Ok, so the ROFFL trivia was not the hit I thought it would be. Once again, I try and be creative and do something fun and different, but it falls
on deaf ears. Why do I bother?

Anyway, the winner is Marc Epstein, who was the only man to answer the trivia questions. Marc got 8 questions right (so he probably would
have won anyway).

So let’s have a round of applause for Marc. He wins bragging rights and you know the rest…one lucky league member will be getting an
email from Marc soon.

For those interested, here are the answers.
1. VA Chris is not a member of this league, yet has attended draft weekend more than four current league members. Name those four
league members.
  • NICK, RICH, GREGG AND PARKER (i.e. the four guys who have missed at least one draft weekend. VA Chris has been to every draft
    weekend so far.)
2. The league is named after the founding members who all attended Syracuse University. However, five current league members did not
attend Syracuse. Name them and their respective schools.
  • SCOTT AND NAVID: HAVERFORD
  • CANTOR: SUNY BINGHAMPTON
  • JARRETT: SUNY CORTLAND
  • GREGG: TOWSON
3. What is the smallest margin of victory in league history? What is the second smallest margin of victory in league history?
  • .02 (Josh vs. Navid), .03 (Brian vs. Jay)
4. Dave Allocco is known for posting smack talk prior to week one and never changing it for the rest of the season. What was his smack talk
all of last year?
  • ACCEPTING TRADE OFFERS
5. For you math whizzes, if I write 14 team draft analysis’. What is the total possible number of views that my draft analysis will get if each
person who views one team counts as one hit (for example, if I read all fourteen, then I would count as fourteen hits)?
  • 196 (14 * 14 = 196)
6. What email address did I put on my articles last year for feedback?
  • BYEUNG@ROFFL.COM
7. Parker has a fondness for animals in his team names. Name every animal Parker has ever used in his team names.
  • MOAS, CAMELS, DUCKS, WORMS, HORSES
8. Travis Henry needs how many more illegitimate kids to have one for each league member?
  • 5  (Travis Henry has 9 illegitimate kids. There are 14 league members. 14 – 9 = 5)
9. Chris Brockman is an award winning journalist. Name the article he won the award for?
  • The movie review of “Ghost Rider”
10. Since 2003, name the four players who have been #1 picks.
  • LADAINIAN TOMLINSON (Twice), STEVEN JACKSON, KEVAN BARLOW, RANDY MOSS

Please note I will not be doing ROFFL Trivia again. Thanks for nothing all of you (except Marc).

So for those of you keeping count, that’s no more draft analysis and no more ROFFL trivia.

After two weeks I have the following observations.

  1. The two biggest underachieving teams are Shermtanks and mine. Both have yet to score 100 points in a week, when odds were that
    both teams would consistently score over 100 points each week. The biggest reasons are disappointing seasons thus far from their
    QB’s (Brees and Rivers) and their #1 RB’s (Tominson and Jackson who have not played like consensus #1 and #2 drafted players).
    One of these teams will be a sleeping giant. I think its Jason.
  2. I’m willing to admit when I’m wrong and I was wrong about Brock’s team. I said in my draft analysis that Brock would struggle to score
    130 + on a given week. He has scored over 140 in both weeks. Not only is the Brady to Moss connection working on all cylinders, but
    Edge is having a very good bounce back year. And other than Minnesota, I don’t think a defense has been better the first two weeks
    than Pittsburgh. After two weeks, Chris is probably the odds on favorite to become the first Syracuse alumni to take home the trophy.
  3. I was also wrong about Gregg’s team. His big three (Peyton, Chad, TO) are carrying his team, but if Jamal Lewis comes up with more
    games like he did in week two, then Gregg just may want to never attend another draft again. Btw, I think Nick Markakis is being
    inducted to the Baltimore Hall of Fame next year.
  4. I think Scott may finally have his season to shine, after so many seasons lost in Navid’s shadow. Jake Delhomme has arguably been
    the second best fantasy QB (after Palmer) and he was taken in the 11th round. Scott has a very balanced team and getting your
    starting QB in the 11th round will help you get that. Just don’t play the Cincy defense anymore Scott. Didn’t you read my draft
    analysis? I said Cincy’s defense will suck (week one was an anomaly).
  5. Marc’s team has had some bad luck. Lee Evans will play much better in the second half of the year. And Stallworth will get more looks
    once teams double up on Moss. But Marc is wasting some brilliant play from the Minnesota defense. It is highly unlikely that they will
    keep up this torrid pace. Good thing he has the New England Defense on the bench (even better than he played my pathetic team in
    week two).
  6. Question: How many people vote against there own teams? I know some people are very superstitious. Coincidentally, how many
    people hate it when Marc picks them to win in his weekly predictions? I’m guessing more than half.
  7. Parker’s team will play better. I like the Packers Defense pickup. And Jeff King is a nice sleeper tight end. Also, nice to see a Deion
    Branch showing. But in the end Parker’s team will go only as far as the Indy offense goes.
  8. Sorry Dave, but Ronald Curry only plays that good when you are playing me. And Donovan looks terrible. I think I might pickup Kevin
    Kolb just to screw with Dave. But worst of all, if Andre Johnson is out for an extended period of time, then Dave’s team will be in
    trouble. Dave just might have to pick up a player off the waiver wire. Maybe.
  9. I guess Josh made the right pick in selecting Carson Palmer over Javon Walker. Palmer may make a run at Peyton Manning’s TD
    record. Especially if Cincy’s defense keeps playing like that.
  10. I think Jay gave up too soon on Mike Furrey and Navid will benefit from it. And Larry Johnson is off to a somewhat slow start, but he’ll
    be back to his dominate self by week five or six.
  11. Rich looks like he’s headed for one of those years. You know, where he runs off a fantastic regular season record then chokes in the
    playoffs. But at least he won’t be in the lottery again. Kidding Rich.
  12. Good news for Jarrett’s team, his wide receivers are doing their job. Bad news, nobody else is. Especially the running backs. Looks
    like it’s going to be a nightmare trying to decide between playing Dunn or Norwood. Could we be seeing a LenDale White start coming
    soon?
  13. Apparently, Rich knows the inside tip on the New Orleans Saints. Josh has Baltimore. And Dave has the New York Giants.
  14. Dave is really attacking me on his smack talk. For those of you who have been following, I started the bitter feud by calling Dave
    stupid. He fired back that I smell. I’m sorry all of you had to get stuck in the middle of this.
  15. Good news for Nick. Cadillac played and played well. Bad news, Vincent Jackson looks like he may not live up to expectations (at least
    not as long as Philip Rivers is the one passing him the ball).
  16. If you think Nick Serrano is not a genius, let me tell you about a conversation I had with him prior to week two. We were talking about
    sleepers and Nick said to me, “I really like Derek Anderson this week. I think he’ll have a good game against Cincy. If I didn’t have
    Vince Young, I’d pick him up and start him in a heartbeat.” I laughed and thought Nick was a fool, but I guess I was wrong. Anderson
    went out and threw for 5 TD’s and over 300 yards.
  17. I made up the above story about Nick.

As always. F you all (except Marc).

Coming next week: Brian goes to Hollywood.

Good luck in week three everybody.