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.