Ultimate Fantasy Football League Experience
I did a random drawing for new division and here they are:
North
Squishy Fuzz
Elvis Impersonators
Vinny’s Gang
The Hellfish
The Wondrful Gazonks
Twee Twerps
The Slim Shaggys
South
Z-Squad
Hot Buttered Moose Nuts
Grid Iron Bullies
The Undergarments
Bad Attitudes
San Quentin Saints
Greasy Weasels
Congratulations to Chris Johnson for winning this year’s MVP and Percy Harvin for winning this year’s Rookie of the Year.
I think I have all the playoff possibilities figured out. There are basically five teams vying for four spots. Since the Greasy Weasels, and San Quentin Saints have the tie-breaker over the Z-Squad they have clinched already. That leaves three teams vying for two spots.
Elvis Impersonators – Clinched divison and 1st seed.
The Wondrful Gazonks – Clinched division and 2nd seed.
Vinny’s Gang – In with a win, or Greasy Weasel or Z-Squad loss, or The Undergarments loss and end up with more total points then The Undergarments.
Greasy Weasels – Clinched at least a 6th seed since they have the tie-breaker over Z-Squad.
Z-Squad – Needs to win and have either Vinny’s Gang or The Undergarments lose.
San Quentin Saints – Clinched at least a 6th seed since they have the tie-breaker over Z-Squad. They win the Division and get the 3rd seed with either a win or a The Undergarments loss.
The Undergarments – In with a win or Greasy Weasels or Z-Squad loss or a Vinny’s Gang loss and they end up with more total points than Vinny’s Gang. They win the Division and get the 3rd seed with a win and a San Quentin Saints loss.
I hope I got that all right. My brain hurts now.
The regular season is almost here, so I thought I would remind everybody of the various ways you can interact with the league.
You can access the mobile site from your phone at http://m.uffle.com. From the mobile site you can submit your lineup, see the live scoring, and view the standings and some stats.
Like previous years, you can download the Windows desktop GameDay software, which gives you all kinds of stats and faster live updating scoring.
This year there is now a MyFantasyLeague iPhone app. There isn’t much too it yet. It just shows the live scoring, but if you have an iPhone or iPod touch it’s a good way to keep up with the games on Sundays.
To use the different software programs you need to enter our league ID. Our league ID is 49920.
Just a reminder that keepers are due by the end of the day on Saturday, August 1st. I will be on vacation that weekend, so I am not sure if I will able to announce the keepers as they come in, but will try my best.
This year there are three free agents that can’t be kept by their current team. They are:
Larry Johnson – Elvis Impersonators
Ladainian Tomlinson – The Undergarments
Marion Barber – Squishy Fuzz
There are also two players that must be kept because of trade. They are:
Ronnie Brown – Vinng’s Gang – 3rd Round Pick
Kurt Warner – Bad Attitudes – 8th Round Pick
We just had our first transaction of the 2009 season. I am in the process of getting the 2009 site set up. It is mostly done and can be found at http://2009.uffle.com. I have updated some of the links on the left and the MFL, Google, and My Yahoo RSS feeds.
Nobody seems to have a problem with August 16th for a draft date, so I am going to make it official. The Draft with be on August 16th at 10:00 AM CDT.
Congratulations to Michael Turner for winning this year’s MVP and to Chris Johnson for winning this year’s Rookie of the Year.
We had a three way tie for MVP, so I am opening up another poll to try to break the tie. Co-MVPs would be fine, but three? If there is still a tie after this poll, then we will just have three MVPs. I am really getting annoyed by ties this season.
The polls are up for this year’s MVP and Rookie of the Year. To be eligible for MVP a player must have started at least eight games, their team must have made the playoffs, and they must be in the top 30 scorers. To be eligible for Rookie of the Year the player just needed to start at least six games. Go and vote now. The polls close on the 18th.