CB Posse Fantasy Football League: October 2020

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Let the Taunting Begin...

For a merciful 23 years the world was spared the Fantasy taunts of Murat, but that is over. Now that Murat has captured his first CBPFFL Championship in the League’s “modern” era, we can expect a return to one endless, finger-wagging, “yeah, baby!”

Murat loves to list all of his hypothetical trophies. He will come at you with crackhead calculus about how his second place finishes count for partial wins. He will show you deep spreadsheets of every injury his players have suffered, as no Fantasy owner has ever, ever encountered. And, most of all, he refuses to recognize any Championship for years he sat out. In his mind, Murat wins every year,

But this year Murat won in reality too. So, cheers to the Champion.

The heaviest burden shall fall upon Hank, who now owns the longest absence from a top the league podium. And the trash talk has reached new levels already, becoming multi-generational.

This season is shaping up to be a knock-down, no rules, battle royale. Covid has already wrought a plague of injuries and game cancelations on the season. Five weeks in, 2020 is already the most difficult year in Fantasy history. It’d be a great time for Hank to get his name on the trophy, again.*

Also, Murat:

CBPFFL Championships

Pickard 5

Murat 4

Sahil 3

*for hours of entertainment, ask Murat about Hank’s “asterisk”

History of the League

In the fall of 1991, six young boys entered the hallowed halls of the Banfield Academic Center to embark upon a journey that would make them into men. They were lead by the eponymous Carl Brown and his obsession with Dennis Hopper. His group, which gathered each day in their private, brick-walled alcove, consisted of Steven Caggiano, James Pickard, Sahil Tak, Hank Zakroff, and Murat Zincir. Though other people drifted in and out, this was the core of the entity that would come to be known as the CB Posse.

CB Posse FF officially began in 1993. The early years of the league would be dominanted by Murat and Pickard, who took the trophy three time each. It wasn't until the seventh year of CB Posse FF that this dynamic duo of NFL knowledge failed to capture first place. Sadly, in 1999, as the Posse members finished college, only four owners played, and, due to lack of interest, the league would begin a decade long hibernation.

In 2009, Pickard asked Hank whether he would be interested in getting the league back together. After an emphatic "YES!" from his friend, Pickard made some phone calls and the league was reborn like a glorious phoenix from the ashes. The 21st Century has revolutionized FF into a more competitive monster. CB Posse FF went completely digital, and unless you can navigate the nearly endless amounts of NFL information available on the internet, you don't have a chance. Sahil would emerge as the dominant force, and he destroyed the league for back-to-back championships.

21st Century CB Posse FF has seen significant expansion. Murat and Pickard have lured several local friends into the ranks. Murat's New York crew has been dominant, consistently finishing near the top, and even claiming several championships. CB Posse FF has also become multi-generational, as young Jack Caggiano has boldly followed his parents' footsteps. Even the trophy underwent massive expansion, and is renamed The Caggiano.