WEDNESDAY Update: One Final Look Back

Gentlemen,

While this post is belated, I don't want to spend it looking forward... That is another post for another day.

Today: we lament.


The regular season has ended. As I say every year, whether you are in the playoffs or not, today is a sad day.

We are losing many of our Fantasy Football brethren: Whitebread, Bill, Crabs, and Dallus.

Say what you want, but all of those guys competed hard this year. None of them caved, none of them gave up, none of them stopped caring, no one forgot to set lineups - to you fantasy warriors, we salute you.

(Sigh...)

And to those of you lucky enough to still be competing for the title, appreciate each week, as it may be your last.

***NOTE: Pixar movies, specifically 'Up' have the ability to make me cry like no other. Good God, I'm misty just watching this gif.***

Team Names

Ok this has been a pathetic season for team names. While I'd like to give Crapswell credit for trying, I don't know how earnest the attempt was... Even he didn't change his name for the last topic.

We've already done this once this year, but it's a classic, and I'm trying to encourage everyone to jump in the pool:

BOTT Possessive Nouns (must be someone in the league)

I'll go ahead and kick this thing off... my name is Juan's Taste in Music. An endless parade of Return of the Mack, No Diggity, and I Would Do Anything For Love. Similar to Kenni's farts, nothing cleared out a room faster.

Love you, Juan!

Let's just call this the last team name change for the year. Make this one count, as it will be on your 2013 FF Tombstone forever.

Final Power Rankings

Skipping the games because they've already happened and no one cares at this point. But moving into what many do care about: Power Rankings. Specifically, the last one of these for this season.

As always, let's first take a look at Points Scored and Points Against:

POINTS SCORED

Since, I'm showing you all the greens and reds, here is the final total for Points and Loser Bonus $:

Bill Fredricks	$45.00
Marcus Whitebread	$40.00
Andy Crapswell	$30.00
Kenni Hana	$30.00
Ike Crabs	$30.00
Juan Coconuts	$25.00
Rod Jerks	$20.00
NooShoo Gow	$20.00
Dick Dallus	$15.00
Ned Titwarmer	$5.00

POINTS AGAINST

As a reminder, the Points Scored and Against numbers are just the data that is used to calculate the numbers below.

POWER RANKINGS

 ... umm ...

I'm as surprised as you are...  Coconuts is #1? Really?

Juan only had 3 weeks where he was a Top-4 point scorer. The only other team with a number that low is Ned, all the way at the bottom. In fact, the seven teams below Juan all finished in the Top-4 at least six times.

So what gives? Juan was #5 scorer six different times. While that may sound mediocre, this was a bizarrely mediocre year, one where no team really established themselves as dominant. And Juan was consistent, something most of our teams were not this year.

This is a season really unlike any other. The parity was out of control. We nearly had a 5-way tie from 6-10. Imagine if that had happened... the 6th place team (the last one in the playoffs) has the same record as the L'Ass't Place winner. Just nutty.

The other thing to note here is that Ned really has no business being in the playoffs, same with Gow to a lesser extent. Those guys finished #10 and #7 respectively.

Crabs and Whitebread should have a beef with those two about J'ing them out of the playoffs.

Team	All-Play Record
Juan Coconuts	64-53
Rod Jerks	63-54
Ike Crabs	63-54
Marcus Whitebread	62-55
Kenni Hana	61-56
Andy Crapswell	60-57
NooShoo Gow	58-59
Dick Dallus	54-63
Bill Fredricks	51-66
Ned Titwarmer	49-68

Look at how close that is... only 4 games separated 6 teams. I don't know that we'll ever again have this many teams this close...

STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE

No surprise here. The two guys with the hardest schedule are the two that got dicked out of the playoffs.

Juan played a schedule that was basically exactly as challenging as facing himself each week. Not sure what that means, but I think it means he's kind of legit... in a mediocre way.

Ned, Kenni, and I all faced much easier competition. Ned had one of the easiest schedules we've ever seen.

Goodbye 2013 Season

Playoffs begin this weekend, but as I mentioned above, there is something wonderful about knowing there is always next week in FF... This is the week when that is no longer true.

So whether you're playing for something or you're just watching as a fan this weekend, we bid you adieu, FF Season.

Can't wait until next year.