1996 Week 11 Results

Week 11

Talbot 70 Best 38 F
Stroupe 49 Outlaw 37 F
Wallace 44 Mosakowski 38 F
Jackson 59 Gates 25 F
Barry 46 Czupryna 40 F
Ricker 38 Deitrich 25 F
Jones-Klingman 49 Peil 38 (?)

Important information

Some important information as we hit the home stretch for the playoffs:

Update Your Default Line ups Week 11 brought us many trades. Please update your default line ups with Calvin.
Check Your scores and Points With the trades and adds and drops, points can somehow get "lost" on the spreadsheet. PLease make sure that the weekly scores listed on your team pages matches the result for each week.
Week 14 Party Week 14 and therefore our traditional playoff party, falls during Thanksgiving weekend. Of course, many of us will be out of town. Which of the following works better for you:

Monday party on week 14. Week 14's Monday night game is San Fran v Atlanta. We could meet at a sports bar. (We did this in 93)
Have party week 15 or 16 at either someone's house or in a sports bar with satellite games.

Out of the Office I'll be out of the office w/o NOV 11 and some of the following week on business. Please send me your results and thoughts on party plans to my work id. Thanks.

He's Back...Talbot Blasts into Third

A few weeks ago the buzzards were circling. The lowest weekly score since 1993 and then the trade - Jackson picking from the carcus the top player in league, Terry Allen. However, thanks to a 70-38 win over fading BEST, Talbot is in third - possibly closing in on some money for the fifth straight year. The 70 points - even more than he had in the amazing week 16 upset of undefeated Deitrich last year - is a personal high. This week he was led by the players that came over in the Allen Trade, Minnesota QBs and Jake Reed, Talbot cracked it open during "garbage time" in the MIN/SEA game. Brad Johnson, MIN's back up QB outscored Best's Johnsons (he has four - three started) 17-15.

Don't Forget Stroupe

Stroupe has won 4 of 5, the latest was a 49-37 win over Outlaw. SD QBs - a thrown in the early season Marshall Faulk deal - threw three TDs allowing Stroupe take over fourth place. Of the four 6-5 teams, only Stroupe has a chance to claim a bye due to a win over Jackson in week 5.

Wallace shuffles team, clinches bye

Wallace, playing the first of back to back games against former roommates, held off Mosakowski 44-38. Wallace made some trades. Jax Qbs went to BUD for Cris Carter and Irving Fryar and Jimmy Smith went to Stroupe for James "Little Man" Stewart. The lineup shakeup cost him a chance to crack 500 points for the season, but Wallace has clinched a bye.

Barry hits CZ where it hurts

Czupryna's loss to Barry 46-40 was painful because Barry has New England QBs and Ben Coates. CZ has not fared well this year when facing players from his favorite team. Barry is beginning to look like that team that emerges from the back of the pack to make some playoff noise. Along with his usual potent lineup, Barry has emerging talent on his bench like Chris Calloway and Fred Barnett.

Jackson sets honor roll record

Jackson 59-25 win over games was his fourth straight honor roll game. No one had ever strung more than three in a row, including BUD in 95 and BEST in 94. The Baltimore QBs are primarily responsible. They have been averaging 20 points a game since Calvin acquired them four weeks ago.

Ricker making late bid to escape cellar

Ricker, who has the equivalent of two starting sets of running backs on his team, has won again. This despite another big game from a backfield bench warmer, this time Harold Green. However starters Adrian Murrell, Thurman Thomas and Jamal Anderson all turned in productive days to help Ricker to end his six game slide with a 38-25 win over Deitrich. BUD recent acquired Jacksonville Qbs as another option to the mediocre trio of PIT, IND and KC. Jax did fine this week with 14 points, but the rest of Bud's team, Mickens and Pickens and company haven't been in the endzone since week 9.

Jones/Klingman over Peil

No confirmation, but rumor is this did happen...

TW  LW  Team        W L T  PF   PA  Next Spread Tiebreakers
 1   1 WALLACE        9    2    0  494  328 OUT  12.4 JK,CJ,BUD,STP,TAL,BR,CZ,GTS,MOS
 2   2 JACKSON        8    3    0  479  401 JK   11.6 MOS,BR,BST,BUD,TAL,BAR,DP,GTS
 3   8 TALBOT         6    5    0  391  358 CZ   -1.5 STP,BR,BUD,JK,MOS,BST
 4   9 STROUPE        6    5    0  425  435 BR   12.6 BAR,CJ,DP,GTS,BST,OUT
 5   3 BEST           6    5    0  453  363 BUD  10.7 MOS,GTS,CZ,BR,BAR,DP
 6   4 MOSAKOWSKI     6    5    0  385  387 BAR  -7.5 GTS,OUT,JK,DP,BR,BUD
 7   5 GATES          5    5    1  343  422 DP   -5.1 BR,BUD,JK,OUT,BAR
 8   6 OUTLAW         5    5    1  358  383 WAL   -12 BST,JK,CZ,BUD,TAL
 9   7 CZUPRYNA       5    5    1  407  440 TAL  1.45 STP,JK,MOS,CJ,DP
10  12 BARRY          5    6    0  468  457 MOS  7.55 WAL,TAL,OUT,BR,CZ
11  11 DEITRICH       4    7    0  335  403 BST   -11 DP,STP.BAR,JK
12  13 JONES/KLINGMAN  4    7    0  351  340 CJ    -12 BST,BR,STP,DP
13  10 PEIL           3    7    1  399  396 GTS  5.09 BAR,WAL,TAL
14  14 RICKER         3    8    0  286  461 STP   -13 CZ,OUT,BUD