Only two more weeks before the Fantasy Bowl winners are announced........ In keeping with the running theme for 1999, the first week of the RAFFLE playoffs produced mostly weird results: only six of the sixteen top-half seeds advanced. Deadlines, etc., for the rest of the season: ****** Week 16 has Dallas and New Orleans on Friday. Players on both teams will have their status locked on Dec 24 at 14:00 EST. All lineups are due on Dec 25 at 14:00 EST. (I'm not sure what my family's plans are yet, so the lineups might not be sent until X-mas night.) Also, no trade windows goin into Week 16. -- Wk 17: return to "normal". Trade windows return for the last week of the season and, with no pre-Sunday games, all lineups are due as normal on Jan 2 at 11:00 EST. I'm now accepting proposals for January's Competition Committee E-meeting. I won't have time until New Year's weekend to start compiling them, so they'll be stored in my e-mail until then. (The schedules and draft order for next season will also be posted in early-to-mid-January.) The only issue not eligible for a proposal is an interactive draft. I'm working on developing a potential solution for this, but I don't know if it will be ready for the 2000 draft. (Because of the requirements of my time during draft weekend, I retain my auto-veto on this one issue until the technical solution and the rules are in place.) For Keeper leagues: don't forget that rosters are locked from Week 17's lineup deadline until Feb 1. (This makes sure that changes aren't made based on current rules -- which may change with the outcome of the votes.) The updated FFLM files for all four leagues have been posted to the FTP portion of the site. Standings ~~~~~~~~~ 6: Goatboys ------------------+ 7: Uncle Remus 3: Brawlers +------------------+ ------------------+ + 7: Uncle Remus +------------------+ ------------------+ 6: Goatboys + + 2: Peace Frogs +------------------+ + ------------------+ + 5: Wideboys +-------------------- ------------------+ 8: Trouncers + 4: Panthers +------------------+ + ------------------+ + + 8: Trouncers +------------------+ ------------------+ 4: Panthers + 1: Bruisers +------------------+ ------------------+ Results ~~~~~~~ Trouncers ( 90) Boston Bruisers ( 69) Uncle Remus ( 95) Peace Frogs ( 55) Technicolor Goatboys(111) Broussard's Brawlers( 84) Wide Boys (132) Wisconsin Panthers (132) Rainbow Warriors ( 94) Hawaii 5-0 ( 60) Obliterators ( 37) Purple Bruins ( 52) Waiver Wire ~~~~~~~~~~~ FFL ------------Dropped------------ -------------Added------------- TM TM Pos Player TM Pos Player ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Sea HC Mike Holmgren Bal WR Qadry Ismail Det TE David Sloan SD WR Jeff Graham Dal HC Chan Gailey Bal HC Brian Billick Buf D Buffalo Dal RB Chris Warren Sea K Todd Peterson Mia RB Stanley Pritchett Trades ~~~~~~ None this week. Trade Windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will return Week 17. Next Week's Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Trouncers at 5. Wisconsin Panthers 11. Uncle Remus at 6. Technicolor Goatboys 7. Wide Boys at 8. Boston Bruisers 12. Broussard's Brawlers at 4. Peace Frogs 2. Purple Bruins at 10. Hawaii 5-0 3. Obliterators at 9. Rainbow Warriors Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots Indianapolis Colts at Cleveland Browns New York Jets at Miami Dolphins Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans Denver Broncos at Detroit Lions Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints Arizona Cardinals at Atlanta Falcons Washington Redskins at San Francisco 49ers Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers