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Thursday, August 27, 2009
8:00pm ET

Mike Flavin

Nancy Edenfield

Tony Varnadore

Mike Flavin

2008 MONTHLY WINNERS

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Other receiving votes:
Oregon State 122, Illinois 105, Pittsburgh 103, Michigan State 100, Rutgers 83, Texas Tech 76, West Virginia 57, Cincinnati 44, Clemson 42, Miami 40, East Carolina 30, Tennessee 15, Arizona 13, NC State 10, Boston College 9, Central Michigan 7, Auburn 7, UCLA 7, Northwestern 5, South Florida 3, Southern Miss 3, Vanderbilt 3, Missouri 3, South Carolina 2, Nevada 1, Arkansas 1, Houston 1, Troy 1, Tulsa 1.

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NFL STANDINGS

THE OFL IS NOW
PART OF THE

COMMUNITY

If you want to sign up for the 2009 season, please email the commissioner at oroberts@embarqmail.com.

WEEK 1 SCHEDULE
To be revealed Sunday, August 30, 2009
at 8:00pm Eastern,

PLAYERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE 2009 SEASON

OFL Season Gets Underway September 3

Mike Flavin will continue to become a force in the Opieville Football League when he will be entering the historic 10th anniversary of the league as the defending champion.  Flavin will head a field of over 30 players that will kick off the season on Thursday, September 3.

Other participants expected to return are 2008 runner-up Nancy Edenfield, who came from 16 games down with three weeks to play and almost pulled off a stunning championship title run.  Edenfield finished a game behind Flavin for the league title.  Also expected to play are David Burgett, who in his first year placed a solid third, two-time former champion Lance Perdue, and other former champions Rick Rybaczek, Tony Varnadore, Todd Barfield, and Michael Hitt.

Varnadore will also be entering the 2009 season as the reigning Player of the Year.  Also participating will be Ray Guthrie, the 2008 OFL Playoffs Champion who, like Varnadore, won the title as the Plus One Wild Card entry.

For the 10th season, commissioner Opie Roberts is psyched as he hopes the historic season turns out to be the best ever.  Among the plans for the 2009 season include attempting to return former players who made a mark in the league, a new Player of the Year format, and possibly building a bigger pot.

The 2009 season kicks off on Thursday, September 3 with one of the games that day include South Carolina at NC State.  Other big contests on Saturday feature the BYU Cougars taking on the Oklahoma Sooners at the Cowboys' new stadium in Dallas and the Alabama Crimson Tide taking on the Virginia Tech Hokies in Atlanta.  The NFL season will kick off in Week 2 at the home of the reigning Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh.

OFL PROBATION

The Cavaliers would have to serve a sentence until they either beat a ranked team or win a game on the road.  They were on probation for just two weeks because North Carolina came calling at home ranked 18th in the nation.  A game at Charlottesville is an automatic loss for the Tar Heels, not having won there since 1981.  They had their first shot at winning there since that year but blew it in the final minutes of regulation and lost the game in overtime.

CURRENTLY ON PROBATION

Because Washington loses, they will be on probation for the duration until they (like Duke when they got it in 2006) are two games above .500 and have at least three wins during the season.  Because they were not shutout and the game did go into OT, no further sanctions are needed.