Dave Gerczak Wins NFFC Primetime Chamionship!!

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:25 am

Dave Gerczak of Appleton, Wisconsin won the debut NBC Sports NFFC Primetime main event in 2008 as he dominated the Championship Round from start to finish. Dave already had a big lead heading into the final week, but he put an exclamation point on the win by having the high score in Week 16. CONGRATULATIONS DAVE on an impressive, impressive season in our debut 12-team format.

Dave has been with the NFFC the last couple of years, taking his own team in 2007 and this year actually running two teams in the NFFC Primetime main event. He won the NFFC Primetime Championship Round and the Consolation Round, and finished 10th overall in the NFFC Classic Championship Round. He had high points total in Chicago League 2 of the NFFC Primetime event and won that league playoff to earn $5,000 plus the $100,000 grand prize. Congratulations Dave on an incredible run to the finish line.

Frank Matsko finished second, followed by Jeff Edwards and Lumpy's Losers. Here are the final standings for the NFFC Primetime Championship Round, although remember they aren't official until Elias scoring changes are complete on Thursday night:

1. Leroys Aces Dave Gerczak 694.66
2. Ace Destroyers Frank Matsko 612.49
3. Runitup II Jeff Edwards 599.84
4. Lumpys Losers Kyle Pope 598.42
Anderson
5. TOWNIES John Rundle 596.44
6. Special K Michael KELSTROM 580.04
7. CATCHSTDS Mike Gustafson 578.12
8. King of Queens Glenn Schroter 567.2
9. Wolfie's Big Adventure Jules McLean 566.52
10. EdCouch New Potatoes Edward Killmer 565.49
11. 'Team Lazos' Stavros Lazos 561.33
12. Petes Picks Peter Lukowicz 561.02
13. WarEagleTigerPlainsmenNBC Williams 558.42
Robert Sigle
14. PhillyCheeseSteaks NBC John Hogan 557.57
15. MEDFORD MAULERS John Bayley 546.27
Matthew Bayley
16. QUAHOGS Stephen Jupinka 544.89
17. Sound Advice Dennis Cassidy 544.14
18. Soupdogs Scott Wieland 543.13
19. Disposable Heroes Inc Thomas Kay 539.75
20. FROSTY Matthew Bayley 535.9
Matthew Bayley
21. MONEY INCORPORATED ORMOND ROSE 535.51
22. LATHAM Randy Barbour 532.82
23. Eddie's KingDOM nbc Eddie Gillis 531.83
24. The Vig Olivier 529.67
Macmanus
Aaron Smith
25. Surgically Enhanced TD s Mike Schilpp 529.6
26. Fleetwood Macks James Mack 529.33
27. Team Canada TJ Mailloux 528.24
28. We Will Score Kevin Brown 520.24
29. Hammerheads Dan Thomas 516.76
30. Edison Park Eagles Bato Jovanovic 515.23
31. Miller Bros Tim Miller 511.39
32. Kapefear Bill Hutchinson 510.57
Jeff Dawson
33. Big Mac Attack Phillip McDonald 509.22
34. The Vulgarians Chris Slack 503.6
35. Riverdog Todd Ullman 498.59
36. SNAKE Glenn Karant 497.8
37. HOWLING FURIES NEIL HASSETT JR 497.22
38. Big MO Jon Clift 496.07
39. DIRTY DEEDS Danny Dietrick 491.15
40. Vics Vomiteurs Victor Babal 489.64
41. MarissChris David Martino 475.8
42. Searching For SASQUATCH John-Paul Sanchez 475.32
Sanchez
43. 3Intboy BFD Louis Tranquilli 424.15

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:33 am

Congratulations Dave!
on all those good teams

Leroy's Aces · Post by **Leroy's Aces** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:58 am

Originally posted by Captain Hook:
Congratulations Dave!
on all those good teams Thanks Captain! The article you wrote and posted on the Footballguys boards about benching your stud QB, referring to Kurt Warner, helped my decision to start Rivers, so thank you.

[ December 23, 2008, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: Leroy's Aces ]

Team Legacy · Post by **Team Legacy** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:11 pm

Just because the advice wasn't proufound, doesn't mean it didn't reaffirm an opinion previously held.

He doesn't have to "get real", his post was real. Why would you think that it wasn't?

Team Legacy · Post by **Team Legacy** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:11 pm

Perry, good call and Dave, great job on the call. It's NEVER easy to bench the MVP, the guy that gets you to the title.

BillyWaz · Post by **BillyWaz** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:14 pm

Congratulations again Dave, as you have certainly had a year to remember!

Sometimes decisions work for you, and sometimes they do not. One thing I know for sure is they ALL look obvious AFTER they happen.

Well done on making the right choice!

BillyWaz · Post by **BillyWaz** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:16 pm

Originally posted by Team Legacy:
Perry, good call and Dave, great job on the call. It's NEVER easy to bench the MVP, the guy that gets you to the title. Well said Scott.

That pretty much was my reasoning in playing Warner. I figured they would get behind in the game (which they did) and threw for 100 yards and just ONE TD, that is 11 points, which is quite a difference from 1.5!

It was one of those "bizarre" games which don't happen often. Of course Pennington would have been the better play NOW (he too was playing in frigid weather with a MUCH better running game), but when you have a QB who has carried you that far, I personally don't think it is a "no-brainer" like some claim it to be.

Bad part is I lost the 3 week playoff in LV4 by 2.5 points (so even a 4.1 from Warner would of done it!

), but you live and learn. No one to blame but myself for that, and quite honestly, Dan Thomas' team was simply better than mine this year and he deserves the 5K.

Now let's get this thread focused back on the man of the hour.....DAVE GERCZAK!

[ December 23, 2008, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: BillyWaz ]

Sound Advice · Post by **Sound Advice** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:45 am

Congrats Dave!
Not even close.
Wow.

Leroy's Aces · Post by **Leroy's Aces** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:40 pm

Hey Greg,

The most important thing was that the big check cashed and it did, so thanks. But why are Kurt and I still sitting here going back and forth with you and Ryan Houston about a trophy 10 months after we won your 2008 Primetime contest? The trophy finally arrived one week ago, 10 long months after winning the contest. As you know, the trophy has the following issues:

1. Detached and scratched nameplate. Kurt's name wasn't even listed.
2. Said NFFL not NFFC (that is totally annoying)
3. Scratched wood base, probably caused by detached name plate in shipping.
4. Umm, it is 10 months late. It was not mentioned until June or July that the "plan" was to deliver it at the 2009 draft, which never happened.

Also, why do we not have the 3 jerseys that my teams won for weekly high score in weeks 14 and 16 (3 total high scores)? Kurt and I have literally sent about 6-7 emails on the subject and I have all of the responses saved, explaining away the issues, but yet I sit here, jersey-free. I have even dropped 2 jersey sizes (from XL to M) in the time it has taken you to not send them, which I find hilarious actually. If you do not want to give out a trophy in mint condition and do not want to send us the jerseys, that is fine, just do not make a big deal of it and send emails to everyone promoting it or promote the free jersey when get the weekly high score. Are people actually getting the free Fatheads? I sure hope so.

While we were proud of having won the 2008 NFFC Primetime, our post-contest experience has really soured us on the achievement. While not having getting the trophy in a timely fashion sucks in general, not getting the jerseys is triply annoying, since I promised them to my co-owners, and I have to listen to them ask me about them every few weeks.

Out of respect to you, Kurt and I have waited a full 10 months before mentioning this in public, and my latest email response stated that I no longer want any trophy nor the jerseys (I didn't even bother to ask Kurt, because he is so fed up.). But I do deserve an explanation if we are not getting any of the hardware that our teams rightfully earned well over 10 months ago.

Dave Gerczak and Kurt Awe
Team 1 - Winner 2008 NFFC Primetime Championship
Team 2 - 2008 NFFC Primetime Consolation Champion
Team 3 - 10th Place 2008 NFFC Classic
Combined NFFC Classic/Primetime High Scorer
Teams 1 and 2 - 2008 Primetime High Scoring Weekly Team Weeks 14 & 16.

[ October 22, 2009, 09:53 PM: Message edited by: Leroy's Aces ]