HISTORY

11/2/97 - 1/24/99 Well that Maureo guy disappeared we didn’t know what happened to him. The slow, old, bald, white guy became roomates with my brother & Matt, set himself up on teams where he could dictate plays, drafted Shannon & Jimmy every week & started the dynasty. I hated themselves calling them that but it stuck. I was the one left playing them every week. By now Jimmy Quinn was maturing & becomming a force to be reconed with. This season however was Shannons season. He broke all records & had 6 MVPs that season.

SEASON 9

SEASON 10

1/5/03 - 11/2/03 Every week it became Maureo -vs- Jimmy show. Chad Beesley was posting messages saying Jimmy was the new king of the GCFL & that with Jimmy as his WR he could never lose. Maureos response was "everyone can lose 3 games & its ok, but if I do then Im fallen." Beesley & Jimmy were still a tandem, but Beesley only played 4 games that season. This season also had the best recieving games on record when Nigel Eastman & all his speed posted back to back 300 yard games. Chase Durnal & Kyle Venetoffs first game was on 8/31/03.

SEASON 15

6/6/04 - 9/19/04 The Bees/Bees tandem actually won games this season. The league was starting to see many new faces including its first Bozone. Lee Barber & Dustin Calvert were bringing everyone from Kiefer they could imagine & telling us how we couldn’t match their sheer talent. Instead all the Kiefer guys had losing seasons. After years in the GCFL & never winning the season MVP, Chad Beesley was begging for it & had good passing numbers to back it up. Instead everyone chose Shannon.

9/26/04 - 1/9/05 Beesley was getting desperate for a season MVP & came to realize that he probably wouldn’t get it from his passing alone. He tried what worked for Jimmy & set out for the 1000/1000 club. That on top of begging people & hand shaking paid off. The league as a whole was getting way too big. There were several weeks we had over 24 people & we went to 3 games. The season marked the beginning of the Dolans, other Bozones, Sprague & friends thereof.

3/27/05 - 2/5/06 The face of the GCFL had changed. New guys were out numbering the veterans 3 to 1. Those Chase & Venetoff guys themselves were starting to become veterans. Marcus Dolan was the first non Cross or Beesley to lead the league in passing in a long time. There were several weeks I didn’t take stats due to too many people or stat taking burnout.

 SEASON 19

10/8/06 - 5/27/07 Again I missed a lot of games due to my motorcycle accident. When I finally did return I was weak & my performance was dismal. Outside of that Nobody really stood out. People seemed to vote for Matt for no other reason than nobody else deserved it. It was mainly his defense that won him this one. After all these years Matt finally did it

SEASON 22

2/4/07 - 5/20/07 Sprague lived quietly in season 21, probably venting over Zach somehow winning the popular vote & taking season 20 MVP from him. In season 22 however Sprague came back with a vengance. In game 1 he broke the record for the most yards receiving in a single game with 358. Then in week 10 he went off breaking the same record again with 360 yards & was also one TD short of tying Chases record of 10 TDs in a single game. All this with his least favorite QB Everett Cross at the helm. In the 15 games Sprague played in that season, only 4 games did he have less than 100 yards. Sprague averaged 180 yards per game, broke Shannons season TD record, & broke his own season yards recieving record. He finished the season with almost twice the recieving yards as Jesse Halbert who finished second in yards recieving for the season.  The only person who didnt vote for him to be the season MVP was himself. Being that he wasnt legally able to made it unanimous. It was the first time that has happened since season 6.

SEASON 23

5/27/07 - 9/14/07 Zach broke his brothers season TD passing record and led in yardage passing. Josh Griffin led all recievers with 1717 yards. About the only thing Jimmy led in was interceptions picked. Jimmy didn’t lead in anything else. He did however tie Matt for the most wins this season & started the season off with an 8 game winning streak.He also came one game short of tying the record for the most consecutive wins in a row when you add the last several games of season 22 in. His luck ran out during the last 5 games of the season when he finished 1-4. His 8 game winning streak was enough however to win over the majority of votes for his 3rd season MVP.

SEASON 24

It was clear by now that the GCFL is an offensive minded organization. Few if any were playing defense anymore. Two seasons ago Sprague posted high number receiving, this season Zach Dolan utterly destroyed all season records in passing. Doing this without breaking the most interceptions thrown. Even though Josh accomplished in recieving what would have been a record two years earlier, Zachs gaudy passing numbers drownded out everything else. Adrian Colbert flashed on the scene & came in second in recieving & led everyone in MVPs despite playing in less games than all other top tier players. For the first time in 5 seasons Everett threw for over 3000 yards, Chad Sprague blew his knee & missed most of the season, & Chase Durnal joined the military severely cutting into his playing time.

SEASON 25

Several records were broken this season. Matt Floyd broke the season yardage passing record, Chad Beesley broke the record for the most pass attempts in a season, & Joe Arce broke the 14 year long records of the most wins in a season at 12.  Despite Josh Griffin leading the season in yards recieving with over 2400 he still couldnt scrounge up any season MVP votes because all the broken records garnisehed all the attention. QB Matt Floyds yardage passing record got him this one, & even though he fell to third in recieving Having that many wins will always get you votes.. 

SEASON 26

This season was memorable. For the most part when reading the QB leaders it was like reading a season of old. Everett, Maureo, & Chad Beesley. The Josh / Zach or Josh / Floyd tandems had now taken a back seat to the Maureo / Sprague & Everett / Adrian tandems. The Maureo / Sprague tandem were a deadly combination as both of them tied Joe Arces record for the most wins in a season. The biggest game of this season came in week 5 when the Maureo / Sprague tandem aided with the talents of the 4th all time receiver Chase Durnal got dealt a big upset loss to the underdogs Everett / Adrian / Shannon team. It was their only loss they had when they were on the same team.
     This was the first season in a long time Everett Cross led the league in passing. Statistically probably his best season ever. Chad Sprague finished the season with the second best receiving season ever & 12 wins. Good enough to win most season MVPs. However consistently being on Maureos team put Sprague in Maureos shadow. Anytime Maureo Wilson has high attendance in a full season it is almost a garuntee he will walk home with the season MVP. The greatest GCFL player of all time extended his record to 5 season MVPs.

SEASON 27

Not much changed since the previous season. Maureo & Sprague were still on the same team Dominating the league. When they were on the same team they only lost one game all season and that was to Zach Dolan.

SEASON 28

This was the Kyle Venetoff / Joe Arce season. The dark horse came thru with a major season winning MVP upset. Someone who has only won one single game MVP in his entire career went out & broke the record for the most wins in a season. He didnt lead in any category, nor was he dominating in any category, and the argument could be made that Joe Arce was on his team on all of his major wins. But no matter how you slice it Kyle managed to land on the winning team enough to break the record and game him the nickname "Win-etoff". I can testify that he caught a game winning TD on me during this season which aided him with this record. In game 2 of this season all time great Maureo Wilson went down with a season injury when he almost blew out his ACL/MCL. At the age of 38, Maureo swore he had retired for good. Not only a person of great athletic talent who has won the most Season MVPs, but also a person of great character. His tenure helped build the league.

 SEASON 29

This season Joe Arce took a break from football only playing in half the games. He won all but 2 and one of those games was cut short due to heavy rain. This season also saw Adam Thomas for the first time. He was doubted at first until he started picking of all the unsuspecting QBs. Zach Dolans threw 1200 more yards than the next QB. All this aside there was no way Adrian could be left out. He led in almost everything. Tackles, interceptions, & yards receiving.

SEASON 30

This season 3 people stood out Chad Sprague, Josh Griffin, & Shannon Cross. Sprague once again eclipsed 2000 yards receiving but his win loss record was in question, Shannon had many yards receiving and a good win loss record, & Josh led all QBs but mainly stood out due to 12 wins this season. When it came down to the Season MVP voting, it was all Sprague or Josh. Josh who has probably had the current longest tenure of good players without winning a Season MVP led it initially, but Sprague gained some momentum towards the end. With only 5 people casting a vote Josh & Amanda threw their votes in & picked Sprague. This catapult Sprague over Josh. In other words, Josh gave the season MVP to Srague.