UMFL Title Game

Hey All,

Here's the results the UMFL Title Game...

Orange Is The New Brown 99
Texas Toads 62

Congratulations to Orange Is The New Brown's owner Allen Eckhouse for claiming the 2014 UMFL Championship!  With Allen wining both the baseball and the football leagues this year, this makes him the most successful owner of a franchise from Shaker Heights, OH in the last 100 years.

Another season is at an end, thanks to everyone who played in the league. It's always fun going through the weekly ups and downs of the season.  Happy Holidays everyone!

...and remember that it's only about 75 days until spring training, so start thinking about the Longball League.

-The Commissioner

Championship Games

Hey All,

Here's the results of the Conference Championship Games...

American Conference
Orange Is The New Brown 100- Sonora Whipsnakes 78

National Conference
Dukie Bears 86- Texas Toads 65


So, OITNB will face the Dukie Bears in the UMFL Championship Game!


Notes
Thursday Night Game is Tennessee @ Jacksonville

NO byes this week.

Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

Divisional Playoffs

Hey All,

Here's the divisional playoff scores...

Orange Is The New Brown 133- San Juan Surf Dogs 81
Sonora Whipsnakes 94- ROFLOTF 79
Dukie Bears 97- SeaHorses 70
Texas Toads 130- The Capitalists 97

Congrats to the teams that are now moving on to the Conference Championship Games!

Notes

Thursday Night Game is Arizona @ St. Louis

There are no byes!


Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

Week 13, 2104

Hey All,

Here are the results from the play-in weekend...

Texas Toads 98
Tax Dodgers 94
Steel Knees 80
Huachuca Starthroats 77

So, with those precious 98 points the Texas Toads claim the last will card spot in the National Conference.

Here's the playoff schedule for the Divisional Round

American Conference

San Juan Surf Dogs (8-3-1) v. Orange Is The New Brown (7-5)
ROFLOTF (8-4) v. Sonora Whipsnakes (7-4-1)

National Conference
SeaHorses (8-4) v. Dukie Bears (7-5)
The Capitalists (9-3) v. Texas Toads (6-6)


NOTES
Thursday night game is Dallas @ Chicago

There are no BYES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Luck,

-The Commissioner

Week 12

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

San Juan Surf Dogs 117-KoKo Craters 112
ROFLOTF 73- Kiwi Penguins 70
Dukie Bears 119- Cucamonga Clan 94
Orange Is The New Brown 107- Earloes 97
Sonora Whipsnakes 111- Thunder Mountain Lightning 87
Huachuca Starthroats 121- Texas Toads 85
SeaHorses 109- Steel Knees 108
TouchDownton Abbey 107-Greek One 79
The Capitalists 114- Creek Trail Burros111
Bop's Bashers 103- Tax Dodgers 100

Playoff  Craziness
The regular season is over in the UMFL and the playoff picture isn't completely set.
Here's how it looks right now.  We have a four-way tie for the final wild card spot in the National Conference.  So, here's the solution to break this tie that can only be done in fantasy football. All four teams will play next week for that final spot. Highest score out of the four teams claims the final wild card spot and the right to face The Capitalists in two weeks.  So this week will be a Play-In week.  The other seven playoff teams will have this week off.  Here's how the playoff bracket looks right now.


American Conference

San Juan Surf Dogs v. Orange Is The New Brown
ROFLOTF v. Sonoran Whipsnakes

National Conference

SeaHorses v. v. Dukie Bears
The Capitalists v. the Play-In week winner


The four teams competing this week are:
Steel Knees
Texas Toads
Huachuca Starthroats
Tax Dodgers

Notes for this week
The Cowboys, Eagles, Lions, Bears, 49ers and Seahawks are all playing on Thanksgiving.

BYES: NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, Play-In week owners, get those rosters to me in time!!!

Good Luck,

The Commisisoner

Week 11, 2014

Hey All,

It was a grinder kind of a week in the UMFL and the playoff picture is a mess right now.  Here's the score for week 11...

Cucamonga Clan 86- KoKo Craters 77
San Juan Surf Dogs 79- ROFLOTF 76
Kiwi Penguins 92- Tax Dodgers 67
Orange Is The New Brown 93- TouchDownton Abbey 89
Sonoran Whipsnakes 96- Earloes 78
Texas Toads 84- SeaHorses 72
Thunder Mountain Lightning 84- Steel Knees 72
Greek One 73- Huachuca Starthroats 71
Dukie Bears 108- The Capitalists 77
Bop's Bashers 88- Creek Trail Burros 48

Notes

I will try to have a playoff picture email out soon.

BYES: Pittsburgh and Carolina.  GET YOUR FINAL WEEK LINEUPS INTO ME!

Thursday Night game is Kansas City @ Oakland

Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

Week 10, 2014

Hey All,

Here are the scores in a very high scoring week...

Kiwi Penguins 124- KoKo Craters 112
San Juan Surf Dogs 131- Cucamonga Clan 126
ROFLOTF 120- Bop's Bashers 107
Thunder Mountain Lightning 131- Orange Is The New Brown 128
TouchDownton Abbey 145- Earloes 115
SeaHorses 125- Sonora Whipsnakes 103
Steel Knees 146- Huachuca Starthroats 142
Greek One 128- Texas Toads 79
The Capitalists 116- Tax Dodgers 99
Creek Trail Burros 99- Dukie Bears 76


Notes

The Thursday game is Buffalo @ Miami

BYES this week are: DALLAS, NY JETS, JACKSONVILLE and BALTIMORE

This is the next to last week of the regular season.

Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

Week 9, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

ROFLOTF 117- KoKo Craters 92
San Juan Surf Dogs 102- Creek Trail Burros 78
Kiwi Penguins 117- Cucamonga Clan 107
Sonora Whipsnakes 111, Orange Is The New Brown 97
Texas Toads 107- Earloes 84
TouchDownton Abbey 118- Thunder Mountain Lightning 86
SeaHorses 104- Huachuca Starthroats 99
Steel Knees 102- Greek One 97
The Capitalists 125- Bop's Bashers 106
Tax Dodgers 109- Dukie Bears 102

Notes

Thursday Night game is Cleveland @ Cincinnati

THIS WEEK'S BYES: Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington, and Houston!!!


Get those lineups in or there will a whole lot more zeroes on the board than this week!!!


Good Luck,

-The Commissioner

Week 8, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

The Capitalists 107- KoKo Craters 87
San Juan Surf Dogs 109- Kiwi Penguins 109
ROFLTOF 131- Cucamonga Clan 124
Huachuca Starthroats 105- Orange Is The New Brown 100
Thunder Mountain Lightning 96- Earloes 95
Sonora Whipsnakes 129- TouchDownton Abbey 100
Texas Toads 97- Steel Knees 85
Greek One 102- SeaHorses 82
Dukie Bears 119- Bop's Bashers 91
Tax Dodgers 96- Creek Trail Burros 80


NOTES

We are 2/3 of the way through the UMFL season.  Wow.

So, if you need to make a move, make it!

Thursday Night Game is New Orleans at Carolina

BYES: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, and Tennessee

So, get your roster changes in or there will be a lot of zeroes on the board this week.

Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

WEEK 7, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

KoKo Craters 99- Greek One 79
Huachuca Starthroats 114- San Juan Surf Dogs 97
ROFLOTF 70- Texas Toads 45
SeaHorses 87- Kiwi Penguins 65
Cucamonga Clan 103- Steel Knees 83
Orange Is The New Brown 82- Dukie Bears 81
The Capitalists 99- Earloes 79
Sonora Whipsnakes 110- Creek Trail Burros 95
Thunder Mountain Lightning 83- Bop's Bashers 67
Tax Dodgers 103- TouchDownton Abbey 93


NOTES

Thursday Night Game is San Diego at Denver

This week's byes are : NY Giants and San Francisco

 Good Luck

-The Commissioner

Week 6, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

KoKo Craters 84- Huachuca Starthroats 81
San Juan Surf Dogs 90- Texas Toads 83
ROFLOTF 95- SeaHorses 89
Steel Knees 79- Kiwi Penguins 75
Cucamonga Clan 116- Greek One 101
The Capitalists 85- Orange Is The New Brown 70
Earloes 88- Creek Trail Burros 85
Sonora Whipsnakes 92- Bop's Bashers 82
Tax Dodgers 92- Thunder Mountain Lightning 90
Dukie Bears 86- TouchDownton Abbey 84

NOTES

The Thursday Night Game is the New York Jets at New England.

BYES this week are: Philadelphia and Tampa Bay

Everyone please get your lineups into me on time  There were a lot of zeros in the scores this week.

Good Luck,

The Commissioner

Week 5, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

Orange Is The New Brown 106- KoKo Craters 94
San Juan Surf Dogs 91- Kiwi Penguins 85
Cucamonga Clan 100- ROFLOTF 85
Earloes 124- Thunder Mountain Lightning 93
Sonora Whipsnakes 117- TouchDownton Abbey 117- A tie
Huachuca Starthroats 110- The Capitalists 84
Steel Knees 94- Texas Toads 67
Seahorses 105- Greek One 72
Tax Dodgers 122- Creel Trail Burros 109
Dukie Bears 95- Bop's Bashers 70

Notes:

Thursday Night game is Indianapolis @ Houston

BYES this week are: Kansas City and New Orleans

Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

WEEK 4, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

KoKo Craters 83- ROFLOTF 68
Earloes 95- San Juan Surf Dogs 49
Cucamonga Clan 75- Kiwi Penguins 56
Orange Is The New Brown 114- Sonora Whipsnakes 69
TouchDownton Abbey 86- Thunder Mountain Lightning 51
SeaHorses 80- Huachuca Starthroats 66
Greek One 93- Steel Knees 74
Bop's Bashers 91- The Capitalists 61
Dukie Bears 136- Tax Dodgers 71
Texas Toads 119- Creek Trail Burros 97


Notes

Teams with a bye this week are Oakland and Miami.  So folks, send me those lineups to readjust what you changed last week.

Thursday night game this week is Minnesota @ Green Bay


Good Luck!
-The Comissioner

Week 3, 2014

Hey All,

There was a power outage in the UMFL this week.  I don't remember a week where not a single team topped 100 points.  Check out the scores...

Kiwi Penguins 77- KoKo Craters 75
San Juan Surf Dogs 76- Cucamonga Clan 68
ROFLOTF 69- Sonora Whipsnakes 43
Orange Is The New Brown 56- Thunder Mountain Lightning 49
TouchDownton Abbey 73- Earloes 56
Steel Knees 81- Huachuca Starthroats 66
Texas Toads 63- Greek One 46
SeaHorses 74- Bop's Bashers 55
The Capitalists 77- Tax Dodgers 53
Dukie Bears 83- Creek Trail Burros 69

Notes:

Welcome to the beginning of the BYE Weeks, folks!

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, St. Louis, Arizona, and Seattle are all off this week.

Let me now go over the BYE rule again.

If you have a player on a bye week, then you must fill in that slot from your roster.  If a position group is wiped out due to a bye week, then you can sub from anywhere else in the NFL.

Thursday Night Game is...

New York Ginats @ Washington


Good Luck,
-The Commissioner

Week 2, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

Koko Craters 97- Cucamonga Clan 42
ROFLOTF 75- San Juan Surf Dogs 61
Thunder Mountain Lightning 98- Kiwi Penguins 53
TouchDownton Abbey 91- Orange Is The New Brown 67
Earloes 74- Sonora Whipsnakes 61
Huachuca Starthroats 85- Greek One 49
Texas Toads 76- SeaHorses 74
Steel Knees 90- Tax Dodgers 72
The Capitalists 75- Dukie Bears 61
Creek Trail Burros 87- Bop's Bashers 77

Notes

Thursday Night Game is Tampa Bay at Atlanta

Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson subs and drops are freebies.  Just replace them as you want to.

Good Luck!

-The Commissioner

Week 1, 2014

Hey All,

Here's the scores...

San Juan Surf Dogs 101- KoKo Craters 66
Kiwi Penguins 108- ROFLOTF 81
Cucamonga Clan 82- TouchDownton Abbey 81
Orange Is The New Brown 101- Earloes 89
Sonoran Whipsnakes 67- Thunder Mountain Lightning 51
Huachuca Starthroats 81- Texas Toads 74
SeaHorses 107- Steel Knees 76
Greek One 78- Dukie-Bears 64
The Capitalists 105- Creek Trail Burros 75
Tax Dodgers 84- Bop's Bashers 69

Notes and Reminders...

The NFL has a game every Thursday. If you have a player or players in that game, get your starting lineups to me by kickoff of that game.

Anybody in the league that needs to drop Ray Rice, can do so without it costing a roster move.  What a train wreck.

A giant has been felled.  With the Cucamonga Clans' one-point win over Touchdownton Abbey, Maureen Lenker's 15-game winning streak has been snapped.

Good Luck to all this week!

-The Commissioner

The Rules 2014

Hey All,

Are you ready for some football!?!
Yes, I know I'm a little late, but here's the UMFL rules for 2014!!!!!!!!  We should have a really fun league this year!!!!

Note:  The deadline for submitting your rosters and team names is September 1, 2014 at 5:30PM PDT.  

Here are the League Rules:

1. Draft? There is no draft. Each owner will send me a roster and team name before the deadline. I need time to make up the schedule.

2. Roster Makeup: Each roster will look as follows...

2 QBs

3 RBs

3 WR/TEs

2 K

2 Defenses (Yes, you will pick two full defenses I.E. the Cowboys and the Jaguars defenses)

3. Starting Lineup: Each owner will submit a starting lineup for each game. Your lineup will consist of players from your roster and will look as follows...

1 QB

2 RBs

2 WR/TEs

1 K

1 Defense

4. Scoring: QBs: QBs are awarded 1 point for every 20 yards gained passing and 1 point for every 10 yards gained rushing. All TDs scored by air or ground count as 6 points each. I will use common rounding off procedures for point calculation.

ex. QB-A throws for 213 yards, runs for 24 yards and throws for 3 TDS. QB-A will have had a 31 point day. (213 P-Yds =11 pts. +24 R-yds.= 2 pts. +3TDs = 18 pts.)

RBs + WR/TEs: they get 1 point for every 10 yards rushing, 1 point for every 10 yards receiving and 6 points for each TD scored. Oh, and if they happen to throw the ball, they will get 1 point for every 20 yards passing.

PK: Each PAT is worth one point and each FG is worth 3 points. Oh, and if they handle the ball at all they will be credited for their efforts exactly like the position players.

Defense: Each defensive unit earns points in this manner. Each sack is worth 2 points, each turnover is worth 3 points and each TD is worth 6 points.

Note: All kickoff and punt returns for a TD will only be counted if that player is in your starting lineup that week.

5. Bye Weeks: hopefully you will put a roster together that will take bye weeks into account. If you don't, you can use any other player to sub for the bye week affected player.

6. Watch The Schedule: The NFL is starting Thursday Night Football in September this year, so if you have a player or players in that week's matchup, let me know you're using them before that game starts.

7. Roster Moves: You only get three, yes just three roster moves because a player is lousy. So pick wisely. Also, remember any player can be subbed for who is injured without it counting against your three roster moves.

8. Playoff Structure: Don't know yet. I'll see what works best after I get all the league signups.

9. Have Fun!!!

-The Commissioner