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Record Book Updated

12/31/2015

I've updated the Record Book as well as the head-to-head manager standings. Did you know that Morgan is 8-1-1 all-time against Finch? Or that Duffy is 8-3 against Cobb? Who has the record for longest playoff streak? Who had the all-time easiest strength of schedule. Find out where you stand in the OIL record book here. You can find the head-to-head records for all three conferences here.

Happy New Year, y'all!

Yahoo Video: The Story of the OIL

12/31/2015

Yahoo! Sports just published their video covering the OIL, its 10th anniversary, and the 2015 draft. I hope you like it. Thank you to Duffy and Pyle for opening up and to Earhart for taking one for the team to give us good background footage.

Liberty Bowl: AFC vs. PFC

12/29/2015

The second annual Liberty Bowl pits the AFC vs. the PFC. When the OIL expanded to a third conference, something had to change regarding the Week 17 Liberty Bowl. We could either pit all three teams against each other, or we could use Week 16 as a semifinal matchup: the two highest-scoring teams would advance. That's what we chose. I have to admit that I don't like excluding a three-time champion in the NFC's SoonerJack, but rules are rules.

So the Liberty Bowl will pit the AFC champion War Pony versus the PFC champion Boomtown Brawlers. The winner will get their name engraved on the Tenequer Memorial Trophy as well as a custom mini-helmet made by Helmet Nation, LLC. Good luck, men.

War Pony

Tyrod Taylor

Brandon Marshall
Sammy Watkins
Brandin Cooks

DeAngelo Williams
Rashad Jennings

Austin Seferian-Jenkins

Calvin Johnson
Michael Floyd

Brandon McManus
Oakland

Pos.

20.20 QB 20.20

26.60 WR 26.60
24.60 WR 1.00
07.20 WR 23.90

4.10 RB 0.80
25.60 RB 11.40

7.80 TE 24.65

29.70 W/T 18.10
2.60 W/R 7.30

10.00 K 0.00
11.00 D 29.00
169.40 to 162.95

Brawlers

Tyrod Taylor

Brandon Marshall
Martavis Bryant
Julio Jones

Mike Gillislee
Alfred Blue

Zach Ertz

Anquan Boldin
Theo Riddick

Chandler Catanzaro
Houston

'War Pony' Wins Back-to-Back Thunder Bowls

12/29/2015

KENT, WASHINGTON — War Pony held on to beat the Rebel Alliance Monday night to win its second straight Thunder Bowl. The back-to-back championship are an OIL record. Congratulations to Jimmy Venable for retaining the Killman Memorial Trophy for one more season.

'SoonerJack' Wins Record Third OIL Bowl

12/29/2015

2015 OIL Bowl winner Eli Manning (Credit: /u/spuddy0108).

NORMAN — Third-seeded SoonerJack defeated the DARC NARCS Monday night to snag their third OIL Bowl championship. The third entry on the Harrington Trophy is an OIL record (Lucky Enuf, Arrogant Americans, and War Pony are tied for second with two championships each).

'Brawlers' Win PFC, Advance to Liberty Bowl

12/27/2015

The Boomtown Brawlers are the very first champions of the PFC. They beat the FDC Chiefs 211.25-150.50 in the inaugural Patriot Bowl:

Brake will advance to the Liberty Bowl for a shot at the Tenequer Memorial Trophy. For Pennington, the loss ends a story book comeback after taking over the team when they were 1-2.

Thunder Bowl II Preview

12/24/2015

Merry Christmas everyone! The holiday season did not start out well for Brosh or Fitzgerald, as their Vultures and Steel Reign squads were eliminated from the playoffs in week 15. But it set up a matchup for the ages in Roe vs. Venable. Roe is the upstart, having started his first OIL season 0-3 before making a furious comeback. Venable is the defending champion. Roe is the Rebel Alliance. I guess that makes War Pony Darth Vader? Who will take home the Killman Memorial Trophy?

Brosh and Fitzgerald shouldn't hang their heads after their week 15 showings. They each scored over 155 points, which is usually enough for a win. But they ran into a buzzsaw.

Semifinals Recap

It's not often a team scores 162 points and loses by 60. That's what happened to Brosh though. It just wasn't meant to be for the Vultures as the Rebels scored over 220 points.

The same goes for Fitzgerald. He scored 155 points but still lost by 20.

Thunder Bowl Preview:
**#5 Rebel Alliance (10-5) vs. #2 War Pony (10-4)**

Rebel Alliance RB LeSean McCoy (Credit: /u/spuddy0108)

War Pony RB DeAngelo Williams (Credit: Jordan Roberts)

Story lines: Roe goes 0-3 then makes championship; Venable benefits from being number one on waiver wire when Le'Veon Bell is injured, giving him DeAngelo Williams for free; Roe is the upstart, having joined the league this season; Venable is the defending champ

First Meeting: War Pony in a blowout (Week 12)

Inaugural Patriot Bowl Preview

12/23/2015

By SECFOR Sixers manager Nate Cordes

The semifinals were as exciting as it gets in fantasy football. Each matchup went down to the wire, with the winner not decided until the last whistle of Monday Night Football. Here's your playoff bracket to date:

Semifinals Recap:

Brake beat USMC veteran Brian Oglesby's Vandals after QB T.J. Yates was injured in the first quarter. Still, it took until the end of Monday night for the Boomtown Brawlers to pull it off.

Patriot Bowl Preview

#5 FDC Chiefs (9-6) vs.
#2 Boomtown Brawlers (10-4)

Chiefs WR Ted Ginn, Jr. (Credit: /u/spuddy0108)

Brawlers RB Carlos Hyde (currently on IR) (Credit: /u/spuddy0108)

Well folks, it is finally here. The big "bad ass" Patriot Bowl between two 158 veterans. The FDC Chiefs' Stephen Pennington was on the 2008 Iraq mission and the 2014 Afghanistan mission. Boomtown Brawlers manager was on the original SECFOR mission.

For one team it has been a storybook season . . . well maybe. Can the FDC Chiefs pull off an amazing comeback? Remember, Pennington took over for Hudson when the franchise was 1-2. Hudson hadn't logged in in three weeks, so a change in ownership was made. The result: the FDC Chiefs are in the Patriot Bowl after gaining a manager with a knack for competition and setting up the best possible roster week-in and week-out. However, the Boomtown Brawlers has shown the best consistency in fantasy play to date. Brake is on a seven-game winning streak heading into the big game at the end. This matchup will establish the first official winner for the PFC. This historic game will set the standard and lead this league into the future. Both teams look very strong, but I have to lean towards FDC Chiefs on this one. Their roster seems to be the stronger of the two and has more upside. My pick is FDC Chiefs.

If the winner of this matchup outscores at least one of the other two conference champions, it will advance to the Liberty Bowl in Week 17. Good luck this week in game play gentlemen!

**First Meeting: Chiefs by 40 (Week Five)**

OIL Bowl X Preview

12/22/2015

The 10th OIL Bowl features the DARC NARCS pitted against two-time champion SoonerJack. The paths these two took to get here couldn't be more different. Henderson and the NARCS blew out the Hard Targets by over 80 points while Bruesch beat the Norman Nobodies by 1.45 points.

Last season's OIL Bowl was between the top two seeds, but both of this season's top seeds were upset in the semifinals

Semifinal Analysis

This was a rematch of the 2014 semifinals, when Finch beat Henderson by nearly 70 points. That had to make the victory that much sweeter for Henderson. If you'll recall, Henderson rode into the semifinals fresh off a huge game from Cam Newton last season. But, between the week 14 and 15 game, Newton was in a car accident and missed the semifinals. This year, he stayed out of the hospital and in Henderson's lineup to the tune of 55 points. Poor Finch never had a chance and lost by over 80.

Oh, man. I feel bad for Leal. It looked like he would receive a miraculous Monday Night Miracle, but his Nobodies fell just short. A late-game fumble by Ameer Abdullah proved to the difference as Bruesch held on for the victory and a third trip to the OIL Bowl.

OIL Bowl Preview:
**#4 DARC NARCS (11-4) vs. #3 SoonerJack (11-4)**

DARC NARCS QB Cam Newton (Credit: Hunter Quinn).

SoonerJack RB Latavius Murray (Credit: /u/spuddy0108).

SoonerJack is the higher-seed here, but the DARC NARCS are fresh off a thumping of the number-one seed. If Bruesch wins, he'll have a record third championship. If Henderson wins, he'll finally etch his name in OIL history.

**First Meeting: DARC NARCS (Week One)**

It's fitting that these two end the season against each other, as they began the season against each other as well. Since the first meeting, SoonerJack traded away Calvin Johnson and lost Andre Ellington to injury. Henderson lost Jamaal Charles and Mark Ingram to IR and replaced them with Devonta Freeman and Tim Hightower. Although he still has Isaiah Crowell on the team, Henderson is now starting Cardinals RB David Johnson. Other than those changes, the teams are largely unchanged.

PFC Semifinals Preview

12/17/2015

By SECFOR Sixers manager Nate Cordes

Our 14-team league is now down to four survivors. Only two will make it to the inaugural Patriot Bowl. Here's your first-round recap and semifinal preview for the PFC.

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