(January 19) After a 3-0 vote by the Rules Committee, the MFL will eliminate ties during the 2012 season. The action, which was not supported by all MFL clubs, immediately brought Commissioner Drew Kuespert to the podium, announcing that the issue "would be revisited after the 2012 season" if owners believe that the new rule would "be to the detriment of most member clubs". On another front, Injured Reserve replacements now must be signed within 48 hours after a 2-1 vote.

EAST Canton New York Pittsburgh D.C. 12- 2- 0 10- 4- 0 5- 9- 0 4-10- 0 CENTRAL Miami Orlando South Bend Dowagiac 11- 3- 0 9- 5- 0 4- 9- 1 4- 9- 1 WEST Fort Wayne Chicago Missouri Arkdale 7- 7- 0 7- 7- 0 7- 7- 0 3-11- 0 Current 2011 MFL Statistics 1/14/12 Dr. K's Early Top 10 NFL Rookies List No skinny. No details. Just the best rookies heading to an MFL team near you in August. Presenting Dr. K's Early Top 10 Rookies List! RB Trent Richardson, Alabama WR Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State QB Robert Griffin III, Baylor WR Alshon Jeffrey, South Carolina WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame QB Andrew Luck, Stanford WR Mohamed Sanu, Rutgers WR Nick Toon, Wisconsin WR Kendall Wright, Baylor RB Chris Polk, Washington 1/13/12 Scraps get aggressive early in quest back to excellence The South Bends Scraps made three trades in the offseason in the attempt to gain a competitive advantage in the 2012 MFL Draft. QB Tony Romo and RB Cedric Benson were shipped to the Dowagiac Chefs, TE Jason Witten went to the Arkdale Aardvarks and RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis found a new home in New York after the dealing was done. In return, the Scraps got the #3 pick (Dowagiac), #12 pick (New York), #13 pick (Arkdale) and the #24 pick (New York). South Bend now controls a quarter of the picks in Rounds One and Two. 1/3/12 Major cuts made during Phase I The official end of the 2011 MFL season came when the deadline for Phase I of Player Releases passed. Looking ahead to the 2012 MFL Draft, several cuts will certainly be talked about as potential early-round picks, including QB Peyton Manning and RB Adrian Peterson. Both veterans have been hurt and their long-term futures may be in doubt, but many expect both to have decent contributions in 2012 once their come off of their injuries. Some 2011 rookies who didn't make splashes in their first year might find a new home and new luck, such as RB Daniel Thomas, RB Delone Carter, QB Terrelle Pryor and QB Colin Kaepernick. And, of course, there are the perennial draftees, including the likes of WR Larry Fitzgerald and RB Ryan Grant. 12/31/11 Jones is Coach of the Year again For the second time in three years, Canton head coach Tim Jones was named MFL Coach of the Year. He finished first in the voting with 3 votes, topping Miami's Dave Wills, who was second with 2 votes. Orlando's Jonathan Cress and New York's Dion Mawhorter were third with 1 vote each. Jones led the Cougars to a 12-2 mark and the club's fourth Super Bowl appearance in six seasons. However, just as Jones was announced to take the stage to receive the award, the Crazy Mad Lockdown Rapper stormed up, removed his pants and proceeded to deficate upon the award. 12/26/11 Rodgers wins MVP by one point Miami QB Aaron Rodgers is the 2011 MFL Most Valuable Player after an extremely close vote gave him the award by only one point. Rodgers earned four first-place votes and finished the voting with 15 points while New York TE Rob Gronkowski was second with 14 points. Gronk had two first-place votes. Third place went to Arkdale QB Cam Newton, who scored 11 points with one first-place vote. 12/11/11 Kuespert melts down, found behind Dumpster Missouri head coach Drew Kuespert is resting comfortably in a Chicago hospital after the Peregrines leader "went off the deep end" in the locker room after their loss to the Ravens on Sunday. The loss knocked the Grines out of the playoffs after they blew a two-game lead with three remaining. The report, which came from a player who wished to be anonymous, stated that Kuespert trashed the Soldier Field visiting locker room, screamed obscenities, vowed to contact al-Qaeda and tore a locker door off of its hinges before he decided to stand in the showers while sobbing uncontrollably for several minutes. He then kicked the emergency exit door open and left the facility, while his players watched in stunned silence. Within a half-hour, Kuespert was found in a fetal position behind a stadium Dumpster covered in feces. A spokesman from the Peregrines organization denied the report, but did say that Kuespert "suffered from a headache and complained of a stomach ailment" before being carted off to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. 9/5/11 More on the new tiebreaker system For the playoffs, each team will pick their top five bench players and rank them, first through fifth. In the event of a tie, the first-ranked players from each team will go head-to-head, putting their points up against the others. Should one player have more points than the other, then the winning player's team is awarded one point with which to break the tie. However, if a tie still exists, then the teams puts up their second-ranked bench players against each other. Should a tie still exist, then the thirds face each other, then the fourths and, finally, the fifths, if each is necessary. In the event that there is still a tie, the remaining bench players would have their scores combined to go against the others for the decision. By some amazing circumstance that there is still a tie, the commissioner will flip a coin if it is a Divisional Playoff game, but the game will end in a tie if it happens to be the Super Bowl. Teams have the option to adjust their ranked list of five bench players for the Super Bowl from the Divisional Playoff week. Questions? Email the commish or voice your opinion on the ESPN message board.

Week 1 September 11 Canton 37, D.C. 18 New York 20, Pittsburgh 24 Dowagiac 22, South Bend 22 Miami 15, Orlando 23 Fort Wayne 29, Missouri 30 Arkdale 22, Chicago 23 Week 8 October 30 Canton 46, South Bend 9 Miami 12, New York 23 Pittsburgh 21, Dowagiac 23 Orlando 27, D.C. 14 Missouri 27, Arkdale 15 Chicago 15, Fort Wayne 24 Byes: Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay, N.Y. Jets, Oakland & Tampa Bay Week 2 September 18 Canton 31, Arkdale 24 New York 30, Chicago 18 Fort Wayne 39, Pittsburgh 22 D.C. 36, Missouri 43 South Bend 32, Miami 36 Orlando 22, Dowagiac 15 Week 9 November 6 New York 23, South Bend 18 Pittsburgh 29, Chicago 46 D.C. 30, Miami 32 Missouri 9, Canton 36 Arkdale 6, Orlando 24 Fort Wayne 18, Dowagiac 22 Byes: Carolina, Detroit, Jacksonville & Minnesota Week 3 September 27 Pittsburgh 16, Canton 25 D.C. 15, New York 19 South Bend 18, Orlando 26 Miami 45, Dowagiac 31 Chicago 13, Missouri 17 Arkdale 8, Fort Wayne 37 Week 10 November 13 Canton 48, Miami 38 D.C. 17, Fort Wayne 15 Arkdale 12, New York 34 Orlando 13, Pittsburgh 23 South Bend 17, Missouri 31 Dowagiac 5, Chicago 43 Week 4 October 2 Canton 41, Dowagiac 25 Missouri 23, New York 46 South Bend 14, Pittsburgh 24 Chicago 36, D.C. 20 Miami 51, Arkdale 44 Fort Wayne 25, Orlando 32 Week 11 November 20 Pittsburgh 19, Arkdale 36 Chicago 26, Canton 20 Dowagiac 16, New York 28 South Bend 31, D.C. 24 Miami 33, Fort Wayne 13 Missouri 31, Orlando 18 Byes: Houston, Indianapolis, New Orleans & Pittsburgh Week 5 October 9 Fort Wayne 21, Canton 31 New York 30, Orlando 27 Pittsburgh 20, Missouri 43 Dowagiac 14, D.C. 30 Arkdale 24, South Bend 26 Chicago 21, Miami 26 Byes: Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, Saint Louis & Washington Week 12 November 27 Pittsburgh 25, New York 26 D.C. 23, Canton 33 South Bend 35, Dowagiac 19 Orlando 19, Miami 23 Missouri 20, Fort Wayne 25 Chicago 6, Arkdale 30 Week 6 October 16 New York 20, Canton 32 Pittsburgh 7, D.C. 27 South Bend 17, Fort Wayne 22 Missouri 25, Miami 34 Orlando 37, Chicago 26 Arkdale 15, Dowagiac 19 Byes: Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle & Tennessee Week 13 December 4 Canton 20, Pittsburgh 39 New York 37, D.C. 12 Miami 34, South Bend 14 Dowagiac 17, Orlando 19 Fort Wayne 17, Chicago 44 Arkdale 47, Missouri 24 Week 7 October 23 New York 23, Fort Wayne 25 Orlando 30, Canton 33 D.C. 15, Arkdale 10 Miami 27, Pittsburgh 19 Chicago 16, South Bend 20 Dowagiac 30, Missouri 21 Byes: N.Y. Giants, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cincinnati, New England & San Francisco Week 14 December 11 Missouri 10, Chicago 34 Fort Wayne 27, Arkdale 20 Orlando 28, South Bend 23 Dowagiac 25, Miami 28 Canton 46, New York 31 D.C. 25, Pittsburgh 34 Week 15 December 18 MFL Divisional Playoffs New York Lynx 35, Miami Mafia 31 Fort Wayne Freedom 33, Canton Cougars 47 Week 16 December 24 SUPER BOWL XIV at Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. New York Lynx 30, Canton Cougars 20 Pre-Season WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Deadline for the release of the 2012 MFL schedule. SUNDAY, AUGUST 5- SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 Phase II of Player Releases Owners may release players to make more cap room or to make roster spots, including players who retired. SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 2012 MFL Draft at Buffalo Wild Wings, Angola, Indiana. Start Time: 2:00pm (Complementary wings to be served at 1:30. Beverages on your own.) WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 Salary & Roster Deadline (Cut Day) Teams must keep payroll at or under $20 million and roster size at 19 players or under. Players cut after the deadline will still count against the cap. Deadline: 9:59pm. Regular and Post-Season THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 MFL Kickoff Weekend (tentative) Starters for Week One must submitted via the MFL on ESPN before each respective player's kickoff time. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 MFL Trade Deadline No trades allowed after 9:59pm until the end of the season. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 MFL Free Agent Signing Deadline No further player movement after 9:59pm until the end of the season. (Injury replacement signings not included) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9 Week Fourteen, the final week of the regular season. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23 SUPER BOWL XV AT ORLANDO, FLORIDA MONDAY, DECEMBER 24- SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30 Phase I of Player Releases begins. Player salaries increase by 20% (30% for Super Bowl Champs) requiring clubs to commence player cuts during Phase I in order to keep team salaries under $20 million. Deadline for all cuts is 9:59pm ET.