No bounties sought for Finks owners

Check out this story from May about a disgruntled fantasy commissioner seeking a bounty hunter for deadbeat owners. Good thing all of our Finks League owners pay up on time, or I will sick Boba Fett or Jonathan Vilma on your tale.

Here's the story: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/05/duck-fantasy-baseball-fees-and-this-could-happen-to-you/

Dah Commish gives a S/O in his other blog

I indirectly talked about the Finks League in by Heard in the Hallways blog for Pioneer Press. You can check it out at this link:

http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/sports/2013/08/one_fans_fantasy_football_obse.html

Auction 2013 is in the books

A few notes from Finks League Auction 2013 now that the agonizing wait for your roster is complete:

THE TOPS: Your highest bids by position were $38 for QB Brees NO by the Distillers... $26.75 for RB Rice BAL by Newt... $24.05 for WR Fitzgerald AZ by Quags... $3.01 for PK Gostkowski by Khans.
HOT BIDS: The bidding was very spirited for the following players:
RB Spiller BUF for $23.17 by Quags, the next bid was $23.07.
WR Bryant DAL went for $23.75 by Quags, the next bid was $19.02.
The Eggers received WR Jul. Jones ATL for $6.02 to beat a bid of $5.94.
Newt claimed PK Prater DEN for $1.32, topping a bid of $1.03.
A penny makes a difference for Khans' Gostkowski bid, beating out another bid of $3.
BLIND LEADING THE BLIND: There was only one blind draw for an equal high bid. The Brawlers got RB M. Ball DEN over the Sharks for .50.
BEST ON THE BOARD: According to an ESPN Fantasy Football Draft Kit listing, these are our best remaining free agents available after Week 1:
QB Roethlisberger PIT
RB Bernard CIN
WR R. White ATL
PK J. Brown NYG

Good luck to you all.

Funny NBC spot on Premier League football

Week 17: Cleopatra reigns in FB19

Morris leads stunning comeback for title win

LONDON -- Anthony Munoz and Cleopatra RB Morris WAS scored three TDs and rushed for 200 yards on Sunday Night Football to lead a stunning comeback over the Ham N Eggers in the Finks League's Finger Bowl 19.

Cleopatra won 61-42 in Week 17 at Wembley Stadium to pick up the second league title for Dah Commish, the only remaining owner to compete in every year in league history. Dah Commish's only previous title was FB10, a 58-44 win over Simo's Los Angeles Express in 2003.

"Stunning. It's the only word I can think of to describe how I feel right now," Dah Commish said. "Before the Sunday Night Football game, I thought I was dead and buried."

The Eggers led 42-28 entering the NFL's final regular season game. In addition to Morris' MVP performance of 27 Finks points, TE Witten DAL added a TD for Cleopatra on SNF. Dah Commish won $378 for this year's Finks League title.

Eggers owner Miazga finished second in back-to-back seasons and earned $126 as the runner-up. Newt placed third with a 41-37 victory over the defending champion Distillers.

Cleopatra established a franchise record for $16 in transactions over the course of the season. The only remaining players from the opening auction to finish the season were QB Stafford DET and PKs Akers SF and Hanson DET. Stafford fell one point short of a franchise record for individual Finks points in a season, finishing with 185 compared to QB E. Manning NYG's total from 2012 when Dah Commish placed third.

Cleopatra's opening week roster included RBs Helu WAS, Redman PIT, D. Brown IND, Starks GB. Only Brown was on the roster to end the season. Dah Commish picked up starting RBs Morris WAS and Spiller BUF in the second week and managed to hold on despite losing WR scoring leader Harvin MIN to a season-ending injury after Week 9.

During the season, Cleopatra's roster included 10 different RBs and nine different WR/TEs. RB D. Brown IND and WR T. Smith BAL were released during the season only to be picked up again later in the season.

FINGER BOWL 19 BOXSCORE

Cleopatra (61)
QB Stafford DET 14
RB Morris WAS 27
RB Spiller BUF 6
TE Witten DAL 6
WR T. Smith BAL zero
PK Hanson DET 8

Eggers (42)
QB P. Manning DEN 16
RB Forte CHI 11
RB Green-Ellis CIN zero
TE A. Hernandez NE zero
WR Nicks NYG zero
PK Graham HOU 15

THIRD PLACE BOXSCORE

Newt (41)
QB Wilson SEA 14
RB Moreno DEN 6
RB Sproles NO 9
WR Marshall CHI zero
WR Cruz NYG 6
PK Tynes NYG 6

Distillers (37)
QB Luck IND 6
RB Ridley NE 12
RB Turner ATL 6
WR Cal. Johnson DET zero
WR Welker NE 9
PK Gostkowski NE 4

Week 17: Finger Bowl 19 preview

HAM N EGGERS (9-6-1) at ANTHONY MUNOZ AND CLEOPATRA (11-5)
At Wembley Stadium, London

This season: Cleopatra 50, Eggers 43, week 6; Cleopatra 32, Eggers 30, week 10

Playoff records: Dah Commish 4-2, Miazga 2-5-1

The skinny: Both teams are hurting and could lose starters for the Finger Bowl. Eggers RB Forte CHI is questionable and Cleopatra WR Shorts JAX was placed on IR earlier in the week. Both owners are making their second FB appearances. Eggers owner Miazga is seeking his first Finger Bowl title in 15 Finks League seasons. He lost last year's final 66-61 to the Distillers... Dah Commish is making his first Finger Bowl appearance since winning FB10 in 2003. His As You Hike It defeated Simo's Los Angeles Express 58-44. ... The Eggers survived the first Finks semifinal tie in league history to advance... FB19 is a battle between the top two teams in the Lambert Division.

Projected starters: Eggers -- P. Manning, Forte, Green-Ellis, Cobb, Hernandez, Graham; Cleopatra -- Stafford, Morris, Spiller, T. Smith, Witten, Hanson.

The pick: Eggers 42, Cleopatra 32.

Week 16: Review, boxscores

 Cleopatra reigns, advances to Finger Bowl

LONDON -- Cleopatra owner Dah Commish earned 21 combined Finks points from QB Stafford and PK Hanson DET from Saturday Night Football to advance to his first Finger Bowl since winning in 2003. Cleopatra beat Newt 35-25 at Wembley Stadium.

Newt owner Jeff Newton gambled by starting three NYGs, but those players combined for only five points.

CLEOPATRA 35, NEWT 25

Cleopatra (35)
QB Stafford DET 9
RB Morris WAS 9
RB Spiller BUF 5
TE Witten DAL zero
WR Shorts JAX zero
PK Hanson DET 12

Newt (25)
QB E. Manning NYG 3
RB Rice BAL 11
RB Moreno DEN 3
WR Marshall CHI 6
WR Cruz NYG zero
PK Tynes NYG

Eggers catch a break, makes return trip to Finks finale

LOCKPORT, Ill. -- In a Finks League first, owner Mike Miazga's Ham N Eggers topped the defending champion Distillers by a playoff tiebreaker.

The Eggers had to rally from behind to pull off a win, tying the final score at 41, but theEggers won the QB tiebreaker with Peyton Manning's 16 over Andrew Luck's 6. The only other tie in the postseason was the Virtual Poets and owner Paul Klatt won 41-41 [12-6]  over Chris Traczek's Helena Handbasket in Finger Bowl 5.

The Eggers will make back-to-back Finger Bowl appearances after losing in last year's final 66-61 to the Distillers.

EGGERS 41, DISTILLERS 41 [16-6]

Eggers   (41)
QB P. Manning DEN 16
RB Forte CHI 9
RB Green-Ellis CIN zero
WR Cobb GB 6
TE Hernandez NE zero
PK Graham 10

Distillers (41)
QB Luck IND 6
RB Ridley NE 3
RB Turner ATL zero
WR Cal. Johnson DET 9
WR Walker NE 9
PK Gostkowski NE 14