First day back in the office in over a week and lots to do, so I'm just doing the bare bones here. If Coconuts wants to brag, gloat, or call more attention to his Championship victory, he'll have to write his own blog post.
Here's the final standings with $ that will be paid out via LeagueSafe shortly:
| PLACE | TEAM | PRIZE $ | POINTS $ | LOSER $ | EMPIRE $ | TOTAL $ |
| 1st | Juan Coconuts | $400 | $15 | $10 | $425 | |
| 2nd | Andy Crapswell | $200 | $30 | $230 | ||
| 3rd | Rod Jerks | $100 | $15 | $5 | $40 | $160 |
| 4th | Kenni Hana | $30 | $30 | |||
| 5th | NooShoo Gow | $15 | $5 | $20 | ||
| 6th | Ned Titwarmer | $5 | $5 | |||
| 7th | Marcus Whitebread | $30 | $10 | $40 | ||
| 8th | Bill Fredricks | $45 | $45 | |||
| 9th | Ike Crabs | $15 | $15 | $30 | ||
| 10th | Dick Dallus | $15 | $15 | |||
| $1,000 |
The Empire $ is not being awarded to me, but it needs to carry over to next season. Thus, I'm awarding to myself and going to keep it in my LeagueSafe account until the 2014 season. My entry fee next year will be $140, and I believe we can set it up as an Empire League that will have a separate pool for carryover money each year.
The only person that can win that money next season (which will be $80 at that point) is Juan Coconuts. He's officially Public Enemy #1. I look forward to us all ganging-up on him at the draft.
The Champions
I officially started this league in 2005 and we just now completed our 9th season, which means we've had 9 champions. Here they are:
2005 - Dick Dallus
2006 - NooShoo Gow
2007 - Bill Fredricks
2008 - Kenni Hana
2009 - Ike Crabs
2010 - Ike Crabs
2011 - Rod Jerks
2012 - Rod Jerks
2013 - JUAN COCONUTS!
Whenever we get a trophy, which hopefully will happen this offseason, these are the names that will be printed on it. Congratulations to Juan.
The list of those yet to win:
- Andy Crapswell (Oh so close...)
- Marcus Whitebread (Mark Brunell's 5 TD's)
- Ned Titwarmer (Brian Westbrook's laydown)
Playoffs (INPUT NEEDED)
There has been some discussion about reformatting our current playoff setup - I'm up for whatever, but we need to figure this out quickly.
As a reminder, our typical playoff format allows you to submit as many teams as you're willing to pay for, similar to brackets for March Madness. Different combinations of players (1 from each team) filling out a roster of 2 QB, 4 RB, 4 WR/TE, 2 K.
- Some have complained that this really comes down to submitting the most teams. While this isn't exactly true, it certainly does help your odds to submit multiple entries. And the more you submit, the better your chances.
- Some have also simply requested to "mix it up", both with our actual league and playoffs. We can debate our league another day, but I'm certainly willing to mix up the playoff format if the league desires to do so.
The option I would propose as an alternative actually mirrors our regular season league. We would have a draft, probably via email over a couple days, fill out individual rosters (we can determine size), and each player only gets drafted once.
- The draft would be fun because it not only factors in taking the best players, but also the ones that you believe will advance and play the most games.
- Personally, I want to try this, but we need everyone on board. Especially to keep the draft moving...
Would love your thoughts in the comments. We need everyone to chime in, if not below then via text. If we decide to go the second route, I'll draw names and we can start the draft today.
Finally
Not sure when my next post will be... I'll try to keep an update on here for the Playoff FF, whatever format we choose.
But in the meantime, thanks for another awesome season. You all know I dig Fantasy Football more than most, but I wouldn't like it this much if we all didn't participate to the level we do. I know lots of people that have not kept in touch with their college buddies as much as we have, and I feel like this league gives us a reason to do so... And as your commissioner, that makes me feel like a proud papa.
Not to get all sentimental, but I really love this league and look forward to continuing on as your commish for many years to comes, hopefully with this exact same group of guys.
And a special thanks to those that began their blogging career this season. I think Bottball stepped up to a new level this year, and hope to have it continue even more next season. We need to figure out different posts to have during the offseason...
Anyway, getting long-winded here... You guys are the best. Love you all.
Keep on keepin' on, boys.
