Just as Charlie Brown & Snoopy invited their friends over for a tasty Thanksgiving feast of popcorn, jellybeans, and ice cream in November of 1973, The Golden Boy Farm & FunkyEngineThatCould invite 6 of the 17 “mathematically possible” remaining FFBMCO teams to our luscious table here in November of 2015 (sorry Uncle Mop…looking for the Poo Punchers to come back with a vengeance next year). The picnic table is set up on the empty, grassy lot where the 220 South Willow house once proudly stood. Conneaut Joe cooked a delicious potato casserole in his huge metal bucket and Brian RISHE ROLD 3000 has been creating a Thanksgiving pile of empty Natty Cans. They want to share this sustenance with 6 more of you. Man your rosters appropriately this week to remain in the group of teams that are not mathematically eliminated. One more loss will mean doom for many of you. Meanwhile the two former Kent State roommates will continue to gorge themselves and wait on who will join the table.
The favorite to win the turkey themed November contest is Off the Team, who earned a week 8 victory with Matt Cassel only supplying 8.18 points. I hope Uncle Crez isn’t salivating over the tasty NFL recipes that will be present in the NFL Family Cookbook, because there’s still one more round of games where an even bigger turkey cannot help your team win. Just as a reminder, Southpark Season 1 is also part of the prize package so the winner can eat their leftovers and watch the classic Thanksgiving episode featuring Starvin Marvin and be very thankful that they are a part of FFBMCO.
Best in the World is on the cusp of clinching 2015 FFBMCO Comeback Player of the Year. One more win should do it. Just to drop some historical facts, Dirt Mane finished 2013 at 3-10. Got his nice #3 overall draft position for 2014, and proceeded to finish 11-2 and win the Comeback award. Similarly, Best in the World finished 2014 with a 4-9 record. Locked up the #3 overall pick, and is tearing through the league this year with a 9-1 record. The moral of the story is: if you have a garbage season, it is possible to turn it around the very next year without any modifications to league standards ie # of keepers. The spinal cord of this league is that each team must keep 5 players prior to every draft. That will never ever change as long as the league creators are breathing and still actively involved in their wonderful creation, which admittedly is designed for chess players and not checkers players. Dirt Mane & Best in the World, the league office salutes you. May you be a beacon of hope for your whiney peers that feel hopeless.
Unfortunately at this time next week, many of you will be eliminated from playoff contention. Until then…MMMMMOUUUNNNTTTT UPPPP!
