Woof Woof: Fantasy Football Finals 2009

[kshutchins]

 

Beanpot's League One:

Beanpot 108

Huskymania 95

The Minnesota Vikings' Brett Favre and Adrian Peterson were Huskymania's only hope going into Monday Night in their attempt to rock Beans' world. It would have been a real cliffhanger were it not for the fact that Ryan Longwell kicked in 7 points to put Beanpot's team into triple digits. The score was 101-58 at the start of the night and it looked hopeless. Favre added 16 points to 'mania's total while Peterson toted up 21 making it closer than many expected. My mom always says 'cream rises to the top' and it's evident that Beanpot (8-5-1) and his league leading 1313 points overall is the cream of the crop in League One. Congratulations, Beans, on a fantastic season! Huskymania (aka 'pops') also had a great season deserves pats on the back all around. Great job!

Jumpin' Jack Flash 93

Flug's Cardiac Kids 68

Jumpin' Jack Flash had a terrific 10-4-0 season but lost the one game that counted in the run for the championship. Third place is nothing to sneeze at so kudos to you, Flash. Flug's Cardiac Kids made a late season run of four wins in a row to land in the #4 spot. In an extremely competitive league, with all but one team having records of 6-8-0 or better, this was no small feat.

 

Greenville Mayhem 109

alwAysLOsing 67

The cream may rise to the top, but you have to believe in miracles. The League One team with the lowest point total for the season (995) got lucky with a tie against Beanpot and pushed ahead in the stretch to land in the #5 spot. Greenville Mayhem pulled off this minor miracle and is humbled by the good fortune. Mayhem also wins the Toyota award for the "Biggest Fantasy Blowout" in the finals for League One. "I only wish the prize was a real Toyota," Mayhem quipped, "My car is 10 years old and I could really use a new one." ALO, possibly the most knowledgeable poster on the Browns Board, gave it his best shot and was a good sport throughout the season.

 

T's Jelly Donuts 97

DTBH 86

T concluded the post game presser with his season slogan, "Can you smell it?" So as not to gross ourselves out, we can only assume it's either the aroma of hot donuts fresh from the oven or the sweet fragrance of victory. DTBH managed to fight his way into the finals but no further. Maybe this taste of the top will inspire great things next season.

 

Final Standings:

1. Beanpot

2. Huskymania

3. Jumpin' Jack Flash

4. Flug's Cardiack Kids

5. Greenville Mayhem

6. alwAysLOsing

7. T's Jelly Donuts

8. DTBH

9. Ballantyne Buckeyes

10. The Usual Suspects

11. Insert Clever Name

12. Peyton's Zombies

13. Calfox KosarDawgs

14. NavDawg

I didn't really expect a league with fourteen teams to be this competitive, but it turned out to be fantastic. Thanks to everyone who participated and gave it their best down to the last game of the season.

 

Pot o' Beans League Two:

 

For the Championship it was a real barnburner:

hammertime 113

Lambdo's Air Show 113

Beanpot described the Championship game in this league as "epic." I think that's an understatement. Because I couldn't say it any better, here's the description straight from the commish himself:

*Note that it's still early and this is all based on the statistics as they stand this morning:

 

According to Yahoo, we're looking at a TIE in our championship game. You can click on "rules" in the upper right hand corner to see how Yahoo handles tie-breakers and I'll quote the important part at the end of this message, but basically the first tie-breaker is:

 

"Most touchdowns scored by entire starting roster"

 

Ok, easy enough. Checking Hammertime he has 2 from Favre, 2 from White, 2 from Tomlinson and 1 from Davis for a total of 7.

On to Lambdo - he has 1 from Rodgers, 3 from Moss, 1 from Thomas, 1 from Stewart and 1 from Gates for a total of...7!

That takes us to the next tie-breaker which is:

 

"Most fantasy points by starting quarterback"

 

So it comes down to a battle between Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. Of course it does!

Rodgers is in the clubhouse with 10 points for Lambdo while Favre is driving down the field on Monday night. With 16 seconds left, a 6 yard TD pass from Favre gives him 16 points for the night and the championship to Hammertime! Just a terrific game guys, congrats to both of you.

 

One final note before I post the Yahoo tie-breaker rules, keep an eye out for stat corrections. There has been a correction in this league in every week except for 3. That doesn't mean it's likely to change the result of this game, only possible. Click on the "players" button on the top of the page and then "stat corrections" to get a weekly look at all of the changes made by Yahoo throughout the year.

 

Thanks for a fun year everyone and hope we can do it again next Fall!

 

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system: (You'll want to remember this when you read about Flugel's League Three)

 

1. Most touchdowns scored by entire starting roster.

2. Most fantasy points by starting quarterback(s).

3. Most fantasy points by starting defensive team(s).

4. Most fantasy points by starting defensive player(s).

5. Most fantasy points by starting defensive back(s).

6. Most fantasy points by starting defensive linemen.

7. Most fantasy points by starting wide receiver(s).

8. Most fantasy points by starting running back(s).

9. Most fantasy points by starting tight end(s).

10. Most fantasy points by starting kicker(s).

 

NOTES:

 

* When breaking a tie in a playoff game, the only statistics used will be from that specific game.

* All touchdowns scored by the team (passing, rushing, receiving and defensive) will be counted in the playoff tiebreaker.

 

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/football/rules/frules-16.ht ml;_ylt=ApN8x_EdQWFblAylKH4Q7LPrlCN4

 

No doubt, Lambdo's Air Show is still staring at his monitor, hitting the refresh button periodically and hoping for a scoring adjustment that will award him the championship. hammertime graciously acknowledged the results,

"What a nail biter!!!

Had fun playing against all of you.

Thanks to all for putting this league together, without you i wouldn't be able to say

STOP-HAMMERTIME!!"

 

Bo and the Boz 127

dirty hands 80

Bo and the Boz proved "Bo knows fantasy" by earning one last trophy. The Toyota "Biggest Fantasy Blowout" of the week trophy goes to Bo and the Boz for the 47 point margin of victory. Congrats to Bo for a memorable record-setting season. Both dirty hands and Bo and the Boz had games with the amazing score of 171 points. Bo was the first to set this mark in week six by defeating dirty hands 171-61. In week 10, dirty hands delivered a similar knockout punch to Beanpot, 171-80. I can't remember seeing awesome performances like that in Browns Board Fantasy Football History.

 

Consolation Round:

Choo Choo's 68

Beanpot 67

Since he snagged the championship in League One, we can't feel too sorry for Beans in this one. Choo Choo's expressed his sentiments about the league in this way, "It was a good competitive league and provided much enjoyment.

See you next year, or on the baseball diamond. --Russ"

 

Bermeck's KY Hicks 60

Justin Hermouf 71

Justin Hermouf had only 56 points going into Monday Night with the Vikings in charge of their destiny. Though the Minnesota defense came up with nothing to help out, Sidney Rice snagged 15 points to put Justin over the top. Though winning seventh place has to feel a little anticlimactic, a win is a win and it had to be a relief for Hermouf. Thanks for playing guys!

 

Final Standings League TWO:

1. hammertime

2. Lambdo's Air Show

3. Bo and the Boz

4. dirty hands

5. Choo Choo's

6. Beanpot

7. Justin Hermouf

8. Bermeck's KY Hicks-*

9. Oreo's Team (Best finish by a feline in BBFF history)

10. Double D's

11. Fried Turkeys

12. The Hammer (Nice symmetry to having a hammer at the top AND bottom of the standings)

 

 

Flugel’s League 3: A Champion in Victory Formation is Crowned

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:

Project Showtime 93

Victory Formation 93 - Champions via Tie-breaker ***

#1 seeded Project Showtime was favored by 16 points in this Championship match-up but Victory Formation showed up and took the field anyway. This game was tied heading into Monday Night Football where Victory Formation cautioned: “we still believe defense wins championships.” The Vikings Defense was put in the favorable position of finishing the job for Victory Formation as Donovan McNabb led the way with 21 points. Furthermore, Victory Formation received double digit scoring from every starter: Larry Fitzgerald 14, Thomas Jones 13, David Akers 13, DeSean Jackson 12, Vernon Davis 10, and Jamaal Charles 10. Project Showtime put up a valiant effort from their 3-pronged attack of Wes Welker (22 points), Chris Johnson (20 points) and Philip Rivers (17 points).

 

What happened next – nobody saw coming. A struggling Bears offense would light up a well respected Vikings Defense for 36 points. This would leave this Championship affair tied and in the hands of Yahoo’s Playoff Tie-Breaker criteria. (See Above tie in League Two) As a sign of the times, Offense wins Championships and Victory Formation wants everyone to know they no longer believes Defense wins Championships. You couldn’t have scripted a more competitive scenario than the #1 seed facing the #2 seed where the outcome would need to be determined by Yahoo’s tie breaker system. Congratulations to Victory Formation for winning League 3 and to BOTH teams for epitomizing the concept of competing like Champions.

 

 

3rd PLACE GAME:

Believeland 87

Rice’s Ryders 65

#3 Seeded Believeland’s Packers sent the Ryders packing in this contest before Adrian Peterson even suits up for Monday Night Football. They received 15 points from the Packers Defense and 14 points from Mason Crosby while Carson Palmer added 12. Rice’s Ryders received 13 points from Antonio Gates and Greg Jennings, Julius Jones and Marques Colston all combined to score 11 points apiece. Adrian Peterson added 21 points to the mix. This allowed Believeland to finish in 3rd place. This game might have turned out differently if the Ryders didn’t start Brady Quinn who wore blue jeans and barrowed Tiny Tim’s crutches for the game.

 

5th PLACE & CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:

Waiting for Noodles 78

Charlie’s Angels 105

Charlie’s Angels won the Consolation Bracket over Waiting for Noodles in a high scoring game. The Angels were led by Tom Brady’s 29 points and LT added 17 points while Miles Austin, Anquan Boldin and Andre Johnson scored 15 points apiece to help produce that 3rd digit sum on the scoreboard. Waiting for Noodles received 21 points from the Falcons Defense and 16 points from Santonio Holmes but Brandon Jacobs’ unforeseen goose egg knocked them out of the race.

 

7th PLACE GAME:

Dot the I 37

Runn Uu OVer 92

Dot the I got run over by Ryan Grant who scored 18 points before they got passed over by Steve Smith’s 15 points and Jason Witten’s 13. Dot the I received 15 points from Matt Schaub but they started Pierre Garcon who wasn’t in uniform to water down scoring. Here’s the deal on this game: Runn Uu OVer received 27 more points from Jay Cutler while the I didn’t receive a single point from Johnny Knox.

Final Standings:

1. Victory Formation – Champions

2. Project Showtime

3. Believeland

4. Rice’s Ryders

5. Charlie’s Angels

6. Waiting for Noodles

7. Runn Uu Over

8. Dot the I

9. Team DangeRuss

10. Flugelmaniacs

11. Calfox KosarDawgs

12. Kibbles and Vicks

 

This was a story book ending to a very competitive season in League 3. The League 3 Office appreciated everyone’s competitive spirit and the results that came with it all.

Have a Safe & Happy New Year folks!

 

 

The Heidi Report

And the winner in League 4 for the Browns Board is, drum roll please:

1st Ballantyne Behemoths

2nd LCDawgfan13

3rd FBrulz

 

Championship Game For 1st Place

Ballantyne Behemoths 111

LCDawgfan13 86

Ballantyne Behemoths 9-5-0: Tom Brady 29, Steve Smith 17

LCDawgfan13 9-5-0: Jonathan Stewart 22, Adrian Peterson 21

Behemoth's QB Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes and only three incompletions. And his WR Steve Smith had seven catches for 70 yards and a touchdown. LCDawgfan13's RB Jonathan Stewart has rushed for 315 yards and scored three touchdowns the last two weeks. And QB Tony Romo had his first interception in 167 passes against the Redskins, snapping a four-game interception-free streak.

 

Championship Game Fro 3rd Place

FBrulz 95

Doctors Of Gridiron 83

Doctors of Gridiron 9-5-0: Anquan Boldin 15, Calvin Johnson 11

FBrulz 10-4-0: Randy Moss 25, Kurt Warner 16

Doctors' QB Ben Roethlisberger produced his third game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime this season, making it 20 for his career in the regular season. FBrulz's WR Randy Moss scored on three of his receptions in New England's 35-7 win over Jacksonville on Sunday. And QB Kurt Warner joined Fran Tarkenton as the only players in NFL history to throw 100 TD passes for two teams.

 

Consolation Game For 5th Place

My Helmet's 2Tight 79

BOHICA 64

My Helmet's 2Tight 7-7-0: Drew Brees and Laveranues Coles both with 11 and Matt Parker 10.

BOHICA 7-7-0: LaDainian Tomlinson 17, Greg Jennings 11

Helmet's QB Drew Brees, who was 32 of 37 for 258 yards against the Bucs, set a club record by completing 19 consecutive passes. That broke his own record of 17 consecutive completions over a two-game span in 2007. BOHICA's RB LaDainian Tomlinson notched his 137th and 138th rushing touchdowns, setting an NFL record for most rushing scores in a single decade. The previous mark was set by Emmitt Smith, who scored 136 rushing TDs in the 1990s.

 

Game For 7th Place

WPBDawgFan 55

Timugen's Tool 83

WPBDawgFan 6-8-0: Brent Celek 18, Brandon Marshall and Jamaal Charles both with 10

Timugen's Tool 6-8-0: Frank Gore 17, Jason Witten and David Akers both with 13

Things didn't go WPBDawgFan's way in this final week. His QB Brady Quinn is on the IR and was not able to get him any points whatsoever. Also coming in with 0 points was RB Brandon Jacobs. It's been a tough season for Jacobs, who has averaged 3.7 yards per carry. He averaged 5.0 yards per tote in each of the last two seasons and scored 15 touchdowns in 2008. Timugen's Tool's RB Frank Gore ran for 71 yards on 28 carries. He has 1,013 yards rushing, becoming the first Niners player to reach 1,000 four times in a career. "It means a lot," Gore said. "It was an up-and down season. I missed a couple games. It was tough, a tough year. It was a blessing. I have to give it all to my O-line. They did a great job."

The Final Standings:

*1. Ballantyne Behemoths 9-5-0 .643 1218

*2. LCDawgfan13 9-5-0 .643 1114

*3. FBrulz 10-4-0 .714 1268

*4. Doctors of Gridiron 9-5-0 .643 1234

5. My Helmet's 2Tight 7-7-0 .500 1147

6. BOHICA 7-7-0 .500 1109

7. Timugen's Tool 6-8-0 .429 1221

8. WPBDawgFan 6-8-0 .429 1139

9. Brownies 6-8-0 .429 1089

10. One Man Wolf Pac 6-8-0 .429 1046

11. Brown'sFanInDallas 5-9-0 .357 932 1

12. WV Hoopies 4-10-0 .286 969

 

The last Toyota Biggest Fantasy Blowout of the season goes to Timugen's Tool with a + 28 points.

 

Congratulations to Ballantyne Behemoths. And really, Congratulations to all of the teams for staying involved and playing hard all season.

And Congratulations to all of the winners in all of the Leagues.

 

Thanks everyone for a great season! It's been more fun than !

 

Here are your awards:

Champions:

Beanpot, hammertime, Victory Formation, and Ballantyne Behemoths:

 

Viagra Award Winners (High "scores"):

171 points for both Bo and the Boz and dirty hands

Last Place Finishers: NavDawg, The Hammer, Kibbles and Vicks, WV Hoopies

 

Everyone else, step up to the bar for a cold one!

 

Happy New Year, Everyone!

[Zombo]

Beanpot's League One:

Congratulations, Beans, on a fantastic season!

 

When will the cheating ever end?

 

Zombo

--Newsflash: Zombo just won the "Zombo League"

[Beanpot]

This would leave this Championship affair tied and in the hands of Yahoo’s Playoff Tie-Breaker criteria. More specifically, Victory Formation’s backup QB Alex Smith scored 10 points while Project Showtime did not have a backup QB on their roster. The next tie-breaker would have been the overall score on the bench.---Flugels

 

Flugs, did you guys use a different tie-breaker thing than we did? Pretty sure we used the default setting and there was no mention of bench players. Didn't even know it was an option to change that sucker!

 

Crazy that two of these championship games ended in a tie.

 

Thank so much to you, Heidi and Kathy for doing all that you do. Hope we're all back next Fall to have another go at it!

 

Beanpot

[Flugel]

 

Beanpot's League One:

Beanpot 108

According to Yahoo, we're looking at a TIE in our championship game. You can click on "rules" in the upper right hand corner to see how Yahoo handles tie-breakers and I'll quote the important part at the end of this message, but basically the first tie-breaker is:

 

"Most touchdowns scored by entire starting roster"

 

Ok, easy enough. Checking Hammertime he has 2 from Favre, 2 from White, 2 from Tomlinson and 1 from Davis for a total of 7.

On to Lambdo - he has 1 from Rodgers, 3 from Moss, 1 from Thomas, 1 from Stewart and 1 from Gates for a total of...7!

That takes us to the next tie-breaker which is:

 

"Most fantasy points by starting quarterback"

 

So it comes down to a battle between Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers. Of course it does!

Rodgers is in the clubhouse with 10 points for Lambdo while Favre is driving down the field on Monday night. With 16 seconds left, a 6 yard TD pass from Favre gives him 16 points for the night and the championship to Hammertime! Just a terrific game guys, congrats to both of you.

 

One final note before I post the Yahoo tie-breaker rules, keep an eye out for stat corrections. There has been a correction in this league in every week except for 3. That doesn't mean it's likely to change the result of this game, only possible. Click on the "players" button on the top of the page and then "stat corrections" to get a weekly look at all of the changes made by Yahoo throughout the year.

 

Thanks for a fun year everyone and hope we can do it again next Fall!

 

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system: (You'll want to remember this when you read about Flugel's League Three)

 

1. Most touchdowns scored by entire starting roster.

2. Most fantasy points by starting quarterback(s).

3. Most fantasy points by starting defensive team(s).

4. Most fantasy points by starting defensive player(s).

5. Most fantasy points by starting defensive back(s).

6. Most fantasy points by starting defensive linemen.

7. Most fantasy points by starting wide receiver(s).

8. Most fantasy points by starting running back(s).

9. Most fantasy points by starting tight end(s).

10. Most fantasy points by starting kicker(s).

 

NOTES:

 

* When breaking a tie in a playoff game, the only statistics used will be from that specific game.

* All touchdowns scored by the team (passing, rushing, receiving and defensive) will be counted in the playoff tiebreaker.

Happy New Year, Everyone!

 

 

Many thanks for clarifying what I didn't! That would make sense it's in the rules which makes even more sense why I got lost stressing out in the scoring and settings earlier this morning. Go figure! Our League 2 author made that sound pretty easy for those of us that didn't ride the short bus to school every day or get stranded in summer school every July. Kathy, can you edit that part where I wrote the 1st tie breaker is the backup QB and then overall scoring in that part of my championship summary? I'd really appreciate it.

 

I got an excuse in case anyone wants any more entertainment with this. Last year, your buddy Flugel lost his playoff game in a tie-breaker; and the guy he lost to won the Championship the very next week. Where this TIES in here is I was recollecting what I tried so hard to forget over the last 365 days. It looks like I did a great job of forgetting. For some reason QB was what doomed me in last year's tie breaker. As a Browns fans you tend to sharpen those HOT coping skills.

 

Lucky for us, Yahoo's ff league is 100% Flugel-proof. They take care of all the standings, scoring and crowning of the champions for the Commissioners and their respective leagues. Understanding that, they're fully aware of their default tie-breaker system we all use; and consequently they crowned the right Champion in League 3. Not only that but the guy responsible for why we now have 4 leagues (Beanpot) and our beatwriter (Kathy) stepped up to the plate to help me out so those that were impacted by ties could understand the final outcome better. Beans & Kathy are the reason we're all having so much fun with these leagues today. Heidi made some great contibutions too. Nothing would say thank you better than seeing a need for a 5th league next year.

 

As you were...,

- Tom F.

[Beanpot]

As a Browns fans you tend to sharpen those HOT coping skills.

- Tom F.

 

Got that right!

 

It's pretty cool that two of these leagues came down to a damn tie-breaker after a Monday Night game in week 16.

 

And it's even more cool that Zombo fake-pretend "won" a fake-pretend league. Maybe next year he'll actually win a real-pretend league.

 

Beanpot

No chance if I'm in charge of the scoring

[Mr. T]

Beanpot's League One:

 

T's Jelly Donuts 97

DTBH 86

T concluded the post game presser with his season slogan, "Can you smell it?" So as not to gross ourselves out, we can only assume it's either the aroma hot donuts fresh from the oven or the sweet fragrance of victory. DTBH managed to fight his way into the finals but no further. Maybe this taste of the top will inspire great things next season.

 

FYI: More on the lines of the Rock entrance.

 

 

Not to say, I dont love krispyKreme donuts

 

 

Okay Im hungry now.

 

[kshutchins]

Beans & Kathy are the reason we're all having so much fun with these leagues today. Heidi made some great contibutions too. Nothing would say thank you better than seeing a need for a 5th league next year.

 

As you were...,

- Tom F.

 

The Browns Board fantasy leagues are a lot of fun because of a real team effort. Beanpot is the motor that gets the thing going, making sure the rules are set up and the drafts go off as planned. He's also is a great interpreter of the rules and arbiter of disputes (if any) throughout the season. The writing/posting team including myself, Tom and Heidi keep everyone informed about the progress throughout the season. We try to shine a light on everyone so even if someone's not winning, the participation is still enjoyable. The folks who read these postings and respond help out by letting us know we're not talking to ourselves. It's nice to have a bit of encouragement. The folks with teams provide trash talk, creative team management and colorful quotes for the weekly reports. Everyone who manages their teams to the best of their ability up until the bitter end, whatever that may be, helps keep the leagues competitive, fair, and fun. Even Stan, who gives this craziness a home, is a cog in the machine. It's a true collaborative effort and a testament to the quality of the folks who hang out here. Thanks to everyone who participated. Good job! Fantastic! Pats on the back all around! We couldn't have done it without you!

 

Stay safe and have a happy new year!