Well the first holiday of the holiday season has passed and the
ol' commish is wiped out from the considerable cooking and eating
that I did over the long weekend. Generally I'd ask if there is
anything more blissful than watching football on the Thanksgiving
but this year both games were truly horrendous.
I mean that Detroit game took FOREEEEEVER to complete. I could
cook my turkey to that game...
1. Set oven to 400 degrees
2. Insert Turkey
3. Remove at the 2 minute warning
Please do not make football as difficult to watch on television
as baseball. The reason I have become a bigger football fan than
I ever was at baseball is because the game is fun to watch on
TV. If I have to stay up to midnight or beyond to listen to Dennis
Miller rant n rave then I just am not that interested.
I think that is the general malaise that I am going through right
now. The holiday's are upon us and basketball has started so it's
a little more difficult to keep the interest level up right now.
But for those of you headed to the play-offs you need to find
that burst of energy that will keep you tuned in and zoned right
on the cutting edge of the football season. I would guess that
for most leagues this is the last week of the regular season.
I know in most all of the leagues I participate in that is the
case. The play-offs are curse for some. If you have a really powerful
team then you will consider your season a failure if you don't
win the play-offs. If your team barely made the play-offs and
you lose early then you're really just ruining your draft order
for next season. On the other hand if you win the play-offs then
it was a great year.
I know there are leagues that don't even have a monetary pay-off
and if the league members are cool with that then fine. But I
spend a lot of money on the league and I want to have a chance
to win it back at the end of the year.
Here are some ideas that your league can use to liven things up
and make sure everyone is around till the bitter end.
- Let everyone in the play-offs
One of the leagues that I am in let's everybody in the play-offs,
this is the first year I have participated in this league so
the jury is still out for me. The theory is good though. No
matter how bad your team is you still have a chance to win the
big money at the end of the year. I guarantee everybody turns
in a line-up.
- Have a toilet bowl tourney
This is the way most of the leagues I participate in handle
it. The top 4, 5, 6, or 7 teams get in the main tourney while
everyone else fights it out in the toilet bowl. The winner of
the toilet bowl gets his or her entry fee back and a middle
of the draft draft pick in the dynasty/keeper version of the
tournament. In one league the winner also gets a toilet seat
with the names of all of the previous winners.
- Pay-out for more than the winner
If the entry fee is great enough, then do what one of my leagues
does. Have a high point bonus… the highest score of the week
wins $15. You can also pay for the best overall record, highest
total points, division winners and booby prizes like worst team
lowest scores and so forth.
- Give a trophy
In the leagues I run we provide two trophies to the overall
tourney champion. One for the champion to keep (a miniature
Heisman type trophy) and a traveling plaque that has the names
of all of the previous winners etched upon it.
These are just a few things you can do as a commissioner to keep
the interest strong all season long.
Here is this week's recipe.
| S O M E S O R T
O F C A K E |
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A box of chocolate cake mix |
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A small (4 1/2-cup serving size)
box of instant chocolate pudding |
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1/4 cup oil |
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1/4 cup water |
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1/2 cup sour cream |
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4 eggs |
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12 oz. chocolate,
semi sweet chips |
| DIRECTIONS:
Mix ingredients, in order. Pour into greased Bundt pan.
Cook at 350 for 55 minutes. Cool 15 minutes and remove
from pan. Believe me, frosting is not necessary with
this cake. |
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| C O M M I S H ' S R
E C O R D |
| LEAGUE |
TYPE |
RECORD |
| CCL |
Dynasty |
2-11 |
| Madison FFL |
Keeper |
5-7-1 |
| Hoosier FFL |
Re-draft performance |
6-7 |
| CBS Sportsline |
Re-draft yardage |
9-3-1 |
| Grote FFL |
Idiot performance
league |
9-3 |
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