Torn ACL Fantasy Football League

Year established: 1996

Current Owner: Steve Murray

Overall record: 50-56-0

Playoff record: 3-3 (1996 Super Bowl Champions)

Toilet Bowl record: 4-0

First round picks: 1996 - Steve Young, 1997 - Steve Young, 1998 - Steve Young, 1999 - Steve Young, 2000 - Eddie George, 2001 - Trent Green, 2002 - Kurt Warner, 2003 - Marshall Faulk.

The San Francisco Blowfish were formed by Commissioner Steve Murray for the first Torn ACL season in 1996. With the third pick in the draft, they selected Steve Young, who has been the cornerstone of the franchise. Several key pick-ups during the season (including Terry Allen) aided in a then-Torn ACL League record 8-game winning streak. That streak set the Blowfish up for a tie for first place at 9-5 with Philadelphia. San Francisco romped over Anchorage in the first round of the playoffs, and met rival Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. The Fish won in a low scoring affair behind from a strong showing from Young.

Following the first championship in Torn ACL history, Steve packed his bags and moved the team to Roswell to become the Superunknowns. Their familiar QB returned with a supporting eerily similar to their 1996 championship squad. However, the magic was not there, and the new look squad fluctuated at .500 all season long ending with a tie with Anchorage for first place in the newly formed Western Conference. Thanks for Yancey Thigpen's huge day, they scored a major upset over the Baton Rouge Showboats and advanced to their second Super Bowl in as many years. They fell to Anchorage in their bid to repeat as league champions.

Once again, Roswell took Steve Young as their first overall pick in 1998, but he was the only player to put up any kind of numbers. The Superunknowns went 1-4 down the stretch and failed to clinch a playoff spot. The roster did show up in the Toilet Bowl playoffs to make a quick exit. Having moved back to San Francisco, the Superunknowns hoped to regain their elite status in the league.

Once again in '99 the Superunknowns looked to Steve Young as their savior. Unfortunately, a concussion sustained in week 3 ended his season. A trade for Mark Brunell kept the desperate team at .500 ball for the year, and the Unknown thingys by the Bay finished tied for the Western Conference lead at 7-6. A loss to upstart Houston ended their hopes of being the first team to reach the Super Bowl three times. With Young now retired, Steve must now look in a new direction in order to regain the status of league elite.

The Commish wanted to relive past glories, so he went back to the original team name of the Blowfish for 2000. With the eighth pick in the draft, the Fish took Eddie George, their horse for much of the season. The quarterback issue was a problem that would haunt this team, however. The team got off to a miserable 1-5 start, but after solidifying a formidable running back core and adding Elvis Grbac, the team finished a strong 5-2, but lost out on a chance at the playoffs. The season was highlighted by the highest point total ever by a team in one game, with a whopping 190.9. The Fish could have been fried in the pipes of a toilet, but Anchorage forfeited in the first round, giving them an out. Now in 2001, Steve looks to put venom back in the spikes of his basketball sized fish in hopes of puncturing the bulbous head of the Dallas Bulls owner.

After a disappointing 2000 campaign, poison-laced fish owner Steve Murray changed tactics and went for a roster filled with potential rather than experience. That included the number eight pick Trent Green, as well as backs like Fred Taylor and LaDainian Tomlinson. They helped the fish stay afloat in the air tight west, but it was free agent addition Antowain Smith that made the difference. Strapping on the maroon, black, and uh, that weird fishy color, Smith turned the season from possible failure to at least partial success. Playoff status was up in the air until week 13, when the fish downed the rival Bulls and brother Glenn "Bighead" Motormouth, simultaneously clinching a playoff berth and denying Dallas the opportunity. There was partying in the streets over such a big win. The problem is that fish can't be in the streets, they reverse drown. One wonders if this is why they lost to eventual champ Houston in the first round of playoffs. Despite threats of moving his team to Kamloops, the Blowfish remain the dominant attraction in the city by the bay. Stinging anybody who threatens to muscle in.

San Francisco Blowfish Year-by-Year Records

Year	Record	Playoff	Result
1996	9-5	2-0	Won Super Bowl I
1997	7-7	1-1	Lost in Super Bowl II
1998	5-8	---	---
1999	7-6	0-1	Lost in West Division playoff
2000	6-7	---	---
2001	7-6	0-1	Lost in West Division playoff
2002	5-8	---	---
2003	4-9	---	---
Totals	40-56	3-3	---