2008 DFFL Champion: Mike's Crazy Bombers

After a long, tough season, the Crazy Bombers are DFFL Champions! The trophy should be in Indianapolis so just keep it out there for another year. Heck, take it to Wabash and show it to all your friends. College chicks dig winners.

Did you ever think that the winning lineup of a fantasy league champion would read like this:

QB Matt Schaub - gutsy move picking a Houston QB

RB Ladainian Tomlinson - no surprise but he's been having a down year

RB Le'Ron McClain - he's a Pro-Bowler but at fullback!

WR Marques Colston - good player

WR Wes Welker - good player

TE Antonio Gates - good player

D/ST Empty - last time I checked there isn't an NFL team from the city of Empty. Mike didn't start a Defense for the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME!! You sir, are crazy.

K Mason Crosby - mediocre kicker

So Mike won because of solid running backs, good receivers, and an average quarterback. This should give hope to all of you that is possible to win in the DFFL.

Even with no starting Defense, Mike defeated Joe's Here Comes Treble 92 to 58. Well done sir.

Wabash Wally salutes you!

Playoff Semis Recap

It looked as if The Office might cruise to a DFFL Championship with their high powered scoring machine. Joseph would have none of it. Here Comes Treble served up an Upset Special beating Father Hegeman 79 to 71. Here Comes Treble moves on to the Championship Game due to a stellar performance by Steve Smith and Marshawn Lynch.




In the other Playoff Matchup, The Adam Factor faced a tough Crazy Bombers team. The Factor was confident going into the game and neglected to check the updated injury list prior to the game. Oh, crap.



Frank Gore was out and that's all she wrote. Mike's Crazy Bombers beat The Factor 80 to 63 and the Bombers move on to face Here Comes Treble in the Championship.


It's a Brother vs. Brother Championship Game! The winner gets a free punch to the arm of the loser with no retaliation. Good luck!

In the rest of the league, Molly proved that she's the better sister by beating Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads 109 to 76.


Uncle Pat showed Corey that he is still man of the house by beating Corey's Vandelay Industry 74 to 60.


And Team Uncle Sloppy took out his youngest by beating him 60 to 53. Yes, it only took 60 points to beat Garret this week. Two players scored a big fat zero on his team. Blame it on Finals Week at CMU.


Well, this is the last week of the Dombroski Fantasy Football Season. Good luck to Mike and Joe, you jerks. I'll be doing a recap of the game and maybe some of the other games. Who knows what the Commish will do. Probably a season recap or something. Sign up for email alerts because I'll do a Season Awards Post sometime after the Holidays.

Playoff Recap

On behalf of the Commish, we apologize for the recent lack of posts, we've been hard at work hippie-proofing our house in preparation of the onslaught of humanity coming to D.C. for the Inauguration.

Here's a synopsis of the Playoff Bracket... All-Hegemans+Me. So the percentage that the Stanley Cup remains with Aunt Barb is 67% and is now 75% after the First Round. The Office had a phenomenal regular and have the #1 seed going into the playoffs. Mike's Crazy Bombers also had a bye and are the #2 seed. In the first round, I faced the GreenDayTractors and took care of business by winning 79 - 52. It's a great weekend when the Steelers beat up Tony Romo, and I still win my fantasy game. The other playoff game was a Brother v. Brother matchup when Nick's Buyer Beware took on Joe's Here Comes Treble. It was a close game and the youngest Hegeman emerged victorious 97 - 84. Nick now must face the long off-season thinking of what could have been. The Semifinals are two great matchups with Here Comes Treble taking on The Office in a Father/Son Game and The Adam Factor facing Mike's Crazy Bombers. Place your bets folks, it's gonna be a good weekend.

Let's not forget the other games so here's a brief recap:

Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads toasted her Dad's Stan Steamers 110 -68. Em finished strong in the regular season after an extremely slow start. She's my sleeper pick to have a big year next season.

One T artans lost to Molly's Stanley Nickels 88 - 80 in the College Nerds Bowl.

In the Ultimate Loser Bowl, Corey's Vandelay Industries beat Team Uncle Sloppy 89 - 65. These two teams were the worst teams of the season overall. It wouldn't be right to give the trophy to the winner of the Ultimate Loser Bowl soo Team Uncle Sloppy, for being the Ultimate Loser gets this...

Did you really think that the Ultimate Loser deserves anything? No award, no trophy, no certificate. Better luck next season.

As for everyone else who didn't make the playoffs, keep playing! The season isn't over until the end of the NFL Regular Season. This is where you can try out some free agents that you've been thinking about picking up or just be ridiculous and start as many Browns as you can and see if you score in the double digits. Be creative! We'll give out awards or something.

Good luck this weekend for those in the Playoffs. And I sincerely apologize for not posting lately. Thanks for picking up the slack, Commish, I know how busy it's been for ya.

He's been writing his Thesis on the effects of Coors Light, Wendy's, and College Football on the Human Body. I hear that the initial findings are quite intriguing.

Week 9 Recap: Election Day Edition

Hooray America! "Just when I thought you couldn't get any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totally redeem yourself!"

Ok, enough gloating, right Corey? On to the games!

Defensive Slugfest of the Week was between two low scoring teams, The Adam Factor and Molly's Stanley Nickels. I lucked out a win 60 to 47. Molly's still in the gutter at 2-7 but at least she has some company down there. Her brother, our Commish, is also at 2-7.

Speaking of him, the Commish's Vandelay Industries took on Joseph's Here Comes Treble. HCT won 67 to 60. At 2-7, things aren't looking good for Corey. He's looking worse than American car companies. With 4 weeks to go and 4 games back in his division, our Commish has lost all...

Hey, at least you can look forward to a tax break this year.

Game of the Week was another Brother vs. Brother matchup when Mike's Crazy Bombers faced Nick's Buyer Beware. Mike edged out a victory 77 to 71 just like Barack edged out a win in Indiana. I'll assume Mike and Nick voted for CHANGE!! Good job guys. (Is Mike old enough to vote?) Anyways, both teams are 1 game ahead in their divisions. Can they hold onto their slim leads?

One T artans lost to Green Day Tractors 42 to 73. Those 42 points make One T our Biggest Loser of the Week. This kid is all over the place. One week he has the High Score, another week he gets the lowest score. You're more inconsistent than the McCain Campaign. That is why you have a losing record of 4-5. Your prize for Biggest Loser is...

This John McCain t-shirt! Maybe you can use it as a wash rag or something.

Our next game is was a Brother-in-Law vs. Brother-in-Law Matchup. (That has a nice ring to it.) Uncle Pat's Stan's Steamers beat down Uncle Jeff's Team Uncle Sloppy 83 to 63 and showed him who the tougher in-law was. Sloppy's gameday pickup of Joe Flacco was not enough for him to win.

Our final game of week had The Office facing off against Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads. Uncle Gary won and got the High Score of the Week, 88 to 54. This marks another weekly High Score Award for The Office. They continue to rake in the dough week in and week out. I'm pretty much running out of High Score prizes for The Office but this week the award is...

The World's smallest bluetooth!

Well, we're already into Week 10 so good luck this week. Woohoo!! CHANGE!!

Week 8 Recap: Treehouse of Horror Edition

It was a frightening week of competition in the DFFL and the playoff race is in full swing. When taking a look at the standings, you truly realize that no one is safe! Due to the upcoming holiday, this Recap will have a slight theme to it. See if you can guess what it is.

On to the games! MUHWWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

A close non-divisional game took place when Team Uncle Sloppy faced Mike's Crazy Bombers. Uncle Sloppy desperately needed to win this game to stay within at least 1 game of Nick in the Pants N'at Division. The elder gentleman emerged victorious over Mike's team 99 to 82. That is the second loss in a row for the Bombers. Are they on the verge of a late season collapse? After the win, Coach Sloppy was seen addressing his team...

Defensive Slugfest of the Week was a game featuring Stan's Steamers and the Green Day Tractors. The Steamers escaped with a 56 to 38 win. Both teams are currently 4-4 on the year. 38 points is pretty pitiful. Green Day Tractors wins Low Score of Week by a large margin. This weeks prize is...

A bag of candy corn. Whoever came up with this evil concoction should be forced to eat it all day, every day to see the pain that they've brought to children around the country every Halloween.

A Father/Son Game of the Week this week had Uncle Gary's Office vs. his eldest, Nick's Buyer Beware. This was a game that had two of the top teams in the DFFL face off. The Office made it look easy and reminded Nick who the man of the house was with a 93 to 56 drubbing. The Office got it done using the likes of Steve Slaton, a Kansas City wide-receiver, and some no name Saints receiver. That's like Jason in Friday the 13th. People keep trying to kill him, but he always manages to get up at the end. Well done.

Game of the Week goes to the matchup between Joe's Here Comes Treble and Molly's Stanley Nickels. Both teams put up respectable numbers but Joseph came out on top 77 to the Nickel's 74. The Nickels have been struggling a lot lately. Well, all of the Gallagher siblings have been struggling lately. Maybe poor fantasy football runs in the genes or something. By the way, Molly, were you at that Marshall/Houston game this week? I blame YOU for that cart breaking that poor guy's leg. You could have easily pushed that cart out of the way. And if anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, just look up Marshall vs. Houston leg break on youtube. It's not pretty.

The first of two sibling matchups this week was Corey's Vandelay Industries vs. Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads. Apparently, Emily did not get the memo that you're supposed to let the birthday boy win. The Bobbleheads won 64 to 51. Congratulations Em! You are tops among your brother and sister! The Gallagher Bragging Rights are yours! (until next season)

In the final Sibling Game of the Week, Garret's One T artans took on my The Adam Factor in a high-scoring offensive slugfest. Of course, Garret beat me 107 to 95. In what universe does Roddy Freakin White get you 23 points?! This universe, apparently! Oh well, I'm still sitting atop our division, which is all that matters right now. You may have won the battle, but not the war! Congratulations, for High Score of the Week you get...

A special Treehouse of Horror High Score of the Week Trophy. (This is what shows up when you type in "Halloween Trophy" in Google images.)

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time to the losers. Happy Halloween and good luck in Week 9!

Week 7 Recap

Week 7 was a high scoring affair with all but 1 team scoring 70 or more points. The competition is heating up and some of the divisions are shaping up. But everyone still remains playoff eligible.

On to the games!

The game of the week was a collegiate matchup between Dwight's Bobbleheads and One T artans. The final score was a close 77 - 74. Both teams faired well but Emily's team came out the victor. Emily is now the St. Louis Rams of the DFFL; their not great on paper but they can still beat you. That win is Emily's 2nd on the year and with the loss, One T falls behind 2 games in the Dahn Tahn Division.

The Green Day Tractors beat a struggling Team Uncle Sloppy this week 88 - 72. Sloppy is now 2 games back in the Pants N'at Division. Steven Jackson had a breakout game with 35 points leading the way for the Tractors. Some of you may be wondering why Uncle Jeff dropped Mewelde Moore last week when he was going to start for such a great running team like the Steelers. Well, he pressed the wrong button. Dad, John McCain could figure out ESPN's fantasy website. Our Commish took full advantage of this brain fart and picked up Moore who led Corey's team to a huge victory this week.

The Commish rose from the ashes this week with Mewelde Moore leading the way with 31 points in a 110 to 92 victory over Molly's Stanley Nickels. Both teams are now 2-5 on the year. Those 110 points were the High Score of the Week. Congratulations and for that you win...

This Mewelde Moore card!

I'm sure it'll be worth at least $5 some day. Which could go a long way if the markets continue to take. Think of this card as 100 shares of Microsoft stock in the 80's.

The Father - Son game of the Week was The Office vs. Mike's Crazy Bombers. Both teams are having excellent seasons and it was a close game. The Office must've spent more time at the office and pulled out a 79 to 72 win. Was this game a precursor to what we might see in the DFFL Championship Game? Only time will tell.

Joseph's Here Comes Treble faced his arch-nemesis Nick's Buyer Beware in the Battle of Mike's Least Favorite People. (Just kidding, I'm sure Michael has nothing but fond memories of these two.) Buyer Beware is having a stellar season and beat Joe 78 to 74. This was definitely a rivalry game and Nick promptly celebrated.

*All other facebook pictures were not suitable for children under the age of 65.

The second highest scorer of the week was Me, when The Factor beat Uncle Pat's Stanley's Steamers 97 to 51. Did anyone see that Lendale White touchdown run of 80 yards? The guy had a great game for someone who looked like they were playing with a refrigerator on their back. (He's really slow.) Not many people know that Lendale has a part-time job in a local Nashville mall as Santa Claus. The Steamers 51 points were the Low Score of the Week. Things are bad when your kicker is the highest scorer on your team. The prize this week is...

A $20 Bennigan's Gift Card! But due to recent struggling business, it is completely worthless.

Well, that's it for Week 7! It was a very competitive week and the season is half over. (Or half full if you're an optimist) Can you believe it? Have a great weekend!

Recap: Week 6

Here is your Week 6 synopsis in all its glory!

There were a lot of lopsided scores this week so let us begin with the first one:

The Me Factor got clobbered by Sloppy Joe's Here Comes Treble 84 to 45. (Do not confuse Sloppy Joe with Uncle Sloppy) That win puts Joseph back at .500 and broke my 3 game winning streak. Injuries and bye weeks suck.

The closest game this week was between The Steam and and Mike's Crazy Bombers. The Bombers won again 63 to 55. I don't even think I can call it the game of the week when the scoring was so low. Mike, you are soo lucky my friend. But hey, that's part of fantasy football. Much of it is about luck, just ask Corey.

Speaking of the Commish, his team took on Uncle Gary's Office and lost miserably 103 to 48. Vandelay Industries is now tied for last place in the DFFL. They are so bad, the U.S. Treasury is thinking about giving them a bailout. The Office is weathering this financial crisis with a strong record of 4-2 which ties them for 2nd place in the league. The Office also wins High Score of the Week. This week you receive...

One Schrute Buck. 1,000 Schrute Bucks are redeemable for 5 minutes extra on your lunch break. Don't spend it all in one place!

Low Score of the Week goes to Molly's Stanley Nickels who lost to the Green Day Tractors 79 to 35. The Nickels must have been celebrating the previous week's win over Emily and forgot to focus on the next opponent. Low Score of the Week gets you...

This Sarah Palin totebag! I'm not sure if it's big enough to carry around your moose carcass though.

In other games...

Buyer Beware beat One T artans 92 to 76. One T falls to 3-3 and Nick moves to 4-2. This season is a hotly contested one. It looks like playoff seedings will be determined the last week of the season.

And finally, congratulations to Emily for grabbing her first win this week against Team Uncle Sloppy. It was no fluke either. Dwight's Bobbleheads won 81 to 64. And just like that, she comes back into contention. There are no gimme games this season.

Good luck everyone in Week 7!

Recap: Week 5

Sorry for not posting last week! I was busy with work and Rock Band at home. The Week 5 synopsis will be short and sweet so here some key headlines from that toughly contested week:

The Crazy Bombers received their first beatdown of the year from yours truly. It was an 80 to 49 drubbing. Looks like there won't be an unbeaten team this year!

The Office squeezed out a win agains Green Day Tractors 78 to 77.

Another 1 point game was Team Sloppy beating Here Comes Treble 77 to 76.

Low Score of the Week goes to Uncle Pat's The Steam when they lost to Nick's Buyer Beware 70 to 48. But we're all winners here in the DFFL so your prize this week is...

This lovely flower arrangement for your front yard. It would make your house look more West Virgina-esqe.

High Score of the Week goes to One T artans when they beat Corey's Vandelay Industries 88 to 79. Poor Commish, he can't catch a break. That score would have won 4 out of the 6 games! Ouch. Congratulations Garret, you win...

Some new kilts to wear on non-gamedays! Very classy.

The last game of the week was the Sister-Sister Bowl.

Molly's Stanley Nickels beat Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads 71 to 51. Congrats Molly on the big win! You are now granted bragging rights for 1 year.

The Week 6 Recap is on the way!

Week 4 Recap

Week 4 was an interesting week in the DFFL. The divisions are starting to take shape but everyone is still in contention. Week 4 was definitely a week where you could take a look at your record and possibly determine if you are playoff bound or if you'll be one of the spectators.

The Father vs. Son matchup for this week was Stan's Steamers taking on Vandelay Industries. This was a huge game and a must win for both teams. The Steamers slaughtered Vandelay Industries 82 to 59. I haven't seen someone get pummeled like that since the time that Katie Couric interviewed Sarah Palin.

She looked more confused than Garret making fantasy picks.

Ok, so there's my one political reference. Corey will give me crap about it and call me a hippie, oh well. On to more games!

2nd High Score of the week goes to Nick with a nice performance from Buyer Beware against The Green Day Tractors. He scored 103 points which was 2 points shy of the High Score. Sorry, Nick, you get nothing for Second Place. You are just the first loser. However, you did win your matchup, so that's nice.

The High Score of the Week goes to Mike's Crazy Bombers with 105 points over Molly's Stanley Nickels 82 points in the M&M Rivalry Game. (Mike and Molly, get it?) The Bombers are cruising this season and are off to a 4-0 start. Can he be stopped? Congrats Mike, for the High Score this week, you get...

a big bag of M&M's of course.

One T artans faced Joseph's Here Comes Treble this week. Treble won the gig 78 to 63. This was an important Dahn Tahn divisional matchup. Both teams are now .500 on the season and tied for 2nd place in the division. They are statistically better than the Pirates. Yeah, it's a comparison that makes absolutely no sense. I just want to point out how much the Pirates stink when One T and Joe are fielding better fantasy football teams than the Pirates Major League Baseball team.

Dwight's Bobbleheads took on The Adam Factor. The Adam Factor won 79 - 41, which unfortunately for the 2nd week in a row gives The Bobbleheads the Low Score of the Week. There is a valid excuse however. Emily was so confident in her starting tight end that she even started him on a bye week. It was an interesting strategy that did not pay off. Since Dwight's Bobblehead seems to be broken, the Low Score of the Week Award this week is...

a Pope Bobblehead! (Have faith! You'll get that first win soon!)

Game of the Week was Team Uncle Sloppy vs. The Office. There weren't a lot of close games this week. The Office won 80 to 71. Both teams are now 2-2. Leading The Office to victory was Drew Brees with a strong 25 point performance. (Too bad he wasn't like that for me last year.) My apologies to Sloppy for telling him to start Mendenhall when Le'Ron McClain gets 14 points. Even fantasy gurus get things wrong now and then.

That's all for Week 4, good luck to everyone in Week 5. Don't forget to update your roster in case one of your players has a bye week.

Week 3 Recap (Yay!)

There were no 1-point games this week but there were plenty of close games. The cream is starting to rise to the top in the DFFL but remember, it is still early. One solid free agent pick up or a smart trade could put you back in the win column. On to the games!

Mike's Crazy Bombers faced Joe's Here Comes Treble in the Battle of the Little Brothers. It was the game of the week with a close score of 81 - 77. Mike edged out a win with the help of a healthy LT. Mike is undefeated so far this season. Could Stanley's Cup remain in the Hegeman household for a third straight year? Aunt Barb hopes not.

Team Uncle Sloppy took on Nick's Buyer Beware in a very important Pants N'at Divisional matchup. Uncle Sloppy won with a score of 75 - 67. Nick fell to 1-2 on the year and might need to make some trades if he wants to make up ground in the division.

Another close game this week was a Father vs. Daughter matchup with Molly's The Stanley Nickels facing Uncle Pat's Stan's Steamers. The Steamers pulled out the win 65 - 60 but you can't blame Molly for this one. She had the Patriots Defense and they got -7 points! Who would've thought that the Pats would've gotten rolled up by Miami? We all would've started Pats D last week. However, I did find enjoyment out of seeing Miami beat up New England with basic college QB option plays. Even the might Tartans could've put up a better fight!

High Score of the Week goes to The Office with his win over One T artans 95 - 83. Big turnaround for the The Office. They lost two games in a row and come out big in Week 3 with the high score. Watch out, here comes The Office, a consistently tough team every year. Congratulations Uncle Gary, for High Score you have won...

a Dundie!

Defensive Struggle of the Week was between the Green Day Tractors and Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads. The Tractors squeezed out a win 56 - 48. Even though the Bobbleheads lost the game, they did win something...The Low Score of the Week Award! We have an award for the high score so not to leave everyone out, everyone is a winner here at the DFFL, we will have a weekly award for the lowest score. This week Emily wins...

a day-old stickie bun.

Ewww, gross!

Lastly, The Adam Factor took on Corey's Vandelay Industries in the Battle of Sig Hansen House. This was a huge game! To the winner: bragging rights for a week, to the loser: shame and humiliation for a lifetime. Of course, The Factor emerged victorious with a powerful score of 90 to a measley 69 points. Bad things happen when you start an Arizona running back. Is the gloating coming off too strong in this recap?

Have a good week everyone!

Week 2 Recap

Week 2 was an exciting week. There were close games, Hurricane Ike, cousins vs. cousins, father vs. son, and brother-in-law vs. brother-in-law. and cousin vs. computer. Plenty of intriguing storylines.

On to the games!

Game of the week goes to Uncle Pat's Steamers vs. Uncle Gary's The Office. The final score was 75-74 in favor of the Steamers. That is the second 1-point game this season in the DFFL and it's only Week 2! The Office is now 0-2 on the season but do not count them out. The Office's (tv show) season doesn't start until the 25th so think of this as their preseason.

Butler's finest took on the Commish in a close battle. Nick emerged with the 69 - 64 win with the solid play of Adrian Peterson and receiver DeSean Jackson. Good thing Nick didn't need that touchdown. DeSean has a history of celebrating a little prematurely:

That's the current Philly WR diving in the endzone during a high school all-star game. Oops!

Anyways, Mike's red hot Crazy Bombers took on Emily's Dwight's Bobbleheads in the Battle of the Freshmen! There was plenty of waiting in line in the cafeteria and staying up late in the common areas of the dorms in this matchup. (Cuz those are about the only things freshmen do.)

Did you guys read this pamphlet?

The Bombers won by a score of 85 - 78. Mike looks to be off to a good start at 2 -0 and Emily has yet to get a win at 0-2. Em, less studying, more managing your fantasy team.

This week's low score goes to Joseph Hegeman's Here Comes Treble with a losing score of 52. They took on the Green Day Tractors who won with a score of 78. It is really difficult to win games when your starters are everyone else's backups. If you can listen carefully you can almost hear Joe kicking himself over not starting Darren Sproles. Sorry Joe.

The Father vs. Son game of the week was between Team Uncle Sloppy and The Adam Factor. This was a close matchup going in but Sloppy pulled off the win with a score of 93 - 71. Team Sloppy won high score of the week with nearly every position putting up strong numbers for him. Congratulations to Team Uncle Sloppy. For the week's high score you win:

"This wonderful set of steak knives."

The final game for the week was the Battle of the College Sophomores. Wow, that's almost as exciting as the Friends of Coal Bowl. One T artans beat Molly's Stanley Nickels 89 - 63. One T is off to a good start and leads the division at 2-0 due to for once in his life, listening to the advice of his brother.

Well, that's it for a toughly contested Week 2. Good luck in Week 3 everyone!

Week 2 Preview

Been a rough week here at DFFL headquarters. We recently moved to new office space. This one has a pool, air hockey table, and pinball machine.

So the time has been slim, but here's a brief look at this week's upcoming games:

Vandelay Industries (The Commish) vs. Buyer Beware (Nick)

What a matchup we have here. The Oldest vs. the tallest. The working guy vs. the college guy. The best looking grandchild vs. Nick.

What to look for in this matchup? An unhealthy level of competition followed by beers.

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Stanley Steamers (Uncle P) vs. Uncle Gary (Uncle Gary)

Something has to give in this matchup of one-time greats. Both teams lost opening week, and are looking to regain their stride. Consider this the Notre Dame - Michigan game of the week.

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Emily Emily (Emily) vs. Crazy Bombers (Mike)

Emily hasn't even set up her account and gave Joseph all he could handle last week. Luckily, everyone in her Division lost, so these teams matchup as Division leaders.

The Freshman bowl will consist of lame frat parties, dinner at the dining hall, and actually waking up for your 8 am class. Don't worry, you'll get past that last part soon enough.

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Team Uncle Sloppy (Uncle Sloppy) vs. The Adam Factor (Adam)

Father vs. son. Clearly, team naming is heriditary. The rumor is that Uncle Sloppy is trying to sell Tony Romo a lawn care franchise so he'll stop playing football. He has to convince Jessica to go for it, first.

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One T artans (One-T) vs. The Stanley Nickels (Molly)

The Sophomore Bowl pits two worthy team names against one another. This bowl will consist of whining about living in the dorms, driving freshmen everywhere, and overall jadedness with classes.

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Here Comes Treble (Joseph) vs. Green Day Tractors (The Mazza's)

Joseph and the Mazza's square off in a very lopsided match. 4 on 1 seems like it would be pretty tough to handle. Luckily, he only needs to beat 3 to come in 2nd place.

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Good luck to all, and to all a good night!

-Commish

Week 1 Synopsis

Johnstahn, PA: The DFFL was in full swing this past weekend with every team eager jump out of the gate with a Week 1 win. This week was all about finding out how well or how awful your draft was. (Or how well your sibling drafted for you.) On to the results!

The first matchup pitted The Adam Factor against Nick's team Buyer Beware. This was the "Spent Way Too Much Time Thinking About Their Lineup" Game. Both coaches spent countless hours studying film and evaluating statistics only to field two mediocre at best teams. There had to be a winner and the The Adam Factor emerged victorious with a final score of 64-57. The Factor did suffer a tough loss with a torn ACL to Nate Burleson that will surely hurt him down the road. (I definitely should've made that trade with Nick.)

In a close game, Team Uncle Sloppy took on the Commish's team Vandelay Industries. This was the second lowest scoring game of the week by 1 point. Guys, it's not like golf, you want high scores in fantasy football. Anyways, Sloppy took a huge kick to the groin when his starting QB Tom "Karma Sucks" Brady went down for the rest of the season. Good luck with Philip Rivers Uncle Sloppy! Vandelay Industries pulled out the win 60-50.

Ouch.

Game 3 was a battle between One T artans and Stanley's Steamers. I will say that One T's team name is clever and it seemed to help this weekend as he pulled out the win over Uncle Pat's Steamers. It also helped that One T's running backs both scored over 20 points for him this week. (You're welcome for the advice.)

Blowout of the week was the matchup between Molly's Stanley Nickel's and Uncle Gary's (Insert team name here). Uncle Gary scored a respectable 70 points but no match for the Nickel's whopping 129 points, which was tops in the DFFL. Her prize for high score is a free weekend stay at her cousin and brother's new place in lovely Falls Church, VA. Amenities include pool, jacuzzi, pinball machine, air hockey table, and a comfy couch to sleep on. *Cousin and brother are not responsible for sore back after sleeping on said couch.

Low score of the week goes to the Green Day Tractors who took on Mike's Crazy Bombers. The Bombers were victorious with a final score of 63 - 46. The upcoming season does not look good for the Tractors as they have 2 Rams, a Dolphin, and a Brown in their starting lineup. Ewww.

Game of the week goes to Joe's Here Comes Treble vs. Emily's (Insert team name here). The defending champ edged out a win 69 - 68. The champ needed a win to keep pace in the tough Dahn Tahn Division where all three team are tied for first place with one win a piece.

If you didn't win this week, don't feel bad. There is plenty of football left. At least that's what I kept telling myself last season.

Some reminders: If you haven't done so, come up with a team name or else you will be drawn and quartered. Not really, but please come up with one. We will be more than happy to suggest names. Also upload a team logo because it looks cool.

Good luck for Week 2!

That is all.

Draft Order Released

Johnstahn, PA: The official 2008 DFFL draft order was released today.

The order is as follows:

1 - Mike

2 - Uncle Sloppy

3 - Nick

4 - Emily

5 - Corey

6 - Green Day Tractors

7 - Molly

8 - Uncle Pat

9 - One-T

10 - Adam

11 - Joseph

12 - Uncle Gary

Again, Mike gets the first pick. Chances of this happening two years running - 0.7%. He is like the Chicago Bulls of the DFFL. Mike, as you get orientated at college, feel free to make your first pick whenever. Just let everyone know via email.

For anyone that is confused, the picture is of the Commish drawing Mike's lottery ball. My photoshopping skills are about as poor as my fantasy football drafting skills.

Good luck everyone!

Draft Day Announced

Let's go live to the league offices in Johnstown, PA.

The Commissioner has called together a press conference. It appears he is coming to the podium now.

Hi, everyone!

As Commissioner of the DFFL, it is my pleasure to announce that this year's draft will be held at 6 pm Sunday August 31, 2008.

The draft will once again be held via chatroom. There should be a few groups of people that will be together.

In order to keep the draft going efficiently, I will not be updating a website with picks. Please keep track on your own. I will send everyone a template to use.

I will be using a website to determine the drafting order. The draft order will be determined later today, and an email will be automatically sent to you from the website.

If you have the first pick, feel free to make your selection. If we can get through some of the first round via email, all the better. No picks will be final until draft day (to account for possibility of injury, arrest, suspension, or pots-and-pans robot attack).

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

-Commish

PS - Just so everyone knows, that building up top is the flood museum. Well, it WAS the flood museum. It is now known as the DFFL Offices. We do maintain a satelitte office at Friendship Village in Bedford, PA.

Official DFFL Logo Unveiled

Johnstahn, PA: The Dombroski Fantasy Football League is proud to unveil its official logo today. The logo will be used on all official league documents, letterhead, and tattoos. It is an official registered trademark in the league but only in the countries of Syria, Liechtenstein, and Botswana. Any use of the trademark in those countries must first be approved by the league.

At the ceremony, Commisioner Gallagher was so proud of the new logo that he had it branded on his left buttock. Unfortunately for the Commish, he was unable to sit down at the post-press conference luncheon. The lunch included standard DFFL fare such as ham, rigatonis, pirogis, and pigs-in-a-blanket.

The Commish reminds everyone to set up their profile on ESPN.com.

Breaking News from DFFL Office

Directly from the DFFL Office in Johnstown, PA:

The 3rd Annual Dombroski Fantasy Football League has been declared open.

Each owner should have received an invite from ESPN.com via thier email. Just follow the instructions and sign up.

(If you have not gotten an email, let the Commish know ASAP.)

Why go with ESPN.com this year? Well, a few reasons. Not only is the league completely customizable, but there is free live scoring.

And who doesn't want to see how badly Adam is losing in real-time?

(literally choking)

Commish Reinstates Mike Vick

Arlington, VA: On his first day in the 2008 season of the Dombroski Fantasy Football League, Commisioner Gallagher reinstates Michael Vick into the League. Of course, Mike is still locked away in some minimum security prison, but that hasn't stopped the Commish from welcoming the fellow Hokie with open arms. Mr. Gallagher said in a statement, "We're very happy to have Michael with us for the 2008-2009 season. He is a talented and gifted fantasy football player. And the best thing is, he'll play for free! Oh yeah, he's a Hokie and I love him." No word on Vick's team name yet but there is a rumor that the Commish will try to recruit Vick's brother Marcus as well.

Congratulations, ma'am. It's a website.

Yes, I know it may not be believable. And I know I slacked off a bit last year (apparently this job thing gets tougher after you're in it for a while).

But the times they are a-changin'. We will most likely be using ESPN.com this year since they have automatic updates. We have an official news website. And I will not suck this year.

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Who knows? Maybe Joseph "Evil-eye" Hegeman won't finish second.

(Is that eyebrow even real?)

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So what does having a website mean? Easy to update, yes. But as you can see, the pictures. So get out there and get some photoshops going, people.

Better watch your facebook account, kids.

And just to make sure you all don't block good ones from me, they will always be here...

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Uncle J

(One-T, you have to have some more gooberish pictures of your dad. Help us out)

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Uncle G

(Two whitest guy in Germany. That's saying something.)

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Uncle P

(Don't worry, we'll get something better. I just wanted everyone to see this.)

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Joseph (non-evil eye)

(He's out of the country people, calm down. Anyways, we all drink weekly at church. Why do you think we all clammor to be a bartender Eucharistic Minister?)

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Michael

(Just found out he picked Brett Favre.)

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Molly and Emily

(Goobers? Yeah, goobers.)

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Adam

(So bad at fantasy football, he got a ticket.)

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One-T

(Just sat on his calculator.)

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Nick

(No one's buying it.)

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Austin and Leah


Not on Facebook? Oh yeah, we got ya anyways.

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What's that? Oh, you want a picture of the Commish? Well, I have three of them for you.

Feel free to use any of them.

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More news to follow about the league, but get ready.

-Commish