fantasy football: a league of our own

EDIT: for those wishing to join:

League ID#: 602544
Password: 930rox
League Name: League930
Custom League URL: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/league930

My bad, the league wasn't "published" - it is now, please try again around 10:15 pm (sunday night) or later.

or just PM me and i'll send you an invite.

Originally posted by sweetcell:
for those wishing to sign up: the name of the league is "league930" (the first letter "L" may of may not be capitalized). the password is "930rox", if you need it.

but you should be able to join by going to http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/league930 and clicking on the "Sign up now" link, top left corner next to "Overview". alternately, PM me your e-mail address and i'll invite you.

note, you need a Yahoo account - free, and signing up is really fast (i created one just for this league, took about 90 seconds).

to sign up for the league… you have to the league id number, not just the name…

all taken care of now, see my last post (two up)

step-by-step instructions:

1. go to http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/joinleague

2. sign in using your yahoo ID.

3. click, far left, "Accept an invitation to join a Custom League: Join Custom"

4. Enter League ID (602544) and Password (930rox)

5. follow the steps to set up your team. you don't need to select your draft choices at this time, you can come back and do it later. creating a team now secures your spot in the league.

or PM me your e-mail address, wait for my invite, and follow directions. reminder: there is a $10 entrance fee, please don't join if you don't want to pay.

It's too late now and I'm the minority but I DEFINITELY prefer head to head. Total points is just one long game. With head to head I can get excited about playing Sal Paradise in week 5…using strategy…making roster moves…it's great fun. It's like you have an actual team with a schedule. In some of the leagues I've been in there's a small cash prize for total points at the end of the year. But with head to head, you have a schedule and playoffs and then one eventual champion who gets most of the money.
I'd put it up to a league vote but if not, that's cool. Draft's Wednesday night. Thanks for inviting me.

Brian

H2H is the most fun, quite true.

I'm in but I know very little about football. I just hope that y'all spend my $10 wisely. ;)

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
With head to head I can get excited about playing Sal Paradise in week 5

i wouldn't get too excited. you'd obviously be losing that week.

Too bad we aren't all don't live close enough (or are nerdy enough) to do the live draft together at a bar or someone's place with laptops and and beer in tow - now that's a recipe for smack-talking disaster.

FEAR THE PINK ROBOTS

now up to 8 teams - w00t! we have ourselves a league!

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
It's too late now and I'm the minority but I DEFINITELY prefer head to head. Total points is just one long game. With head to head I can get excited about playing Sal Paradise in week 5…using strategy…making roster moves…it's great fun. It's like you have an actual team with a schedule.

actually, it's not too late - i can change the league setting up until the draft. as i wrote earlier, i'm a fan of head-to-head too - more smack talk - but the only 2 people who piped up when i asked said points (although one was willing to try H2H - so qualified support). now 2 others (with me, 3) would rather have H2H.

salparadise, do you feel strongly about keeping it points? i don't want anyone to quit because we switch to H2H, since folks signed up for points. but if no one objects, i'd be most pleased to change the league setting.

Originally posted by SalParadise:

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
With head to head I can get excited about playing Sal Paradise in week 5

i wouldn't get too excited. you'd obviously be losing that week.

AND IT'S ON!!!

i like head to head

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Too bad we aren't all don't live close enough (or are nerdy enough) to do the live draft together at a bar or someone's place with laptops and and beer in tow - now that's a recipe for smack-talking disaster.

Yes. True live drafts are the most fun. Maybe 70%-80% of the entire "fun quotient" of playing fantasy football. Unfortunately, it's a little too late to organize one this year.

However, in leu of actually meeting at the beginning of the "season," we could TRY to organize a meeting at the end of the season. Maybe we can come up with a date and location at the end of December at which we can meet, commiserate, distribute monies and see what a motley crew the "league" really looks like. Maybe we can even schedule it on a Saturday or Sunday when we can watch an actual NFL game! Maybe even a playoff game!

Brian

P.S. I spent way too much time this weekend trying to think up a clever team name. Then, while watching "The Battle of Pennsylvania" preseason game last night, it came to me like in the final scene in "The Usual Suspects."

Originally posted by 6949:
I'm in but I know very little about football. I just hope that y'all spend my $10 wisely. ;)

In fantasy football, quarterbacks get four points for every touchdown pass they throw and 1 point for every 25 yards they pass for. But a player gets SIX points for every touchdown they rush for and a point for only every TEN years they rush for. So if you have a quarterback who rushes a lot and can score a lot of rushing touchdowns you can almost ride that player to win the entire league.

And since you said you know very little about football, I'll give a strong tip on a quarterback who rushes a LOT and could score a LOT of rushing touchdowns in addition to passing touchdowns. I'd even use the number one overall pick on this guy if I had it.


Michael Vick.


Shhhh! That's just between you and me. Don't want to tip your hand.

You'll thank me in December.

Brian

Thanks Brian! Wikipedia mentioned something about handcuffing so I picked Vick, Pacman Jones and the entire Cincinnati Bengals team.

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
In fantasy football, quarterbacks get four points for every touchdown pass they throw and 1 point for every 25 yards they pass for.

all the leagues i've played in have been 6pts for qb tds.

edit: and H2H is totally fine with me. i'd prefer that actually.

Originally posted by 6949:
Thanks Brian! Wikipedia mentioned something about handcuffing so I picked Vick, Pacman Jones and the entire Cincinnati Bengals team.

corrected link?

sounds like we're headed for a switch to head-to-head.

I prefer head-to-head as well.

I'm signed up. Noticed that there can be as many as 20 teams??? I think you may want to reconsider that and cap it at 12, 14 tops if you really feel strongly about having plenty of spots open. Just that with 20 teams you're really stretching for players during the draft and there would be squat on the waiver wire should you have an injury or a bye week.

Ok. I have one more suggestion. I don't want to "league-jack" or be a backseat driver. This is sweetcell's league. He's the commish.

Remember this is just a suggestion. A lot of (head-to-head) fantasy leagues backend all of the monies distributed to the winner of the playoffs. However, if you pick players who have gotten hurt, etc., you can be out of it by the end of October.

What we did was set up something that rewards total points and also rewards having the best record, winning the playoffs, etc.

1. We set up a small amount that whoever scored the most points in a given week would win.

2. At the end of the season, the person who had accumulated the most total points received a small amount and the person who had the best overall record received a small amount.

3. The person who won the playoffs and therefore, the entire league, got the rest of the money. Depending on the money involved, we also gave some money to the runner-up in the playoffs.

So, for example, if we have twelve teams and everyone pays $10, that's $120.

Usually, it's the first 14 weeks for the regular season. For us, we could have four teams qualify for the playoffs, the first round would be week 15 and the championship game would be week 16. (A lot of NFL teams rest their stars week 17 especially if they qualified for the playoffs. A lot of fantasy leagues end week 16 because of this. If you have been riding Clinton Portis the entire year and the Redskins qualify for the playoffs, Gibbs may decide to rest Portis the final Redskins game. If you have the championship game in week 17, when you really need Portis the most, he could be unavailable.)

So we could have it:

$70-Distributed every week in amounts of $5 each to whoever scored the most points that week.

$5-Given at the end of the season to whoever scored the most total points.

$5-Given at the end of the season to whoever has the best record.

$40-Given to whoever wins the playoffs.

This always seems to keep people happy and enthused the entire season. This way, usually only two or three people don't win any money and most people at least get their money back.

This way it rewards:

1.) A team whose players played well in a given week.
2.) A team whose players played well over an entire season.
3.) A team who consistently accumulated points (but not necessarily wins) over a season.
4.) A team whose players played well against other good teams (in the playoffs.)

Just a suggestion, it can be tweaked.

Brian

P.S. Sweetcell would just keep a tally of whoever won the "weeks" and they payout at the end of the season.

Originally posted by Shadrach:
Noticed that there can be as many as 20 teams??? I think you may want to reconsider that and cap it at 12, 14 tops if you really feel strongly about having plenty of spots open. Just that with 20 teams you're really stretching for players during the draft and there would be squat on the waiver wire should you have an injury or a bye week.

really? supposedly there are enough players in the NFL for 32 teams - well 30 at least, obviously there aren't enough left over for arizona and detroit :D

ok, league will be capped at 12, meaning there are only 2 more spots open - put aside a sawbuck and grab one of those last two openings.

and we're now officially head-to-head.