1998 marks the start of the 3rd season of the Lame Fantasy Football League. In 3 
years, 7 of the franchises have remained with the same owners.  Franchise #1 has 
had it share of losers and looks to find its first winning season with the Mower 
Man Sean Carlson in the driver seat.  The rest of the teams are looking to 
dethrone Godzilla from it's 2 consecutive titles.

     The 8th overall pick of the draft belongs to the always predictable Aces In The 
Hole. It seems as if almost every year the Aces get mocked for horrible draft 
picks.......that New England kicker comes to mind.  But as the season develops 
the Aces are always in the hunt.  Often considered the luckiest drafter in the 
league, the Aces are looking to once again make a playoff run.  The Aces face 
the team formerly know as Changiss formerly known as the Dorm Rats in week 1 
again this year.  This Mountain View rivalry favors the Aces who have a 3-1 
lifetime record against the team formerly know as Changiss formerly know as the 
Dorm Rats.  It is also noteworthy that the Aces have a 4-0 lifetime record 
against franchise #1.  Only time will tell if the Aces are easier on the 
franchise that is now owned by an immediate family member.  Look for the Aces to 
take a QB with one of their top 2 picks.

     The 7th overall pick goes to the franchise with the same number......7.  Will it 
be another title for the lucky 7 team better known as the mighty Godzilla. Or 
will they flop like Godzilla the movie did?  With Taco Bell sponsoring the 
movie, rumors have started flying that the ex-Wu Gambinos owner is scouting 
behind the scenes for Godzilla. Godzilla comes into the season with an 
undefeated playoff record of 4-0.  Godzilla was hoping to get matched up with 
the Doo Doo to start the season.  You see, Godzilla has never lost to the Browns 
in 5 games.  Godzilla is however matched up with the Fletch.  Godzilla has a 3-1 
record against the Fletch including a 3 game winning streak.  Look for Godzilla 
to have a strong backfield again this season.
 
     6th pick this year belongs to the franchise with the best regular season record 
in the league.  The Little Rascals have overcome the Nebraska handicap and 
posted a 19-9 regular season record.  Unfortunately the Rascals have an 0-2 
playoff record and have never made it to the show.  Look for the Rascals to be a 
top contender for the 98 title.  The Rascals are looking to get back at the 
Browns.  The Rascals and Browns face in week 1 with the Rascals having the 3-1 
series edge, but lets not forget that the Browns are riding a 1 game winning 
streak over the Rascals.  Look for the Combos.........I mean the Rascals to pick 
up a winning QB/WR combo again this year.  Look for the Rascals to methodically 
fill their team with safe picks in the starting slots before taking any chances.  
The only downfall the Rascals have is that they are stuck with arguably the 
toughest pick in the 1st round.

     Shower, cool refreshing, lovable golden shower checks in with the #5 O/A pick 
this season.  The shower are 6 games over .500 in their lifetime. But 1 has to 
remember that 4 of those 6 wins are at the expense of the team formerly known 
as Changiss formerly known as Dorm Rats. Without the Rats to beat up on GS is 
just an average team to everyone else. The shower made it to the show last 
season, but lost the Potter family finals to his older brother.  In an effort to 
snag the title Golden Shower has put in upwards of 300 hours of research.  Don't 
expect many dark horses to make it past the Shower's late round picks. The 
Shower opens the season against the very vocal Hippie Kicker's.  That is a tough 
break for the Hippies because the Shower has never lost on opening day.  Look 
for the shower to use some loop holes in his scoring program to put together 
some close game wins.  The big question of the draft is will the Shower be able to 
trade down for the last pick of the draft in order to pick up Pederson PK for 
Seattle.

     I'll have a steak sandwich and a steak sandwich.  This must be what is going 
through the mind of the Fletch owner as he tries to double his win total from 
last year.  Fletch is drafting at the most anticipated spot on the draft board.  
Will he go with one of the superstars from Pittsburgh or will he go with the 
back that runs for Parcells.  Rumor has it that Fletch has a thing for the ex-
Giants coach.  FFF is coming into the season with back to back last place 
finishes comprising a pitiful lifetime record of 7-21.  Fletch is hoping to 
start the season off with a strong win over Godzilla and to extend the streak 
over Godzilla to 2 games.  Look for the Fletch owner to concentrate his mid 
round picks on players from the New York Giants and the local boys from Seattle. 
Feel free to call the Fletch a "moron" if he decides to take any player besides 
Stewart with his 1st pick. Haha!

     Nobody likes Hippies.  They will never leave and they smell.  This must mean 
that people love Hippie Kickers. Unfortunately nobody in the league is a hippie 
so there will be little ass kicking by franchise #1.  This new owner comes into 
a franchise that is 4 games under .500 lifetime with zero playoff appearances.  
The hippies are hoping that Dave's team #2 fairs better then Dave's team #1 did 
last year.  The Kicker's will try to shake the winless week 1 streak for 
franchise #1.  With the 3rd overall pick, the Hippies have a no brainer for 
their 1st round pick.  Look for the Hippies to make several blunders in their 
inaugural draft.  Also look for the Kicker's to compete with the Fletch for 
those superstars from New York.  With Taco Bell 2 years removed from the 
franchise, the Hippies could finally take franchise #1 to it's first winning 
season.

     Team 6 has the 2nd pick of the 1998 LFFL draft. Even more anticipated then his 
first round draft pick is what is the team name going to be this year. Months of 
anticipation has ensued, including a contest put forth by the Golden Shower 
owner.  Last year the team was known as Changiss. Two years ago it was The Dorm 
Rats. Franchise 6 has never been able to muster up a winning season; going 6-7-1 
in the 1st year and 5-9 last year. Team 6 does have one bright spot and that is 
that they have a 4-0 lifetime record against Fletch. On the flip side, Team 6 
has never won a game against the moist Golden Shower. The Aces come to town in 
week 1 with a in house Mountain View competition.  Looks for Team 6 to try to 
extend their winning streak over the Aces to 2 games and bring the lifetime 
record against the Aces to 2-3. The one roadblock standing in the way is that 
Team 6 has never won on opening day.  Look for team 6 to take another running 
back in the early rounds, and then start complaining about his lack of 
production midway through the season.  Also look for the owner to pick up some 
key rookie additions to his team during the season as he has done in the past. 
After much debate and speculation it is time to announce the new team name.  
Coming in 3rd place in the voting was The Flying White Russians. This idea would 
have stuck but the owner thought that there was too much of an racial 
association with team 8.  Coming in a close 2nd was Joe Had a Towel. This was a 
fan favorite and even team 6 owner  loved it's acronym J-hat. And now, the 
moment you've all been waiting for, the 1998 name for franchise 6 will 
be....drum roll please, The Delta Chuffers.

     The 1st overall pick of the 1998 LFFL draft goes to Doo Doo Brown.  Look for the 
toilets to take either Favre or Davis with their 1st pick. Doo Doo comes into 
the season with a 14-15 lifetime league record. Doo Doo made it's first playoff 
appearance last year that ended with a first round loss to Godzilla.  That 
brings Doo Doo's record against the might Godzilla to a league record 0-5.  Doo 
Doo meet the Little Rascals in week 1 this year. Look for Doo Doo to try to 
shake their 0-2 season opener record and bring their total record against the 
Rascals to 2-3. The Browns have been plotting all off season to make sure that 
they beat the Rascals in week 1.  It all started when the Browns acted like they 
would not be available to draft on the 15th of this month.  It turns out that it 
was just a ploy to force the Rascals to draft over the net and give Doo Doo more 
researching time.  Time will tell if this tactic pays off.  In the mean time we 
will have to see who Doo Doo Brown decides to take with the #1 overall pick of 
the 1998 LFFL draft.