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 ------------------------------------------------------------- Little Giants 2 1 0 .667 1 1 0 301 225 1L Hell's Kitchen 2 1 0 .667 0 1 0 250 234 1W Pittsburgh Pimps 2 1 0 .667 1 0 0 200 174 1W Detroit Destroyers 1 2 0 .333 0 0 0 195 223 1L Grizzlies 2 1 0 .667 1 1 0 218 206 1L Longhorns 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 223 221 2L Frankfort Fatboys 1 2 0 .333 1 1 0 217 223 1L Sunville SunJewel's 1 2 0 .333 1 0 0 209 286 1W Prime Timers 2 1 0 .667 2 1 0 318 289 1L Philzbury Doughboys 2 1 0 .667 2 1 0 300 280 2W Heathens 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 214 238 1W Bills 1 2 0 .333 0 1 0 165 211 1W Results ~~~~~~~ Pittsburgh Pimps ( 69) Little Giants ( 50) Bills ( 49) Detroit Destroyers ( 39) Sunville SunJewel's( 70) Grizzlies ( 69) Hell's Kitchen ( 75) Frankfort Fatboys ( 62) Longhorns ( 56) Heathens ( 71) Philzbury Doughboys( 88) Prime Timers ( 86) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 CIN RB Ki-Jana Carter CIN WR Willie Jackson 3 NO WR Andre Hastings STL D St. Louis 11 ATL K Morten Andersen WAS QB Trent Green 1 JAC K Mike Hollis SD K John Carney 11 JAC TE Damon Jones SF TE Irv Smith 4 SF QB Ty Detmer DET QB Charlie Batch 10 NE HC Pete Carroll SEA HC Dennis Erickson 3 DAL WR Ernie Mills JAC K Mike Hollis NO D New Orleans KC QB Rich Gannon 11 NE WR Shawn Jefferson NYJ QB Vinny Testaverde Trades ~~~~~~ None this week. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All Times Eastern (EDT/EST): Thursday 7:00AM: Team 9 Thursday 8:00AM: Team 1 Thursday 9:00AM: Team 6 Thursday 10:00AM: Team 12 Thursday 11:00AM: Team 8 Thursday 12:00PM: Team 10 Thursday 1:00PM: Team 3 Thursday 2:00PM: Team 5* Thursday 3:00PM: Team 2 Thursday 4:00PM: Team 10 Thursday 5:00PM: Team 4* Thursday 6:00PM: Team 11* Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pittsburgh Pimps at Hell's Kitchen Little Giants at Detroit Destroyers Frankfort Fatboys at Grizzlies Sunville SunJewel's at Longhorns Philzbury Doughboys at Heathens Prime Timers at Bills 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