HOW THE SBFFC STARTED.
Brian Harwood and his best friends, Jeff Richardson and Jonathan Patterson, went to a live fantasy football event in Louisville, KY in 2009 with more than 100 owners playing. After the event, we brainstormed and got the idea to create the best and largest fantasy football live event south of the Ohio River.
After brainstorming, Brian consulted with two more best friends of his, Matt Krantz and Luke Keith, regarding SBFFC structure, payouts and layouts, the SBFFC came out of the fantasy football womb swinging and kicking! The first SBFFC live event took place in 2010 with 48 teams with a gradual growth to have 264 teams in 2023.
Who’s Brian Harwood?
He wears many hats at the SBFFC, including the roles of commissioner, customer relations, live event planning and execution, registration, post-season prize processing through LeagueSafe.com and overall day-to-day operations of the SBFFC.
He’s played and served as commissioner of more than 100 fantasy football leagues since 1995. His work with fantasy football has evolved from typed mailed newsletters and using USA TODAY for stats to the current DataForce fantasy football and CBS Sports fantasy football websites. He has played high stakes fantasy football since 2001, and have played high stakes fantasy leagues in Las Vegas since 2012, winning over $50,000 in four seasons in Las Vegas.
While he may live in Bowling Green, KY, currently, Brian is a special education reading teacher in Tennessee.
His number one hobby is fantasy football and he plays every format possible — earning him the nickname "doctor of fantasy football."
THE SBFFC RECOGNIZES THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!
2010: DAVE BARKES, GRAVEDIGGER
2011: STEVE KUROWSKY, CHUDNOFSKY
2012: KELLY THOMPSON, MAYBERRY SMACKDOWN
2013: MR. FANTASY LUKE KEITH, TICKLE MONSTERS
2014: MIKE DAUZAT & JEREMY RAMOS, CAJUN MAFIA
2015: JIM COLLIS, SOUTHERN KRYPTONITE
2016: ROC FROST, SWIPERZ STASH
2017: MATTHEW KLEIN & NATHAN YOUNG
2018: BRIAN HIRST
2019: Danny White, Boston TD Party
2020: Bradley Desselle & Ricky Lachney, Tittsburgh Feelers