ISFL NEWLETTER 

The Internet Simulation Football League Newsletter

Volume #22 Issue #5 – September 17, 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 4 Results

V.   Schedule

VI.  Transactions

VII. Other News including Players of the Week

I. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER

A nice week where all of the game were in early, so I don’t have to stay up late and you guys get files on time so I really appreciate it!  We still need to do better on the contacts, both the initial and responding and letting each other know if we need to change/reschedule a game.  Please, it takes 30 seconds to send a quick note to the other guy if something comes up and then hopefully you can change the time or they will know to find a sub.  Just makes everyone’s life so much easier. Can you believe we are already through a quarter of the season?  Things are already shaping up towards who will be contenders and who might be trade partners in a few weeks as the deadline approaches.  Down to 2 undefeated teams and 3 still searching for their first win. Good luck guys as we move into week 5 and start to work towards the trade deadline.

I am still looking for potential owners right now if you know anyone who is interested in the league, we need owners for Detroit 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 are located on the website for week 5.  Please make sure you get started on game contacts asap, 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 8/9/18 *** 

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 continues to roll as they shut out St. Louis and Pittsburgh keeps pace by topping Indianapolis in the battle of the backups.  Dallas gives Philadelphia their first loss and Cleveland downs Denver to move to the top of the East.  Tennessee keeps Minnesota winless and San Diego stops San Francisco to keep pace out West.  NY Jets win big over Buffalo and Houston falls to NY Giants for a tie for second place in the East.  Chicago takes a big loss against Green Bay. 

This week in the NFC New Orleans downs Tampa Bay and Philadelphia takes their first loss against Dallas.  Detroit gives Jacksonville their first loss and NY Giants top Houston for a 3 way tie at the top of the East.  Kansas City beats Miami and Green Bay takes it to Chicago for a tie at the top of the Central.  St. Louis falls to New England and Arizona beats Carolina.  Seattle beast Atlanta to keep the Falcons from their first win.

Coming up in the AFC New England heads to Indianapolis and Pittsburgh locks up with Denver.  Dallas travels to Carolina and Tennessee is off to Philadelphia. San Diego hosts Arizona and Minnesota continues to look for their first win over San Francisco.  Cleveland is in Buffalo and NY Jets look for a win over Chicago.  Houston has Tampa Bay coming to town.

Coming up in the NFC New Orleans looks for 5-0 against Kansas City and Philadelphia hosts Tennessee as they try and keep pace.  Jacksonville will try and keep Miami from their first win and NY Giants will do the same with Atlanta.  Detroit is off to Seattle and Arizona goes North to San Diego.  Tampa Bay travels to Houston and Carolina tries to get back on the winning track against Dallas.  Green Bay and St. Louis will try and fight for the top spot in the Central.

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III. STANDINGS

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

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IV. RESULTS – Week 4 Results 

Kansas City 27 Miami 10

Tennessee 19 Minnesota 10

St. Louis 0 New England 23

San Francisco 13 San Diego 31

Seattle 24 Atlanta 17

Philadelphia 10 Dallas 20

New York(A) 40 Buffalo 24

New Orleans 37 Tampa Bay 13

Jacksonville 34 Detroit 40

Houston 13 New York(N) 31

Denver 10 Cleveland 34

Chicago 17 Green Bay 33

Carolina 18 Arizona 28

Pittsburgh 20 Indianapolis 13