ISFL NEWLETTER 

The Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter

Volume #22 Issue #17 – December 20, 2018

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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:  Hank Sienzant, Don Antonelli, Ed Minshull

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LEAGUE NOTES

I.   Message from the Commissioner

II.  News from Around the League

III. Standings

IV.  Week 17 Results

V.   Schedule

VI.  Transactions

VII. Other News including Players of the Week

I. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER

And the final week of games sees some shuffling of playoff positions and when the music stopped the Tennessee Titans were the team left without a chair to sit in.  Despite a loss for Denver the Broncos make the playoffs as Pittsburgh and NY Jets win and the Titans lose and then lose the tiebreaker.  In the NFC the Saints end up the 4^th seed and get a home game against Jacksonville who wins their last game but may well have lost the war with a matchup coming against the Saints.  Look for a playoff newsletter as soon as Christmas is over (and maybe sooner if I get some free time).

I am still looking for potential owners right now if you know anyone who is interested in the league, we need owners for Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis and NY Jets and would like to fill these spots as soon as possible. Walt Sienzant is going to cover the games for Detroit for this coming season and Ed Minshull is going to cover the games for NY Jets for now as well.  Please try and be as flexible as possible when scheduling games with these two guys as they are playing twice as many games as the rest of us. 

Game files will be coming soon for the playoffs.  Please make sure you get started on game contacts as soon as they are out, home teams should make contact by Wednesday and the game should be set up no later than Thursday of each week.

I can’t stress enough that you need to IMMEDIATELY send me your game export when the game is complete.  Send your write up later on, that’s fine, but I MUST have the game export as soon as the game ends or I’ll have to sim the game to keep things moving along if it is missing at the deadline.

***There is a new game update available on the website, dated 10/16/18 *** 

Don’t forget, if you lose a player for 2 or more games, you can ask for an injury replacement, but it must be done the same week as the injury, so don’t wait, get those requests in right away and take advantage, especially the teams who are already challenged for the amount of games they have to work with.  Also, be sure you give me enough names as the more injuries the more likely someone else already grabbed the guy you want. 

Reminder that you MUST send a boxscore and writeup to the league after each game.  The home team is responsible for this, but either team can do it, as long as it does get done.  Also, you MUST send me the game export immediately after the game is complete.  It takes about 30 seconds, so I shouldn’t have to chase you down for that file after a game, just get it in right away so I don’t have to guess whether a game has happened or not.

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II. News from Around the League 

This week in the AFC New England finishes the season with just 1 loss as they stop Houston who still wins the East while Pittsburgh tops Kansas City and punches their ticket to the playoffs.  Dallas drops Tennessee and it costs the Titans the playoffs as the New York Jets beat Jacksonville to knock them out.  Denver loses to Cleveland but with the Titans loss they get the tiebreaker and a trip to the post season as the #6 seed.  Indianapolis’ quest for a .500 season falls short by a point as San Francisco finishes the season with their second straight win and San Diego finishes strong as the down Minnesota.  Chicago falls to St. Louis and Buffalo wins big in Detroit.

This week in the NFC NY Giants lose their second game as they rest a ton of starters for the playoffs and Tampa Bay pulls the upset while Jacksonville falls to the NY Jets but still end up with a tough matchup against the Saints in round 1.  Carolina gets by Philadelphia to win the West and New Orleans beats Seattle but end up the #4 seed.  St. Louis gets a win over Chicago to finish the regular season on an up beat and Green Bay falls to Atlanta in the final week of the season.  Arizona leaves Miami winless on the season and Kansas City falls to the Steelers.  Detroit takes a tough loss to Buffalo to finish out the regular season schedule.

Coming up in the AFC the Wild Card Round coming soon!

Coming up in the NFC the Wild Card Round coming soon!

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III. STANDINGS

http://www.blades99.com/ISFL/Standings18.htm

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IV. RESULTS – Week 17 Results 

New Orleans 24 Seattle 17

Miami 13 Arizona 20

Philadelphia 17 Carolina 24

Chicago 6 St. Louis 19

Tampa Bay 23 New York (N) 17

Jacksonville 9 New York (A) 16

Indianapolis 23 San Francisco 24

Dallas 40 Tennessee 22

Atlanta 19 Green Bay 17

Minnesota 14 San Diego 35

Houston 14 New England 27

Cleveland 24 Denver 10

Buffalo 31 Detroit 9

Kansas City 20 Pittsburgh 38