Well we knew it had to end sometime didn't it? It was a great run and was a whole lot of fun while it lasted, wasn't it? No I'm not talking about the 2002 All My Rowdy Friends Fantasy Football League Season, I'm talking about the New York Giants playoff run! Sorry 'bout that excruciating loss this past weekend. And stop snickering over there Mr. Bamrick! Yeah I know, "J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, 41 - 0 over the hapless Colts, Jets!"… Can I get you Giant fans anything? Coffee? Tea? A new long snapper perhaps? Tough loss man, real tough… Don't worry, next week I'll be taking down the Tucker tribute page and replacing it with the Trey Junkin Cyber-Memorial…

OK, enough sulking, let's get to the Rowdy Friends season recap, shall we? Congratulations go out to our 2002 champion and Rowdy Bowl (not Tidy Bowl, Rowdy Bowl) winners Brian Boghosian and James "Fleetwood" Mack, who final week victory over Bubba's Brew Crew give them their first ever Rowdy Friends title! However, Brian B's no stranger to this fantasy title thing as he becomes only the second owner (counting Chuck & Joe as one here, and ain't that a visual!) to complete the COMMISH.COM Triple Crown, adding this year's football titles to his previous two baseball and two hockey titles. Brian also takes home the Sharpe/Non-Jersey division title and The Moon Runners become the first franchise in league history to win the title without making a single transaction the whole season! Yes that's right, same team from Draft Day to the end. Not too shabby there Brian, see you in the chat room on Draft Day again next season, I presume?

For Neil, it's definitely been a long week as not only did he lose his shot at a second straight title, but more importantly he lost his best friend (sorry Pat, you know what they say, a dog is a man's best friend, girls have their diamonds, boys have their dogs, that's just the way it is), his faithful dog Tucker, who lost his battle with cancer after three years. In a feeble and possibly unwarranted attempt to keep this light, let me just say that I'm glad Neil's not a Giants fan… By now you've all seen the Tucker tribute page and had your chance to pass along your condolences (eskow@erols.com) so let me just pass along Neil's thanks to everyone who contacted him to express their sentiments after they heard the news. For the record, Neil takes home 2nd place overall and the Mortensen/North Jersey division title.

Finishing in 3rd place overall is the Berman/South Jersey division winning team of The Moops. The Caruso Brothers finished a strong rookie season by trouncing The Commish and Mark in back-to-back position week games and end the season on a 6 game winning streak. Can you say "sophomore jinx"? Sorry, I'm just a little bitter my voodoo dolls didn't work as well as planned! Got to find a new distributor. The Moops also set one record along the way, the most money spent on transactions in a single season ($36), leading The Commish to have thoughts about implementing a luxury tax next season to help out some of our "small market" franchises. One more quick thought before I leave this paragraph… With success comes copy cats and after the success of both The Moon Runners and The Moops this season I expect plenty of teams next year with names like "The Moo Cows", "The Moody Blues" and "The Moog Synthesizers"…

4th place overall goes to The Last Touch Don who finish strong with a victory over KGB III. Fab also pulled a "no transaction the whole season" on one of his wideout spots, leaving Kansas City's Eddie Kennison active all season despite no TD's, also I believe a league first… As for Fab's opponents, Ken & Pam, last we heard Pam was still due on Super Bowl Sunday (update please!) and Ken's J-E-T-S are still alive in the playoffs! Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Here come John Hall out to attempt the game winning field goal as Pam's in the delivery room, the kick is up… the head is out… It's good! It's a boy! It's named Chad! Ken, whatever happens please make sure that Giants holder Matt Allen does not deliver your baby! Can you just see him now running all over the delivery room not knowing whether to throw it or not? OK, enough of that visual, once again we move on…

The final cashing spot, 5th place, belongs to Austin Powers in Golden Domer as The Commish and Mark folded as bad as The Commish's Saints and Mark's Fighting Irish did at the end of the season, losing their last three (eerie parallel, isn't it?) and settling for merely setting the league records for most points scored AND most points allowed in a single season! And exactly how does that happen? Weird season this was, very weird…

The $1 "prize" for last place goes to, of course, Late For The Draft, who narrowly avoided the worst season in league history by finishing with 2 straight wins and a 3 - 14 record. All three wins, by the way, coming at the expense of Brian Legere's Wet Toast Offense. No comment from Brian about this as he's currently trying not to do or say anything for the next three weeks in case he accidentally jinxes his Raiders!

The last prize to award is the 2nd high overall points Hamilton (a.k.a. $10 bill), which goes to Rob Hanratty's Douche's Wild who score the 2nd most points in the league (744, only 35 behind AP in GD's record setting 779) yet still finish in 7th place overall! Nice schedule making there guys, really nice. I think we all owe Rob an apology…

The awards have been given out (oh by the way, Best Actor in a Supporting Role goes to the guy who voiced Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings:The Two Towers), and now it's time to "pay the piper". We've got two financial statements available right now. Click here to view the final league finances and see what each team won or lost. Then after you've done that, for those of you in multiple leagues and/or carrying a balance over from previous seasons click here to view the current overall individual account balances. (if you're reading this off-line, sorry for all the HTML codes!) For those franchises with multiple owners, in some cases I've listed the amount owed under only one of you. All the detail's there to help you figure out the correct split on your own, since I'm not sure who has what arrangements with their partners. Chuck & Joe, I know you guys are 50/50 so you're listed separately.

Now the fun part! First, the folks I owe money to. If you want to let your balance ride, simply drop me a line and let me know. If you'd like a check sent to you, give me some time to collect the money and then as they say "the check's in the mail"... Which of course brings me to those of you who owe the league money. As soon as financially possible (make sure all the family members are eating and the heating bill is paid), please send me a check so I can begin "redistributing the wealth". I'd like to have all the money in by the time the Super Bowl's over if possible, well at least The Pro Bowl. For those of you who don't already have it, my address is:

John Legere, 4 Birch Run Ave, Denville, NJ 07834

Anyone wanting to let a small balance ride over to the hockey or baseball seasons (sorry Kevin, I said small balance) may do so at my discretion, just drop me a line and ask nicely. Anyone needing "special arrangements" for payment, please stop by The Commish's Office and see the nice large men with the missing teeth and the baseball bats. They'll be more than happy to "set something up" for you…

OK, that little piece of business is over with so now let's get to The Commish's Playoff Predictions, remember bet with your head, not on the Giants! AFC first, here goes. The Tommy Maddox Dream Season continues as the Steelers beat the Titans 17 - 14 and the Raiders beat the J-E-T-S 31-28. Then in the AFC title game Tommy Maddox finds out "this ain't no Million Dollar XFL Championship Game" and Oakland pummels the Pittsburgh 34 - 13 to advance to the Big Game. Meanwhile in the NFC it's Tampa over San Francisco 12 - 7 and Atlanta "Vicks some ass" in Philly, winning on the road at the Vet 24 - 14. The NFC title game sees the Bucs beating the Falcons 22 - 18 (funky score, eh?) setting up the Gruden versus the Raiders Super Bowl Showdown in San Diego! And in the Super Bowl (what Roman numeral are we on by the way?) it's The Raiders over Gruden and the Bucs, 27 - 17, and my brother has a heart attack but is saved at last moment when air from his inflatable Raiders helmet (thank you Neil!) is pumped into his lungs, reviving him. Of course he still thinks the Raiders won, we tell him he just had an out of body experience and the Raiders lost the big one to Late For The Draft!…

Finally, the page is coming to an end, and I must thank everyone for their cooperation and support in yet another successful All My Rowdy Friends Fantasy Football League season, our 12th. Once again, thank you for allowing me to serve as your commissioner and league caretaker. I thoroughly enjoy this job and I hope I'm still doing this when I'm as old as Trey Junkin. "Here come the stats, oh no, it's a low snap! Pam's obstetrician grabs the sheets and he's running around, looking for someone to pass to"… Wow, am I going crazy here or what? Enough of this, on to the final paragraph…

If anyone's got any suggestions for rules changes send them my way for consideration in the off-season (Joe C and Rob I've already got you down for a new schedule!) and more importantly, WHO'S HOSTING NEXT YEAR'S DRAFT? Send your applications in to The Commish's Office and we'll pick a winner sometime in late August! I hope to see everyone back again next season and 'til then, if you're not in the Full Monty Fantasy Baseball League (or even if you are) keep in touch! Thank you and good night. 'til next season…