BUFFALO TRACE BOURBON PRESENTS:
SOUTHERN BLUEGRASS
FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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.