The 2011 Season—The Start of the League’s 2nd
Decade
The league started its 2nd decade the same as it ended its first--at 40 teams for another season. 36 of the 40 teams returned from 2010 for the 2011 season and there were some new faces. Destroyers (Joe Huey) returned after a few seasons off & 3 new teams entered: The Replacements (Brok Johnson), Hound Dogs (Jim Lara) & Rock Lobsters (Tim Brennan) The format for the playoff & LCT changed (PO from 14 to 16 teams, LCT went from 10 to 8 teams). Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the 2011 season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*Italian Stallions |
Amy Buvid & Wade Piazza |
|
#The Replacements |
Brok Johnson |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Juggernaut |
Ryan Flanagan & Justin Black |
|
*Team No Fun |
Andrea Cogal & Trevor Schultz |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
+Destroyers |
Joe Huey |
|
#Hound Dogs |
Jim Lara |
*-returning team
#-expansion team
+-team returned to league
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
|
* |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*Fighting Amish |
Derek Gossman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
*-returning team
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*The Stallions |
Josh Joslin & Dave Nelson |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
*Fuzzy Dunlop (nc) |
Dan Walsh |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Elvin’s Turkey Tots (nc) |
Alex Houston |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
*-returning team
(nc)-name change
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Tubesock Love |
Mark Hansberger |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Blue Sun |
Jeff Hansberger |
|
*Pants Party |
Travis Smith |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Victory is Mine |
Neal Peterman |
|
#Rock Lobsters |
Tim Brennan |
*-returning team
#-expansion team
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
Playoff Field for 2011
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Iowa Stylees (Flanagan) |
9 |
Mn St Scrmg
Eagles (Liedtke) |
|
2 |
The Bolts (Bolterman/Bolterman) |
10 |
Friendly Otters (Guenzel) |
|
3 |
The Stallions (Joslin/D.Nelson) |
11 |
Hound Dogs (Lara) |
|
4 |
Cleveland Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
12 |
Hipple’s Heroes (Voelker) |
|
5 |
Soviets (Joslin) |
13 |
Rock Lobsters
(Brennan) |
|
6 |
Tubesock Love (M.Hansberger) |
14 |
Doug All Stars (Clymer) |
|
7 |
Transman’s Tarnishers
(Woollard) |
15 |
The Juggernaut
(Flanagan/Black) |
|
8 |
Lounge Lizards (Kroeger) |
16 |
Sin City Sharks (Feil) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2nd Chance Seeds for 2011
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Italian Stallions (Buvid/Piazza) |
9 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
|
2 |
Untouchables (Chihak) |
10 |
Bottomless Hollows
(Woollard/Baker) |
|
3 |
The Minotaurs (Eckerman) |
11 |
Texas Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
4 |
Pants Party (T.Smith) |
12 |
Head Busas (L.Roberts) |
|
5 |
Team McFly (Domek) |
13 |
Team No Fun (Schultz/Cogal) |
|
6 |
Tripping Billies (E.Inman) |
14 |
Victory is Mine (Peterman) |
|
7 |
The Dementors (Baker) |
15 |
Zumbrota Tigers (Peterman) |
|
8 |
Fighting Amish (Gossman) |
16 |
The Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
Last Chance Seeds for 2011
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Fuzzy Dunlop (Walsh) |
5 |
The Replacements (B.Johnson) |
|
2 |
Sobchak Securities (Hauser) |
6 |
The Probe (Behr) |
|
3 |
Blue Sun (J.Hansberger) |
7 |
Elvin’s Turkey Tots
(Houston) |
|
4 |
Rotting Chihuahuas
(Pennington) |
8 |
Destroyers (Huey) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2011 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(14) All Stars 115, (3) Stallions 92 |
(1) Stylees 89, (16) Sharks 78 |
|
(12) Heroes 94, (5) Soviets 80 |
(7) Tarnishers 93, (10) Otters 87 |
|
(11) Hounds 124, (6) Tubesock 85 |
(8) Lizards 110, (9) Eagles 96 |
|
(13) Lobsters 115, (4) Steamers 97 |
(2) Bolts 101, (15) Juggernaut 93 |
|
Week 14 (Quarters) |
|
|
(14) Stars 111, (1) Stylees 110 |
(7) Tarnishers 107, (12) Heroes 101 |
|
(11) Hounds 112,
(8) Lizards 110 |
(13) Lobsters 108, (2) Bolts 99 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(7) Tarnishers 98, (14) Stars 86 |
(11) Hounds 108, (13) Lobsters 93 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XI) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(7) Tarnishers 105, (11)
Hounds 100 |
(13) Lobsters
112, (14) Stars 109 |
2011 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Gamblers 118, (1) Italians 109 |
(2) Untouchables 120,
(15) Tigers 82 |
|
(9) Webheads 94, (8) Amish 80 |
(4) Party 104, (13) No Fun 88 |
|
(7) Dementors 122, (10)
Hollows 121 |
(6) Billies 111, (11) Flash 76 |
|
(12) Busas 114, (5) McFly 110 |
(3) Minotaurs 114, (14) Victory 104 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(2) Untouchables 141,
(16) Gamblers 103 |
(4) Party 100,
(9) Webheads 96 |
|
(7) Dementors
127, (6) Billies 89 |
(12) Busas 136, (3) Minotaurs 112 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(12) Busas 96, (2) Untouchables 70 |
(4) Party 116,
(7) Dementors 95 |
|
Week 16 (Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(4) Party 109,
(12) Busas 98 |
(2) Untouchables 124, (7)
Dementors 108 |
2011 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13 (Quarters) |
|
|
(8) Destroyers 109, (1) Dunlop 84 |
(2) Sobchak 121, (7) Tots 99 |
|
(6) Probe 128, (3) Sun 103 |
(4) Chihuahuas 89, (5)
Replacements 67 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(8) Destroyers 88,
(2) Sobchak 82 |
(4) Chihuahuas 126, (6) Probe 118 |
|
Week 15 (Championship) |
|
|
(4) Chihuahuas 96, (8)
Destroyers 87 |
|
The 2011 season gave the league its 6th division champion (wild cards won the other 5 championships) with Transman’s Tarnishers coming out on top in FB X 105-100 (giving Woollard’s franchise its 2nd championship & making his the first team in league history to do so). Of the 16 team playoff field, only 3 teams from the 2010 playoffs returned for 2011 (Otters, Juggernaut & Steamers). Of the final 4 teams, the Stars & Tarnishers came in with prior playoff appearances (the Stars made their 1st appearance since 2002 & the Tarnishers made their 1st appearance since 2006). The Tarnishers made their 2nd FB appearance (winning both times) & the Hound Dogs made their 1st appearance (also an expansion in 2011). Neither the league or 2CT champion from 2010 (Blue Sun & Fuzzy Dunlop), were able to repeat as champions (Sun & Dunlop were both teams in LCT & neither advanced beyond the QF round). The 2CT final saw Pants Party (1st appearance) face the Head Busas (2nd appearance), with Party winning the championship. The LCT final saw the Rotting Chihuahuas defeat the returning Destroyers in a battle of 2 of the original league franchises.
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 11th seeded Hound Dogs advanced in the 2011 PO to the FB before losing. The 12th seeded Head Busas advanced to the 2011 2CT final before losing. The 8th seeded Destroyers advanced to the 2011 LCT final before losing.
No further expansion was planned for the 2012 season as the waiting list was only 1 owner by season’s end 2011. At the end of the season, 3 of the original 12 owners from 2001 were still league owners (Pennington, Behr & Clymer) while one of the original 12 returned (Huey).
The 2012 Season—Dynasties in the Making??
The league started its 12th season the same as it ended its prior season--at 40 teams for another season. 36 of the 40 teams returned from 2011 for the 2012 season and there were some new faces. Destroyers (Joe Huey) returned after a few seasons off & 3 new teams entered: The Replacements (Brok Johnson), Hound Dogs (Jim Lara) & Rock Lobsters (Tim Brennan). The format for the playoff & LCT changed (PO from 14 to 16 teams, LCT went from 10 to 8 teams) Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the 2012 season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*Italian Stallions |
Amy Buvid & Wade Piazza |
|
*The Replacements |
Brok Johnson |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Juggernaut |
Ryan Flanagan & Justin Black |
|
*Team No Fun |
Andrea Cogal & Trevor Schultz |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*Hound Dogs |
Jim Lara |
|
+The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
#The Klippership |
Tony Klipsic |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
|
* |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*Fighting Amish |
Derek Gossman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
@Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Bubble’s Kittyland L.C. (nc) |
Alex Houston |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
#RED |
Eric Walters |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Tubesock Love |
Mark Hansberger |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Blue Sun |
Jeff Hansberger |
|
*Pants Party |
Travis Smith |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Victory is Mine |
Neal Peterman |
|
*Rock Lobsters |
Tim Brennan |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, +-returning team, @-team moved from diff conf prior season, (nc)-name change only
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
Playoff Field for 2012
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Hipple’s Heroes (B.Voelker) |
9 |
Italian Stallions (W.Piazza/A.Piazza) |
|
2 |
Team No Fun (T.Schultz) |
10 |
Iowa Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
|
3 |
The Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
11 |
Head Busas (L.Roberts) |
|
4 |
The Waterboys
(M.Heckathorne) |
12 |
Rotting Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
5 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
13 |
The Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
|
6 |
Tripping Billies (E.Inman) |
14 |
Minn St Scrmg Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
|
7 |
Cleveland Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
15 |
Texas Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
8 |
Bubble’s Kittyland (A.Houston) |
16 |
Sin City Sharks (M.Feil) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2nd Chance Seeds for 2012
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
9 |
Rock Lobsters (T.Brennan) |
|
2 |
Pants Party (T.Smith) |
10 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
|
3 |
Zumbrota Tigers (N.Peterman) |
11 |
Tubesock Love (M.Hansberger) |
|
4 |
Sobchak Securities (B.Hauser) |
12 |
The Bolts (M.Bolterman/R.Bolterman) |
|
5 |
RED (E.Walters) |
13 |
Transman’s Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
|
6 |
Hound Dogs (J.Lara) |
14 |
The Probe (C.Behr) |
|
7 |
Lounge Lizards (G.Kroeger) |
15 |
The Dementors (M.Baker) |
|
8 |
Team McFly (M.Domek) |
16 |
Blue Sun (J.Hansberger) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
Last Chance Seeds for 2012
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
The Replacements (B.Johnson) |
5 |
Doug All Stars (D.Clymer) |
|
2 |
Friendly Otters (A.Guenzel) |
6 |
The Klippership (T.Klipsic) |
|
3 |
Fighting Amish (D.Gossman) |
7 |
The Juggernaut (Flanagan/Black) |
|
4 |
Bottomless Hollows
(Woollard/Baker) |
8 |
Victory is Mine (N.Peterman) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2012 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(14) Eagles 115, (3) Gamblers 109 |
(1) Heroes 98, (16) Sharks 75 |
|
(12) Chihuahuas 93, (5)
Untouchables 62 |
(2) No Fun 100, (15) Flash 81 |
|
(10) Stylees 130, (7) Steamers 80 |
(4) Waterboys
107, (13) Minotaurs 69 |
|
(8) Bubble’s 104, (9) Stallions 93 |
(6) Billies 120, (11) Busas 94 |
|
Week 14 (Quarters) |
|
|
(14) Eagles 87, (1) Heroes 76 |
(2) No Fun 111, (12)
Chihuahuas 87 |
|
(10) Stylees 136, (4) Waterboys 93 |
(8) Bubble’s 126, (6) Billies 104 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(14) Eagles 105, (2) No Fun 96 |
(10) Stylees 92, (8) Bubble’s 91 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XII) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(10) Stylees 148, (14) Eagles 121 |
(2) No Fun 107,
(8) Bubble’s 85 |
2012 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Sun 92, (1) Soviets 76 |
(2) Party 109,
(15) Dementors 94 |
|
(7) Lizards 130,
(10) Webheads 80 |
(6) Hounds 97, (11) Tubesock 95 |
|
(14) Probe 109,
(3) Tigers 104 |
(4) Sobchak 99, (13) Tarnishers 82 |
|
(9) Lobsters
103, (8) McFly 74 |
(5) RED 90, (12) Bolts 77 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(2) Party 114,
(16) Sun 100 |
(6) Hounds 88,
(7) Lizards 78 |
|
(4) Sobchak 126,
(14) Probe 105 |
(9) Lobsters
117, (5) RED 72 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(2) Party 115,
(9) Lobsters 89 |
(6) Hounds 113,
(4) Sobchak 70 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(6) Hounds 106,
(2) Party 81 |
(4) Sobchak 127,
(9) Lobsters 80 |
2012 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(8) Victory 106, (1)
Replacements 97 |
(3) Amish 106, (6) Klippership 89 |
|
(7) Juggernaut 78, (2) Otters 0 |
(5) All Stars
95, (4) Hollows 78 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(8) Victory 98,
(3) Amish 79 |
(5) All Stars 88, (7) Juggernaut 85 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
|
|
(8) Victory 68,
(5) All Stars 65 |
|
The 2012 season gave the league its 6th wild card champion (division champs cards won the other 6 championships) with Iowa Styleess coming out on top in FB XII 148-121 (giving Flanagan’s franchise its 2nd championship & making his the 2nd team in league history to do so-also the 1st owner to win a portion of 3 championships). Of the 16 team playoff field, only 5 teams from the 2011 playoffs returned for 2012 (Eagles, Sharks, Heroes, Stylees & Steamers). All 4 of the final 4 teams came in with prior playoff appearances (Bubbles in 2008, No Fun in 2009, Eagles & Stylees in 2011). The Stylees made their 2nd FB appearance (winning both times) & the Eagles made their 2nd appearance (losing both times). Neither the league or 2CT champion from 2011 (Transman’s Tarnishers & Pants Party), were able to repeat as champions (Party did come closer, reaching the finals before being eliminated). The 2CT final saw Pants Party (2nd straight appearance) face the Hound Dogs (1st appearance), with the Hounds winning the championship. The LCT final saw Victory is Mine defeat the Doug All Stars.
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 14th seeded Eagles advanced to FB XII before losing. The 10th seeded Stylees won FB XII. The 9th seeded Lobsters (2CT) advanced to the final 4 before losing in the SF & then the 3rd place game. The 8th seeded Victory (LCT) won the LCT championship being the lowest seed in LCT.
No further expansion was planned for the 2013 season as the waiting list was empty by season’s end. At the end of the season, 3 of the original 12 owners from 2001 were still league owners (Pennington, Behr & Clymer) while 2 owners from 2003 (Flanagan & E.Inman) were the longest tenured owners after those 3.
The 2013 Season—Billies
capture 2nd championship
The league started its 13th season the same as it ended its prior season--40 teams for another season. 38 of the 40 teams returned for the 2013 season and there were some new faces. BGL Braintrust saw the return of Greg Wold (co-owner with Ryan Flanagan), Rock Lobsters (Tim Brennan) moved from the Walsh to the Brown & Preseason Champs (Tate Skiba) were new to the league. The format for the playoff & LCT was similar (PO/2CT 16 team field, LCT 8 team field). Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the 2013 season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*Italian Stallions |
Amy Buvid & Wade Piazza |
|
*The Replacements |
Brok Johnson |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*Team No Fun |
Andrea Cogal & Trevor Schultz |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*Hound Dogs |
Jim Lara |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
#BGL Braintrust |
Greg Wold & Ryan Flanagan |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*The Klippership |
Tony Klipsic |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
|
* |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*Fighting Amish |
Derek Gossman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Bubble’s Kittyland L.C. |
Alex Houston |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*RED |
Eric Walters |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Tubesock Love |
Mark Hansberger |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Pants Party |
Travis Smith |
|
*Rock Lobsters |
Tim Brennan |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Harmony (nc) |
Neal Peterman & Candy Hass |
|
#Preseason Champs |
Tate Skiba |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, +-returning team, @-team moved from diff conf prior season, (nc)-name change only
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
Playoff Field for 2013
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
The Bolts (R.Bolterman/M.Bolterman) |
9 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
|
2 |
Hipple’s Heroes (B.Voelker) |
10 |
Doug All Stars (D.Clymer) |
|
3 |
Zumbrota Tigers (N.Peterman) |
11 |
The Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
|
4 |
The Klippership (T.Klipsic) |
12 |
Texas Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
5 |
Lounge Lizards (G.Kroeger) |
13 |
Cleveland Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
|
6 |
Tripping Billies (E.Inman) |
14 |
Team No Fun (T.Schultz) |
|
7 |
The Replacements (B.Johnson) |
15 |
Sobchak Securities (B.Hauser) |
|
8 |
Iowa Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
16 |
Pants Party (T.Smith) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2nd Chance Seeds for 2013
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Italian Stallions (W.Piazza/A.Piazza) |
9 |
Head Busas (L.Roberts) |
|
2 |
Fighting Amish (D.Gossman) |
10 |
RED (E.Walters) |
|
3 |
Friendly Otters
(A.Guenzel) |
11 |
Tubesock Love (M.Hansberger) |
|
4 |
The Waterboys
(M.Heckathorne) |
12 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
|
5 |
The Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
13 |
The Probe (C.Behr) |
|
6 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
14 |
Rotting Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
7 |
Team McFly (M.Domek) |
15 |
Harmony (Peterman/Hass) |
|
8 |
Preseason Champs (T.Skiba) |
16 |
Mn St Scrmg
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
Last Chance Seeds for 2013
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Transman’s Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
5 |
BGL Braintrust (Wold/Flanagan) |
|
2 |
Hound Dogs (J.Lara) |
6 |
Bottomless Hollows
(Woollard/Baker) |
|
3 |
The Dementors (M.Baker) |
7 |
Sin City Sharks
(M.Feil) |
|
4 |
Bubble’s Kittyland LC (A.Houston) |
8 |
Rock Lobsters (T.Brennan) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2013 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(9) Soviets 137, (8) Stylees 112 |
(10) Stars 122, (7)
Replacements 101 |
|
(6) Billies 122, (11) Gamblers 91 |
(12) Flash 97, (5) Lizards 66 |
|
(4) Klipper 108, (13) Steamers 97 |
(14) No Fun 137,
(3) Tigers 108 |
|
(15) Sobchak 120, (2) Heroes 106 |
(1) Bolts 107, (16) Party 106 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(10) Stars 125, (9) Soviets 96 |
(6) Billies 95, (12) Flash 86 |
|
(4) Klipper 109, (14) No Fun 70 |
(1) Bolts 144, (15) Sobchak 92 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(10) Stars 143, (1) Bolts 73 |
(6) Billies 162, (4) Klipper 71 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XIII) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(6) Billies 119, (10) Stars 84 |
(1) Bolts 123,
(4) Klipper 105 |
2013 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(8) Champs 112, (9) Busas 80 |
(7) McFly 100,
(10) RED 83 |
|
(11) Love 93,
(6) Untouchables 81 |
(12) Webheads
101, (5) Minotaurs 81 |
|
(4) Waterboys 121, (13) Probe 80 |
(3) Otters 127, (14) Chihuahuas 116 |
|
(2) Amish 116,
(15) Harmony 96 |
(1) Italians 88, (16) Eagles 79 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(4) Waterboys 89, (7) McFly 86 |
(3) Otters 96,
(8) Champs 91 |
|
(2) Amish 120,
(11) Love 102 |
(1) Italians
102, (12) Webheads 92 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(1) Italians
125, (4) Waterboys 105 |
(2) Amish 102,
(3) Otters 99 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(1) Italians 95,
(2) Amish 62 |
(3) Otters 84,
(4) Waterboys 81 |
2013 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(8) Lobsters 88,
(1) Tarnishers 68 |
(2) Hounds 123, (7) Sharks 81 |
|
(6) Hollows 115, (3)
Dementors 114 |
(5) Braintrust
123, (4) Bubble’s 120 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(2) Hounds 113,
(8) Lobsters 105 |
(6) Hollows 123, (5) Braintrust 97 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(6) Hollows 118,
(2) Hounds 87 |
(5) Braintrust 87, (8) Lobsters 58 |
The 2013 season gave the league its 7th division champion as league champ (wild cards won the other 6 championships) with Tripping Billies coming out on top in FB XIII 119-82 (giving Inman’s franchise its 2nd championship & making his the 3rd team in league history to do so (joining John Woollard & Ryan Flanagan). Of the 16 team playoff field, 7 teams from the 2012 playoffs returned for 2013 (Heroes, Billies, Stylees, Gamblers, Flash, Steamers, & No Fun). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, the Doug All Stars, made their 2nd final 4 appearance in 3 seasons (also did in 2011, where they ended up 4th place overall). 2012 league champion Iowa Stylees lost in a PO R1 game, 2012 2CT champion Hound Dogs lost in the LCT finals & Victory is Mine wasn’t in any (Harmony replaced VIM & lost in a 2CT R1 game).
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 10th seeded Stars advanced to FB XIII (their 1st in USFFA) before losing. The Tripping Billies, 2013 league champion, was a #6 seed in PO. The top 4 seeds in 2CT advanced to the final 4 & the top 2 2CT seeds faced off in the finals. The 2CT 12th seed, Webheads, made it to the 2CT QF before being eliminated. The LCT 6th seeded Hollows won the LCT championship while the LCT 8th seeded Rock Lobsters ended up finishing 4th out of 8 team field.
No further expansion was planned for the 2014 season as the waiting list was minimal at season’s end. As usual, there was a few teams who left the league but most of those openings were filled as they became openings.
The 2014 Season—1st time champion
for 1st time in 4 seasons
The league started its 14th season the same as it ended its prior season--40 teams for another season. 35 of the 40 teams returned for the 2014 season. Some teams moved while others were expansions in our league. Moving were Preseason Champs (Tate Skiba), Soviets (Josh Joslin), Sobhcak Securities (Brian Hauser), & Cleveland Steamers (Noah Retka/Tim Rothstein). New to the league were Team Ace (Nate Wing), Dreddskins (Charles & Terri Behr), Texas Longhorns (Patty Feil), The Slinger (Tony Semmen/Doug Clymer) & The B Squad (Justin Blom). The format for the playoff & LCT was similar (PO/2CT 16 team field, LCT 8 team field). Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the 2014 season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*Italian Stallions |
Amy Buvid & Wade Piazza |
|
*The Replacements |
Brok Johnson |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*Team No Fun |
Trevor Schultz |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*BGL Braintrust |
Greg Wold & Ryan Flanagan |
|
@Preseason Champs |
Tate Skiba |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*The Klippership |
Tony Klipsic |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
*Fighting Amish |
Derek Gossman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
@Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
#Team Ace |
Nate Wing |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*RED |
Eric Walters |
|
@Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
#Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
#Texas Longhorns |
Patty Feil |
|
#The Slinger |
Tony Semmen & Doug Clymer |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Harmony |
Neal & Candy Peterman |
|
@Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
#The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, +-returning team, @-team moved from diff conf prior season, (nc)-name change only
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
Playoff Field for 2014
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Heroes (B.Voelker) |
9 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
|
2 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
10 |
Harmony (N &
C Peterman) |
|
3 |
Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
11 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
|
4 |
Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
12 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
|
5 |
Replacements (B.Johnson) |
13 |
Ace (N.Wing) |
|
6 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
14 |
Hollows
(Woollard/Baker) |
|
7 |
Bolts (R & M
Bolterman) |
15 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
|
8 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
16 |
Amish (D.Gossman) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2nd Chance Seeds for 2014
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
No Fun (T.Schultz) |
9 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
|
2 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
10 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
|
3 |
Dreddskins (C & T Behr) |
11 |
Lizards (G.Kroeger) |
|
4 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
12 |
I.Stallions (W & A Piazza) |
|
5 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
13 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
6 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
14 |
Longhorns (P.Feil) |
|
7 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
15 |
Braintrust (Wold/Flanagan) |
|
8 |
Klippership (T.Klipsic) |
16 |
RED (E.Walters) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
Last Chance Seeds for 2014
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
5 |
Sharks (M.Feil) |
|
2 |
Slinger (Semmen/Clymer) |
6 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
|
3 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
7 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
4 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
8 |
PS Champs (T.Skiba) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2014 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(15) Tigers 143,
(2) Stars 114 |
(1) Heroes 108,
(16) Amish 99 |
|
(10) Harmony
152, (7) Bolts 104 |
(3) Stylees 99, (14) Hollows 81 |
|
(9) Waterboys
104, (8) Webheads 99 |
(4) Gamblers
129, (13) Ace 79 |
|
(6) McFly 136,
(11) Tarnishers 111 |
(5) Replacements 132,
(12) Minotaurs 125 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(15) Tigers 126, (1) Heroes 84 |
(3) Stylees 119, (10) Harmony 107 |
|
(4) Gamblers
118, (9) Waterboys 87 |
(5) Replacements 115, (6)
McFly 113 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(3) Stylees 111, (15) Tigers 93 |
(5) Replacements 95, (4)
Gamblers 83 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XIV) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(5) Replacements 107, (3)
Stylees 80 |
(4) Gamblers
102, (15) Tigers 100 |
2014 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) RED 153, (1) No Fun 95 |
(3) D-skins 65,
(14) Longhorns 52 |
|
(15) Braintrust 152, (2)
Sobchak 100 |
(5) Probe 100,
(12) I-Stallions 77 |
|
(13) Chihuahuas
90, (4) Billies 83 |
(9) Steamers 112, (8) Klipper 84 |
|
(11) Lizards 133, (6)
Untouchables 113 |
(10) Dementors 99, (7) Otters 98 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(16) RED 129,
(3) D-skins 48 |
(15) Braintrust
97, (5) Probe 84 |
|
(9) Steamers 133, (13)
Chihuahuas 102 |
(10) Dementors
84, (11) Lizards 70 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(16) RED 93, (9)
Steamers 60 |
(10) Dementors 118, (15)
Braintrust 54 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(10) Dementors
104, (16) RED 90 |
(9) Steamers 82,
(15) Braintrust 68 |
2014 Last Chance Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(5) SC Sharks
129, (4) B Squad 102 |
(1) Busas 87, (8) PS Champs 83 |
|
(3) Soviets 77,
(6) Eagles 72 |
(2) Slinger 107,
(7) Flash 101 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(5) SC Sharks
134, (1) Busas 79 |
(2) Slinger 119, (3) Soviets 81 |
|
Week 15 (Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(2) Slinger 100,
(5) SC Sharks 79 |
(1) Busas 125, (3) Soviets 80 |
The 2014 season gave the league its 8th division champion as league champ (wild cards won the other 6 championships) with The Replacements coming out on top in FB XIV 107-80 (giving Brok Johnson his 1st championship & first new champ in 4 seasons—previous 3 champions had already each won a championship prior). Of the 16 team playoff field, 7 teams from the 2013 playoffs returned for 2014 (Heroes, Stars, Stylees, Gamblers, Replacements, Bolts, & Tigers). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, the Iowa Stylees, lost their 1st ever FB (after winning the previous 2 times). 2013 league champion Tripping Billies lost in a 2CT R1 game, 2013 2CT champion Italian Stallions lost in a 2CT R1 game & 2013 LCT champ Bottomless Hollows lost a PO R1 game.
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 15th seeded Zumbrota Tigers advanced to PO semis before losing 2 straight to finish 4th place in PO. The Replacements, 2014 league champion, was a #5 seed in PO. The 2CT 16th seed, RED, made it to the 2CT finals before losing (taking 2nd in 2CT). The LCT 5th seeded Sin City Sharks made it to the LCT championship game before losing.
No further expansion is planned for the 2015 season as the waiting list was minimal at season’s end. As usual, there was a few teams who left the league but most of those openings were filled as they became openings.
The 2015 Season—Bracket buster becomes 1st
time winner
The league started its 15th season the same as it ended its prior season--40 teams for another season. 36 of the 40 teams returned for the 2015 season. Some teams moved while others were expansions in our league. Moving were Harmony (Candy Peterman). New to the league were Brown Dogs (Jen & Jimmy Brown), Lamblows (Melissa Fritsch & Noah Kepler) and Troubled Bridgewaters (Nancy Benson). Postseason formats were the same as they were for 2014. Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the 2015 season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*Italian Stallions |
Amy Buvid & Wade Piazza |
|
*The Replacements |
Brok Johnson |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*Team No Fun |
Trevor Schultz |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*BGL Braintrust |
Greg Wold & Ryan Flanagan |
|
*Preseason Champs |
Tate Skiba |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
@Harmony |
Candy Peterman |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
*Fighting Amish |
Derek Gossman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Team Ace |
Nate Wing |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*RED |
Eric Walters |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
#Brown Dogs |
Jen & Jimmy Brown |
|
#Lamblows |
Melissa Fritsch & Noah Kepler |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
|
#Troubled Bridgewaters |
Nancy Benson |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, +-returning team, @-team moved from diff conf prior season
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
Playoff Field for 2015
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
9 |
B-Dogs (Jen & Jimmy
Brown) |
|
2 |
Replacements (B.Johnson) |
10 |
Harmony (C.Peterman) |
|
3 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
11 |
RED (E.Walters) |
|
4 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
12 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
|
5 |
Amish (D.Gossman) |
13 |
Bolts (Rod/Matt Bolterman) |
|
6 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
14 |
Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
|
7 |
Lizards (G.Kroeger) |
15 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
|
8 |
Braintrust (Wold/Flanagan) |
16 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2nd Chance Seeds for 2015
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
9 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
2 |
No Fun (T.Schultz) |
10 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
|
3 |
Bridgewaters (N.Benson) |
11 |
Dreddskins (Charles/Terri Behr) |
|
4 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
12 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
5 |
Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
13 |
Hollows (Woollard/Baker) |
|
6 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
14 |
Heroes (B.Voelker) |
|
7 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
15 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
|
8 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
16 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
Last Chance Seeds for 2015
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
5 |
Lamblows (Fritsch/Kepler) |
|
2 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
6 |
I-Stallions (Wade/Amy
Piazza) |
|
3 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
7 |
Ace (N.Wing) |
|
4 |
SC Sharks (M.Feil) |
8 |
P-Champs (T.Skiba) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2015 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Tigers 99,
(1) Untouchables 82 |
(3) Busas 131, (14) Gamblers 90 |
|
(8) Braintrust
137, (9) Dogs 104 |
(7) Lizards 91,
(10) Harmony 87 |
|
(15) Billies 87, (2) Replacements 79 |
(5) Amish 135,
(12) Otters 92 |
|
(13) Bolts 123,
(4) Minotaurs 99 |
(6) Waterboys 134, (11) RED 102 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(16) Tigers 123, (3) Busas 88 |
(7) Lizards 114,
(8) Braintrust 96 |
|
(15) Billies 121, (5) Amish 104 |
(13) Bolts 99,
(6) Waterboys 83 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(16) Tigers 121, (7) Lizards 91 |
(15) Billies 116, (13) Bolts 114 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XV) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(16) Tigers 113,
(15) Billies 103 |
(7) Lizards 105,
(13) Bolts 103 |
2015 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(15) Probe 108, (2) No Fun 77 |
(1) Soviets 121,
(16) Dementors 89 |
|
(10) B Squad
109, (7) Eagles 102 |
(8) Sobchak 117,
(9) Chihuahuas 93 |
|
(14) Heroes 77,
(3) B’waters 60 |
(4) Tarnishers 109, (13) Hollows 70 |
|
(12) Flash 98,
(5) Stylees 78 |
(6) Webheads 117, (11) D’skins 99 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(15) Probe 81,
(1) Soviets 66 |
(10) B Squad
120, (8) Sobchak 112 |
|
(4) Tarnishers
126, (14) Heroes 63 |
(6) Webheads 85, (12) Flash 79 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(15) Probe 108,
(4) Tarnishers 97 |
(6) Webheads
150, (10) B Squad 117 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(6) Webheads 119, (15) Probe 96 |
(4) Tarnishers
72, (10) B Squad 0 |
2015 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(5) Lamblows
105, (4) SC Sharks 79 |
(1) McFly 114, (8) P-Champs 71 |
|
(3) Steamers
116, (6) I-Stallions 69 |
(2) Stars 101,
(7) Ace 86 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(5) Lamblows 102, (1) McFly 88 |
(2) Stars 104, (3) Steamers 87 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(5) Lamblows 129, (2) Stars 123 |
(1) McFly 123, (3) Steamers 57 |
The 2015 season gave the league its 7th wild card champion as league champ (division champs won the other 8 championships) with Zumbrota Tigers coming out on top in FB XV 113-103 (giving Neal Peterman his 1st championship & the league’s 2nd new champ in consecutive seasons—previous 3 champions had already each won a championship prior). Of the 16 team playoff field, 8 teams from the 2014 playoffs returned for 2015 (Tigers, Gamblers, Harmony, Replacements, Amish, Bolts, Minotaurs & Waterboys). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, the Tripping Billies, lost their 1st ever FB (after winning the previous 2 times they appeared). 2014 league champion The Replacements lost in a PO R1 game, 2014 2CT champion The Dementors lost in a 2CT R1 game & 2014 LCT champ The Slinger was not a part of the 2015 season.
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 16th seeded Zumbrota Tigers was league champion, while 15th seeded Tripping Billies finished 2nd in PO. Only 1 team seeded in PO top 4 seedings, Head Busas, made it out of R1 of the playoffs. The 2CT 15th seed, The Probe, made it to the 2CT finals before losing (taking 2nd in 2CT). The LCT 5th seeded Lamblows won the LCT tourney by defeated 2nd seed Doug All Stars.
No further expansion is planned for the 2016 season as the waiting list was minimal at season’s end. As usual, there was a few teams who left the league but most of those openings were filled as they became openings.
The 2016 Season: 1st time champ
for 3rd straight season
The league started its 16th season the same as it ended its prior season (40 teams). 35 of the 40 teams from the 2015 season returned for the 2016 season. One team returned to the league while others were 1st time expansion teams in our league. Returning were House of Stewart (Steph & Ryan Nett). New to the league were La Crosse’s Baba Ganoush (Garrett Kerska), Freddie’s Freeloaders (Zach Lair), Chesapeake Baysiders (Chris Ferguson) & GremBots (Travis Allen). Postseason formats were the same as they were for 15 season. Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*The Replacements |
Brok Johnson |
|
#La Crosse’s Baba Ganoush |
Garrett Kerska |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*BGL Braintrust |
Greg Wold & Ryan Flanagan |
|
+House of Stewart |
Steph & Ryan Nett |
|
#Freddie’s Freeloaders |
Zach Lair |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*Harmony |
Candy Peterman |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Team Ace |
Nate Wing |
|
#Chesapeake Baysiders |
Chris Ferguson |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*RED |
Eric Walters |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
*Lamblows |
Melissa Fritsch & Noah Kepler |
|
#GremBots |
Travis Allen |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
|
*Troubled Bridgewaters |
Nancy Benson |
*-returning team from prior season, #-expansion team, +-returning team to league after time off
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
2016 Playoff Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
9 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
|
2 |
Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
10 |
Bridgewaters (N.Benson) |
|
3 |
GremBots (T.Allen) |
11 |
RED (E.Walters) |
|
4 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
12 |
Lizards (G.Kroeger) |
|
5 |
Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
13 |
Harmony (C.Peterman) |
|
6 |
Freeloaders (Z.Lair) |
14 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
7 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
15 |
Replacements (B.Johnson) |
|
8 |
Ace (N.Wing) |
16 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2016 2nd Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Braintrust (Wold/Flanagan) |
9 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
|
2 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
10 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
|
3 |
Stewart (S &
R Nett) |
11 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
|
4 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
12 |
Hollows (Woollard/Baker) |
|
5 |
Bolts (R & M
Bolterman) |
13 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
|
6 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
14 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
|
7 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
15 |
Ganoush (G.Kerska) |
|
8 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
16 |
Dreddskins (C & T Behr) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
2016 Last Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Baysiders (C.Ferguson) |
5 |
Heroes (B.Voelker) |
|
2 |
Lamblows (Fritsch/Kepler) |
6 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
|
3 |
Sharks (M.Feil) |
7 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
4 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
8 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2016 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Untouchables 105,
(1) Stars 89 |
(3) GremBots
102, (14) Chihuahuas 69 |
|
(15) Replacements 123,
(2) Stylees 111 |
(4) Billies
112, (13) Harmony 90 |
|
(11) RED 154, (6)
Freeloaders 80 |
(5) Gamblers 103, (12)
Lizards 94 |
|
(9) Probe 80, (8) Ace 78 |
(7) Webheads
83, (10) Bridgewaters 74 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(3) G’bots
126, (16) Untouchables 91 |
(4) Billies
90, (15) Replacements 83 |
|
(5) Gamblers 80, (11) RED
70 |
(9) Probe 82, (7) Webheads 77 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(3) GremBots
102, (9) Probe 91 |
(5) Gamblers 104, (4) Billies 78 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XVI) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(3) GremBots
149, (5) Gamblers 111 |
(4) Billies
127, (9) Probe 112 |
2016 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) D’skins
105, (1) Braintrust 103 |
(4) Dementors 95, (13) Waterboys 63 |
|
(15) Ganoush
96, (2) Minotaurs 68 |
(5) Bolts 139, (12)
Hollows 91 |
|
(14) Busas
101, (3) Stewart 63 |
(6) Sobchak 87, (11)
Otters 77 |
|
(10) Steamers 80, (7)
Tigers 79 |
(9) Tarnishers 104, (8)
Eagles 85 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(4) Dementors 106, (16) D’skins 69 |
(5) Bolts 90, (15) Ganoush 77 |
|
(14) Busas
92, (6) Sobchak 83 |
(9) Tarnishers 98, (10)
Steamers 64 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(14) Busas
104, (4) Dementors 102 |
(9) Tarnishers 119, (5)
Bolts 106 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(9) Tarnishers 102, (14) Busas 86 |
(5) Bolts 123, (4)
Dementors 119 |
2016 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(7) Flash 101, (2) Lamblows 92 |
(1) Baysiders
75, (8) McFly 52 |
|
(6) Soviets 113, (3)
Sharks 71 |
(4) B Squad 131, (5)
Heroes 99 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(1)
Baysiders 65, (7) Flash 53 |
(6) Soviets 102, (4) B
Squad 75 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(6) Soviets 73, (1) Baysiders 72 |
(7) Flash 95, (4) B Squad
85 |
The 2016 season gave the league its 9th division champion as league champ (wild card teams have won the other 7 championships) with GremBots coming out on top in FB XVI 149-111 (giving Travis Allen his 1st championship in his 1st season & the league’s 3rd new champ in consecutive seasons). Of the playoff field, 7 of the 16 teams from the 2015 playoffs returned for 2016 (Untouchables, Gamblers, Harmony, Lizards, Billies, Replacements & RED). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, the Gamblers, lost in their 1st ever FB appearance. 2015 league champion Zumbrota Tigers lost in a 2CT R1 game, 2015 2CT champion The Dementors lost in the 2CT 3P game & 2015 LCT champ Lamblows lost in a LCT R1 game.
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 16th seeded Untouchables & the 15th seeded The Replacements both advanced to R2 of the playoffs with 1st round upsets of the #1 & #2 seeds. The 2CT 14th seed, Head Busas, made it to the 2CT finals before losing (finished 2nd in 2CT). The LCT 6th seeded Soviets won the LCT tourney by defeated 1st seed Chesapeake Baysiders.
No further expansion was planned for the 2017 season at end of the 2016 season. The league experienced some teams leaving but those spots were filled by new teams prior to the start of the 2017 season.
The 2017 Season: 1st time champ
streak continues for a 4th season
The league started its 17th season the same as it ended its prior season (40 teams). 38 of the 40 teams from the 2016 season returned for the 2017 season. New to the league were Baker’s Benchwarmers (Howard Baker) & Cobra Kai (Scott Fortner & Travis Allen). Postseason formats were the same as they were for the previous season. Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Lounge Lizards |
Golden Kroeger |
|
*La Crosse’s Baba Ganoush |
Garrett Kerska |
|
#Baker’s Benchwarmers |
Howard Baker |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*House of Stewart |
Steph & Ryan Nett |
|
*Freddie’s Freeloaders |
Zach Lair |
|
#Cobra Kai |
Scott Fortner & Travis Allen |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*Harmony |
Candy Peterman |
|
@GremBots |
Travis Allen |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Team Ace |
Nate Wing |
|
*Chesapeake Baysiders |
Chris Ferguson |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*RED |
Eric Walters |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
@Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
*Hipple’s Heroes |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
*Lamblows |
Melissa Fritsch & Noah Kepler |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
|
*Troubled Bridgewaters |
Nancy Benson |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, @-team moved from other conference
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
2017 Playoff Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Cobra
(Fortner/Allen) |
9 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
|
2 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
10 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
|
3 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
11 |
Hollows (M.Baker/Woollard) |
|
4 |
Dreddskins (T.Behr/C.Behr) |
12 |
Sharks (M.Feil) |
|
5 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
13 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
|
6 |
YELLOW (E.Walters) |
14 |
Bridgewaters (N.Benson) |
|
7 |
Bolts (R & M
Bolterman) |
15 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
|
8 |
Heroes (B.Voelker) |
16 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2017 2nd Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
GremBots (T.Allen) |
9 |
Baysiders (C.Ferguson) |
|
2 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
10 |
Lizards (G.Kroeger) |
|
3 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
11 |
Lamblows (Fritsch/Kepler) |
|
4 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
12 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
|
5 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
13 |
Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
|
6 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
14 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
|
7 |
B’warmers (H.Baker) |
15 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
|
8 |
Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
16 |
Ace (N.Wing) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
2017 Last Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Freeloaders (Z.Lair) |
5 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
|
2 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
6 |
Stewart (S &
R Nett) |
|
3 |
Ganoush (G.Kerska) |
7 |
Harmony (C.Peterman) |
|
4 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
8 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2017 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Probe 104, (1) Cobra
70 |
(2) Squad 113, (15)
Untouchables 83 |
|
(3) Soviets 138, (14) B’warmers 94 |
(13) Flash 83, (4)
Dementors 75 |
|
(12) Sharks 107, (5) Tarnishers
73 |
(6) YELLOW 101, (11)
Hollows 79 |
|
(10) Minotaurs
113, (7) Bolts 104 |
(9) Waterboys
127, (8) Heroes 117 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(2) Squad 131, (16) Probe
81 |
(13) Flash 96, (3)
Soviets 88 |
|
(6) YELLOW 111, (12)
Sharks 80 |
(10) Minotaurs
99, (9) Waterboys 72 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(10) Minotaurs
150, (6) YELLOW 117 |
(2) Squad 129, (13) Flash
88 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XVII) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(2) Squad 108, (10) Minotaurs 93 |
(6) YELLOW 107, (13)
Flash 100 |
2017 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(1) GremBots
102, (16) Ace 101 |
(15) Steamers 82, (2)
Eagles 53 |
|
(14) Billies
115, (3) Busas 103 |
(4) Dementors 67, (13) Stylees 64 |
|
(12) Stars 125, (5)
Sobchak 87 |
(6) Webheads
97, (11) Lamblows 94 |
|
(10) Lizards 100, (7) B’warmers 91 |
(8) Gamblers 100, (9) Baysiders 64 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(1) GremBots
107, (15) Steamers 100 |
(14) Billies
90, (4) Dementors 76 |
|
(12) Stars 100, (6) Webheads 89 |
(8) Gamblers 106, (10)
Lizards 82 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(1) GremBots
116, (14) Billies 82 |
(12) Stars 102, (8)
Gamblers 85 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(1) GremBots
103, (12) Stars 66 |
(8) Gamblers 94, (14) Billies 86 |
2017 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(1) Freeloaders 119, (8)
Chihuahuas 60 |
(7) Harmony 100, (2)
Tigers 68 |
|
(3) Ganoush
82, (6) Stewart 81 |
(4) Otters 91, (5) McFly
70 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(1)
Freeloaders 101, (7) Harmony 98 |
(3) Ganoush
92, (4) Otters 74 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(1) Freeloaders 103, (3) Ganoush 85 |
(7) Harmony 106, (4)
Otters 99 |
The 2017 season gave the league its 10th division champion as league champ (wild card teams have won the other 7 championships) with The B Squad coming out on top in FB XVII 108-93 (giving Justin Blom his 1st championship in his Xth season & the league’s 4th new champ in consecutive seasons). Of the playoff field, 4 of the 16 teams from the 2016 playoffs returned for 2017 (YELLOW (RED), Bridgewaters, Untouchables & Probe). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, the Minotaurs, lost in their 1st ever FB appearance. 2016 league champion GremBots won the 2CT tourney, 2016 2CT champion Transman’s Tarnishers lost in a PO R1 game & 2016 LCT champ Soviets lost in a PO QF game.
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. The 16th seeded The Probe & the 13th seeded Texas Flash both advanced to R2 of the playoffs with 1st round upsets of the #1 & #4 seeds. The 2CT 15th seed, Cleveland Steamers, made it to the 2CT QF before losing. The LCT 7th seeded Harmony ended up finishing 3rd after defeating Friendly Otters in LCT 3rd place game.
No further expansion was planned for the 2018 season at end of the 2017 season. The league experienced some teams leaving but those spots were filled by new teams prior to the start of the 2018 season.
The 2018 Season: Federal Conference puts 3
teams in PO F4
The league started its 18th season the same as it ended its prior season (40 teams). 39 of the 40 teams from 2017 returned for the 2018 season. New to the league was SoyBean State (Bryan Linde). Several teams switched division or conference (House of Stewart, GremBots & Tripping Billies). Postseason formats were the same as they were for the previous season. Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*La Crosse’s Baba Ganoush |
Garrett Kerska |
|
*Baker’s Benchwarmers |
Howard Baker |
|
%House of Stewart |
Steph & Ryan Nett |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*Freddie’s Freeloaders |
Zach Lair |
|
*Cobra Kai |
Scott Fortner |
|
@GremBots |
Travis Allen |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*Harmony |
Candy Peterman |
|
@Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
*Soviets |
Josh Joslin |
|
*Team Ace |
Nate Wing |
|
*Chesapeake Baysiders |
Chris Ferguson |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Ryan Flanagan |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*RED |
Eric Walters |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Brandt’s Bombers (name change) |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
*Lamblows |
Melissa Fritsch & Noah Kepler |
|
#SoyBean State |
Bryan Linde |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
|
*Troubled Bridgewaters |
Nancy Benson |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, %-team moved from other division in same conference, @-team moved from other conference
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
2018 Playoff Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Ace (N.Wing) |
9 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
|
2 |
GremBots (T.Allen) |
10 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
|
3 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
11 |
SoyBean (B.Linde) |
|
4 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
12 |
Harmony (C.Peterman) |
|
5 |
YELLOW (E.Walters) |
13 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
|
6 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
14 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
7 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
15 |
Cobra (S.Fortner) |
|
8 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
16 |
Stylees (R.Flanagan) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2018 2nd Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Gamblers (Deering/Liedtke) |
9 |
Dreddskins (T.Behr/C.Behr) |
|
2 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
10 |
Sharks (M.Feil) |
|
3 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
11 |
Ganoush (G.Kerska) |
|
4 |
Hollows (Woollard/M.Baker) |
12 |
Bolts (R.Bolterman/M.Bolterman) |
|
5 |
Lamblows (Fritsch/Kepler) |
13 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
|
6 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
14 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
|
7 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
15 |
Soviets (J.Joslin) |
|
8 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
16 |
Bombers (B.Voelker) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
2018 Last Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Freeloaders (Z.Lair) |
5 |
Bridgewaters (N.Benson) |
|
2 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
6 |
Baysiders (C.Ferguson) |
|
3 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
7 |
Benchwarmers (H.Baker) |
|
4 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
8 |
Stewart (S.Nett/R.Nett) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2018 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(1) Ace 125, (16) Stylees 123 |
(15) Cobra 126, (2) GremBots 124 |
|
(3) Otters 126, (14)
Chihuahuas 119 |
(4) Sobchak 86, (13) B
Squad 83 |
|
(12) Harmony 82, (5)
YELLOW 75 |
(11) SoyBean
138, (6) Webheads 110 |
|
(7) Untouchables 110,
(10) Waterboys 107 |
(9) Stars 124, (8)
Steamers 106 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(1) Ace 108, (15) Cobra
107 |
(3) Otters 114, (12)
Harmony 113 |
|
(4) Sobchak 127, (11) SoyBean 104 |
(9) Stars 76, (7)
Untouchables 75 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(9) Stars 96, (1) Ace 71 |
(4) Sobchak 84, (3)
Otters 60 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XVIII) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(4) Sobchak 117, (9)
Stars 109 |
(3) Otters 114, (1) Ace
99 |
2018 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(1) Gamblers 88, (16)
Bombers 70 |
(15) Soviets 127, (2)
Probe 103 |
|
(3) Billies
88, (14) Busas 83 |
(4) Hollows 94, (13)
Tigers 83 |
|
(5) Lamblows
120, (12) Bolts 78 |
(11) Ganoush
90, (6) McFly 68 |
|
(7) Tarnishers 123, (10)
Sharks 82 |
(9) Dreddskins
102, (8) Dementors 77 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(15) Soviets 134, (1)
Gamblers 99 |
(11) Ganoush
107, (3) Billies 79 |
|
(9) Dreddskins
91, (4) Hollows 75 |
(7) Tarnishers 114, (5) Lamblows 76 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(15) Soviets 76, (7)
Tarnishers 65 |
(9) Dreddskins
101, (11) Ganoush 58 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(9) Dreddskins
82, (15) Soviets 72 |
(7) Tarnishers 90, (11) Ganoush 89 |
2018 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(1) Freeloaders 120, (8)
Stewart 73 |
(7) Benchwarmers 91, (2)
Eagles 80 |
|
(3) Minotaurs
110, (6) Baysiders 79 |
(4) Flash 99, (5) Bridgewaters 69 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(1)
Freeloaders 107, (7) Benchwarmers 82 |
(3) Minotaurs
77, (4) Flash 59 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(3) Minotaurs
102, (1) Freeloaders 94 |
(7) Benchwarmers 92, (4)
Flash 62 |
The 2018 season gave the league its 8th wild card champion as league champ (division champion teams have won the other 10 championships) with Sobchak Securities coming out on top in FB XVIII 117-108 (giving Brian Hauser his 1st championship in his 11th season & the league’s 5th new champ in consecutive seasons). Of the playoff field, 5 of the 16 teams from the 17 playoffs returned for 2018 (YELLOW, Untouchables, Waterboys, B Squad & Cobra). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, the Doug All Stars, lost in their 2nd FB appearance (Minn St Screaming Eagles also have appeared in 2 FBs).
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. PO #9 Doug All Stars lost in FB 18 after upsetting the PO #1 seed. 2CT #15 Soviets lost in the 2CT championship after upsetting the 2CT #1 & #2 seeds. LCT #7 Baker’s Benchwarmers won the LCT 3rd place game after upsetting the LCT #2 seed.
No further expansion was planned for the 2019 season.
The 2019 Season: Bracket busting postseason
The league started its 19th season the same as it ended its prior season (40 teams). 35 of the 40 teams from 2018 returned for the 2019 season. New to the league was Okoboji Hawkeyes (John Baum), Team Schepp (Taylor Schepp), Flying Elvi (John Freiberg), Outlawz (James Carpenter) & Blomkin Bears (Justin Blom). Due to the fact that the league was short 1 team for the 2019 season, the rule allowing a single owner to own more than 1 team on their own was waived. House of Stewart moved from the AC-Shula to the NC-Landry as well. Postseason formats were the same as they were for the previous season. Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Elton Ridge’s Baba Ganoush |
Garrett Kerska |
|
*Baker’s Benchwarmers |
Howard Baker |
|
#Okoboji Hawkeyes |
John Baum |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*Freddie’s Freeloaders |
Zach Lair |
|
#Team Schepp |
Taylor Schepp |
|
#Flying Elvi |
John Freiberg |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*Harmony |
Candy Peterman |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
*Chesapeake Baysiders |
Chris Ferguson |
|
#Outlawz |
James Carpenter |
|
#Blomkin Bears |
Justin Blom |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*YELLOW |
Eric Walters |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
|
@House of Stewart |
Stephanie & Ryan Nett |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Brandt’s Bombers (name change) |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
*Lamblows |
Melissa Fritsch & Noah Kepler |
|
*SoyBean State |
Bryan Linde |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
|
*Troubled Bridgewaters |
Nancy Benson |
*-returning team, #-expansion team, @-team moved from other conference
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
2019 Playoff Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
9 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
|
2 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
10 |
Dreddskins (T.Behr/C.Behr) |
|
3 |
Tm Schepp (T.Schepp) |
11 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
|
4 |
Benchwarmers (H.Baker) |
12 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
|
5 |
Blomkin (J.Blom) |
13 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
|
6 |
Freeloaders (Z.Lair) |
14 |
Bombers (B.Voelker) |
|
7 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
15 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
|
8 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
16 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2019 2nd Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
9 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
|
2 |
Bolts (R.Bolterman/M.Bolterman) |
10 |
Ganoush (G.Kerska) |
|
3 |
Harmony (C.Peterman) |
11 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
|
4 |
Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
12 |
Outlaws (J.Carpenter) |
|
5 |
YELLOW (E.Walters) |
13 |
Bridgewaters (N.Benson) |
|
6 |
Lamblows (Fritsch/Kepler) |
14 |
Elvi (J.Freiberg) |
|
7 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
15 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
|
8 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
16 |
Hollows (Woollard/M.Baker) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
2019 Last Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Stewart (S.Nett/R.Nett) |
5 |
Baysiders (C.Ferguson) |
|
2 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
6 |
Hawkeyes (J.Baum) |
|
3 |
Sharks (M.Feil) |
7 |
SoyBean (B.Linde) |
|
4 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
8 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2019 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Chihuahuas 89, (1)
Steamers 88 |
(15) McFly 100, (2)
Otters 95 |
|
(3) Schepp
108 (33), (14) Bombers 108 (19) |
(4) Benchwarmers 86, (13)
Stars 85 |
|
(12) Tigers 89, (5) Blomkin 84 |
(6) Freeloaders 100, (11)
B Squad 93 |
|
(7) Minotaurs
99, (10) Dreddskins 97 |
(9) Dementors 98, (8)
Probe 96 |
|
Week 14 (Quarters) |
|
|
(3) Schepp
141, (16) Chihuahuas 76 |
(4) Benchwarmers 94, (15)
McFly 82 |
|
(12) Tigers 103, (6)
Freeloaders 88 |
(7) Minotaurs
148, (9) Dementors 82 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(3) Schepp
104, (12) Tigers 93 |
(7) Minotaurs
118, (4) Benchwarmers 96 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XIX) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(7) Minotaurs
107, (3) Schepp 87 |
(4) Benchwarmers 117,
(12) Tigers 88 |
2019 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Hollows 96, (1)
Untouchables 74 |
(15) Tarnishers 99, (2)
Bolts 88 |
|
(14) Elvi
129, (3) Harmony 97 |
(4) Gamblers 105, (13) Bridgewaters 60 |
|
(5) YELLOW 102, (12) Outlawz 52 |
(11) Eagles 85, (6) Lamblows 60 |
|
(7) Waterboys
109, (10) Ganoush 81 |
(8) Sobchak 112, (9) Webheads 68 |
|
Week 14
(Quarters) |
|
|
(4) Gamblers 117, (16)
Hollows 64 |
(15) Tarnishers 113, (5)
YELLOW 83 |
|
(14) Elvi
123, (7) Waterboys 98 |
(11) Eagles 119, (8)
Sobchak 80 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(15) Tarnishers 136, (4)
Gamblers 108 |
(14) Elvi
115, (11) Eagles 79 |
|
Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(14) Elvi
114, (15) Tarnishers 92 |
(11) Eagles 120, (4) Gamblers
92 |
2019 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(8) Busas
107, (1) Stewart 58 |
(7) SoyBean
111, (2) Billies 75 |
|
(6) Hawkeyes 79, (3)
Sharks 72 |
(5) Baysiders
102, (4) Flash 95 |
|
Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(8)
Busas 115, (5) Baysiders
105 |
(7) SoyBean
96, (6) Hawkeyes 74 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(8) Busas
97, (7) SoyBean 89 |
(6) Hawkeyes 98, (5) Baysiders 87 |
The 2019 season gave the league its 11th division champion as league champ (wild card teams have won the other 8 championships) with The Minotaurs coming out on top in FB XIX 107-87 (giving Jason Eckerman in his 1st championship in his 12th season & the league’s 6th new champ in consecutive seasons). Of the playoff field, 5 of the 16 teams from the 18 playoffs returned for 2019 (Otters, Steamers, Stars, B Squad & Chihuahuas). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, Team Schepp, lost in their 1st FB appearance (also their 1st season in the league).
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. PO #12 Zumbrota Tigers finished 2-2 with a 4th place showing. 2CT #14 Elvi won the 2CT championship after upsetting the 2CT #3, #7 & #11 seeds. LCT #8 Head Busas won the LCT championship after upsetting the LCT #1 & #5 seeds.
No further expansion was planned for the 2020 season (the league’s 20th season).
The 2020 Season: End of 2nd
decade of USFFA
The league started its 20th season the same as it ended its prior season (40 teams). 38 of the 40 teams from 2019 returned for the 2020 season. New to the league was Minnie Miracle (Zane Nelson) & Iron Squad (Gabe Rojas). The Blomkin Bears (Justin Blom) were allowed to continue for 2020 as the rule allowing a single owner to own more than 1 team on their own was waived. Postseason formats were the same as they were for the previous season. Here is how the league looked for the beginning of the season:
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
|
Shula Division |
Owner |
|
*Bottomless Hollows |
John Woollard & Mike Baker |
|
*Webheads |
Jeff Nelson |
|
*Elton Ridge’s Baba Ganoush |
Garrett Kerska |
|
*Baker’s Benchwarmers |
Howard Baker |
|
*Okoboji Hawkeyes |
John Baum |
|
Noll Division |
Owner |
|
*The Bolts |
Rod & Matt Bolterman |
|
*The Waterboys |
Mark Heckathorne |
|
*Freddie’s Freeloaders |
Zach Lair |
|
*Team Schepp |
Taylor Schepp |
|
*Flying Elvi |
John Freiberg |
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
|
Lombardi Division |
Owner |
|
*Transman’s Tarnishers |
|
|
*The Dementors |
Mike Baker |
|
*Untouchables |
Brian Chihak |
|
*Harmony |
Candy Peterman |
|
*Tripping Billies |
Erik Inman |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Zumbrota Tigers |
Neal Peterman |
|
* |
Michael Feil |
|
*Chesapeake Baysiders |
Chris Ferguson |
|
*Outlawz |
James Carpenter |
|
*Blomkin Bears |
Justin Blom |
FEDERAL CONFERENCE
|
Ewbank Division |
Owner |
|
*Doug All Stars |
Doug Clymer |
|
*The Probe |
Charles Behr |
|
* |
Dave Johnson |
|
*The Minotaurs |
Jason Eckerman |
|
*Team McFly |
Marty Domek |
|
Landry Division |
Owner |
|
* |
Kris Liedtke |
|
*Friendly Otters |
Adam Guenzel |
|
*YELLOW |
Eric Walters |
|
*Sobchak Securities |
Brian Hauser |
|
*House of Stewart |
Stephanie & Ryan Nett |
UNITED CONFERENCE
|
Brown Division |
Owner |
|
*Rotting |
Kevin Pennington |
|
*Brandt’s Bombers |
Brad Voelker |
|
*Dreddskins |
Charles & Terri Behr |
|
*SoyBean State |
Bryan Linde |
|
#Minnie Miracle |
Zane Nelson |
|
Halas Division |
Owner |
|
*Head Busas |
Levi Roberts |
|
*The Gamblers |
Kris Liedtke & Jan Deering |
|
*Cleveland Steamers |
Noah Retka & Tim Rothstein |
|
*The B Squad |
Justin Blom |
|
#Iron Squad |
Gabe Rojas |
*-returning team, #-expansion team
Drafts were either a combo live/online draft (Federal) while the other 3 conferences held their draft completely on-line. Each conference again had its own group of players & no trades would be made between conferences.
Each team had a 12 game schedule, playing each division opponent twice, playing 2 teams from the conference once each & 2 non-conference opponents once. After week 12 went final, the playoff field was determined:
2020 Playoff Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Sobchak (B.Hauser) |
9 |
Otters (A.Guenzel) |
|
2 |
B Squad (J.Blom) |
10 |
Eagles (K.Liedtke) |
|
3 |
Untouchables (B.Chihak) |
11 |
Chihuahuas (K.Pennington) |
|
4 |
Miracle (Z.Nelson) |
12 |
Harmony (C.Peterman) |
|
5 |
Webheads (J.Nelson) |
13 |
Hollows (Woollard/Baker) |
|
6 |
Tarnishers (J.Woollard) |
14 |
Elvi (J.Freiberg) |
|
7 |
Stars (D.Clymer) |
15 |
Dreddskins (T.Behr/C.Behr) |
|
8 |
Freeloaders (Z.Lair) |
16 |
Tigers (N.Peterman) |
The next 16 teams were put into the 2nd chance tournament.
2020 2nd Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Bolts (R.Bolterman/M.Bolterman) |
9 |
Minotaurs (J.Eckerman) |
|
2 |
Steamers (Retka/Rothstein) |
10 |
YELLOW (E.Walters) |
|
3 |
I Squad (G.Rojas) |
11 |
Blomkin (J.Blom) |
|
4 |
Billies (E.Inman) |
12 |
Probe (C.Behr) |
|
5 |
Ganoush (G.Kerksa) |
13 |
Tm Schepp (T.Schepp) |
|
6 |
Outlawz (J.Carpenter) |
14 |
Baysiders (C.Ferguson) |
|
7 |
McFly (M.Domek) |
15 |
Waterboys (M.Heckathorne) |
|
8 |
Benchwarmers (H.Baker) |
16 |
Sharks (M.Feil) |
Finally, the remaining 8 teams went into the Last Chance Tournament field.
2020 Last Chance Field
|
Seed |
Team |
Seed |
Team |
|
1 |
Gamblers
(Deering/Liedtke) |
5 |
Stewart (S.Nett/R.Nett) |
|
2 |
SoyBean (B.Linde) |
6 |
Dementors (M.Baker) |
|
3 |
Busas (L.Roberts) |
7 |
Hawkeyes (J.Baum) |
|
4 |
Flash (D.Johnson) |
8 |
Bombers (B.Voelker) |
The fields were set for all 3 tourneys. None of the postseason fields saw R1 byes
since the fields were 8 or 16 teams (depending on which field you were talking
about). The
2020 Playoffs
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
|
|
(16) Tigers 122, (1)
Sobchak 116 |
(2) B Squad 125, (15) D’skins 85 |
|
(3) Untouchables 123,
(14) Elvi 104 |
(4) Miracle 104, (13)
Hollows 82 |
|
(12) Harmony 112, (5) Webheads 95 |
(11) Chihuahuas 103, (6)
Tarnishers 73 |
|
(10) Eagles 106, (7) Stars
76 |
(8) Freeloaders 132, (9)
Otters 98 |
|
Week 14 (Quarters) |
|
|
(2) B Squad 128, (16)
Tigers 110 |
(3) Untouchables 120, (12)
Harmony 112 |
|
(11) Chihuahuas 127, (4)
Miracle 95 |
(8) Freeloaders 113, (10)
Eagles 100 |
|
Week 15 (Semis) |
|
|
(2) B Squad 111, (10)
Chihuahuas 106 |
(3) Untouchables 113, (8)
Freeloaders 112 |
|
Week 16 (Fantasy
Bowl XX) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(2) B Squad 114, (3)
Untouchables 82 |
(11) Chihuahuas 129, (8)
Freeloaders 101 |
2020 2nd
Chance Tourney
|
Week 13 (Opening
round) |
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(1) Bolts 81, (16) Sharks
77 |
(2) Steamers 116, (15) Waterboys 105 |
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(14) Baysiders
90, (3) I Squad 88 |
(4) Billies
129, (13) Schepp 111 |
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(5) Ganoush
100, (12) Probe 86 |
(11) Blomkin
91, (6) Outlawz 77 |
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(10) YELLOW 146, (7)
McFly 68 |
(9) Minotaurs
116, (8) Benchwarmers 92 |
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Week 14
(Quarters) |
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(1) Bolts 126, (14) Baysiders 71 |
(11) Blomkin
118, (2) Steamers 107 |
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(4) Billies
118, (10) YELLOW 91 |
(5) Ganoush
122, (9) Minotaurs 79 |
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Week 15 (Semis) |
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|
(11) Blomkin
122, (1) Bolts 92 |
(4) Billies
121, (5) Ganoush 90 |
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Week 16
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(11) Blomkin
122, (4) Billies 113 |
(5) Ganoush
125, (1) Bolts 94 |
2020 Last Chance
Tourney
|
Week 13
(Quarters) |
|
|
(8) Bombers 127, (1)
Gamblers 81 |
(7) Hawkeyes 67, (2) SoyBean 58 |
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(3) Busas
95, (6) Dementors 90 |
(4) Flash 89, (5) Stewart
65 |
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Week 14 (Semis) |
|
|
(3)
Busas 92, (8) Bombers 76 |
(7) Hawkeyes 71, (4)
Flash 68 |
|
Week 15
(Championship) |
(3rd
place game) |
|
(7) Hawkeyes 84, (3) Busas 80 |
(8) Bombers 121, (4)
Flash 100 |
The 2020 season gave the league its 12th division champion as league champ (wild card teams have won the other 8 championships) with The B Squad coming out on top in FB XX 114-82 (giving Justin Blom in his 2nd championship in his 7th season & the league’s 1st repeat champ in 7 seasons). Of the playoff field, 7 of the 16 teams from the 2019 playoffs returned for 2020 (Otters, Stars, B Squad, Chihuahuas, Freeloaders, Dreddskins & Tigers). The other part of the Fantasy Bowl, Untouchables, lost in their 1st FB appearance (their 11th season in the league).
Lower seeds pulling upsets happened in all brackets. PO #11 Rotting Chihuahuas finished 3-1 with a 3rd place showing. 2CT #11 The Blomkin Bears won the 2CT championship after upsetting the 2CT #1, #2 & #6 seeds. LCT #7 Okoboji Hawkeyes won the LCT championship after upsetting the LCT #2, #3 & #4 seeds.
No further expansion was planned for the 2021 season (the league’s 21st season).