AWESOME NFC NORTH
the 2010 season is here.
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Welcome Aboard ! We are back for our 8th straight season of defensive style action. Since I was primarily a defensive coach and a defensive style of coach while I was head coaching, I cannot stand to go through an entire year without playing at least some decent fantasy D ball during my physical setbacks. There are some super fellow players here this year who have offered to take over as commissioner for me during my series of spinal operations which will probably be mid-season. So, we can go ahead and continue our tradition!!! YEA! Thanks Guys! This year we must drop the pay ins for any type of prize league and keep things simple. Although I will reward our league champ again with a NFL Tshirt. For 2nd thru 5th maybe you guys can think of something. I am also cutting out the commish's cigar awards (too much work). But hey it'll be fun, we've got some better software this year and some really good people playing with us! So go ahead and sign in and let's play some ball!
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OLD NEWS BELOW
Week 15 (December 19th) will start our playoffs and Week 18 (January 9th) will start a new league for the NFL playoffs.
Week 15 will start our playoffs and yes EVERYBODY will get to play. In addition to an 8 team championship bracket we are also featuring an 8 team consolation bracket. There is a 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th 15th, and 17th place bracket. That is the way it is done in real life football and basketball tournaments and that is the way we'll do it here. That means EVERY TEAM plays EVERY WEEK, win or lose. You control your own destiny, not the computer software.
Week 18 (Jan. 9th.) Gives everybody a fresh start with the NFL playoffs, so if you are not doing so well in the regular season in the TFL there is a brand new season on the horizon.
Communications: If for some reason you are not staying up to date on things it is possible over the past few months you have changed your league home page by customizing it? Well go back to Customize Page and click on "Commissioner's View". ... ALSO to Get rid of unwanted automated e mails from league, Go to FOR OWNERS>> FRANCHISE SETUP>>CONTACT INFO>> then go to lowest yellow area and unclick all boxes unless you really want them.> then click on SAVE FRANCHISE INFORMATION. It is important you receive emails from me directly, I don't send out junk. Your Inbox will be labeled from "Allen's", Please always accept it.
Other than the problems with the program I suggested earlier called "Gameday" which actually shut some of your guys operating systems down there are also numerous other problems with this pay service I bought this year for you guys and I apologize for their screw-ups. I will not be using their service next year. I could write much better software. Their system is very antiquated with a ton of add ons to it to make it look nice but it just doesn't work as good as even some of the free services out there. At aprx. $60 cost I cannot see using it again for all the trouble we have had with it. I am also keeping all records by hand for the playoffs, just in case of any screw ups done by the software. I have run super-fair leagues since pre-computer days and I will continue to do so. Please always help me by complaining to the "help center" first. Then go ahead and notify me by e mail and never on the message board as it upsets other players usually for no reason. Keep in mind I am low on blood due to my recent medical emergency due to my long term spinal complications. I was actually working every day (outdoor job) until I passed out 12/9. Check for your mistakes first, usually roster maxs and mins. then report to help center, that's what we're paying them for. ALSO Every score has been checked of every game by me personally and so has the seeding and playoff schedules. There will be NO mistakes here.
Again we have $160 in the pot this year and that total amount will be given out in prizes 100% with no charge for the service. I also am donating a $25 NFL t-shirt as usual and about $20 in postage and print outs for frameable certificates. Please always read the league newsletter. The news inside it makes this league what it is.
Commissioner E Mail contact here
League address is http://www20.myfantasyleague.com/2009/home/50765
Prize page URL Playoff Prizes
We are a prize league
Keep this URL handy in your favorites as well as writing it down along with your league password at Myfantasyleague.com League # 50765
6 teams in the Truetesters Football League went over 200 points this week!
Shocking the TFL this week, the Bloodhounds of Tampa scored an amazing 293 points setting the all time TFL record!!! Breaking the 254 scored by the Naked Bootleggers in week 1. Charles Woodsen was the leading defensive scorer this week in the league and led the Bloodhounds with 41 points while beating the Bama Bangers 293-152. 7 players had at least 20 points apiece for Coach Franco's Hounds. ................................................................................ 11 points behind the Bloodhounds, The Lambeau Leapers set the second highest score of this league with 282 points beating the Browns Backers 282-176. The Leapers had already totaled 138 points by Thanksgiving night mainly due to Green Bay's performance. 7 players topped the 20 pt. mark for Coach Willy's squad. ................................................ The Valhalla Vikings also scored the best game of their season with a win over the Iowa Illusion 244-201. Brad "Does my beard look OK Brett?" Childress led the club with 28 points. Amidst many other Viking starters. K. Moreno RB led the Iowa Illusion with 24. Both of these teams coaches are Minnesota fans but we still let em in this year. ........................................................................ Mathew's Shooters shot down FourDreams 242-200. Phillip Rivers had 31 pints for the Shooters and Drew Brees led the TFL this week with 44 with FourDreams. .......................................................................................... The ASU Mountaineers beat the FLA Lifestyle 181-147, The Wisconsin Violators bested our Naked Bootleggers 157-103. ................................. And returning back as our undisputed leader currently in the TFL, Coach Tim "the trading machine" Hegerfeld's Monsters of the Midway bested OF's Cowboys 184-150. Monsters are now 9-3. .........................
Where did the time go? We are already approaching week 13!!! Would everyone like to play into February? Your wish is my command. Everyone will play in the playoffs this year. So even if you are in last place now you could still win the Consolation Championship! Our playoffs will start week 15 and finish week 17. .... Then there is a week 18, 19 20 and 21 also! It's the Truetesters Playoff League and everybody here plays. I will also be sending out e mails to everyone here for your vote in the Best Team Name and Logo combination poll. See the home page and prize page both for more info.
In other news, Mathews Shooters leads the NFL pickems with 121 wins. The Bloodhounds are battling it out with the Iowa Illusion heading into week 13 in the Survivor Pool. The Pumpkins tied the Pecans with a pair of field goals in the Pie Poll. ...............................................................................
Team Rivalries and Scheduling: Do you have a team you really want to play at least once this season? E mail the commish ASAP. Since we have more teams than regular season weeks you might not play every team this season. But get your requests in now, and we'll be sure to do it. Also if you'd like to make suggestions for teams other than yourself, we'd like to hear them. Week 6 will be the last week for byes in our league. The 6 teams who had them will get a double header week near regular seasons end.
Team Names and Logos: You may change them now, add to your home team page etc. We will have have an award for that combo by league voting mid season. So keep that in the back of your mind. The team with the most votes for the best team name and logo combination wins the first Commissioner's Cigar Award of the year.
Roster maximums have been set per position. See Below
Roster expansion is set for September 21st to 8 bench players. You may add 3 more players to your roster after Week 2's games are finished. This will be the final roster expansion of the season if we keep all 17 teams. Waivers will be one extra day longer this week. So if you've been eyeing out a few players you really wanted but didn't have the space, you will now.
Communications
If your computer or internet is down, there's no need to freak. I can set your line up by phone. Make sure everyone writes my (Commissioner Willy's) phone number down. It is listed under my team name many places on the league contact pages. Lambeau Leapers > Main> Daytime/Nighttime Phone. I will be glad to set your rosters for the week, request waivers, whatever. It's no problem. Just leave a detailed message if I'm not there.
WEEK 11 Action
Congratulations in high respects go out to the following teams: Franco's Bloodhounds who beat our league leader Monsters of the Midway 229-212. The Bloodhounds led the league in points this week and the Monsters weren't far behind. The Midway falls to 8-3 and the Bloodhounds are now just a game back at 7-4........................Coach Norm's Florida Lifestyle who beat the Iowa Illusion 213-209 in the TFL's game of the week. It was the best performance of the season so far for Florida. The Lifers won both ends of their doubleheader and the Iowa illusion split the DH in winning the Hardhittas 209-177. .......................... The hhiBrownsBackers now share the lead in the TFL with the Midwaymen as they stomped OF's Cowboys 213-127. ............................. The Leapers of Lambeau won 2 in their DH beating Rodgerspack and the ASU Mountaineers. ....................Mike's Violators won a very tough game against Fourdreams 197-189 and the Valhalla Vikings finished in 2nd in points this week beating RodgersPack 222-160, they are now 7-4. ...............................................................................................................Congratulations also to the Iowa Illusion and the Bloodhounds who are the only guys left in the Survivor Pool!!! Mathews Shooters lead the NFL Pickems with 109, that makes them at about 10 wins per week!!!! Way to go Jason!
IN WEEK 10 ACTION
The Valhalla Vikings led the TFL this week with 234 points beating the 5-4 Fourdreams Machine 234-192. Adriian Peterson had 34 for the Vikings who now go to 6-4 and are 2nd place in the Paydirt Division tied with the Bloodhounds and 2 games back of the Monsters of the Midway who lead the TFL......................................................... The Monsters took down Mike's Violators 184-154. Kurt Warner led the Monsters with 31. ...........The much improved Naked Bootleggers got by the Browns Backers 187-170- Randy Moss scored 38 for the Bootleggers! ........................................................ Not only the Valhalla Vikings but 5 teams in the TFL went over the 200 mark this week. The iowa Illusion compiled 225 points. The Bloodhounds221, Rodgers Pack had 213 and ASU had 201. ASU also housed the MVP of the Week who was Chris Johnson RB with 49 points.
WEEK 9 ACTION:
Browns Backers and Monsters of the Midway lead the TFL
Two 6-2 teams went head to head last weekend in our Pigskin Division, the leagues toughest. Coach Bob's hhiBrownsBackers played a brilliant game against the ASU Mountaineers. The final score was 228-181 in the True Testers game of the week. Ray Rice had 31 points and TE Vernon Davis had 24 for the Brownies. ASU falls to 6-3 and the Browns Backers who've won 7 in a row now lead the division plus share the lead of the entire league at 7-2 with>>>.............................................................................................. The Monsters of the Midway who trounced the Lambeau Leapers 205-161. Josh Wilson SEA KR led the club with 30 pts. The Monsters lead the Paydirt division now with a streak of 5 straight wins. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The Naked Bootleggers beat up Mathews Shooters 197-164. Frank Gore had 35 points for the Bootleggers who got their highest score since week one when they topped the league at 254. That record still stands now going into week 10! And as for highest scores of the week, no one has done it more than once so far! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The Bloodhounds were not persuaded by the Iowa Illusion 206-179. In a hell of a fight going back and forth for 2 days. The Hounds came out on top with DeAngelo Williams pacing the club with 34. ............................................................. The Violators topped the Bama Bangers 222-108. Michael Turner had the best performance of any player this week with37 points ............................................................................ A great game was played by the Florida Lifestyle as they sank the Valhalla Vikings 197-154 The Hardhittas topped Fourdreams and Rodgers Pack beat OF's Cowboys. ..................................................................................... Coach Franco's Bloodhounds will host the Lambeau Leapers this coming weekend, Coach Norm will travel to Dallas to take on Oldfart's Cowboys, Browns Backers will take on the Bootleggers, Bama Bangers have a big game coming up against ASU, 4Dreams will take on Valhalla, Monsters will take on the Violators, Shooters will take on Rogers Pack and the Hardhittas go to Iowa. ........................................................................................................................... If you have 49ers or Bears on your rosters you have an early game Thursday and there are only two bye teams this week 10, the Texans and the Giants.
WEEK 8 ACTION
MONSTERS COME OUT ON HALLOWEEN
The Monsters of the Midway took control of the TFL this Halloween weekend beating the former first place Bama Bangers 252-142. Coach Tim's Monsters had a very good early start with 159 points at the end of the first of Sundays match ups. The 252 was enough to lead the league this week and score the 2nd highest game of the season so far! (Week 1 Naked Bootleggers 254). Matt Forte and M. Jones-Drew combined for 62 points at RB. Coach Tim got a congratulations phone call from Dick Butkus, but it was collect. The Monsters are now in a 3 way tie for first here at TrueTesters with the ASU Mountaineers and the Browns Backers with a 6-2 record. ................................................................................................... The North Sea was Fierce and the Vikings were formidable as they made the Green Bay Packers and the Lambeau Leapers walk the plank on an anniversary weekend not soon to be forgot. The Valhalla Vikings had no problem commanding the NFC North with a 202-157 victory. All Day Peterson led the Vikes with 23. Valhalla climbs to 5-3, Lambeau falls to 4-3. Coach Willy had no comment. ....................................................................................................... In another very important matchup The ASU Mountaineers beat our defending champ Mathews Shooters 208-191. Chris Johnsen RB TEN paced the league this week with 44 points for ASU. The Mountaineers Coach Kevin has a 95.4% efficiency rating which now leads the league. The rating tells you who starts the best players (vrs. bench players) weekly. ..................................................................................... Them hhiBrownsBackers have won their 6th game in a row beating the Tampa Hardhittas 139-109. The streak is the longest of the TFL this season. ........................ The FourDreams Machine had the 2nd highest score in the week with 239 points beating the much improved Naked Bootleggers 239-189. Jared Allen had 25 for 4Dreams. .............................................................. Oldfart's Cowboys won an impressive game over the Iowa Illusion 168-165 as Tony Romo tossed for 27. ................................. Rodgers Pack beat Coach Norm's Florida Lifestyle 156-143. Danieal Manning acoounted for 25 of Rodgers points. ........................... The Bloodhounds bit the hands of the Wisconsin Violators 184-154. Steven Jackson RB Rams had 31. ......................................... The brownsbackers and fourdreams are neck and neck in the NFL pickems. Averaging an impressive 10 wins per week. ...........................The Waiver wire has been very busy as of late and that's a good thing. Don't forget to use the TRADE BAIT area under the standings to announce who you'd like to get and get rid of. Most teams are making the most out of their add drops of mid season injuries and players on byes. .....................Byes this week are: Raiders, Vikings, Jets, Bills, Browns and Rams.
WEEK 7 ACTION
Rodgers Pack and Browns Backers triumphant in TFL games of the week. ......................In the Nail-Biter Special, Rodgers Pack took down a very hot ASU Mountaineers team last weekend 181-176. Coach Tom has not played with us since 2006 when his team "Pack '06" compiled a 10-6 record in the Awesome NFC North. The Pack rose early as Jim Caldwell HDC Colts finished with 33 points. The Mountaineers were consistent with their defense again and most other positions but their RB slots suffered miserably and lost them the game. ASU was looking ahead to a 6-1 record to pace the TFL but now share a 5 way lead in the league at 5-2. Rodgers Pack improves to 3-3 in the Gridiron Division. .............................................The hhiBrownsBackers got by another great team, Mike's Violators by the score of 224-199. TE Vernon Davis set the pace for the Brownies with 37 points!. The Brownies now have a 5 game win streak going and are 5-2 in a 3 way tie in the tough Pigskin Division. The Violators go to 4-3. ....................................... The Iowa Illusion crushed Buck's Bama Bangers 198-98. Wes Welker had 36 at WR. ....................................... The Valhalla Vikings took down The Naked Bootleggers 169-132. Adrian Peterson compiled 27 points for the Vikes. ...........................Monsters of the Midway beat the FLA Lifestyle 185-154 as Matt Schaub led them with 25. ................................. Matthews Shooters punched back the Hardhittas 211-156. Miles Austin led the Shooters with 35. ............................................... Just 4 players left in the Survivor Pool entering week 8. hhiBrownsBackers, Matthews Shooters, Iowa illusion and the Bloodhounds. In the NFL Pickems, The Brownsbackers lead with 71 points. ......... A long list of Byes this week again so beware of Ghosts in your Lineup this Halloween, they are the Bengals, Chiefs, Patriots, Steelers, Bucccaneers, and Redskins.
TIPS
1. If you add a player without dropping the same position, make sure you do not exceed the roster position limits. Example: there are 4 RB's and 4 WR's spots allowed maximum. If you mistakenly add a fifth, your whole waiver request will be cancelled. Same thing with trades. Do not offer another team a WR for a QB unless the roster position limits will allow it.
2. Using the "add all of last round" button is the easiest way to use the waiver wire. Just put up everyone you want on round one, then drop the first line when you instate the very next round. Less work for you plus less chance of mistakes in later rounds.
3. To get the latest info on who is the best scorers in our league by position, GO TO: Reports> Players> Top Performers and set parameters of what you want to see.
If you would like to add a tip to this page please e mail the commissioner, all help is appreciated.
Minimums and Maximums. The league software will automatically throw it out.Roster Positions (Minimums)
Head Coach -1
Quarterback -1
Running Backs - 2
Wide Receivers - 2
Tight End -1
Kicker -1
Punter -1
Defensive Line - 2
Linebackers - 2
Safety -1
Cornerbacks -2
16 Total starters
Total Reserve Bench of 5 w/ Expansion for Bye weeks.
Maximum slots per position allowed on roster
this includes your bench slots
2 each for all positions except:
RB -4
WR -4
Defensive Front -4 DT+DE's
LB -4
CB -3
21 Total on roster through week 2
Roster will expand to 8 bench spots after week 2's games.
Re-Entry Draft Players October 20-24
What is the TFL? and My Fantasy League .com?
This year you are all guests of mine at the pay service of MyfantasyLeague .com by The True Testers Satellite Forum. Please do not confuse "Pay Service" with "Prize Pot". Your prize money of $10 each sent in goes 100% to the pot. The TFL is a long standing league of few different names over the last few years. We currently have a few members left from 2005. All of you have played with us before and are in good standing in my past leagues.
League Setup
It has always been my highest priority in making the entire field of players usable. I've been doing leagues since way before the Commodore 64 days. With pen and paper you can strive and somewhat succeed to get the perfect balance of player positions to score. The perfect fantasy football game has a brilliant balance of equally scoring positions. The best running backs in the game should be equal to the best defensemen, quarterbacks, receivers, kickers, front line, etc. scoring wise. On pre-packaged software services like Fox, ESPN, yahoo etc. you are basically stuck with what they have. The services I bought this year here at Sideline Software (myfantasyleague.com) brings us much closer to reality with these factors. Not as close as you can get with pen and paper but the value of it being more exciting because of the fact that the statistics are instantaneous. So here you will find almost every position in the top 50 scorers for the year!!! And that's even including the coach.
Knowing who to draft: In the recent past starting with ESPN in 2003, the highest scoring players in these leagues I've hosted have always been combination yardage players. This year the domination will not be of any comparison. The combination yardage player will only be slightly favored as well as Quarterbacks. If you know of some running backs who can catch passes also, these are the best to get. Also combination Kick Returner-Wide Receivers & Running back-Kick returners. But The point being IF you draft ANY player or coach who is one of the absolute best in the NFL regardless of position he will be at least a second round pick quality regardless of position. Some even late first round. That is ANY spot on the roster. A top notch Linebacker or Kicker will be just as good to have on your roster as a top notch QB, RB or WR! So keep that in mind when you set up your pre-draft.
Re-Entry Draft: Starts Wednesday October 21st at 6 AM and closes Saturday October 24th at 3PM Eastern, Noon Pacific. There will be 21 players re-entered from a disbanded team, so go ahead and put your waivers in anytime during that period. The results will be displayed on the league page sometime Saturday Afternoon. See player availability list below.
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WEEK 6 ACTION
Fourdreams smashed the BamaBangers 186-166 last weekend to end any quest for an undefeated TFL team this year. Brandon Marshall and Jared Allen combined for 50 points to take the FourDreams Machine to victory. Buck's Bangers were 4-0 going into week 5. Fourdreams is an up and coming powerhouse to beware of now in the TFL, they had 89 points sitting on the bench but still scored 186 in the starting 16 ! ........................................ Rodgers Pack bested the Iowa Illusion 238-211 in the highest scoring game of the week. Larry Fitzgerald and Kirk Morrison combined for 51 points for Rodgers. ............... The Valhalla Vikings chased the Bloodhounds into Lake Superior 207-120. The Bloodhounds slide 2 games now after a strong start. Kurt Warner tossed for 27 Points for VV. .................... Just 5 left now in the Survivor Pool. Norm's FLA Lifestyle, Mathews Shooters, Bloodhounds, Iowa Illusion and hhiBrownsBackers. ........................ The Bloodhounds and The BrownsBackers lead the NFL Pickems with 53 wins. That's something to be proud of, These guys are averaging around 80% for the season!!! .............................................. Please see the league home page at http://www.17am.com/freepagestruetesters.htm/ for info on the RE-ENTRY draft this coming week. Also get ready for the team logo and name voting in about 3 weeks. Last requests for team rivalry matches will be taken in the next 14 days or so. So get your requests in, and let's give a hand to TFL Secretary Lisa for painstakingly entering in a 16 week schedule for 17 teams, which is an ongoing job. Something MyFantasyLeague.com software can not figure out nor handle. ............................ Week 6 will be the last week for byes in our league. The 6 teams who had them will get a double header week near regular seasons end. We have 4 teams now with an impressive 4-1 record. Mathews Shooters, Wisconsin Violators, ASU Mountaineers and the Bama Bangers. ............................................ This week's NFL byes are: Dallas, Indy, Miami and San Francisco and good luck in week 6 True Testers!!!
WEEK 5 ACTION
Fourdreams smashed the BamaBangers 186-166 last weekend to end any quest for an undefeated TFL team this year. Brandon Marshall and Jared Allen combined for 50 points to take the FourDreams Machine to victory. Buck's Bangers were 4-0 going into week 5. Fourdreams is an up and coming powerhouse to beware of now in the TFL, they had 89 points sitting on the bench but still scored 186 in the starting 16 ! ........................................ Rodgers Pack bested the Iowa Illusion 238-211 in the highest scoring game of the week. Larry Fitzgerald and Kirk Morrison combined for 51 points for Rodgers. ............... The Valhalla Vikings chased the Bloodhounds into Lake Superior 207-120. The Bloodhounds slide 2 games now after a strong start. Kurt Warner tossed for 27 Points for VV. .................... Just 5 left now in the Survivor Pool. Norm's FLA Lifestyle, Mathews Shooters, Bloodhounds, Iowa Illusion and hhiBrownsBackers. ........................ The Bloodhounds and The BrownsBackers lead the NFL Pickems with 53 wins. That's something to be proud of, These guys are averaging around 80% for the season!!! .............................................. See the league home page at http://www.17am.com/freepagestruetesters.htm/ for info on the re-entry draft please. Also get ready for the team logo and name voting in about 3 weeks. Last requests for team rivalry matches will be taken in the next 14 days or so. So get your requests in, and let's give a hand to TFL Secretary Lisa for painstakingly entering in a 16 week schedule for 17 teams, which is an ongoing job. Something MyFantasyLeague.com software can not figure out nor handle. ............................ Week 6 will be the last week for byes in our league. The 6 teams who had them will get a double header week near regular seasons end. We have 4 teams now with an impressive 4-1 record. Mathews Shooters, Wisconsin Violators, ASU Mountaineers and the Bama Bangers. ............................................ This week's NFL byes are: Dallas, Indy, Miami and San Francisco and good luck in week 6 True Testers!!!
Week 4 Action
BrownsBackers Blast Through The Midway
A powerful performance was displayed on both sides of the line last weeekend as the BrownsBackers waved hhi (correct spelling) to Soldier Field fans, then turned loose on the Monsters of the Midway 207-196. Mike Singletary's 32 points was just not enough for the finest defensive performance in the league this week of 96 points by the Brownies led by D'Qwell Jackson. .................................................. ................... Fourdreams enjoyed the new Florida Lifestyle quite a bit, especially at games end. Monday night Jared Allen turned the lights out on Florida with 39 points at DE. The final score was 220-174. It was Fourdreams best performance of the season so far and the highest of the week. .................................................. ............ Mike's Violators (12-4 last season) lost their undefeated status to the Appalachian State Mountaineers (also 12-4 last year) 164-158. Lovie Smith led ASU with 27. .................................................. ........The Leapers of Lambeau housed the top player of the week for the second week in a row while beating the Hardhittas 171-136. Darren Sharper had 42 at Safety. ............................................... Mathews Shooters speared Duke's Rebels 218-182. Josh Cribbs had 36 for the Shoooters. .................................................. .... The Bama Bangers halted the raid of the Valhalla Vikings 156-133. Eli Manning had 27 pts. for Buck's team. .................................................. .......................................In a game I was watching closely, Rodgers Pack chased off the Bloodhounds 158-152, the closest game of the week here in the TFL. Coach Tom's defensive ends combined for 42, Yes DE's!! ....................... Peyton Manning shined for the Iowa Illusion as they blew past the Naked Bootleggers 186-158. .................................................. ..................... The NFL still has 5 undefeated teams in tact but the TFL just has one undefeated team standing, It's Coach Buck's Bama Bangers at 4-0!! Bama goes to 4Dreams Players Stadium this coming week to face Coach Doug's team. .................................................. ...................... Six players still alive in the Survivor pool as everyone had correct picks this week to stay alive. .................................................. . We have a very tight race in the NFL Pickem pool as Fourdreams picked 13 of 14 games this week to jump to 2nd place. Mathews Shooters has 45 wins, Fourdreams and BrownsBackers have 44!!! .................................................. ...................................... BYE WEEKS for: Bears, Packers, Saints, Chargers. Some of you guys gotta watch those better!!! .................................Hey Good Luck in Week 5 True Testers!
Week 3 TFL Action
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Week 1 Results:
The True Testers Football League kicks off with a bang as the Naked Bootleggers (formerly Rip's Redskins) ripped apart Rodger's Pack 254-156. The rout started Thursday night as Cortland Finnegan a Tennesee cornerback, exploded with an 80 yd. interception return, 9 tackles and 2 punt returns, scoring 36 fantasy points! Randy Moss added 26 more as Rip's team is the team to beat so far in the young TFL season. ............................In the closest game of the week our 2007 league champion, Oldfart's Cowboys snuck by the Lambeau Leapers 197.2 to 195.8. The Cowboys had a 65 point lead coming into Monday night's games but the Leapers closed the gap Monday with 6 players on the roster. Darren Sproles scored 37 points in the later game and with 21 seconds left went in for a TD. Score showed a 2 point victory for the Leapers at games end but the Cowboys came out in front Tuesday morning after some statistical adjustments. So everyone make a note of that, If you're close in your score on a game like that, Don't celebrate until Tuesday morning!!!. ........................................................................The Bloodhounds got by FourDreams as Drew Brees not only led the pack with 44 points, he also led the league! . It wasn't enough for Fourdreams though as the Bloodhounds scored an impressive 204 points! They were led by WR DeSean Jackson PHI with 32 and TE Tony Gonzalez's 22. ......................................................................In another super close game that went down to the wire, the Wisconsin Violators slipped by our reigning league champ Mathews Shooters (formerly Popcorn Ready) 191-185. A lot of power in these two teams I noticed as the high scoring lead changed several times in the course of the 5 day weekend. Aaron Schobel DE BUF and Neil Rackers K ARI had 22 pts. apeice for the Violators and Devin Hester plus Sean Payton HDC NOS both scored 24 for Mathews Shooters. ...................................... The BrownsBackers dropped a bragging rights game to the Bama Bangers 190-147 Tom Brady's 28 pts. were not enough for the win. Freddie Jackson RB BUF had 25 for Bama. In other games the Valhalla Vikings beat the ASU Mountaineers 200-155. AP dug in 27 pts. for the Vikes........................................The Monsters of the Midway had the 2nd highest score of the week beating Duke's Rebels 219-114, HDC Andy Reid had 29 there. ...............................................Coach Norm's Storms Fury tossed the Hardhittas ashore 199-159. Greg Jennings had 23 for Norm. .............................................Good Luck next week guys and don't forget to frequent the LEAGUE NEWS PAGE www.17AM.com/freepagestruetesters.htm for all important updates to the league.
GuideLines
1 point for each 20 yards passing
1 point for each 10 rushing yards
1 point for each 10 receiving yards
1 point for each reception
1 point for each extra point scored
6 points for all touchdowns made
3 points for each QB passing touchdown
1 point for each rushing first down
3 points for each field goal
Field goal percentage bonus 3 Att. Min.
.1 or 1/10 point per each yard over 30 yds. (FG)
1 point per each 5 yard interception, punt or fumble return
1 point per each 10 yard kick off return
Punting yard average bonus
2 additional points for coffin corner type punts
1.5 point per defensive tackle
1 additional point if tackle is for loss of yards
1 point for an assist
1 point for pass defended
1 point for forced fumble
2 points per interception
9 points per safety resulting in offensive score
2 points for defensive fumble recovery (change of possession only)
5 to 11 point bonus for passer ratings between 90 and 158
Field Goal Percentage Bonus
Extra Point Percentage Bonus
Head Coach: Find a coach who wins the majority of his games with keeping his team's penalties below 65 YPG
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League Structure
The league will be divided into 2 conferences with 4 total divisions after the draft. More news on this if we do not receive all prize money in a timely manner.
Depending on the size of league (usually 16 teams) Playoffs will be made by seedings and not by tops of each divisions unless they are the top seeded. You will not actually be competing with your division rivals for playoff spots. You will be playing against the whole league for your spot. The top 8 to 10 teams will make the playoffs for the championship. All the rest of the teams will play in the consolation bracket for a consolation prize. If there is an uneven # of teams at seasons end, the lowest man on the totem pole is out before the playoffs.
Waiver Rules
We are using a packaged waiver rule system on MFL called the "Zealots" package. All waiver requests "lock" every Saturday night and stay locked until Tuesday around midnight (depending on where you live). Then every day after Tuesday is a new beginning and end for waiver request, they process once every night (or early morning) until Saturday rolls around again. Waiver order is shuffled daily at random by the system. Waiver order changes 5 times a week.
MFL (myfantasyleague.com) MAJOR CONTROLS
ATTN: ALL OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT CONTROLS ARE ON THE VERY TOP OF THE HOME PAGE. A SMALL BAR (which I would like to se much bigger , but have no control over it) ON THIS BAR, YOU WILL SEE "MY LEAGUES. REPORTS, FOR OWNERS, COMMUNICATIONS, ETC" EACH ONE OF THESE TABS HAS A ROLL DOWN SCREEN. FOR EXAMPLE UNDER "FOR OWNERS" THERE ARE CONTROLS FOR WAIVERS, TRADES AND DROPPING PLAYERS.
GET YOUR ROSTERS SET BY "FOR OWNERS" , "SUBMIT LINEUP". AND CLICK AND SAVE YOUR BEST 16 MEN FOR STARTERS. Make sure it is saved properly, if a white box comes up and says "LINEUP SUBMITTED" you did it right. Watch that you put the right amount of starters in each position.
Don't forget to run "GAMEDAY" a program for live scoring with live effects.
COMMUNICATIONS
I asked you here because I respect you, There are no unknowns here. Please respect the rest of the league by communicating with them. If someone wants to trade with you answer them, talk to them, BS with them, whatever. But lack of communication is unfriendly. If you do not check in for more than 10 days or so, let us know where you are at. If your computer is down you still have to let us know by calling. I can set your line up by phone. Make sure everyone writes my
When's the Draft?
You may automatically draft. You do not need to attend the draft. The draft will be on Labor Day Monday again for the third straight year. September 7th @ 7PM Eastern, 6PM Central, 5PM Rockies, 4PM Pacific.
Draft order will be set at a random shuffle a few hours before the draft. Do not view current draft order page now as correct.
120 seconds per pick first two rounds only. If you are not there by the end of the second round you will go on immediate auto draft. Depending on the length of these rounds will decide with at the beginning of the 3rd round we will go to 60-90 second picks for all in live attendance. Use the live chat room if you do show up late and I'll turn your team back live. I'll say it again this year: I wish we all lived closer together, I'd have plenty of beer and ribs for all of you here at my place during the draft. Good Luck this year crew!
Pre-Draft Instructions
There are many ways at this service to pre-draft, Make sure you do one of them before draft time. The easiest would be this:
Go to: "For Owners" on top of page, then "My draft list", click on that. On the left column under available players you will see the ADP list. You may either select these players one by one by moving them over to the right column, which will read, "my current draft list," OR press the button, "Add all to list." Then adjust any players you want up or down from there. Press "save my draft list."
NEXT: Go to top of page again under "For owners", this time select "live draft room." Go in there, on the left column, under "make a draft pick", in red letters you will see "my draft list." Click that. Also, below that, under "show only" press "ALL." Under "my player list", it should show the exact same list you had on the previous page you were working on called "my draft list". If not go back to the first page and check for errors. Also, in the live draft room, make sure you press the "I'M AWAY" button and leave it there as default until you actually enter the draft room on draft day.
(Comissioner Willy's) phone number down. It is listed under my team name many places on the league contact pages. Lambeau Leapers > Main> Daytime/Nightime Phone. I will be glad to set your rosters for the week, request waivers, whatever. It's no problem. . Information on that page.