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a dispute.  The Reds wanted to invoke the little known, seldom enforced, Bobka Factor* that was developed back in 1982 BM. (Before Meaningful)
The Factor was developed to help Fred's team win some games.  The formula gives Fred's team a bonus whenever Fred scores.  His team gets to square the score when

9 meaningful goals?  We have to go back to a 4 on 4 summer game in the 90s to find that many Meaningful goals in one game.  It took us 6 games this season to get our 9th meaningful goal on October 17th.  Mr. Clean started the Meaningful goal parade when he took a pass from Miller Lite and flipped the puck in the net.  He almost scored on the next shift when Klinger made a shin guard save, but Hacksaw scored on his next shot to give Tweedy and the Whites a 2-0 lead.  Beak beat the Brain with a one timer that he got from Berserk.  Beak made it 4-0 when he fired a shot through Knarf's legs that found it's way through Klinger's legs and then it wiggled it's way through the Brain's pads for a very lucky goal. He never even saw the shot!  That was one seeing eye puck.  Stump has not had time to teach the rookie goalie the Braille method of goal tending that Stump and Slime Dog perfected in the late 70s.**  The Reds picked up a couple of meaningless goals when Johnny Z and Mini Wheezer beat Tweedy.  Beak picked up his hat trick when all five White players played tick tack toe with one touch passes that went from Miller Lite to Hacksaw, to Beak to Perry ,the Flea,  to Berserk and back to Beak who flipped it past the Brain. 
Uncle Bob poked one past Tweedy to give the Reds their third goal.  Fruit cake scored a goal that sparked

Berserk, Thor, Hacksaw and John take a break.

that happens.  Back in 1982, the Reds (who would have been the Blues) would have been given 16 goals for that 4th goal (4 squared = 16), but that was only their first Meaningful goal so the Whites claimed that since 1 squared is equal to 1, Fruit Cake's goal only counted as one.  The Rules committee will have to clean up that antiquated rule some day.
Knarf got the Reds going when he flipped a shot through a crowd that Papa tipped past Tweedy.  To make the Meaningful score 5-2 Thor answered that goal with a pass from Brinks to make it 6-2.  Papa closed out the Meaningful scoring when he reached for a Zagnuts' pass and fell over while flipping the puck past tweedy to complete the unbelievable 9 goal meaningful game.   The Reds finished their great comeback to win the meaningless contest 8-7 with a goal by Zagnuts.  Miller Lite or the Flea  picked up the only Meaningless goal for the Whites. *See Page 2 
**See Duffer News January 24,03

Emil, Knarf, Rod and Klinger catch their breath after 90 minutes of Hockey!

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The Bobka Factor

The Bobka Factor

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The following is a reprint from a 1982 Duffer Newsletter:

Dear Duffer advisor:
I am a new member and I am confused about the scoring system used by the Duffers. Last week, the team that I was on won by a score of 12-4 but all of my teammates had their heads down after the game mumbling while our opponents were slapping hands and boasting about their victory using the Bobka Factor. Please explain.

Confused Duffer

Dear Confused,
The Mathematical formula for the Bobka Factor is simple:
LG = Legitimate goals by Bobka's Opponents. (Goals scored while Bobka was off the ice)
TG = Tainted Goals by Bobka's opponents. (Goals scored while Bobka was on Defense)
Lg = Legitimate goals by Bobka's team (Goals scored while Bobka was off the ice)
bg = Bonus Goals by Bobka's team. (Goals scored while Bobka was on Defense)
BOS = Bobka's opponent score

Knarf eats, Berserk counts his money while Klinger, Emil and Thor pose for the camera.

BTS = Bobka's team score
Now let's use the game you spoke of as an example. Digital Dan's data shows 10 of your goals were tainted (Goals scored while Bobka was on Defense) therefore, you only have 2 Legitimate goals. Plug this information into the formula, and you get the following:
2=LG 10+TG The Square root of 10 is 3.1622776 + 2= 5.1622776 is the BOS
Bobka's team had 2 Bonus goals because they scored with Fred on the ice. Their score is figured as follows:
2 BG = 4 + 2Lg = 6 (Bobka's team score)
Sorry, you lost a heartbreaker by .8377224 of a goal. Now you can see why your team was a bunch of de

jected, disgusted Duffers? You lost a heart breaker to Bobka* by the score of 6 to 5.1622776

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Beak gets on the cycle after a long Peoria game!

Jeff Lopatka's Pee Wee team won the Chicago Regional Silver Stick Tournament. They will go to Port Huron on January 8th to compete in the finals.  Beavis might be there!

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The New King counts the lunch cash.

John take a nap after 3 hours of coaching.

There was a complaint that there were no captions last week.

Feel free to e-mail me some captions or Peoria Memoirs. 

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There is an entry on the Duffer Calendar for March 7, 2004.  Beak has been involved with the Jim Misiora Day at the Races. He will be twisting arms so that we can have a table full of Duffers at that fun filled event.  For more information, click here. If you can't go to Denver that weekend, He would really appreciate it if you would help him fill one table.

 

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