Week one was exciting. There were close games, blowouts, upsets, and disappointments. Congratulations go out to Rogers, whose AMMODOGS were far and away the top team in week one. We were all impressed with his 2015 draft and week one did nothing to change that. Here are the rest of the matchup results with week two analysis after the jump.
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Migrating the Record Book data from Yahoo! to the OIL site is something that's needed to be done for a long time. The problem is that the Record Book isn't available in the offseason. I've posted most of the categories to our new OIL Record Book page on the okiraqi.org site and will eventually post all categories. Let me know if there are categories you'd like to track and post.
"Momma, that's one scary cowboy" - Five-year-old future OIL Commissioner Justin C Cliburn when he saw a cardboard Freddy Krueger display at the video store.
That's my earliest memory of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Freddy Krueger. Perhaps that's why I never got into horror films. But PFC manager Jimmy Mitchell is into horror films . . . so much that he named his franchise after one near and dear to his heart. Today they unveiled their Freddy Krueger-inspired logo and uniforms. They perfectly capture the mood of their horror movie namesake. The Nightmares were designed by Michael Taylor Design. By Redlegs manager Lance Zerger
Week One has come and gone; so has Dez Bryant’s ankle or Bob Costa’s ability to say anything football fans want to hear. Wow, what a week. The chat boards were going crazy with trash talk from Josh Lynn rivaling a fifth grader who can’t compete on the tether ball pole, but I bet his mom would be able to. Week One Recap The Holy Crap I Did Not See That Coming award goes to Steel Reign manager Mark Fitzgerald. He spanked Rebel Alliance up and down the field. Fitzgerald won that game like he wins Andy Dufresne look-a-like contests: easily and without irony. The Comeback of the Week award goes to Walt Musselman's Mutinous Apes. They came back from over 40 points down to beat last year’s champion: War Pony. This bodes well for the Apes since this is only their second season of fantasy football. Congrats Walter. The Close Game of the Week was between the Redlegs and Doughboys. This game came down to the wire, although the Redlegs picked up some garbage points towards the end in the late action of the Vikings and 49ers game. Prior to any game being kicked off on Monday, the Redlegs were trailing by a single point. Week Two Preview The good men at RateMyLeague.com took the time to preview The OIL's NFC and AFC. The PFC had too many teams without defenses or kickers yet, so it'll get previewed at a later date. If you like this, be sure to shoot them a message of thanks on Facebook.
NOTE: Not every team in the PFC has a logo and uniforms. Therefore, we'll refrain from using logos in this post. Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither was the OIL. It will take time to build the franchises into something comparable to the NFC's and AFC's.
The PFC is in its first season as an OIL conference. There will be growing pains as several of the managers are first-time fantasizers (what my wife calls fantasy football fanatics). But each manager shares a common bond: military service. Twelve of the 14 were on the 2006 SECFOR mission that created the OIL. Of the remaining two, one (Derrick Tadlock) deployed with the 158 during their 2008 Ramadi mission. The final piece to the puzzle (Brian Gauthier) is a USMC vet that met randomly met Cliburn at an Oklahoma City bar (no, not that kind of bar). Over the course of the season, they'll develop team names, logos, and uniforms. But, most importantly, they'll strengthen a bond that transcends so much and keep in touch 41 other brothers-in-arms during the OIL's 10th season. As my dad (and his dad before him) used to say, the drought is over; football is finally here. Can you believe it? I thought it was never coming back. Every February, I'm like a dog that doesn't understand object permanence. Football walks away, and I wait and whine impatiently until I see it walk back through that door the following September. In light of Zerger's Week One Preview of the AFC, I'm going to try my hand analyzing the opening weekend's games. Warning: I'm not as funny as Zerger thinks he is, so don't expect as many jokes.
The preseason is done. The draft is over. Lineups are set. All that remains is (real) football. For those who have been living under a rock, the OIL has expanded once again. The Patriot Football Conference (PFC) will be competing this season. Its managers are:
Cliburn. PFC manager Bill Straily released the logo and uniforms for his Enforcers franchise just in time for the regular season. The Enforcers' colors are navy and silver and are inspired by Straily's career in law enforcement.
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