Bob beats Griff in the closes title game in league history – Championship Game, 2005
Luckily for me, I basically blogged this game and posted it right after it was over (thankfully, the site saves every post from August, 2000) and we can relive this game over and over and over again. Here’s the set up,championship game: 3rd seeded Bob facing 5th seed Griff. Each team’s players were done by the end of the 4pm games on Sunday.
At a little after seven, Bob held a 91-pt lead, 1110-1019. Bob had the Bucs’ kicker and Eddie Kennison (KC receiver). Griff had a struggling Trent Green (KC QB) against SD and Shaun Alexander facing Atlanta. The Falcons, down by eight, score a late TD. All they need is a two-point conversion to tie the game and send it into overtime (possibly giving Alexander more carries). However, Warrick Dunn is stopped at the one-inch line (Griff suddenly has flashbacks to the FSU/Virginia game from Dunn’s college days). No overtime! No more carries for Alexander! No more points for Griff from him. No more field goals for Bob’s kicker.
It comes down to Trent Green and Eddie Kennison. Bob still leads by 91 points. KC is getting their butt kicks, losing to San Diego by a bunch, but with under two to play, the Chiefs are still passing. Trent quickly comes alive and takes them down the field, but two of the passes go to Kennison, helping out Bob a little. The Chiefs find themselves on the 2-yard line, Griff is down 16 points now, all he needs is a TD, but nooooooo, they hand it to Larry Johnson; touchdown!! I run to the bathroom. The Chiefs try an onside kick…it works! Holy FUCK! Here’s my play-by-play replay from that day:
– Bob 1,216 Griff 1,201…Trent Green throws to Gonzalez; incomplete! (-2 points) – Bob 1,216 Griff 1,199…Trent Green throws to Gonzalez…incomplete! (-2 points) – Bob 1,216 Griff 1,197…Third down! Trent Green throws to Gonzalez…complete for 21 yards!!! (21 points) – Griff 1,218 Bob 1,216 (Griff’s in the lead! Griff’s in the lead!!! Trent Green spikes the ball. Incomplete (-2 points) – Griff 1,216 Bob 1,216 (TIE GAME! TIE GAME! TIE GAME!) Less than ten seconds to go. Trent Green throws to Daute Hall…INTERCEPTED! -47 points for Griff (-2 for incomplete, -45 for INT) GAME OVER!!! GAME OVER!! BOB WINS, BOB WINS, 1,216-1,169…THE REPUBLICANS WIN!!!THE 2004 FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPION IS BOB CASTRONE (The Republicans).
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