How They Fell.

How They Fell.

The Vikings roof was the first to go.

Lottery v Royale With TD's.

The bookies dark horse.

With five wins on the spin Royale with TD's entered the final week of the regular season as the leagues form team. A win against the hapless Lottery and a Yoda or Bone Rocks loss would see the Royales claim a much deserved playoff spot. With Yoda struggling and the Rocks up against the number one ranked Bench Warmers it looked promising as long as they took care of business. But in the biggest game of the season, they blew it, they ran out of stream, they chocked. The Royale's three WR's combined for a mere 6pts and a team total of 83.84pts (their third lowest total of the season) all added up to a sad farewell for the bookies dark horse.

The Hairy Frog Disco v The Super Swedes.

The Disco.  Still dancing?

Both teams entered this match up needing a W to keep their outside chances of a playoff berth alive. The series of events that would lead to a seeing the Disco in the playoffs were akin to the chaos theory with a butterfly needing to flap it's wings in Minnesota to get things started. As it turned out a butterfly did indeed flap its wings in Minnesota triggering a series of events that lead to the Metrodome's roof collapsing throwing many fantasy teams into disarray. With all that snow on the ground you would have thought that the Swedes would have felt most at home but the Disco hit their stride early with an avalanche points. For the Swedes it was an all to familiar tale, poor start, good middle, poor finale. The Disco's win along with the Royale's and Swedes loss meant that the chance of playoff chaos lived for the Hairy Frogs.

Yoda v 79FC.

Peterson.  Did he run all day?

Yoda had to win this one to make the Disco's efforts valid. Yoda trailed by 30 going into the rearranged Vikings game but with RB Peterson, WR Rice and RB Foster all playing Monday night the miracle for the Disco still looked on. But the Vikings where woeful. RB Peterson rushed for just 26yrs! WR Rice, still finding his game legs after a long lay off, posted 6.00pts. Later that night RB Foster contributed a respectable 15.50pts but Yodas total of 83.98pts was a season low and handed 79FC the win, the Division 3 title and a playoff berth. The Disco joined Royale and the Swedes in the land of woulda, coulda, shoulda.

French Leader v Tttaylor.

The Vick trade.  No-one said a word.

Another match up in which both teams needed the W to keep their season alive as they entered the game with identical records. Early in the Green Bay game QB Rogers took a vicious hit to the head and was out for the game and with it went the French Leader hopes of glory. Tttaylors Philly combo of QB Vick and WR Jackson combined for a total of 59pts as Tttaylor recorded a season high 153.40pts when it mattered most. But Tttaylor's route to the playoffs was almost as convoluted as the Discos. They had to beat French Leader. Check. The Super Swedes would have to lose. Check. 79FC would have to win their division. Check. The Bone Rocks would have to lose. Hmmm. So how were the Bone Rocks getting on?

The Bone Rocks v Bench Warmers.

Would the Bench Warmers turn up?

The Rocks had held a playoff berth for the last four weeks. A win against the Bench Warmers would see the Rocks home as Divisional champs. Even a defeat with a points total of 132.63pts by would be fine. But this was not to be a high scoring affair. The Bench Warmers, safe in the knowledge that they would enter they playoffs as the number 1 ranked team simply failed to turn up. By the end of the Sunday night games they had posted a lamentable 60.28pts. The Rocks entire team had played, they lead by 28.60pts and the only roll of the dice for the Bench Warmers was a gimpy Andre Johnson. 

As the 2^nd quarter came to a close QB Schaub fired deep to WR Johnson for a 46yd TD that cut into the Rocks lead. WR Johnson continued to chisel away at the Rocks throughout the 3^rd and 4^th quarter and then, with the Rocks 29 seconds away from the playoffs, this happened.

You'll be a lucky man to go through this life without having your heart broken at some stage, but to have it ripped from your chest and then shredded into a thousand pieces of raw, soulless flesh, to know what that feels like you would have to coach the Bone Rocks.

All of which meant that Ttttaylor, the bookies pre-season favourites let us not forget, celebrated the most unlikely smash and grab of a playoff berth this league has ever seen.

The Playoffs.

(1) Tim Riggins Bench Warmers v (4) Ttttaylor

(3)Yoda From Wales v (2) Seventy Nine FC

As we enter the playoffs, you have to wonder, has that butterfly lying in the frozen Minnosta snow flapped its wings for the last time?

Coming Soon...CNFLE III!

A huge thank you to all the coaches for making this the most competitive league on the planet. The fact that the likes of the Baptists, Lottery and the Factory refused to bail speaks volumes for the integrity of their coaches. Make sure you stay with us for the playoffs. In the meantime we can reveal the draft order for CNFLE III.

The first pick of the CNFLE III fantasy draft will be...

1. Bryants Baptists
2. Fear Factory
3. It's A Lottery
4. Super Swedes
5. French Leader
6. Royale With TD's
7. The Hairy Frog Disco
8. The Bones Rocks
9. Tttaylor
10. Yoda From Wales
11. Seventy Nine FC
12. Tim Riggins Bench Warmers.

Finally, in case you've had your fill of fantasy let me inform you that Tttaylor beat the Bench Warmers and went on to claim the Superbowl by defeating Yoda in the final. The bookies are never wrong I tell ya!

Happy Holidays.

Jim Marrs.