* – Division Winner
^ – Wild Card team

Going into the final week of the regular season, a lot of questions have been answered. We know all the teams that will make the playoffs, and only one division champ is yet to be determined.

With their win over Boston this past week, New Pepper finishes the season at 11-1 and will be the #1 seed for the playoffs. They have a bye the final week.

Keystone’s week 12 win clinches the Engle Division, and Keystone will enter the playoffs as the #2 seed.

Both NPP and KEY will have byes the first week of the playoffs.

Boston (currently 8-3) and Chicago (currently 6-4-1) are guaranteed wild card berths.

The Paterno Division is still up for grabs between Syracuse (7-3-1) and Dallas (7-4). The teams play each other this week. Both are guaranteed playoff spots, and neither team will get a bye during the first round.

All remaining teams have been eliminated from playoff consideration.

The trade deadline is in the rear-view mirror and the FFL playoff picture is coming into focus. Here’s a quick summary of where things stand leading into Week 12. Reminder there are 3 Thanksgiving games (Lions vs. Vikings 12:30pm; Cowboys vs. Chargers 4:30pm; Redskins vs. Giants 8:30pm).

With 2 weeks left in the regular season it seems very likely the playoff participants will be: New Pepper, Boston, Keystone, Chicago, Syracuse, and Dallas.  With 2 weeks left in the regular season, these 6 teams all have at least a 2-game lead on the rest. Happy Valley is the only remaining team with a slim shot at a wildcard spot (see Dallas below).

The division races are all still wide open. As a reminder, the 3 division winners are all in PLUS three wildcard teams (next best W-L records).

CAPPELLETTI DIVISION:

New Pepper (10-1): One game left (vs BOS, week 13 bye). If NPP beats BOS this week, they clinch the division and the #1 playoff seed.

Boston (8-2): Two games left. If Boston wins out (beats NPP and HVV), then BOS clinches the division and the #1 playoff seed (would win a division tiebreaker vs. NPP based on a better division record if both teams finish 10-2).

ENGLE DIVISION:

Keystone (8-2): Two games left (vs. CHI and OCD). One win clinches the division. In a tiebreaker for playoff seeding, KEY did not play NPP this year so the tiebreaker would be overall points (KEY leads). KEY lost to BOS head-to-head this year, so KEY would lose a playoff seeding tiebreaker to BOS.

Chicago (6-3-1): Two games left (vs. KEY and FFL). CHI can win the division if they win both remaining games *and* KEY loses both remaining games. CHI is guaranteed at least a wildcard berth.

PATERNO DIVISION:

Syracuse (6-3-1): Two games left (vs. MER and DAL). SYR clinches the division if they win both remaining games. SYR is guaranteed at least a wildcard berth.

Dallas (6-4): Two games left (vs. HVV and SYR). If DAL wins both remaining games, they win the division. If they split their two remaining games, they are guaranteed at least a wildcard berth. DAL can get knocked out of the playoffs if they lose their two remaining games *and* if Happy Valley (4-6) wins their two remaining games (both would be 6-6, and HVV would win a head-to-head tiebreaker).

The 2017 FFL Draft was Tuesday Sept. 5, 2017 at 8pm EST.

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Here are protected rosters prior to 2017 draft.

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The 2017 draft lottery was held at Nick’s house on Saturday July 17. In attendance were owners Nick Fisher, Mike White, Rich Sladic, Jim Waugh, David Zilberfarb, Terry Muth, Doug Weaver, and Ron Yeany.

The order for the first seven picks of the draft were chosen from lottery. Here are the results:

1. KEY Longfellows
2. HVV Violence
3. SYR Blizzard
4. BOS Wildcats
5. PHI Griffins
6. OCD Beach Dudes
7. FFL Froglickers

Mark your calendars for important draft-related dates:

PROTECTION DEADLINE: Wednesday, August 30th at 9pm ET
TRADES can be made up until the protection deadline
DRAFT: Tuesday, September 5th starting 8pm ET
TEAMS ELIGIBLE TO PROTECT 6 PLAYERS: KEY, HVV, SYR, BOS, PHI, OCD, FFL. All others eligible to protect 5. See the rules or ask Ying if you have questions.

Final official record of 2016 season transactions

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The Dallas Armadillos win the FFL-GOO league points championship for 2016, finishing the year with 1,213 points. New Chester finishes second with 1,159. The Fantasy Bowl champion Mud finish out of the money in a close third place, 26 points behind at 1,133.

This is the second time in the past three years that Dallas has captured the top points trophy. They also won the points championship in 2014. The Armadillos have now finished 1st or 2nd in total points in four of the past six seasons.

With the win of the points championship and a runner-up finish in the Fantasy Bowl, Dallas wins the most prize money this year. New Chester finishes 2nd in overall prize money. Approximate payouts this year will be:

MIM – Champions (425)
DAL – RunnerUp (300) + High Points (320) (620 total)
NCT – 3rd Place (250) + RunnerUp Points (260) (510 total)
MIA – 4th (200)
MER – 5th (175)
BOB – 6th (160)

The Orange County Beach Dudes get the dubious distinction of finishing with the lowest points this season, clocking in at 714 total points. In a season when 3 teams had 100+ point scores in a single week, the poor Beach Dudes finished the year with just 99 TOTAL POINTS for all their running backs combined. (And if you think this is a historic low, you would be wrong … it’s been worse for a few a teams at RB through the years, but none moreso than in 1997 when an FFL team managed to score only 29 points FOR THE YEAR combined at RBs. That team is also very familiar to Orange County – it was the Mission Viejo Impossibles.)

Orange County’s 10-game losing streak this season is the longest since New Chester lost 10 in a row in 2009. The Mud become the 6th team in league history to record a 10-game winning streak within a season. The longest winning streak in one season was an 11-game winning streak for the Griffins in 1995.

Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees TIED for the highest-scoring FFL player this year, each finishing at 283 points as a starter. David Johnson was highest-scoring RB (247), Jordy Nelson at receiver (157) and Justin Tucker at kicker (167). There were 43 fantasy players that posted 100+ points as starters this season. The list is ranked here:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/2016-top-players/

LOTS OF OTHER UPDATES to fflgoo.com:

2017 Draft Lottery Chances:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/2017-draft-lottery-chances/

2017 Regular Draft Order:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/2017-regular-draft-order/

2017 Divisions:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/2017-divisions/

And all the pages in our Records section updated to reflect end of 2016 season:
https://fflgoo.wordpress.com/records/

Here are all the players who scored 100+ points as starters in 2016 season.

Here is the regular draft order for the 2017 FFL-GOO Draft. The first 7 picks of the first round will be determined by lottery, the remainder of the draft will follow this order.

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Here are the 2017 Divisions, as determined by Rule 1.6. Continue reading “2017 Divisions” →

The following table shows the 2017 lottery chances

If you have questions please refer to Section 5.3 of the league rules for details of how these are calculated. Continue reading “2017 Draft Lottery Chances” →

The MassIll Mud entered Fantasy Bowl XXV as the #1 seed but also as a slight underdog to Dallas. In the end, it wasn’t even close — the Mud blew out the Armadillos 111-58 to win the franchise’s second league championship.

The Mud’s 53-point win is the largest margin of victory ever in FFL-GOO’s league title game. MIM’s 111 points was the second-most points ever scored in a Fantasy Bowl behind the 117 points Syracuse scored in 2013. Five MIM players finished in double digits, lead by RB Jay Ajayi (25 points) and WRs Jordy Nelson (24) and Sammy Watkins (18).

With their Fantasy Bowl win, the Mud finish the season with a league-high 10-game winning streak and a final record of 13-1. Only two other teams in the 25-year history of our league finished the year with only one loss: the 2012 Mercer Mustangs (14-1-1) and the 1997 Pennsylvania Wildcats (15-1).

The consolation game for 3rd place was much closer; the game was tied entering the Monday night NFL game, and New Chester pulled out a 56-51 win over Miami on the strength of Zeke Elliott’s Monday night game.

MassIll’s 111 points also vaulted them back into striking distance for the overall points awards. The top 2 teams in overall points take additional prize money, and going into the final week of the NFL season only 59 points separate the top three fantasy teams:

Dallas – 1150
New Chester – 1116 (34 points back)
MassIll – 1091 (59 points back)

The matchup is set for Fantasy Bowl XXV. The 25th consecutive championship game in our fantasy league will feature the #1 seed MassIll Mud facing off against the #4 seed Dallas Armadillos.

MassIll owner Ronnie Feldman — who was able to choose his opponent between Miami and Dallas for Week 15 — chose wisely. The Mud won a tight 50-46 contest over the Miami Muffdivers. Both teams fell short of their projected scores, but the Mud advance and improve their record to a league-best 12-1 going into the final.

Dallas improves to 10-4 and confidently advances to the final with a 80-49 win over second-seeded New Chester. The Thorobreds fell far short of their projected scored (68) while Dallas easily exceeded their projection (62). Dallas’ 80 points ties the team’s 3rd-highest single week score of the season. (Dallas also notably extends it’s lead in the overall points race, which was 1 point over NCT coming into this week.)

The Mud makes their first trip to the championship game in 12 years, and 4th overall trip to the Fantasy Bowl. They have a 1-2 record in previous appearances. The Graynbald Mud won Fantasy Bowl VII in 1998, and lost title games in both 2002 and 2004.

Dallas is making it’s 3rd trip to the Fantasy Bowl — all within the past 4 seasons. Dallas lost the title game in 2013, but returned and won Fantasy Bowl XXIII in 2014.

Congratulations to the two teams from Florida — Miami and Dallas — on their wins in the Wild Card round. The Armadillos had the week’s high score in the 80-39 thumping of the Big Bang. In the other game, the Muffdivers prevailed 55-44 over Mercer in a matchup of 6-6 teams.

During their playoff week byes, the Mud scored 40 points while the Thorobreds scored 67 points.

As the #1 overall seed this year, Mass Ill Mud owner Ronnie Feldman gets to choose his opponent for the semi-final round. Will the Mud’s opponent be Miami or Dallas?

The Mud will go Diving vs. Miami. Ronnie’s looking to get into the finals. “Daddy’s gotta pay the rent” he quipped.

Week 15 matchups:

#1 MIM Mud (11-1) vs. #6 MIA Muffdivers (7-6)
#2 NCT Thorobreds (10-2) vs. #4 DAL Armadillos (9-4)

Meanwhile, in the overall points race, it’s shaping up to be a 2-team race. Dallas leads New Chester by ONE POINT: 1012 to 1011 with 3 weeks remaining. The third-place team (MIM) is more than 80 points back.

* – Division Winner
‡ – Wild Card

2016 Full Draft

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Continue reading “Draft Lottery Results” →

The division lineups for 2016 are listed below. Continue reading “2016 Divisions” →

Here is the regular order for the 2016 draft (the first 7 picks of round 1 will be chosen by lottery). Continue reading “2016 Regular Draft Order” →