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 whole 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Damn Yankees 3 0 0 1.00 1 0 0 301 184 3W Philly Nesting Eagles 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 248 269 1L Chesapeake Bay Bombers 1 2 0 .333 1 0 0 236 281 1W Airballers 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 203 231 1W Terminators 3 0 0 1.00 1 0 0 297 222 3W Bayside Ballhogs 2 1 0 .667 0 0 0 214 219 1L Ann Arbor Ice Storm 1 2 0 .333 0 0 0 257 240 2L Davi's Dawgs 0 3 0 .000 0 1 0 200 251 3L Wichita Linemen 2 1 0 .667 1 0 0 269 214 1W Cobras 2 1 0 .667 1 0 0 220 253 1L San Antonio Rustlers 1 2 0 .333 1 1 0 219 235 1W Green Bay Smackers 1 2 0 .333 0 2 0 191 256 1L Results ~~~~~~~ Philly Nesting Eagles ( 85) Chesapeake Bay Bombers( 92) Damn Yankees ( 81) Ann Arbor Ice Storm ( 61) Airballers ( 77) Davi's Dawgs ( 41) Wichita Linemen ( 68) Bayside Ballhogs ( 35) Terminators ( 93) Cobras ( 54) Green Bay Smackers ( 26) San Antonio Rustlers ( 68) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 NYJ RB Leon Johnson STL RB Greg Hill 6 NE WR Tony Simmons DET QB Charlie Batch 8 PIT WR Courtney Hawkins CAR QB Kerry Collins MIA TE Troy Drayton IND TE Marcus Pollard 2 PHI RB Charlie Garner NO RB Ray Zellars 12 NO K Doug Brien 2 STL RB Jerald Moore 4 STL TE Ernie Conwell STL D St. Louis BUF WR Eric Moulds 12 NE WR Troy Brown 9 ARZ RB Larry Centers WAS QB Trent Green 5 BUF QB Doug Flutie DAL QB Jason Garrett 8 WAS TE Stephen Alexender MIA D Miami 3 PHI D Philadelphia PHI RB Charlie Garner Trades ~~~~~~ TM Gets TM Gets TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 CAR TE Wesley Walls 4 NE TE Ben Coates TB RB Mike Alstott Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 6 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 10 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 1 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 2 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 3 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 7 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 8 Thursday 3:00PM: Team 11 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 12* Thursday 5:00PM: Team 5* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 4* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philly Nesting Eagles at Damn Yankees San Antonio Rustlers at Airballers Chesapeake Bay Bombers at Terminators Ann Arbor Ice Storm at Bayside Ballhogs Green Bay Smackers at Cobras Davi's Dawgs at Wichita Linemen 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