SFFL 2003 Year-End Summary

From the 2002 Toilet Bowl to the 2003 league championship…a big congrats goes out to RUFFY! Believe it or not, this is the THIRD year in a row that a wildcard team takes our league title…and in fact this year neither Superbowl team won their conference. On that note, the Dukes – who were the toilet bowl loser in 2002 - deserve some accolades for a successful season (turning in lineups on time every week must help). Despite what would appear to be a vision of parity like in 2002, this year did feature three dominant teams in terms of weekly performance – FuMunda Cheez, PRI and Venwaz each finished with more than 10 wins…and PRI (who finished 3^rd) tie the all-time win record in a season with 13, a record which they also set in 1998. However, when all was said & done half the teams walked away with $$ and half ended up owing…same as last year but for the most part even more balanced.

There was of course our share of not so good…the G-Men finishing at an embarrassing 3-12, and though not quite “worst team ever” status this didn’t help the confidence or pocketbook of their rookie owner. After three league championships, VEGA takes home a different trophy, the Toilet Bowl one. The Cyclones ride a nine-game losing streak during the regular season & end up in 10^th place. Pull My Finger, who won their conference, hang onto an injured Vick all year only to have him fail miserably at the end and cost them a shot at the title. The usually solid Blind Squirrels are inconsistent all year & end up 7^th overall. As good as FuMunda Cheez was all year, last years Superbowl runner-ups gag at the end, losing four of their last five and drop to 6^th. Speaking of gags, let us not forget last years 3^rd place team the High Tech Rednecks, who win their last two regular season games to make the playoffs then seemingly give up, dropping three straight & down to 8^th overall.

The outlook for 2004 will feature a league program change – we’ll move to more online control for all teams in terms of lineups, scoring updates and perhaps even transactions. Additionally we’ll scrap the awful, complicated “Soundoff” board from this year & go back to a simpler one. Thanks to everyone for a great season and I hope to see you all again in August!

The GOOD		The BAD
Superbowl/League Champ	Ruffy	Overall Worst Team in League	G-Men
Superbowl Runner-Up	Dukes	Second Worst Team in League	VEGA
Point Total Champion	FuMunda Cheez (1937)	Least Points Scored	VEGA (1208)
Point Total second place	PRI (1731)	Second Least Points Scored	G-Men (1227)
Point Total third place	Pull My Finger (1691)	Third Least Points Scored	Cyclones (1239)
American Conference Champ	FuMunda Cheez	American Conference Cellar	G-Men
National Conference Champ	Pull My Finger	National Conference Cellar	Assholes
Federal Conference Champ	Painful Rectal Itches	Federal Conference Cellar	VEGA
2^nd Place & Wildcard Teams	Dukes, HTR, Venwaz, Blind Squirrels, Ruffy	Making our Draft Board in 2002	G-Men
Top Power Ranking	FuMunda Cheez (130.0)	Worst Power Ranking	High Tech Rednecks (-56.3)
Top Efficiency Rating	PRI (87.9%)	Worst Efficiency Rating	VEGA (63.5%)
Most Victories	PRI (13)	Least Victories	G-Men (3)
Best Conference Record	High Tech Rednecks, PRI (5-1)	Worst Conference Record	Assholes, VEGA (1-5)
Best Interconference Record	FuMunda Cheez, PRI (6-1)	Worst Interconference Record	G-Men, High Tech Rednecks (1-6)
Best Conference overall	American Conference	Worst Conference overall	National Conference
Least Points Scored Against	PRI (1548)	Most Points Scored Against	High Tech Rednecks (1947)
Least Trades/Transactions	High Tech Rednecks (10)	Most Trades/Transactions	Ruffy (27)
Most Improved from 2002	Dukes	Biggest Nosedive from 2002	Assholes
Least KICK IN THE DICKS	Blind Squirrels, Ruffy, Venwaz (0)	Most KICK IN THE DICKS	G-Men (4)