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FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SOMIFA

Updated 6/19/2009

 

 

Welcome to the SOMIFA!  The SOMIFA is a 24 team draft keeper league – each league member drafts individual players and keeps them from year to year – in which each team plays a 16-game schedule (plus potential playoffs) each year.  If after viewing these web pages you have any questions please don’t hesitate to post on our League Message Board.

 

 

SSFA Spring Keeper Draft League:   Strat-O-Matic Spring Football Association SSFA

 

 

SOMIBA Strat-O-Matic Basketball League:  Strat-O-Matic Internet Basketball Association SOMIBA

 

 

2008 Rookie/Free-Agent Draft Date:  Saturday September 5 at 8:00am Pacific Time

 

2008 Season Draft Order:  CHI, MIN, DET-KC, OAK-NYJ-NO-PHI, TEN, GB-JAX-NE-ATL, STL-BAL-SD-SEA, BUF-TB, PIT-HOU, DAL, NYG, SF

 

 

HOST of the game – please e-mail me the POST file and the html boxscore file as soon as the game ends.

 

Please set your game options to autosave after each play and either fastest animation or no animation; also, turn off scroll play-by-play text.

 

 

 

2008 Season Schedule     (NEW 6/19/2009)

 

 

2007 Season Standings     (final update 2/8/2009)

 

 

2007 Final Season Stats       (final update 1/11/2009)

 

 

2007 Season Rosters     (final update 9/18/2008)

 

 

2007 Final Regular Season League File     (updated 1/11/2009)

 

 

2007 Season Draft     (final update 9/13/2008)

 

 

2007 Season Schedule     (posted 8/28/2008)

 

 

SOMIFA Constitution  (updated 9/10/2008)

 

 

League Message Board  (feel free to post!)

 

 

 

 

2007 Season Dates:

 

·        August 20, 2008 – roster sheet and rookie/free-agent list fully updated; preseason has begun and trading is allowed

·        September 3, 2008 – cut deadline for any necessary cuts (teams which have too many P, K, PR, or KR)

·        September 6, 2008 from 8:00am PDT to approximately 1:00pm PDT – 10 round rookie/free-agent draft via AIM

·        September 9, 2008 at 9:00pm PDT – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional up to 3 unrated players

·        September 13, 2008 at 8:00pm PDT – 3 round supplemental draft (optional) with lists from each participant

·        September 18, 2008 at 8:00pm PDT – trade deadline and deadline for announcing 4-3 or 3-4 and any left/right swaps

·        September 20, 2008 – the season has begun

·        October 18, 2008 – deadline for all 4 first quarter game results (we finished 1 day early, good job everyone)

·        November 15, 2008 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all 4 second quarter game results

·        December 13, 2008 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all 4 third quarter game results

·        January 11, 2009 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for all 4 fourth quarter game results

·        January 13, 2009 evening – playoffs round 1 pregame files have been sent

·        January 20, 2009 – round 1 games are due, playoff round 2 pregame files have been sent

·        January 29, 2009 – round 2 games are due, playoff round 3 pregame files have been sent

·        February 5, 2009 – round 3 games are due

·        February 8, 2009 – championship game

 

 

2007 Season League News:

 

  • 8/3/2008 – first e-mail sent to the league
  • 8/8/2008 – Neil/IND has indicated that he will not be able to continue participation in the league
  • 8/16/2008 – Dale has joined the league taking over IND (he will change the name once preseason begins)
  • 8/17/2008 – Joe/KC has indicated that he will not be able to continue participation in the league
  • 8/18/2008 – Kendall has joined the league taking over KC
  • 8/20/2008 Trade – JAX receives LCB 5 Will Allen, SF receives JAX #2
  • 8/20/2008 Trade – MIN receives RG 4-7 Deuce Lutui, SF receives RT 4-3 David Stewart and MIN #3
  • 8/20/2008 Trade – TB receives NT 5-3 Jay Ratliff, JAX receives MLB 4-5 Napoleon Harris and TB #7 (note, this trade was put up for a TRC vote as of 8/21 morning and resolved in favor of allowing by 8/22 afternoon 3-1 with TJ, Wayne, and Paul voting to allow and Ed voting to disallow)
  • 8/20/2008 Trade – NYG receives QB Kurt Warner, MIN receives RG 5-5 Rex Hadnot and NYG #3
  • 8/21/2008 Trade – JAX receives LCB 4 Roderick Hood, SD receives 2008 JAX #2
  • 8/21/2008 Trade – BUF receives RG 5-4 Cooper Carlisle, LE/DT 5-1 Dwan Edwards, and NYJ #1 (#2 overall); NYJ receives WR Derek Hagan, OLB (unrated) Manny Lawson, BUF #1 (#4 overall), and GB #2
  • 8/22/2008 Trade – TB receives LILB 5-5 Bradie James, STL receives TB #2 and 2008 TB #2
  • 8/24/2008 Trade – SD receives QB Kerry Collins, TB receives PR/KR Dante Hall
  • 8/24/2008 Trade – TB receives LT 4-5 Levi Jones and RT 4-3 Nick Kaczur, TEN receives TB #1 and 2008 TB #3 (Note that on 8/24 this trade was reported by both as the current TB #3 instead of the 2008 TB #3 but both indicated a change on 8/25 as apparently in IM it was agreed to with 2008 TB #3.)
  • 8/26/2008 Trade – TEN receives WR/LP/LK Devin Hester, KC receives C 4-5 Melvin Fowler and TEN #2 (since this trade involves a new league member it required a TRC vote, on 8/27 the TRC voted 5-0 to allow this deal with Ed, Tim, Paul, TJ, and Wayne voting to approve)
  • 8/26/2008 Trade disallowed – PIT receives NT 6-1 Casey Hampton and FL Brandon Stokley, CHI receives 2008 PIT #1 and 2008 PIT #3; this trade does not fall within league guidelines as PIT would not fulfill requirements for next season’s draft, here is a quote from the Constitution:  “Each team must have at all times at least either one first round draft pick, two second round draft picks, or a second and a third round draft pick for next season’s rookie/free-agent draft.”
  • 8/27/2008 Trade – PIT receives NT 6-1 Casey Hampton and FL Brandon Stokley; CHI receives PIT #8, 2008 PIT #1, 2008 PIT #4, and 2008 PIT #5
  • 8/28/2008 Trade – BUF receives RG 4-4 Seth McKinney, NYG receives BUF #5
  • 8/28/2008 Trade – PHI receives HB Justin Fargas, QB Josh McCown, STL #8, and 2008 STL #10; STL receives PHI #2, PHI #5, 2008 PHI #3, and 2008 PHI #8
  • 8/28/2008 Trade – SF receives HB/KR Correll Buckhalter, KC receives SF #5 and SF #7 (note, this trade involving a new league member was put up for a TRC vote as of 8/28 evening and resolved 8/30 morning in favor of allowing 4-0 with Paul, TJ, Wayne, and Tim voting to allow)
  • 8/29/2008 Dale has changed his team name from IND to New Orleans
  • 8/29/2008 Trade – GB receives C 5-7 Kevin Mawae and FB 6-7 Lorenzo Neal, BAL receives GB #3 and GB #8
  • 8/30/2008 Trade disallowed – SF receives HB Fred Taylor; CHI receives DT 0-1 Johnny Jolly, SF #1 (#22), SF #4, and SF #8 (8/30 early afternoon a member of the TRC called for a vote on this trade and 9/1 morning voted 3-1 to disallow the deal with Tim, Paul, and Wayne voting to disallow and TJ voting to allow; the TRC felt that CHI was not receiving nearly enough in compensation)
  • 8/30/2008 Trade – TB receives LP Michael Lewis, NYG receives 2008 TB #8
  • 8/31/2008 Trade – SEA receives C 4-7 Al Johnson and NT/DE 0-2 Travis Kirschke, PHI receives LG 4-4 Chris Kuper and DT 4-1 Anthony Adams
  • 8/31/2008 Trade – TB receives WR Matt Jones, NO receives RB Aaron Stecker and TB #10 (note, this trade involving a new league member was put up for a TRC vote as of 8/31 and resolved 9/1 evening in favor of allowing 4-0 with Ed, Paul, Wayne, and TJ voting to allow)
  • 8/31/2008 Trade – SEA receives P Todd Sauerbrun, HOU receives SEA #9
  • 8/31/2008 Trade disallowed – GB receives LILB 4-0 Derek Smith, NO receives GB #9 (note, this trade involving a new league member was put up for a TRC vote as of 8/31 evening and resolved 9/2 evening in favor of disallowing 3-2 with Paul, Wayne, and Tim voting to disallow while TJ and Ed voted to allow)
  • 8/31/2008 Trade – STL receives FB 5-5 Dan Kreider, KC receives LCB 4 Fernando Bryant (note, this trade involving a new league member was put up for a TRC vote as of 8/31 and resolved 9/1 evening in favor of allowing 4-0 with Paul, Tim, TJ, and Ed voting to allow)
  • 9/1/2008 Trade – SF receives HB Fred Taylor; CHI receives DT 0-1 Johnny Jolly, SF #1 (#22), MIN #3, and SF #8 (evening 9/1 TRC member Ed/SF requested a vote and resolved 9/3 evening in favor of allowing 4-0 with Tim, Paul, TJ, and Wayne voting to allow)
  • 9/2/2008 Trade – DAL receives LE 5-3 Chris Kelsay, SD receives DAL #3
  • 9/3/2008 Trade – GB receives LILB 4-0 Derek Smith, NO receives GB #7 (note, this trade involving a new league member was put up for a TRC vote as of 9/3 evening and resolved 9/4 evening in favor of allowing 4-0 with Ed, TJ, Tim, Wayne, and Paul voting to allow)
  • 9/3/2008 Trade – BUF receives K Matt Bryant, SEA receives K Jay Feely and BUF #6
  • 9/3/2008 Trade – PIT receives LE 0-1 Orpheus Roye, SD receives 2008 PIT #10
  • 9/3/2008 Mandatory Cut – due to having one too many (4) QBs NO has cut QB Patrick Ramsey who is available in the upcoming draft
  • 9/3/2008 Mandatory Cut – due to having one too many (4) QBs SD has cut QB Jared Lorenzen who is available in the upcoming draft
  • 9/5/2008 Trade – GB receives LG 5-4 Larry Allen, HOU receives GB #5
  • 9/5/2008 Trade – GB receives WR Bobby Engram, ATL receives GB #4
  • 9/5/2008 Trade – MIN receives RE 4-10 John Abraham and LDT 5-4 Warren Sapp; PIT receives LT 4-4 Marvel Smith, MIN #5, and 2008 MIN #4
  • 9/6/2008 Trade during draft – MIN receives RCB/KR 4 Ellis Hobbs, BAL receives 2008 MIN #2
  • 9/6/2008 Trade during draft – GB receives NO #8, NO receives GB #9 and GB #10 (trade made by Ed since GB needs to fill two PR spots by round 8 and had no other picks after round 1)
  • 9/6/2008 Trade during draft – OAK receives WR/KR Troy Williamson and SF #3, SF receives OAK #3 (a TRC member called for an immediate vote which was 3-1 in favor of allowing the deal:  Paul, TJ, and Tim voted to allow while Wayne voted to disallow; Nelson/OAK was not at the draft but Dennis who was given a detailed list by Nelson indicated that Nelson would definitely want this deal as it addresses one of his two needed KR slots and is only moving down 14 spots in round 3 so he can address other needs plus KR was Nelson’s instructions for the next pick, this was taken into consideration by the TRC)
  • 9/6/2008 Trade during draft – GB receives WR/PR Tim Dwight, BAL receives 2008 GB #8 (trade made by Ed since GB needs to fill two PR spots by round 8 and had only one other pick after round 1)
  • 9/6/2008 Trade during draft – DAL receives SEA #8, SEA receives DAL #9 and DAL #10
  • 9/7/2008 Note – there were a few errors noticed within a day after the draft, see draft page if interested in details
  • 9/7/2008 Trade – SF receives LB Kevin Bentley 4-0, ATL receives 2008 SF #9
  • 9/8/2008 Trade – NYG receives TE Eric Johnson, NYJ receives 2008 NYG #9
  • 9/8/2008 Trade – PIT receives TE Reggie Kelly and FB 5-2 Terrelle Smith, SD receives 2008 PIT #8
  • 9/8/2008 Trade – MIN receives RCB Eric Green 4, DAL receives 2008 MIN #3
  • 9/8/2008 Trade – CHI receives LDT 4-2 Larry Tripplett, DAL receives 2008 CHI #10
  • 9/8/2008 Trade – NO receives C/G 0-0 Alex Stepanovich, CHI receives G/DT 0-0 Lorenzo Alexander (note, this trade involving a new league member was put up for a TRC vote as of 9/8 evening and resolved 9/9 evening in favor of allowing 5-0 with Ed, Wayne, Tim, Paul, and TJ voting to allow)
  • 9/8/2008 Trade – MIN receives HB J.J. Arrington, STL receives 2008 MIN #6
  • 9/9/2008 Trade – BUF receives SS 5 Deon Grant, CHI receives DT 0-4 Damione Lewis and 2008 BUF #4
  • 9/9/2008 Trade disallowed as CHI does not have its #10 due to the Tripplett deal above – CHI receives LT 4-4 Marvel Smith and 2008 PIT #7; PIT receives LT 5-5 Matt Lepsis, 2008 PIT #5, and 2008 CHI #10
  • 9/9/2008 Trade – GB receives LILB 6-5 Ray Lewis, RLB 5-0 Derrick Brooks, and RE 5-4 Mike Rucker; SEA receives LG 0-3 Rob Sims, 2008 GB #2, 2008 GB #3, 2008 GB #4, and 2008 GB #5
  • 9/9/2008 Trade – HOU receives LT 5-7 Jonathan Ogden and 2008 NYG #6, NYG receives 2008 HOU #2
  • 9/9/2008 Trade – TB receives DB 4 Calvin Lowry, SF receives 2008 TB #5
  • 9/9/2008 Cuts – see Draft link in the Supplemental Draft tab for each team’s cuts, these players are all available in the Supplemental Draft except the ones without a card or rating
  • 9/10/2008 Trade – OAK receives FS 4 Marlon McCree, SEA receives LCB 4 Ronald Bartell
  • 9/10/2008 Trade – CHI receives LT 4-4 Marvel Smith and 2008 PIT #7; PIT receives LT 5-5 Matt Lepsis, 2008 PIT #5, and 2008 CHI #9
  • 9/10/2008 Trade – NYJ receives LE 0-5 Matt Roth, BUF receives RB Adrian Peterson (CHI) and 2008 NYJ #6
  • 9/11/2008 Trade – NYJ receives LCB 5 Shawn Springs, SE/LP/KR Nate Burleson, and 2008 SEA #9; SEA receives DB 0 Corey Webster, LP Adam Jennings, 2008 NYJ #3, and 2008 NYJ #7
  • 9/12/2008 Trade – CHI receives NYJ #1 Supplemental Draft pick (2nd pick), NYJ receives 2008 CHI #8 and CHI #1 Supplemental Draft pick (15th pick)
  • 9/16/2008 Trade – GB receives RCB 4 Deshea Townsend and 2008 MIN #5, MIN receives LLB 4-12-3* Joey Porter
  • 9/17/2008 Trade – BUF receives RCB 4 Leigh Bodden, OAK receives C/G 4-4 Andy McCollum
  • 9/17/2008 Trade – ATL receives LG/T 4-4 Milford Brown, TEN receives G/T 0-0 Paul McQuistan and 2008 ATL #4
  • 12/2/2008 Mike/GB has not been returning e-mails, GB has been taken over by Ronald ronald13247@msn.com

 

 

 

Rule changes for the 2007 season (starting in 2008):  1) A team choosing to use the 3-4 defensive card must announce before the season which side their MLB(s) will play LILB or RILB and may not swap unless due to injury, a team choosing to use the 4-3 defensive card must announce before the season which side their NT-only(s) will play LDT or RDT and may not swap unless due to injury, the purpose of this is to avoid swapping left/right at will during a game (unless due to injury), currently a player rated at RILB may not play LILB (unless announced before the season) but there is no such restriction on a MLB and this rule would close that loophole; 2) Remove the tie-breaker clause regarding record against #1 seed; 3) players rated at KR or PR may be cut (optionally) before the rookie/free-agent draft and for any of those players drafted in that draft the cutting team will obtain an additional draft pick at the end of that same round in the following season (to a highest of a 7th round pick) unless the player is drafted by the same team, for example if team AAA cuts LK/PR J.Smith and J.Smith is drafted by any other team in the 7th round of the immediately following draft then team AAA will get an additional pick at the end of round 7 in next season’s draft; 4) punt returners who had fewer than 15 total attempts (punt returns plus fair catches) and are designated by Strat as a #2 PR and have a 5.0 or greater yard average on the card (add up weighted yardage with TD counting as 75 and divide by 36) may not be used as a #1 PR (this affects only 1 player for 2007 and that player is un-owned); 5) use the good run / average pass defensive card (instead of just the good/good card) for the entire season (not including playoffs which are unchanged, the home team uses the good pass defensive card); 6) FS and SS may swap just as LCB/RCB with the same restrictions (e.g., can't swap a FS to SS and a SS to FS in the same season); in other words, you may announce before the season that a FS is becoming a SS or vice-versa – this also modifies the roster requirements so that 1 FS, 1 SS, and 1 S are required; 7) punters, kickers, punt returners and kick returners who are cut during a draft and then picked up later in the same draft provide compensation to the coach who made the cut with the compensation being an additional draft pick at the end of one round lower in the following season’s draft (to a maximum of a 6th round pick for a K or a 7th round pick for P, PR, or KR); 8) the championship game no longer has any home field advantage, both teams will now use the good run defensive card and the average pass defensive card; 9) beginning in the 2008 season (in year 2009) the QB limits will be modified so that under 100 NFL attempts (instead of under 50 as it is now) will not be able to play in a game except due to an injury or blowout.

 

 

 

SOMIFA Career Stats  (updated 2/8/2009) – contains coach records and also individual player career stats

 

 

League Records (thank you Bernie!)

 

 

 

 

League Membership

 

 

Name

SOMIFA Team

E-Mail

AIM Name

Comments

Larry

Atlanta Falcons

lmareeves@comcast.net

Sacdk45

 

Joe

Baltimore Ravens

jrperron7@comcast.net

Perron J and T

 

Ed

Buffalo Bills

brooks@buffalo.edu

Covenant180

 

Brad

Chicago Bears

brad2lane@comcast.net

Brad1Lane

 

Zeb

Dallas Cowboys

zebstrong@yahoo.com

merrymaid14557

 

JJ

Detroit Lions

jjschrems@sbcglobal.net

JJFeo

 

Ronald

Green Bay Packers

ronald13247@msn.com

PackCel

 

Paul

Houston Texans

forbin@prodigy.net

paulm0121

TRC*

Chris

Jacksonville Jaguars

beddickck@yahoo.com

beddickck

 

Kendall

Kansas City Chiefs

kendallkrick@hotmail.com

kendallkrick

 

Bernie

Minnesota Vikings

bernie.overly@comcast.net

BernieYSP

 

Mike

New England Patriots

kuduk@earthlink.net

mkkuduk

 

Dale

New Orleans Saints

marillion9@tds.net

Lextbreds

 

Rene

New York Giants

rkondrat@hotmail.com

rkondrat2003

 

Tom

New York Jets

TCooke@nyc.rr.com

Truth Cast Now

 

Nelson

Oakland Raiders

illinijones@comcast.net

Nibby

 

Bob

Philadelphia Eagles

coltsgiants@yahoo.com

coltsgiants

 

Ron

Pittsburgh Steelers

ronmartin5@yahoo.com

Mindstar2525

 

TJ

San Diego Chargers

nenya@msn.com

wyodiablos

TRC*

Ed

San Francisco 49ers

NFLed@aol.com

NFLed

Commissioner, TRC*

Dennis

Seattle Seahawks

seahawk10@gmail.com

DennisCrowley

 

Wayne

St. Louis Rams

Unruhtw@aol.com

StratRam

TRC*

Tim

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

timboll@sbcglobal.net

DallasLeopard

TRC*

John

Tennessee Titans

jmadden27@yahoo.com

JJMac2x

 

 

 

* 2007 Season Trade Review Committee (TRC) volunteers:  Ed/SF, Tim/TB, Wayne/STL, TJ/SD, and Paul/HOU.

 

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Information for prospective new members:  The league is currently full but you are welcome to join the waiting list.  If you are interested in joining then:

1)     Click on the SOMIFA Constitution link above and view the bulleted items to make sure that this league is a good fit for you

2)     If you have any questions or are interested in joining please feel free to e-mail me at NFLed@aol.com

 

 

* Coaches interested in joining (updated 4/22/2009):  Aaron M. (amathewson@yahoo.com), Nathan (nathanbaylor@hotmail.com), Aaron L. (dutchfarley@yahoo.com), Carl (cbothwell@seasidepaper.net), Scott (packfanmn@mchsi.com), Bob (A2APOLLOS@aol.com), Jay (jvilling@cinci.rr.com), Brad (wolves99@zoominternet.net).

 

* Coach who may be interested in the future (not in any order):  Bowman (bowman.williams@internetincubator.com), Mark (icetea4me@adelphia.net), Jordan (dgolestani@cox.net), Mike (mikehersch23@yahoo.com), Garry (garrymak@aol.com), Barry (rbdavis2@eastex.net), Matthew (mefer1917@yahoo.com).

 

 

Everyone in the league needs to be familiar with the bulleted items in the league Constitution and please make sure that you know the game rules for such things as when show blitz, 3-3-5, and 4-2-5 are allowed and what RB’s are restricted.  Also, make sure that you set the game option to autosave after each play by going into the game, clicking on Game, clicking on Options, and clicking on Auto Save after Each Play to put a check mark there.  And please follow the other rules listed in the Constitution such as fastest animation (or no animation).

 

 

 

 

SEASON 5 -- 2006 Season

 

 

2006 Season Standings    (final including playoffs)    

 

 

2006 Stats Package   (final 2006 season stats)

 

 

 

2006 Season Dates:

 

·        August 15, 2007 – Strat released the cards and the roster sheet and rookie/free-agent list is fully updated

·        August 19, 2007 – preseason begins and trading is allowed

·        September 5, 2007 – cut deadline for any necessary cuts (teams which have too many P, K, PR, or KR), one cut made Hunter Smith by DAL

·        September 8, 2007 from 9:00am PDT finished approximately at 1:40pm PDT – 10 round rookie/free-agent draft

·        September 11, 2007 at 9:00pm PDT – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional up to 3 unrated players

·        September 15, 2007 at 8:00pm PDT – 3 round supplemental draft (optional) with lists from each participant

·        September 20, 2007 at 8:00pm PDT – trade deadline and deadline for announcing 4-3 or 3-4 and any left/right swaps

·        September 28, 2007 – the season has begun! (the season was delayed a few days waiting for the patch released today)

·        October 25, 2007 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the first quarter of the season

·        October 26, 2007 – beginning of the second quarter of the season

·        November 21, 2007 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the second quarter of the season

·        November 21, 2007 – beginning of the third quarter of the season

·        December 19, 2007 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the third quarter of the season

·        December 20, 2007 – beginning of the fourth quarter of the season

·        January 18, 2008 at 10:00pm Pacific Time – deadline for the fourth quarter of the season

·        January 24, 2008 – playoffs round 1 pre-game files sent

·        January 31, 2008 – playoffs round 2 pre-game files sent

·        February 11, 2008 – playoffs round 3 pre-game files sent

·        February 20, 2008 – playoffs final pre-game files sent

·        February 23, 2008 – championship game

 

 

2006 Season League News:

 

  • 6/11/2007 Tim/PHI has indicated that he will not be ordering the next version of the Strat game; team PHI has been taken over by Bob (r.militello@att.net)
  • 8/14/2007 Jeff/SEA has indicated that due to other issues he will not be able to continue in the league; 8/21 the team has been taken over by Ed (brooks@buffalo.edu)
  • 8/19/2007 Trade – GB receives LG 4-5 / C 0-5 Jason Brown, DAL receives LDT 4-7 Corey Williams
  • 8/19/2007 Trade – MIN receives RCB 4 Drayton Florence and SF #5, SF receives MIN #2
  • 8/21/2007 Team name changes will be allowed – there is a 3-day request period starting now in which a coach may request a name change (feel free to e-mail me) to an available current NFL team name and requests will be processed by league membership seniority first; if at any time a name becomes available then there is a 3-day request period after that; the restriction is that a coach may never go through a second team name change for any reason ever (unless his NFL team moves to a different city)
  • 8/22/2007 Trade – NO receives HB 0-5 DeShaun Foster, LDT 5-5 Chartric Darby, C 0-3 Chukky Okobi, and SF #3; SF receives SE 6-6-6 Chad Johnson
  • 8/26/2007 Team Name Change – new league member Ed (who took over what was previously team SEA) has chosen BUF as his team name
  • 8/26/2007 Team Name Change – Dennis who has been the coach of NYJ has changed his team’s name to SEA
  • 8/26/2007 Trade – SEA receives RLB 6-12-6* Julian Peterson, LDT/NT 5-3 Kelly Gregg, and 2007 STL #6; STL receives QB Matt Schaub, RT 0-4 Anthony Clement, SEA #3, and 2007 SEA #2 (for reference, the 2007 draft picks are for the draft occurring Sept 2008)
  • 8/29/2007 Team Name Change – Tom who has been the coach of NO has changed his team’s name to NYJ (team name New Orleans is available)
  • 8/30/2007 Trade – BAL receives RCB 5 Fakhir Brown; ATL receives FS 6 John Lynch (8/31/2007 allowed 5-0 by the TRC with Ed, Joe, Tim, Paul, and TJ voting to allow)
  • 9/2/2007 Trade – NYG receives FL 6-6-5 Hines Ward and LG 5-5 Ruben Brown; JAX receives QB Mark Brunell and RDT 5-7 Fred Robbins
  • 9/3/2007 Trade reported – ATL receives SS 4 Dexter Jackson; SEA receives FS 4 Marlon McCree (9/3/2007 allowed 5-0 by the TRC with Ed, Tim, Joe, TJ, and Paul voting to allow)
  • 9/3/2007 Trade – SF receives SS 5 Chris Hope and TB #4; TB receives SF #1 (23rd overall)
  • 9/3/2007 Trade – PIT receives SS 4 Nick Ferguson; TB receives PIT #5
  • 9/4/2007 Trade – PIT receives LCB 5 Mike McKenzie; TB receives PIT #2, PIT #6, and PIT #8
  • 9/4/2007 Trade – DAL receives P Matt Turk; TB receives LB 0-0 Khary Campbell
  • 9/5/2007 Trade – PIT receives RT 4-4 Zach Wiegert; CHI receives CHI #8
  • 9/6/2007 Trade – STL receives HB/LK J.J. Arrington and STL #7; JAX receives STL #5
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – NYG receives RB Verron Haynes and HB Cedric Houston; NYJ receives NYG #9, NYG #10, and 2007 NYG #7
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – DET receives QB David Garrard and SD #6; SD receives LT 5-4 Bryant McKinnie and DET #1 (7th overall)
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – ATL receives RDT 5-3 Darnell Dockett and GB #1 (9th overall); GB receives ATL #1 (6th overall)
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – TB receives SEA #1 (19th overall); SEA receives SF #1 (23rd overall) and TB #5
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – TB receives HB/LP Kevin Faulk; DAL receives TB #6 and TB #10
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – TB receives RG 6-7 Will Shields and DAL #7; DAL receives PIT #6 and 2007 TB #8 (deal modified later in the day by Tim and Zeb to include the 2007 #8)
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – DAL receives TB #5; SEA receives PIT #6 and TB #6
  • 9/8/2007 Trade initially reported – ATL receives WR/LP/LK 5-4-3 Wes Welker; SEA receives WR/PR/KR 4-4-3 Nate Burleson and ATL #4 (this trade was reported during the draft and Ed had difficulty seeing the fairness of this to new league member Larry/ATL so per procedure Ed notified both that the issue will be looked at and then explained to Larry his reasoning why this appears at first glance to be clearly one-sided in favor of Dennis/SEA as Burleson is a clearly better PR and KR and will also be getting according to his coach Holmgren about 50% of the snaps with the first string in Seattle while Welker is a 3rd WR for New England; Ed asked Larry per procedure whether he would still like to go through with the deal and if so Ed would have brought it up to an immediate TRC vote but then Dennis and Larry agreed to the replacement trade below instead)
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – ATL receives WR/LP/LK 5-4-3 Wes Welker and TB #6; SEA receives WR/PR/KR 4-4-3 Nate Burleson and ATL #4 (this trade was not voted on by the TRC due to time constraints during the draft; however, each member of the TRC indicated that they had no immediate issue with the deal)
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – NYJ receives RG 4-4 Benji Olson; ATL receives NYJ #6
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – SEA receives MLB Ray Lewis 6-7 and 2007 DET #3; DET receives LLB 6-7 Marcus Washington
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – SEA receives RLB 6-0 Derrick Brooks and WR 4-4-4 D.J. Hackett; DAL receives MLB 4-7 Will Witherspoon, RLB 4-0 Nail Diggs, WR 4-3-3 Brandon Lloyd, and 2007 SEA #3
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – PIT receives HB/KR Najeh Davenport; DAL receives PIT #9 and 2007 PIT #7
  • 9/8/2007 Trade – BAL receives RB Sammy Morris and LE 0-9 Chike Okeafor; GB receives QB Kurt Warner
  • 9/9/2007 Trade – MIN receives RE 4-6 Grant Wistrom; STL receives 2007 MIN #8
  • 9/11/2007 Trade – TB receives WR 4-3-2 Brian Gilmore and G/T 0-0 Brad Badger; SEA receives LB 0-0 Khary Campbell and 2007 TB #9
  • 9/12/2007 Trade – MIN receives QB Kurt Warner and FL 5-6-5 Terry Glenn; GB receives QB Brett Favre and FL 5-4-2 Eric Moulds
  • 9/12/2007 Trade – PIT receives LE 6-4 Aaron Smith; NE receives 2007 PIT #3, 2007 PIT #6, 2007 PIT #9, and 2007 PIT #10
  • 9/13/2007 Trade – PIT receives QB Brad Johnson, T 4-0 Willie Colon, RG/C 0-3 Duke Preston, and 2007 SD #10; SD receives QB Brian Griese, DB 0 Roderick Hood, unrated DeQuincy Scott, and 2007 PIT #4
  • 9/14/2007 Trade – GB receives LILB 5-6 James Farrior and ROLB 4-11 Joey Porter; BUF receives LB 0-4 Keith Ellison, unrated Dan Morgan, and 2007 GB #2 (9/15/2007 allowed 5-0 by the TRC with Ed, Tim, Paul, TJ, and Joe voting to allow)
  • 9/14/2007 Trade – SEA receives FB 6-4 Mack Strong, 2007 GB #6, and GB’s supplemental pick #1 (9 overall); GB receives LE 5-2 Anthony Weaver and SEA’s supplemental pick #1 (19 overall)
  • 9/20/2007 Trade – BUF receives HB Shaun Alexander, LT 0-4 D’Brickashaw Ferguson, and 2007 JAX #1; JAX receives HB Steven Jackson and LT 6-5 Walter Jones (9/22/2007 allowed 5-0 by the TRC with Tim, TJ, Ed, Paul, and Joe voting to allow)

 

 

Rule change for the 2006 season (finalized August 2007):  If a team is missing one PR or one KR then an 8th round pick (or earlier) must be used to fill the spot; if two spots are needed then a 7th and an 8th round (or earlier) pick must be used; etc. A coach may choose to take a carded player or be put into the "lottery" below just by announcing PR lottery or KR lottery. No player rated at PR or KR may be taken after round 8 unless there is no-one stuck in that lottery (for example, if there are any coaches in the PR lottery then no player rated at PR may be taken in the draft after the 8th round).  After the draft any PR and KR still not taken (which may be one or two or not even any) will be put into a pool along with enough of the very worst previous season PR and KR cards as needed so that every team will get what they need. Each PR or KR card added to a team will count towards the 53 roster max.  For example, if after round 8 there are two teams which each need one KR and one team which needs two KR then that's 4 KR's needed; if there's 1 KR remaining from the draft then that would mean the 3 worst previous season KR cards would be added into the KR lottery. Then I would determine randomly which team KR spot would be filled with which KR card.

 

 

 

2006 Season Rosters     (final 9/15/2007)

 

 

2006 Season Schedule    (updated 9/19/2007)

 

 

2006 Final League File    (posted 1/22/2008)

 

 

2006 Season Draft    (final 9/15/2007)

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 4 -- 2005 Season

 

 

2005 Season Standings  (including playoffs)

 

 

2005 Season Statistics   (including playoffs)

 

 

SOMIFA Spring League Web Page:  http://www.somiba.com/somifaspring.html

 

 

 

2005 Season Dates:

 

·        August 15, 2006 – Strat released the cards and the roster sheet and rookie/free-agent list was fully updated

·        August 17, 2006 – preseason begins and trading is allowed

·        September 6, 2006 – cut deadline for any necessary cuts (teams which have too many P, K, PR, or KR)

·        September 9, 2006 from 9:00am PDT until approximately 3:00pm PDT – 10 round rookie/free-agent draft

·        September 12, 2006 at 9:00pm PDT – cut deadline for all teams to get down to 53 players plus optional 3 unrated players

·        September 16, 2006 at 9:00pm PDT – 3 round supplemental draft (optional) with lists from each participant

·        September 21, 2006 at 9:00pm PDT – trade deadline and deadline for announcing 4-3 or 3-4 and any left/right swaps

·        September 25, 2006 – the season has begun

·        October 22, 2006 at 9:00pm PDT – end of the first quarter, start of the second quarter

·        November 19, 2006 at 9:00pm PST – end of the second quarter, start of the third quarter

·        December 17, 2006 at 9:00pm PST – end of the third quarter, start of the fourth quarter

·        January 14, 2007 at 9:00pm PST – end of the regular season

·        January 16, 2007 – start of round 1 of the playoffs

·        January 24, 2007 – start of round 2 of the playoffs

·        January 29, 2007 – start of round 3 of the playoffs

·        February 10, 2007 – championship game played

 

 

Rule changes for the 2005 season (finalized August 2006):  1) In the rookie/free-agent draft each team must have a kicker by the end of round 5 and a punter by the end of round 6, 2) each season each team may retain on their Injured Reserve (IR) list up to 3 additional players who do not have current cards or ratings although no player may be on IR for more than two consecutive seasons, 3) supplemental draft will be 3 rounds and picks may be traded (same as last year but need to add to Constitution), 4) 3-3-5 will be allowed 1st or 2nd down with 16+ yards to go for a first down or 1st or 2nd down and goal from the 16+ yard line and the 4-2-5 (as well as the 3-4 formation for 4-3 teams) will have the same restrictions as the 3-3-5, 5) teams will be assigned 0-0 backups as needed to fill out injury backup positions for depth charts, 6) trades involving next year draft picks are allowed (as long as each team has at all times at least either one first round draft pick, two second round draft picks, or a second and a third round draft pick for next season’s draft), 7) even if a team has a kicker then they may draft a kicker as long as they immediately cut a kicker and that kicker will become immediately available in the current draft (until the end of round 5), 8) even if a team has a punter then they may draft a punter as long as they immediately cut a punter and that punter will become immediately available in the current draft (until the end of round 6), and 9) FB's will be treated the same as HB's and RB's regarding usage limits, the additional situations in which FB's may run the ball will be removed.

 

 

2005 Season League News:

 

  • 8/11/2006:  Neil has changed his team name from GB to IND (this is Neil’s first full year)
  • 8/13/2006:  Mike has changes his team name from WAS to GB (this is Mike’s first full year)
  • 8/17/2006:  Trade – MIN receives QB Steve McNair and RCB 4 Deshea Townsend; NO receives MIN #1 (10th pick) and MIN #5
  • 8/17/2006:  Trade (8/20 TRC voted not to disallow 3-3 with Tim, TJ, and Ron voting to allow and Ed, Wayne, and JT voting to disallow) – NYJ receives C 6-4 Tom Nalen; MIN receives C/G 4-0/0-0 Steve McKinney and RLB 4-0 Robert Thomas
  • 8/18/2006:  Trade – OAK receives LCB 6 Ty Law, HB Chester Taylor, SE 5-6-6 Joey Galloway, and JAX #1 (6th pick); JAX receives LE 5-12 Michael Strahan, RLB 5-0 Lavar Arrington, OAK #1 (14th pick), OAK #4, and PHI #8
  • 8/18/2006:  Trade – JAX receives LDT 5-0 Chris Hovan; NO receives JAX #4
  • 8/18/2006:  Trade – JAX receives C/T 4-2 Jamar Nesbit; MIN receives RG 4-2 Adam Timmerman
  • 8/18/2006:  Trade – JAX receives DT 4-9 Rocky Bernard; TB receives JAX #3
  • 8/18/2006:  Trade – JAX receives QB Kelly Holcomb; TB receives JAX #6
  • 8/18/2006:  Trade (approved 8/20 by TRC 6-0 Ed, Tim, Wayne, JT, TJ, and Ron) – GB receives QB Drew Bledsoe; MIN receives RB Kevan Barlow and GB #3
  • 8/20/2006:  Trade disallowed (a vote was called for by Ed; disallowed 8/21 by TRC 3-1 with Wayne, Tim, and Ed voting to disallow and Ron voting to allow while TJ is out of town, when he returned TJ voted to disallow; to summarize the majority opinion two 3rd round picks is worth much much more than a 37 year old 6 DT with a low pass rush rating and the deal would have been clearly one-sided) – OAK receives LDT 6-3 Keith Traylor; CHI receives OAK #3 and 2006 OAK #3; 8/22 at Brad/CHI’s request a re-vote was called based upon information about Traylor e-mailed by Brad and 8/22 Ed, Tim, and Wayne kept their vote the same to disallow the deal
  • 8/20/2006:  Trade – TB receives FS 4 Brent Alexander and OLB/ILB 4-0/0-0 Chad Brown; JAX receives TB #6 and TB #8
  • 8/21/2006:  Trade (a vote was called for 8/21 by Wayne, approved 8/22 by TRC 5-0 Ron, Ed, Tim, Joe, and Wayne; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow; please note that Wayne and Tim received their cards or an exact quote of T.Jones’ card on 8/22 evening) – DET receives HB Thomas Jones; NO receives RT 5-2 Robert Gallery and DET #1 (#15)
  • 8/21/2006:  Trade – TB receives QB Byron Leftwich; HOU receives LT 5-7 Chad Clifton and TB’s 2006-season #1
  • 8/21/2006:  Trade (approved 8/22 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Wayne, Tim, and Ron; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – NYJ receives K Matt Bryant; GB receives unrated WR Todd Pinkston
  • 8/21/2006:  Trade (approved 8/22 by TRC 4-0 Wayne, Tim, Ed, and Ron; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – GB receives SS 4 Deke Cooper and RG 4-4 Marco Rivera; MIN receives LG 5-3 Joe Andruzzi, LCB/PR/KR 0 R.W.McQuarters, and PHI #6
  • 8/21/2006:  JT has decided that due to the restrictions on trades being allowed (such as the Traylor issue above) he is resigning the league, I will find a replacement asap (e-mail sent to Nelson 8/21)
  • 8/22/2006:  Nelson illinijones@insightbb.com has taken over team OAK
  • 8/22/2006:  Trade (approved 8/24 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Ron, Wayne, and Joe; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – NYJ receives DB 0 Coy Wire; TB receives unrated CB Duane Starks
  • 8/22/2006:  Ed realized that due to a bad mistake of his memory Joe/KC was not being included in any TRC discussions/votes, going forward Joe will be included
  • 8/23/2006:  Trade – PIT receives LDT 6-3 Keith Traylor; CHI receives PIT #4 and PIT’s 2006-season #7
  • 8/24/2006:  Trade (approved 8/24 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Wayne, Joe, and Ron; TJ is on vacation) – DAL receives RE 4-12-1* Simeon Rice, LT 5-2 Kevin Shaffer, and TB #2; TB receives MLB 6-4 Jeremiah Trotter and DAL #6
  • 8/24/2006:  Trade (approved 8/24 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Joe, Wayne, and Ron; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – NYJ receives C 0-0 Cory Raymer; TB receives OL unrated Makeo Freitas
  • 8/24/2006:  Trade (approved 8/26 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Tim, Joe, and Wayne; Ron didn’t vote and TJ is on vacation) – NYJ receives HB Tiki Barber, G 0-0 Brad Badger, ILB 0-0 Orlando Ruff, and NYG #10; NYG receives RDT/DE 5-5 Kevin Williams, NYJ #1 (#17), and uncarded WR Ronald Curry
  • 8/24/2006:  Trade (approved 8/26 by TRC 3-1 with Tim, Joe, and Ron voting to allow and Wayne voting to disallow) – NYJ receives RDE 4-1 Marques Douglas, DB 0 Idrees Bashir, RCB 0 Kenny Wright, SF #10, and either DT 0-0 Dwan Edwards or DT 0-0 Junior Siavii; SF receives NYJ’s 2006-season #5; the choice of Edwards or Siavii is to be made by SF immediately (seconds) prior to the cut deadline on 9/12; 9/12 update SF selects to send Junior Siavii to NYJ as completion of this deal
  • 8/25/2006:  Trade – PIT receives LT 0-5 Damien McIntosh and NO’s 2006-season #8; NO receives PIT’s 2006-season #4
  • 8/25/2006:  Trade (approved 8/26 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Tim, Wayne, and Joe; Ron didn’t vote and TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – NYJ receives T 0-0 Anthony Clement; SEA receives C 0-0 Austin King
  • 8/26/2006:  Trade (approved 8/26 by TRC 5-0 Ed, Wayne, Tim, Ron, and Joe; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – NYJ receives RDE 5-8 Mike Rucker and DAL’s 2006-season #10; DAL receives NYJ’s 2006-season #2
  • 8/26/2006:  Trade (approved 8/26 by TRC 5-0 Ed, Wayne, Tim, Ron, and Joe; TJ is on vacation, when he returned TJ voted to allow) – NYJ receives RCB 5 Samari Rolle; DAL receives LCB 5 Patrick Surtain
  • 8/26/2006:  Trade (approved 8/29 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Wayne, Joe, and TJ) – NYJ receives FL 4-4-4 Brandon Lloyd and LB 0-3 Raonall Smith; TB receives FL/LP 4-4-3 Antonio Chatman and FB 6-7 Jim Finn
  • 8/27/2006:  Trade – JAX receives RT 5-5 John Runyan, STL #5, STL #10, and STL’s 2006-season #7; STL receives OAK #4, JAX #5, and JAX’s 2006-season #3
  • 8/27/2006:  Trade (approved 8/29 by TRC 5-0 Ed, TJ, Joe, Wayne, and Tim) – NYJ receives FS 4 Dexter Jackson; PHI receives unrated LB Barrett Green and NYJ #7
  • 8/29/2006:  Trade (approved 8/30 by TRC 5-0 Ed, Tim, Joe, TJ, and Wayne) – NYJ receives RG 0-4 Ron Stone; BAL receives C 0-3 Adam Treu
  • 9/1/2006:  Trade (approved 9/2 by TRC 5-0 Wayne, Tim, Joe, TJ, and Ron) – SF receives RLB 4-0 James Davis; GB receives SF #6
  • 9/1/2006:  Trade – ATL receives LT 4-7 Brad Hopkins; SD receives ATL #4 and ATL #5
  • 9/2/2006:  Trade (approved 9/3 by TRC 4-0 Ed, Joe, Tim, and TJ) – NYJ receives MLB 4-5 Sam Cowart; STL receives RB Anthony Thomas
  • 9/3/2006:  Trade – SEA receives C 4-4 Jeff Mitchell and TEN #8; TEN receives SEA #4
  • 9/4/2006:  Trade disallowed (disallowed 9/5 by TRC 4-2 with Wayne, Tim, Ed, and Joe voting to disallow and TJ and Ron voting to allow; to summarize the majority opinion, as a WR with a good card 4-5-5 with a high 15.3 average who was a very high NFL draft pick 7th overall just two years ago and is solidly DET’s #1 WR Roy Williams is worth 15-20 pick of the first round which makes the 49th pick of the draft a clearly one-sided trade) – BAL receives SE 4-5-5 Roy Williams; GB receives BAL #3
  • 9/6/2006:  Trade – PHI receives PIT #1 (#11); PIT receives PHI #2, PHI #3, and PHI’s 2006-season #2
  • 9/7/2006:  Mandatory cut – KC due to having an extra kicker cuts K John Hall who is added immediately into the rookie/free-agent pool
  • 9/8/2006:  Trade – PIT receives RCB 5 Sam Madison and CHI’s 2006-season #8; CHI receives PHI #3 and PIT’s 2006-season #3
  • 9/8/2006:  Trade (approved 9/8 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Joe, Tim, Wayne, and TJ voting to allow) – NO receives WR 4-4-3 Reggie Williams and BAL #2; BAL receives DET #1 (#15)
  • 9/8/2006:  Trade (approved 9/8 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Joe, Tim, Wayne, and TJ voting to allow) – OAK receives DT 5-3 Jeff Zgonina and ATL #8; ATL receives NE #4; note that Zgonina was a 5-3 in the preview but actually is a 4-3, this was not found by Ed until 9/22 who notified OAK at that time
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade – TEN receives RDE 5-7 Bertrand Berry; DET receives LCB 5 Brian Kelly
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade during the draft – KC receives OAK #1 (#14) JAX receives KC #1 (#23), KC #3, and KC #5
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade during the draft (approved in 2 minutes by TRC 4-0 with Ed, Joe, TJ, and Wayne voting to allow)– JAX receives OAK #2; OAK receives KC #3 and CHI #4
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade during the draft (approved in 2 minutes by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Wayne, TJ, Joe, and Tim voting) – TEN receives DAL #8; DAL receives TEN #9 and TEN #10
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade during the draft – PHI receives NYG #8; NYJ receives PHI #9 and PHI #10
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade – NO receives LCB 4 Charles Tillman; KC receives RCB 4 David Macklin and NO #10
  • 9/9/2006:  Trade disallowed (disallowed 9/11 by TRC 5-0 with Wayne, Joe, Ron, Ed, and TJ voting to disallow; Tim abstained due to a potential conflict of interest with his having offered a trade for Webster; and TJ has not yet responded; to summarize the majority opinion Webster is a 4-rated CB starting on a good defense and is not very old at 29 years old and therefore has decent value while Pass has a poor running card with a very high fumble chance and is a 0-rated blocker at FB so the card has little value plus he has a serious injury and is on PUP and thus Pass has little value overall, thus the TRC has decided that the deal is clearly one-sided) – NYJ receives RCB 4 Jason Webster and DAL #7; DAL receives FB Patrick Pass and DAL #10
  • 9/10/2006:  Trade (approved 9/11 by TRC 4-0 with Ed, Wayne, Joe, and TJ voting to allow) – TB receives DE 0-6 Al Wallace and RG 0-4 Ron Stone; NYJ receives LB 0-0 Na’il Diggs and WR/KR 4-3-4 Edell Shepherd
  • 9/11/2006:  Trade (approved 9/11 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Joe, Wayne, Tim, and TJ voting to allow) – NO receives DE 4-1 Marco Coleman; DAL receives LB 0-0 Grant Irons
  • 9/11/2006:  Trade (approved 9/11 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Joe, Wayne, Tim, and TJ voting to allow) – DAL receives DT 4-5 Larry Tripplett; NYJ receives NT 5-2 Anthony Adams
  • 9/11/2006:  Trade disallowed (disallowed 9/12 by TRC 4-1 with Wayne, Tim, Ed, and Joe voting to disallow and TJ later voting to allow; to summarize the TRC view Rattay is a viable backup QB who is still fairly young and his NFL career passing stats are approximately NFL average and he is fairly likely to get a shot against at QB’ing a team, in other words he has value beyond just being a roster filler; Mike Green on the other hand is barely worth the last spot on a roster as he was not at all a success in Chicago and is just hanging onto a spot in Seattle) – NYJ receives QB Tim Rattay; OAK receives DB 0 Mike Green
  • 9/12/2006:  Trade (approved within 2 hours 9/12 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Joe, Tim, TJ, and Wayne voting to allow) – NYJ receives NT 5-0 Jason Fisk; BAL receives RDT 4-2 Tim Anderson
  • 9/12/2006:  Trade disallowed (disallowed 9/13 by TRC 6-0 with Ed, Ron, TJ, Tim, Wayne, and Joe voting to disallow; to summarize the TRC view Rattay is a viable backup QB who is still fairly young and his NFL career passing stats are approximately NFL average and he is fairly likely to get a shot against at QB’ing a team, in other words he has value beyond just being a roster filler; Kenny Wright on the other hand is barely worth the last spot on a roster as he is a career 0 who failed in his shot at starting in Jacksonville and now is just a 29 year old nickel back and the 10th round pick is worth very little) – NYJ receives QB Tim Rattay; OAK receives RCB 0 Kenny Wright and NYJ #10
  • 9/13/2006:  Trade (9/14 Tim called for a vote on this deal; approved 9/15 by TRC with Ed, Wayne, and Joe voting to allow and Tim and TJ voting to disallow; there was a large majority agreement that Phillips is worth a 4th or perhaps a 3rd  round pick but the majority felt that the deal was not “clearly one-sided”) – JAX receives SS 4 Jermaine Phillips; CHI receives JAX #2
  • 9/13/2006:  Trade – TEN receives RLB 0-5 Mark Brown; TB receives TEN #10
  • 9/13/2006:  Trade (approved 9/14 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, TJ, Joe, Wayne, and Tim voting) – NYG receives DT 4-2 Fred Robbins; NYJ receives CB 4 Aaron Glenn and NYG #8
  • 9/15/2006:  Trade (approved within 1 hour by TRC 6-0 with Ed, Joe, Wayne, TJ, Tim, and Ron voting to allow) – TEN receives LLB 4-3 Brandon Short; IND receives TEN #6
  • 9/16/2006:  Trade (approved within 2 hours by TRC 6-0 with Ed, Tim, Wayne, Joe, Ron, and TJ voting to allow) – CHI receives RCB 4 Jason Webster; DAL receives FB 4-3 Jerald Sowell and CHI #5
  • 9/17/2006:  Trade (approved 9/18 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Joe, Wayne, Tim, and TJ voting) – DAL receives FB 0-4 Patrick Pass; NYJ receives DB 0 Terry Cousin and DAL #8
  • 9/17/2006:  Trade (approved 9/18 by TRC 4-0 with Ed, Joe, Wayne, Tim, and TJ voting) – TEN receives DB 0 Aaron Francisco; GB receives DB 0 Mike Logan and TEN #7
  • 9/19/2006:  Trade – TEN receives MLB 4-7 Tommy Polley and NO #9; NO receives LE 4-5 Darrion Scott
  • 9/21/2006:  Trade (approved 9/22 by TRC 5-0 with Ed, Wayne, TJ, Tim, and Joe voting) – BAL receives RE 4-1 Marques Douglas and NYJ #6; NYJ receives LE 4-9 Jevon Kearse and BAL #10
  • 9/21/2006:  Trade – NE receives SS 4 Mike Doss and HOU #9; HOU receives LB 0-0 Chase Blackburn and NE #4
  • 12/4/2006:  Team ATL – Larry lmareeves@comcast.net has taken over team ATL as Johnny has indicated that he will not be continuing in the league

 

 

 

2005 Season Final Rosters   (updated 10/7)

 

2005 Season Schedule  (posted 8/5/2006)

 

2005 Season Final Draft Results   (updated 9/16)

 

 

 

 

SEASON 3 -- 2004 Season

 

 

2004 Season Standings  (updated with every result including the playoffs)

 

2004 Season Statistics  (updated with every result including the playoffs, very large download 3MB)

 

 

2004 Season Dates:

 

  • “Late August”/2005 – Strat ships the 2004 cards – completed 8/22
  • Unknown – Strat releases information on the new features for version 5, slight discussion of impact of new features and rules (if any); once the cards have shipped and v5 features and rules (if any) are announced then trading season will be open – completed 8/23
  • Small cutdown date for teams with excess at a few positions – completed 9/7
  • Rookie/Free-Agent Draft – Saturday 9/10 starting at 9:00am Pacific Time – completed 9/10
  • Cutdown to 53 players – Tuesday evening 9/13 at 9:00pm Pacific Time – completed 9/13
  • Supplemental Draft via lists – Friday evening 9/16 starting at 9:00pm Pacific Time – completed 9/16
  • Trade deadline for 2004 season – 9/18 at 10:00am PDT – completed 9/18
  • Deadline for 4-3 or 3-4 choice and left/right swaps – 9/24 at 10:00am PDT – completed 9/24
  • Start of season – approximately 9/24 – completed 9/24
  • End of the first quarter Sunday 10/23 at 9:00pm PST – completed 10/23
  • End of the second quarter Sunday 11/20 at 10:00pm PST – completed 11/20
  • End of the third quarter Sunday 12/18 at 10:00pm PST – completed 12/18
  • End of the fourth quarter Sunday 1/22 at 9:00pm PST – completed 1/24
  • Start of the playoffs round 1 1/25 – completed 1/28
  • Start of the playoffs round 2 1/28 – completed 2/2
  • Start of the playoffs round 3 2/2 – completed 2/9
  • 2004 SOMIFA Championship Game – completed 2/13

 

2004 Season League News:

 

  • 7/31/2005:  Rick of ARI has indicated that he will not be able to continue participation in the league
  • 8/4/2005:  Tim leopard138@comcast.net has accepted an offer to join the league and has taken over team ARI (renaming it to Tampa Bay)
  • 8/15/2005:  Brian of JAX has indicated that he will not be able to continue participation in the league; an offer has been made to someone on the waiting list
  • 8/23/2005:  League-wide e-mail sent requesting status of membership in the league, once status is received then that coach is eligible to make trades
  • 8/23/2005:  Trade -- TB receives QB Kerry Collins; PHI receives TB’s 2004 season 3rd round pick
  • 8/23/2005:  Trade -- WAS receives RCB 4 D.McCutcheon, LCB 4 E.Warfield, and STL’s 2004 season 10th round pick; STL receives RLB 4-4 J.Ulbrich, FS 4 J.Wilson, and WAS’s 2004 season 8th round pick
  • 8/23/2005:  Trade – DAL receives LG 6-4 S.Hutchinson and TB’s 2004 season 7th round pick; TB receives C/RG 5-5 D.Woody and DAL’s 2004 season 5th round pick
  • 8/25/2005:  Trade – HOU receives SE/LP 4-4-4 Eric Parker; TB receives FS 4 Chris Hope
  • 8/26/2005:  Trade – NYJ receives RLB 4-4 Mark Simoneau; SD receives C 4-3 Shaun O’Hara
  • 8/27/2005:  Trade – OAK receives RLB 5-3 Brian Simmons, LG 4-4 Chris Dishman, and HOU’s 2004 season 3rd round pick; HOU receives LG 6-5 Larry Allen and OAK’s 2004 season 6th round pick
  • 8/28/2005:  Trade – NYG receives RLB 4-5 Junior Seau; NO receives NYG’s 2004 season 6th round pick
  • 8/28/2005:  Trade – WAS receives SS 5 Robert Griffith; MIN receives LCB 4 Eric Warfield
  • 8/28/2005:  Trade – TB receives SS 4 Kim Herring and SD’s 2004 season 10th round pick; SD receives DAL’s 2004 season 5th round pick
  • 8/28/2005:  Trade – TB receives LDT 5-2 Cedric Woodard; SD receives RT 4-2 Matt Willig and TB’s 2004 season 5th round pick
  • 8/29/2005:  Trade – CHI receives NT 5-0 Keith Traylor; NO receives RCB 4 David Macklin and CHI’s 2004 season 9th round pick
  • 8/29/2005:  Trade – ATL receives RLB 6-9 Keith Bulluck; OAK receives LCB 6 Charles Woodson, RE 0-11 Bryce Fisher, and ATL’s 2004 season 2nd round pick
  • 8/29/2005:  Trade – MIN receives LT 5-5 Marvel Smith, TEN’s 2004 season 5th round and 10th round picks; TEN receives MIN’s 2004 season 1st round (17th pick) and 5th round picks
  • 8/31/2005:  Chris beddick@comcast.net has accepted an offer to join the league and has taken over team JAX
  • 8/31/2005:  Trade – ATL receives LG 6-5 Brian Waters; GB receives RT 6-3 Kareem McKenzie and ATL’s 2004 season 6th round pick
  • 8/31/2005:  Trade not allowed – JAX receives P Bryan Barker; SD receives JAX’s 2004 season 7th round pick – 9/1 the TRC has voted 3-1 to disallow this trade indicating that with Barker 41 years old and not on a team he is clearly not worth the first pick of the 7th round considering another punter would need to be drafted next season (with Ron, JT, and Wayne voting to disallow; Ed voting to allow; Brad abstaining)
  • 9/1/2005:  Trade not allowed – KC receives QB Drew Bledsoe and MIN’s 2004 season 4th round pick; MIN receives KC’s 2004 season 4th round pick and KC’s 2004 season 5th round pick – 9/4 the TRC has voted 3-2 to disallow this trade indicating that a 5th round pick for a stable (not in competition for his job) starting QB is not at all close enough to equal value even for veteran coaches (with Ron, Wayne, and TJ voting to disallow; JT and Ed voting to allow)
  • 9/1/2005:  Trade -- PIT receives LT 0-5 Derrick Deese; MIN receives G 0-3 Jamar Nesbit
  • 9/5/2005:  Trade – JAX receives SF’s 2004 season 5th round pick and SF’s 2004 season 10th round pick; SF receives JAX’s 2004 season 6th round pick and JAX’s 2004 season 10th round pick
  • 9/5/2005:  Trade – SEA receives QB Billy Volek, NYJ’s 2004 season 2nd round pick, and NYJ’s 2004 season 3rd round pick; NYJ receives RB Ahman Green and LLB 5-5 Pisa Tinoisamoa
  • 9/6/2005:  Trade – NYG receives unrated OL Rich Seubert and TB’s 2004 season 2nd round pick; TB receives NYG’s 2004 season 2nd round pick and NYG’s 2004 season 5th round pick
  • 9/7/2005:  Trade – NO receives FS 4 Jerome Woods; CHI receives NO’s 2004 season 6th round pick
  • 9/7/2005:  Trade – NO receives FB 5-3 Moran Norris; KC receives LG 4-3 Chris Liwienski
  • 9/8/2005:  Trade – NYJ receives LILB 5-3 Ted Johnson and PHI’s 2004 season 1st round pick (#5); PHI receives NYJ’s 2004 season 1st round pick (#3)
  • 9/9/2005:  Trade – JAX receives TE 6 Kyle Brady and SD’s 2004 season 5th round pick; SD receives JAX’s 2004 season 4th round pick
  • 9/9/2005:  Trade – NYJ receives LT 6-7 Orlando Pace, JAX’s 2004 season 2nd round pick, and SD’s 2004 season 5th round pick; JAX receives NYJ’s 2004 season 1st round pick (#5), NYJ’s 2004 season 4th round pick, and NYJ’s 2004 season 6th round pick (one member of the TRC called for a vote on this trade and 9-10 before the draft the trade was allowed 5-0 with Ed, JT, Ron, Brad, and Wayne voting to allow)
  • 9/9/2005:  Trade – SD receives HB 4-5 Tyrone Wheatley; JAX receives RT 0-3 Scott Gragg
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – TB receives TB’s 2004 season 3rd round pick and PHI’s 2004 season 5th round pick; PHI receives NYG’s 2004 season 2nd round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – OAK receives LDT 5-2 Cedric Woodard; TB receives OAK’s 2005 season 5th round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – OAK receives NYJ’s 2005 season 2nd round pick; NYJ receives HOU’s 2004 season 3rd round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – NO receives TB’s 2004 season 4th round pick and TB’s 2004 season 6th round pick; TB receives NO’s 2004 season 3rd round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – SEA receives FS 4 Brent Alexander; GB receives SEA’s 2004 season 6th round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – SEA receives PR/KR Jermaine Lewis; SF receives OAK’s 2004 season 7th round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – PHI receives SE Amani Toomer; JAX receives LE 4-9 David Bowens
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – PHI receives OAK’s 2004 season 8th round pick; OAK receives PHI’s 2005 season 8th round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – NO receives PIT’s 2004 season 9th round pick; PIT receives CHI’s 2004 season 9th round pick and NO’s 2005 season 10th round pick
  • 9/10/2005:  Trade – SD receives PIT’s 2004 season 10th round pick; PIT receives SD’s 2004 season supplemental 2nd round pick
  • 9/11/2005:  Trade – JAX receives RT 4-4 Kenyatta Walker and FS 4 Brent Alexander; SEA receives FS 4 Erik Coleman
  • 9/12/2005:  Trade – SD receives TE 5 Reggie Kelly; PIT receives DB/KR 0 Roderick Hood
  • 9/12/2005:  Trade – MIN receives RT 4-4 Stockar McDougle; SF receives MIN’s 2005 season 3rd round pick (one member of the TRC called for a vote on this trade and 9-14 the trade was allowed 4-1 with TJ, JT, Ron, and Brad voting to allow and Wayne voting to disallow)
  • 9/12/2005:  Trade – NYJ receives RLB 5-6 Will Weatherspoon; NE receives LLB 5-5 Pisa Tinoisamoa and NYJ’s 2005 season 4th round pick (one member of the TRC called for a vote on this trade and 9-13 the trade was allowed 4-1 with Ed, JT, Ron, and Brad voting to allow and Wayne voting to disallow)
  • 9/13/2005:  Trade – OAK receives LE 5-4 Renaldo Wynn and NE’s 2005 season 4th round pick; NE receives RE 0-11 Bryce Fisher and OAK’s 2005 season 6th round pick
  • 9/13/2005:  Trade – PHI receives LOLB 4-4 Ben Leber, C 0-5 Al Johnson, and WAS’s 2005 season 5th round pick; WAS receives LLB 5-2 Dhani Jones and PHI’s 2005 season 6th round pick
  • 9/13/2005:  Trade – PHI receives QB Shaun King and MLB 4-5 Rob Morris; NO receives PHI’s 2005 season 4th round pick
  • 9/13/2005:  Trade – PIT receives SS 5 Michael Boulware; NE receives RCB 5 Gary Baxter, PIT’s 2005 season 3rd round pick, and PIT’s 2005 season 5th round pick
  • 9/15/2005:  Trade – PIT receives RT 4-3 Orlando Brown; MIN receives P (no card) Dan Stryzinski and PIT’s 2005 season 6th, 8th, and 10th round picks
  • 9/15/2005:  Trade – SEA receives WR Johnny Morton; ATL receives FS 4 Will Demps
  • 9/16/2005:  Trade – NYJ receives QB Matt Schaub and SF’s 2005 season 7th round pick; SF receives QB Chad Hutchinson and NYJ’s 2005 season 3rd round pick
  • 9/18/2005:  Trade not allowed – OAK receives LLB 5-4 Pisa Tinoisamoa and WR Ricky Proehl; NE receives RLB 5-3 Brian Simmons and WR Wayne Chrebet (one member of the TRC called for a vote on this trade and 9-19 the trade was disallowed 4-1 with TJ, Ed, Wayne, and Ron voting to disallow and Brad voting to allow)
  • 9/18/2005:  Trade – JAX receives LLB 5-4 Carlos Emmons and CHI’s 2005 season 4th round pick; CHI receives DE no rating Phillip Daniels and JAX’s 2005 season 2nd round pick
  • 10/4/2005:  Corrected an error on the roster sheet listing SD as a 4-3 team, SD is actually using a 3-4 defensive card and is a 3-4 team
  • 10/8/2005:  Mike/NE has changed his e-mail address from kuduk@earthlink.net to mkuduk@bellsouth.net but then on 10/10 changed it back to kuduk@earthlink.net
  • 10/15/2005:  Brian/WAS has indicated that just as with last year he has been unable to connect the game to ATL and with his schedule this week (the deadline is 10/23) will be unable to make multiple attempts to try again to connect for this game and has asked for a replacement coach for this game, Tommy stepped in and took over WAS for this game
  • 10/25/2005:  Brian/WAS has indicated that he has become too busy to fulfill league commitments, Tommy leafs93@swbell.net is the new owner of WAS
  • 10/27/2005:  Due to Hurricane Wilma Jeff/SEA was unable to play games for awhile but Jeff is back and ready to play his 6 remaining first and second quarter games
  • 10/31/2005:  Vinny/GB has indicated that he has become too busy to fulfill league commitments, Neil neilshannon1@comcast.net is the new owner of GB
  • 11/1/2005:  Chris/JAX has changed his e-mail address to beddick@wpa.net
  • 11/3/2005:  Tim/TB has changed his e-mail address to timboll@sbcglobal.net
  • 11/18/2005:  Joe/NYJ has changed his e-mail address to zeroburn1@verizon.net
  • 12/15/2005:  Bill/BAL has indicated that a change in work schedule has forced him to quit the league, Joe jrperron7@comcast.net is the new owner of BAL
  • 1/1/2006:  Vic/DAL has indicated that due to his changing schedule he is no longer able to continue in the league; Zeb zebstrong@yahoo.com is the new owner of DAL
  • 1/12/2006:  Joe/NYJ has left the league due to personal issues; Dennis seahawk10@gmail.com is the new owner of NYJ
  • 1/14/2006:  Brad/CHI has changed his e-mail address from Brad1Lane@cs.com to brad2lane@comcast.net
  • 1/22/2006:  Tommy/WAS has indicated at the deadline and with one game remaining that he no longer has time to be in the league; Mike mjp6269@yahoo.com is the new owner of WAS
  • 1/24/2006:  Larry lmareeves@comcast.net took over team SD for the SD-KC game, thank you Larry

 

 

2004 Season Rosters  (final update 9/24/2005)

 

2004 Season Schedule  (posted 9/17/2005)

 

2004 Season Draft    (updated 9/17/2005 with both draft results)

 

 

 

 

 

SEASON 2 -- 2003 Season

 

 

2003 Season Final Standings  (updated with playoff results)

 

        2003 Season Final Statistics  (updated with playoff boxscores, huge file 3MB)

 

 

 

2003 Season Dates:

 

  • “Early August”/2004 – Strat ships the 2003 cards – completed 8/10
  • Unknown – Strat releases information on the new features for version 4, slight discussion of impact of new features and rules (if any); once the cards have shipped and v4 features and rules (if any) are announced then trading season will be open – completed 8/12
  • New coach team names finalized – completed 8/13 (further new coaches may pick from available team names)
  • 8/24 -- each participant’s draft order will be determined via lottery (see below) – completed 8/24
  • 8/29 -- the draft list’s order (used by un-owned teams) will be finalized; the draft will begin immediately via e-mail so that hopefully the first couple of rounds will be completed before the live draft – completed 8/28
  • Sunday September 5 and Monday September 6 (Labor Day) starting at 9:00am PDT – the live portion of the expansion draft for new league members will be held on these two dates (lasting approximately 4-7 hours per session) – completed 9/6
  • “Early-mid September” – Strat releases version 4 of the computer game – completed 9/10
  • September 11 starting at 9:00am PDT – rookie/free-agent draft (10 rounds) – completed 9/11
  • September 13 at 10:00pm PDT – mandatory cut-down to 50 players – completed 9/13
  • September 17 at 10:00pm PDT – Supplemental Draft (from e-mailed lists, draft is not live) -- completed 9/17
  • Approximately September 19 – schedule will be completed -- completed 9/18
  • Wednesday, September 22nd at 9:00pm PDT – trading deadline, no trades are allowed after this – completed 9/22
  • Thursday, September 23rd at 9:00pm PDT – deadline for announcing player swaps (left/right) and choosing 3-4 or 4-3 defensive card – completed 9/23
  • 9/24 early evening PDT – start of season! – completed 9/24/04
  • 10/24 10:00pm PDT – deadline for all four completed first quarter game results to be sent – completed 10/24/04
  • 11/21 10:00pm PDT – deadline for all four completed second quarter game results to be sent – completed 11/21/04
  • 12/29 10:00pm PDT – deadline for all four completed third quarter game results to be sent – completed 12/29/04
  • 1/30/05 10:00pm PDT – deadline for all four completed fourth quarter game results to be sent – completed 1/30/05
  • 1/31/05 9:30pm PDT – mini-playoff – completed 2/8/05
  • 2/8/05 – playoff round 1 – completed 2/16/05
  • 2/16/05 – playoff round 2 – completed 2/25/05
  • 2/25/05 – playoff round 3 – completed 3/5/05
  • 3/2/05 – championship game – completed 3/8/05

 

 

2003 Season League News:

 

  • 8/23/2004 Trade:  HOU receives Brian Simmons 5-4 RLB, OAK receives Mike Peterson 5-3 MLB
  • 8/29 Trade:  DAL receives Aaron Kampman 4-2 LE and OAK #6, OAK receives John Wade 4-7 C
  • 9/3 Trade:  STL receives SF #1 (pick #5) and SF #5, SF receives STL #1 (pick #2)
  • 9/3 Trade:  CHI receives Pete Kendall 5-5 C, STL receives CHI #4
  • 9/11 Trade (reported 9/10):  DET receives MIN #1 (pick #10) and MIN #4; MIN receives DET #2 (pick #27 overall), DET #3, and DET #5 – trade was approved by TRC 4 (Wayne, TJ, Ron, and JT) to 2 (Ed and Brad)
  • 9/17 Trade (reported 9/16):  MIN receives Greg Favors 5-0 LLB, CHI receives Todd McClure 4-4 C – trade was approved by TRC 5-0 (Ron, JT, Wayne, TJ, and Ed)
  • 9/17 Trade (reported 9/16):  OAK receives Keith Bulluck 6-5 RLB, SEA #3, and SEA #5; SEA receives Joey Porter 5-9 ROLB, OAK #1, and OAK #7 – trade was approved by TRC 4 (Ron, JT, Wayne, and Ed) to 1 (TJ)
  • 9/19 Trade (reported 9/17):  OAK receives Romen Oben LT 0-7, NO receives Jason Bell DB 0 and OAK #3 – trade was approved by TRC 4-0 (Brad, TJ, Ed, and Wayne) (trade had not yet been approved by the 9/17 Supplemental Draft but the vote was already a lock at 3-0 and so was implemented before the draft with NO being allowed to cut Bell for that draft)
  • 9/19 Trade:  ATL receives Cornelius Griffin 4-2 LDT and Justin Gage WR, ARI receives FS Nick Ferguson 5 and Solomon Page RT/G 0-4
  • 9/22 Trade too late:  a trade was reported at 10:12pm PDT on 9/22 between OAK and NE but since it was after the 9:00pm PDT deadline the trade has been disallowed by a TRC vote of 3 (Wayne, Ed, and Brad) to 1(TJ) all of whom felt that the deadline was communicated clearly enough; however, the trade may still be made between OAK and NE to become effective beginning with game 5 (after the first quarter of the season) if both teams agree and the TRC approves
  • 10/15 Trade (goes into effect beginning with game 5):  MIN receives QB Brett Favre, PIT receives QB Brian Griese and MIN #3 – trade was approved by TRC 4 (Brad, TJ, JT, and Ed) to 1 (Wayne) approximately 30 minutes before NFL games began on 10/17
  • 12/11 News:  Jamie of NYJ has had continuing issues and is no longer in the league; Joe (machine@intelliwave.com) has taken over team NYJ, welcome Joe!!  Joe will have the option next preseason to keep the team permanently or to permanently take over a different team (determined at random) if other teams are available at that time
  • 12/18 News:  Jamie of PHI lost interest in playing games and has left the league; Tim (foresha1997@adelphia.net ) has taken over team PHI, welcome Tim!!  Tim will have the option next preseason to keep the team permanently or to permanently take over a different team (determined at random) if other teams are available at that time

 

 

 

2003 Season Rosters  (updated 10/15/2004)

 

        2003 Season Schedule  (posted 9/18/2004)

 

 

2003 Season Expansion Draft  (completed 9/6/2004)

 

2003 Season Rookie/Free-Agent Draft  (completed 9/11/2004)

                                                including Supplemental Draft 9/17

 

 

 

2003 Season Expansion Lottery Draft Order Determination

 

We will use the Massachusetts Lottery http://www.masslottery.com/ and we will use the Mega Ball of the Big Game Mega Millions on Tuesday 8/24.  This is a number from 1-52 which will be listed for 8/24.

 

Late 8/20 evening I randomly assigned via dice roll to each of the 12 new league members a letter A-L.  Each letter will represent a range of numbers in this mega ball as follows:

 

Letter A = 1-4 = KC/Joe

Letter B = 5-8 = BAL/Bill

Letter C = 9-12 = SEA/Jeff

Letter D = 13-16 = NYJ/Jamie

Letter E = 17-20 = GB/Vinny

Letter F = 21-24 = WAS/Brian

Letter G = 25-28 = MIN/Bernie

Letter H = 29-32 = JAX/Brian

Letter I = 33-36 = NE/Mike

Letter J = 37-40 = TEN/John

Letter K = 41-44 = NO/Tom

Letter L = 45-48 = PHI/Jamie

 

If the Mega Ball number for that day is within one of these ranges then the person with that letter gets the first pick in odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft.  If the mega ball bonus is not within one of these ranges (i.e. it's 49-52) then we will instead use the Mass Millions Bonus Number from 8/23 and we will not at all use the Mega Ball Bonus Number whatsoever.

 

The person with the letter which contains a number closest to the Mega Ball Number will receive the second pick of odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft.  The third pick will be determined by the letter containing a number second-closest to the Mega Ball Number, and so on.

The letters A and L will roll over to each other in each direction so that, for example, if the Mega Ball Number is 2 then A gets the first pick, L gets the second pick, B gets the third pick, K gets the fourth pick, and so on.  In this way those who get more "extreme" letters such as A, B, K, and L will not be at a disadvantage and there will be no letters with any advantage.

 

Here are further examples:

 

* Mega Ball Number = 47 means odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft = LAKBJCIDHEGF

 

* Mega Ball Number = 22 means odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft = FEGDHCIBJAKL

 

* Mega Ball Number = 50 means we don't use it at all and we use the 8/23 Mass Millions Bonus Number instead; Mass Millions Bonus Number = 35 means odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft = IJHKGLFAEBDC

 

Even numbered rounds of the rookie/free-agent draft will proceed with the same order (for new league members who will all draft approximately in the middle of each round) as odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft.  Even numbered rounds of the expansion draft and odd numbered rounds of the rookie/free-agent draft will proceed in reverse order of odd numbered rounds of the expansion draft.

In other words, the expansion draft is serpentine as is the rookie/free-agent draft.  The person getting the last pick in the first round of the expansion draft will get the first pick of the second round as well as the highest pick (of expansion teams) in the first round of the rookie/free-agent draft.

 

If someone decides not to participate in the draft after all then his draft spot will be given to the next person joining the league.  If there is a spot open by the time of the draft then an un-owned team will draft for that team and will draft at the end of each expansion draft round.

If there are two or more spots open when someone new wants to join then that person(s) will be given one of these open draft order spots at random.  For example, if the person with letters B, E, and J drop out before the draft and I'm able to find two others to take their place then those two others will take two of B, E, and J while the third spot will be drafted by an un-owned team at the bottom of each round.

 

Result:  The mega ball was a 46 which meant LKAJBICHDGEF which means 1) PHI/Jamie, 2) NO/Tom, 3) KC/Joe, 4) TEN/John, 5) BAL/Bill, 6) NE/Mike, 7) SEA/Jeff, 8) JAX/Brian, 9) NYJ/Jamie, 10) MIN/Bernie, 11) GB/Vinny, 12) WAS/Brian

 

 

 

 

SEASON 1 -- 2002 Season

 

Our inaugural season was great as we did not have one of the four game result deadlines pass with any games outstanding.  Great job everyone!

 

Here were first season league timetables:

 

·        8/20/2003 beginning of time for league applications to be accepted

·        8/27 posted final Excel spreadsheet draft list

·        8/27 league membership was finalized

·        8/30 at 8:00am Pacific Daylight Time the first 13 rounds of the draft occurred via internet chat room with all league members drafting live

·        8/30 through 9/5 the defensive/penalty card draft and rounds 14 and 15 were held via e-mail

·        9/5 at 7:00pm Pacific Daylight Time rounds 16-26 of the live draft occurred

·        9/8 through 9/10 the groupings draft occurred with each coach drafting one group of 21 players

·        9/14 before the NFL games begin the supplemental draft occurred

·        9/17 was the trade deadline for before the season begins

·        9/19 The season has begun

·        10/19 The first quarter of the season is over and everyone has played 4 games

·        10/19 The second quarter of the season has begun

·        11/12 The second quarter of the season is over and everyone has played 8 games (the deadline was scheduled for 11/16)

·        11/13 The third quarter of the season has begun

·        12/11 The third quarter of the season is over and everyone has played 12 games (the deadline was scheduled for 12/14)

·        12/11 The fourth quarter of the season has begun

·        1/10 The season is over and everyone has played 16 games (the deadline was scheduled for 1/10)

·        1/11 The playoffs began

·        1/24 The championship game was played

 

10/3/2003 Trade:  SD trades RB/KR N.Davenport to DAL for WR J.Jurevicius.  Standard procedure in year one is to vote on whether the trade should be allowed as outlined in the Constitution.  Ed, Rick, and Paul voted to allow this trade while Wayne voted to disallow the trade (with all other league members not casting a vote).  The trade went into effect after game 4.

 

The following Draft List spreadsheet contains a list of every single player rated or given a card by Strat in the 2002 season.  Each player’s rating and card info is indicated as is each player’s 2003 NFL status (such as DENstarterLG, information as of 8/27/2003), age, and ratings from last year.

 

The following three files are combined into a single zip file:

 

2002 SOMIFA Inaugural Draft

 

2002 Inaugural Draft List

 

2002 Inaugural Draft Leftovers

 

 

The first worksheet of the draft list – labelled “All” -- contains a list of 624 players (24 teams multiplied by 26 picks) in order of how unowned teams drafted.  The 6 other worksheets of the spreadsheet contain all players eligible in the draft sorted by position.

 

 

2002 SOMIFA Final Stats and Standings (including playoffs)

 

 

2002 SOMIFA Rosters (in zip format)

 

 

The following is a brief history of my Strat-O-Matic experiences which may help you see that this league is in for the long term.  I’m 40 years old and began playing Strat baseball in about 1980.  I was in a Strat baseball league from about 1981 through 1991.

 

I began playing Strat football in 1986 and joined a league almost immediately.  This league was and still is a draft keeper league called Oops (its web page was at http://home.earthlink.net/~byrens/oops.htm until the web page creator left the league in 2002) and the league is now in something like its 31st season.  In 1996 I left the area of the league and had to reluctantly leave the league (I stayed in the league an extra full season by flying to the league’s area and playing a bunch of games over three weekends but that was way too tiring).  If you’re in the Southern California area I recommend checking out the Oops league.

 

I began playing Strat basketball (board game) I think in the late 80’s and played season replays on the computer game in the early 90’s.  In approximately 1995 I joined a start-up league and helped shape some of the initial rules and then when the next year the Commissioner left the league I took over and the league has grown to 15+ members and always looking for more.  The league web page is at http://www.somiba.com and if you’re interested in that league let me know.