#1 – Break Away (GM Jason Gauthier) (5-1): Back on top and looking very strong as the favorite. Jason Kidd has finally come on as a #1 guard.

#2 – Knight School (GM Derek Gardner) (5-1): Winning games without Kevin Martin, which means this team could get even better when he returns soon.

#3 – Loompaland Oompas (GM Caleb Streur) (5-1): A new name and one trade later this team is still one of the best teams in the league, we’ll see how acquistion of Ron Artest and Caron Butler pay off in the coming weeks

#4 – The Untouchables (GM Griffin Lawson) (4-2): Welcome Chris Paul back and hope he can lead them back to their early season dominance.

RED ALERT: Team DeVETO (0-6), Blumkins (0-6), Blue Chips (1-5)

#1 – Playoffs!!??!! (GM Glenn Luke) (9-1): Just keep rollin’, just keep rollin’…Team is set for the playoffs, just needs to wait two weeks before the games will mean anything again for the best team in the UPFL

#2 – Blumkins (GM Zach Gauthier) (8-2): This one time champ of the UPFL, looks very strong and needs one more win to clinch their division title.

#3 – Team DeVeto (GM Brandon Lawson) (7-3): Have been unstoppable since acquiring Maurice Jones-Drew, but must now deal with the loss of Michael Turner to keep winning.

#4 – peace.love.smuck (GM Jared Lawson) (9-1): The Commish clinches the division title with a big win over Jlaws Crew in Week 10.

#5 – No Mercy in the Dojo (GM Jon Kovach) (7-3): A big trade a few weeks ago has paid off quite well for the Dojo, who look to get back to the UPFL title game after a three year absence.

Player of the Week: Tom Brady/Randy Moss: Yup, there back.
Bum of the Week: Anyone who owns a Cleveland Brown player.

#1 – Statutory Defendants (GM Caleb Streur) (3-0): His mantra: Miss the draft!, Miss the draft!, Miss the draft! I can not talk about this enough, it goes to show a little time spent pre-ranking players is as good as attending the live draft sometimes.

#2 – The Untouchables (GM Griffin Lawson) (3-0): They knock off the two-time defending champs, but lose Chris Paul for maybe a month, so maybe they drop next week.

#3 – Knight School (GM Derek Gardner) (3-0): After a forgettable year last year, the School of Knight is in the Super Four for two weeks in a row!

#4 – Break Away (GM Jason Gauthier) (2-1): They lose, but are suffering from injuries, and there GM is more worried about deer season anyway, will check back next week with this team.

#1 – Playoffs!!??!! (8-1) (GM Glenn Luke): They keep rolling as the best team in the UPFL. Right now the favorite to win it all.

#2 – Blumkins (7-2) (GM Zach Gauthier): Former UPFL champion has all the pieces together to make a long playoff run.

#3 – Team DeVeto (6-3) (GM Brandon Lawson): No other team in the UPFL can sport the talent they have at RB.

#4 – peace.love.smuck (8-1) (GM Jared Lawson): Hoping to ride the Dree Brees train all the way to their first UPFL title.

#5 – New Glarus Spotted Cows (6-3) (GM Heath Eliason): Four straight wins has this team riding high, with Aaron Rodgers leading the team.

Player of the Week: Kurt Warner, Arizona Cardinals
Bum of the Week: Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions (No one owns him, but good grief he was horrible, which makes things a lot worse for Kevin Smith and Calvin Johnson)

#1 – Break Away (2-0): The two-time defending champs make a big trade during the week and also move to a non-surprising two win start to the year

#2 – Statutory Defendants (2-0): Missing a fantasy draft again pays off for GM Streur.

#3 – The Untouchables (2-0): Chris Paul. Chris Paul. Chris Paul. He is amazing.

#4 – Knight School (2-0): The injury to Kevin Martin hurts, but this team packs a lot of depth at each position.

UPBA 2009-2010 “Commish Predicts”

1st Round

WOODEN

Statutory Defendants over peace.love.afros
Mayn Event over Blue Chips

AUERBACH

Cobblestone Pez over National Mine Cougars
Shakers Pizz Plan over Oslo Warrior

NAISMITH

Break Away over Blumkins
Aqua Splash over The Untouchables

SMITH

Deering Tornadoes over Wolfman
Team DeVETO over Knight School

2nd Round

Statutory Defendants over Mayn Event
Cobblestone Pez over Shakers Pizz Plan
Break Away over Aqua Splash
Deering Tornadoes over Team DeVETO

CONFERENCE FINALS

Statutory Defendants over Cobblestone Pez
Break Away over Deering Tornadoes

UPBA FINALS

Break Away over Statutory Defendants

FANTASY MVP: LeBron James
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Stephon Curry (All Year, sorry Blake)
WAIVER WIRE GEM (player currently on Waiver Wire): Terrance Williams
MOST IMPROVED FANTASY PLAYER: Trevor Ariza

#1 – Playoffs!!??!! (5-1) (GM Glenn Luke): The #1 from last week finally returns to be #1 again, and this team also welcomes back Frank Gore this week.

#2 – Blumkins (5-1) (GM Zach Gauthier): Tom Brayd returns to his 2007 self and in the process helps the Blumkins win their fourth straight.

#3 – Team DeVETO (4-2) (GM Brandon Lawson): Four straight wins has this team tied atop their division and fully recovered from an 0-2 start.

#4 – Crabtrees Playmakers (4-2) (GM Mark Korpi): Will hope for continued strong play from their WRs and LDT keeps improving from his lackluster self.

#5 – The Outsiders (4-2): This GM newcomer has four straight wins and is following the lead of their two strongest players: Peyton Manning and Maurice Jones-Drew.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tom Brady, New England Patriots: Its been a long time but he finally regains a Player of the Week status.

BUM OF THE WEEK: Jared Lawson, GM peace.love.smuck: You spend your #1 pick on Drew Brees, you don’t bench him for Matt Hasselbeck, ever, again, ever. For that I am the Bum of the Week.

QUICK-HIT UPFL SUPER 5

#1 – Playoffs!!??!! (4-1) (GM Glenn Luke)
#2 – peace.love.smuck (5-0) (GM Jared Lawson)
#3 – Matt Millen (3-2) (GM Dan Makela)
#4 – Blumkins (4-1) (GM Zach Gauthier)
#5 – Jlaw’s Crew (4-1) (GM Jason Lawson)

#1 – peace.love.smuck (4-0) (GM Jared Lawson): peace.love.smuck remains the last unbeaten with a big week from Rashard Mendenhall.

#2 – Playoffs!!??!! (3-1) (GM Glenn Luke): They get another W, and welcome back Donovan McNabb from injury this week, and Larry Fitzgerald from a bye week.

#3 – Choking Tila Tequila (3-1) (GM Jeff Jacobson): One of the best team names in the league will hope for Tom Brady and Roddy White to start performing at the levels they should be this week.

#4 – Statutory Defendants (3-1) (GM Caleb Streur): Win their second in a row behind a big week from Antonio Gates.

#5 – Matt Millen (2-2) (GM Dan Makela): Back-to-Back high score weeks propel this team into the Top 5. Peyton Manning is their Top Gun.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Antonio Gates, San Diego Chargers
BUM OF THE WEEK: Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys

#1 – Desert Dogs 3-0 (GM Kyle Schinella, Brent Roberts): The Dogs take over the #1 spot and hope to keep it longer than the previous holders.

#2 – peace.love.smuck 3-0 (GM Jared Lawson): The Commish finds himself in the Super 5 for the first time this season, but rest assured he will trade his way out of any possible title.

#3 – IOwensU 2-1 (GM Brandon June): TO is useless so far, but Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson have this team going in the right direction.

#4 – Matty Ice 2-1 (GM Kevin Carlson): This GM had the first undefeated regular season last year, so two wins in a row means this team is back on track.

#5 – Playoffs !!??!! 2-1 (GM Glenn Luke): Last weeks #1 gets one more shot to stay in the Super 5, lets see how he responds to the Frank Gore injury.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Peyton Manning, Colts
BUM OF THE WEEK: Drew Brees, Saints