fantasy football: a league of our own

sweetcell wrote:
league is getting kinda kinda crowded these days…

epic battle for first place.

i think last year was a little bit more crowded, but maybe that was because i was in the thick of it.

my season is effectively over. can i get the trophy for hard-luck loser?  i lost reggie wayne and randall cobb for the season, the second most points against and fifth most points for, and had yada laugh at a trade proposal - "you must be joking, right?".

i deserve a beer bought for me at the very least.

stevewizzle wrote:
my season is effectively over.

well, you are still playing for the best position in the consolation round (teams #5 through 8), so don't let yourself slip too far…

stevewizzle wrote:
can i get the trophy for hard-luck loser?

to further burnish your credentials for that award: you had a solid week 11 and put up the third most points.  unfortunately you were up against one of the only two teams who did better.

stevewizzle wrote:
i think last year was a little bit more crowded, but maybe that was because i was in the thick of it.

my season is effectively over. can i get the trophy for hard-luck loser?  i lost reggie wayne and randall cobb for the season, the second most points against and fifth most points for, and had yada laugh at a trade proposal - "you must be joking, right?".

i deserve a beer bought for me at the very least.

I think the exact quote read as, "you serious, clark?"

Amazing, dramatic win for team BookerT this week. A winning margin of 1.18, and the controversial INT by Carolina on the last play was worth 2 points for me. That was the only possible outcome that could have resulted in a W for my squad.

(This is all after the fact; last night it looked like as long as NE didn't score a TD I would win, but overnight scoring changes made that INT the difference.)

Sigh, pretty sure my playoff probabilities went from ~1% to zero.

Commish, is next season's draft order determined randomly, or is it tied in some way to final standings?  I like the league I'm in where draft order is determined by standings in the consolation bracket (win consolation bracket, get #1 pick next year), then reverse order for playoffs (league champion gets last pick).

In short, if we don't have a draft-order policy, could we consider one?

crevers wrote:
Commish, is next season's draft order determined randomly, or is it tied in some way to final standings?  I like the league I'm in where draft order is determined by standings in the consolation bracket (win consolation bracket, get #1 pick next year), then reverse order for playoffs (league champion gets last pick).

In short, if we don't have a draft-order policy, could we consider one?

currently, draft order is random. 

we have the option of specifying a draft order, and as always i'm here to implement the will of the group.  in our league, consolation bracket is between #5 - #8.  should the winner of that get first pick?  what about #9 - #12?  they don't officially have a post-season, but those 4 teams continue to score in weeks 15 and 16 - should that winner of that "virtual playoff" get first pick, or the winner of 5-8?  if not, should the 9-12 winners come after 5-8?  if someone drops out and we have a newbie, when do they pick?

BTW, as someone who picked 11th this year, i don't think that having first pick is a huge advantage.  picks 1, 2 and 3 are currently in 9th, 12th and 10th position… top of the league, in order of pick, is 5th in first place, the 11th, 10th and finally 12th pick in fourth.  based on this year's outcome, i don't want first pick ;D

**kisses fantasy bi-ceps**

Smallest margin in a win, ever?? Maybe!

i'd say the stars aligned for someone, or something…

just my 0.02 (unfortunately not BookerT's)

Yada wrote:
**kisses fantasy bi-ceps**

Smallest margin in a win, ever?? Maybe!

last year, my other league's 2-week fantasy championship came down to a 0.2 difference.

but telling a fantasy football story is just as interesting as telling a gambling story, so congrats on your win.

don't wanna talk about it

scoring change, bitches!!!

;D ;D ;D

i just came here to ask, "wanna talk about it now?"

*sigh*… damn Tbars.

sweetcell wrote:
i just came here to ask, "wanna talk about it now?"

*sigh*… damn Tbars.

I feel like someone pissed on my turkey.

<prays> please make Jimmy Graham have a shitty game.  please make Jimmy Graham have a shitty game.  please make Jimmy Graham have a shitty game.  please make Jimmy Graham have a shitty game.  please make Jimmy Graham have a shitty game. 

Graham couldn't quite do it, but myself and Sweetcell have basically clinched playoff spots due to total points as tiebreaker. Looks like four teams alive for final two spots.

yeah, i don't see any scenario where you or i could finish any lower than 4th (short of Pigskin&Pigtails6949 scoring 210 more points than me, or 220 points more than you… not very likely).

so now we jockey for position and figure out who our dance partner is going to be.

that loss by .12 could really screw me in the long run!

Yada wrote:
that loss by .12 could really screw me in the long run!

could screw you in the short-term: there is a scenario where you end up in 5th position next week… had you won that 0.12 game and booker lost, your situations would be reversed and you would have punched your ticket to the playoffs.

and so the playoffs begin.  BookerT (1) vs. team salty (4), who just basely squeaked by Pigskin&Pigtails6949 to get in (3 points!).  my New Jersey Barebacks (3) will face yada's Something Witty (2), who needed a win last weekend in order to make it in - and got it by beating me.  he got me by 3 points, a number of my players under-performed, so i look forward to the rematch. i am thankful that i don't have to face bookerT in the semis.

in the consolation round it's K8teebug's Pigskin&Pigtails6949 (5) vs. scumbag steve(wizzle) (8th), and  crevers' We Are Both Carls (6) vs. Brian_Wallace's RghGirlsDelicateBoys (7).

#9 thru 12 have their own unofficial playoff.  you aren't matched up by Yahoo, but your teams are still scored so do play on for the next 2 weeks.  ;D's Godieinhell2 (9) vs. jeffml's Crump's Brother (12) & killsaly's Cassius Claymore (10) vs. Hoya Paranoia (11)