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THE FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MANAGER AWARDS

 "THE PATRIOT" AWARD 
STEVE

At one point this year, Steve' RB's were Nick Goings, JR Redmond, Lamont Jordan, Edgerrin James - who was out for the year - and let's not forget Jamal Anderson, who was out for the season and dropped in Week 3.....and, oh yeah, there was also Antowain Smith, who may just be this year's draft pick of the year....Why? Well, this Buffalo Bills cast-off had 84 points, finishing 3rd in scoring amnong all RB's...

OK, so just who made the better Patriot - Mel Gibson or Antowain Smith??
Well, we know who scored more touchdowns!!

 

THE "NO-MATTER-CA" AWARD 
T / J

Auto-Matica, Semi-Auto-Matica, and then, No-Matter-Ca....First, Bill goes down for the season with a knee injury celebrating a 22 yard field goal.....then brother Martin does the same!!

Its almost a good thing that T/J lost in the first round of the playoffs......there would
have been no kickers for the rest of the year!

Except losing that top spot in points hurt!

 

THE "GIMME THE DAMN BALL!!" AWARD 
PATRICK

Patrick's top receiver - Mister Keyshawn Johnson - had an awesome year - according to ESPN Sports Center, John Madden, Chris Collingsworth.....and a couple of hundred catches and several thousand yards (or something like that) would certainly support that...However, when your top receiver catches one - count 'em again - ONE - touchdown, well, we say he had a sucky year!! 

Maybe Brad Johnson didn't read Keyshawn's book!

(Since Patrick finished tied for a possible playoff spot, but lost out on the tiebreakers, this could also have been something about Ties and Kissing Your Sister.....but, nahhhh!)

 

THE "WATTERS UNDER THE BRIDGE" AWARD 
CHRIS Q

Ricky Watters was a great pick - if only because Chris followed it up 
with his backup, Shaun Alexander.....

When Watters got hurt, Alexander didn't do much - except become 
the second leading scoring running back in the IOFFL this season!

Hey, it doesn't getmuch better than that in Fantasy Football (Note that I limited this
to Fantasy Football....)

 

THE "MARSHALL PLAN" AWARD 
JIM

Down by over 100 units by Week 5, Jim underwent the largest re-construction since Europe back in 1946!!! He ended the year by virtually breaking even!! (OK, so he was the only team NOT to win a weekly, but we won't count that)

How did he do this??? Well, just like Europe did - it was The Marshall Plan!!

No more Jim Watch! 

 

THE "QB CLUB, 2001" AWARD 
C / E / R

Imagine this, FIVE Quarterbacks on your roster, and two of them are - it pains me to say this even - Quincy Carter and Ryan Leaf!!

QB's only in the eyes of Jerry Jones!!! 

Well at least Brian Griese stayed relatively healthy this year - even if his receivers didn't!!!
 

THE "I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!" AWARD
M / F / D

7am, Jan 6...Mark, Frank, and Doug wake up in 7th place in the point standings, 10.65 up, and looking forward to playing in the IOFFL Super Bowl.....48 hours and 58 points later, Mark, Frank and Doug wake up and are the IOFFL Super Bowl Winners, Total Points Winners, their first Weekly of the year winners, and with 58.45 added to their points totals.....

Last I heard, Melissa Stark was asking them what they were going to do now......
we know what the answer was!!!

 

THE "PENDULUM ALWAYS SWINGS" AWARD 
J / R / T

2000 was a good year for Randy, Jim, and Todd.....three weeklies, finished ahead on the 
points - and, a third straight World Series for the Yankees -against the Mets, no less!

This year, its back to the Toilet Bowl, next to last in points, and maybe worst of all,
the Yanks lose the World Series in Game 7!

Well, the pendulum can swing back next year, right????
Both J/R/T - and me too! - hope so!!!

 

THE "TOUCHY, FEELY" AWARD
JOE B

OK, so its not the Biguns Award - and there is really no better award for Joe than the Biguns Award, but.....

After having NO backup to Jason Elam for more than half the season (at least Joe played the right kicker every week!), he picks up Jay Feely, has to use him on Elam's bye week, and gets 18 points!!

That's almost a whole season worth of kicker points to some teams!! (who will remain nameless)

 

THE "I'LL BE BACK! OR MAYBE NOT!" AWARD 
PETE Q

Fred Taylor, 4th player taken in the draft, injures his groin and misses - the rest of the season?? Will this guy ever play a full season??? Not to worry - Pete also had his backup, Stacey Mack - who despite his girly name, finished 10th in the RB scoring.....

Now, if Pete could only figure out the weeks he was going to score so he could play him!!
 

THE "ON THE RHODES AGAIN!!" AWARD 
B / G

Week 9,and B/G is in last place in Total Points, holding the first pick of that week's waiver.....they use it to select Dominc Rhodes, Indy RB......Over the last 8 weeks of the season, B/G gets 42 points from Rhodes (and left 18 in the bench!), and ride him all the way to the playoffs, and then to the Super Bowl!!
 

and last but not least.............................

 
THE "KICKING ASS" AWARD 
FRANK

Because there certainly were not many Field Goals being kicked!!!

Kickers!!! I hate the little weinies!!!!

'Nuff Said!!!

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS 
 
Thank you to all the teams in the IOFFL this year....once again it has been a lot of fun! (Well, losing does suck though! :)  ). We have a great bunch of guys in this league, and I hope we all return for our fifth season in 2002!!

And if I said anything bad about your team - and I hope I did at least once during the season! - its all in fun!

 
 

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