We've discovered that it works and gives the worse teams an opportunity to try to get better. Standings ~~~~~~~~~ Record Win Division Pts Pts W L T Pct W L T For Agnst Strk -------------------------------------------------------------- Peace Frogs 2 1 0 .667 1 0 0 295 219 1L Obliterators 2 1 0 .667 1 0 0 281 215 1L Trouncers 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 198 263 1W Purple Bruins 0 3 0 .000 0 1 0 193 256 3L Technicolor Goatboys 2 1 0 .667 1 1 0 311 203 1L Wisconsin Panthers 2 1 0 .667 1 0 0 260 282 1W Ferocious Ferrets 2 1 0 .667 1 1 0 225 267 2W Quarks 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 261 251 2L Uncle Remus 2 1 0 .667 2 0 0 241 249 2W Longhorns 2 1 0 .667 0 0 0 225 231 1W Rainbow Warriors 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 219 264 1W Slaying Annihilators 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 210 219 1L Results ~~~~~~~ Longhorns ( 63) Purple Bruins ( 33) Ferocious Ferrets ( 72) Obliterators ( 47) Trouncers ( 82) Quarks ( 77) Wisconsin Panthers ( 85) Technicolor Goatboys( 79) Peace Frogs ( 61) Rainbow Warriors ( 94) Uncle Remus ( 71) Slaying Annihilators( 55) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 SEA QB Jon Kitna TB WR Karl Williams 5 NYG RB Gary Brown GB RB Travis Jervey 8 WAS RB Stephen Davis STL D St. Louis 11 NYJ QB Vinny Testaverde --- RB Terry Kirby 4 CAR RB William Floyd KC QB Rich Gannon 8 SF TE Irv Smith WAS RB Stephen Davis Trades ~~~~~~ None this week. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 2 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 1 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 12 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 7 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 10 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 8 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 11* Thursday 3:00PM: Team 5 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 3 Thursday 5:00PM: Team 4* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 6* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quarks at Fightin' Purple Bruins Obliterators at Peace Frogs Uncle Remus at Trouncers Longhorns at Wisconsin Panthers Slaying Annihilators at Technicolor Goatboys Rainbow Warriors at Ferocious Ferrets Arizona at St. Louis Denver at Washington Green Bay at Carolina Jacksonville at Tennessee Kansas City at Philadelphia New Orleans at Indianapolis Oakland at Dallas Seattle at Pittsburgh Minnesota at Chicago Atlanta at San Francisco N.Y. Giants at San Diego Cincinnati at Baltimore Tampa Bay at Detroit