Titletown Iceman

it's a leftover from a league where you auction-drafted NFL teams to claim all the fantasy players on that team. We needed a tool to set auction values.

So who's the draft choice or FA move that cracks the list? Reggie Bush? Jamal Lewis?

This is a fantasy football experiment where the NFL schedule is played out but with the game outcome determined using a scoring + performance system. An 8-man starting roster is used, with one flex position. The roster is changed each week to reflect starters. see VNFL website 2005 results: AFC NORTH -- Bengals 11-4-1, Steelers 9-5-2, Browns 7-9-0, Ravens 6-9-1 AFC CENTRAL -- Colts 14-2-0, Jaguars 10-6-0, Titans 5-11-0, Texans 2-14-0 AFC EAST -- Dolphins 8-8-0, Bills 7-9-0, Patriots 7-9-0, Jets 4-12-0 AFC WEST -- Broncos 12-4-0, Chargers 10-6-0, Chiefs 9-7-0, Raiders 4-11-1 NFC NORTH -- Packers 10-6-0, Bears 8-8-0, Vikings 7-9-0, Lions 4-12-0 NFC CENTRAL -- Buccaneers 13-3-0, Panthers 10-6-0, Falcons 7-9-0, Saints 3-13-0 NFC EAST -- Giants 10-5-1, Cowboys 10-6-0, Redskins 9-7-0, Eagles 9-7-0 NFC WEST -- Seahawks 11-5-0, Cardinals 9-7-0, Rams 7-9-0, 49ers 1-15-0 Highest Points For: Bengals 1664, Colts 1660, Giants 1649

Do you (or anybody else) know if the GURU is a person (or persons) or if it is an algorithm in their software?

gotta be the "deer beard"

Gents, we stumbled over this problem a few years ago. Our answer was to appoint a deputy commissioner, whose sole purpose is to oversee any roster moves made by the commissioner. In my case this was one of the 10 original co-founders of the league. The deputy offered the simplicity of a one-person veto (like the commish apparently had in the present discussion) and avoids the hassles of the all-owner vote.

... in 2 leagues while leaving DDavis in thinking Pit would do only enough to win

Absolutely, and I'd bet Favre would bench himself before "calling back".

When Driver and Freeman succeeded the Packers rewarded them with good contracts, which is what Farvre was saying, I think, in Walker's case too. Maybe Irvin didn't recall those.

And then have Michael Irvin praise you for attempting to betray those who helped you succeed.

Or succeed once, maybe twice (with the benefit of the good people around you) and then ask for the millions.

not really and flame away if you like, but the sad truth in this country is that sports salaries are a main reason why many kids feel entitled and don't take school, jobs, etc. seriously enough. Sure, Favre should have kept his nose out, but I think he was on firm ground, the kind of ground Irvin doesn't understand. Walker's holdout was a bad choice, but he went down playing hard --- how the hell does Favre get the blame? Guys like Irvin and Moss and TO have nothing to offer our kids when they open their fat mouths because they do not understand the kind of responsibility that goes along with their success - Favre does.

Irvin sucks and you guys might want to think a bit before jumping on the bandwagon. Favre just wants to win and that's why he called out Javon, period. Javon got injured trying to make a great catch for his QB, again just trying to win period. No hard feelings. The "business" part of it doesn't apply anywhere, before or after. But Irvin seems to think he knows all and that the selfish attitudes players have is part of the "business" end of the game. It makes me sick enough that our kids pick up on the entitlement label and think they do not have to work to win success, fame, and fortune. But to have somebody on air tell you that even the game's best have shrunk to that level is a complete lie and a publicity stunt to further his own selfish pride. And to have armchair quarterbacks like us simply agree with him before thinking about it means we are failing as parents, coaches, and mentors to our future fantasy studs.

Make the move -- Diggs is back. Most of the team will play with Favre because they just want to win.

I work on Long Island and brought these from 'sconnyland (some are mailed weekly): A Wheaties box with the '96 Packers A signed copy of "Mean on Sunday" - Nitschke A Bart Starr bobblehead Programs from SB XXXI and XXXII Ticket stubs from 1996 NFC Championship, "Showdown in Titletown" 11/23/97 vs Cowboys (and the terrible towel), and 1997 Bears game where we were served roast bear in the parking lot... Lots of Lambeau photos, mostly with brats on the grill A sheet of 32-cent Vince Lombardi stamps from the USPS A first-day-of-issue envelope from GB celebrating the release of the 33-cent stamp commemorating the Packers in the 1960s A Favre commemorative coin A Packers flag (on game Friday) The front page from last week's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and the Green Bay Press-Gazette The recent copy of The Packer Report