The #2 seed has advanced to the Fantasy Bowl, but the #1 seed is hanging on by a thread. 

The Dallas Armadillos are in the championship game thanks to a 98.5-56 drubbing of the defending champion Chicago Mud. The other semifinal matchup is a nail biter, as the top-seeded Froglickers hold a slim 1.5-point lead over the Thorobreds. New Chester has two players in the Monday night game: RB Duke Johnson (Dolphins) and WR Marquez Callaway (Saints). If those two players can score 2 points or more, the Thorobreds will advance. Otherwise, the Froglickers will hang on.

Owners: Our rules disallow drop/adds of RBs, WRs, TEs after the playoffs start (which meant week 15 this year).

I failed to enforce this – if you wish to fire me as commissioner, please do so!

But with COVID, I think we need some leeway. SO – therefore, I have made a commissioner’s decision to permit COVID-related transactions, but otherwise I will enforce the rules for weeks 17 and 18. This means:
Week 17 – you can drop a K for a K, or a QB for a QB. You cannot make any other (non-COVID) transactions.
Week 18 – no (non-COVID) transactions permitted.

The Froglickers have spoken, and will face off against the Thorobreds in the semifinals, which means the Armadillos will match up with the Mud.

Semifinal Games:
#1 Frelinghuysen Froglickers (10-3) vs. #6 New Chester Thorobreds (8-6)
#2 Dallas Armadillos (10-3) vs. #4 Chicago Mud (8-4-2)

The winners of those two games will meet in Fantasy Bowl XXX.

EARLIER:

Greetings FFLers: CBS had a glitch on the platform Tuesday night, and the Tuesday night games were showing zeros across the board. That has been fixed this morning so we have quarterfinal results:
#4 seed (and defending champion) Mud defeat the #5 Griffins 75-39
#6 seed Thorobreds defeat #3 seed Big Bang 82.5-71.5

We await the Froglicker’s response — they get to choose to play against Jonathan Taylor or Cooper Kupp. Good luck with that decision, Zilb. Will post later when the Froglickers choose their opponent. Dallas awaits the other team in the semi-finals.

Cappelletti Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Streak	Div	PF
FFL*	10	3	0	0.769	0	W2	2-1-0	1123.5
BOX	7	6	0	0.538	3	L2	2-1-0	1104.5
CTW	6	6	1	0.500	3.5	W1	2-1-0	1059.5
HVV	3	10	0	0.231	7	W1	0-3-0	767.5
Engle Division
BOB*	7	6	0	0.538	0	L2	2-2-0	1054.5
PHI^	7	6	0	0.538	0	W3	2-2-0	924
MER	6	7	0	0.462	1	W3	4-0-0	1111.5
KEY	5	7	1	0.423	1.5	W1	1-3-0	922.5
OCD	2	11	0	0.154	5	L3	1-3-0	801
Paterno Division
DAL*	10	3	0	0.769	0	L1	2-1-0	1232
CHI^	7	4	2	0.615	2	L1	2-1-0	968.5
NCT^	7	6	0	0.538	3	W1	2-1-0	1089
MIA	5	7	1	0.417	5	L5	0-3-0	982

*Division Winner
^Wild Card

The regular season is over, playoff teams are set, and there has been some shakeups in what we might have expected only a week or two ago.

The Frelinghuysen Froglickers (10-3) are your #1 seed by virtue of their 105½-91½ win over the Dallas Armadillos (10-3) in the final week of the regular season. Both teams will have a chance to relax for a week as they have earned first-round playoff byes. The Froglickers this year will hold the honor of selecting their opponent from the winners of the quarterfinal games.

Big Oregon Bang (7-6) is the other division winner and the #3 seed, despite a 2-point loss this week to Happy Valley.

All three wild card teams have 7 wins, but there is a shakeup here as well. The defending champion Chicago Mud (7-4-2) had already clinched and are the #4 seed, despite not making any reasonable effort to field a competitive team in the final regular season game. The Philadelphia Griffins were the beneficiary of the slumbering Mud, coasting to a 62½-29 win and capturing the #5 playoff seed.

The final playoff spot goes to the New Chester Thorobreds, who needed a win and got it in a 97-92½ thriller over Boxboro that went right down to the wire on Monday night.

The Blowfish faithful have got to be wondering what the heck just hit them these past two weeks. The defending points champions — who have been among the top 3 in points over most of this season — are on the outside looking in after losses to the Griffins and the Thorobreds over the past two weeks.

Points Race Outlook

We have 4 weeks remaining and Dallas continues to distance itself from the pack. The Armadillos (1232 points) currently hold a 108½-point lead in the overall points race. It appears the more competitive race here will be for second-place in overall points, where several teams still have a shot at the money.

1. Armadillos – 1232
2. Froglickers – 1123½
3. Mustangs – 1111½
4. Blowfish – 1104½
5. Thorobreds – 1089
6. Wildcats – 1059½
7. Big Bang – 1054½

Week 15 Playoff Schedule:

#1 Frelinghuysen Froglickers (10-3) – BYE
#2 Dallas Armadillos (10-3) – BYE
#3 Big Oregon Bang (7-6) vs. #6 New Chester Thorobreds (7-6)
#4 Chicago Mud (7-4-2) vs. #5 Philadelphia Griffins (7-6)

Final records for non-playoff teams below. Reversing this order (minus any money winners for points) will give you the regular draft order for the first 7 teams.

Blowfish 7-6
Wildcats 6-6-1
Mustangs 6-7
Longfellows 5-7-1
Muffdivers 5-7-1
Violence 3-10
Beach Dudes 2-11

We’re entering the final week of the regular season, and all but 4 teams are technically still in the hunt for a playoff spot.

Four teams — Armadillos, Froglickers, Big Bang, and the defending champs Mud — have all clinched playoff berths. The number one seed for the playoffs is on the line this weekend as the winner of Armadillos vs. Froglickers in week 14 will also determine the top playoff seed.

The defending points champ — Blowfish — would claim a playoff berth with a win in the final week. Philadelphia is also in with a win.

A few teams need wins plus help from others: Thorobreds, Muffdivers, and Wildcats. It’s possible the final playoff team could have a record of 6-6-1.

PATERNO DIVISION:
Dallas Armadillos (10-2) has clinched division title.
Chicago Mud (7-3-2) has clinched a wild card slot.

CAPPELLETTI DIVISION:
Frelinghuysen Froglickers (9-3) has clinched division title.

ENGLE DIVISION:
Big Oregon Bang (7-5) has clinched division title – holds tiebreaker by virtue of their Week 9 win over PHI.

WIN & THEY ARE IN:
Boxboro (7-5)
Philadelphia (6-6) – holds tiebreaker over both BOX and NCT if records are 7-6

NEEDS HELP:
New Chester (6-6) – needs a win + a PHI win
Miami (5-6-1) – needs a win + losses by PHI & NCT
Connecticut (5-6-1) – needs a win + losses by MIA, PHI & NCT

ELIMINATED:
Mercer (5-7)
Keystone (5-7-1) – season over (bye in final week)
Happy Valley (2-10)
Orange County (2-10)

Quick reminder that the trade deadline is this week. Players must be traded before the kickoff of their games (and there are 6 teams playing tomorrow).

Good luck down the stretch everyone, and have a great Thanksgiving!

Greetings FFL-GOO owners. We have 10 weeks in the books for 2021, with 4 weeks to go in our regular season.

Kickoff Week 12 marks some deadlines, so let’s review:

• Trade deadline. This was previously kickoff week 11, but we pushed this back when the NFL added a week to the season. All trades must be completed before week 12 kickoff of all players involved in a trade.
• Protection eligibility. A player must remain on a roster continuously from week 12 kickoff onward to be eligible for protection going into 2022 draft.
• Transactions revert to first come / first serve after kickoff week 12.

With deadlines reviewed/reminded, let’s look at the standings as we hit the home stretch on the 2021 season.

– Dallas Armadillos have a 3-game lead in the Paterno Division, are #1 in total points (9 points ahead of the Blowfish) and hold the league’s best record at 8-1. Considering Dallas’ remaining opponents are a combined 15-21, the Dillos have the inside track to the #1 playoff seed.

– Frelinghuysen Froglickers have the league’s second-best record at 7-2 and hold a one-game lead over Boxboro Blowfish in the Cappelletti Division. The Lickers averaged 87 points per week over the course of a 6-1 start, but have averaged only 60 points per week since losing Derrick Henry (going 1-1 with a bye during that stretch). Meanwhile, Boxboro has won 5 of their last 6. Both teams seem playoff-bound, but the division championship seems wide open at this point. And oh, by the way, BOX plays vs. FFL this weekend.

– Someone’s gotta win the Engle Division. One of Oregon (5-4), Keystone (4-5-1) or Philadelphia (4-5) might break out of this pack in 2021’s weakest division.

– Six teams will make the playoffs, and right now 7 teams have winning records. Miami (5-4-1), New Chester (5-4), and Chicago (4-3-2) are all lurking 3 games behind Dallas in their division, but a wildcard team (or two) might come out of here.

– Finally, in the points race, as noted previously Dallas holds a slim lead (867 points) over Boxboro (858), with a notable drop-off to third place (Froglickers and Thorobreds tied at 794 points).

Week 11 starts tonight (Patriots vs. Falcons) and remember there are THREE games Thursday next week (Thanksgiving). Ping the Commish if you have any questions, and good luck down the stretch.

Greetings FFL owners, we are half way through the FFL-GOO regular season. We get great recaps each week from the CBS “fantasy journalist” but let’s take the macro look at the halfway point from your resident and long-time human FFLGOO journalist.

The Froglickers and the Armadillos share the league’s best record at 6-1 and the Froglickers have scored exactly ONE more point through 7 games: 611.5 to 610.5. The Boxboro Blowfish (4-2) enjoy a small lead in the overall points race at 632. Three other teams: Big Bang (4-3; 600.5), Thorobreds (3-3; 597.5) and Wildcats (2-5; 583) are within 50 points.

In the division races, Froglickers have a two-game lead over Blowfish in the Cappelletti Division, and Dallas has a two-game lead over Miami (4-2-1) in the Paterno Division. The Big Bang leads Keystone (3-3-1) by a half-game in the Engle Division.

Only 5 of our 13 teams have winning records at the half way point.

At the bottom, the Beach Dudes are buried in the sand at 0-6 and are 260 points off the lead. Reminder that Orange County was a playoff team last year. Also in the category of “what a difference a year makes” is the defending champs: Chicago Mud is 3-2-1 and 10th in overall points.

And finally I’ll take a journalistic “license to whine” moment to point out the Bad New Wildcats: the newly-relocated Connecticut team has been clobbered in a rather unprecendented fashion this season: the last 5 weeks the Wildcats opponents have scored: 92, 92.5, 90, 113, 93.

Week 1 is done, and we begin our typical head-to-head matchups beginning in Week 2.

The winners/losers/sister-kisser for week 1:

DAL 119 – W
KEY 116 – W
CHI 109.5 – W
BOX 106 – W
BOB 82.5 – W
FFL 81.5 – W

MIA 81 – TIE

PHI 74 – L
CTW 68 – L
MER 61 – L
OCD 54.5 – L
NCT 46 – L
HVV 45 – L

For CBS, I then retroactively paired the matchups and re-ran the Week 1 standings so every winning team “played” a losing team. With the exception of Miami — we must mentally note for the standings that Miami has a tie that will not show up in CBS League Standings.

Results of the 2021 FFL-GOO Draft

Continue reading “2021 Draft” →

FFL GOO Protections 2021 Season

BOB
QB Lamar Jackson
RB Nick Chubb [P]
RB David Montgomery
RB James Robinson
WR Keenan Allen
WR D.J. Moore

BOX
QB Dak Prescott [P]
RB Alvin Kamara
RB Dalvin Cook
WR Robert Woods
TE Travis Kelce [F]

CHI
QB Tua Tagovailoa [P]
RB Miles Sanders
RB Jonathan Taylor
WR Tyreek Hill
TE Dareen Waller

CTW
QB Justin Herbert
RB Aaron Jones
RB Kareem Hunt
RB Cam Akers [P]
WR Mike Evans
WR Amari Cooper

DAL
QB Patrick Mahomes
RB Damien Harris [P]
RB JK Dobbins
RB Joe Mixon
WR CeeDee Lamb
WR A.J. Brown

FFL
RB Derrick Henry [F]
RB De’Andre Swift
WR Justin Jefferson
WR Odell Beckham
WR Kenny Golladay [P]
TE George Kittle

HVV
QB Aaron Rodgers
RB Chris Carson
RB Chace Edmunds [P]
WR Allen Robinson [F]
WR Terry McLaurin

KEY
QB Kyler Murray
RB Christian McCaffrey [P]
RB Antonio Gibson
RB Darrell Henderson
WR Michael Thomas
WR Jerry Jeudy 

MER
QB Tom Brady
RB Raheem Mostert
RB Jamaal Williams
RB Gus Edwards [P]
WR Davante Adams [F]
WR Tee Higgins

MIA
QB Joe Burrow
RB Austin Ekeler
RB Clyde Edwards Helaire
WR DeAndre Hopkins
WR Stefan Diggs
WR Chase Claypool [P]

NCT
QB Josh Allen
RB Ezekiel Elliott [F]
RB Leonard Fournette [P]
WR Cooper Kupp
WR Juju Smith-Shuster

OCD
RB Saquon Barkley
RB Mike Davis
WR D.J. Chark
WR Brandon Aiyuk

PHI
QB Deshaun Watson
RB Josh Jacobs
RB Sony Michel [P]
WR Calvin Ridley
WR D.K. Metcalf

With the NFL adding one more week to the season and one more game to each team’s schedule, we have an extra week in FFL to deal with in 2021.

Owner consensus has landed us here: Week 1 of FFL season be total points only, no head-to-head matchups. The top 6 teams get a WIN, the bottom 6 teams get a LOSS, and the #7 team gets a TIE.

Our regular head-to-head schedule will resume in NFL Week 2. Our playoffs will be NFL Weeks 15-16-17, with no changes to the playoff format.

The trade deadline will be pushed back as well: to kickoff Week 12, rather than kickoff Week 11.

Here are the results from the draft lottery. The first 7 picks of the first round will go in this order:

1. MER Mustangs
2. DAL Armadillos
3. FFL Froglickers
4. BOB Big Bang
5. MIA Muffdivers
6. KEY Longfellows
7. CTW Wildcats

The rest of the first round and all subsequent rounds will follow the normal draft order, as published on fflgoo.com

REMINDER: The draft is Tuesday, September 7th at 8pm EST.

The following table shows the 2021 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 “2021 Draft Lottery Chances” →

The division assignments for 2021 are below. (Rule 1.6)

PATERNO DIVISION:
CHI Mud
NCT Thorobreds
DAL Armadillos
MIA Muffdivers

CAPPELLETTI DIVISION:
BOX Blowfish
HVV Violence
FFL Froglickers
BOS Wildcats

ENGLE DIVISION:
PHI Griffins
OCD Beach Dudes
BOB Big Bang
MER Mustangs
KEY Longfellows

Cappelletti Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Streak	Div	PF
BOX*	7	5	0	0.583	0	W1	2-1-0	1217
DAL	5	7	0	0.417	2	L2	3-0-0	973.5
MER	5	7	0	0.417	2	W4	1-2-0	896.5
KEY	2	10	0	0.167	5	L4	0-3-0	784.5
Engle Division
PHI*	8	4	0	0.667	0	W1	2-2-0	999.5
HVV^	8	4	0	0.667	0	W1	3-1-0	972
OCD^	6	6	0	0.500	2	L1	3-1-0	849.5
BOS	5	6	1	0.458	2.5	L2	1-3-0	859
FFL	4	8	0	0.333	4	L1	1-3-0	1002.5
Paterno Division
CHI*	9	3	0	0.750	0	W1	2-1-0	1132
NCT^	8	3	1	0.708	0.5	W3	2-1-0	915.5
BOB	5	7	0	0.417	4	W2	1-2-0	938
MIA	5	7	0	0.417	4	L3	1-2-0	905.5

*Division Winner
^Wild Card

Here’s the regular draft order for the 2021 draft.

Note the first 7 picks of the first round will be determined by lottery. The rest of round 1 and subsequent rounds will follow the order below. The order is determined by worst regular season record thru highest money won. (Rule 5.2)

1. KEY Longfellows (2-10)
2. FFL Froglickers (4-8)
3. MER Mustangs (5-7; 896)
4. MIA Muffdivers (5-7; 905)
5. BOB Big Bang (5-7; 938)
6. DAL Armadillos (5-7; 973)
7. BOS Wildcats (5-6-1)
8. OCD Beach Dudes (min. 160 payout)
9. NCT Thorobreds (175)
10. HVV Violence (200)
11. PHI Griffins (300)
12. BOX Blowfish (570)
13. CHI Mud (685)

It’s been since 2009, eleven consecutive seasons, since Zilb (FFL) had a winning record or won money. This streak is the longest current. It has been eight consecutive seasons for Dan/Ross (OCD) of consecutive seasons without a winning record; though they were in the money the last two.

Mike W/Rich S (NCT) won money and had a winning record for the fifth consecutive season; both the longest such current streaks.  Talk about year-to-year parity, Nick (PHI) is the only other team with consecutive winning seasons, currently at two.

First time Paul/Sam been out of the money two consecutive seasons since 2008-2009. 2008 was the year Sam became co-owner with Paul (who did not win money in 2007 either).  

After three consecutive seasons Terry (KEY) was NOT in the top two overall in points.

KEY went from first in 2019 to worst (13th) in cumulative points this year.  This comparative twelve spot drop was the biggest since Paul (DAL) went from 2nd to14th (2006-2007). The only other times we had a season-to-season drop from worst to first were: Ron/Greg 1st to 14th(1999-2000) and Nibs 1st to 12th (1993-1994).

This is the first time in KEY franchise history they ended up with the fewest total overall points They were the last of our franchises to have had never accomplished this embarrassing dishonor.

CHI (Ron F.) had the biggest comparative point gain going from 11th in 2019 to 2nd this season.

This season marked the first time that owner Ron F. won the most money. This leaves four owners; Eggo, Jim, Dan/Ross and Trz/Chris/Jeff as the only who have yet to attain this lofty feat, with Eggo and Jim being the only two never in the top two in year-end money.

With the new PPR rules and the explosion in offense this season, 1000 points is no longer the barometer of an outstanding season total.  We smashed the cumulative points total as every team but one (KEY) exceeded 1000.  Ron F and Doug both totaled over 1500 points;the next highest was Nick (PHI), far behind at 1313.

The average points per team per game was 73.17, well above the previous season high set in 2018 of 60.72.

PHI lost the Fantasy Bowl for a record 7th time in a record 11 tries. Note:  Only BOX (DougW.), BOS (Ying), and the MUD (twice as the Riot) franchises have has been in the championship that many times; each with seven appearances.

Despite the fact that COVID transactions were complimentary….

             The second most money was spent in total on transactions ever.

Dallas lead the league and broke a league record in transaction spend this season ($111), eclipsing the old mark ($102)set by Ying just last year; in fact In 13 seasons since Sam has returned to league ownership his squad has been in the top three of transaction spend each season (the most 7 times, second most four times, and third twice.)

Ying was tied for fourth in transaction spend.  He has been in the top four in this category every season, except for 1994 (our third year of league existence). 

Eggo spent more on transactions this season than he has ever (just a whopping $34).  Note: Sam and Ying usually spend that much in a single weekend.  Nick also broke a record for all-time franchise transaction spend.

Ron Feldman has not spent less on transactions since 2001 and Rich/Mike have not spent less on transactions since2007; both teams with solid cores and posted winning records this season.

SPECIAL THANKS:

As always Special thanks to Ying for running the draft and website and to Trz for keeping the weekly Excel spreadsheets

FOR THE 29TH STRAIGHT YEAR, THERE WERE AS MANY TEAM VICTORIES AS LOSSES THIS SEASON.

DRAFT LOTTERY TO BEHELD AT FISHER GALA ON SATURDAY, JULY 17. ALL INVITED. STAY TUNED FOR LIVE-STREAMING DETAILS IF YOU CAN NOT ATTEND IN PERSON.

The Boxboro Blowfish entered the final week of the season with a significant lead in the points race, and they stuck the finish — winning the Points Championship.

Here’s the final tally of total points for 2020 season:

1. BOX Blowfish – 1556
2. CHI Mud – 1516.5
3. PHI Griffins -1313
4. HVV Violence – 1309
5. FFL Froglickers – 1307
6. DAL Armadillos – 1275
7. BOB Big Bang – 1233
8. MIA Muffdivers – 1230
9. MER Mustangs – 1206
10. NCT Thorobreds – 1155.5
11. BOS Wildcats – 1109
12. OCD Beach Dudes – 1002.5
13. KEY Longfellows – 959