TPM Fantasy Football League: Season Two!

[mr_pikachu]

Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for another season of the TPM Fantasy Football League! Are you ready to test your NFL know-how against the best that TPM has to offer... including our defending champion, The Pikachus?

The league will use the same settings as last year. Head-to-head scoring, top 4 teams make the playoffs. It's as simple as that. All you need is a Yahoo! account and the guts to take on all comers. So do you have what it takes?

Our draft is tentatively scheduled for Friday, August 31, 2007 at 9:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. This may be changed based on when everyone else wants to draft. But even if the eventual time and date doesn't work for you, go ahead and register! You can always have the computer autopick your team if you can't be there.

With that said, the TPM Fantasy Football League is open for registration! Click this link to set up your team. It's free to play, so get in the game!

Good luck to all!


-pikachu_sensei
League Commissioner, Manager of The Pikachus


EDIT: The following is a key listing all league teams and their managers.

The Pikachus ~ mr_pikachu
Detroit Firebirds ~ kainashi
Tennessee Torpedoes ~ DragoKnight
Sultans of Swing ~ DarkTemplarZero
Cas Tigers ~ Ultimate Charizard
New York Thunder ~ Ghost
Poison Myst ~ Mr.E
Team Awesome ~ kendawg528

[Drago]

Hello there, children... remember me?

In case you've forgotten, I'm your friendly fantasy demon, resurfacing after having my reign of terror ended by Brian and his Pikas. But the band is back in town baby, and I foresee another season of Tennessee terror; no doubt I'll be able to emulate my winning duo of Drew Brees and LaDainian Tomlinson with some new members, perhaps with a little Madden cover boy? Shall I finally have a beasty receiving corps, courtesy a newly-signed New England Dandy? All I know is, it's bound to be a year filled with 100-point thrashings, brought to you by the king of smack.
Stand back little ones, watch the master at work...

...I never use the bold key. Thought it'd be neat. Umm, hello everybodeee!!

[Ghost]

Geez looks like this Fantasy Football league is kinda desolate so far huh? Well, count me in this year I guess. Nothing better to do.

[kainashi]

more people join plz.

[mr_pikachu]

Okay, since we have a few teams now (Ghost, you still haven't registered!), I think we can start discussing the draft date/time. I was wondering if we could move the draft up by a day, from September 1 to August 31. I don't necessarily need to change the date, but it would be helpful for me personally. Are there any objections to changing the draft date as such?

I'll go ahead and make that change in a week if nobody voices any concern about it. A week's probably plenty of time to say whatever you need.

[kainashi]

only 3 people. needs more.

[DarkTemplarZero]

I'm in, I'm Sultans of Swing.

[Perfect Chaos]

Thanks for the PM Pika

Hmm...I've been interested in doing this for quite some time...but I figure i'm a noob to these things to begin with...still worth trying out?

-Sean

[mr_pikachu]

Definitely! Before last year, the only real fantasy football experience I had was playing as my dad's partner. So if I can go from a mere assistant to winning the whole thing, why can't you? C'mon, join the action!

[Ultimate Charizard]

im having trouble finding the league.
Where do i search/do i need the code?

[mr_pikachu]

Well, you could always just click this link. If that doesn't work, search for league #76321 and enter the password: speaker

[Ultimate Charizard]

That link kept takin me to the 'Create a league/join a league choice page.
How do i set it for Auto draft btw. Cant see it and dunno if ill be on at that time (3am for me)

BTW i know NOTHING about football (not even sure what all the position abbreviations stand for....WTF is a 'Tight End' lol?) so im doing this for fun and see how i get on.

[kainashi]

eh, i guess my draft was alright. i got a few of the guys i wanted but i'm iffy on my wide outs.

[Drago]

eh, i guess my draft was alright. i got a few of the guys i wanted but i'm iffy on my wide outs.

Jerricho Cotchery for Brees and LT?

[kainashi]

Jerricho Cotchery for Brees and LT?

yeah NO THANK YOU

[Ultimate Charizard]

Well at least your not in complete ignorance.
I look at my team and the names, positions, stats.....all means nothing to me lol. I could be using a College team for all i know lol.

[Ghost]

Meh.. my draft sucked and i ended up with crap players... as usual.

Oh well, of too another losing season!

[Drago]

Crikey I can't sleep... Will my gamble on Marques Colston pay off? Will Olindo Mare net me some nifty extra points (and maybe throw a TD, ala my boy Longwell last year)? Will Peyton throw nine picks and give me a headstart on the Pikas? Vote YES on all three, please.

...And stop voting that Brian will win. Though I admit one of those votes was me. lol

[kainashi]

getting my ass handed to me so far tonight.

[Drago]

You and me both. Colston and Olindo vs. Brian's Peyton not yielding pretty results, and Carson's going to have to respond against the Pikas' Baltimore D. Yuck.

[kainashi]

-3 from brees?

[Ultimate Charizard]

See im trying not to get my hopes up. Im winning so far but theres alot of games still to play apparently lol.

Hopefully after a coupel of weeks ill be able to get an angle on whose worth what and make some changes.

Also need to learn whos got what chance against which team. I knew i should have made Manning my Starting QB.
Less than 5 min into the game and hes already matched McNabb for points.

[mr_pikachu]

I'm loving Steven Jackson's -2. Except, you know, for the fact that I'm a Rams fan. Oh well.

I predict that once again, I'll have the lowest score of any week one winner. Hooray for minimalism!

And to be honest, UC, I never would've started Eli in the first game. Considering some of the blowouts he had last year, it's scary to think of his potential to just break down and post a -5, or something. I think you were right to hold off and just see where you stand with everything.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Except ive gone and gotten stupid and got hold of an extra QB just cos he happened to be the highest Wk 1 Scorer i could find in the free agents lol.

[kainashi]

so new england is owning san diego and i played carolina this week and they were owned by houston. awesome.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Guess whos got San Diego on the rostet with a winning defence on the bench lol

[kainashi]

weird. everyone's voting for me this week so far!

edit: i'd trade moss if you're interested in him. o_o

[kainashi]

man was i owned this week. oh well, you can't win them all. i'll just have to win the rest i guess.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Whats really annoying me now....my Bench has scored 48 points. 1 Less than my starting team (although 2 of the big scorers are QB's)

But basically since i only have 2 left to play, and my opponent has 4...im not expecting to win my first week

[Drago]

My team was consistently poor. I love consistency.
With the score I'm toting now I'm looking like this year's BYE, only with much, much more smack.

[Ultimate Charizard]

Its official, my Bench has so far outscored my main squad and i have 2 of the top 3 scoring QB's in my team and neither started lol.

[mr_pikachu]

whoever i was facing got really lucky that plaxico burress decided to play the game of his LIFE...i would've been happy with losing this week so long as the giants won...but their cover 2 defense likes to do nothing.

I believe Sultans of Swing = DTZ. And yes, a WR scoring 25 points in a losing effort is insane.

[kainashi]

i will not open the season 0-2.

[mr_pikachu]

Standings after week one!

TEAM                 W-L-T    Pct    Stk      PF   PA
Poison Myst          1-0-0   1.000   W-1      84   43
Sultans of Swing     1-0-0   1.000   W-1      82   79
New York Thunder     1-0-0   1.000   W-1      82   92
The Pikachus         1-0-0   1.000   W-1      60   29
Team Awesome         0-1-0    .000   L-1      79   82
Cas Tigers           0-1-0    .000   L-1      62   82
Detroit Firebirds    0-1-0    .000   L-1      43   84
Tennessee Torpedoes  0-1-0    .000   L-1      29   60

W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
Pct: Winning Percentage ((W + (T/2)) / Games Played)
Stk: Streak
PF: Points Scored For Team
PA: Points Scored Against Team

Like I said, once again I've got the fewest points of any week one winner. Now if I can just duplicate the rest of last season...

[mr_pikachu]

Standings update...

TEAM                 W-L-T    Pct    Stk      PF    PA
Poison Myst          2-0-0   1.000   W-2     211   106
The Pikachus         2-0-0   1.000   W-2     148    68
New York Thunder     1-0-1   1.000   T-1     168   148
Sultans of Swing     1-1-0   1.000   L-1     145   206
Cas Tigers           1-1-0    .000   W-1     144   145
Tennessee Torpedoes  0-1-1    .000   T-1     115   146
Team Awesome         0-2-0    .000   L-2     142   164
Detroit Firebirds    0-2-0    .000   L-2      82   172


W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
Pct: Winning Percentage ((W + (T/2)) / Games Played)
Stk: Streak
PF: Points Scored For Team
PA: Points Scored Against Team

Pretty early in the season for our first tie, don't you think?

[mr_pikachu]

TEAM                 W-L-T    Pct    Stk      PF    PA
Poison Myst          3-0-0   1.000   W-3     305   145
The Pikachus         3-0-0   1.000   W-3     207   125
New York Thunder     2-0-1    .833   W-1     272   207
Tennessee Torpedoes  1-1-1    .500   W-1     172   196
Sultans of Swing     1-2-0    .333   L-2     202   265
Cas Tigers           1-2-0    .333   L-1     183   239
Team Awesome         0-3-0    .000   L-3     201   268
Detroit Firebirds    0-3-0    .000   L-3     132   229


W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
Pct: Winning Percentage ((W + (T/2)) / Games Played)
Stk: Streak
PF: Points Scored For Team
PA: Points Scored Against Team

If things keep up like this, we're gonna have a big fight over that coveted fourth playoff spot.

[mr_pikachu]

Week four is complete! Another undefeated team bites the dust...

TEAM                 W-L-T    Pct    Stk      PF    PA
Poison Myst          4-0-0   1.000   W-4     378   197
The Pikachus         4-0-0   1.000   W-4     264   151
New York Thunder     2-1-1    .625   L-1     313   280
Sultans of Swing     2-2-0    .500   W-1     260   290
Tennessee Torpedoes  1-2-1    .375   L-1     197   254
Cas Tigers           1-3-0    .250   L-2     209   296
Detroit Firebirds    1-3-0    .250   W-1     205   270
Team Awesome         0-4-0    .000   L-4     253   341



W: Wins
L: Losses
T: Ties
Pct: Winning Percentage ((W + (T/2)) / Games Played)
Stk: Streak
PF: Points Scored For Team
PA: Points Scored Against Team

And I'm now openly seeking a WR via trade. Trying to avoid bye weeks 6, 7, and 10 if I can... any offers?

[kainashi]

at least i'm not last.

[Ghost]

Yeah baby! Fear the Thunder!

[Mr.E]

Note that I had a -1 point effort from Dallas DEF, with 29-point Minnesota sitting on my bench. :[