“Two Teams, One Kupp” – E.L.S.I.E. Bowl X

**NFL Confidence Pool Picks**

The Alderaan Wookies finished in the top spot this week, scoring 103 points in the Pool Picks. Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood finished in second place this week with 101 points, while Make Origins Great Again finished in third with 96 points.

The Top 3 teams in the pool picks are below…

1. Make Origins Great Again (1,377)

2. The Urge to Purge (1,353)

3. Alderaan Wookies (1,325)

**The E.L.S.I.E. Bowl**

The E.L.S.I.E. Bowl is upon us once again and I want to say congratulations to both Make Origins Great Again (the Origins Conference Champions) & Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood (the Legends Conference Champions)! Keeping with tradition, each year I ask everyone if they know what E.L.S.I.E. actually stands for?

TRIVIA QUESTION: Do you know what the word E.L.S.I.E. stands for?

• ELeven
• Solid
• Inches of
• Envy

The E.L.S.I.E. Award originally stood eleven inches high (See here). The E.L.S.I.E. Award is now sixteen inches high with the new additional base we added in 2015 (See here). Even though the trophy is taller now in height, we continue to pay ode to the original E.LS.I.E. Award by keeping her name the same.

**The History**

The championship game for The League – E.F.F.L. is called The E.L.S.I.E. Bowl. This season will be our 10th installment of the E.L.S.I.E. Bowl since this league has started. Since some of our league members were not around from the beginning, I will give a brief history of the previous E.L.S.I.E. Bowl winners and the 3rd Place finishers.

NOTE: The League history is from the original league (Origins), this will not show E.L.S.I.E. Bowl history from the once, two 12-team add-on leagues (C/O 2013 & 2014 Finest) which were merged into The League! that produce our current league layout.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl I

Clam Diggers 155.64 – Tampa Giants 120.30

Final Four Teams…

#1 The Monstars (now Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood)

#3 St. Pete ConVICKS (now The Urge to Purge)

#7 Tampa Giants (now Hakeem I Saw I Conquered; left after the 2018 season)

#8 Clam Diggers

The Clam Diggers defeated the heavily favored #1 seed The Monstars on their way to the E.L.S.I.E. Bowl. The Tampa Giants not only knocked off the #2 seed I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks, but they also knocked off the #3 seed St. Pete ConVICKS  on their way to the championship game. In the final, the Clam Diggers outclassed the Tampa Giants by more than 35 points. The Monstars finished in 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl II

Weapons of Mass Production 151.40 – I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks 141.34

Final Four Teams…

#1 I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks (left after the 2020 season)

#2 Weapons of Mass Production (left after the 2014 season)

#5 BUCKNASTY BOYS (left after the 2017 season)

#6 Clam Diggers

The first and only #1 vs. #2 match up in the E.L.S.I.E. Bowl, top seeded I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks easily marched their way into the championship game disposing of both Hakeem I Saw I Conquered & the BUCKNASTY BOYS by an average of 49 points. Weapons of Mass Production took down both Pick 6’n & the Clam Diggers in much closer fashion (7 point average). But in the final, it was Weapons of Mass Production outgunning I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks by 10 points. The defending champion Clam Diggers took 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl III

Pick 6’n 153.39 – I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks 152.56

Final Four Teams…

#2 I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks (left after the 2020 season)

#4 Weapons of Mass Production (left after the 2014 season)

#6 St. Pete ConVICKS (now The Urge to Purge)

#8 Pick 6’n (left after the 2014 season)

For the second straight year, I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks made it to the championship game dropping both the Clam Diggers & the St. Pete ConVICKS by an average of 44 points. Pick 6’n, who barely made The Chase! at all, upset the heavily favored and top seeded BUCKNASTY BOYS (by 59 pts) & the defending champion Weapons of Mass Production (by 37 pts) on their way to the championship game. In the final, it was the Cinderella season of Pick 6’n who pulled off yet another huge upset, beating I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks by 0.83 points to take home The E.L.S.I.E. Award. The St. Pete ConVICKS took 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl IV

NOTE : E.L.S.I.E. Bowl IV Starts the Modern Era of The League – E.F.F.L.

DeSeantourage 113.48 – Hyde Yo Wife 140.58

Final Four Teams…

#2 DeSeantourage (now The Urge to Purge)

#4 Dread Pirate Oso (left after the 2015 season)

#1 Hyde Yo Wife (now Make Origins Great Again)

#2 Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood

For the second straight year, DeSeantourage marched its way to the Final Four and their first E.L.S.I.E. Bowl appearance knocking off both Hakeem I Saw I Conquered & Dread Pirate Oso in the process. Hyde Yo Wife breezed through the Legends Conference destroying both the Cacahuetes Orange (now the Alderaan Wookies) & Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood by an average score of 41.66 points. In the final, it was Hyde Yo Wife who knocked off DeSeantourage by 27.1 points to take home The E.L.S.I.E. Award. Dread Pirate Oso took 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl V

I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks 143.96 – Beer, Cheese, & Brats 195.38

Final Four Teams…

#1 I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks (left after the 2020 season)

#2 I Go Deep (left after the 2020 season)

#1 Beer, Cheese, & Brats

#2 Church of Zero Tolerance (now The Reapers)

2016 was the first time the top four teams made it to the Final Four. Beer, Cheese, & Brats obliterated the competition finishing the regular season with a 14-2 record and coasting thru The Chase! with wins over Hyde Yo Wife (now Make Origins Great Again) (by 27 points) & the Church of Zero Tolerance (by 59 points). I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks stormed through The Chase! as well beating the Clam Diggers (by 35 points) & I Go Deep (by 49 points). In the final, it was Beer, Cheese, & Brats in blow out fashion (52 points) over I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks to take home The E.L.S.I.E. Award.  I Go Deep took 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl VI

Feeling Green 116.60 – BendTheKnee 155.89

Final Four Teams…

#2 Feeling Green (left after the 2020 season)

#4 Maclin on Dat Ass (now Thielen My Chubb) (left after the 2020 season)

#1 BendTheKnee (left after the 2019 season)

#2 Smoked Salmons (now The Reapers)

Feeling Green took down the Carolina Hitmen (now Watch Out Lil’ Bitch) (by 6.87 pts) & Maclin on Dat Ass (by 38.53 pts) on their way to the championship game. BendTheKnee went about their business crushing the Carnival of Pain (by 55.08 pts) & the Smoked Salmons (by 26.62 pts) on their way to The E.L.S.I.E. Bowl. In the championship, it was BendTheKnee in blowout fashion (by 39.29 pts) to win the 2017 E.L.S.I.E. Award. Maclin on Dat Asstook 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl VII

Feeling Green175.47 – The Gremlins 194.74

Final Four Teams…

#1 Feeling Green (left after the 2020 season)

#2 Our Gordon Savior (now Thielen My Chubb) (left after the 2020 season)

#1 The Gremlins

#2 Fournettcation (now the Ovaltine Squad) (left after the 2020 season)

For the second time in three seasons, the two top seeds met in the E.L.S.I.E. Bowl for The E.L.S.I.E. Award championship trophy! Feeling Green took down the Clam Diggers (by 11 pts) & Our Gordon Savior (by 12 pts) in hard fought games on their way to the championship. The Gremlins cruised along beating the Alderaan Wookies (by 14 pts) & clobbering Fournettcation (by 41 pts) on their way to The E.L.S.I.E. Bowl. In the championship, it was The Gremlins (by 19 pts) winning the 2018 E.L.S.I.E. Award. Fournettcation took 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl VIII

I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks 211.31 – Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood 171.96

Final Four Teams…

#1 I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks (left after the 2020 season)

#3 Yonce’s Divas (left after the 2020 season)

#1 Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood

#3 Beer, Cheese, & Brats

For the third time in four seasons and second consecutive season, the two top seeds met in the E.L.S.I.E. Bowl for The E.L.S.I.E. Award championship trophy! I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks breezed through the playoffs disposing of both Feeling Green (by 32 pts) & Yonce’s Divas (by 35 pts) on their way to the championship game. Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood also cruised through the playoffs easily knocking off both the Alderaan Wookies (by 33 pts) & Beer, Cheese, & Brats (by 31 pts) on their way to The E.L.S.I.E. Bowl. In the championship, it was I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks (by 40 pts) winning the 2019 E.L.S.I.E. Award. Yonce’s Divas took 3rd place.

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl IX

The Reapers 272.40 – Ovaltine Squad 207.30

Final Four Teams…

#1 The Reapers

#2 I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks (left after the 2020 season)

#1 The Gremlins

#2 Ovaltine Squad (left after the 2020 season)

The top seeded Reapers from the Origins conference faced off against the #2 seed Ovaltine Squad in a highly anticipated matchup. The Reapers took down both Brady Cheats (now Beating Macaque) and the defending champion I Got Sacks On Sacks On Sacks by an average win margin of 44 points. The Ovaltine Squad found their way into the league championship game by taking down Saquon My Chubb (now Miggity Mac Daddy) and blowing out The Gremlins in the Legends Conference Championship! In the end, it was The Reapers easily handling the Ovaltine Squad to claim their first league championship in franchise history. The Gremlins took 3rd place…

**The 2021 Chase for The E.L.S.I.E.**

E.L.S.I.E. Bowl X

Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood (12-6) vs. Make Origins Great Again (12-6)

X-Factors:

Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood: Nick Chubb-RB (20.64) / Make Origins Great Again: Deebo Samuel-WR (20.53)

Coming up in The League! – E.F.F.L., E.L.S.I.E. Bowl X, 12-6  challenge 12-6 .

Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood were led in week 16 by a 27.40 point effort from Nick Chubb, who beat the Green Bay Packers defense for 126 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD in addition to 58 receiving yards. Based on projections from Fantasy Sharks, Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood can expect a 20.64 point effort from Nick Chubb in week 17, who is expected to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers defense for 108.16 rushing yards and 0.77 rushing TD in addition to 21.98 receiving yards.

“There’s no love lost between these two teams, this couldn’t be a better stage” Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood coach Michael Liotta said.

Make Origins Great Again were led in week 16 by a 34.20 point effort from Justin Jackson, who snuck past the Houston Texans defense for 64 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD’s in addition to 98 receiving yards. In addition, Antonio Brown was not injured before the start of his week 16 game, and contributed 20.10 points, but he’s listed as questionable in week 17 due to an injured ankle, which might severely limit his fantasy production. Based on projections from Fantasy Sharks, Make Origins Great Again can expect a 20.53 point effort from Deebo Samuel in week 17, who is expected to get by the Houston Texans defense for 82 receiving yards and 0.41 receiving TD’s in addition to 19.99 rushing yards.

“This is it! This is what we play for…, we need to step it up to the next level,” Make Origins Great Again coach Greg Stallworth said.

In week 9, Make Origins Great Again defeated Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood by 15.25 points, so coach Michael Liotta is looking for revenge this week.

In the 5-year history of this rivalry, Make Origins Great Again holds a 4-2 all-time series record against Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood.

Opening Line: Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood -4.46 (Pick ’em)

The Pro Bowl/All-Star Game

3rd Place Game…

Origins Conference vs. Legends Conference

X-Factors:

Origins Conference: Nick Chubb-RB (20.64) / Legends Conference: Jonathan Taylor-RB (22.60)

Coming up in The League! – E.F.F.L., Pro Bowl/All-Star Game, the Origins Conference, represented and coached by   face off against the Legends Conference, represented and coached by .

The Origins Conference (via The Urge to Purge), can expect a 20.64 point effort from Nick Chubb in week 17, who is expected to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers defense for 108.16 rushing yards and 0.77 rushing TD in addition to 21.98 receiving yards.

“We’ll just go out there and have fun,” The Urge to Purge coach Theron K. Shavers Jr. & Jamian Shavers said.

The Legends Conference (via The Gremlins), can expect a 22.60 point effort from Jonathan Taylor in week 17, who is expected to beat the Las Vegas Raiders defense for 110.16 rushing yards and 1.12 rushing TD’s in addition to 20.62 receiving yards.

“It’s always great to see all of the leagues best on one field,” The Gremlins coach Dan Arcand said.

Opening Line: Origins Conference -9.93

**The 2021 Draft Lottery Championship**

Playing for Draft Positioning in 2022…

The Reapers (7-11) vs. Alderaan Wookies (9-9)

X-Factors:

The Reapers: Davante Adams-WR (23.10) / Alderaan Wookies: Davante Adams-WR (23.10)

Coming up in The League! – E.F.F.L., Draft Lottery Championship Game, the 9-9  challenge 7-11  at Gehenna Stadium.

The Alderaan Wookies were led in week 16 by a 33.40 point effort from Davante Adams, who beat the Cleveland Browns defense for 114 receiving yards and 2 receiving TD’s. In addition, Clyde Edwards-Helaire was not injured before the start of his week 16 game, and contributed 10.10 points, but he’s listed as out in week 17 due to an injured shoulder, which might severely limit his fantasy production. Based on projections from Fantasy Sharks, the Alderaan Wookies can expect a 23.10 point effort from Davante Adams in week 17, who is expected to get by the Minnesota Vikings defense for 92 receiving yards and 1.04 receiving TDs.

“He gets the most out of his players,” Alderaan Wookies coach Champ Douglas said.

The Reapers were led in week 16 by a 33.40 point effort from Davante Adams, who beat the Cleveland Browns defense for 114 receiving yards and 2 receiving TD’s. In addition, James Robinson was not injured before the start of his week 16 game, and contributed 1.00 points, but he’s now on the injured reserve, which will prevent him from contributing at all this week. Based on projections from Fantasy Sharks, The Reapers can expect a 23.10 point effort from Davante Adams in week 17, who is expected to get by the Minnesota Vikings defense for 92 receiving yards and 1.04 receiving TD’s.

“We need to go into next season with some momentum,” The Reapers coach Larry Mrozowski said.

In week 12, the Alderaan Wookies defeated The Reapers by 59.36 points, so coach Larry Mrozowski is looking for revenge this week.

In the 4-year history of this rivalry, the Alderaan Wookies hold a 3-1 all-time series record against The Reapers.

Opening Line: Alderaan Wookies -6.18 (Pick ’em)

**Original Order of Finish**

Origins Conference

1. TMBGz (14-4)

2. Make Origins Great Again (12-6)

3. Clam Diggers (11-7)

4. The Urge to Purge (9-9)

5. Beating Macaque  (7-11) – Conference Record Tiebreaker over both The Reapers & Watch Out Lil’ Bitch

6. The Reapers (7-11) – Head-to-Head, Total Points Tiebreaker over Watch Out Lil’ Bitch [402.29 – 386.83]

7. Watch Out Lil’ Bitch (7-11)

8. NC Titans (1-17)

Legends Conference

1. Surprise Scorpions (14-4)

2. Beer, Cheese, & Brats (13-5)

3. Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood (12-6)

4. The Gremlins (10-8)

5. Miggity Mac Daddy (9-9) – Head-to-Head Tiebreaker over the Alderaan Wookies

6. Alderaan Wookies (9-9)

7. Da Bearz (6-12)

8. House of Cards (3-15)

Current Draft Lottery Odds…

Teams will initially receive their  odds of obtaining the #1 overall pick in next years draft according to their teams order of finish, with the worst teams having the best odds.

NOTE: Please keep in mind that only non-playoff teams are eligible for the Draft Lottery.

1st Overall Pick Odds…

• Worse record gets 30% Odds
• 2nd-worse gets 25% Odds
• 3rd-worse gets 15% Odds
• 4th-worse gets 10% Odds

Origins Conference

NC Titans – 30%

Watch Out Lil’ Bitch – 25%

The Reapers – 21%

Beating Macaque – 12%

Legends Conference

House of Cards – 30%

Da Bearz – 25%

Alderaan Wookies – 21%

Miggity Mac Daddy – 12%

Current Draft Order for the 2022 Drafts

NOTE: Bold Teams = Set; Italicized Teams = Tentatively Set (will be set during Draft Lottery)

Origins Conference

1. NC Titans

2. Watch Out Lil’ Bitch

3. The Reapers

4. Beating Macaque

5. Clam Diggers

6. TMBGz

7. The Urge to Purge

8. Make Origins Great Again

Legends Conference

1. House of Cards

2. Da Bearz

3. Alderaan Wookies

4. Miggity Mac Daddy

5. Beer, Cheese, & Brats

6. Surprise Scorpions

7. The Gremlins

8. Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood