Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Eplin's biggest lead of the year

This has to be it right?  Eplin jumps out to a sizable lead and then clings on for the rest of the season?  I think so. 

Eplin won the fantasy league in dominating fashion over Hale, while Folden beat Rob in the 3rd place game.

Bonus points for fantasy went like this

Eplin 60
Hale 40
Folden 20
Rob 10

In other news the week 15 bonus of five points went to Munez and Gary, while the week 16 one went to Gary only. 

Joe has a 2 point lead over Folden and 3 over Jim for the lead in the Pro pick'em with one week to go.

Adding all of these bonus points in, for pick'ems, fantasy, and winning survivor, pick'ems, and fantasy here's where each person stands.


Jim 110
Munez 100
Gary 95
Eplin 90
Joe 85
Hale 65
Folden 55
John 35
Rob 30
Adam 25
Colin 15
Shawn 15

In another arena, Every division except the NFC south has been figured out and Hale was the ONLY person to get any points from the NFC West, AFC south and AFC west.  Picking KC to win the west. 

Here are our measly points earned so far.

Munez 60
Voyten 60
Hale 60
rob 45
john 45
eplin 45
Adam 45
Jim 45
folden 45
joe 30
colin 30
gary 30

In any case.  I'm just going to jump into the points.  I have a lot to do before I hit up New Orleans and can't go into much more detail. 

Fantasy + college predictions + pro predictions + college pick'em + bowl pick'em + bonus+pro pick'em

Remember bowl pick'em each game is worth 2 points at this point, so your score is doubled. 

Eplin 150+190+45+136+12+90+150
Rob 135+145+45+133+24+30+155
Hale 120+145+60+119+24+65+152
folden 105+125+45+135+16+55+159
adam 90+130+45+130+22+25+144
colin 90+170+30+131+14+15+150
gary 90+150+30+134+8+95+157
joe 90+170+30+139+20+85+161
jim 90+125+45+140+18+110+158
shawn 75+125+60+133+14+15+148
john 75+165+45+126+14+35+130
munez 60+120+60+141+16+100+153

Totals

Eplin 773
Joe 695
Jim 686
Hale 685
Rob 667
Gary 664
Munez 650
Folden 640
Colin 600
John 590
Adam 586
Shawn 570

so 2nd thru 8th are separated by 55 points.  Me, colin, john, and shawn appear primed to fight it out for dead last. 

The good thing for Eplin is he has amassed a 80 point lead over 2nd.  The bad thing, Joe is in 2nd and on pace to get the 60 point pick'em bonus next week.  Jim is in 3rd overall and on pace to get either the 40 or 20 point bonus. 

The other problem for Eplin is his pro picks.  He will only get 2 divisions, no wildcards, and his superbowl runner up and afc championship loser are all not going to happen. 

His nfc runner up, Atlanta, may not make hte playoffs either. 

Joe also has problems in the NFL predictions.  He has Green bay in the superbowl and the Giants in the nfc championship game.  Also, his wildcards are all done too. 

Jim on the other hand is in a pretty good spot. 

He has Pittsburgh and Seattle as his conference runners up and NE as his superbowl champion still in the mix.  He also has atlana and tennessee as wildcards, and Carolina winning the south. 

Hale is a point behind Jim, and he has Bell and Brown winning the rushing and receiving title.  he'll likely need both of those to happen to have a chance, as well as continue to play strong in the bowl pick'em. 

Each person's chances will be abundantly more clear after this weekend. Until then, Eplin can enjoy the biggest lead he'll have all year.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Update

Hey guys, i wanted to update yinz on what's happened in the past two weeks.  I'm going to be brief on each topic, because there's a lot to cover. 

Fantasy Football

Congrats to Eplin and Hale on reaching the championship game.  The winner earns 60 pts, while the loser earns 40 pts. 

Folden and Rob are playing for points too.  20 pts go to 3rd, 10 to 4th. 

Pick'em

Munez and Gary earned the 5 pt pick'em bonus for week 14.  Good job.  With only 2 weeks left in the Pro Pick'em Folden and Joe sit up at the top, with Jim right behind.  Gary and Rob would need to step it up in the next two weeks to have any chance at the bonus.

Bowl Pick'em

It's obvioulsy early, only 6 games of 41 have been played.  Munez leads with 5 so far.  Most people have at least 3. 

Predictions

This is where we're going to see the big differences this week. 

The college awards were given out, each correct prediction is worth 25 pts.

Heisman - Baker Mayfield (folden, Joe, Colin)
Doak walker - Bryce Love (noone)
Coach of the year, Frost (noone)
butkis award winner (noone)
Biletnikoff award, James Washington, everyone but Munez, Folden and Jim
Thorpe award, Minkah Fitzpatrick (gary)
Maxwell Award Winner - baker mayfield ( me, Jim, Eplin)

That changes our college prediction points to the following:

Eplin 190
Colin 170
Joe 170
John 165
Gary 150
Rob 145
Hale 145
Adam 130
Jim 125
Voyten 125
Folden 125
Munez 120

The only prediction from here that's still available is the National Championship and the Runner up.  Literally every single one of our runner's up is eliminated.  And, everyone had Alabama winning except Folden and Munez.  

PRO PREDICTIONS

Here's where the divisions stand

Pittsburgh, NE, Philadelphia, Minnesota have all clinched. 

Everyone had NE and Pittsburgh.  Me, Munez, folden, and voyten had Phily.  No one had Minnesota.  

Kansas city, Jacksonville, and the Rams each need one more win to clinch.  

NO, Car, or Atlanta can still win the south.  

The wildcard is a mess right now, but here's the truth.

Dallas and Seattle are playing an elimination game this weekend.  

The packers need to win their last two games and need 4 other games to go their way, including the Falcons losing out, or they'll miss the playoffs.  

Oakland is all but mathematically eliminated. 

Otherwise, 

The Browns have officially secured a top 3 pick, which is 15 pts for Jim, shawn, munez, rob, john, eplin, and hale.  


Individual awards. 

Bell has  a 21 yard lead over Kareen Hunt and a 40 over Gurley.  Bell winning would benefit many people.

Brown is going to miss the rest of the regular season and has a 220 yard lead over Hopkins.  Brown was selected by 4 people. 

No one appears in line to get the sacks or int leader.

Here are your totals on those predictions that are in the bag.


Munez 60
Voyten 60
Rob 45
john 45
eplin 45
hale 45
Adam 45
Jim 45
folden 45
joe 30
colin 30
gary 30


Point Totals

This is without the Monday night game or the week bonus in here btw.

Fantasy points + college predictions + pro predictions + college pick'em + pro pick'em + bonus

Eplin 150+190+45+136+138+30
Rob 135+145+45+133+141+20
Hale 120+145+45+119+140+25
Folden 105+125+45+135+148+35
Adam 90+130+45+130+131+25
Colin 90+170+30+131+139+15
Gary 90+150+30+134+142+90
Joe 90+170+30+139+147+85
Jim 90+125+45+140+145+110
Shawn 75+125+60+133+135+15
John 75+165+45+126+118+35
Munez 50+120+60+141+140+100



Eplin 689
Joe 661
Jim 655
Gary 636
Rob 619
Munez 611
Hale 594
Folden 593
Colin 575
John 564
Adam 551
Shawn 543

So, Eplin leads from his strong showing in the college predictions and fantasy.  Since our last update He's opened up a little bit more of a lead, and he's guaranteed either 40 or 60 pts from the fantasy championship this weekend.

Joe and Jim flip flopped keeping an incredibly close 2nd place race.

Munez dropped from 4th to 6th, Gary and Rob jumping him. 

Colin and John swapped 9th and 10, and Shawn and I swapped 11th and 12th. 

After next week Eplin will probably have a 60 to 80 point lead, and he'll just try to hold off the competition.  Until then, party on.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Big Ass Update

This is the biggest update of the year.  Where you can start to see if you're in contention or not.  Let's go through the points.


Congrats to Munez on winning the College Pick'em.  His 141 narrowly beat Jim at 140 and Joe at 139. 

The College bonus goes as follows

Munez 60 pts
Jim 40 pts
Joe 20 pts
Eplin 10 pts.

Joe, Rob, and Shawn each earned the last 10 point bonus of the year with 16 correct predictions.  

These are everyone's final scores in the college pick'em

Munez 141
Jim 140
Joe  139
Eplin 136
Folden 135
Gary  134
Rob 133 
Shawn 133
Colin 131
Adam 130 
John 126
Hale 119

Fantasy Football

The playoffs are set.  Previously Eplin, Rob, Hale, and Folden were in, and here's how the final spots shook out.  

Jim lost his game, Gary lost his game, and I lost my game.  all 3 of us were at 6-6.  Colin won at 5-7 to jump to 6-7.  Joe won to go at 6-7 as well.  

That leaves 5 of us tied at 6-7 with 2 playoff spots available.  Through the point tie breaker that puts me and Colin in.  

Here are your playoff seeds

1 Eplin
BYE

4 Folden
5 Adam

3 Hale
6 Colin

BYE
2 Rob

Munez received the final 5 point bonus. 

COLLEGE PREDICTIONS

Final four

Bama - picked by everyone
Georgia - no one
Oklahoma - Hale, Munez
Clemson - No one


ACC: CLEMSON - No one had them.
SEC: GEORGIA - No one had them
Conference USA:  FAU - No one had them
AAC: UCF - No one had them

Sun belt - Troy & App St - Everyone had them
Pac 12 - USC - Everyone had them

MAC: Toledo - everyone but Munez
Big 10: Ohio State - Folden, Joe, Munez, Colin, John, Eplin, Gary
Big 12: Oklahoma - Colin, Rob, Jim, Hale, Eplin
Mountain West:  Boise st - Voyten, Joe, Munez, Rob, John, Eplin.

The only pre season top 10 team to fall out of the top 10 were Michigan and Florida St.  John picked Michigan, well done.

UCF finished #10 as the highest unranked team.  TCU and Notre Dame were close behind.  This wa picked by no one.  

Point totals in this. 

John 140
Eplin 140
Joe 120
Munez 120
Hale 120
Colin 120
Rob 120
Voyten 100
Folden 100 
Jim 100
Gary 100
Adam - 80


Bonus Points.

So the bonus points are the weekly bonus for pick'em and fantasy, the college season bonus and the survivor pool bonus.  As of now that's a total of 575 points and here is how they've been divided up.  

Jim 110
Munez 95
Gary 85
Joe 85
John 35
Folden 35Finaliz
Eplin 30
Adam 25
Hale 25
Rob 20
Colin 15
Shawn 15

Next is the overall scores, which will have all of the previous listed points, but adding in the Pro pick'em as of now.  


fantasy + pro pick + college pick + college predictions + bonus = total

Eplin 150+119+136+140+30
Rob 135+123+133+120+20
Hale 120+120+119+120+25
Folden 105+127+135+100+35
Adam 90+114+130+80+25
Colin 90+118+131+120+15
Gary 90+122+134+100+85
Joe 90+126+139+120+85
Jim 90+123+140+100+110
Shawn 75+117+133+100+15
John 75+111+126+140+35
Munez 60+119+141+120+95

Overall Totals

1. Eplin 575
2. Jim 563
3. Joe 560
4. Munez 535
5. Gary 531
5. Rob 531
7. Hale 504
8. Folden 502
9. John 487
10. Colin 474
11. Shawn 440
12. Adam 439

It's incredibly tight between our top 5 teams.  This means the college awards, pro pick'em bonus, and fantasy bonus are going to mean a lot.  4 of the 6 tams in the fantasy playoffs are in the bottom half of the standings, which is bizarre for us.  

This also puts a lot of importance on our Pro Predictions.  Those should start coming in as early as next week.  Pittsburgh, New england, and Philadelphia, and Minnesota can all clinch, I believe. I'll be putting together the bowl pick'em as soon as Yahoo makes it available.  And after that I probably won't be back for another update for 2 weeks, but I'll probably update on the 19th.