Football God 9/22 Update

So, we're three weeks in and I figured it's time for the first real update of the year.  

The NFL was a bit topsy-turvey this week as nearly all of the most picked teams in the survivor pool took a nosedive.  

In Week 1, Jim was the only person lose his game, with Indi getting spanked by the bills.  

Week 2 was no different for the Colts, or Jim for that matter.  The Colts lost to the Jets, giving Civ his first strike of the year.  The Saints Lost to the Bucs giving Colin, Eplin, Me, Joe, and Rob our first strikes.  The Saints loss also knocked Jim out of the Survivor Pool already. 1 Man down 11 remain.  

Geiss and Shawn are the only two people who survived the first two weeks without a strike against them, putting them in early position to earn the 40 point bonus.  

The Pick'em Bonus in Week three went to Gary, Munez and Colin, each getting 20 correct combined picks.  Rob raped through the NFL pick'em but couldn't keep it up in his College Picks, finishing with 19 points.  

Overall in the Pick'em thus far, Rob leads the NFL pick'em by 2 points over a gaggle of people. 

In the College Pick'em Gary has a 1 point lead over Munez, 

Fantasy Football has started off with four 2-0 teams, four 1-1 teams, and four 0-2 teams.  

Jim has set the pace by beating ass in both of his first two games. Folden, Eplin, and Voyten also come in at 2-0

Rob, Gary, Geiss, and Colin are all at 1-1.  Rob's team was the big point scorer of the week, scoring nearly 40 points more than the second closest person.  

In the back at 0-2 are Myself, Civ, Joe, and Munez.  

I'm not going to give a point update for another two or three works.  We'll work on old BCS rules here.  

At this point the best thing you can do is stay the pace, and not end up with your entire team hurt like the Cowboys.  That Super Bowl pick is looking rough for you right now Munez.  

Football God 9/16 Update

First week of the regular NFL season done, second week of the college football season done.  Let's get a short idea of where we stand.

Week 1 college pick'em bonus (5 points) was a tie between Eplin, Geiss, and myself.  Last week, Eplin texted me, upset that he didn't realize we were picking college against the spread.  Said he would have changed a few picks.  

Two things about this.  #1 Eplin's the only person I've ever seen who complained after winning a week.  #2  In week two, when he knew we were picking against the spread, he finished in dead last place.  Maybe you should go back to being unaware, David.  

Week 2 combined pick'em bonus was won by me, I scored a combined 24 points.  Jim was right behind with 23. 

Week 1 of Fantasy Football went as follows.

Folden put a SPANKING on Civ.  

Eplin beat Rob.

Jim beat Me.

Gary beat Joe

Voyten kicked the living shit out of Geiss

Colin beat Munez

In the Survivor Pool, everyone lasted through week 1 without getting a strike.  Exceepppppttt Jim.  Jim picked the Colts, who flew to Buffalo to get on their knees and give the Bills the most submissive rimjob I've ever seen. 

No point updates this week.  Would be a waste of time this early.  

Preseason Predictions

Here are everyone's picks for the season.  I'm also going to send a copy through email so you can look more closely if you like.  But, if you're ever curious who everyone has, bookmark this link and take a look.  

If you click on each image, it pulls up the whole thing. 

Football God VIII Season Preview & Introductions

Welcome back to our latest season of Football God.  This is our 8th installment, which I have been eagerly anticipating.  Before we get to our particpant introductions.  Let's go over the main story lines of the off season?

Survivor Pool

For the first time in a long time, we have added a new way to score points.  Just to remember the rules, you pick one team a week that you think is a "lock" to win their game.  Once you've picked that team you cannot pick them again the rest of the season.

There is also a two strike policy in this league, meaning that if you lose one game you can still play until you lose again.  I'm really excited to see how this plays out.

Remember, this is a winner take all pool for points.

Can Joe 3Peat?

Joe became the 3rd two-time champion in league history last year, but the first to do it in back to back years.  I have to admit, I'm actively routing for anyone other than Joe to win this year.

Who will finish last?

John has had a strangehold over last place in Football God, finishing in dead fucking last every year from 2011-2014.  Who will step up...or step down and win the John McLane honorary last place trophy this year?  Only time will tell.

Now, onto this seasons players.

Two Time Defending Champion: Joe McLane

Football God History:

2009: 5th
2010: 5th
2011: 2nd
2012: 4th
2013: 1st
2014: 1st

That's a pretty stellar resume.  Joe has never fallen below the halfway point in 6 years of Football God.

2014 Runner Up: Rob Klingensmith

2010: 10th
2012: 7th
2013: 3rd
2014: 2nd

It took rob a couple of years to find his footing in this league, but he's finished in the money the last couple of years.

2014 finisher in the money: Gary Yingst

2014: 3rd place

Gary come out in his first year of Football God and showed us what it's like.  Very impressive debut for someone to come in without knowing the intricacies of the league and navigate their way into a money finish.

2008 & 2010 Champion: Anthony Folden

2008: 1st
2009: 3rd
2010: 1st
2011: 9th
2012: 3rd
2013 8th
2014: 11th

Folden has been mostly consistent throughout his Football God history.  Either consistenly in the money, or consistently terrible.  There hasn't been a whole lot of middle ground for this guy.  He's picking first in the draft this year, so maybe things will turn around for him.


2009 & 2012 Champion: Adam Johnson

2008: 4th
2009: 1st
2010: 2nd
2011: 8th
2012: 1st
2013: 7th
2014: 6th

I've won this thing a couple of times, and had a 2nd place finish, but other than that I've had a few not so good finishes.  After a 7th place and 6th place the last couple of years, I need to step it the fuck up.

2011 Champion: Shawn Voyten

There are only like 5 photos of Shawn on the internet, so I had to improvise

2009: 2nd

2010: 8th

2011: 1st

2012: 8th

2013: 6th

2014: 8th 

Shawn was a force to reckon with his first few years in Football God, but he's fallen off the last couple of years.  Maybe he gets back on track this year. 

Jim Rowing

2008: 3rd

2009: 6th

2010: 4th

2011: 3rd

2012: 9th

2013: 5th

2014: 5th

Other than a 9th place finish in 2012, Jim has been really consistent.  He's constantly finishing close to the money, or just in the money without getting over the top to the championship.  Jim is 1 of only 3 (myself and Folden being the others), to compete in Football God every year.  

Daniel Geissler

right before a brutal pancake block

2008: 2nd

2009: 7th

2010: 9th

2011: 6th

2014: 9th

Geiss is back for his 2nd year after a hiatus.  Geiss is the 4th of the originals, and other than a runner up his first year, he's had trouble getting to the top of the leaderboard.  If this picture says anything, Geiss has been training all year.

Chris Coldsmith (Munez)

2009: 4th

2011: 11th

2012: 6th

2013: 9th

2014: 4th

Munez had a few tough years in football god, but finished just outside of the money last year.  He was only 18 points from 3rd adn 32 points from 2nd, so he may be fending for the title this year.

Expansion Teams

David Eplin

Eplin is a recent transplant to Nashville, TN.  He spend some time in Pittsburgh and Morgantown, after growing up in downstate WV.  Many of us know him through a friendship he made with Joe at Pharmacy school.

Matt Cvitkovic (Civ)

Matt hails from Pittsburgh, born and raised in Pittsburgh.  Many of us in the league know him from Edinboro University.  He is recently wed, and a big drinker of Twisted Tea.

And, with no further adieu, my prediction for the 2015 Football God winner.

Colin Reilly

2009: 9th

2011: 10th

2012: 2nd

2013: 2nd

2014: 7th

Colin put together back to back 2nd place finishes, both times it coming down to the Super Bowl itself to decide the champion.  Colin took a step back last year, but with him constantly being competitive in the pick'em and fantasy portion of the league, I think this is the year he puts it all together and gets himself a championship

2015 Predictions:

#1 Colin Reilly

#2 Joe

#3 Folden

#4 Adam

#5 Voyten

#6 Geiss

#7 Jim

#8 Munez

#9 Rob

#10 Eplin

#11 Rob

#12 Civ

No reason to predict Civ for last other than he's the last one to sign up for the leagues.  So i'm just making a guess.

As far as my predictions last year.  I did pretty well near the top.  I had Joe, Gary, Munez, and Shawn in my top 4, 3 of which came true.  I also had John finishing in dead last.  But, come on.  That's the easiest bet you could make.  I'm going to miss bashing him in these.

Good luck to everyone this year.  Should be a crazy fun season.  Let's amp up the shit talk in the facebook group, you fucking pussies.  

Football God VIII Rules

Welcome to another year of Football God.  We have 10 returning players this year, and two brand new players.  Those are Will Barnes and Matt Cvitkovic.  I'll start with some basic rules, most of which are copy and pasted from last year.

Here is how you win the Football God Championship.

You need to have the most cumulative points between several different categories.

Fantasy Football
College Weekly Pick'em
Pro Weekly Pick'em
Preseason Predictions.

Survival Pool

There is a NEW way to win points this year.  We will be doing a Survival/Suicide pool (depending on which name you know it by.)

The way this works is you pick one team every week to win a game.  Once you've used a team you cannot use them again the rest of the season.  If you pick a team and they lose, you are eliminated for the season.

There are only two ways to win points in this Survival Pool.  If you are the last person standing, you will win 50 Points.  However, if you and one other person lose on the same week, noone will receive any points.  The only other way to win points, is if you make it all 17 weeks without losing and there is another person who does the same.  In that event, any parties that make it to the end of the season will receive the full 50 points.

Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football scoring will go the same as it did last year.

There will be 12 teams, with the top 6 getting a playoff spot.

You receive 10 points for every regular season win.
You will receive 20 points for playoff wins
The top 2 regular season players will receive a first round bye that also wins them 20 points
If you win the Fantasy Championship you will receive a 50 points.

The draft order goes in reverse of last year's final standings.  With Will and Civ going to the back of the draft order since they are new players.  I flipped a coin for Will and Civ's draft position to make it easy.  That makes our draft order this year as follows.

#1 Folden
#2 Geiss
#3 Shawn
#4 Colin
#5 Adam
#6 Jim
#7 Munez
#8 Gary
#9 Rob
#10 Joe
#11 Civ
#12 Will

As always this will be a snaking draft, so Will has the last pick of the 1st round and the first pick of the second round.  Feel free to trade draft picks if you want.

PRO & COLLEGE PICK'EM

Pro Pick'em and College Pick'em will work the same as last year.  You will receive one point for every game you predict correctly.  As well as a bonus every week that you have the highest combined total of games picked correctly between college and pro.  When only college or pro are playing (college in august, Pros in December) there will be a 5 point bonus.  The Winner of each Pro and College Pick'em will receive 50 points.  We will not be picking against the spread in the Pro Pick'em this year.

Bowl Pick'em

The bowl pick'em will go the same as last year, with the winner receiving 25 points.

PRESEASON PREDICTIONS

I will send out the Template for Preseason Predictions next week, once I work the bugs out.  10 of the 12 of us know how this works already, so Will and Civ, feel free to ask me any questions once this gets going.



MONEY
The league dues will be $40 again this year, so please mail them to me at 1441 Potomac Ave Apt#2 Pittsburgh, PA 15216.

If you want to give it to me in person that's fine but please do not hand me cash or send me cash in the mail.  Everything in check form please.

Lastly, we need to lock down a date to do the Fantasy Draft.  We will do it online as always.  The Season starts on Thursday September 10th.  I'd like to have the draft on Sunday September 2nd.  Does that work for everyone?

There will be lots of email requests to join each of the pick'em leagues, survival pool, and the template to fill out.  To the new guys, there is a lot that goes on at the beginning but once the season starts, it's just a matter of making picks for games, and setting a fantasy lineup.  So don't get discouraged.

I'll do my yearly introduction post in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime.  Email me any questions you have.

Football God Final Standings

Here are your final standings.  Munez jumped back into the mix with the Patriots winning, but he unfortunately fell a little bit short.

1. Joe 898
2. Rob  834
3. Gary 820
4. Munez 802
5. Jim 796
6. Adam 782
7. Colin 755
8. Shawn 728
9. Geiss 696
10. Andrew 671
11. Folden 638
12. John 409

Congrats to Joe on his 2nd consecutive championship.  Congrats to Rob on finishing in the money 2 years in a row.  Congrats to Gary for placing in the money in his first year.  

Good season to everyone.  I'll be in touch with you guys about your winnings. See you all next year. 

2-1 Point Upate

Here are the point updates after yesterday's awards show.

1. Joe 898
2. Rob  834
3. Gary 810
3. Jim 796
5. Adam 782
6. Munez 762
7. Colin 745
8. Shawn 718
9. Geiss 696
10. Andrew 671
11. Folden 638
12. John 409

Final Standings will come out tomorrow.