As my new best friend (and FBH competitor) Karl Wallinger says at the beginning of his new album "It is time!" Welcome back for another exciting year of FBH. There’s so much to share in the upcoming season. We hope this meeting place can help the process.

 Large, hearty and immediate kudos have been earned by our AssCommish, the Webmaster himself, Ralph "No you may not" Shupp. When we first discussed a FBH page, Ralphie really took the ball and ran with it. He painted the picture we envisioned. As you can see, listed along the left side of the page is an activities menu. Each subsection is guaranteed to please.

 Our goal is to have this experience be as interactive as possible. Nuestra web site es su web site. Feel free to add whatever you wish. It’s a World Party.

Out With the Old

  Why is this man smiling? Because he has a beautiful wife? Well, yes he does, but that’s not why. Because he just broke eighty on the golf course? Not bloody likely. He is happy, even giddy, because he is Todd Meyer, our reigning champion. Todd compiled an impressive 137-102-1 record last year to win his first title by two games over Mark "Being an Islander fan isn’t as much fun as it was when we had Butch Goring" Reid and four games over the third place Brian "Being an Islander fan isn’t fun at all" Reid. Congrats to all.

 Brian also won the fourth quarter race in the East Division, joined by Tom "Left coaster" Schwade in the Central and Mark "Itchy Jelly" Vanek in the West. Specifically, Mark ended up as part of a six-way tie and won in a drawing held in the LBFBHHQ.

 Last place went to Dave "You don’t know me" Schwade. Sadly, it wasn’t even close. More about Dave later.

In With The New

  With FBH on the Internet, Beck on the radio, men on Mars and all that, bold things will be asked of all of us this season. And, as always, we will deliver.
I would personally like to throw out the first bold prediction of the year: That the Super Bowl will be won by an AFC team. Obviously, not by the Jets. I can offer no lucid or rational explanation. Call it a bolt of inspiration. 
Call it Jaguar-mania. When I close my eyes, why is Mark Brunell running all over? 

Parity ?

  It seems like there’s more parity now than ever. You have got to hand it to Jerry Jones, but the salary cap has made the teams more even. Speaking of Big Blue, unless there is some crazy and unforeseen re-alignment in the next few weeks, it can be concluded from my first prediction that the Cowboys will not win the Super Bowl. A grim thought indeed. I think the current core will win another championship, but can they pull it all together in time? Howzbout The Pack? Sophomore jinx. San Fran? Still with the offensive line problems. The Undefeated pre-season Jets? Aaah, no.

 Parity was also the overwhelming theme of the 1996 FBH season. And we all know parity is next to piety which is next to godliness which is next to cleanliness which is next to fanciness which is next to "fancy free" which is next to "Footloose" which starred Kevin Bacon. But back to parity.

 The overall record of the FBH group was 50.3 percent. Curiously, 18 of our 32 competitors were over the Mendoza line. What’s up with that? There must be some lame picking coming from somewhere. Consider one Dave Schwade. Dave had 240 chances to pick a winning team and didn’t reach 100. Dave finished 40 games behind reigning champion Todd "137-102-1" Meyer. Or did you know that in six years, the Webmaster has never broken .500 for the season.

 Expect some break-out performances. Wily veterans and hungry-eyed newcomers alike have been waiting to catch fire.

 Best of luck to everyone on the upcoming season! Until next week, from the love-beaded Football Happenings Headquarters, it’s little kisses, little kisses and ciao ciao! -- Buntman 

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Message from the Webmaster

 Welcome to the on-line home of Football Happenings. We've done a lot of work to have this site fully operational by the Aug. 31 NFL Season Opening. Our beloved Commissioner Roy has appointed me (Ralph) as sort of an Assistant Commissioner ('AssCommish' is how he put it) and entrusted to me the concerns of the FBH website. 

 For many years now, the aforementioned Roy has been keeping us entertained throughout the football season with his weekly mailings, including his commentary and standings updates of our FBH League. And through the years, the league has experienced constant growth. Today, we have over 30 participants. The weekly mailings have at times been taxing on the fair Roy, as this past season proved. We hope that this website will be part substitute, part addition, to the weekly newsletters. Many of us have Internet access. Those that don't can continue to receive the weekly newsletters by snail-mail, but the more of us that can access this site instead, the less cost/strain on our friend Roy. 

  We have made this site very inter-active so that you can submit your picks each week on-line. This too will take a great strain off of Roy, not to mention his answering machine. It will also allow us to provide you with the currently updated point spreads (as published in the Saturday editions of the Dallas Morning News). This site will also be updated each Tuesday (if not sooner) with the weekend's results and current standings so you'll know just where you stand. And be sure to check out the other areas of the site. Good luck to all in the upcoming season!  Ralph

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