Just over five years ago I rolled out my home grown blogging engine here on Brutal Deluxe with a WYSIWYG editor to make posting of news stories and podcasts easy for everyone.  That worked reasonably well over the years, but the BrutalDeluxe.us website went through a few redesigns since then and the CSS had become broken.  I was in the middle of another redesign, in which I scrapped, and decided to not only redesign the website but to fix the WYSIWYG editor that I implemented within my home grown blogging engine.  While I am not completely finished with some of the design, including a new logo, and I have some more upgrading to do to the PHP powering the website, I thought I would let everyone know about the updates that are becoming quite visible.

The CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, that tell your web browser how to layout everything you see here, including the text had become very ugly over the past couple years.  I was not happy with the appearance of the blog posts announcing the latest podcasts and Alex had run into some odd behavior over the last year.  So I set about cleaning up the design so that the posts looked more professional and the site looked cleaner.  The last redesign of Brutal Deluxe was minimalist, mainly because the prior design was no longer working for us.  I wanted a website that looked less minimalist and more current.  I think this new design pulls that off and hope that the owners, listeners and readers feel the same way.  

The big change that only the owners will notice, as they are the only ones that get to use this feature, is the update of the WYSIWYG editor.  I had integrated the FCKeditor back in 2005 into my Buff blogging engine and I have been using  it with some updates since then.  In 2009 a group of folks created the CKeditor, based off the FCKeditor and they made it OpenSource, which technically I do not think the FCKeditor was.  The CKeditor is more modern and updated more regularly for the current browsers.  I purposefully reduced the number of features available to those doing posts so that only the features that were actually used are visible.  Also the spell checker within the CKeditor works!  

The other area that I have been tweaking is the list of BDFL champions, which you can navigate to from the navigation menu along the top.  The previous listing just had the logo from the team and the team owner.  I thought it would be more interesting to include the outcome of the game, including the MVP of the championship game.  I intend to spruce up the page a little more by possibly including logos for each of the Brutal Bowls.  This season we will be playing Brutal Bowl IX, which means next season will be our tenth!  I will have to see if I can come up with something special for our tenth season, suggestions are welcome and we have an entire year to think of something.  Look around the website and see if you notice anything not working properly.  

According to Rotoworld:

Police in Charlotte have confirmed that Chris Henry died Thursday morning.

Henry was on life support since reportedly falling out of the back of a pickup truck following a domestic dispute with his fiancee on Wednesday afternoon. Henry, 26, had a string of arrests but had recently turned his life around after getting a second chance from the Bengals. Coach Marvin Lewis is scheduled to address the media at 11 a.m. ET. Our condolences go out to Henry's family and the Bengals.

 Ricky Williams edged out Wes Welker as the top BDFL player in Week 11.  Willams rushed for 119 yards and 2 TDs, and logged 2 catches for 19 yards and a TD.

(AP Sportswire - Middletown, PA) - The Middletown Brewers announced during their recent impending defeat that they will be donning throwback uniforms for the remainder of the season.  Following back to back Mid-Penn championships in 2007 and 2008 the Brewers changed their uniforms and the letter on their helmet. Ever since S.U.C.M.A. Gamecocks owner Kurt Stambaugh forced the Brewers franchise from playing a partial schedule in Hanover and owner Scott Buffington changed the name from the Hanover Hellions to the Middletown Brewers, the Brewers had donned blue and burnt orange uniforms with the letter B on their helmets, (pictured in the prior linked article).  This season the Brewers donned new black and purple uniforms with the letter M and a football slashing across the helmet, the team has struggled the entire season except when playing the Calorie Outlets.  But it is not the old blue and burnt orange the Brewers will be sporting the remainder of the season.

"I take partial blame for this season, while I have had some inconsistency the crux of the problem was a poor draft", said Buffington.  Buffington unveiled the throwback uniforms of the Hanover Hellions, the crimson red, white and black that was amongst the most feared in BDFL history.  "We had a proud history as the Hanover Hellions and we are hoping to awaken the ghosts of old for a little help the rest of the season", added Buffington.  The Hellions were Mid-Penn division champs and Brutal conference champions in 2005, losing to the Steel Curtainites in Brutal Bowl IV.  

Buffington vowed to deck out the entire stadium in Hanover Hellion colors and logos for the remainder of the season and no doubt this will anger S.U.C.M.A. Gamecock owner Kurt Stambaugh who found the Hellion team name to be offensive.  Hannover Doppelganger owner Andrew Bolin was pretty excited saying, "I was the Hellions biggest fan and while I was tempted, I never parted with my Hellion Devil Horned Hat!"  Bolin never really wears any gear for his current team whose name has changed more often than Apollo Creed's nicknames.

After a bout of strep throat, Scott is ready to talk NFL Draft 2009 with me tonight.  Our first preseason podcast of the 2009 season should be published by Wednesday.  Fire up those podcatchers! 

No promises to update this list in the future, but this list addresses most of the big trades and free agent moves.  I focus on fantasy football positions, but at the bottom of the free agent list are notable Offensive Line and Defensive free agents, no kickers.

Trades:
QB Sage Rosenfels - Minnesota Vikings
QB Jay Cutler - Chicago Bears
TE Kellen Winslow - Tampa Bay Bucs
TE Tony Gonzalez - Atlanta

Free Agents:
Note that the final two columns of each line is first the players 2008 team followed by the team who signed the player for 2009.  Some players still remain unsigned for the 2009 season, so you will see only one team listed.

 Pos  Name Type 2008 Team Signed Team
QB   Kurt Warner UFA Arizona Arizona
QB   Matt Cassel Fran.New England Kansas City
QB   Kerry Collins UFA Tennessee Tennessee
QB   Jeff Garcia UFA State Tampa Bay Oakland
QB   J.T. O'Sullivan UFA San Francisco Cincinnati
QB   Damon Huard UFA Kansas City San Francisco
QB   Chris Simms UFA Tennessee Denver
QB   J.P. Losman UFA Buffalo 
QB   Byron Leftwich UFA Pittsburgh Tampa Bay
QB   Gus Frerotte UFA Minnesota 
QB   Joey Harrington UFA Atlanta New Orleans
QB   Kyle Boller UFA Baltimore St. Louis
QB   Rex Grossman UFA Chicago 
QB   Dan Orlovsky UFA Detroit Houston
QB   Trent Green UFA St. Louis 
QB   Quinn Gray UFA  Indianapolis 
QB   Todd Bouman UFA Jacksonville Baltimore
QB   Brad Johnson UFA Dallas 
QB   Patrick Ramsey UFA Denver Tennessee
QB   Charlie Frye UFA Seattle 
QB   Charlie Batch UFA Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
QB   Brooks Bollinger UFA Dallas 
QB   Ryan Fitzpatrick UFA Cincinnati Buffalo

RB   Brandon Jacobs Fran. NY Giants NY Giants
RB   Derrick Ward UFA NY Giants Tampa Bay
RB   Fred Taylor UFA Jacksonville New England
RB   Darren Sproles Fran. San Diego 
RB  Cedric Benson UFA Cincinnati Cincinnati
RB   Warrick Dunn UFA Tampa Bay 
RB   Deuce McAllister UFA New Orleans 
RB   Maurice Morris UFA Seattle Detroit
RB   Ahman Green UFA Nebraska Houston 
RB   Kevin Jones UFA Chicago Chicago
RB   Deshaun Foster UFA San Francisco 
RB   Correll Buckhalter UFA Philadelphia Denver
RB   Najeh Davenport UFA Indianapolis 
RB   LaMont Jordan UFA New England Denver
RB   Rudi Johnson UFA Detroit 
RB   Michael Pittman UFA Denver 
RB   Dominic Rhodes UFA Indianapolis Buffalo
RB   Tatum Bell UFA Detroit 
RB   Jason Wright UFA Cleveland Arizona
RB   J.J. Arrington UFA Arizona Denver
RB   Nick Goings UFA Carolina 
RB   Reuben Droughns NY Giants 
RB   Aaron Stecker UFA New Orleans 
RB   Noah Herron UFA Green Bay Cleveland
RB   Jesse Chatman UFA NY Jets 
RB   Travis Minor UFA St. Louis 
RB   Maurice Hicks UFA Minnesota

WR   Terrell Owens UFA Dallas Buffalo
WR   T.J. Houshmandzadeh UFA Cincinnati Seattle
WR   Antonio Bryant Fran. Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
WR   Plaxico Burress UFA NY Giants 
WR   Torry Holt UFA St. Louis Jacksonville
WR   Marvin Harrison UFA Indianapolis 
WR   Laveranues Coles UFA NY Jets Cincinnati
WR   Jerry Porter UFA Jacksonville 
WR   Lance Moore RFA New Orleans 
WR   Joey Galloway UFA Tampa Bay New England
WR   D.J. Hackett UFA Carolina 
WR   Drew Bennett UFA St. Louis 
WR   Reggie Williams UFA Jacksonville 
WR   Matt Jones UFA Jacksonville 
WR   Amani Toomer UFA NY Giants 
WR   Bryant Johnson UFA San Francisco Detroit
WR   Ronald Curry UFA Oakland Detroit
WR   Bobby Engram UFA Seattle Kansas City
WR   Devery Henderson UFA New Orleans New Orleans
WR   Hank Baskett RFA Philadelphia 
WR   Nate Washington UFA Pittsburgh Tennessee
WR   Malcom Floyd RFA San Diego 
WR   Jabar Gaffney UFA New England Denver
WR   Mike Furrey UFA Detroit 
WR   Michael Clayton UFA Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
WR   Demetrius Williams RFA Baltimore Baltimore
WR   David Patten UFA New Orleans Cleveland
WR   Marty Booker UFA Chicago 
WR   Joe Jurevicius UFA Cleveland 
WR   Ike Hilliard UFA Tampa Bay 
WR   Brandon Jones UFA Tennessee San Francisco
WR   Shaun McDonald UFA Detroit 
WR   Koren Robinson UFA Seattle 
WR   Ashley Lelie UFA Oakland 
WR   Darrell Jackson UFA Denver 
WR   David Anderson RFA Houston Houston
WR   Keary Colbert UFA Denver 
WR   Justin McCareins UFA Tennessee 
WR   Drew Carter UFA Oakland 
WR   Brandon Lloyd UFA Chicago 
WR   Ruvell Martin RFA Green Bay Green Bay
WR   Kelley Washington UFANew England 
WR   Robert Ferguson UFA  Minnesota 
WR   Miles Austin RFA Dallas 
WR   Sam Hurd RFA Dallas Dallas
WR   Dane Looker UFA St. Louis 
WR   Dante Hall UFA St. Louis 
WR   Terrance Copper UFA New Orleans Kansas City

TE   Owen Daniels RFA Houston 
TE   Bo Scaife Fran. Tennessee 
TE   L.J. Smith UFA Philadelphia Baltimore
TE   Chris Baker UFA NY Jets New England
TE   Robert Royal UFA Buffalo Cleveland
TE   Jim Kleinsasser UFA Minnesota Minnesota
TE   Jeff King RFA Carolina Carolina
TE   George Wrighster UFA Jacksonville 
TE   Jeb Putzier UFA Denver Denver
TE   Anthony Becht UFA St. Louis Arizona
TE   Tory Humphrey UFA Green Bay Green Bay
TE   Leonard Pope RFA Arizona Arizona
TE   Jerramy Stevens UFA Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
TE   Bubba Franks  NY Jets 
TE   Justin Peelle UFA Atlanta Atlanta
TE   Dan Campbell UFA Detroit New Orleans
TE   Darnell Dinkins UFA Cleveland New Orleans
TE   Will Heller UFA Seattle Detroit
TE   Nate Jackson UFA Denver 
TE   Quinn Sypniewski RFA Baltimore Baltimore
TE   Sean Ryan UFA Miami Kansas City

DT   Albert Haynesworth UFA Tennessee Washington
DE   Terrell Suggs Fran. Baltimore 
MLB   Ray Lewis UFA Baltimore Baltimore
OLB   Karlos Dansby Fran. Arizona Arizona
OLB   Bart Scott UFA Baltimore NY Jets
C   Jason Brown UFA Baltimore St. Louis
C   Matt Birk UFA Minnesota Baltimore
S   Jermaine Phillips UFATampa Bay Tampa Bay
S   Oshiomogho Atogwe Fran.St. Louis 
S   Brian Dawkins UFA Philadelphia Denver
CB   Dunta Robinson Fran.Houston 
DE   Julius Peppers Fran.Carolina 
OT   Marvel Smith UFA Pittsburgh San Francisco
MLB   Jonathan Vilma UFA New Orleans New Orleans
DT   Rocky Bernard UFA  Seattle NY Giants
DT   Jovan Haye UFA Tampa Bay Tennessee
DE   Chris Canty UFA Dallas NY Giants
DE   Antonio Smith UFAArizona Houston
OT   Mark Tauscher UFA Green Bay 
OT   Jon Runyan UFA Philadelphia 
OT   Tra Thomas UFA Philadelphia Jacksonville
OG   Derrick Dockery UFA Buffalo Washington
OG   Jahri Evans RFA New Orleans 
C   Brad Meester UFA Jacksonville Jacksonville
S   Sean Jones UFA Cleveland Philadelphia
OLB   Derrick Brooks UFA Tampa Bay 
OLB   Keith Brooking UFA Atlanta Dallas
OLB   Leroy Hill Fran. Seattle 
OLB   Freddy Keiaho UFA Indianapolis 
OLB   Michael Boley UFA Atlanta NY Giants
OLB   Marcus Washington UFA Washington 
OLB   Cato June UFA Tampa Bay Houston
OT   Stacy Andrews UFA Cincinnati Philadelphia
MLB   Andra Davis UFA Cleveland Denver
OT   Khalif Barnes UFA Jacksonville Oakland
OT   Willie Colon RFA  Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
CB   Jabari Greer UFA  Buffalo New Orleans
CB   Phillip Buchanon UFA  Tampa Bay Detroit

 Over on Cygweb: aharden.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/thoughts-on-nfl-wild-card-weekend/

 Happy New Year!  Sorry, no BDFL podcast this week due to the holidays.  I'll post my take on this week's NFL news and playoff matchups later today.

Hanover, PA - It's official!  "I'm a PC" is the new team name of the Lost Knights of Revonah...for now.  Owner Andy Bolin in a press conference today said he was changing the teams name "until we collect our first win of the season". 

Fans fear name will stick for the entire season.  "They suck this year!" said one annoyed Knights fan.  "I don't see them winning a game all season" he added.  Another more optimistic fan said "Well at least we play the  Brewers soon, we might have a chance to get our name back this year."

Until then the Knights, err "I'm a PC" unveiled it's "I'm a helmet" design at the press conference.  Best of Luck the rest of the season?! 

(AP Sportswire - Middletown) The Middletown Brewers franchise clinched their second division title in three years with a solid win over the Nitschke's this past weekend.  The Brewers rebounded from a difficult 2006 season in which the team missed the playoffs.  The franchise formally known as the Hanover Hellions was forced to relocate and change their name after S.U.C.M.A. Gate, which occurred in the off-season.  Hanover's favorite son, owner of the Middletown Brewers, Scott Buffington left another team in Hanover, the Lost Knights of Revonah owned by Andy Bolin.  Despite accepting the new team and bidding a fond farewell to Buffington and the Brewers, Hanover now wants Bolin and his Lost Knights out of town following a cheating incident uncovered during week one of the season.

The Brewers had high hopes for the 2007 season and with three weeks remaining in the regular season have clinched a Mid Penn Division Title.  Buffington said that he is going to rest his starters the remainder of the season, which will basically consist of supplying his team with some heavy winter warmer brews from his Middletown Brewery.  "We're calling it a season and will give our competitors a shot at beating us in the remaining weeks by playing every game even more drunk than usual", announced Buffington.  The Middletown Brewery Beers are solely responsible for the drunken look on the face of Tony Romo every time his photo is snapped and one would expect that grin to grow even more drunken looking for the remaining three games of the regular season. 

Buffington's Middletown Brewers have been receiving support from somewhere unexpected this season, especially after Lost Knights owner Andy Bolin declared Hanover his town prior to the season.  The Lost Knights have been playing to stadiums empty of home fans since week one and even their home games have turned into away games.  Andy Bolin and his Lost Knights will receive an asterisk if they would happen to win the BDFL title this season after being caught stealing defensive signals in week one of the season.  Hanover Mayor Maggie Hormel has been vocal on wanting Andy Bolin and his Knights out of town.  "The Lost Knights are truly lost, because Hanover is no home to cheaters",  said Hormel.  "We are very proud of our history with the Middletown Brewers and have adopted them as our home team away from home", added Hormel.  Hanover fans have been commuting to Middletown or wherever the Brewers are playing all season, breaking league attendance records.

The BDFL commissioner came down hard on Andy Bolin and his Lost Knights, stating that he would indeed place an asterisk on the trophy plate if the Lost Knights win the Brutal Bowl.  "This is an infraction that may well benefit the Lost Knights into next season and has no doubt benefited the season we are seeing from Tom Brady.  With the power vested in me I have no choice but to mark the occasion with an asterisk if it should occur." Buffington said solemnly.  Buffington continued, "Andrew Bolin, you have disgraced the BDFL and all of which it stands for."

Bolin refused to comment on the incident instead trying to get the Deluxe Football Conference to come to his aid.  Deluxe Football Conference president Scott Wood would not support Bolin, instead offering this response, "During my time above the Mason Dixon line I have witnessed nothing more offensive than the acts committed by Andrew Bolin.  May GOD have mercy on your soul Andrew Bolin because the Deluxe Football Conference will not."

CYG's new "calories kill" helmet design was unveiled today in the hopes of pushing 0 trans fats as a snacking alternative.  Team owner Alex Harden was inspired to create this design while watching his real life beloved Bills during their recent blown victory over the Dallas Cowboys as time ran out.   "I realised while watching the game that maybe the boys aren't snacking healthy" Harden was quoted.  "They had all the symptoms of unhealthy snacking, the offense shut down and the D lost their energy by games end." Harden added.  Harden's BDFL team plans to wear the helmets a few times a year starting this week with their game against The Yossarains.  "My Hope is this will create a better awareness of unhealthy snacking, hopefully what we can learn here is that healthy snacking will give a person, a team more energy in the end." said Harden "maybe through my team we can inspire a team, say the Bills, not to finish around .500 for the umteenth year in a row, heck maybe even win one Super Bowl!"

29 to go!

Coach Bolin was quick to down play the Legs misfortune, "I was right there last week and let me tell you it isn't fun knowing (watching) you should have won!"   Despite the help from the Legs the Knights posted a season high 122 points lead by the bookends QB Tom Brady (34 BDFL pts) going 23/29 311 yds and 4 TDS passing and the Patriots Defense (15 BDFL).  When asked about the "bookends" knowing what plays were coming due to taping allegations, Bolin's response was "I don't really care what they do in real life, this is the BDFL it's all on tape".  Marion Barber Jr continues to be a point machine (23 BDFL) and rookie Brandon Jackson and Alge Crumpler score their first TDs of the season.

• The Hated Legs 82, Cyg's Calorie Outlets 120:  The Cleveland offense couldn't have picked a better week to make history; Jamal Lewis' 27 BDFL points carried the Outlets to victory over their divisional foe.  Coach Steck was seen looking out at the field to make sure his two franchise RBs were out there.
• Middletown Brewers 127, The Steel Curtainites 110:  Coach Buffington called this a "shellacking"; I call it a polished victory.  This is a game that shows how a pair of great WR performances can propel a team to victory.
• The Tramps 126, SUCMA Gamecocks 105:  Another high-powered matchup produced The Tramps' first victory of the year.  Bengals were on both sides in this matchup, but the re-emergence of Cadillac Williams saved the day.
• Yodelin Yossarians 126, John Elway's Teeth 129: By their skin, the Teeth, led by the dominant Minnesota defense, scraped out a win over the Yossarians in a matchup that could have gone either way.
• Baltimore Banyanators 88, Shady Spring Tigers 94: A close game decided by a nice outing from Rudi Johnson and a solid game from the Jaguars D.
• Lost Knights of Revonah 100, The Nitschke's 107: The Nitschke's continue their improbable season by sticking with Jake Delhomme and getting great RB production.  The Patriots D excelled, but fell short by only a few BDFL points.

• Pittsburgh 26, Buffalo 3: Is Pittsburgh that good, or are Cleveland and Buffalo that bad?
• Houston 34, Carolina 21: Houston is the most improved team so far this season, so far.
• Jacksonville 13, Atlanta 7: Atlanta is in a freefall.
• Tampa Bay 31, New Orleans 14: The Saints will circle the wagons in the Superdome after an 0-2 start.
• Green Bay 35, NY Giants 13: Brett Favre and the Packers are looking pretty good.
• San Francisco 17, St. Louis 16: Only in the NFC West.
• Cleveland 51, Cincinnati 45: Only in the bottom of the AFC North.  But are the Bengals worse than the Texans right now?
• Indianapolis 22, Tennessee 20: Always a slugfest with these two, Indy's still a great team.
• Detroit 20, Minnesota 17: This could have gone either way if not for two missed FGs.  Detroit is 20% away from Kitna's 10-win guarantee.
• Dallas 37, Miami 20:  Is Dallas that good, or is Miami that bad?
• Arizona 23, Seattle 20:  Cyg's upset special of the week.  The Cards get a W.
• Baltimore 20, NY Jets 13:  SO?
• Denver 23, Oakland 20:  Elam's leg should be bronzed.
• Chicago 20, Kansas City 10:  ZZZZZ.
• New England 38, San Diego 14:  The Pats are that good.
• Washington 20, Philadelphia 12:  Donovan needs to improve his play.  He does have good receivers.  The media wants you to think he doesn't.

• Lost Knights over Legs
• Outlets over Brewers
• Tramps over Banyanators
• Yossarians over Cocks
• Teeth over Tigers
• Curtainites over Nitschke's

• Detroit at Philadelphia:  Philly
• Miami at NY Jets:  Jets
• Buffalo at New England:  Pats
• Arizona at Baltimore:  Chazona
• St. Louis at Tampa Bay:  Rams
• San Francisco at Pittsburgh:  Steelers
• Indianapolis at Houston:  Colts
• San Diego at Green Bay:  Chargers
• Minnesota at Kansas City:  Chefs
• Cleveland at Oakland:  Roiders
• Jacksonville at Denver:  Broncos
• Cincinnati at Seattle:  Bengals
• NY Giants at Washington:  Giants
• Carolina at Atlanta:  Panthers
• Dallas at Chicago:  Bears
• Tennessee at New Orleans:  Saints

(AP - Sportswire, Middletown, PA) - While many teams in the league have been releasing the goings on of their teams and spilling rhetoric about how much this player or that player loves their old team or new team, the Middletown Brewers need not talk about it, and they are careful not to spill a drop.  One would find it difficult to find a Middletown Brewer without a smile on his face.  This is partially due to the new practice of offering any of their hundreds of freshly brewed beers to the players during and after practice.  The idea is so popular throughout the league that players were offering to pay owner Scott Buffington to draft them.  Peyton Manning and Ladainian Tomlinson were two players that tried to get out of their contracts in order to play for the beloved Middletown Brewers.  Rudi Johnson was so distraught about having to leave the Brewers that he entered grief rehab last week.

"We wish all the players could play in Middletown, but despite being commissioner I am handcuffed by the same rules as all the other owners", Buffington said.  He added, "If I allowed all the players that wanted to come to Middletown to play here, we would not have a league, just a team". 

Ladainian Tomlinson has been trying to get onto Buffington's team for years.  "I am stuck in this never ending torture that is playing for the Hated Legs", said Tomlinson.  Tomlinson continued, "Instead of enjoying fresh crisp beer I am forced to play for this team and owner that I absolutely hate".  Tomlinson was not the only Hated Legs player to express interest in playing for the Brewers.  A team meeting held the day following the draft found that unanimously all the players voted that they would rather be playing for the Middletown Brewers. 

Similar sentiments were heard elsewhere in the league, some of the players were just happy to be near the Middletown complex.  "Although I have to wear this stupid Scarlet Letter, at least I can drive down the road, hang out with the commish and enjoy some fine brews", said Hines Ward.

The Middletown players cannot seem to contain their happiness; Maurice Jones-Drew was drafted by Buffington as a rookie and has been welcomed back for another season in Middletown.  "I have been so happy that I cannot decide which last name to go with.  Buff told me to just use both", said Jones-Drew.

Tony Romo who was brought in to lead the Brewer offensive attack is so happy that no one has seen him without a smirk on his face.  "I can guarantee that everyone will be seeing this stupid grin on my face for the entire season", said a stupidly grinning Tony Romo.  "How can you not be happy being surrounded by the world's freshest and tastiest beer", Romo added with a beer mustache smile.

AP Sports Wire - Easley, SC --  Monday, fans didn't appear to be to impressed with this year's Tramps at this afternoon's rally for the 2007 squad.  Anxious about seeing this years club for the first time this season most fans had that dazed and confused look as each player was introduced.

Some of the South Carolinians also appeared to have a distaine for the state of Michigan reasoning of which at time of printing was unclear.

As for the new look Tramps, some fans tried to make it work.  Many fans however were chanting "We want Hobo" for the former team mascot, who was let go midseason 2006.  The forgotten Hobo had to take to the streets for money for karate lessons when his family was abducted by ninjas last season. Allegations of the accused ninjas being fellow BDFL team owner Scott Buffington's notorious ScottBuff Ninjas of the BADFL (Brutal Arena Deluxe Football League) are still under investigation.

Tramp talk 2007
Here are a few rumors from the Tramp Camp

 Word leaking out of the spacious football compound of the Tramps is that owner Ray “Streeter” Vampran is very happy with this year’s squad. “I think we have a solid team, we make a move with the backup qb, but that will be about it.” Coach Streeter has been heard around the compound criticizing Trent Green and a source close to the team said the only reason Trent is on the team is because Mr. Automatic Drew Bree’s has a bye early on in week 4.

A public riff may soon surface between the Tramps and the Lost Knights, according to a fly on the way in the lushes halls of the Tramp Camp compound Coach Streeter thinks that the Lost ones owner/coach Andy (whom the Tramps front office refers to as Y-dna, because Andy likes to be backwards about everything) has over stepped the BDFL boundaries.  Coach Streeter said “ You wake up after the draft and the first thing you see is Y-dna posting about Championships, dude needs to get a grip on reality because the road to the BDFL gold runs through the Carolina’s and as soon as Y-dna realizes that  the better off he will be.”  This may be the first shot fired at the Lost Knights, we will keep you posted!

A source close to the Tramps has alleged that Scott Buff is a secret cowboy fan. The source said “All during the draft the guy is talking about Americana stuff and we all know the old propaganda about America’s team being Dallas, and then Buff drafts Romo?” The source continued with “Look we at the Tramps Camp do not believe in coincidences, we simple look at the facts and make our own assumption about stuff.”

Interesting message written on the chalk board in the Tramps war room, which was full of profanity about the CYG and Buffalo Bill’s connection. The board had a lot of sophomoric type humor about the calorie outlets and Buffalo wings which seem to be a reference to the Outlets first round pick, which by the way was the Tramps guy at number 7. “Alex changed our whole draft board, we spent months on a strategy that had to be revised on the fly because Alex wanted his hometown teams new guy.” “We understand that logic and agree with it, however we WANTED the kid and Alex %^&#ed us!”   

 The Tramps new uniform is a hit, according to the folks at PBS this is the first time any major sports club has incorporated one of their characters into a professional sports marketing campaign. Ms May’eye Raisemoney from PBS headquarters said “The Tramps asked and we allowed, it’s a match made in heaven, the tramps understand PBS and we think that the tramps in time will understand us.”

81 Reasons to Induct Art Monk, lifted from a comment on the Art Monk Hall of Fame Campaign page.

1) 12,721 Receiving Yards (#9 all time, eight years after retirement)

2) 940 Receptions ( was #1, is now #5 eight years after retiring)

3) 68 Receiving Touchdowns (still in top 30, all time)

4) 224 Games played

5) Caught at least one pass in 183 consecutive games (once a record)

6) Helped Washington to three SB victories in four appearances.

7) Three consecutive Pro Bowl Selections

8) “Art was Jerry Rice before Jerry Rice was” – Joe Theismann

9) Record of 106 receptions in 1984 stood for eight years.

10) “Quiet about his work, very loud with his results” - Mark Rypien

11) First to record 106 receptions in one season

12) First to catch at least one pass in 164 consecutive games

13) First to catch more than 900 passes.

14) Caught 58 passes as a rookie, unanimous All-Rookie Selection

15) Redskins 1984 MVP

16) 50 or more reception in a season 9 times

17) 1,000 or more yards receiving in a season 5 times

18) Master of the medium route over the middle, aka “No Man’s Land”

19) First Redskin to produce 3 consecutive 1,000-yard seasons

20) Prototype for the modern receiver

21) 3-time 1st or 2nd team All-NFC Team selection

22) In ‘85, named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Pro Team

23) In ‘85, named to the Associated Press All-Pro Team

24) In ‘85, named to the UPI All-NFL Team

25) In ‘86, named to the UPI All-NFC Team

26) Founded the Good Samaritan Foundation, with teammates.

27) 1, 062 Playoff yards

28) Largent, Lofton and Stallworth are already in.

29) The consummate pro; made the big catch, went back to the huddle.

30) Not a “Hot Dog”; let his play on the field do all the talking.

31) Nicknamed “Money” by teammates, “Artist” by the fans

32) Founded the Student Training Opportunity Program, with teammates

33) Started the Art Monk Football Camp” in 1983, and it’s still going.

34) 16-year career, 0 arrests.

35) Named to TSN’s “100 Greatest Football Players” list

36) Never once disappointed the team or the fans, on the field or off.

37) A first round draft pick that played like a first round draft pick.

38) Has more career catches than anyone currently in the Hall.

39) Putting loud jerks in over Monk sends the wrong message to kids.

40) Art does not lobby to get himself inducted

41) First down machine on 3rd and long

42) Still holds the club record for catches in a season (106)

43) Still holds the club record for passes caught in a game (13, twice)

44) Honored as one of the “Washingtonians of the Year” in 1992

45) Focuses on the forgotten “high school aged” youth in DC.

46) “I don’t know about the criteria, but whatever it is, I believe Art has achieved it” –Joe Theismann

47) “He was big, he was strong, and he was intelligent. He had everything”-Joe Gibbs, HOF inductee

48) “Art Monk was an example for Jerry Rice. That’s what Jerry always told me.”- Ronnie Lott, HOF inductee

49) “There’s nothing negative to say. He has the numbers, the catches, the championships.” –Lott

50) “Spend a day with Art Monk, and your life will improve by 10%”- Theismann

51) “You have a Hall of Fame for all it represents. I know he represents all that it’s about. Integrity, love and passion for the game, community, what he gave back. Look how he conducted himself. Nobody I know deserves it more.” –Lott

52) If he doesn’t get in, they might as well close the Hall.

53) “There was never a classier player in this franchise’s history, or in league history, than Art Monk. You always knew the team would be getting Art Monk’s best effort day in and day out.” –Charlie Casserly

54) “Monk is headed to Canton downhill on roller skates”- Bill Parcells, 1995

55) Only one other player, linebacker Monte Coleman, has been on the field for the Redskins more than Monk.

56) Art Monk is almost as proud of his relative anonymity as he is the record-setting numbers he compiled over a 16-year NFL career.

57) When Monk spoke, it was usually with tough catches in the clutch moments of big games.

58) Nothing came naturally for Monk, who spent countless hours on the practice field and many more behind the projector.

59) I never saw Monk drop a pass. Period.

60) Monk’s 40-yard catch with eight minutes left in the first quarter of SBXXII was Doug Williams’ first completion of what would be a record setting game.

61) Named in a 1992 poll during the team’s 50th Anniversary Season as the most popular Redskin of all time.

62) Participates in a “Kid’s Fishing Day” for underprivileged kids

63) Has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, reciting children’s fairy tales with musical accompaniment.

64) “He’s more than just his receptions. Few players have been able to achieve what he’s achieved.” –Richie Petitbon

65) “He is a gifted athlete who takes great care of himself. He’s a guy who works at his craft, and responds to any challenge. However, he does it so quietly that his accomplishments are sometimes overlooked.”- Joe Gibbs

66) Selected to the 1989 All-Madden Team

67) Early in his career, Art arranged and scheduled charity basketball games for the Redskins.

68) “I can’t see how a receiver could be more valuable to a team.” –Gibbs

69) Fame is often hard earned. Character is often elusive to define. A man of great character himself, Art Monk encompasses what it means to be a candidate for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

70) Monk wasn’t a “SportsCenter” type of receiver — more like a “Masterpiece Theatre” type.

71) You wouldn’t see Monk pull out a Sharpie to sign a ball after scoring a touchdown.

72) “He embodied the old school, and for that alone he should be enshrined so that when a father takes his son through the Hall of Fame, he can say, “Son, here is a man who once caught 106 passes in a season when no one was catching 100 passes. Here was a man who caught a pass in 183 straight games. And not once did he ever pull a cell phone out to make a call after any of those catches.” –Thomas Loverro, Washington Times

73) Football is a game of first downs and Monk was the receiver who would move the chains.

74) He has since been passed in this pass-crazy era, but in the context of when he played, Art Monk was a Hall of Fame receiver.

75) He did this while never playing with a Hall of Fame-caliber quarterback.

76) Critics will say Monk benefited from playing in Joe Gibbs’ system. What might be the case is that the Gibbs system benefited from having Monk.

77) “I believe he’s a Hall of Famer. I was a pro scout when he was playing, so it was my job to know who those guys were. I would put Art in that category, but apparently there are a lot of Hall of Fame voters who don’t feel Art Monk was in that category. It’s hard for me to believe they ever saw him play.” –Bill Polian, President Indianapolis Colts

78) He was the anti-Terrell Owens.

79) He was the standard-bearer, the mold-maker and the receiver every team of his era wished they’d had.

80) He’s already a Hall Of Famer off the field.

81) It’s time.

New Orleans Playoff Appearances:

Year  Round            Opponent      Score  Result   Location

1987  Wild Card     Minnesota      44-10  Loss     Home

1990  Wild Card     Chicago          16-6    Loss     Away

1991  Wild Card     Atlanta             27-20  Loss     Home

1992  Wild Card     Philadelphia  36-20  Loss     Home

2000  Wild Card     St. Louis         31-28  Win       Home

2000  Divisional     Minnesota      31-16  Loss     Away

(AP Sportswire - Denver, CO) - The fifth BDFL season completed with John Elway's Teeth defeating the heavily favored Hated Theismann's Legs, 108 to 91.  The game was particularly huge for Ron Dayne who keyed an otherwise sluggish Elway's Teeth offense.  Bill Temple who a week earlier masterfully restructured his entire defense on his way to a semi-final victory this time not only again changed his defense, but he picked Ron Dayne from the waiver wire just days prior to Brutal Bowl V.  Who would have thought that Ron Dayne would not only see major time in the championship game, but dominate it?

The BDFL routinely awards the Brutal Bowl MVP award in the days following the game and this season Ron Dayne was today awarded the MVP.  Dayne, a Heisman Trophy winner, has had a disappointing pro career, but with a Brutal Bowl MVP award he is now immortalized in BDFL history. 

The championship was the crowning achievement for Bill Temple who not only made some bold moves to win multiple BDFL playoff games but also beat the Hated Legs after owner Tom Steck guaranteed victory.  Tom Steck has since denied making the guarantee, but he did successfully earn his team yet another opponent who hates his team.  Temple after the game said that he had no hard feelings toward Tom Steck and denied hating Tom Steck's Theismann's Legs. 

"Nah, I understand his confidence, I mean look at my quarterbacks.  So no I do not hate the Hated Legs", said Temple. 

The Eagles-Cowboys game turned out to be as important to the two teams in Brutal Bowl V as it was to the two NFL teams that played it.   The consistent Brian Westbrook (double-digit BDFL points in almost every start this year) led John Elway's teeth to the coveted BDFL Hood Ornament for the first time.  Theismann's Legs' feared RB combo of LJ and LT was held to 32 points, their second-to-lowest non-bye-week combination of the season.  This and the huge game by the KC defense were other contributors to the Teeth's victory.  Congrats to Coach Bill Temple!

Thanks to everyone for another fun BDFL season!  I believe we're the best fantasy football league in the world.  Kudos to Commissioner Scott Buffington for another smoothly-run season!

On behalf of the Deluxe Football Conference, it's members, teams and owners.  We congratulate John Elway's Teeth on their victory over the defending Brutal Bowl champions the Steel Curtainites and the conference championship.  Best of luck next week verses the Legs.  We look forward to seeing you bring another championship to the Deluxe Football Conference.  The best conference in the BDFL!

(AP Sportswire) - All that is left is the dotting of "i's" and crossing of the "t's" as the Hated Theismann's Legs and John Elway's Teeth both won their semi-final matchups.  The Hated Legs defeated The Tramps in a workman like performance that saw the Hated Legs doing what they have done all season, running over opponents with LT.  John Elway's Teeth smashed the defending champion Steel Curtainites with a huge defensive performance and a good quarterbacking performance from Ron Mexico as well as a  big rushing performance by fast Willie Parker.

The victory by John Elway's Teeth guaranteed that a new team will grace the BDFL Championship Trophy.  The Hated Legs have been a favorite for several years and have always fallen short.  Having finally made the championship game with perhaps the most feared rushing attack in BDFL history, the Hated Legs are an early favorite in Vegas.  John Elway's Teeth have been putting up large point totals all season long, they have a much more balanced attack than the Hated Legs, but who can argue with success. 

Christmas weekend will see the fifth Brutal Bowl played, be sure to tune in for this battle of the body parts.  Who will win, the legs of Theismann or the teeth of John Elway?

Dateline:  Mt. Holly Springs, PA

For a lot of Yossarian fans, the past several weeks have been eerily reminiscent of the miraculous 2004 season in which the team overcame a 0-5 start to sneak in the backdoor ultimately out-hustle the playoff bracket to enter the that exclusive club of Brutal Bowl Champions.  The team is riding the longest active win streak in the league and if not for a league-high 2 ties (one of which a result of a very hung-over head coach), would have claimed its second consecutive division title as a result of its 3-1 division record. 

Though the Yossarians have been in this position before, the team seems to understand that they are facing an uphill battle for sure.  When asked about the team’s pathetic 28.74 power ranking (lowest of all playoff teams), Kicker Jeff Wilkins, one of two current team members from that Brutal Bowl Championship squad, responded, “It’s a bit of a concern, yeah. There are a lot of good teams out there.  We need to step up.  We need to execute. We need to play within ourselves and take it one game at a time.  We can’t look ahead.  We’re in the driver’s seat.  You win or go home.  There’s no tomorrow.  We’re peaking at the right time and hopefully Jesus will help us meet our goal of nothing less than a championship.”  Wilkins, obviously stuck in a cliché loop, eventually pointed out that the 2004 team actually had a lower power ranking than the current team. 

The other holdover from the championship team, running back Shaun Alexander, says he learned a long time ago not to doubt Coach Hoyes.  “You gotta remember I was on that infamous 2003 team that led the league in narcotic violations and suspensions.   Our kicker was feeding the date-rape drug to pre-teens for chrissakes!  We had the worse record in the league that year and then we started the next season off 0-5.  But we turned that around to a championship and made the playoffs the last 3 seasons.”  

(AP Sportswire Easley, South Carolina) - This weeks Tramps opponent The Lost Knights of Revonah have made a generous donation to "Hobo" the Tramps mascot.

After arriving in town for this weekend's match up, the Lost Knights' Coach Bolin became aware of the mascots horrifying story.

Three weeks ago, after the Tramps last home game and 77-58 victory over the Steel Curtianities, "Hobo's" family was kidnapped by ninjas.  "Hobo" who is in desperate need of karate lessons to save his family was seen outside Tramps stadium with a sign telling his plight.   Coach Bolin approached the mascot upon arriving for a "walk through" at the stadium.  After speaking with the ragamuffin Coach Bolin reached in his pocket and handed him a $5 bill.  "I wished him luck and told him he could keep the change" Bolin said.  "I know life is tough down here south of the Mason Dixon" added Bolin "It's the least my organization can do."

Several calls were made to the Tramps front office for a response.  Their returned calls only said that they were unaware of the situation.  "It must have gotten lost in the excitement of making the play-offs" a spokesman was quoted.  "We've been on the road for the last 2 weeks, "Hobo" doesn't join us for the road games, he has a fear of flying and usually sticks to the roads and rails, this is the first we are aware of it"

Fans are left wondering why the organization would abandon "Hobo" in his time of need.  "He's a lovable Tramp" said one local fan.  The fan who decline to be idenified, having a sign of her own as she stood outside the stadium reading "Anyone But Amoroso" concluded that she wished the Tramps organization would have acted quicker to help the poor vagabond.  "I'm just happy Coach Bolin from the Knights helped him, it says a lot for him being a new owner in the league."

The Tramps(6-5-1) host the Lost Knights(6-5-1) this weekend at Tramps Stadium in the final game of the regular season.

Tramps Dangle Bell?

 As Reported by The Easley Progress

            Undefeated after three weeks in the BDFL sounds great, but for the struggling Tramps 1-0-2, this season is anything but grand. The team has two quarterbacks currently on their roster and neither one of them has stepped up to prove they are the leader. “We basically have a two headed monster at this point” said Coach Vamp.

            But the real weakness of this team appears to be the questionable Wide Receivers position. Javon Walker and Derrick Mason have both stepped up their games, but have yet to provide any real confidence among the coaching staff. Hines Ward has been hobbled by injuries and his production has been an area of concern for the offensive minded Tramps. “Any time you have healthy Hines Ward in the lineup you have a chance of having a fantastic fantasy week, we as a football staff have to get Hines healthy”, Coach Vamp recently said at his weekly press conference.

            The concerns over Hines Ward health prompted the Tramps to acquire the often-distractible Randy Moss off waivers from the Hellions this pass Thursday. “ Randy will start this week, we need to see what he has left in the tank”, Coach Vamp said when asked about the controversial Wide Receiver. Coach Vamp elaborated “ Randy was a keeper in this league a few years back, we need production from the wide outs on our football squad and Randy has proven in the past he is capable of producing.”

            Even with the Moss pickup and the anticipation of a healthy Hines Ward sources close to the Tramps situation have heard rumblings about the notion of moving running back Tatum Bell for a emerging receiver or a establish hard throwing quarterback. Coach Vamp even went so far as to say “ Look at the strength of this team, we have the best running backs in our history as a franchise!” “Tatum is a big part of that, so is DeShaun Foster, both of these guys could bring us much needed depth.” “ Edgerrin James and Ronnie Brown are our workhorses and that means Tatum and DeShaun have to wait in line to get carries.” “ Tatum and DeShaun are both too valuable to be inactive on any BDFL roster!” It should also come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the Tramps organization that Coach Vamp did not mention rookie Jerious Norwood. Coach Vamp has been long enamored by Norwood and has done everything in his power to keep him on the roster. This desire to keep Norwood a Tramp “may actually be the reason why Tatum and DeShaun could be available,” quoted a league source that wish’s to stay anonymous.

            No matter how you view the current situation around the Tramp Camp, one thing is certain Coach Vamp will be making the moves necessary to keep the Tramps in contention.

Press Statement:

Today, August the 22^nd 2006 the might Tramps football club is pleased to announce that it has hired David Lewis as head of its scouting department. David Lewis has close ties to the Tramps owner and has run several successful (and not so successful) fantasy teams. Often David Lewis can be found in fantasy leagues that are affiliated with the Nitevilla website and usually chooses the safe name of Dave’s Boingers as his team moniker.

David Lewis will immediately be in charge of the Tramps upcoming 2006 draft and will represent the Tramps in the online war room this Friday.

Owner Ray “ streeter” Vampran had the following comments:

“ David Lewis is a damn good football man and I am pleased to have him aboard. I first dangled this position to him at Turner Field as we watched a game between the Braves and Red Sox’s. Something about him in a Braves shirt and a Bo-Sox’s hat told me this guy could split his loyalties between his own fantasy teams in other leagues and running my Tramps organization.”

The brackets are due to be set on 3/12, so there's some time, but I wanted to invite everyone to pick with us on Yahoo's Tournament Pick'Em game:

http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/

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Group Name      Nitevilla/BDFL/Cygweb
Group Password    brutal

Please sign up!  The more the merrier!

[AP Sportswire, Hanover, PA] – A week after one of the most thrilling games in BDFL playoff history between the Hanover Hellions and the State University of California-Malibu Adjacent Gamecocks, the Hellions face similar circumstances.  Last week John Carney shaved his head and guaranteed a victory for Buffington and his Hellions, a guarantee which he pulled off.  This week, it is Deion Sanders who is sporting a shiny dome and guaranteeing a victory for the Cinderella Hellions.

On his weekly radio show Sanders sported his newly shaved head and declared he shaved it for the boss and guaranteed he and his defensive teammates would be the main attraction on Monday nights prime time game.  “Not only will Prime Time be there to play, but I am guaranteeing a victory and I might as well look as pretty as our owner”, said Sanders.

The Hellions have turned into an underdog favorite among diehard BDFL fans.  Though their power ranking was among the worst in the league going into the playoffs and despite two huge injuries to running backs Brian Westbrook and Curtis Martin, this team will just not quit.  Every week someone steps up and does the unexpected and the Hellions need it this week as they face the defending champion Yodelin’ Yossarians. 

Dirk Benedict who calls home games for Cyg’s Calorie Outlets and who will be calling Monday nights week 15 finale between the Yossarians and Hellions likened this weeks matchup to the 1980 matchup between the and Soviet hockey teams.  “Everyone thinks the Yossarians are unbeatable, and no on gave the Hellions much of a chance of even making the playoffs.  I suppose with the Holidays here everyone is looking for hope and this Hanover team provides that hope.  Everyone loves an underdog.” Said Benedict.  Benedict added, “Do you believe in miracles?”

Though I do not love the idea of seperate RSS feeds for every feature, I am going to provide a seperate RSS feed for podcasts. Mostly because some of the newer directories are looking for podcast only feeds.

Podcast RSS Feed

Tuesday night Alex, Don and I are recording a new podcast, so expect the first podcast of the 2005 season to be published by Wednesday or Thursday. If you are already subscribed to my standard RSS feed, you will continue being notified of new podcasts. The new RSS feed are for those that like such things.

Wanted to mention also, Alex and I would love to have others participate in the podcasts with us this year. Any other owners or fans of the podcast that have broadband and would like to participate, let us know.

(AP Sports - Mechanicsburg, PA) - The Philadelphia Phillies have always had one of the most beloved sports mascots the Phillie Fanatic. League Commissioner and Hanover Hellion owner Scott Buffington decided to bring a lovable mascot into the BDFL. Gary, the "No Trash" Cougar joined the Hanover Hellion organization today. The Hellions have experienced difficulties with disgruntled Hellion fans dumping their empties in the parking lot following Sunday tail gate parties. Buffington wanting to provide something kid friendly to his young fans opted to kill two birds with one stone.

"Gary the No Trash Cougar will patrol the parking lot before games and after enforcing the no pollute policies as well as providing a fun fuzzy character for the kids", said Buffington. "Sure we could have hired more security, but Gary takes his job seriously and provides a big stuffed animal for the children to dream about following a Hellion win", continued Buffington.

As the reporters looked upon Gary the No Trash Cougar with jaws dropped, we dared not leave any coffee cups behind as we filed in a mad rush out of the press conference. Be sure to pick up after yourself this season when attending Hanover games, and leave the kids at home, otherwise the next place you will be taking them is therapy.

1. Maintain the draft skeleton throughout the season, rather than dropping it after the draft. Meaning you would have to maintain the following minimum, 2 QB's, 3 RB's, 3 WR's, 2 TE's, 2 K's and 2 DT's. The rest of your 16 player lineup could be assorted however you like. The thought process being that the free agent market would remain rich.
2. Roster moves would begin on Thursday of each week. Meaning you could send them to me as soon as you wold like, but I would not begin processing moves until Thursday. The thinking being that all owners would have equal opportunity to research and see emerging stars. Thus making the waiver wire order more important.
3. A limit of 15 roster moves for the entire season, with the option of paying $1 dollar for each roster move after the 15th made during the season. So if you choose to make roster moves after your 15th, you would pay $1 dollar beginning with your 16th for each made. The additional money would contribute to the champions pot. I think only 3 teams made more than 15 moves this season, one of them was my team and my final two roster moves were a joke, being Gary Anderson and Jeff George. So I doubt anyone would eclipse 15 moves.

The past few evenings I have been working on upgrading the CMS to Buff v6.3. During the last major rewrite I had not maintained the multi-user feature. I did not need multiple user support on Nitevilla, but I do need it here on Brutal Deluxe. I also wanted to add some simple features that enabled those unfamiliar with html to easily be able post articles utilizing html easily. To do this I needed to add a "What You See Is What You Get" editor. I encourage the owners to play around with WYSIWYG editor, which also enables you to switch over to the html source if you so choose. Your posts can be as simple or as marked up as you would like. If you just want to type a news article or propose a trade you can do just that. You can upload an image or you can skip uploading an image. If you ever posted a news article before, you will have the ability to edit your old posts. Editing posts was something I really wanted to give to the owners.

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New Features Include:

• Better markup that better borders included images.
• WYSIWYG editor for easy bulleting, color, backgrounding, and much more.
• Ability to edit previously posted news.
• Comment spam feature (added to nitevilla too).
• Better xml feeds.
• Some more stuff I forgot about.

Now, this might be a bit buggy for a while, I am still playing around with the tools and so forth. No doubt some of you may discover issues which I have not run into. If you want to try it out, do not worry about messed up posts or anything. As always I can assist with editing and/or deleting posts. If you subscribe to Brutal Deluxe via one of our feeds, I encourage you to use the Feedburner Feed which will work much better across all the various feed readers.

I am also still moving some old news articles over, I want to move some of the old items out on the forum from two seasons ago. I moved a few, but still have more to go. If you comment here or over at Nitevilla you will notice that I added a question to each website that must be answered in order to comment. The benefit of writing your own CMS/blog tool, besides learning a helluva lot, is that the spambots do not know how to comment on your website, as they do not recognize the name of the CMS engine. Apparently one of the spambots figured me out, I had received the first three spam comments ever on Nitevilla two days ago. I immediately instituted a simple feature that at least assures you are a human. Webjones was the inspiration for the idea, and as I have always said, if I like a feature or see a use for it, I will add it. Another major benefit is that Buff v6.3 is by far, much lighter than any of the CMS/blog tools you can download and install, I like conserving server space.

2004 Brutal Deluxe Football League Player Stats
2004 Wk#1 through Wk#14
Sort by:Starter Points/Average Fantasy Points
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                                    Fantasy               Strt   Avg
  # Pos Player              NFL Bye Team                   Pts   Pts
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  1 QB  MANNING,PEYTON      IND   6 Baltimore Banyanators  385 32.08
  2 QB  CULPEPPER,DAUNTE    MIN   4 Theismann's Legs       329 27.42
  3 QB  MCNABB,DONOVAN      PHI   5 Cyg's Calorie Outlets  309 25.75
  4 Def BALTIMORE           BAL   6 Baltimore Banyanators  233 19.42
  5 RB  ALEXANDER,SHAUN     SEA   4 Yodelin' Yossarians    218 18.17
  6 RB  BARBER,TIKI         NYG   6 Arlington Pussies      212 18.17
  7 RB  TOMLINSON,LADAINIAN SD   10 Theismann's Legs       201 16.75
  8 RB  JAMES,EDGERRIN      IND   6 864 Areacodes          199 16.58
  9 WR  OWENS,TERRELL       PHI   5 The Steel Curtainites  192 16.00
 10 Def PITTSBURGH          PIT   7 Hanover Hellions       191 19.83
 11 QB  VICK,MICHAEL        ATL   9 Yodelin' Yossarians    191 15.92
 12 RB  MARTIN,CURTIS       NYJ   3 Hanover Hellions       190 17.33
 13 RB  HOLMES,PRIEST       KC    5 Baltimore Banyanators  188 23.50
 14 Def PHILADELPHIA        PHI   5 Cyg's Calorie Outlets  181 16.08
 15 Def NY JETS             NYJ   3 The Nitschke's         179 16.25
 16 QB  FAVRE,BRETT         GB    9 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks       171 18.58
 17 RB  WESTBROOK,BRIAN     PHI   5 The Steel Curtainites  167 15.27
 18 QB  PLUMMER,JAKE        DEN  10 Shady Spring Tigers    159 18.58
 19 RB  DILLON,COREY        NE    3 Cyg's Calorie Outlets  154 15.64
 20 QB  GREEN,TRENT         KC    5 Hanover Hellions       153 17.92
 21 RB  DAVIS,DOMANICK      HOU   7 Yodelin' Yossarians    153 14.09
 22 WR  HORN,JOE            NO    8 Cyg's Calorie Outlets  153 13.08
 23 QB  BROOKS,AARON        NO    8 864 Areacodes          151 17.42
 24 WR  HARRISON,MARVIN     IND   6 The Nitschke's         151 12.58
 25 QB  BRADY,TOM           NE    3 John Elway's Teeth     148 16.17
 26 RB  PORTIS,CLINTON      WAS   7 Hanover Hellions       147 12.33
 27 RB  GREEN,AHMAN         GB    9 The Steel Curtainites  143 13.00
 28 WR  WAYNE,REGGIE        IND   6 Theismann's Legs       141 11.75
 29 WR  WALKER,JAVON        GB    9 Theismann's Legs       140 12.75
 30 Def WASHINGTON          WAS   7 Theismann's Legs       137 15.92
 31 Def TENNESSEE           TEN   9 864 Areacodes          137 13.83
 32 WR  JOHNSON,CHAD        CIN   5 Shady Spring Tigers    136 11.33
 33 QB  PENNINGTON,CHAD     NYJ   3 The Steel Curtainites  135 15.00
 34 Def NEW ENGLAND         NE    3 Arlington Pussies      133 18.08
 35 WR  HOLT,TORRY          STL   8 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks       132 11.00
 36 TE  GATES,ANTONIO       SD   10 The Steel Curtainites  130 12.08
 37 RB  TAYLOR,FRED         JAX   9 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks       130 10.83
 38 QB  HASSELBECK,MATT     SEA   4 The Nitschke's         129 15.91
 39 Def BUFFALO             BUF   3 Shady Spring Tigers    126 18.83
 40 K   VINATIERI,ADAM      NE    3 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks       124 10.33
 41 WR  JOHNSON,ANDRE       HOU   7 Arlington Pussies      124 10.33
 42 RB  JONES,THOMAS        CHI   5 Shady Spring Tigers    117 11.70
 43 WR  BRUCE,ISAAC         STL   8 Hanover Hellions       117  9.75
 44 Def SEATTLE             SEA   4 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks       116 15.67
 45 RB  FAULK,MARSHALL      STL   8 864 Areacodes          114 10.36
 46 TE  GONZALEZ,TONY       KC    5 John Elway's Teeth     112  9.33
 47 K   AKERS,DAVID         PHI   5 Baltimore Banyanators  112  9.33
 48 RB  BROWN,CHRIS         TEN   9 The Nitschke's         108 12.90
 49 WR  WARD,HINES          PIT   7 John Elway's Teeth     108  9.00
 50 RB  DROUGHNS,REUBEN     DEN  10 Hanover Hellions       106 11.42
 51 RB  SMITH,EMMITT        ARI   6 Arlington Pussies      106 10.91
 52 RB  BETTIS,JEROME       PIT   7 Shady Spring Tigers    106 10.42
 53 Def NY GIANTS           NYG   6 Shady Spring Tigers    103 14.58
 54 Def MINNESOTA           MIN   4 Yodelin' Yossarians    102 12.33
 55 WR  SMITH,JIMMY         JAX   9 Baltimore Banyanators  102  8.92
 56 RB  JOHNSON,RUDI        CIN   5 Hanover Hellions       101 12.00
 57 TE  CRUMPLER,ALGE       ATL   9 Hanover Hellions       101  8.42
 58 RB  LEWIS,JAMAL         BAL   6 John Elway's Teeth      99 12.38
 59 RB  PITTMAN,MICHAEL     TB    8 Cyg's Calorie Outlets   98 15.44
 60 WR  MOULDS,ERIC         BUF   3 864 Areacodes           98  8.92
 61 RB  BARLOW,KEVAN        SF    7 John Elway's Teeth      98  8.67
 62 WR  MOSS,RANDY          MIN   4 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks        96 10.67
 63 RB  MCALLISTER,DEUCE    NO    8 The Nitschke's          94 10.20
 64 K   GRAHAM,SHAYNE       CIN   5 Cyg's Calorie Outlets   94  8.33
 65 WR  JOHNSON,KEYSHAWN    DAL   4 Yodelin' Yossarians     93  8.50
 66 Def ARIZONA             ARI   6 The Steel Curtainites   91 14.00
 67 WR  STOKLEY,BRANDON     IND   6 864 Areacodes           91 11.25
 68 Def TAMPA BAY           TB    8 Theismann's Legs        88 17.17
 69 WR  JACKSON,DARRELL     SEA   4 Theismann's Legs        88  9.67
 70 K   ELAM,JASON          DEN  10 Hanover Hellions        88  7.33
 71 K   LONGWELL,RYAN       GB    9 Arlington Pussies       88  7.33
 72 QB  BULGER,MARC         STL   8 Shady Spring Tigers     87 18.17
 73 Def ATLANTA             ATL   9 Arlington Pussies       87 16.00
 74 WR  MASON,DERRICK       TEN   9 Shady Spring Tigers     86  9.67
 75 Def DENVER              DEN  10 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks        85 14.58
 76 TE  MCMICHAEL,RANDY     MIA  10 Baltimore Banyanators   84  7.00
 77 WR  WILLIAMS,ROY        DET   4 John Elway's Teeth      83  8.30
 78 K   CARNEY,JOHN         NO    8 864 Areacodes           83  6.92
 79 QB  BREES,DREW          SD   10 The Nitschke's          78 19.33
 80 WR  SMITH,ROD           DEN  10 Hanover Hellions        77  9.17
 81 WR  DRIVER,DONALD       GB    9 Baltimore Banyanators   76  9.25
 82 RB  JONES,KEVIN         DET   4 Theismann's Legs        75  8.18
 83 K   STOVER,MATT         BAL   6 John Elway's Teeth      75  7.25
 84 K   ANDERSEN,MORTEN     MIN   4 Shady Spring Tigers     73  6.08
 85 RB  DUNN,WARRICK        ATL   9 Yodelin' Yossarians     72  9.58
 86 WR  BENNETT,DREW        TEN   9 Cyg's Calorie Outlets   72  9.08
 87 RB  BLAYLOCK,DERRICK    KC    5 The Steel Curtainites   68 10.00
 88 WR  FITZGERALD,LARRY    ARI   6 The Steel Curtainites   67  6.67
 89 QB  BLEDSOE,DREW        BUF   3 Arlington Pussies       66 13.00
 90 RB  SMITH,ONTERRIO      MIN   4 Baltimore Banyanators   66 10.63
 91 RB  STALEY,DUCE         PIT   7 Arlington Pussies       66  9.50
 92 RB  JONES,JULIUS        DAL   4 Baltimore Banyanators   65 18.25
 93 WR  MOSS,SANTANA        NYJ   3 Yodelin' Yossarians     64  6.55
 94 QB  ROETHLISBERGER,BEN  PIT   7 Hanover Hellions        61 14.18
 95 WR  BURRESS,PLAXICO     PIT   7 Yodelin' Yossarians     61  8.00
 96 RB  MCGAHEE,WILLIS      BUF   3 Arlington Pussies       60 10.75
 97 TE  WITTEN,JASON        DAL   4 Cyg's Calorie Outlets   60  7.92
 98 WR  CLAYTON,MICHAEL     TB    8 John Elway's Teeth      58  8.42
 99 QB  MCNAIR,STEVE        TEN   9 Arlington Pussies       57 11.50
100 WR  BURLESON,NATE       MIN   4 S.U.C.M.A. Cocks        57  8.58

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• Rank of Super Bowl weekend on list of slowest weekends for weddings: 1
• Percent rise in U.S. sales of bigscreen TVs during Super Bowl week: 500
• Percentage of people who call in sick on Super Bowl Monday: 6
• U.S. women who watched the 2000 Academy Awards: 27 million
• U.S. women who watched Super Bowl XXXIV: 35 million
• Americans who attend Sunday church services: 110 million
• Americans who watched Super Bowl XXXVI: 150 million
• Tons of chips and popcorn eaten in U.S. on Super Bowl Sunday: 18,500
• Percent increase in U.S. sales of antacid on Super Bowl Monday: 20
• More toilets are flushed during Super Bowl halftime than at any other moment of the year.

2003 Nite Football League Player Stats
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2003 Wk#1 through Wk#14
* indicates the player is available
                                                                     
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                                 Strt FFL   Avg
 #   Pos Player              NFL  Pts Pts   PPG
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 1   RB  HOLMES,PRIEST       KC   283 283 21.77
 2   QB  MANNING,PEYTON      IND  217 260 20.00
 3   QB  MCNAIR,STEVE        TEN  257 257 19.77
 4   QB  CULPEPPER,DAUNTE    MIN  255 255 21.25
 5   RB  GREEN,AHMAN         GB   252 252 19.38
 6   QB  HASSELBECK,MATT     SEA  169 248 19.08
 7   RB  TOMLINSON,LADAINIAN SD   242 242 18.62
 8   QB  GREEN,TRENT         KC   147 242 18.62
 9   RB  PORTIS,CLINTON      DEN  237 237 19.75
10   QB  KITNA,JON           CIN   94 230 17.69
11   RB  LEWIS,JAMAL         BAL  223 223 17.15
12   QB  JOHNSON,BRAD        TB   120 220 16.92
13   RB  MCALLISTER,DEUCE    NO   214 214 16.46
14   WR  MOSS,RANDY          MIN  210 210 16.15
15   QB  BULGER,MARC         STL  190 207 17.25
16   WR  HOLT,TORRY          STL  197 197 15.15
17   QB  FAVRE,BRETT         GB   139 195 15.00
18   RB  ALEXANDER,SHAUN     SEA  189 189 14.54
19   QB  BROOKS,AARON        NO   152 184 14.15
20   QB  BRADY,TOM           NE    33 182 14.00
21   RB  DAVIS,STEPHEN       CAR  166 180 15.00
22   RB  HENRY,TRAVIS        BUF  156 177 14.75
23   QB  MCNABB,DONOVAN      PHI   92 176 13.54
24   QB  MADDOX,TOMMY        PIT   84 175 13.46
25   QB  GARCIA,JEFF         SF    63 173 17.30
26   RB  TAYLOR,FRED         JAX  143 169 13.00
27 * QB  CARTER,QUINCY       DAL    0 165 12.69
28   RB  WILLIAMS,RICKY      MIA  162 162 12.46
29   QB  COLLINS,KERRY       NYG    4 162 12.46
30   WR  JOHNSON,CHAD        CIN  159 159 12.23
31   RB  JAMES,EDGERRIN      IND  157 157 15.70
32   Def BALTIMORE           BAL  156 156 12.00
33   RB  WILLIAMS,MOE        MIN  146 154 11.85
34   QB  DELHOMME,JAKE       CAR  128 151 11.62
35   QB  PLUMMER,JAKE        DEN   62 151 16.78
36 * QB  RAMSEY,PATRICK      WAS   26 150 13.64
37   WR  MOSS,SANTANA        NYJ  148 149 11.46
38   QB  BLAKE,JEFF          ARI   25 149 11.46
39   WR  WARD,HINES          PIT  148 148 11.38
40   Def NEW ENGLAND         NE   103 146 11.23
41   WR  BOLDIN,ANQUAN       ARI   90 145 11.15
42   WR  HARRISON,MARVIN     IND  144 144 12.00
43   Def ST. LOUIS           STL    9 144 11.08
44   RB  BARBER,TIKI         NYG  127 142 10.92
45 * QB  HARRINGTON,JOEY     DET    8 140 10.77
46   WR  JACKSON,DARRELL     SEA   80 139 10.69
47   WR  OWENS,TERRELL       SF   138 138 10.62
48   K   WILKINS,JEFF        STL  137 137 10.54
49   K   VANDERJAGT,MIKE     IND  136 136 10.46
50   WR  MCCARDELL,KEENAN    TB    71 133 10.23
51   WR  MASON,DERRICK       TEN   88 130 10.00
52   Def TAMPA BAY           TB   129 129  9.92
53   RB  DAVIS,DOMANICK      HOU   53 129 11.73
54 * QB  LEFTWICH,BYRON      JAX   10 129 10.75
55   QB  BLEDSOE,DREW        BUF   86 128  9.85
56   WR  SMITH,STEVE         CAR   33 127  9.77
57   Def DALLAS              DAL  120 125  9.62
58   WR  COLES,LAVERANUES    WAS   74 124  9.54
59   RB  DUNN,WARRICK        ATL   18 121 11.00
60   Def SAN FRAN            SF    18 120  9.23
61   QB  PENNINGTON,CHAD     NYJ   70 118 16.86
62   WR  CHAMBERS,CHRIS      MIA   60 117  9.00
63   K   STOVER,MATT         BAL  107 116  8.92
64   Def MIAMI               MIA   94 115  8.85
65   RB  WESTBROOK,BRIAN     PHI   37 115  9.58
66   WR  BRUCE,ISAAC         STL  102 114  8.77
67   WR  WARRICK,PETER       CIN   45 114  8.77
68   RB  FAULK,MARSHALL      STL  113 113 14.13
69   Def TENNESSEE           TEN   76 113  8.69
70   RB  PITTMAN,MICHAEL     TB     0 113  8.69
71   TE  GONZALEZ,TONY       KC   100 112  8.62
72   WR  HORN,JOE            NO    90 112  8.62
73   RB  GEORGE,EDDIE        TEN   84 112  8.62
74 * QB  STEWART,KORDELL     CHI    0 112 14.00
75   WR  TOOMER,AMANI        NYG  104 111  8.54
76   WR  BOSTON,DAVID        SD   102 111 10.09
77   Def BUFFALO             BUF   90 111  8.54
78   Def DENVER              DEN   65 111  8.54
79   QB  CARR,DAVID          HOU    0 110 11.00
80   RB  HEARST,GARRISON     SF    84 108  9.00
81   RB  MARTIN,CURTIS       NYJ   84 108  8.31
82   TE  SHARPE,SHANNON      DEN  103 107  8.23
83   WR  WAYNE,REGGIE        IND   56 105  8.08
84   RB  JOHNSON,RUDI        CIN   71 104  9.45
85 * RB  DUCKETT,T.J.        ATL   20 104  8.00
86   QB  FIEDLER,JAY         MIA    5 104 10.40
87   WR  JOHNSON,ANDRE       HOU   52 100  7.69
88   QB  FLUTIE,DOUG         SD    23 100 16.67
89   K   ELAM,JASON          DEN   74  99  7.62
90   QB  HOLCOMB,KELLY       CLE   28  98  9.80
91   RB  HAMBRICK,TROY       DAL   89  96  7.38
92   Def PITTSBURGH          PIT   81  96  7.38
93   RB  THOMAS,ANTHONY      CHI   73  96  9.60
94   RB  BARLOW,KEVAN        SF    58  96  7.38
95   K   BROWN,JOSH          SEA   35  96  7.38
96   WR  MCCAREINS,JUSTIN    TEN    6  96  7.38
97 * K   KASAY,JOHN          CAR   23  95  7.31
98   K   LONGWELL,RYAN       GB    44  94  7.23
99   Def INDIANAPOLIS        IND   19  94  7.23
100 * Def JACKSONVILLE        JAX   10  94  7.23