Who’s All In?
Posted: July 30, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
AlanTdot brings us the latest on the fantasy league.
Yes, the rumors are true, there will be a ‘BoysBlog Fantasy Football League this year!
It’s undeniable at this point. Fantasy football is here to stay and fans everywhere love to play. I think we all appreciate a competitive game that will let us talk and scheme around the game of football. Heck, none other than Jerry Jones himself has said that all NFL studies have shown that fantasy football only adds to a fan’s experience in a positive way. And that is what we’re trying to do, add to the experience of the site, enjoy another football season and throw in a little competition and smack talk.
I’ve been working with Raf to develop a custom site where you can have 96 players in a total play down to a single champion. We will detail that a little later, but suffice it to say you won’t need to have Demitrius Summers and Brock Forsey as your starting tailbacks.
The $20 entry fee will pay for the development of the customized league and some great ‘Boys themed prizes. So sign up early, start planning your draft and let’s get this season underway already!!!
Thanks, Alan.
The league will work as follows:
– There will be eight separate leagues with twelve fantasy players each. Each league will have a discrete draft. That way, we maintain the quality of play in each league but get the maximum number of players involved.
– The regular season will run fifteen weeks. Week 16 will be for playoffs. The eight league winners will advance to the playoffs. The remaining 88 players will compete against each other. (We don’t want to have the title game the last week of the season because every year several playoff bound teams rest their key starters that week, driving fantasy owners nuts.)
– The scoring system will be a yardage league, with six points for TDs, four points for TD passes, and bonus points for 100 yard runs, 300 yard passing days, 50+ yard field goals, shutouts, etc.
- The winner of the playoff round gets an official Cowboys helmet autographed by Troy Aikman.
- Second place is an autographed Bob Lilly jersey
- Third place is an official NFL football autographed by a Cowboys star (still haven’t acquired it yet so I can’t say whom).
- The remaining five division winners will receive a copy of Scientific Football 2006.
- The top scorer in the field will win the first annual Leon Lett, You-Almost-Scored trophy. It’s in prototype form right now, and will use the image of Leon just before Don Beebe strips him of the football on the one yard line in Super Bowl 27. I’m sure it will become a cherished award in the winner’s trophy case.
To enter, click on the Amazon box located in the upper left hand corner of the page, just above the “Best NFL Blog” box. You’ll go to an Amazon page that lets you pay your entry fee (look in the upper right hand corner on that page.) Some people have complained that the Amazon box does not always show. I don’t know why that occurs. Try refreshing the main page a time to two. That works on my browser.
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Awesome. Can’t wait for the BB FFL. Thanks for organizing.
discrete draft? Is that an offline, automated, preranked list? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
Counter,
I don’t know what league you will be in, we’ll probably fill them in first come, first served.
But then each league has its own draft. So in each of the 8 leagues, somebody will have Peyton Manning, somebody will have LaDainian Tomlinson and on down the line.
So you’ll be in a 12 team league.
I’m ALL IN… praying on the river card to bring me a straight flush!
LOL…
count me in. let me know what to do!
I’m interested. Where do I sign up?
I’m in too. Raf, do you know how exactly we will draft? I’d think we will do everything on line with a certain amount of time between picks. Also, do you know the date and time of the draft? I just can’t have a conflict with my other league.
MGG,
I don’t know the exact date yet. AlanTdot is acquiring the program that’s being written for us.
As for signing up, look in the upper left hand corner of the page, just above the “best NFL blog” box. You should see a box for Amazon.com that clicks through to an entry page. But some people, including me, have it come and go on their page. If you don’t see it, refresh a couple of times and it should show. I’ll check with Raul today to see if we can get it to show consistently.
i am in, where do we join?
I am in ,just sent the $20 but now what happens?
OK guys. I just paid too. Looking forward to both a great fantasy year and a tremendous Dallas year!
is there a frree boysblog fantasy team?
I’m all in! Clearing out a spot on my shelf right now for the championship helmet signed by Aikman.
I’m also interested in how the draft will work with alot of people coming from different time zones, having work schedules, family commitments, etc. I know it is a nightmare for my own 10 team league to get everybody on the same page., but for 96….wow. Our league does the draft over a 7 day period because owners are on both coasts. It drags on but at least owners get the players they want. Normally when a guy picks, he then emails the next guy up to remind him.
synergy:
I am waiting for the software to be delivered. Once that happens, the leagues will be set up on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once 12 people have sent in money, that league will be closed and the next league will start. 8 leagues with 12 people.
Once we have the software I’ll let you all know - I know that the draft has to be done soon.
As for the 3rd place award, I’m trying to wrangle an double-autographed football…