2017
Week 11
Doomsday D-Gani vs. all about Pincus
Author's Note: Written by EMF as told by Pincus
After a 14 hour flight from Paris. Pincus' just married wife and him landed in paradise, Mauritius. The same place Prince William and Princess Kate spent their honeymoon. A country where the dodo bird was discovered and quickly became extinct. A country where 85% of the population was Indian, but spoke Creole as their primary language. A country smack dab in the middle of the Indian Ocean, somewhere off the coast of Madagascar. This is where Pincus witnessed a miracle! After Pincus' 4th day on the beach of a tropical paradise, and as he climbs into bed, he only had one thing on his mind... Yoni! With Pincus' fantasy season hanging in the balance and with nothing more than a 3G internet connection, Pincus pulled his phone out, opened his Yahoo Sports App, and realized that he only had one hope to continue his season and push for a playoff berth. Pincus was down, he was down big! His only hope was Drew Brees and Michael Thomas. As his new wife tried to sleep with Pincus' phone light shining bright and keeping her awake, he began to refresh. Every 20 seconds he would refresh. He's refreshing and the game is going on. and on. and on... it looked bleak. His boys were not scoring the way he needed them to. However, with 3 minutes left in the game something changed. Drew Brees threw for his first TD of the game. Hallelugah! Some hope. But not really. He was still down too much to get really excited. And just as he's about to shut his phone down along with his fantasy season, the Saints get the ball back. Then... it happened! The Mauritian Miracle!!!! Another Saints drive, another Saints TD from Brees, along with a Brees bonus, Brees secured 2 TDs and a 300 yard bonus in the last three minutes, to win Pincus the week, and eventually, a playoff spot.
2014
Week 4
FCYU vs. RAM TIME
RoccosOilBucket vs. SpankCity
Doomsday D-gani vs Smelly Squad
Who would have thought that a Monday Night BLOWOUT would be such an entertaining game. Thanks to the DFFCL, the rout that was the KC vs. NE game turned in one of the greatest endings to a week in DFFCL history. Briefly, all of the aforementioned matchups came down to MNF. Yimmy won on an extra point from his kicker, but only after Gronk-OW-ski came off the bench to score on a touchdown from backup quarterback, Garoppolo, in the 4th quarter with the game out of reach. It was Gronk's second catch of the entire game. Meanwhile, Doomsday got a huge game from Jamal Charles to catch up to and beat Smelly Squad. Unbelievably, those two matchups were not even the most exciting part of this evening. Exactly two years from the date of Oren's last monday night meltdown, the man did it again!!!!! Oren was down by 8.2 points to Jason going into the game Monday Night. Jason had NOBODY playing and Oren had Stephen Ridley (NE RB) and New England Defense going that night. It would take a complete meltdown for Oren to not accumulate enough points to win. Well guess what Little Jerrys?!?!!? TAKE ME DOWNNNN TO MELTDOWN CITY, WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN, AND OREN'S TEAM AIN'T PRETTY!!!!! PLEASEEEEE PLEASSEEEEE TAKE ME HOMMMMMEEEEE!!!!!! Not only did Oren not score the 8.2 points he needed, but his defense ended up the night with NEGATIVE fantasy points. (SIDE NOTE: Virgil's tried to trade with Oren all week leading up to this game for his other defense, the Houston Texans. you would have thought that would have been a big enough hint to start them. NEEEEEHHHH. Not for HodyKilla.)
2012
Week 11
Doomsday D-Gani vs. all about Pincus
Author's Note: Written by EMF as told by Pincus
After a 14 hour flight from Paris. Pincus' just married wife and him landed in paradise, Mauritius. The same place Prince William and Princess Kate spent their honeymoon. A country where the dodo bird was discovered and quickly became extinct. A country where 85% of the population was Indian, but spoke Creole as their primary language. A country smack dab in the middle of the Indian Ocean, somewhere off the coast of Madagascar. This is where Pincus witnessed a miracle! After Pincus' 4th day on the beach of a tropical paradise, and as he climbs into bed, he only had one thing on his mind... Yoni! With Pincus' fantasy season hanging in the balance and with nothing more than a 3G internet connection, Pincus pulled his phone out, opened his Yahoo Sports App, and realized that he only had one hope to continue his season and push for a playoff berth. Pincus was down, he was down big! His only hope was Drew Brees and Michael Thomas. As his new wife tried to sleep with Pincus' phone light shining bright and keeping her awake, he began to refresh. Every 20 seconds he would refresh. He's refreshing and the game is going on. and on. and on... it looked bleak. His boys were not scoring the way he needed them to. However, with 3 minutes left in the game something changed. Drew Brees threw for his first TD of the game. Hallelugah! Some hope. But not really. He was still down too much to get really excited. And just as he's about to shut his phone down along with his fantasy season, the Saints get the ball back. Then... it happened! The Mauritian Miracle!!!! Another Saints drive, another Saints TD from Brees, along with a Brees bonus, Brees secured 2 TDs and a 300 yard bonus in the last three minutes, to win Pincus the week, and eventually, a playoff spot.
2014
Week 4
FCYU vs. RAM TIME
RoccosOilBucket vs. SpankCity
Doomsday D-gani vs Smelly Squad
Who would have thought that a Monday Night BLOWOUT would be such an entertaining game. Thanks to the DFFCL, the rout that was the KC vs. NE game turned in one of the greatest endings to a week in DFFCL history. Briefly, all of the aforementioned matchups came down to MNF. Yimmy won on an extra point from his kicker, but only after Gronk-OW-ski came off the bench to score on a touchdown from backup quarterback, Garoppolo, in the 4th quarter with the game out of reach. It was Gronk's second catch of the entire game. Meanwhile, Doomsday got a huge game from Jamal Charles to catch up to and beat Smelly Squad. Unbelievably, those two matchups were not even the most exciting part of this evening. Exactly two years from the date of Oren's last monday night meltdown, the man did it again!!!!! Oren was down by 8.2 points to Jason going into the game Monday Night. Jason had NOBODY playing and Oren had Stephen Ridley (NE RB) and New England Defense going that night. It would take a complete meltdown for Oren to not accumulate enough points to win. Well guess what Little Jerrys?!?!!? TAKE ME DOWNNNN TO MELTDOWN CITY, WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN, AND OREN'S TEAM AIN'T PRETTY!!!!! PLEASEEEEE PLEASSEEEEE TAKE ME HOMMMMMEEEEE!!!!!! Not only did Oren not score the 8.2 points he needed, but his defense ended up the night with NEGATIVE fantasy points. (SIDE NOTE: Virgil's tried to trade with Oren all week leading up to this game for his other defense, the Houston Texans. you would have thought that would have been a big enough hint to start them. NEEEEEHHHH. Not for HodyKilla.)
2012
Week 7
Doomsday D-gani vs. FC Yimmy United
Doomsday D-gani vs. FC Yimmy United
Sunday night the score was tied at 127.98. Go to sleep. Wake up. The following Monday morning a stat correction had been applied giving Yoni four more yards and a 1.04 point lead. Josh had the DFFCL leader in fantasy kicking points Jason Hanson playing Monday night and Yoni had no players remaining. Fast forward through a disastrous Monday Night Football performance by the Detroit Lions offense (fumbles on the goal line, fumbles in the red zone) and you are left with Josh's kicker only getting an extra point on the night. Unless there is another stat correction, this will go down as the smallest margin of victory ever in the DFFCL. Before tonight, Josh was in the midst of the greatest scoring run from the kicking position in DFFCL history. He shattered the All Time Season scoring mark from the position last year and was on a record pace this year. (Note: Josh's Bills Defense start netted him -2 points. If he had started Dolphins D (who was on a bye), he would have won.)
Week 4
Doomsday D-gani vs. HodyKILLAisback
Doomsday D-gani vs. HodyKILLAisback
Doomsday D-gani (2-2, 522.62 points) stole one from HODYKILLAisback (2-2, 577.58 points) 175.80 - 170.90 in a match-up with four lead changes. (Information courtesy of Yahoo! Recaps) In the loss, Tom Brady led the league in scoring and had the third-most points in the league this season with 43.00. Doomsday D-gani had their highest score of the season and the fourth-highest in the league this season with 175.80 points. (Information courtesy of Yahoo! Recaps). Oren was winning by 47.2 and Yoni had only Victor Cruz (Sunday night) and Jason Witten (Monday night) left to play. Victor Cruz tallied 26.4 points on Sunday night to narrow the gap to a manageable 20.80. Jason Witten was practically nonexistent for the most part of the Monday night game until the last drive. Led by superstar backup Kyle Orton, Jason Witten accumulated over 5 catches and over 60 yards on the final drive which finished with a Jason Witten touchdown. Witten finished with 28.70 which was the most by a tight end in the DFFCL in Week 4. Yards + Bonus + TD + Last Drive = Epic loss on Monday night. Half of the league (Yoni, Eric, Josh, Scott P., Oren) was on a conference call within minutes of the conclusion of this game.
2010
Week 16
The Muff Drivers vs. Oh you fancy huh?
The Muff Drivers vs. Oh you fancy huh?
The DFFCL Championship Game
Arguably the Greatest Contest in DFFCL History, this match-up had more drama than any of us could have ever scripted. First, this was the longest match-up in DFFCL history. The NFL week began on a Thursday night and did not end until the following Tuesday night. The Eagles were scheduled to play Minnesota that week and as DFFCL fate would have it, the MetroDome COLLAPSED due to the accumulation of snow on it's roof. This resulted in the postponement of Eagles @ Vikings to the following Tuesday night!! Back to that in a bit. Second. this was Pincus' second championship appearance and Craig's first. Both were desperate for their first championship. Pincus, sensing that Craig could care less about the money and feeling opportunistic, decided to talk Craig into splitting the winnings before the match-up even started (see DFFCL Rules; The Pincus Rule). Third, on to the match-up. Key moments include: Josh Scobee missing a Pincus Field Goal by inches; Jon Kitna remaining in the Fancy Locker Room for the second half of the Cowboys game; Some mishegas about Harry Douglas. Yet it all came down to one play, the last play of the season.
The last play will never be forgotten. Down less than three points going into the final play of the game, Michael Vick threw a perfect strike to LeSean McCoy across the middle of the field, hitting him right in the hands. McCoy, Pincus' boy, dropped the pass. Had McCoy caught that ball, he would have garnered at least 1.5 points between yards and the reception and would have needed to run a short distance for Pincus to gain the lead. That drop would come back to haunt Pincus forever.
The day following Eagles @ Vikings, it was discovered that Ben Roethlisberger was not credited for a lost fumble as he should have been. This resulted in Yahoo! deducting 2 points from Craig's final point total. Pincus would end up losing the match-up by 0.2 points, instead of the 2.2 points we all thought was the margin of victory. Therefore, had McCoy caught that ball, Pinc would have earned a minimum of 0.5 points and would have accumulated just enough points to win his first championship. That drop changed the course of both of these gentleman's lives. Craig went on to win 3 out of 4 championships and appeared in 4 straight championship games. He would go on to divorce Josh, lose weight, start having girls chase him instead of vise-versa, he became a gourmet chef and ice cream maker, and, most importantly, he eliminated his alias, 'Grumpy Craig', from his life. Pincus has still not gotten over this loss. 'Point 2' as it has been dubbed, remains a constant reminder of his DFFCL failures. Pincus has been labeled an owner that cannot and will not ever win the big game. Nothing in Pincus' history has shown us that he can or will ever be able to put Point 2 behind him. Poor Pincus. Poor Little Pincus.
The last play will never be forgotten. Down less than three points going into the final play of the game, Michael Vick threw a perfect strike to LeSean McCoy across the middle of the field, hitting him right in the hands. McCoy, Pincus' boy, dropped the pass. Had McCoy caught that ball, he would have garnered at least 1.5 points between yards and the reception and would have needed to run a short distance for Pincus to gain the lead. That drop would come back to haunt Pincus forever.
The day following Eagles @ Vikings, it was discovered that Ben Roethlisberger was not credited for a lost fumble as he should have been. This resulted in Yahoo! deducting 2 points from Craig's final point total. Pincus would end up losing the match-up by 0.2 points, instead of the 2.2 points we all thought was the margin of victory. Therefore, had McCoy caught that ball, Pinc would have earned a minimum of 0.5 points and would have accumulated just enough points to win his first championship. That drop changed the course of both of these gentleman's lives. Craig went on to win 3 out of 4 championships and appeared in 4 straight championship games. He would go on to divorce Josh, lose weight, start having girls chase him instead of vise-versa, he became a gourmet chef and ice cream maker, and, most importantly, he eliminated his alias, 'Grumpy Craig', from his life. Pincus has still not gotten over this loss. 'Point 2' as it has been dubbed, remains a constant reminder of his DFFCL failures. Pincus has been labeled an owner that cannot and will not ever win the big game. Nothing in Pincus' history has shown us that he can or will ever be able to put Point 2 behind him. Poor Pincus. Poor Little Pincus.
2009:
Week 15
Doomsday D-Gani vs. OCS Virgil's
One of the closest playoff contests of all time, this match-up came down to Minnesota Defense vs. Deangelo Williams on Sunday Night Football. Eric, who started Deangelo, was attending his grandparent's wedding anniversary dinner that Sunday night and was livid to be missing the game. Yoni, who had Minnesota D, texted Eric within minutes of the Sunday Night game to inform him that Deangelo had been hurt on the first series of the game and would not be able to continue playing that evening. With every text update Eric got from Yoni, he became more and more enraged. I mean, it's not like Eric thought he had one scintilla of a chance to beat Yoni after his last remaining player got injured. So why all the updates? "Leave me in peace," Eric thought to himself. I don't need updates when the conclusion is so predictable. By the time Eric's dinner had ended he raced over to The Ashton where Yoni was awaiting his arrival. Pincus, Brian, and Jason were there and the game was on. Minnesota was beating Carolina 7-6 going into the 4th quarter and virtually all hope had been lost for Eric. Then... The Amazing Happened. 11 seconds into the 4th, Matt Moore finds Steve Smith for a 42 yard TD. 5 minutes later, Jonathon Stewart scored a TD!!! We have a ball game!!! 6 minutes after that... Stewart scores again!!! Yoni had lost points on Minnesota Defense with every Carolina TD, and Eric, who had no choice but to sit and watch as Minnesota self-destructed, ended up winning this match-up by 3 points and change. An unbelievable ending to an unbelievable match-up... Eric would go one to win his 3rd DFFCL Championship and Yoni would go home with a consolation prize of some of Jason's clothes. Whew. What a match.
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