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Oct 29, 2001... Young Bill Krieger
Draft Reprise
Fellows,
Here's the temporary page to get us through this
week... should be at full strength by Sunday (knock on wood).
The Draft
Great draft Saturday! Thanks to all for the smooth, if
contentious, selection process.
Before getting down to b'ness, I want to address the
rumors swirling around the draft Saturday about the Santa Fe/Sioux
City/Shakopee/Burlington franchise owned by Steve Tucker. I refer you to
the official press release issued last week by NIBL headquarters:
"Per our privacy policy, The NIBL does not
disclose the the results of any surprise drug testing done throughout
the league. Therefore, we have no comment on the rumor that Steve
Tucker has been suspended from the league by the pee doctor for one
year after testing positive for steroids, crack and absinthe. We just
have nothing to say about it."
- Sally Vacuum, VP Public Relations, The NIBL
Let's see... here's some draft info in pre-munged form
(thanks Johnny Rai!):
- JRai's NIBL Draft
spreadsheets - lots of goodies including each teams draft picks,
a list of the players picked from each NBA team, etc. If you have
Excel, check it out.
- nibl_players.txt -
this is a silly text file listing the players in the draft. If you
don't have Excel, then you can peek at this until the page is fully
operational.
Schedule
Here's week one's awesome matchups:
| Aruba
at West Chicago
[ boxscore
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Premier matchup
between the two winningest and crankiest franchises! Vegas (the
place, not the NIBL team) is seeing a lot of action on this
game. |
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| Cancun
at Manila
[ boxscore
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We ought to sell a
calendar... Women of the NIBL. One things for sure: the claws
will come out for this week one catfight! |
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| Elk
Grove at Napa Valley
[ boxscore
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Elk Grove seemed
disoriented at the draft. Is this just an act to lull Napa
Valley into complacency? No, Taster will win by 30 nibs. |
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| Rip
City at Nashville
[ boxscore
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The Rippers will try
to teach newbie Nashville a harsh lesson of the "great
northwest" |
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| Nantucket
at Cap City
[ boxscore
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Cap City was lauded by
Joan Rivers in her post-NIBL draft show for both his stunning
outfit and posture, and also for landing Vin-sanity and Stephon
Marbury. How is that even possible? The Tools are definitely the
early favorite to win it all! Prediction: Nantucket Jack by 12
nibls. |
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| Walla
Walla at Plainfield
[ boxscore
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Plainfield (the ol'
Bolingbrook BigHops) looks for the franchise's first nibl
victory. Shaq's thinking Plainfield can wait another week or
two. |
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| Vegas
at Diablo
[ boxscore
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KG and Finley versus
Kobe and Shawn "the Matrix" Marion... the scores in
this game will be well over 300 nibls. Oh Danny, Eddie Robinson
is already out... plan B? |
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| DuPage
at Seattle
[ boxscore
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Two newbies and MJ's
NIBL return since his days as a Thong in the NIBL inaugural
season. |
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I have the rest of the NIBL 2002 25 week schedule in
pre-munged form as
well...
World Pretend Championship
Finally, we have our annual challenge with the boys
from San Fran at the GNABO. It's NIBL vs. GNABO for the fake pretend
bogus championship of the WORLD!!! I'll post results this weekend when
they happen.
The matchup:
- West Chicago CleavageBeaters - Don Fenton ruled the
NIBL once again. Remember the whippings Don handed out last year
with Kobe, Nowitzki, Mutombo, the Baron, Jason Terry, Van Horne...
an all-star lineup!
- Spokane Gilded Age - M. Jesse Jackson is
commissioner and GNABO winner in 2001. I can't even picture a
fantasy basketball league where the commissioner wins... hmmm.
Anyway, Spokane's lineup features Marbury, Big Dog, and Antawn
Jamison.
Barring silliness from Spokane's Mr. Jamison (like 140
nibls or something), Don Fenton should treat Spokane as rudely as he
treats the rest of the NIBL... without mercy. Go Don Fenton (Lord help
me)... I need a shower!
Thanks!
yow, bill
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