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This is a website I have been using for a while now and some of the information they present is simply awesome.  It includes clinching scenarios for playoff seeds, eliminations scenarios for those same seeds, losing and winning magic numbers, and some model based percentages of how the league will play out on a conference and divisional level.  The look of the site is very plain and simple but make sure to browse around each of the options on the left and you'll find the content they do have is pretty outstanding.

League News

  • More to come...
  • News (Jan 20th): Click Here for Conference Ballot to predict now!
  • Update (Jan 13th): Be advised that results from the playoffs will be released following the Pro-Bowl, and they will be found in this thread instead of in their respective ballot posts.
  • News (Jan 13th): Click Here for Divisional Ballot to predict now!
  • News (Jan 5th): Click Here for Wildcard Ballot to predict now!
  • News (Jan 5th): Wildcard Predictions are Open and Playoff Predictions are Officially Closed! 
  • News (Jan 5th): Congratulations to 'brawl4life' our Week 17 winner! Back to back weekly wins, well done.
  • Update (Jan 2nd): Please note that Playoff Predictions and the points awarded from them will not be revealed until the update following the superbowl.  Also note that weekly predictions will continue throughout the playoffs and that playoff weeks will be open for corrections until the end of the season (ie I'll keep these PMs around until the very end).  Finally there will be a one week corrections period following the completion of the superbowl before results will be final.
  • News (Jan 2nd): Week 17 Predictions are Open and Playoff Predictions are Officially Closed! 
  • News (Jan 2nd): Congratulations to 'brawl4life' our Week 16 winner!
  • News (Dec 24th): Week 16 Predictions are Open and Playoff Predictions are Officially Closed as of Kickoff Friday Night! 
  • News (Dec 24th): Congratulations to 'allaboutthegames885' our Week 15 winner! After a very close finish last week..it wasn't even close this time.
  • News (Dec 16th): Week 15 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are now by request only! 
  • News (Dec 16th): Congratulations to 'MrStickball' our Week 14 winner! He was in a 3-way tie with 'allaboutthegames885' and 'nordlead'.  'nordlead' fell first in tiebreakers being 15 pts off on the Monday Night tiebreaker.  But 'allabouthegames885' actually predicted the same MNF score as he did and the ultimate tie-breaker came down to the time of submission with MrStickball winning out by a measily 6 hours...unbelievable. Congratulations goes to all three who had a fantastic and excitingly close week.
  • News (Dec 9th): Week 14 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are now by request only! 
  • News (Dec 9th): Congratulations to 'Nordlead' our Week 13 winner!
  • News (Dec 2nd): Week 13 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are now by request only! 
  • News (Dec 2nd): Congratulations to 'allaboutthegames885' our Week 12 winner! Congratulations also to our several runners up who lost in the first tiebreaker (ie MNF score), including yours truly who would have won if either (or both) teams hadn't missed a FG (bastards!).
  • News (Nov 18th): Week 12 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are now by request only! 
  • News (Nov 18th): Congratulations to 'brawl4life' our Week 11 winner!
  • League Alert (Nov 18th): For the remainder of the season (except Week 17) there will be at least one Thursday (Weeks 11 through 15) or Friday (Week 16) night game.  Please remember to adjust your submission times accordingly.
  • News (Nov 18th): Week 11 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are now by request only! 
  • News (Nov 18th): Congratulations to 'ManustJustus' our Week 10 winner!
  • News (Nov 9th): Week 10 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are still being accepted! 
  • News (Nov 9th): Congratulations to 'markers' our Week 9 winner! Congratulations also to 'Bursche' who almost had our first back-to-back win of the season but came up just short on the MNF tie-breaker.
  • News (Nov 4th): Week 9 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are still being accepted! 
  • News (Nov 4th): Congratulations to 'Bursche' our Week 8 winner!
  • News (Oct 26th): Week 8 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are still being accepted! 
  • News (Oct 26th): Congratulations to 'Machina-AX' our Week 7 winner! 
  • News (Oct 19th): Week 7 Predictions are Open and Late Playoff Predictions are still being accepted! 
  • News (Oct 19th): Congratulations to 'brawl4life' our Week 6 winner! Congratulations also to 'LvHt_Shadow' who was barely beat out in the first tie-breaker by a single point.
  • News (Oct 13th): Week 6 Predictions AND Playoff Predictions are Open! 
  • News (Oct 13th): Congratulations to 'SlumsofOhio' our Week 5 winner!
  • Update (Oct 12th): ***PLAYOFF RULES*** ALL LEAGUE MEMBERS SHOULD READ THIS!
  • Update (Oct 6th): Please note that there was a mishap in getting week 4 picks for some players into the spreadsheet.  While most were uneffected by the issue it did change who won the week 4 contest.  I'm not entirely sure where the mishap came from, but please make sure to check that your picks are listed now.  If they aren't you need to PM me ASAP.  Finally just to be clear, every issue created by the mishap has been corrected completely and everything is as it would have been had no problem occured (thanks to good record-keeping).
  • News (Oct 5th): Week 5 Predictions are Open!
  • News (Oct 5th): Congratulations to 'nextgreatchamp' our Week 4 winner!  Congratulations also to allaboutthegames885 who was barely beat out in the first tie-breaker and is ahead in the Season standings by 2 points.
  • Update (Oct 3rd): Please note that you can select a game to end in a tie and that it is worth 2 points if the pick is correct.  When you submit it just make sure that you clearly and unambigously mark that you are selecting a tie (ie put a "T" next to both teams).
  • News (Sep 28th): Week 4 Predictions are Open!
  • News (Sep 28th): Congratulations to 'markers' our Week 3 winner! Congratulations also to SlumsofOhio and Nordlead who were just barely edged out in the total points tiebreaker.
  • News (Sep 27th): Week 3 More Tiebreaker Info - Those tied going into MNF in week 3 should read the post linked to here.  We only have so much time for corrections and rules explanations so the sooner you look at this and formulate a plan of action the better.  Also I will be updating the pick board with any/all changes I recieve ASAP so that the rest of those tied will have a chance to see the adjustment and react to it (at some point we run out of time though and there is no gauruntee that you will know about an opponents changes before it is too late to make your own, so act accordingly).
  • Bews (Sep 21st): Week 3 Predictions are Open!
  • News (Sep 21st): Congratulations to 'Onyxmeth' our Week 2 winner!
  • Update (Sep 15th): I fixed an error in my spreadsheet while finishing the week 1 scores.  Missing predictions now count as losses like they should.  This will not effect points at all however since rankings are based on wins > MNF points total > Time of pick submission.  In short, missing a prediction should not be, and is not, worth a tiebreaker at any level.
  • News (Sep 14th): Week 2 Predictions are Open!
  • News (Sep 28th): Congratulations to 'allaboutthegames885' our Week 1 winner!
  • Update (Sep 14th): Playoff prediction rules are being discussed below, please make sure to look it over and raise any questions and/or concerns you have before the end of Week 2 when I finalize those rules.
  • News (Sep 10th): Week 1 has started! TEN @ PIT on Thursday night is no longer open for predictions.  You can still submit for the rest of the week's games so get them in before sunday folks!
  • Update (Sep 8th): I grabbed the rules from last year and updated them slightly for the new season, please make sure you read them.
  • News (Sep 8th): Week 1 Predictions are Open!
  • News (Sep 8th): League Created

Everyone please read the rules before taking part, otherwise you may find that your picks aren't counted for one reason or another.


The rules: (important stuff in bold)

1 - All you need to do is copy & paste the template list of games below and choose the team you think will win each match. To signify your choice place the W (which is in the away team column by default) into the column next to the team you believe will win. Remember that if you put your cursor in the text box and hit Ctrl+A it will select everything in the box.  Then you can copy/paste the ballot as is into a PM and make the adjustments needed to reflect your predictions.

2 - Then send your picks to me via pm (click here) before the deadline - This is crucial - the site doesn't leave a time stamp when someone edits their post so you must pm your picks to me. You may also post them in this thread as well so that others can see your picks, but I will not count the picks you make in your post - only those sent to me via pm are counted.

3 - Also, guess the total score for the monday night game each week. This will allow us to have a weekly league winner, and will resolve who wins in the event of a tie for the most correct picks. Since there are 2 monday night games in Week 1 we will specify BUF @ NE as the tie-breaker prediction game for week 1.  Additionally there is no Week 17 monday night game, thus the TEN @ SEA game in Week 17 will be the tiebreaker game for that week.  All other tiebreakers for Week's 2 through 16 will be the one and only monday night game that week.

4 - The deadline for all games is kickoff.

5 - The person with the most points after the superbowl wins, simple as that. In the event of a tie for most points & wins, the person with the least amount of losses is the winner. If there is a tie for the most amount of points & wins and least amount of losses, the person with the most weeks at No.1 wins. If still tied then the person with the most weekly league wins is the winner.

i.e Points>Wins>Losses>Weeks at No.1 (based on total points)>Weekly wins>Contest wins.

Scores Current through Conference Championships

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Individual Weekly Results

  Regular Season1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17

Playoffs: Wildcard Round - Divisional Playoffs - Conference Championships - Super Bowl

Super Detailed Tie-Breaker Rules (Not everyone needs to read these):

The weekly tiebreaker, if needed, will be determined by first looking at all those tied for the most correct predictions (including the Monday night game).  This means a person ahead by one game going into monday night might find themselves in a tiebreaker if they predict the wrong winner and the person 1 game back predicts the correct one.  Among those tied, whoever is closest to the total points scored in the monday night game is the winner regardless of whether they predicted the correct outcome for the game (they were already penalised for getting it wrong in the overall tally, so penalising again is double jeopardy). If there is still a tie the person who got their predictions to me first will be declared the winner (this is because making early predictions is a disadvantage).

 

 

 

Note: The kickoff times listed in the prediction ballot are for Eastern Standard Time (EST) and are for approximation only.  I will be checking submission times against the actual kickoff time in cases where it is close and will be applying the rule down to the minute with a 1:03 pick submission time being the latest valid entry for a 1:03 kickoff (in other words please try to get your picks in at least 5 minutes before kickoff so you're not late by a mere minute - yes it is harsh but there has to be a hard cutoff to be fair to everyone playing and this is the one we are using). I will always have my picks up before Wednesday (I'll usually do it Monday night after I tally points) but for the purposes of tiebreakers I will treat my picks as having been posted at 5PM on Wednesday so that I don't automatically have the tiebreaker over everyone else. 

In the event of someone going on vacation (or really any decent reason at all) I will accept picks for 2 weeks (the current and the next) in order to accomodate, however the next week's picks will be treated as a Wednesday 6PM submission for tiebreaking purposes.  Please only do this if you actually need to, the less stuff I have to remember the better for everyone!

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a fun and entertaining season and I hope your favorite team loses to mine!

 

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