2000 - The league was in its infancy in 2000 and it was 36 Chambers of Death that emerged as the first league power. 36 Chambers triumphed behind the skillful leadership and shrewd personnel moves of head coach Antwon Harris. Ever a skillful GM, Antwon engineered a late-season trade for RB Ahman Green that proved the catalyst for his historic Super Bowl run. Green caught fire down the stretch and carried 36 Chambers to the league's first ever Championship.
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2001 - Posse Comitatus' championship run was perhaps the most memorable in league history. After starting the season 5-0, the wheels fell off Mike Brown's team and the Posse lost 7 straight. On the verge of missing the playoffs, Mike rallied the troops and engineered a victory over Faces of Death in the final week of the regular season to secure a berth in the playoffs.
Their playoff run was downright historic, knocking off two phenomenal regular season teams: #2 ranked The Fighting Zimmerman (71-54) and #1 ranked Foolin' Round (74-57) in consecutive weeks before stunning #3 Showtime! 81-74 in the Super Bowl.
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2002 - Controvery marked The Visigoths' championship season, as the Draft Lottery (abolished immediately thereafter) awarded The Goths the services of a pre-crazy WR Terrell Owens. A preseason trade with Sooner Magic landed them yet another first rounder, for a total of three.
Coach Jason Sheueckuk needed all of them. Finishing the regular season 9-4, The Goths edged Showtime! 82-73 and Annihilators 59-55 in the playoffs on the way to the Super Bowl, where they fought past TeamWithNoName 69-62, the closest Super Bowl in league history.
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2003 - As an expansion team in 2002, the Washington Generals proved their toughness by winning 5 games despite having no draft picks and getting no favors in free agency. In 2003, Greg Berrong built upon that success and created one of the most fearsome teams in league history.
RBs Priest Holmes and Jamal Lewis powered the Generals to a 9-4 regular season mark before marching through TeamWithNoName 86-48 and The Fighting Zimmerman 111-106 in the Conference Championship.
Sean Wright's Annihilators were no match for Berrong's Generals in the Super Bowl, who triumphed 86-68 to become the fourth member of the Brotherhood of Champions...
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2004 - The 2004 season got off to a fast start, as 2003's worst team traded away the #1 overall pick in the draft. The move by Charlie Don't Surf coach Brad Copeland shocked the league, but proved to be the start of a special season.
Brad's team started 5-1 despite an offense that ranked dead last in the league, but that early season momentum stalled and CDS struggled to finish the regular season 8-5. In the playoffs, Brad turned things around and found his offense in a three game span that saw him defeat the Washington Generals 80-68, Aruba Red 90-58 and finally The Visigoths 83-67 in the Super Bowl. As the fifth member of the OBPFL's prestigious Brotherhood of Champions, Brad is accorded all respect and privileges of the honor.
It should be noted that Brad won the championship in his only year to actually attend an OBPFL Draft...
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2005 - The 2005 season saw five teams vying to be the first repeat champion in OBPFL history... smack talk was rampant and the stakes were high, as the winner would likely be hailed as the greatest franchise in fantasy history.
The OBPFL North became a top-heavy logjam ultimately won by Antwon Harris' high-scoring 36 Chambers of Death. They dominated the second half of the season and rolled Sooner Magic and The Visigoths in the playoffs en route to their date with destiny in the Super Bowl
The South Champion Washington Generals, led by mastermind coach Greg Berrong, dominated regular season competition that struggled to stay at .500. In the first round of the playoffs, the Generals routed TeamWithNoName 68 - 31 and then snuck past arch rival Posse Comitatus 60 - 55 in the Conference Championship.
The Super Bowl matchup between Antwon's 36 Chambers and Greg's Generals was one for the ages. Despite benching Julius Jones on one of his rare hot weeks, the Generals prevailed, 77 - 67. Antwon maintains that Steve Smith's early Super Bowl ejection cost him the title, and while that may be so, history will remember that it is the Washington Generals whose name is forever etched on the hallowed Les Springs Memorial Trophy...
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