IOFFL General Manager Awards

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THE SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MANAGER AWARDS

THE "KA-CHING" AWARD
STEVE

For those of you paying attention, you may notice a similar theme to last year's award for Steve.....

Steve wins his FOURTH IOFFL Points Title in SIX years.....

.....not to mention his second consecutive Super Bowl!!

KA-CHING!!!!

THE "COLOR OF MONEY" AWARD
T / J

The Color of Money is of course, GREEN, just as T/J's stud RB's name was also, GREEN,
as in AHMAN....

But not GREEN as in WILLIAM, who had to be one of the biggest fantasy busts -
both on the field and in the police blotter - of 2003!!

Now, if they had only drafted Trent Green as their QB!

THE "BY GEORGE YOU'VE GOT IT!" AWARD
PATRICK

Not exactly sure what "IT" would be, unless its zero points........
which is exactly what RB Eddie George delivered most weeks for Patrick........

The former stud RB George failed to finish in the top 25 RB's in scoring!

THE "76 TROMBONES" AWARD
CHRIS Q

76......trombones led the big parade.....

'76.....a good year for declaring independence........

and 76.......a new record for Most Points in One Week!!

To really appreciate how many points that is, understand that 64 points was the record from 1998 til the end of 2002.....FOUR YEARS......

I expect the new record to be around for quite awhile!

THE "IT TAKES TWO" AWARD
JIM

In the 2003 season, Priest Holmes:

broke the NFL single season rushing touchdown record,
broke the NFL single season touchdown record OF ANY KIND,
broke the single season IOFFL RB scoring record

and Jim got every one of those points from the KC Running Back......

But that's all he got from ANY RB............

Not a single point from any other RB while in his starting line-up...

But hey, Priest by himself scored more points than the starting RB's on all but 3 other teams!!

THE "BUSTED!" AWARD
C / R

The first annual Police Blotter rule was "earned" by C/R....
Sebastian Janikowski and Randy Moss were the early favorites
to be the first to appear on the Police Blotter,
but Janikowski ruined the suspense, getting there in Week 2.....

Not only did Janikowski cost C/R a round of drinks,
down the stretch he wasn't even good enough to get off of the bench!!

THE "WEEK 17" AWARD
M / F / D

Entering Week 17, M/F/D was last in total points and had not yet won a weekly.....
33 points later, they moved out of the basement, and had their first weekly of the season....

As in 2001, why couldn't every week be Week 17!!

THE "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY" AWARD
J / R / T

Sorry, but with Payton Manning, Ricky Williams, and Tory Holt, its hard to believe this team won no weeklies, finished with more than twice as many losses as wins, "won" the Toilet Bowl,
and ended in the bottom three in total points.........

Who woulda thunk it???

Alternate award name: THE BEST TEAM TO SUCK

THE "WILD WILD WEST" AWARD
JOE B

Joe B finished FIRST in the Western Division this year....

Not that it was really a contest.....
the other three teams finished a combined FOURTEEN games under .500!!!

The last place teams in the East and in the Central, at 5-8-1 and 6-8,
both could have finished first in the West!

Now, on to those 2004 Mock Drafts!!

THE "RE-PETE" AWARD
PETE Q

Two years in a row, Pete earns a wild card.......

Two years in a row, Pete wins two play-off games to get to the Super Bowl.......

Two years in a row, Pete loses that Super Bowl to Steve.........

Well, its better than what ten others of us did!! I'd take that THREE-PETE anytime!

THE "NO HANGING CHAD" AWARD
B / G

B/G took a chance on the NY Jets QB, Chad Pennington, with a waiver pick in Week 3,
even though Chad was going to be out until Week 8 or 9, and possibly the season!

Chad didn't leave B/G hanging, coming back in Week 9, and ending up in the top 20 QB's for the year!

I was going to say something about picking the right kicker, but nahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

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

THE "RUSH LIMBAUGH" AWARD
FRANK

I expected a lot from Donovan McNabb this year......a lot of Rush-ing TD's!!

But Rush put a whammy on the Philly QB, and he didn't throw or run for a single TD until Week 5....
and didn't reach double digits in any week until Week 17.....

AND NOW FOR THE SERIOUS PART....

Thanks again to all the players in the IOFFL this year....as always, it has been a lot of fun!
We have a great bunch of guys in this league, and hopefully we'll all be back
for our 7th season in 2004!!

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THE SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MANAGER AWARDS

THE "KA-CHING" AWARD STEVE

For those of you paying attention, you may notice a similar theme to last year's award for Steve.....

Steve wins his FOURTH IOFFL Points Title in SIX years..... .....not to mention his second consecutive Super Bowl!! KA-CHING!!!!

THE "COLOR OF MONEY" AWARD T / J

The Color of Money is of course, GREEN, just as T/J's stud RB's name was also, GREEN, as in AHMAN....

But not GREEN as in WILLIAM, who had to be one of the biggest fantasy busts - both on the field and in the police blotter - of 2003!!

Now, if they had only drafted Trent Green as their QB!

THE "BY GEORGE YOU'VE GOT IT!" AWARD PATRICK

Not exactly sure what "IT" would be, unless its zero points........ which is exactly what RB Eddie George delivered most weeks for Patrick........ The former stud RB George failed to finish in the top 25 RB's in scoring!

THE "76 TROMBONES" AWARD CHRIS Q

76......trombones led the big parade.....

'76.....a good year for declaring independence........

and 76.......a new record for Most Points in One Week!! To really appreciate how many points that is, understand that 64 points was the record from 1998 til the end of 2002.....FOUR YEARS...... I expect the new record to be around for quite awhile!

THE "IT TAKES TWO" AWARD JIM

In the 2003 season, Priest Holmes:

broke the NFL single season rushing touchdown record, broke the NFL single season touchdown record OF ANY KIND, broke the single season IOFFL RB scoring record and Jim got every one of those points from the KC Running Back......

But that's all he got from ANY RB............ Not a single point from any other RB while in his starting line-up...

But hey, Priest by himself scored more points than the starting RB's on all but 3 other teams!!

THE "BUSTED!" AWARD C / R

The first annual Police Blotter rule was "earned" by C/R.... Sebastian Janikowski and Randy Moss were the early favorites to be the first to appear on the Police Blotter, but Janikowski ruined the suspense, getting there in Week 2.....

Not only did Janikowski cost C/R a round of drinks, down the stretch he wasn't even good enough to get off of the bench!!

THE "WEEK 17" AWARD M / F / D

Entering Week 17, M/F/D was last in total points and had not yet won a weekly..... 33 points later, they moved out of the basement, and had their first weekly of the season....