BUFFALO TRACE BOURBON PRESENTS THE:
SOUTHERN BLUEGRASS FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Steve Kurowsky, a fantasy football veteran in Kentucky, is one proud owner today. He is now the official winner and world champion of the 2011 Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship (SBFFC), presented by Buffalo Trace Bourbon. His strong play in the TONY RHOADES STATE FARM Division, scoring most overall points in the regular season led to even more consistent play in the playoffs, where Chudnofsky defeated 59 other SBFFC teams! The team name Chudnofsky came from the video adjacent to this story, the Chudnofsky team name also came from the following link below, which you can enjoy on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXX3QwoU3Zc&feature=related

Steve's Week 1 lineup had:

QB Tom Brady

RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Reggie Bush

WR Larry Fitzgerald, Julio Jones, Dez Bryant, Austin Collie

TE Rob Gronkowski

K Stephen Gostkowski

DEF Detroit Lions

Steve also had a young WR named Denarius Moore and a young RB on the bench named DeMarco Murray. Moore and Murray played big roles for Chudnofsky in future weeks to lead them to more wins!

Chudnofsky was in arguably the toughest division in the SBFFC, playing alongside HFS legend and multiple fantasy football champion Matt Krantz, 2010 2nd place overall winner Ronnie Shirley, Tony Rhoades division winner Jeff Johnson, and 2011 3rd place overall SBFFC winner Jonathan Patterson, who was also in the TONY RHOADES DIVISION.

Despite a four game losing streak from Weeks 4-7, Chudnofsky managed to win two high point total weeks in the overall SBFFC, scoring 206 points in Week 10 and 233 points in Week 14! Chudnofsky persevered and scored a strong 187 points in Week 16 to win the SBFFC championship. Chudnofsky got out to a strong early lead in Week 14 and never lost his first place lead during the championship round.

"I pride in good, consistent draft skills at the draft table, along with making key free agent pickups during the season," Chudnofsky owner Steve Kurowsky said. "Having consistent play from my starters and scoring a lot of points consistently and quickly helped me to the championship, along with a lot of luck the playoffs."

A typical lineup for Chudnofsky during the playoff weeks would have looked like:

Tom Brady, DeMarco Murray (before he got injured), Maurice Jones-Drew, Larry Fitzgerald, Reggie Bush, Dez Bryant, Julio Jones, Rob Gronkowski, Stephen Gostkowski, and the Lions defense.

A key pickup of RB Kahlil Bell right before Week 16 gave Chudnofsky about 20 points to clinch the championship.

Everyone in the SBFFC would like to congratulate Steve Kurowsky as he will take home a grand total of $2350 this season along with a free entry into the Kentucky State Fantasy Football Championship for 2012! Kurowsky plans to defend his title with all guns blazing next season, so let the reign of Chudnofsky begin!

Expect Steve to be interviewed about his SBFFC accomplishments on WBGN AM 1340's The Sports Guys with Norm Haney, along with Scott Atkins' Fantasy Players Association Radio show in the very near future!

Congratulations again Steve, you deserve it buddy.

More details will be given later this week regarding the 2012 SBFFC draft and event schedule.

Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Commissioner Dr. Brian Harwood was interviewed last Friday night on Scott Atkins' Fantasy Players Association Red vs. Blue Fantasy Football Radio Show regarding signups and information on how to play in the Southern Bluegass Fantasy Football Championship this season!

To listen to the podcast of the show, click on this link:

http://tobtr.com/s/1936137

The Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship (SBFFC) is proud to announce that Buffalo Trace Bourbon will be the main sponsor of the SBFFC this season when the SBFFC drafts at the Corvette Museum on Saturday, August 20, 2011!

Buffalo Trace Bourbon representative Kris Comstock has helped the SBFFC grow with this sponsorship opportunity.  Owners, drink the Buffalo Trace Bourbon because it will be the official bourbon of the SBFFC this season!  Expect Buffalo Trace Bourbon to be all over promotion this season of the SBFFC along with a bottle or two of bourbon to be auctioned and raffled off on August 20, 2011 for the SBFFC draft date!

Once again we would like to thank Kris Comstock and Buffalo Trace Bourbon for coming on board this season with the SBFFC!

The Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship (SBFFC) is proud to announce that another sponsor has signed on for the 2011 season.

The SBFFC has come to terms with Lenny Pappano and Paul Dietrich for DraftSharks.com to be one of the SBFFC sponsors and to have a division named after them! Lenny is the founder of the World Championship of Fantasy Football and Lenny and Paul head up the fantasy football website DraftSharks.com, a paid subscription website to help high-stakes fantasy football players with a wealth of information in the preseason and during the NFL season to help high-stakes fantasy football players win in their leagues. This sponsorship partnership will make the SBFFC owners even more competitive in not only the SBFFC, but other high-stakes leagues that the owners play in, while driving more subscribers and traffic to the DraftSharks.com services.

DraftSharks.com has graciously agreed to donated two 2011 full season subscriptions to all DraftSharks.com services, which is a $44 value a piece, one for the SBFFC Silent Auction and the other for our SBFFC Raffle.

In addition DraftSharks.com will donate six 2012 full season subscriptions to all DraftSharks.com services, which is worth $44 a piece to SBFFC winning teams, which will be distributed into the prize payouts, stay tuned on how you can win a DraftSharks.com subscription for 2012!

And that is not all. DraftSharks.com will also donate a FREE PRESEASON DRAFT GUIDE to ALL PAYING OWNERS OF THE SBFFC this season! This is a $20 value to all owners. This means you have a $20 preseason draft guide all NFL preseason for free if you are in the SBFFC! Instructions will be given in July on how to redeem your DraftSharks.com free preseason draft guide. Here are just some of the items you, the SBFFC owner can get for FREE in the Preseason Draft Guide:

1.  Over 400 detailed Player Profiles & Fantasy Football Rankings with our unique expert analysis – ranked and printable by position. Our projections and profiles are updated every day, as needed.

2.  Your very own Customized MVP Draft Board built for multiple leagues (yes, even Auction Leagues!) with dozens of scoring options. You can also modify projections to fit YOUR opinions of how a player will perform, or upload Draft Sharks projections to an Excel spreadsheet.

3.  Live ADP uploads, tons of sortable stats – all the tools you need to do your own research.

4.  IDP Player Profiles, Projections, & Rankings with our own expert analysis – ranked and printable by position. Our projections and profiles are updated every day, as needed.

5.  Dynasty/Keeper Rankings with Draft Sharks' exclusive commentary. Just another feature that we update daily as needed.

6.  Live Industry Expert Drafts with pick-by-pick commentary. Learn what the experts are thinking, as we critique real drafts for you throughout the summer.

7.  Private customer-only Forums where the sharpest fantasy owners in the country are talkin' shop! You’re invited to become part of the DS community and sharpen your opinions with some lively give-and-take.

8. Access to the DraftSharks Blog. Wanna know some of the random fantasy football nuggets that pop into our head? Check out the DS blog.

9.  Dozens of Feature Articles including...

2011 First Round Bust Pick: We were the first fantasy football website to go out on a limb and write an entire feature article on a First Round Bust back in 1999. Who will it be this year? We've hit our Bust pick in 9 of 12 years!

Sleepers, Deep Sleepers, & Snoozers (including IDPs), plus the 5 Most Underreported Stories of 2011!

2011 Breakout Player Predictions: What player is going to break out from the middle of the pack and give you first-round value in 2011? Last year, we pegged LeSean McCoy as our top Breakout Candidate. We'll give you three to think about for this season.

2011 Comeback Players: We nailed Randy Moss ('07), Willis McGahee ('07), Javon Walker ('06), Hines Ward ('05) & Corey Dillon ('04) on our Comeback prediction list! Did your competitors pass on them?

Depth Charts. Up to the minute for all 32 teams, and we highlight 3rd down and goal line RBs.

10.  Daily email updates throughout training camp and the pre-season. We'll keep you in the know when it comes to injuries, training camp battles, who's moving up the rankings, and who's sliding down.

Isn't this great? Once again the SBFFC brings you the cutting edge information needed for you to win the SBFFC and any other fantasy football league you may play in this season!

For instructions on how to log in and get you a DraftSharks.com account so you can start seeing the great information, email Dr. Harwood at brian.harwood@insightbb.com today!

Dr. Harwood and Harwood Fantasy Sports have announced that the Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship (SBFFC) will have their 2011 drafts at the Corvette Museum (http:///www.corvettemuseum.com) in Bowling Green, KY on Saturday, August 20, 2011, with a cost of $175 dollars for your fantasy football team, or $200 is you have a co-owner sit with you at the draft table this season.  In addition, you can enter the weekly contest of HIGH POINT TOTAL for $25 to win weekly prizes if your team is the high point scorer during a week or weeks of the SBFFC season.  The action will begin at about 11:00 a.m. central time so reserve your spot today!

The Corvette Museum is just off Interstate 65 in Bowling Green, get off on Exit 28 and then turn left at the light of the Shell gas station and Travelsted's Liquor store, and drive about a half a mile to the Corvette Museum. The Corvette Museum, is located at 350 Corvette Drive.

If you thought this year's SBFFC event was over the top, next year's event will be ten times bigger and better. One goal is for the SBFFC to expand from 48 to 60 teams. We will replace the ESPN radio and Sporting Times sponsorships with WBGN 1340 radio and other sponsorships.

The SBFFC wants Overtime Sports Bar and Grill to grill out some good food about lunchtime, along with perhaps a Madden 2011 video game exhibit for owners to enjoy, a football throw contest, and other great activities to get ready for the event. The ballroom will be about five times bigger than the Hilton Garden Inn so there will be more room to mingle and move around. Also the SBFFC wants the World Championship of Fantasy Football, Bowling Green, KY Sports Sales Director Amy Cardwell and the Fantasy Players Association to get more involved with the event.

The SBFFC also wants to expand to do an auction fantasy football format along with a draft masters and perhaps a dynasty league format. The SBFFC promises to have more league members from other local leagues to come on board so sit back and enjoy the ride!

If you want to buy your fantasy football team in the SBFFC for the 2011 season call Dr. Harwood at 270-784-0357 or email brian.harwood@insightbb.com . today!

Here are three other important SBFFC announcements for 2011:

1. The SBFFC is welcome and pleased to announce that Tony Rhoades, insurance agent for State Farm Insurance, will hop on board this season to be a sponsor of the SBFFC. He will sponsor a division, likely named STATE FARM INSURANCE TONY RHOADES division, this season as we expand from four divisions to five.

AGENT TONY RHOADES, TONYRHOADES.com

Contact Tony for all of your auto and home insurance needs at 270-781-3737, visit www.tonyrhoades.com or email tony.rhoades.icip@statefarm.com and he will give you the best deal out there! Also, send him an email or call him to thank him for his support of the SBFFC in 2011. Tony will be at the Live event August 20 to oversee some of the proceedings!

The TONY RHOADES division will join WBGN 1340 AM Radio, Overtime Sports Bar and Grill, and FantasySportsVault.com as divisional sponsors. We need one more division sponsor, so stay tuned for further updates.

2. Last year the SBFFC did a silent auction to raise money to help with expenses and to give money back to the March of Dimes charity. This year the SBFFC along with WBGN 1340 AM radio, will give out a $500 scholarship to a high school varsity athlete to attend Western Kentucky University in Fall 2011. The scholarship winner will be announced at the August 20 live event! We will extend the scholarship eligibility to the Warren County High Schools along with Franklin-Simpson and Edmonson County High School.

3. Also, Amy Cardwell, Sports Sales Director for Bowling Green sports, at bowlinggreensports.com or visitbgky.com has pledged to come on board to help get the SBFFC exposure out to more Bowling Green citizens this season! She will bring volunteers to help out with the event along with great fantasy football players. She coordinates KHSAA high school football and basketball state championships along with many other events. The SBFFC looks forward to working more with Amy and her organization in 2011!

Stay tuned for more 2011 announcements as time passes!

Michael Vick, the $400 GRAVEDIGGER free agent pickup!

When the Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship started, GRAVEDIGGER owner Dave Barkes was amazed by the production and the number of people at the event. Barkes, from Columbia, KY, east of Glasgow and Bowling Green, KY, had never been at a fantasy football event so big. He drafted from the number 5 spot and selected Andre Johnson with his first pick. He came back with Miles Austin second and did not draft a running back until round 4, taking Shonn Greene and then following up with Matt Forte. After his quarterback at the time Kevin Kolb got hurt in Week 1, Barkes spent $400 in waiver wire bid money to select GRAVEDIGGER's team MVP Michael Vick, who led his team in scoring with 356 SBFFC points. Barkes, as he has proven in many Harwood Fantasy Sports leagues, has proven his worth and great competitiveness in the SBFFC.

GRAVEDIGGER entered the SBFFC championship round, which was all head-to-head, as a #13 seed out of the Overtime Sports Bar and Grill Division and beat the Fantasy Sports Vault champions Jersey Throwbacks, the tough K'WOW & the Multiple Scoregasms, and the SBFFC total point champion and overall #1 seed and best record Vick in a Box. Week 16 then came with a matchup versus Ronnie Shirley's Steel City Ballers.

The storyline entering the game not only was the $2000 SBFFC championship prize along with the entry into the Louisville Kentucky State Fantasy Football Championship in 2011, but both teams had Michael Vick. GRAVEDIGGER's opponent had popular Vick wide receivers DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin, who needed 35.2 points to beat GRAVEDIGGER. As you all know by now, GRAVEDIGGER beat the Steel City Ballers 150.62 to 134.12.

GRAVEDIGGER also had excellent play from Matt Forte at 26.9 fantasy points, Miles Austin at 23.1 fantasy points, key free agent pickup Jacob Tamme at 20.8 points, and shrewd free agent pickup wide receiver Andre Caldwell at 12.7 fantasy points. He also won despite his top wide receiver Andre Johnson being injured in this game and did not play. Experts claim that the Overtime Sports Bar and Grill division was the toughest division in the SBFFC, so for those who are going to be in the Overtime division next year have an uphill battle to climb against Barkes and the GRAVEDIGGER.

"WOW," Barkes exclaimed when the final results game in Tuesday night. "I feel like Vick in a Box (Luke Keith) was the team to beat and if he would have beat me in the SBFFC semifinals, Luke would be the SBFFC champion and would have won it all. Kudos go out to a quality team in Vick in a Box. I am very honored to win the first ever Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship and I am looking forward to next season. I'll take this money and take care of my wife and kids and just have a good time with it, and party like a rock star all night long," Barkes commented.

Harwood Fantasy Sports will attempt to get Barkes an interview on WBGN AM 1340 regarding his win, along with Fantasy Players Association president Scott Atkins on his RED vs. BLUE Blogtalkradio.com fantasy football show. More information will follow as Barkes will represent the SBFFC as they continue to grow and be seen more in the fantasy football public eye.

Once again congratulations to Dave on his victory and he is now the MAN in the SBFFC.