Elks take 2019 NHFFL title

Meet this year's NHFFL champion!  Laurie's main team, the Elks (a play on her initials LKE) rolled over my 4th team, the Aguas, 60- 34 this weekend to take her 4th championship.

She had the best regular season record as well.  Opening with a 59-41 win over KC's Clock Barbeques, the Elks went on down the Buzz Lightyears 33-28; took a loss to my KCAs 45-37; then a 56-36 thumping by the Peanuts left her at 2-2.  They blew out the B2s 55-35, but then lost again- for the second to last time- to my #2 team, the State Ducks 34-22.  Following that came wins of 47-35 over the B2s, and again the next week 30-24, revenge on the Peanuts 58-55, a blowout of the Angels 66-33, over the Clock BBQs again 37-32, before losing a meaningless finale to the Ducks 45-42.

That gave her an 8-4 mark and a bye into the second round of our playoffs, in which they revenged on the Ducks 45-21 to go to her 5th title game.  The Super Bowl, our 23rd (with the Elks competing for their 18th season), started out with the Elks building a big advantage at 30-15- but then, Andy Dalton tried to singlehandedly bring the Aguas back in with his 4-interception performance against the Aguas' New England defense.  His incompetence brought the game back to 30-27... but then the incompetence of my formerly favorite team, the Miami Dolphins- turned the tide as the Giant's Saquon Barkley got two touchdowns in a very short time, and suddenly it was 42-28.  Chris Carson added on his second TD for good measure shortly thereafter, and it was all over but the final score.  Monday night, Drew Brees joined Barkley, Carson, and Kenny Stills as 12- point scorers to complete the rout.

The Elks 4th title goes with her 28-24 win over the Fiery Beagles in '07, and consecutive wins over the Greenwoods, 40-28 in '13 and 47-33 in '14.

Congrats to Laurie, Brees, Barkley, Carson, Stills, Josh Jacobs, Amari Cooper, Chris Godwin, Tyler Boyd, Kyle Rudolph, Harrison "Butkicker" Butker, the Baltimore and Arizona Ds, Steven Haushka, Jameis Winston, and (briefly) Gardiner Minshew, LeSean McCoy,  and (even briefer) Andrew Luck on a great season!