Who Loves Football ???

[CgarDan]

Football season is around the corner. Are there people who love the game enough to play fantasy football with cigars as being the prize.

Yahoo provides these games for free and its very easy to set everything up and play. I have done this for years.

They have 4 different football games

1) fantasy football : everyone drafts players from the same pool and picks which players play what week> Players get you points and the system has you play different teams on the league each week. Then we are ranked just as the regular football teams are with playoffs at the end.

2) Salary cap fotball: You get a certain amount of money and you have to buy players with it. PLayers get you points and their values change depending on that weeks performance.

3) Elimination football: Each week you pick a team that you believe will win no spread simply win a game. If your team looses you are out. People are eliminated that way until only one person is left.

4) pick them football: each week you make pcks on who wins and looses the games, no spreads just pure picks. Each crrect pick gets you a point and at the end of the season those with highest number of points win.


Games are very easy to play if you know football.

I want to gage the interest in this so lets see who wants to play and what game.

here is the link to yahoo websie where you can get more info on the games.

http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/moregames

Let's officially start a sign-up, EVERYBODY WHO WANTS IN, WE'VE GOT SLOTS:

FANTASY LEAGUE NO 1

1) CgarDan
2) SmokinDVM
3) BigPoppaPuff
4) BigMacFU
5) SlcRaiders
6) Heftysmokes
7) Lopaka
8) Nhcigarfan
9) Kirkus949
10) Bassfever
11) Cabaiguan Juan
12) Ctc315
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20)

[bigpoppapuff]

hell yeah!!!...i'm in...

[SmokinDVM]

Why not just do a pool?

Weekly winners get a prize, and more prizes with increased value/size can be won for best regular season pick record, playoff record and SB.

Just a thought.

[CgarDan]

Why not just do a pool?

Weekly winners get a prize, and more prizes with increased value/size can be won for best regular season pick record, playoff record and SB.

Just a thought.

I think what you are saying is very similar to the Yahoo Pick them option. It is just easier to keep score with yahoo since they already have evrything set up.

Check it out from the link I have posted to see if it is similar to what you say. Prizes and stuff can be figured out no problem. Lets just see how many people we can get to play.

[BigMacFU]

I'm a fan of the straight-up head to head fantasy football game, no salary version. We did this last year with guys from Snobs, here and Pass, Ray (Gran Cru No. 2) set up the league (he's a little before your time on the boards, he's got a lot going on in his life right now and so hasn't been on much at all). It was a lot of fun. We played for ISOM's. The entry fee was 45 bucks. I think if we do it, we definitely should make it less expensive. It was so expensive because 1, 2, 3 places got boxes of ISOMs while Top overall record got premium domestics (collection, not a box).

If we were to limit the prize to 1, 2, 3 and make it 12 cigars, 8 cigars, 5 cigars we could get a real nice box of ISOM's for 200 (20 bucks a person in a 12 person league). With the extra 40 you buy a fiver of something for the top overall record.

The most important thing though is to not set a draft day until 1 week before the season actually starts. If you draft earlier, all pre-season injuries have too big an effect.

We should also do some kind of customized scoring rules so it's a little different than the regular leagues. You know, add receptions as a point or some other defensive categories.

Great idea Dan!

[SmokinDVM]

Any way it's played it sounds like fun, count me in.

I like BMF's ISOM deal. Did you have weekly winners, or only season?

[CgarDan]

I'm a fan of the straight-up head to head fantasy football game, no salary version. We did this last year with guys from Snobs, here and Pass, Ray (Gran Cru No. 2) set up the league (he's a little before your time on the boards, he's got a lot going on in his life right now and so hasn't been on much at all). It was a lot of fun. We played for ISOM's. The entry fee was 45 bucks. I think if we do it, we definitely should make it less expensive. It was so expensive because 1, 2, 3 places got boxes of ISOMs while Top overall record got premium domestics (collection, not a box).

If we were to limit the prize to 1, 2, 3 and make it 12 cigars, 8 cigars, 5 cigars we could get a real nice box of ISOM's for 200 (20 bucks a person in a 12 person league). With the extra 40 you buy a fiver of something for the top overall record.

The most important thing though is to not set a draft day until 1 week before the season actually starts. If you draft earlier, all pre-season injuries have too big an effect.

We should also do some kind of customized scoring rules so it's a little different than the regular leagues. You know, add receptions as a point or some other defensive categories.

Great idea Dan!

Sounds great that is exatly what yahoo fantasy game does. Let's see if we can get 12 people

here is the link to how their scoring works

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/foo...frules-08.html

[nhcigarfan]

I'm in and I WILL CRUSH YOU ALL.


I have never actually done fantasy football before. But


I WILL STILL CRUSH YOU ALL.

[CgarDan]

I'm in and I WILL CRUSH YOU ALL.


I have never actually done fantasy football before. But


I WILL STILL CRUSH YOU ALL.

[kirkus949]

i am in- lets just wait and see about crushing action!

[Bassfever]

I would love to give this a shot. Is there still room

[CgarDan]

I would love to give this a shot. Is there still room

You are in Bassfever. Just 2 more slots left !!!!!

[nhcigarfan]

I'll go with what you guys choose.

[CgarDan]

I'll go with what you guys choose.

NH you made the 1st league does this mean you want to be in the next one also?


BY the way 1st post in this thread shows who made the league

[CgarDan]

IMPORTANT UPDATES

1) I have just found out that custom leagues can be up to 20 teams -- So we have 8 more spots for those interested

2) As we agreed entry fee is $20 which I will collect towards the prize. Once we get the finall list we will decide how many prizes depeding on $$ amount we get.

3) Regular season games start on Thr Sept 7th it is best to set up your team as close to the regular season start as possible due to injuries in preaseson.. etc. So since this will be a live draft I will set it for Sept 5th at 10:15 EDT. If there are any problems please let me know by next weekend as I will be setting up the league at that point.

4) Please submit the money to me by Aug 30th. Otherwise you will not be able to participate. Link to the game along with the password will be given as soon as the payment is recieved. I will take checks, MO, CIGARS..... PM me with your prefference


LETS MAKE THIS A FOOTBALL SEASON TO REMEMBER !!!

[CgarDan]

TOP

3 days till I create the league

[CgarDan]

Last question ( actually poll ) before I set up the league.

Do you want to draft a certain team defesively or draft lets say 4-5 different deffensive players instead?

I think I have to start a new thread to do this.. so here we go