PHILADELPHIA — A lot more goes into being a fantasy football commissioner than just ordering the pizzas on draft day.

Among the most important — and agonizing — duties is settling issues involving scoring changes.

As fantasy players know by now, the quirky play involving Correll Buckhalter's touchdown Sunday was a doozy.

"These late scoring changes make my skin crawl," said Tony Fusco, commissioner of the Philadelphia-based NFFL. "I immediately break out a bottle each of vodka and Excedrin extra strength aspirins, secure myself in my chair like the captain in Jaws, and wait by the phone for the abuse that is sure to come."

Tough league.

This week's controversy centers around a pass on Sunday from Philadelphia's Donovan McNabb to Reggie Brown that Brown mishandled. Buckhalter seized the ball and sprinted for a touchdown. Originally, the play was scored an 18-yard McNabb-to-Brown completion and a 37-yard fumble recovery for touchdown for Buckhalter.

The Elias Sports Bureau looked at the play and decided on Wednesday that it had been ruled incorrectly.

"I jumped out of my chair and said, 'We have to look at that play again,'" said Seymour Siwoff, president and founder of Elias, the league's official statistician. "He (Brown) never had possession."

As such, Elias changed the official scoring to a 55-yard touchdown pass from McNabb to Buckhalter. The adjustment gave McNabb two TD passes on the day and moved his passing yardage total from 222 to 257.

The ripple effects in fantasy land were tsunami-like and sent many commissioners to the medicine cabinet to prepare for the gripes that were sure to come.

"This changed the outcome of one of our games," said Pat Martin, who runs a league out of Leneghan's Irish Inn in Northeast Philadelphia. "The guy who has McNabb lost by four points prior to the scoring change. The change gives him an extra eight points. I informed the original winner that he now has lost, and he is not happy about it, which I can understand."

"My problem is that CBS SportsLine has yet to make the change ... the now loser, feels that he shouldn't lose, because the Web site has not made the change."

Some Web sites, such as ESPN, are making the change automatically. Some require individual commissioners to make the adjustment.

SportsLine posted its policy in a note through a small "help" link at the bottom of leagues home pages.

"Occasionally the NFL will make an official scoring change a day or more after games are played. If we receive their scoring change by the end of the day on Tuesday, we will update the site (anything we receive after that will not be included)."

Pass the Smirnoff.

Bob Geary, who lives in Nashville, but participates in a Philadelphia league with some of his Penn State pals probably said it best.

"Only in fantasy football," he said, "can you experience the thrill of victory on Tuesday and then the agony of defeat on Wednesday."

Contest of the Week

How many rushing yards will Tennessee rookie quarterback Vince Young have this week against the Eagles?

Since becoming a starter in Week 4, Young is averaging 25.3 rushing yards per game and has scored three touchdowns. He ran for a season-high 44 yards in Week 8 against Houston and had 39 in last week's near-upset of Baltimore.

The reader who comes closest to Young's rushing total for this Sunday will win a Daily News fantasy football T-shirt. In case of a tie, one winner will be selected at random.

E-mail guesses to fantasyfootballphillynews.com by noon Sunday.

Stuff to Consider

• Joe Horn is expected back this week, which may not be a good thing for Marques Colston, who had an astounding 21 catches for 292 yards in the two games Horn missed with a groin injury.

• Leon Washington's nine carries on Sunday was more the result of the muddy field conditions than an indication the Jets have soured on him. Keep him active.

• While Trent Green has gotten his job back as the Chiefs starting quarterback, keep him reserved this week against the Raiders, who are third in the league in passing defense. KC also is expected to be without star tight end (and quarterback security blanket) Tony Gonzalez.

• Broncos running back Mike Bell's deactivation last week caught many fantasy players by surprise. Coach Mike Shanahan said Bell was benched because of his dismal performance at Pittsburgh. Shanahan also said Tatum Bell, though hobbling, was the starter and Mike Bell "will play a lot for us before the season is over." Cue the circus music.

• Cleveland wide receiver Braylon Edwards has scored the last two weeks and says the Browns have not forgotten last year's 41-0 loss against Pittsburgh, this week's opponent. Cleveland may be without running back Reuben Droughns (foot).

• Rams owners, particularly those with Marc Bulger, should monitor how the offense performs without star left tackle Orlando Pace. The Rams are at Carolina this week and host San Fran and Arizona the next two.

Weather Report

The early forecast, thanks to weather.com, shows a very quiet weekend around the league. The Pittsburgh at Cleveland and New England at Green Bay games could see some snow and 15-mph wind.