This year’s Purple Whale fantasy football team won its first eight games, lost in Week 9 and then won out finishing 12-1. Week 14 was the first week of the EZEFFL’s playoffs and I had a bye, giving me a week to “rest” my players. So naturally, this past weekend in my first playoff game, I am unceremoniously bounced out, losing by a little over 40 points.
Tonight’s email to the league from the Commish:
All,
It is all down to two teams for the EZEFFL Championship, one of which is the expansion Team McNorrill and the other, Legion of Boom, who has been knocking on the door for the last 3 years. Both teams finished the regular season 8-5 and both won their Division Championship games by 30 points or more. The odds makers in Vegas have placed the early line on the game at under a point, so this should be a great match up.
There are still a couple other games on tap this weekend that are worth watching. The Runner Up Bowl to see who gets a Bronze Medal hung around their neck and of course there will be the hotly contested Consolation Ladder Championship between Team Hofmann and the Bonecrushers.
On a side note, I have decided to adopt a new policy suggested by the Commissioner’s Roster Retention Committee that for next year each team be allowed to keep one player that is on their end of season roster. So start planning now as I’m not sure when exactly the Waiver Wire will shut down business, be it Sunday, Monday or whenever. You might want to check who is out there, even if they are on IR or OUT for the season.
On a personal note, I’ll be rooting for the Legion of Boom to bring it down on the McNorrills. After running up the score on me mercilessly in the Div Champ Game I’m holding a grudge. Plus, I don’t want that every time I look over the back cubical wall, I’ll see the Lenio Trophy prominently exhibited in there.
Brian Bogardus
Commissioner
End Zone Entourage FFL
Owner/Director of Player & Personnel
Purple Whales