1992 Week 17 Results

THIS  WEEK IN THE BRFL    Final Edition
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ECzupryna Denied a RepeatF
 Its Ricker in a Rout! 41-3

Brian Ricker might complain that he had it too easy this year. He wasn't
challenged in his division, (his nearest competitor was 5-9 Outlaw) and he
had an easy playoff win over Talbot. Steve Czupryna on the other hand,
had it a lot tougher. He came from an awesome divsion where the LAST place guy
8-6 (Calvin Jackson - who beat Czupryna twice!) and he had to score over 50 points
to survive his playoff game over Best.  Conventional wisdom tells us that
the stronger, more battle tested Czupryna should roll to his second consecutive
BRFL Super Bowl win.

If that is what you think, wake up, this the BRFL - Fantasy Football. Emmitt
Smith and Thurman Thomas were not playing their final week of the season knowing
that a couple IBM'ers in North Carolina could pocket a little extra Christmas
cash based on how they did.  Being battle tested and having playoff experience
means very little in the BRFL. What does matter is what guys in the final week
of the NFL season have something to play for whether it be playoff slots, home
field advantage, individual statistics or pride.

But indulging the fantasy...Steve Czupyrna had a league record two year run of
of 25-7.  He was the first champion to ever make the playoffs the following year.
That was the good news, the bad news was that Brian Ricker wom the most lopsided
Super Bowl in BRFL history and Steve Czupryna set a 1992 season low for points
with 3.  Ricker's guys were hungrier in week 17 and as usual, he never broke a sweat.

 Playoff Recap
ECzupryna 57 Best 49F
Two pair beat one pair in a high stakes shootout on a Monday night that decided
a Super Bowl berth and who was REALLY champion in the Wild Wild West. It was
Steve Czupryna's Dallas duo of Jay Novachek and Alvin Harper who defeated
Tom Best's Atlanta Andre Rison combo. 57 and 49 were the second and third highest
playoff scores in league history.  In league history (587 games to date) a
score of 49 or higher has only resulted in a losing score one other time
(Witkin 57, Shelley 51 1989.) and tie once (Jackson 52 Stroupe 52 1990).

ERicker 33 Talbot 10F
Is this a familiar scenario: a guy scores 50 something one week and then
faces Ricker in the playoffs only gets production from his kicker. It happened
here too. BRFL MVP Emmitt Smith sealed it with 13 points on Monday night.

EBest 59 Wallace 21F
Three times in five weeks Tom Best defeated Bob Wallace. 53-9, 44-33 and the
59-21 Wildcard win. 59 points is a league playoff record. Atlanta's Wade
Wilson threw five touchdowns to lead the way.


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STANDINGS          Overall      Points      Division    What if I had made the finals...
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EAST               W   L   T    PF    PA    W   L   T
X-Talbot           7   7   1   469   387    2   3   1   Ricker 41 - Talbot 14.  Morton and Carrier
Stroupe            6   6   2   392   412    4   1   1   Ricker 41 - Stroupe 28. Barrys: only 8 points.
Jones/Klingman     6   7   1   339   404    2   3   1   Ricker 41 - J/K 26. New Orleans d 9, Culver
Berger/Browell     4   8   2   368   445    2   3   1   Ricker 41 - B/B 18. Houston and Okoye

CENTRAL            W   L   T    PF    PA    W   L   T
X-Ricker          12   4   0   543   368    5   1   0   **** League Champion ****
Outlaw             5   9   0   380   404    5   1   0   Ricker 41 Outlaw 27. Fenner 12, Philly 12
Peil               4   9   1   368   494    2   4   0   Ricker 41 Peil 31. Piel's 2nd string 19 points
Bratcher           2  12   0   347   477    0   6   0   Ricker 41 Bratcher 24. Elway, Butts and Bell

WEST               W   L   T    PF    PA    W   L   T
X-Czupryna        11   5   0   545   451    3   3   0   Ricker 41 Cz 3. (9 if he played Prichard)
y-Best            10   6   0   659   521    3   3   0   Best 50 Ricker 41, KC d, Atl QB, 3 tds each.
y-Wallace          9   5   1   494   527    3   3   0   Ricker 41 Wallace 25 Vikes (finally) 19.
Jackson            8   6   0   430   379    3   3   0   Jackson 44 Ricker 41. Montana hits right guys

X=Division titlist  Y=Wild Card                        (Maximum lineup points assumed)
-------------------------------------------------- Box Scores ---------------------------------------------------------
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                                          Super Bowl
                                  Ricker 41          Czupryna 3
                                ---------------     --------------
                                Kansas City QB 12   Dallas    Qb  0
                                E Smith      B  7   T Thomas   B  0
                                L. White     B  0   Hilliard   B  0
                                C Williams   R  6   Novacek    R  0
                                Fryar        R  0   Harper     R  0
                                Duper        R  0   Givins     R  0
                                Styoanovich  K 10   Christie   K  3
                                Dallas       D  6   Minnesota  D  0

                            Divisional Round                                                 Wild card
 Czupryna 57        Best 49               Ricker 33          Talbot 10              Best 59          Wallace 21
--------------    --------------        ---------------     --------------        --------------   ---------------
Dallas    Qb 18   Atlanta  Qb 12        Kansas City QB  6   Buffalo   Qb  0       Atlanta  Qb 30   Minnesota   QB  0
T Thomas   B 13   Cobb      B  6        E Smith      B 13   Rathman    B  0       Cobb      B  6   T Allen      B  6
Hilliard   B  0   Bernstine B  0        L. White     B  1   Craig      B  0       Clayton   R  0   Walker       B  7
Novacek    R  6   Rison     R  6        C Williams   R  6   Irvin      R  0       Rison     R  6   Hampton      B  0
Harper     R  6   Sharpe    R 13        Fryar        R  0   Carrier    R  0       Sharpe    R  6   Rice         R  0
Givins     R  6   Slaughter R  0        Duper        R  0   K Jackson  R  0       Slaughter R  0   Clark        R  0
Christie   K  8   Reviez    K  6        Stoyanovich  K  7   Andersen   K 10       Reviez    K  5   Cofer        K  8
Minnesota  D  0   KansasCty D  6        Dallas       D  0   Atlanta    D  0       KansasCty D  6   Buffalo      D  0

----------------------------------------------  LEADERS ----------------------------------------------------------------
The statistics below are based on the full season. All players/teams were credited as having "played" in NFL weeks 15-17
unless they were not started by a owner participating in a playoff.
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BACKS                      QBs                             RECEIVERS                    DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
E Smith, RICKER     124**  San Francisco, JACKSON   198**  St Sharpe, BEST      87**    Kansas City, BEST    68**
T Allen, WALLACE     94**  Atlanta, BEST            192    J Rice, WALLACE      70**    New Orleans, JONES/K 39
R Hampton, WALLACE   87*   Houston, BERGER/BROWELL  174*   A Rison, BEST        69*     Dallas, RICKER       37
T Thomas, CZUPRYNA   82    Philadelphia, OUTLAW     151    E Givins, CZUPRYNA   61*     Philadelphia, PIEL   36*
B Foster, STROUPE    78**  Buffalo, TALBOT          144    M Irvin, TALBOT      49      Detroit, JACKSON     33
R Watters, BEST      69*   Miami, JONES/KLING       138    H Jeffires, STROUPE  55      Minnesota, CZUPRYNA  33
B Sanders, STROUPE   68    Dallas, CZUPRYNA         114    M Haynes, PEIL       56      Pittsburgh, BRATCHER 23
H Walker, WALLACE    65    Minnesota, WALLACE       102    M Duper, RICKER      43      Houston,  STROUPE    23
C Gary, JONES/KLING  64*                                   C Carter, TALBOT     37      Washington, CZUPRYNA 25
R Cobb, BEST         58                                    K Jackson, TALBOT    30      Atlanta, TALBOT      21
L White, Ricker      54
N Anderson, OUTLAW   54
M Higgs, PEIL        44

KICKERS                           TOP GAME PERFORMERS:                        TEAM GAME PERFORMANCE:
P Stoyanovich, RICKER    127**
C Lohmiller, JACKSON     123*     Backs: 25, Thomas, CZUPRYNA, wk 1        Scores 50 points or more    Scores less than 10 points
M Andersen, TALBOT       119      Receivers: 21,  Irvin, TALBOT, wk 3        76  Best, wk 4              3  Czupryna, Super Bowl
S Christie, CZUPRYNA     118      QBs:   30, Houston, BERGER/BROWELL, wk 6   65  Czupryna, wk 1          6  Peil, wk 8
N Lowery, PEIL           106             30, Atlanta, BEST, wk 15            64  Wallace, wk 7           8  Talbot wk 6
J Hanson, BRATCHER        98      Kickers: 16,  Lohmiller, JACKSON, wk 8     59  Wallace, wk 4           8  Stroupe, wk 10
M Cofer, WALLACE          88                    Andersen, TALBOT, wk 14      59  Talbot, Wk 14           8  Bratcher, wk 11
R Ruzek, STROUPE          85      D/ST:   20, Detroit, JACKSON, wk 2         59  Best, wk 15             9  Berger/Browell, wk 5
J Jaeger, OUTLAW          72                                                 57  Best, wk 5              9  Talbot, wk 11
D Treadwell, BEST         60                                                 57  Ricker, wk 8            9  Wallace, wk 11
                                                                             57  Czupryna, wk 16
                                                                             56  Talbot, wk 10
"All BRFL" performers are awarded Squares at the party.                      53  Best, wk 11
** = First team - (Final team to be decided                                  52  Best, wk 7
* = second team - after week 14 results are in)                              51  Stroupe, wk 13
                                                                             50  Jackson, wk 2
--------------------------------- PREVIOUS SUPERBOWLS ---------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Winning QB
1986 Ron "Rio" Ostroff 26  Calvin Jackson 24 - Marino, Miami
1987 Calvin Jackson 29  Bill Sass 19 - Marino, Miami
1988 Dave Harris 32  Tom Best 19 - Esiason, Cincinnati
1989 Burt Gravellesse 48  Dave Bratcher 47- Montana, San Francisco
1990 Tim Stroupe 27 Dave Bratcher 22 - Indianapolis QBs
1991 Steve Czupryna 45 Bob Wallace 38 - San Francisco QBs
1992 Brian Ricker 41  Steve Czupryna 3 - Kansas City QBs





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