WARRIORS WIN IN DOMINATING PERFORMANCE
MULTIPLE SCOREGASMS DELIVER
TAILGATER BOWL XXV
TAILGATERS 2023 AWARDS
FINAL FOUR
DESTROYERS SAIL INTO PLAYOFFS
CLEAR A PATH
DUCKS DODGE HATCHETT
SIMPSON and LEFTOVERS MAKE TFFL HOF
ALL 25 SEASON TEAM
KELCE AND MARTIN ENTER TFFL HOF
ELWAY, WATTERS and WITTEN JOIN HOF
BANANA BANDIT
OKY DUCKS MAKING RUN
DESTROYERS BLAST RENEGADES
DUCKS FIND SWAMP TO THEIR LIKING
BOOM SPOILS SCOREGASMS
FIRST IN SO MANY WAYS
WIDE RECEIVERS WOW IN MONSTER GAMES
MARAUDERS BENEFIT FROM BAD BURROW
EXPLOSIVE REACTION
WARRIORS SCALP SCAMMERS
ACE (in the) HOLE
VOTING RESULTS and DRAFT REMINDER
 
Week Team Points
1 Multiple Scoregasms 105.8
2 Warriors 125.4
3 I Got Boom 158.0
4 Milford Marauders 129.2
5 Swamp Monsters 159.1
6 Flippin Birds 121.6
7 I Got Boom 123.0
8 Oky Ducks 140.2
9 Dans Destroyers 121.1
10 Oky Ducks 131.3
11 Renegades 130.5
12 Oky Ducks 143.5
13 Oky Ducks 177.3
14 Dans Destroyers 122.0
 
Rank Team  
1 Oky Ducks
2 Swamp Monsters
3 I Got Boom
4 Warriors
5 Scammers
6 Milford Marauders
7 Multiple Scoregasms
8 Dans Destroyers
9 Kentucky Moondogs
10 Renegades
11 Lamar You Serious
12 Flippin Birds
 
  Team
Renegades
CHAMP Milford Marauders
Dans Destroyers
Warriors
Kentucky Moondogs
Multiple Scoregasms
R-UP Swamp Monsters
Scammers
Oky Ducks
Flippin Birds
I Got Boom
Lamar You Serious
 
This felt a little inevitable. The month prior to Tailgater Bowl XXIII, the Warriors have not scored under 120 points in a game. Not since they laid a 78 point egg against the Oky Ducks in the game of the season. A slight hiccup against the Marauders in a week fourteen shootout was the only cause for concern closing the regular season.

Of course it helps when you have two players score forty points. As Joe Burrow played pitch and catch with Jamar Chase, the Warrors rang up points like a Las Vegas slot machine. Burrow had 42. Chase at 44 and earned Tailgater Bowl MVP honors. Three other Warriors scored in double digits, making the outcome pretty academic.

To the Flippin Birds credit, they did not have a bad game. Despite losing 153-106, the 106 points scored was around the team average for the season. But average just wasn’t going to cut it this week. This is the second loss in the championship game in their only two appearances.

The victory marks the second league titles four seasons for the Warriors. They won Tailgater Bowl XIX in 2017. The move up to fourth on the league totem pole, behind our three three time champions.

CONGRATULATIONS ROB SIMPSON and the Warriors, 2021 Tailgater Fantasy Football League Champion.

BOWL GAME RESULTS
I know every other owner was on the edge of their seat waiting to see how they did in their bowl game. Just like in college games, looks like some players sat this out as some teams have not updated their line up in week (myself included). Regardless, here are the bowl game results…

The Monica Lewinski Close But That’s No Cigar Bowl - You guys did know you don’t get anything for this right. Well, the Marauders and Moondogs still played to the death in their bowl game, with the Marauders getting a 129-121 victory. Maybe Monica will show the Marauders what she can do with a victory cigar.

The Nuts and Bolts Bowl Sponsored By Home Depot - I’m just not sure how Tom Brady does it with out AB, but he did. And he led the Great Dismal Swamp Monsters to a monumental 91-80 victory over the Scammers.

The Hall of Fame Bowl - Somebody didn’t touch the “Play Like HOFers” sign on the way out of the tunnel. Dans Destroyers still trying to salvage their season, beat the Oky Ducks 82-64.

Vincent Van Gogh Damn These Masks Bowl - Multiple Scoregasms beat Sea Breeze 124-56. The only noteworthy thing in this game is Sea Breeze almost fielded a team where no players scored ten points. Amazingly , It was Saquan Barkly who managed not to hurt himself and get 10 points.

The Slim Pickens Bowl - Marshall Law sort of avenged their playoff snub, beating I Got Boom 86-60.

PRIZE MONEY
With our $50 entry fee, which everyone did pay this year, we have a $600 prize fund. With Team of the Week Prize Money, eleven different owners won money this year. I feel like we should all pitch in a quarter and get I Got Boom a little something for trying.

To avoid making transactions on small dollar amounts, I would like to credit any winnings less than $25 to next year’s entry fee. Please contact me separately if you want your $5 or $10 now. Otherwise, I will update the web site to show a credit for each team that won small dollar amounts.

The list of teams receiving credits for next year are:
Marshall Law ($5)
Dans Destroyers ($5)
Scammers ($10)
Kentucky Moondogs ($5)
Great Dismal Swamp Monsters ($5)
Sea Breeze ($5). All of the prize money earned by these teams are for Team of the Week awards, $5 for each award won.

The teams I will be making financial donations to are:
Multiple Scoregasms, who didn’t actually win a darn thing this year, but never got paid last year. Ya see, what happened was I was supposed to pay him when we golfed. We golfed once last year and I forgot the money. And we never golfed together again.
Flippin Birds ($40) for league runner up and two TOWs.
Oky Ducks ($110) for winning the George Halas division and two Team of the Week awards. I’m not 100% sure if Mark paid me or not. Hmm. Bad book keeping. I’ll take this up off line.
Milford Marauders ($50) for winning the Vince Lombardi division, but not paying his entry fee. So I’m keeping half of his winnings.
Warriors ($265) for winning the league championship, winning the Paul Brown division and winning three TOWs. But he didn’t pay his entry fee either, so I’m keeping another $50 from him.

I’m noticing a disturbing trend that all our division winners didn’t pay. Do not consider that an appropriate strategy, nor a key to future success. Maybe I need to introduce a rule that teams who have not paid by mid season lose their top scoring player to free agency after week seven.

I’m not serious about that. I’ll get prize money distributed this week.

THANK YOU
This closes out another fantasy season. I’m not doing an All Star game this year. I will pay out prize money this week, or at the pending Mike King New Year’s Day Golf Thingee. I sincerely thank you all for your participation and hope you enjoyed the league. You are welcome to introduce rule change ideas during the off season by emailing me. And you can look forward to invites to next year’s season around the start of August.
 
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MONEY MATTERS
Yeah, I still haven't updated for 2023. :( ..... Updated January 9, 2023
Team Entry Fee Amt Paid Owner Owes Winnings
(Lg Owes)
Comments
Renegades $50 $50 $0 $5 [1/18/24]2023 account closed, balance 0
$5 credited to 2024 entry fee

1 TOW, $5 won

[11/6/23] paid, cash.
Dans Destroyers $50 $0 $0 $10 [1/18/24]2023 account closed, balance 0
$10 credited to 2024 entry fee

[12/19/23]2 TOWs = $10

[11/6/23] Paid $50 on August 27, 2023 (Venmo)
Scammers $50 $50 $0 $0 [1/18/24]2023 account closed, balance 0

[12/19/23]Division winner $100

[11/6/23] paid, cash
Oky Ducks $50 $50 $0 $20 [12/19/23]4 TOWs = $20

[11/14/23]Reminded commish Ducks had an IOU for this season. Entry fee paid
Multiple Scoregasms $50 $50 $0 $0 [1/15/24] 2023 account closed, balance 0
Lg paid $205 on 1/1/24 for Lg Champ, TOW

[12/19/23] 1 TOW, $5 won

[11/6/23] paid, 2022 prize money
Flippin Birds $50 $50 $0 $0 [1/18/24]2023 account closed, balance 0

[12/19/23]$5 for TOW applied to Entry Fee. $45 paid via Paypal.

[11/6/23] last transaction $10 for NCAA Tourny May 26 (PayPal)
Kentucky Moondogs $50 $5 $0 $0 [1/18/24]2023 account closed, balance 0

[11/6/23] $5 from 2022 winnings, $45 paid Sept 5, 2023 (PayPal)
Milford Marauders $50 $50 $0 $105 [1/18/24]2023 account closed, LG owes $55
$50 credited to 2024 entry fee

[12/19/23]1 TOW = $5. Division Champion $100. Total winnings $105.

[1/9/23] Dude PREPAID at golf on Jan 2! Y'all could learn a thing or two from Mr. King!
Swamp Monsters $50 $0 $0 $105 [12/19/23]1 TOW = $5. Division Champion $100. Total winnings $105.

[11/6/23] Paid September 13, 2023 (PayPal)
Warriors $50 $0 $50 $5 [12/19/23] 1 TOW, $5 won

[11/6/23] No Transactions for 2023 Season
Lamar You Serious $50 $50 $0 $0 [1/15/24] 2023 account closed, balance 0

[11/6/23] 2022 winnings credited to 2023 entry fee. $15.
$35 paid September 12, 2023 (PayPal)
I Got Boom $50 $0 $40 $0 [12/19/23]2 TOWs = $10. Deducted from Entry Fee

[11/6/23] No Transactions for 2023 Season
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TFFL PRIZE MONEY
DIVISION WINNER : $100
TEAM OF WEEK : $5 per (14 x $5 = $70)
RUNNER UP : $30
CHAMPION : $200

BMFFL PRIZE MONEY
DIVISION WINNER : $25
TEAM OF THE YEAR : $10
CHAMPION : $35