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This season we're going to be trying a new News & Notes format. Instead of the weekly column (which we all know was more of a "non-column" last season), I'll be doing more of a blog-type column. That is, whenever the mood strikes, be it stats night on Wednesday, the middle of the 4PM game on Sunday, or maybe even a Thursday morning before I leave for work, I'll come here and post entries. Sometimes it will be a paragraph or two, sometimes longer. I'll make sure I put a date on everything so you can easily tell what's new from what you may have already read. So feel free to come to this page often, or continue checking in once a week as the stats update, to check out and catch up on the latest entries in what I hope to be a season long "All My Rowdy" blog. If anyone else has anything to contribute, I'll be more than happy to post it here, with all credit given to the author of course. And if we get one of our infamous 20+ reply e-mail threads going, I may also opt to copy that into this space as well so it's saved for all posterity. November 29th, 2006 Well as they say "turnabout is fair play", so Mr. Rabin, welcome back to the Rowdy Friends League and welcome to first place, enjoy it for as long as you can...  Week 12 Results The top 3 teams all lost this week so things are getting a little tighter in the standings. Hell Froze Over is still in the lead, but Dark Side Of The Warren Moon are now in second and they play each other this week! That object in your rear view mirror that really is as close as it appears? That would be Claretts Innocent who's closing real fast after winning 5 straight! Oh and check out the spread on that Flinn vs Ken Bamrick game. How could I favor a 5- 7 team over a 7 - 5 team? Well, just call me Conrad Dobler... The Kevin Kelly firing watch is on as The Croc Hunters lose their 7th straight to fall to 2 - 10. Congratulations to Charlie and Joe on their 150th career Rowdy Friends victory and they also take over the overall points lead. Don't forget the Thursday game, Bengals and Ravens. November 22nd, 2006 Happy Bird Day everyone!
Top 10 Ways To Tell It’s Thanksgiving In The NFL The 11th way to tell it’s Thanksgiving? The All My Rowdy Friends SI Cover Jinx has struck again! And I’m not just talking about how I managed to derail the Rutgers bandwagon either (Sorry ‘bout that Pam! And has anyone checked on Emmit’s hamstring this week?) Yes Russ appeared on the cover last week with the guy from ZZ Top and Paul Shaffer in tow, then proceeded to lose a low scoring game and tumble from first place all the way down to third place in both the division and the overall standings. Only 3 players scored for Best One this past week and if that wasn’t bad enough, the team he played (Pam And Da Boyz), had only two players score! But they still won 21 - 10. So Russ can we still be friends? It’s all in good fun of course, and if you’re having a hard time getting over all this just give Donovan McNabb or the Indianapolis Colts a call but I guess it’s safe to say Russ won’t be giving me all his lovin’ anytime soon, eh? Not that I’d want that; or there’s anything wrong with that; but oh the depths I’ll sink to for a good pun (see next paragraph…) Speaking of ZZ Top (a-ha!), how about those sharp dressed men on the sidelines this past weekend? 49ers coach Mike Nolan and the Jags Jack Del Rio were “nattily attired” in some fine business suits instead of the usual sweatshirt and track suit fare we see so often on the sidelines these days. I hear Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi actually rolled over in their graves, sat up and had a look for themselves. In honor of this new look The Commish has decided that next week he will do the stats while dressed in his Sunday best business attire, and no I’m not sending pictures… The nickname LT at one point stood for Lawrence Taylor, the NY Giants linebacker who made Lots of Tackles. Well now we’ve got a new LT in the house, Chargers running back Ladainian Tomlinson and let me tell you, the L still stands for Lots and now the T is for Touchdowns! LT has been single-handedly carrying Hell Froze Over these past few weeks, scoring in bunches of as many as 3 or 4 TDs each of the last four weeks. Now Marc’s got the top spot in the league and he’s hoping for an “L” of a lot more “T”’s for Tomlinson the rest of the way as he pursues his first Rowdy Friends championship. And finally, don't forget to watch the games on Thanksgiving Day! Miami at Detroit at 12:30 (or 9:30 AM on Touchback Mountain). The Bucs at the Cowboys at 4:15 EST (1:15 TBMST) and there's even one on at night on the NFL Network (channel 212 if you have Direct TV), Denver at K.C., 8PM on the east coast. So settle in like this turkey down below and enjoy the holiday!
Week 11 Results November 16th, 2006 As promised, the usual Thanksgiving holiday "tribute" to our league leader. Hey Russ, don't complain! I was considering making a Madden '07 cover instead but remembered we just wanted to jinx you so you lose a few games, not physically injure you...  Click below for other SI covers from season's past November 15th, 2006 Week 10 Results Hell Froze Over 63, The Croc Hunters 57 Dark Side Of The Warren Moon 51, Touchback Mountain 37 The First And Goalfather Part 3 43, Southern Discomfort 34 Favrefegnugen 40, The Return Of The Binder 38 Best One 40, Soft 20 36 Claretts Innocent 38, Pam And Da Boyz 27 We Was Robbed 37, Go Nuts 33 I'll be back before the weekend with that Sports Illustrated cover jinx I promised Russ last week... November 9th, 2006 Been quite a week hasn’t it? Election Day on Tuesday, Britney Spears files for divorce, Donald Rumsfeld resigns and we find out that Doogie Howser is gay! Not that there’s anything wrong with that… But hey, let’s talk about football! Hall of Famer Lynn Swann loses in his bid for governor but journeyman QB Heath Shuler wins a seat in Congress. Heath Shuler? So what’s next then, Billy Joe Hobert for President? Speaking of having the votes go your way, I see Emmitt Smith made the finals of Dancing With The Stars! But can he beat out that dude from Saved By The Bell? Tune in next week… Tuning in this week to the Week 9 Rowdy Friends results let’s begin with The Battle For The Basement. So what do George Bush and The Croc Hunters have in common? Well now that Rumsfeld’s resigned they both have no defense! The Commish and Kev sink to a franchise low last place as they drop a 51 - 15 palindromic defeat at the hands of The Goalfather. Apparently Fab had enough losing and pulled out all the stops this week to avoid falling back into the league cellar. Instead of the usual ritual of mailing his upcoming opponent a Colts Helmet, Kevin Kelly met the UPS guy at the door of his home on Thursday where he signed for the head of Bernadini! I guess the head of the former front-runner for Racehorse of the Year honors was available after his dramatic loss in the Breeders Cup… Floating back up to the top of the standings now, we see that Russ “Smarty” Jones (will the horse racing references ever end?), remains the “best one” in the league despite dropping a 47 - 31 decision to Marc Rabin’s Hell Froze Over. The loss by Russ was not unexpected, he had to lose again sometime. However there are rumors flying around the league office that Russ tanked this game on purpose to allow the rest of the field to gain some ground and to avoid the dreaded “Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx” that The Commish reportedly had planned for this week’s News & Notes had he won… The win was Marc’s 5th in a row and moves the team into 3rd place overall. Can Hell Froze Over really win this league? Sure they can. When pigs fly! Now Porky you need to get down from that tall ledge right now… The high points dollar needs to get split amongst three owners this week as The Return Of The Binder grabs the Washington with a 52 - 21 shellacking of Go Nuts. The win brings The Binder into a tie with Best One in the loss column and they are now just a mere 16 points away from 1st place overall. And they’re doing this all without a Jets fullback or a last place team’s backup QB on the roster! How is this possible I ask you? So what happened to the Go Nuts bandwagon that Bruce tried to get going via an e-mail campaign? Last time I checked I think I saw Alex sitting on a plastic seat in the waiting room of Pep Boys as the bandwagon was in for some break repair after that really hard stop they had to take on Sunday… Looks like Neil’s back to his old tricks, rounding nicely into mid-season form, just a point away from what would have been his second straight High Pointing Washington, after taking care of Touchback Mountain 51 - 41. With over 120 points in the last two weeks, Neil has jettisoned all the way up into 2nd place overall in points, just 5 back of the leader. Anyone care to place an “over” bet on this one? Now if you’re following along you’ll notice that in each game’s paragraph I’ve been trying to make a reference to something that I spoke about in the introductory paragraph. Well folks, this is Touchback Mountain’s section of copy and we’ve got Doogie Howser’s coming out party or Billy Joe Hobert left on the board, which way do you think we should go here? Well if it’s that obvious, yes Rob does have a need at tight end on his roster, then let me just let sleeping sheeps lie and move along to the next game… Double B Brian B, continues to lead the N-Cubed Division and now has bragging rights to the name Brian as Soft 20 defeated Brian Legere’s Southern Discomfort 47 - 30. To ensure continued success Brian B has decided to drop two of his receivers this week and pick up both Mario Lopez and Joey Lawrence. I’m sorry BB on two points. One the “WR” does not stand for “waltzer” and two we desperately needed to work in a Dancing With The Stars reference and we were running out of games… After the loss Brian Legere declared that since he no longer had bragging rights to his own name, he’d be filing papers to change his name to Billy Joe and will announce his candidacy for the White House in 2008. Well the Legere South home is painted white so perhaps there is some truth to this rumor… So 47 was indeed the magic number this week as We Was Robbed made it three teams with 47 (or 141 if you like the new math). Flinn-Jim-Jim climb back into the Gone West race, just a game off the pace, with a 47 - 28 victory over the free falling Favrefegnugen. Say that three times fast! Free falling Favrefegnugen, free forming farming nougat, freak stalling Marv Albert, oh never mind I’ll just rip off a few Flinn-Jim-Jim and Rin-Tin-Tins instead! Don & John have now lost 6 straight after starting out the season with 3 wins and if you think the Republicans had it bad you should see Don & John’s approval ratings after this loss. The Favrefegnugen fans fail to find anything funny about their team’s latest failings (three-times-fast warning!), and are calling for their coach’s collective heads. Candidates to replace Don include Hanna & Barbera, Seals & Croft, Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta or country music faves Brooks & Dunn. So who had a worse week do you think, Kevin Federline or Joe Mastrangelo? Never mind don’t answer that, or else we may be subjected to Joe trying to rap! Regardless, tough game his week as Dark Side Of The Warren Moon scores just 17 points and their opponent Pam And Da Boyz score just 21; but that’s enough to win. Holding on to the Gone West lead by just a mere 3 points we might see Charlie do a little “Spearsing” of his own and serve his longtime co-owner with some walking papers. As for P&DB, the win keeps them in the N-cubed Division hunt, just half a game of the Soft pace of Double-B. So what’s for dinner this week in the Bamrick household? How about (Ray) Rice in the (Mike) Teel colored bowl? I think Rutgers might be able to buy that bandwagon from Go Nuts once it’s out of the shop… That’s all I’ve got for now, good luck next week in Week X! November 1st, 2006 Happy Day After Halloween everyone! I'm a little late with this but you know what they say, better tardy than never... Top 10 Ways To Tell It's Halloween In The NFL Week 8 Results - Neil's back with a vengeance! Scoring the season's highest game to date: 71 points; just two points shy of his total for the past three weeks combined. Neil also won his game by the highest margin of victory thus far this season (43 points)
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