BUFFALO TRACE BOURBON PRESENTS:
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.

Dr. Harwood and Harwood Fantasy Sports have announced that the Buffalo Trace Bourbon Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship (SBFFC) will have their 2012 drafts at the Corvette Museum (http:///www.corvettemuseum.com) in Bowling Green, KY on Saturday, August 18, 2012, with a cost of $200 dollars for your fantasy football team, or $225 is you have a co-owner sit with you at the draft table this season.  The action will begin at about 10:30 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. The SBFFC will expand to 72 teams, maybe more as signups get hot and heavy!

The SBFFC wants Overtime Sports Bar and Grill to grill out some good food about lunchtime, owners to take pictures with a virtual player throwing Gatorade on a coach where people put their heads inside and to have a football throw contest.

The SBFFC also wants to expand to do an auction fantasy football format along with a draft masters and a high-stakes $500 event.  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 2012 season call Dr. Harwood at 270-784-0357 or email brian.harwood@insightbb.com . today!

The Southern Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship (SBFFC) is proud to announce that Buffalo Trace Bourbon will be the main sponsor of the SBFFC once again this season when the SBFFC drafts at the Corvette Museum on Saturday, August 18, 2012!

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 18, 2012 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!

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 Bluegrass Fantasy Football Championship this season!

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

http://tobtr.com/s/1936137

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.