With the third full season of the 40 Nickel Madden Football league coming to a conclusion...I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you all to the best of the best. Club after club, league after league come and go in the internet/on-line gaming world and each offers its unique attributes -- I have had the pleasuable opportunity to watch 40 Nickle grow into a living breathing world of its own. A place you can come to satisfy that yearning for good competition, but to also enjoy the fellowship of other like minded individuals. Doczulu has toiled to create an environment where all of this can take place, aided by his partner in crime Facemask -- 40 Nickle has become a world within a world...truly a place to hand your hat and play some ball! Thanks Doc for all that you do!



The Staff and I would like to recognize some of the outstanding achievement from Season III...the following were nominated and voted on by the Staff.

for the best use of an underated team, The Draftnik award goes to....

Skinplaya! -- Skin took the lowly Texans to a near perfect 11-1 regulars season record and taking the Texans to the 2nd round of the playoffs only to lose the bucks (but who didn't?).





as the best coach to acheive significant improvement from season II to
season III, the Comeback Coach award goes to....

STEEL TOUGH! -- STEEL finished season II with the Texans in 30th position to becoming a season III Elite 8 coach!

...and this year's Sportsmanship Award goes to...
oldsKool! sKool (yes I know its me :huh: ) took the powerhouse Bolts to a lowly 4-8 record in season III and all the while remained active on the boards and with stats and recaps.





Speaking of stats and recaps...as the most active coach, the 12th Man award goes to....
Facemask! if you haven't noticed, and you need to...Face write the best, most entertaining and detailed press conferences and recaps on the PLANET!

The All Nickle back team dates back to the begining of time...or at least season I :P -- This year we would like to officially recognize the lead coaches for each team...coincedentally, they are the leaders of their respective conferences!

Congrats to SweetTaz and PatsRazor! Great job guys!

And now on to our performance awards....


Offensive Player of the Year -- Randy Moss (Raiders) receiving - 40/1132 13td, produced a TD every 3 or so catches, 28.3 per catch average and contributed 34.4% of the teams total offense. Coach Facemask maximized the big gun on offense, not only as a deep threat but also as a check down receiver...not to mention as a VERY effective decoy ;)




Defensive Player of the Year -- Mike McKensie (Saints) 8 int, 5 td, 20 tackles & 1 forced fumble...I'm not sure if lock down corner can describe this guy, most of Str8StlMo's opponents were overheard mumbling something like...beast or something like that lol




ST Player of the Year -- Phillip Buchanon (Texans) KR - 32/902 2 td, 102 long (had a 99 yard ret as well) avg 28.2 per return. PR - 13/154 1 td, 74 long. Avg 11.8 per return. Buchanon helped coach Skinplaya a true triple thread on the virtual gridiron...no wonder he was almost undefeated!

and now for some team performances...


Best Defense -- SweetTaz (Bucaneers) allowed a league low of 11.4 points per game (averaged without the sims).




Best Offense -- Patsrazor (Patriots) Lead in points scored at 32.7/game and has also produced 299.6 yards in total offense per game (both without simmed games included)

And now on to the Grande Finale...Doc has this really cool way of reminding you of what you did in the past so you can better plan your future -- the guy acts like he teaches history or something ;) -- anyway, I was looking at the write up I did for Coach of the Year for season II...and quite honestly, I couldn't think of anything I could add...take a look:

"and finally...it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you, a coach that I have had many opportunities to battle on the virtual gridiron. An honorable opponent who quickly learns your tendancies and efficiently exploits them...in other words, he steps on your throat while looking down at you with a great big smile ----

the 40 Nickle Season II COACH OF THE YEAR ... Sweet Taz!

10-0, Best Defense, and an offense that just got it done. And what a
sportsman to boot...NEVER came close to running the score up, just
did enough to win!"

so without further adoo...the 40 Nickle Season III Coach of the Year...

Good job Nupe!

great write up olds!! congrats to everyone who got an award....and good luck to everyone in SEASON IV...looking forward to seeing some new names on those awards!!

BTW....if anyone (like superman taz over here) needs their many gifs put into one animated gif (to help clean up those large sigs), just PM me and i'll take care of it. if all your pics are in your sig, thats all you need to do is PM me. if you dont have all your awards in your sig, include all the pics in the PM so i dont have to go hunting them down.

Congrats to everyone with an award.

Great Post Nupe' and congrats to all that received awards this season. I look forward to a new season, as I'm sure all of you all do as well.

Facemask, for whatever reason my sig still isn't showing up. I thought I took the proper steps, but apparently not. When you get a minute can you shoot me an pm with a little help. Thanks in advance.

i see youre 40 Nickel Bears sig in your post...what sig r u talking about?

I fixed it for him. kool

Congrats guys, you all earned them. I hope to have my name on one of those at the end of next season.

Thanks Fellas, I'm a little new with the whole sig thing!!

thanks NUPE DAWG........