ISFL NEWLETTER
The Internet Strat-O-Matic Football League Newsletter Volume #12 Issue #4-- September 15, 2008 ************************************************************************ Current League Officers Commissioner: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com) League Statistician: Mark McNeil (blades99@rochester.rr.com) ISFL WWW site: http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/ISFL.htm ISFL Review Board: Jeff Barricelli, Dave Stewart, Don Antonelli ************************************************************************ LEAGUE NOTES I. Message from the Commissioner II. News from Around the League III. Standings IV. Results V. Transactions VI. Other News including Players of the Week I. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER Week 3 is in the books and things are moving along fairly smoothly (now if those pesky Hurricanes would just go away we'd be all set, glad you guys are all ok down there). Please make sure you are CCing me on game contacts, it's so much easier for me to help out if you are having problems if I know what's going on. Also, please email you opponents on time, everyone has a life and we need to schedule games as soon as possible so everyone can plan around the games. OK, enough on all that, the season is moving along well and I am happy to say the issues so far have been minor. On that note, we welcome new Buffalo Bills owner, Bob Ashley to the ISFL. Bob has played in leagues with some of you guys before, so he's not a complete unknown and his ability step in on a days notice and play his first game is an excellent sign that he's going to be a long term fixture in the league. If anyone needs to contact Bob, he can be reached at ashman101@live.com by email and the same address ashman101@live.com on AOL IM. Welcome to the league Bob and good luck! So, after three weeks we still have seven undefeated teams and if you look at the results, the road teams have more than held their own to this point in the season. In the NFC, St. Louis and Philadelphia hold their normal spots atop their divisions with undefeated records, but Detroit and Atlanta join them without a loss as we may be finally seeing some of the rebuilding teams ready to make some noise this year. After a huge week 1 win, Jacksonville has slumped hard with 2 straight losses and Carolina, Seattle and NY Giants sitting winless showing there appears to be a change in the balance of power in the NFC. In the AFC, Dallas sits at 3-0 and this is no surprise to anyone but Tennessee and Indianapolis have also yet to record a loss which is a big turn around for both clubs who have struggled the past few years. So far the AFC appears to be getting the worst of the inter-conference match-ups with the AFC East taking the biggest stumble with only 1 team with 2 wins at this point, the powerful Jets who should be around come playoff time. Pittsburgh sits at 2-1 and NE as well, though the Patriots would do well to remember last years 3-0 start which turned into a 4-12 final regular season record and not get too high on themselves just yet. Week 4 has some interesting match-ups, headline by the undefeated Colts and the one loss Packers facing off as well as the usual Pittsburgh/St. Louis matchup as the Rams look to give the commissioner his annual beating. Other big games include Jacksonville looking to avoid 1-3 against the division rival Giants, Houston looking to do the same against a strong Chargers club and the so far disappointing Saints looking to stop the Titans 3 game winning streak and get themselves back on track. II. News from Around the League Game of the Week Green Bay @ Indy Offense - Green Bay gets the check mark Defense - Even Special Teams - Indy Green Bay's defense controls Tarvaris Jackson enroute to a 24-20 win over Indy Good luck to all this week Jeff S. ---------------------------------------- I would like to take this venue to express my sincerest gratitude to several of the "League Vets." When I joined ISFL a little over two years ago, this was my first experience with Action PC sports. I was a veteran of redraft fantasy leagues and had done okay in those. Dan Senentz (Dallas) mentioned one day there was an opening in this football simulation league that he was a part of, and thought I might be interested. After scoping it out, it appeared to be the type of new challenge I would welcome. There were three teams open and there was a drawing to see who got what team and I was lucky enough to get the one I deemed in the worst condition of the three, my Tennessee Titans. Add to the challenge! To part from this article sounding like a biography, I wanted to thank all the "Vets" who helped me out. From giving feedback on possible draftees, to mulling trade offers, to helping me put together my own trade offers, there were several guys who were a big help in getting me up to speed on players values, etc. While I don't consider myself at the quality level of some as a GM or coach, I'm much closer to where I want to be because of the help I have received. I've been attacked by sharks and have been bit, but have been lucky enough to have someone there to help stop the bleeding. Although I've yet to make the playoffs with this team, I am hoping to just squeak in this year and be a competitor next year. I have taken it rather slowly, as to not mortgage the future to have one good season. I'm hoping for lots of good seasons! I don't want to throw names out there b/c it would be several folks and I'd be afraid to leave someone off, but you guys have been so helpful know who you are. Thanks again, and I hope I'm as helpful to newcomers when I finally become a "Vet" as you guys have been to me. I think that is one of the things that helps seperate the ISFL from some of the other leagues out there. And you guys are the type of owners that set the ISFL apart in so many ways. Ashton Ewing Tennessee Titans (since 2006) III. STANDINGS http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings08.htm IV. RESULTS - SUPER BOWL XI San Francisco 24 Dallas 27 Seattle 10 Green Bay 0 Tennessee 24 Buffalo 14 Jacksonville 31 St. Louis 34 Minnesota 10 Atlanta 24 San Diego 12 Arizona 7 Philadelphia 21 New Orleans 19 New England 20 Miami 10 New York(A) 20 Houston 14 Detroit 17 New York(N) 13 Denver 23 Cleveland 3 Chicago 21 Indianapolis 45 Tampa Bay 26 Carolina 13 Kansas City 10 Pittsburgh 24 *********************************************************************** V. TRANSACTIONS AFC BUF - Sign Clifton Dawson to replace Cedric Benson through week 7. - Sign Trent Dilfer to replace Pino Tinoisamoa through week 9. CHI – CLE - DAL – Sign John Bradley to replace Brandon Jones through week 9. - Sign Tony Curtis to replace Andre Johnson through week 7. DEN - HOU – IND - MIN - NE - NYJ – PIT – Sign Todd Sauerbraun to replace Dave Zastudil through week 6. SD - SF - TEN – NFC ARZ – ATL - CAR - DET – GB - JAX - KC - MIA - NO - NYG – PHI – SEA - STL – TB - DRAFT PICKS FORFEITED: None *********************************************************************** VI.OTHER NEWS: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: WEEK ONE OFFENSE: Adrian Peterson, NE – 162 yards, 2 TDs DEFENSE: Patrick Willis, TB – 19 tackles WEEK TWO OFFENSE: David Garrard, PIT – 278 yards, 5 Tds, 151.3 QB rating DEFENSE: LeRon Glover, SF – 3 sacks, 4 tackles WEEK THREE: OFFENSE: Ladainian Tomlinson, JAX – 137 yards, 3 TDs DEFENSE: Adewale Ogunleye, DET – 4 sacks, 7 tackles |