2004 Season - Week 17

Congratulations to Wayne who becomes only the second BUM ever to win the Papas Fritas trophy in back-to-back years (Mark 1999-2000). There were no major changes in the last week of the season and so there are no surprises in the promotion and relegation places. Daz, Johnny and Cheryl will replace Paul, John and Stampy in the Premiership next year. BUMS Play-Offs The road to BUMSBowl IX starts here. There are no changes to the rules but to refresh your memory here’s how this knock-out tournament works. It’s a head-to-head contest with the highest scorer in each game going through. You must select one QB, one kicker and any FOUR outfield players to play within a budget of $7.5 million using the same player prices as the regular season. (See attached spreadsheet). You can change all players between each round and in each game no more than 2 players can appear in both teams. Please get your teams back to me by 10am on Saturday so we can sort out any swaps needed. Whoever gets their team to me first gets first pick of players to swap, if necessary, so a speedy reply is of the essence. If scores are tied at the end of the games the tie-breaker is the player that scored latest in any game. As always top scoring owner plays lowest and so on, so here are the Wildcard match ups. Wayne v Paul Mark v John Daz v Aaron AP v Phil Dave G v David S Gareth v Ron Marcus v Cheryl Andy H v Johnny Wildcard Schedule In the AFC the champs are Pittsburgh (North 15-1) and New England (East 14-2) with bye weeks & Indianapolis (South 12-4) and San Diego (West 12-4) playing in the wildcard games at home to Denver (10-6) and NY Jets (10-6) respectively. In the NFC the champs are Philadelphia (East 13-3) and Atlanta (South 11-5) with bye weeks & Green Bay (North 10-6) and Seattle (West 9-7) hosting Minnesota (8-8) and St Louis (8-8) respectively. BUMS on Seats We’re unable to meet on Saturday night for St Louis visit to Seattle at 9:30pm. The second game (Jets @ Chargers) kick’s off at 1am Sunday morning & we will watch this on Sunday from 2pm at BUMS HQ followed by the ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown pregame show, then at 6pm it’s Denver @ Indianapolis and finally Minnesota travel to Green Bay for a 9:30pm kick-off. The viewing plan for the Divisional games on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th January will be the same featuring one live game at 9:30pm on Saturday, then we will be getting together at 2pm Sunday afternoon at BUMS HQ for a triple header, starting with the recorded 1am second Saturday game then the two live games on Sunday evening.