Super Bowl Hangover: Wrapping Up The WCR Playoff Fantasy Football League

Excerpts from a phone conversation on Monday, February 8, between Alex Quigley and Chasse "The Windy City Rounder" Rehwinkel. Rehwinkel's constant crying removed from final transcript due to length.

Windy City Rounder: Alright, let's get this over with. You came back from down pretty far in points to Wild Wild Wuest, did you think you were going to be able to catch him?

Alex Quigley: I didn't think I was going to beat him, but I was pretty confident that I'd be able to finish in the top three, even though I was in like sixth or seventh going into the Super Bowl, because of all the multipliers I had. Pierre Thomas was a big factor in wining it for me I think, well actually even the Saints kicker, Garrett Hartley, was a big factor, he grabbed me 33 points I'm pretty sure...

WCR: Yeah, I think he beat the quarterback I started.

Quigley: ...I was really confident that the Saints would make it to the Super Bowl, and I wish I had gone with my initial instinct and started only Saints and Colts since the divisional games because I think if I would have done that I would have finished in the top ten nation wide. But, woulda, coulda, shoulda, at least I came back to win.

WCR: Let's talk about the multiplier, have you ever played in a league with the multiplier rule?

Quigley: No, this is totally new to me. I've played in post season leagues before that had different adjustments on the rules, but this is something totally different. It's cool because you not only have to pick the best players but also the winner. I've never seen a league run like this, but I think it's the best way.

WCR: So you're a self-proclaimed fantasy football guru, where does this rate alongside your other fantasy accomplishments?

Quigley: Well, a couple years ago I had my real golden year where I won both leagues I was in, one was in a pretty big money league, and I think I also won the office pool three times in five weeks...

WCR: That's disgusting.

Quigley: Yeah, I could do no wrong that year. I think I have something like 15 fantasy championships overall. There was a time in the early 2000s, when I didn't have a girlfriend, that I was playing in anywhere from six to nine leagues a year. That was a pretty good stretch there. It got to the point that I would have to make up an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of everything because the computer couldn't handle all those windows being open at once. You know it's funny, the first league I played in was, I think, in 1997 and it was all on paper. I think you got ten points if your running back or receiver went over 100 yards or if your quarterback passed for over 300 and six points for every touchdown.

WCR: Wow, now every yard counts in many leagues.

Quigley: Actually, in my money league I got screwed by a yard. I lost a game by a tenth of a point, which was awful.

WCR: Well then we'll call this victory redemption for you.

Quigley: I mean, I ended up finishing something like 1,274th nationally, and that's pretty damn good...course I beat Julie and that's all that really matters...

Pictured: Not the Champion of the WCR Fantasy Football League

WCR: Let's talk about that for a second...

Quigley: She was telling me something like, "If I hadn't played somebody I told her to pick I would have won." First of all, I never gave her any advice--which was one of those things that made me worried like, was I really drunk and don't remember anything at all?

WCR: Well, let's talk about this. As early as week one Cubbie Julie said that she was gunning for you and, let's just say, she fell short of that goal. Do you have anything you'd like to say to your "detractors" then?

Quigley: Just that it's not over until it's over. I mean I played the long game. I had a feeling that the Saints would put up scoring a lot of points in the Super Bowl, no matter if they won or lost, and it worked out. And you know what, if it hadn't been a Saints-Colts Super Bowl I wouldn't of had a shot.

WCR: You gotta gamble sometimes.

Quigley: I felt it was a pretty safe gamble and it worked out. But back to Julie though, I mean baseball's really her thing... [Heavy Sarcasm] I mean come on, girl's don't know football. [Sarcastic Laughter].

WCR: Yeah you say that, but then I was just beaten by my friend, "Team Edward," that I profiled the other week; who knows literally nothing about football. Now if I lose to her in our upcoming March Madness pool she gets to write the article...on anything.

Tory "Team Edward" Casterline: Crusher of Windy City Rounder's Dreams

Quigley: Ah, man. Well you better win.

WCR: I know...anyway, is there anything else you'd like to say?

Quigley: It was fun, I like post season football and this kind of thing makes it a little more interesting when the Bears aren't in it...which is often the case nowadays. It gives you a reason to watch the games, you know? Next year who knows, maybe a wild card team will make it to the Super Bowl and you'll get a four time multiplier. That would be insane.

Not all of us were able to look forward to next year with such enthusiasm, most of us were still sulking. Here is how the league ended up:

Place	Team Name	Point total	Ranking Nationally
1st	All Q'd Up	585	1,274
2nd	Wild Wild Wuest	574	2,149
3rd	Chicago Goose	525	15,642
4th	RotoRant	506	28,049
5th	Cleveland Cornhuskers	484	48,057
6th	Team Edward	466	67,800
7th	Windy City Rounder	452	84,456
8th	Smitty's Select	429	113,361
9th	A League of Her Own	417	128,187
10th	Madden's Retirement Home	353	194,824
11th	Massaquoi's Monsters	348	198,736
12th	DrexxMac	308	222,779
13th	Radio Raheem Morris	152	286,248
14th	Ralph Wilson's Diaper Dandies	143	291,832
15th	thepaceofchicago's Entry	134	297,347

                                                                                                                                              

I'd like to thank everyone who played for participating and I hope to compete against you next year in WCR Playoff Fantasy Football League II: The Return!