Pirate Islands Fantasy Football

PIFF/PIML Season Finale

2010-01-11T08:29:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Well the Fantasy Football season ended a week ago, but I wanted to wait until all the stat corrections were in before champions were declared.

In a very close game the Svinksland Pillagers beat the Kreplachistan Rebels 38 to 34 to win the 7th Pirate Islands Fantasy Football Championship. If you had stat-tracker pulled up during the game you know how close this game was, it ended up tied after Monday Night Football but a forced fumble by Kevin Boss gave the Pillagers a win (the points were awarded after the games were over). Congratulations to the Pillagers for their long awaited first Championship.

The PIML championship game pit the two favorites against one another. In the end the Tea Republic Boilers beat out the Battle Cove Coasters 49 to 29 to win the first Pirate Islands Minor League Championship. The win was largely due to Chris Johnson's performance as running back.
Thanks to everyone for playing, I hope everyone had a good time. The season All-Star totals are below.

The Week 14 PIFF All-Stars were:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     13  Eldars
RB    C. Johnson   19  Pillagers
WR1   D. Jackson   15  Kilters
WR2   A. Johnson   14  Rebels
TE    K. Boss      6   Pillagers
K     R. Bironas   4   Plankers
DEF   Jets         3   Maties
DB1   J. Byrd      3   Vampirates
DB2   L. Hall      3   Steepers
DL    D. Howard    6   Plankers
LB    P. Willis    4   Maties

Final PIFF Total All-Stars:
18 Netthuania Nites
18 Tea Republic Steepers
17 Svinksland Pillagers
16 Sparrow Island Maties
16 Takawokonia Plankers
15 Tsukestan Picklers
15 Kreplachistan Rebels
11 Scotslandi Kilters
11 Pirataly Vampirates
10 Ninja Isle Eldars
8 Snotvia Snotknockers
7 Harbor Coast Red Burns


Week 14 PIML All-Stars were:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     13  Focus
RB    C. Johnson   19  Boilers
WR1   D. Jackson   15  Boilers
WR2   A. Johnson   14  Savvy Sirens
TE    D. Clark     5   Savvy Sirens
K     R. Bironas   4   Savvy Sirens
DEF   Jets         3   Boilers
DB1   J. Byrd      3   Savvy Sirens
DB2   T. McGee     3   Trip'ems
DL    A. Carter    4   Savvy Sirens
LB    O. Umenyiora 4   Boilers

Week 15 PIML All-Stars were:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   16  Monkey Strings
RB    M. Jones-Dr. 13  Savvy Sirens
WR1   A. Johnson   12  Savvy Sirens
WR2   S. Smith     11  Trip'ems
TE    D. Clark     9   Savvy Sirens
K     M. Prater    4   Coasters
DEF   Giants       4   Monkey Strings
DB1   D. Rodgers   6   Coasters
DB2   C. Bailey    3   Coasters
DL    J. Allen     4   Coasters
LB    O. Umenyiora 4   Boilers

Final PIML Total All-Stars:
38 Battle Cove Coasters
37 Tea Republic Boilers
32 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
28 Tai Shu Trip'ems
24 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
14 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights thru the Playoffs

2009-12-29T07:47:00.000-08:00

Hello,
We are heading into the championship games in both leagues, so lets get caught up with how the playoffs have gone so far:

PIFF: The playoffs started in week 15, the Kreplachistan Rebels and Tuskestan Pickles got first round byes, while the Tea Republic Steepers beat the Scotslandi Kilters and the Svinksland Pillagers beat the Ninja Isle Eldars.
The second week of playoffs saw the Kreplachistan Rebels beat the Tea Rebulic Steepers, while the Svinksland Pillagers got on by the Tsukestan Picklers.
This sets up the Championship Game of the Kreplachistan Rebels vs. the Svinksland Pillagers. This will be the second time that the Pillagers have made it to the championship game, the other time was the first season of PIFF in which they lost to the Grog Island Drunks. The Rebels on the other hand have played in more than half of the championship games (this will make 4 out of 7) and is the only team to be the champion twice (2004 & 2007). The projected score for the game is giving an edge to the Rebels by only one point.

PIML: The PIML playoffs started last week and had the Tea Republic Boilers taking out the Tai Shu Trip'ems, while the Battle Cove Coasters beat the late surging Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens.
So the first ever PIML championship game will be played out between the two heavy favorite from the start of the season - the Battle Cove Coasters and the Tea Republic Boilers. Early reports heavily favor the Boilers however that projected score greatly depends on the performance of Chris Johnson for the Boilers.

I will get out the final All-Star totals as well as season All-Stars after the Championship Games.

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 13

2009-12-09T08:23:00.000-08:00

Hello,
One week to go until the PIFF playoffs and two weeks until the PIML playoffs. Let's see how they playoff race is going.

PIFF:

Red Division leaders-
The Tsukestan Picklers will win the Red Division. They already have a playoff spot.
The Scotslandi Kilters play the Picklers so if they win and the Steepers lose then they will win the Red Division.
The Tea Republic Steepers will win the Red Division with a win and a Pickler loss.

Black Division leaders-
The Kreplachistan Rebels will win the Black Division with a win. They already have a playoff spot.
The Svinksland Pillagers can win the Black Division with a win and a Rebel loss. They have already made the playoffs.

Other teams playing for wild card spots-
The Takawokonia Plankers will make it to the playoffs with a win.
The Ninja Isle Eldars will make it to the playoffs with a win and a Plankers loss.
The Sparrow Island Maties will make it to the playoffs with a win and a Plankers loss.

Teams that are out-
Netthuania Nites, Snotvia Snotknockers, Harbor Coast Red Burns, and the Pirataly Vampirates.

PIML: With two weeks to go before the playoffs there are five teams going for four spots. No one has a guaranteed a spot in the playoffs yet, and only the Harmakipa Monkey Strings can not make it. More next week.

PIFF All-Stars Week 12:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Rivers    14  Nites
RB    C. Johnson   9   Pillagers
WR1   W. Welker    11  Picklers
WR2   S. Holmes    11  Steepers
TE    A. Gates     11  Plankers
K     J. Feely     4   Kilters
DEF   Eagles       4   Nites
DB1   B. Meriweat. 3   Pillagers
DB2   T. Williams  3   Plankers
DL    A. Schobel   2   Vampirates
LB    S. Phillips  4   Rebels

PIFF Total All-Stars:
18 Netthuania Nites
17 Tea Republic Steepers
15 Tsukestan Picklers
15 Svinksland Pillagers
14 Sparrow Island Maties
14 Kreplachistan Rebels
14 Takawokonia Plankers
10 Scotslandi Kilters
10 Pirataly Vampirates
9 Ninja Isle Eldars
8 Snotvia Snotknockers
7 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 12:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    T. Romo      16  Trip'ems
RB    C. Johnson   9   Boilers
WR1   L. Fitzgerald11  Monkey Strings
WR2   C. Ochocinco 10  Coasters
TE    A. Gates     11  Coasters
K     D. Akers     1   Monkey Strings
DEF   Eagles       4   Trip'ems
DB1   T. Rushing   0   Monkey Strings
DB2   A. Talib     0   Savvy Sirens
DL1   E. Dumervil  2   Coasters
DL2   J. Peppers   2   Boilers

PIML Total All-Stars:
34 Battle Cove Coasters
32 Tea Republic Boilers
26 Tai Shu Trip'ems
24 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
22 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
13 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Week 11 & 12 Wrap-up and All-stars

2009-12-01T09:36:00.000-08:00

Hello,
Sorry about missing a week -I had tons of stuff to do at work, you would think everybody would be slacking off before Thanksgiving, but no.
First I should congratulate Mike (of the Picklers) and Julia (of the Kilters) on their first baby. They have a good amount of pictures posted on Facebook so check them out. Huzzah!
It is starting to come down to the last couple of games in the regular season for the football leagues so let's see how the playoff races are shaping up:

PIFF: There are two weeks left before the first round of the newly expanded playoffs. Right now the Picklers (8-4) and Kilters (8-4) are fighting for the Red Division championship and a first round bye. While the Pillagers (8-4) and the Rebels (effectivly 8-4) are battling over the Black Division. This leaves the Steepers (7-5), Maties (6-5-1), Eldars & Plankers (6-6), and the Snotknockers & Nites (5-7) to fight over the last two playoff spots.

PIML: There are three weeks until the playoffs in the PIML. There are four spots and five teams still in the hunt. The Coasters and the Boilers are in the lead with 7-5 records, while the Savvy Sirens, Trip 'ems, and Focus are all 6-6.

PIFF All-Stars Week 11:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    B. Roethlis. 14  Vampirates
RB    R. Grant     12  Snotknockers
WR1   W. Welker    12  Picklers
WR2   H. Ward      10  Red Burns
TE    H. Miller    8   Nites
K     N. Kaeding   4   Rebels
DEF   Patriots     4   Plankers
DB1   C. Tillman   6   Vampirates
DB2   A. Cromartie 3   Nites
DL    J. Tuck      4   Maties
LB    J. Porter    4   Red Burns

PIFF All-Stars Week 12:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     20  Eldars
RB    C. Johnson   14  Pillagers
WR1   D. Driver    11  Pillagers
WR2   M. Austin    11  Pillagers
TE    J. Witten    8   Steepers
K     M. Prater    4   Steepers
DEF   Packers      6   Rebels
DB1   C. Woodson   14  Maties
DB2   J. Wilson    6   Nites
DL    J. Allen     7   Snotknockers
LB    E. Dumervil  6   Eldars

PIFF Total All-Stars:
16 Tea Republic Steepers
16 Netthuania Nites
14 Tsukestan Picklers
14 Sparrow Island Maties
13 Kreplachistan Rebels
13 Svinksland Pillagers
12 Takawokonia Plankers
9 Scotslandi Kilters
9 Pirataly Vampirates
9 Ninja Isle Eldars
8 Snotvia Snotknockers
7 Harbor Coast Red Burns



PIML All-Stars Week 11:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    B. Roethlis. 14  Coasters
RB    C. Johnson   10  Boilers
WR1   G. Jennings  10  Focus
WR2   H. Ward      10  Boilers
TE    T. Gonzalez  7   Focus
K     M. Crosby    3   Coasters
DEF   Patriots     4   Coasters
DB1   T. McGee     0   Trip'ems
DB2   T. Rushing   0   Monkey Strings
DL1   A. Magee     2   Focus
DL2   J. Peppers   2   Boilers


PIML All-Stars Week 12:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     20  Focus
RB    C. Johnson   14  Boilers
WR1   M. Colston   10  Savvy Sirens
WR2   R. Moss      4   Trip'ems
TE    A. Gates     10  Coasters
K     D. Akers     4   Monkey Strings
DEF   Chargers     4   Boilers
DB1   C. Woodson   14  Boilers
DB2   A. Samuel    6   Coasters
DL1   J. Allen     7   Coasters
DL2   E. Dumervil  6   Coasters

PIML Total All-Stars:
31 Battle Cove Coasters
30 Tea Republic Boilers
24 Tai Shu Trip'ems
23 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
19 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
13 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 10

2009-11-17T07:45:00.000-08:00

Week 10 was Yahoo proclaimed rivalry week, I tried to match up as many rivals as possible, and it looked like there were some close games.

PIFF: The big game of the week was the Plankers and Pillagers fighting to a 42-42 draw. That result leaves the Plankers half a game out of a playoff spot, and allowed the Rebels to take the lead in the Black Division. In the Red Division the Picklers and the Steepers are tied with a 7-3 record for the lead, many other teams are close behind.

PIML: The Savvy Sirens are on a three game winning streak and the Coasters are on a two game losing streak. This has allowed the Sirens to share the lead in the league with the Coasters and the Trip'ems. The Boilers are fourth with the Focus and Monkey Strings close behind.

PIFF All-Stars Week 10:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    T. Brady     15  Plankers
RB    C. Johnson   23  Pillagers
WR1   R. Moss      13  Nites
WR2   S. Rice      13  Steepers
TE    G. Olsen     5   Eldars
K     S. Suisham   2   Snotknockers
DEF   Ravens       7   Rebels
DB1   C. Woodson   9   Maties
DB2   R. Mathis    5   Plankers
DL    W. Smith     4   Rebels
LB    D. Ware      4   Steepers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
14 Tea Republic Steepers
13 Tsukestan Picklers
13 Netthuania Nites
12 Sparrow Island Maties
11 Takawokonia Plankers
11 Kreplachistan Rebels
10 Svinksland Pillagers
9 Scotslandi Kilters
7 Pirataly Vampirates
7 Ninja Isle Eldars
6 Snotvia Snotknockers
5 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 9:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   15  Monkey Strings
RB    C. Johnson   23  Boilers
WR1   R. Moss      13  Trip'ems
WR2   R. Wayne     11  Monkey Strings
TE    A. Gates     5   Coasters
K     D. Akers     3   Monkey Strings
DEF   Ravens       7   Coasters
DB1   C. Woodson   9   Boilers
DB2   T. McGee     0   Trip'ems
DL1   R. Mathis    6   Savvy Sirens
DL2   A. Carter    3   Savvy Sirens

PIML Total All-Stars:
24 Tea Republic Boilers
24 Battle Cove Coasters
22 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
22 Tai Shu Trip'ems
17 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
9 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 9

2009-11-11T07:10:00.000-08:00

Hello,
First off remember that the first football games each week will be on Thursday so make sure you look over your team before then.
PIFF: The Kilters are on a three game winning streak to be tied on top of the Red Division with a 6-3 record. The other teams with a 6-3 record are the Picklers and Steepers. In the Black Division the Pillagers have won two in a row and are now half a game ahead of the Rebels.
PIML: The Savvy Sirens and the Trip'ems both posted wins with 45 points scored, and both gained ground on the leading Coasters. Also the Focus has been on a two game winning streak which has caught them up to the faltering Boilers.

PIFF All-Stars Week 9:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    K. Warner    17  Pillagers
RB    M. Turner    17  Nites
WR1   M. Sims-Wal. 11  Red Burns
WR2   L. Fitzgerald11  Plankers
TE    V. Davis     8   Rebels
K     S. Gostkowski4   Pillagers
DEF   Steelers     6   Maties
DB1   J. Wilson    6   Nites
DB2   T. Porter    4   Rebels
DL    O. Umenyiora 4   Steepers
LB    S. Merriman  5   Nites

PIFF Total All-Stars:
13 Tsukestan Picklers
12 Tea Republic Steepers
12 Netthuania Nites
11 Sparrow Island Maties
9 Scotslandi Kilters
9 Takawokonia Plankers
9 Kreplachistan Rebels
9 Svinksland Pillagers
7 Pirataly Vampirates
6 Ninja Isle Eldars
5 Snotvia Snotknockers
5 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 9:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   10  Monkey Strings
RB    M. Turner    17  Trip'ems
WR1   R. Moss      11  Trip'ems
WR2   L. Fitzgerald11  Monkey Strings
TE    D. Clark     8   Savvy Sirens
K     S. Gostkowski4   Trip'ems
DEF   Steelers     6   Focus
DB1   A. Talib     3   Savvy Sirens
DB2   A. Samuel    0   Coasters
DL1   O. Umenyiora 4   Boilers
DL2   E. Dumervil  1   Coasters

PIML Total All-Stars:
22 Tea Republic Boilers
22 Battle Cove Coasters
20 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
20 Tai Shu Trip'ems
14 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
9 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 8

2009-11-03T09:19:00.001-08:00

Hello,
The NFL is now halfway through it's season and the what the heck are the Saints doing still being undefeated? A bit of news is that this will be the last week for Coaches being included in the All-Stars since StatTracker has now made it impossible to find out optimal scores the day after the games are over.

PIFF: In a surprise to no one the Red Division is getting even closer, all teams are within one game of each other, and there are four teams at 5-3. The big win for the weekend was the Eldars putting up big numbers on the Picklers. The Black Division seems to be more of a three team race with the Rebels owning a half game lead on the Pillagers and Plankers.

PIML: The Battle Cove Coasters beat the Tai Shu Trip'ems soundly to take the lead in the PIML. The Savvy Sirens and the Boilers are trying to keep up as the Monkey Strings and Focus limp on behind.

PIFF All-Stars Week 8:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    A. Rodgers   15  Rebels
RB    C. Johnson   20  Pillagers
WR1   R. Wayne     11  Plankers
WR2   V. Jackson   9   Picklers
TE    D. Clark     7   Kilters
K     K. Brown     3   Red Burns
DEF   Bears        8   Snotknockers
DB1   C. Tilman    7   Vampirates
DB2   J. Byrd      6   Vampirates
DL    J. Peppers   10  Pillagers
LB    S. Merriman  4   Nites
Coach Shannon      100%Steepers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
13 Tsukestan Picklers
11 Tea Republic Steepers
10 Sparrow Island Maties
9 Netthuania Nites
9 Scotslandi Kilters
8 Takawokonia Plankers
7 Kreplachistan Rebels
7 Svinksland Pillagers
7 Pirataly Vampirates
6 Ninja Isle Eldars
5 Snotvia Snotknockers
4 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 8:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    T. Romo      12  Trip'ems
RB    M. Jones-Drew17  Savvy Sirens
WR1   R. Wayne     11  Monkey Strings
WR2   V. Jackson   9   Coasters
TE    D. Clark     7   Savvy Sirens
K     R. Bironas   3   Savvy Sirens
DEF   Titans       0   Savvy Sirens
DB1   D. Manning   6   Savvy Sirens
DB2   A. Samuel    5   Coasters
DL1   J. Allen     6   Coasters
DL2   O. Umenyiora 4   Boilers
Coach Coleman      91% Coasters

PIML Total All-Stars:
21 Tea Republic Boilers
20 Battle Cove Coasters
18 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
17 Tai Shu Trip'ems
12 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
8 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 7

2009-10-27T09:11:00.000-07:00

Hello,
We are now half way through the regular season.
PIFF: The Red Division continues to be very hotly contested with three teams tied atop the standings: The Picklers, Steepers, and Maties with 5-2 records. While the Black Division sees the Rebels get half a game up on the Pillagers.
PIML: There is starting to be a divide in the teams now with the Battle Cove Coasters, and the Tai Shu Trip'ems leading the way. Next week they will play against each other for the lead in the league.

PIFF All-Stars Week 7:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Rivers    13  Nites
RB    C. Benson    15  Kilters
WR1   D. Jackson   12  Kilters
WR2   V. Jackson   11  Picklers
TE    O. Daniels   10  Vampirates
K     N. Kaeding   2   Rebels
DEF   Jets         6   Maites
DB1   D. Sharper   6   Steepers
DB2   C. Woodson   5   Maties
DL    T. Cole      4   Red Burns
LB    D. Ware      6   Steepers
Coach Mike         98% Picklers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
12 Tsukestan Picklers
10 Tea Republic Steepers
10 Sparrow Island Maties
8 Netthuania Nites
8 Scotslandi Kilters
7 Takawokonia Plankers
6 Ninja Isle Eldars
6 Kreplachistan Rebels
5 Svinksland Pillagers
5 Pirataly Vampirates
4 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 7:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    T. Romo      16  Trip'ems
RB    A. Peterson  11  Coasters
WR1   D. Jackson   12  Boilers
WR2   V. Jackson   11  Coasters
TE    O. Daniels   10  Monkey Strings
K     D. Akers     2   Monkey Strings
DEF   Jets         6   Boilers
DB1   D. Sharper   6   Boilers
DB2   C. Woodson   5   Boilers
DL1   A. Hayneswo. 2   Coasters
DL2   R. Bruce     0   Savvy Sirens
Coach Coleman      98% Coasters

PIML Total All-Stars:
20 Tea Republic Boilers
16 Tai Shu Trip'ems
16 Battle Cove Coasters
13 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
11 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
8 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 6

2009-10-20T11:28:00.000-07:00

Hello,
We are just past a third of the way through the football season, and the divide between the good and the bad teams in the NFL seems to be huge. The mismatches in the NFL mean high scoring games in fantasy football. I think this week was one of the highest scoring weeks in a long time.

PIFF: The Black Division continues to be hotly contested as all teams are either 3-3 or 4-2, while the Red Division is starting to show some separation between the top and bottom teams. The Plankers and Nites combines for more than 100 points this week as the Plankers pulled off a win (some help from Tom Brady) to keep pace with the Pillagers.

PIML: The Battle Cove Coasters won a close game with the Boilers to take the lead in the league with a record of 3-1-2. The Savvy Sirens was able to beat out the Focus to even out their record at 3-3.

PIFF All-Stars Week 6:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    T. Brady     22  Plankers
RB    M. Jones-Drew19  Maties
WR1   R. Moss      12  Nites
WR2   W. Welker    12  Picklers
TE    O. Daniels   4   Vampirates
K     R. Longwell  4   Maties
DEF   Patriots     7   Plankers
DB1   T. Polamalu  3   Snotknockers
DB2   A. Rolle     3   Picklers
DL    P. Kerney    6   Nites
LB    E. Dumervil  6   Eldars
Coach Aaron        100%Rebels

PIFF Total All-Stars:
10 Tsukestan Picklers
8 Tea Republic Steepers
8 Sparrow Island Maties
7 Takawokonia Plankers
7 Netthuania Nites
6 Scotslandi Kilters
6 Ninja Isle Eldars
5 Svinksland Pillagers
5 Kreplachistan Rebels
4 Snotvia Snotknockers
4 Pirataly Vampirates
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 6:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    T. Brady     22  Savvy Sirens
RB    M. Jones-Drew19  Savvy Sirens
WR1   R. Moss      12  Trip'ems
WR2   A. Johnson   9   Savvy Sirens
TE    O. Daniels   4   Monkey Strings
K     R. Longwell  4   Boilers
DEF   Patriots     7   Coasters
DB1   T. McGee     0   Trip'ems
DB2   Q. Demps     0   Focus
DL1   R. Seymour   6   Boilers
DL2   E. Dumervil  6   Coasters
Coach Shannon      79% Boilers

PIML Total All-Stars:
16 Tea Republic Boilers
15 Tai Shu Trip'ems
12 Battle Cove Coasters
12 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
9 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
8 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 5

2009-10-13T07:52:00.000-07:00

Hello,
During a week of NFL games that had some pretty large blowouts we had a good week of close games in PIFF, and even more ties in PIML.

PIFF: The Red Division showed it's power this week as every one of their teams won. In the one of the closest games of the week bottom dwelling Ninja Isle Eldars pulled off a win against the Black Division leader Pillagers. This brings the Eldars record up to 2-3 with both wins coming against Black Division opponents.

PIML: Tai Shu Trip'ems were able to rebound from their loss last week to beat the Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens to take over the lead in PIML. The Battle Cove Coasters battled their way to a tie with the purple monkeys to take over second place in the league.

PIFF All-Stars Week 5:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   14  Steepers
RB    C. Benson    12  Kilters
WR1   R. White     17  Eldars
WR2   A. Johnson   10  Rebels
TE    O. Daniels   7   Vampirates
K     L. Tynes     3   Nites
DEF   Vikings      5   Picklers
DB1   E. Reed      8   Maties
DB2   A. Bethen    2   Pillagers
DL    J. Tuck      7   Maties
LB    J. Harrison  8   Picklers
Coach Shannon      100%Steepers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
8 Tsukestan Picklers
8 Tea Republic Steepers
6 Scotslandi Kilters
6 Sparrow Island Maties
5 Takawokonia Plankers
5 Netthuania Nites
5 Ninja Isle Eldars
5 Svinksland Pillagers
4 Kreplachistan Rebels
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Pirataly Vampirates
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns


PIML All-Stars Week 5:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   14  Monkey Strings
RB    M. Turner    15  Trip'ems
WR1   R. White     17  Focus
WR2   A. Johnson   10  Savvy Sirens
TE    O. Daniels   7   Monkey Strings
K     R. Bironas   3   Savvy Sirens
DEF   Eagles       0   Trip'ems
DB1   O. Atogewe   2   Coasters
DB2   N. Harris    0   Boilers
DL1   J. Allen     5   Coasters
DL2   O. Umenyiosa 0   Boilers
Coach Coleman      100%Coasters

PIML Total All-Stars:
13 Tea Republic Boilers
13 Tai Shu Trip'ems
10 Battle Cove Coasters
9 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
8 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
7 Nebuchadnezzar Focus

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 4

2009-10-06T11:13:00.000-07:00

Hello,
Everyone survived the first round of byes last week (however some did better than others). In both leagues there isn't one team that looks to be unstoppable this year, so each week is important to keep up with, or in front of, the pack.

PIFF: The Netthuania Nites trounced the Sparrow Island Maties 59-14. This leaves both teams at 2-2 and in the middle of the pack in the standings. Also the Snotknockers were able to pull off an improbable win against the Plankers, with Jarred Allen socring 13 points during the Monday Night football game.

PIML: This week saw some teams fail to fill their roster, but luckily everyone who did won their game. The big win was the Battle Cove Coasters trampling the Trip'ems 48 - -2. Ouch.

PIFF All-Stars Week 4:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Garrard   15  Pillagers
RB    M. Forte     12  Steepers
WR1   S. Smith     11  Pillagers
WR2   M. Sims-Wal. 9   Red Burns
TE    A. Gates     11  Plankers
K     S. Janikows. 2   Eldars
DEF   49ers        14  Nites
DB1   D. Sharper   9   Steepers
DB2   L. Bodden    3   Vampirates
DL    J. Allen     13  Snotknockers
LB    J. Harrison  6   Picklers
Coach Pickle       100%Picklers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
6 Tsukestan Picklers
6 Tea Republic Steepers
5 Scotslandi Kilters
5 Takawokonia Plankers
4 Sparrow Island Maties
4 Netthuania Nites
4 Ninja Isle Eldars
4 Svinksland Pillagers
3 Kreplachistan Rebels
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns
2 Pirataly Vampirates


PIML All-Stars Week 4:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   13  Monkey Strings
RB    C. Johnson   5   Boilers
WR1   C. Johnson   9   Savvy Sirens
WR2   H. Ward      8   Boilers
TE    A. Gates     11  Coasters
K     S. Gostkows. 2   Trip'ems
DEF   Jets         -1  Boilers
DB1   T. McGee     0   Trip'ems
DB2   A. Rossum    0   Focus
DL1   J. Allen     13  Coasters
DL2   R. Deeney    4   Trip'ems
Coach Coleman      95% Coasters

PIML Total All-Stars:
11 Tea Republic Boilers
11 Tai Shu Trip'ems
7 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
7 Battle Cove Coasters
6 Nebuchadnezzar Focus
6 Harmakipa Monkey Strings

Project Madden PIFF 2010

2009-09-29T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

So I've taken on a big undertaking of putting PIFF Teams into Madden 2010. This entails quite a bit of time for each team, especially the drafting.

What I'm doing for Team Location is where the Team Owner is living now, so for example the Kreplachistan Rebels are based out of Schofield Barracks, HI. The Snotvia Snotknockers and Tea Repbulic Steepers are out of Tulsa, OK, etc.

Shannon was nice enough to provide me the RGB values for the official PIFF helmets, so the jerseys are licensed by the PIFF Commissioner ;) I'm doing my best to use the limited Logos in Madden to match up best with the logos/theme of the team in PIFF. So for the Rebels "Sun" logo (ie a big yellow circle) I had to match it with the Madden Atom logo, and for the Tea Republic Steepers their "Tea Football Leaf" matches best with the Madden Meteor logo.

I wish Madden 2010 had the feature NCAA Football 2010 has called Team Builder where you can create a team online, then anyone could download it into NCAA 2010. That would make life much easier, I'd tell you to create your team jerseys, stadium, we could actually import logos from image files on the computer to use, etc. But sadly they don't and with Madden we have to deal with the limited logos and team creation options they have...

My next solution would be to tell you to go out and rent Madden 2010 for the PS3, create your jersey, stadium, and tell me the values and I'd input it, but I understand not everyone has a PS3, or doesn't care that much lol.

So for unforms, the helmets are best duplicated from the PIFF helmet logos we use in Yahoo. I need to know what colors people want for their home/away jerseys, home/away pants, socks, shoes. In the mean time I'll input the colors with the values Shannon provided and leave it at what Madden defaults the uniforms to.

For example the Kreplachistan Rebels main colors are Yellow and Blue. I already know what the exact values are for those blues and yellow, so you'd just have to tell me, I want all Yellow Jerseys with Blue Numbers, names, yellow pants with white stripes, etc. For away jerseys, white jerseys, yellow trim, yellow pants, etc. You get the idea. Maybe my vision of your team would is different from yours, and ultimately it's your team so I'd love to get everyone's input :)

For Stadiums, take a look here Madden 2008 Create a Stadium. Tell me the name of your stadium, the endzone area title, mine is titled the "Tomlinson Fsn Club" after my star running back LT :D Do you want your field to be grass or turf? What color for your endzones? You want a dome, open stadium, mobile roof, etc. For outdoor stadiums pick your background enviornment like downtown, rural, urban, mountains. Do you want a huge modern scoreboard on one end zone, pressboxes, more seats?

Now for the drafting, which is quite a pain compared to other Madden's I've done this in. Fortunately there's a site that lists the Madden 2010 values for the players on each team, because Madden doesn't break down fantasy drafts by team, they just do it by position and rating. Obviously I draft everyone on your team, QBs, RBs, WRs, etc. For OL and FBs here's what I did for mine team. I have LT (SD), Thomas Jones (NYJ), and Willis McGahee (BAL) as my running backs. Anyway I take the entire O-Lines for the Chargers, Jets, and Ravens, and same for Full Back (LT, LG, C, RG, RT, etc.) and fill your team with the best of the players from those teams. Same for defense, I have the Packers and Ravens, so I do the same, assemble all the Packers and Ravens D, and draft them, etc. For Punters I look at the punter for the team(s) you have your Kicker on, and pick the better one.

Madden requires a certain number of players at each position:

QB - 2
HB - 3
FB - 1
WR - 4
TE - 2
LT - 2
LG - 2
C - 2
RG - 2
RT - 2
K - 1

LE - 2
RE - 2
DT - 3
LOLB - 2
MLB - 2
ROLB - 2
CB - 4
FS - 2
SS - 2
P - 1

So say you only have 3 WRs on your team, I'll fill your 4th with the same player for every team to make it fair. I also draft your IDPs on top of the best spots for DEF, so while I may have the best combo btw the Packers and Ravens, I also have Julius Peppers, and Adrian Wilson on my team. I let Madden auto depth chart, etc.

I've drafted the Rebels like six times lol, and that's how I came up with the idea for the combining of teams. The first couple of times I did the Rebels, I just did San Diego's OL and Baltimore's DEF. But after realizing if you want to change players you have to re-draft your whole team, I thought well what happens when I sim the game when Baltimore or San Diego has a bye, what to do then? That's when I got the combo idea.

So why am I doing all this you might ask? I want to see how Madden is at simming/predicting the outcomes of PIFF games. Yeah I understand it's different in "Madden PIFF" because when I play the Plankers, Aaron Rodgers is facing the Plankers, not the team the Packers play that week. I also want to upload highlights from the games, as I know Madden supports uploading highlights for the games. I thought that'd be a fun "column" for the PIFF Blog :)

Comments, suggestions, critiques? Yes I realize this takes quite a bit of time, but I'm having fun doing it, just like Shannon has fun designing the helmets and logos. I'll keep you posted as I go. Right now I just have my team drafted, and started designing the Steepers in the game. While I wait for everyone's replies I'll just input the colors Shannon provided, draft your team, and make sure the jerseys look OK, without messing with them too much.

Rock Rock on!

Aaron
Head Coach - Kreplachistan Rebels - Schofield Barracks, HI

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 3

2009-09-29T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hello,
Week three is in the books and the injury toll is starting to rise around the league. Some major players were knocked out early in their games like last week Frank Gore and Chad Pennington which lead to some surprising results in the fantasy football world.

PIFF: Davin's Pillagers continue on their non-losing ways and are sitting atop PIFF with a record of 2-0-1. The rest of the field is close behind, especially in the Red Division where 4 of the 6 teams are 2-1. One team that is surprising in a bad way is the Piratly Vampirates who have already as many losses as they did all of last year (2).

PIML: Two of the three PIML games ended in a tie this week with the only win going to the Harmakipa Monkey Strings that dominated the Focus 39-8. This was the first win ever for the Purple Monkeys.


PIFF All-Stars Week 3:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   17  Steepers
RB    M. Jones-Drew18  Maties
WR1   S. Moss      12  Maties
WR2   D. Jackson   11  Kilters
TE    J. Witten    5   Steepers
K     S. Gostkows. 4   Pillagers
DEF   Ravens       4   Rebels
DB1   C. Griffin   3   Snotknockers
DB2   R. Mathis    3   Plankers
DL    D. Freeney   6   Picklers
LB    L. Briggs    5   Plankers
Coach Davin        100%Pillagers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
5 Scotslandi Kilters
4 Tsukestan Picklers
4 Takawokonia Plankers
4 Tea Republic Steepers
4 Sparrow Island Maties
3 Netthuania Nites
3 Ninja Isle Eldars
3 Kreplachistan Rebels
2 Snotvia Snotknockers
2 Svinksland Pillagers
1 Harbor Coast Red Burns
1 Pirataly Vampirates


PIML All-Stars Week 3:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   17  Monkey Strings
RB    M. Jones-Drew18  Savvy Sirens
WR1   D. Jackson   11  Boilers
WR2   R. Wayne     10  Monkey Strings
TE    J. Witten    5   Trip'ems
K     S. Gostkows. 4   Trip'ems
DEF   Giants       3   Monkey Strings
DB1   D. Manning   2   Savvy Sirens
DB2   A. Rossum    0   Focus
DL1   J. Allen     4   Coasters
DL2   R. Deeney    2   Trip'ems
Coach Shannon      89% boilers

PIML Total All-Stars:
8 Tea Republic Boilers
8 Tai Shu Trip'ems
6 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
5 Nebuchadnezzar Focus
5 Harmakipa Monkey Strings
4 Battle Cove Coasters

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 2

2009-09-22T09:37:00.000-07:00

Week two is finished and in both leagues there is 1 team in each division that is undefeated, 1 that has lost both games, and the rest is 1-1. It looks like there might not be a runaway team this year in either league.

In PIFF the Scotslandi Kilters put the smack down on the Maties winning 51-17. The Pillagers are one of the 2 win teams however they have scored the least amount of points in either league. They have been very lucky with their match-ups so far. Meanwhile the Picklers who are the other 2-0 in PIFF has scored 82 points which is tied for the best total points.

In the PIML the surprising Tai Shu Trip'ems are leading the way with a 2-0 record. However the Boilers posted an impressive 53 points which was 23 more points than anyone else in the PIML.


PIFF All-Stars Week 2:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Schaub    18  Kilters
RB    F. Gore      20  Vampirates
WR1   A. Johnson   12  Rebels
WR2   V. Jackson   11  Picklers
TE    D. Clark     13  Kilters
K     N. Kaeding   4   Rebels
DEF   Saints       3   Eldars
DB1   C. Woodson   9   Maties
DB2   D. Sharper   6   Steepers
DL    R. Mathis    4   Nites
LB    E. Dumervil  10  Eldars
Coach Julia        100%Kilters  
PIFF Total All-Stars:
4 Scotslandi Kilters
3 Netthuania Nites
3 Tsukestan Picklers
3 Ninja Isle Eldars
2 Takawokonia Plankers
2 Tea Republic Steepers
2 Sparrow Island Maties
2 Kreplachistan Rebels
1 Snotvia Snotknockers
1 Harbor Coast Red Burns
1 Pirataly Vampirates
0 Svinksland Pillagers



PIML All-Stars Week 2:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Schaub    18  Boilers
RB    C. Jhonson   25  Boilers
WR1   A. Johnson   12  Savvy Sirens
WR2   S. Smith     9   Trip'ems
TE    D. Clark     13  Savvy Sirens
K     S. Gostkows. 3   Trip'ems
DEF   Giants       -1  Monkey Strings
DB1   A. Wilson    2   Boilers
DB2   A. Rossum    0   Focus
DL1   J. Allen     4   Coasters
DL2   R. Denney    2   Trip'ems
Coach Shannon      88% Boilers

PIML Total All-Stars:
6 Tea Republic Boilers
5 Tai Shu Trip'ems
4 Nebuchadnezzar Focus
4 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
3 Battle Cove Coasters
2 Harmakipa Monkey Strings

Edit 09.23.09: Change to PIFF All-Star coach from Jenette to Julia.

PIFF/PIML Highlights and All-Stars 09 Week 1

2009-09-15T07:52:00.000-07:00

The first week is over, and some teams picked up where they left off last season and there looks to be some new threats out there.

First I should point out that over at pirateislandsff.blogspot.com is the blog for PIFF and PIML, in the past I have just reposted the emails with some images in them. This year however there will be incentive to go check out the blog because Aaron (Kreplachistan Rebels) has been added as an author of the blog and he will be writing articles about the season as it happens. He has good insight into Fantasy Football so be sure to check up on the blog to see what he has to say.

In the PIFF both the Steepers and the Plankers posted big numbers in their wins, both teams look to maintain their high competition level this year. The two surprise teams after the first week are the Nites who are second in scoring in the Black Division, and the Picklers who usually save their wins for the second half of the season. It looks like this will be a tougher season all the way around for everyone in the PIFF.

PIML kicked off the opening week with round of high scores. The Battle Cove Coasters had little trouble with the Boilers. While the Focus outlasted the Sirens and the Trip'ems tripped up the MonkeyStrings. The Trip'ems posted the high score for the week in the PIML.

Socring is up in week 1, due to two things: 1) Receiving yards now score one point for each 20 yards. 2) There are now bonuses for rushing, throwing, and receiving yards. There might be a couple too many points on the board but we'll live with it for a season and see how things go.

On to the week 1 All-Stars. For a review (or maybe for the first time):
A player must be played to be an All-Star.
Ties are broke by determining which player contributed the most to his team percent wise.
The Coach was decided by seeing which team played most of the points possible, so Matt got 96% of the points possible for his team last week (actual/optimal=percent possible)


PIFF All-Stars Week 1:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     21  Eldars
RB    A. Peterson  21  Red Burns
WR1   R. Wayne     12  Plankers
WR2   R. Moss      10  Nites
TE    J. Carlson   9   Red Burns
K     N. Rackers   3   Picklers
DEF   Eagles       8   Nites
DB1   D. Hall      3   Kilters
DB2   T. Polamalu  3   Snotknockers
DL    O. Umenyiora 8   Steepers
LB    J. Harrison  2   Picklers
Coach Matt         96% Plankers

PIFF Total All-Stars:
2 Netthuania Nites
2 Takawokonia Plankers
2 Tsukestan Picklers
1 Tea Republic Steepers
1 Snotvia Snotknockers
1 Ninja Isle Eldars
1 Harbor Coast Red Burns
1 Scotslandi Kilters
1 Sparrow Island Maties
0 Svinksland Pillagers
0 Kreplachistan Rebels
0 Pirataly Vampirates


PIML All-Stars Week 1:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     21  Focus
RB    A. Peterson  21  Coasters
WR1   R. Wayne     12  Monkey Strings
WR2   R. Moss      10  Trip'ems
TE    T. Gonzalez  6   Focus
K     R. Longwell  2   Boilers
DEF   Eagles       8   Trip'ems
DB1   O. Atogwe    3   Coasters
DB2   D. Manning   2   Savvy Sirens
DL1   C. Terrill   0   Boilers
DL2   R. Brace     0   Savvy Sirens
Coach Charles      95% Focus

PIML Total All-Stars:
3 Nebuchadnezzar Focus
2 Battle Cove Coasters
2 Tai Shu Trip'ems
2 Tea Republic Boilers
2 Pesce Bay Savvy Sirens
1 Harmakipa Monkey Strings

2009 PIFF Promo Video

2009-09-10T06:51:00.001-07:00

At least one of these should work.

PIFF 2008 Championship and Wrap Up

2008-12-30T08:32:00.000-08:00

Now we must close the 2008 season, which was another successful year for the PIFF. The Tea Republic Steepers was able to hold off the Snotvia Snotknockers to win the Championship, while the Scotslandi Kilters continued their impressive late season run to win the Consolation bracket, beating the Tsukestan Picklers. If the Kilters would have had won one more game in the regular season they would have made it to, and won the Championship Playoffs.

As always I am grateful for everyone putting in the time to play the season, I had a great time playing and I hope everyone else did. The plan for finishing up the season is to get everyone a price list for the keepers sometime later this year when salary cap figures are released.

I think that the changes in the scoring system that we had were a step in the right direction, but they are still going to need some tweaks. The biggest change for next year will probably be a reduction in negative points for DEF points allowed. I still like the idea of losing points for poor DEF performances, but this year it seemed that too many of the outcomes each week were directly tied to the performance of the DEF. I am also thinking about getting receiving yards more points, and adding in bonus points for yards gained (like 1 extra point for a 100 yard game). Throughout the season this year I have been recording the NFL data so that I can run the numbers to try to see what should to be changed. I'll give some more updates when I start working on that.

One big thing I am considering for next year is to start a "minor league" for PIFF. I am starting to meet more people that are interested in joining our league, or just want to give fantasy football a try. Our league can only hold 14 teams is the max and I do not want anyone to leave PIFF so I thought that running a side non-keeper league would be a way to introduce new people while not giving them the pressure of having to be in a league "that counts". I would run the minor league just like PIFF except for the keeper aspect of it, so the scoring system would be the same, as would the naming conventions of the teams, etc. I think that as long as there are 4 or 5 new people interested I will give it a shot. So if you have a significant other, parent, or sibling that wants to give fantasy football a shot next year let me know (especially since they would be in a different league you could help them out more than if they were in PIFF). The sooner I get people signed up the sooner I can make football helmets for them, and as we all know the PIFF is a just ruse so that I have an excuse to make football helmets. :)

Well as I said at the opening, this was another great year of PIFF, and I have already started to think about who I am going to keep for next year and who needs to get the ax.

I hope everyone had a good Christmas, and enjoy the NFL playoffs!
(Anyone else rooting for a Cardinals/Dolphins Super Bowl?)

PIFF 2008 Playoffs Week 1

2008-12-23T08:33:00.001-08:00

In a break from the regular format I will quickly talk about the playoff games from last week.

Championship Playoffs:
Pirataly Vampirates vs. Tea Republic Steepers - The Vampirates had played almost a flawless regular season (tied for the best regular season record of all time in PIFF at 13-2), but last week all aspects of the team fell apart, and they only scored 5 points. On the other side of the ball, the Steepers limped into the playoffs with an under-performing team, they turned it around for the first game of the playoffs and scored 44 points.

Svinksland Pillagers vs. Snotvia Snotknockers - The once mighty Pillagers continued their slide after Kurt Warner played horribly in New England. Even so the game was very close, and the Chicago Defense was just able to keep the Snotknockers in the lead at the end of the game.

Consolation Playoffs:
Tsukestan Picklers vs. Harbor Coast Red Burns - DeAngelo Williams alone scored 17 points for the Picklers, in one of the best performances by a running back this year. While the Red Burns lacked scoring with Adrian Peterson only getting two points and the team scored a total of 11.

Scotslandi Kilers vs. Kreplachitstan Rebels - The Kilters continue their winning ways as they stop the Rebels 25 to 17. That makes five wins in a row for the Orange and Blue, while the Rebels have lost four straight.

Championship Game:
Snotvia Snotknockers vs. Tea Republic Steepers - The Snotknockers will make their first appearance in the Championship Game this week when they meet up with the playoff veteran Steepers. The mean green will rely on the Cutler/Westbrook duo that got them to the playoffs, while the Steepers might have to bench Manning in favor of Flacco. As always the Championship Game will come to the depth of the teams, not just the scoring power of one or two players.

Consolation Game:
Scotlandi Kilers vs. Tsukestan Picklers - It is fitting that these two teams meet each other in the consolation game, given our championship match up. It is a house divided all around this year. As mentioned before the Kilters are on a roll and look like they can't be stopped but there are some Picklers that will have something to say about that.

Have a great Christmas, and enjoy the last week of regular season NFL football!

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 15

2008-12-16T07:57:00.000-08:00

What an amazing finish to the regular season. Four teams had the chance to make the final championship playoff spot with a win, all of which lost, which defaulted the Steepers into the playoffs because they scored more points throughout the season. This week the Championship playoffs pit the Pirataly Vampirates vs the Tea Republic Steepers and the Svinksland Pillagers vs. the Snotvia Snotknockers. The Consolation Playoffs has the first round match ups of Tsukestan Picklers vs. Harbor Coast Red Burns and Scotlandi Kilters and Kreplachistan Rebels.

Game of the week from last week: The game of the week last week was the Maties and the Kilters. The Kilters put on an impressive showing preventing the Maties from making a repeat appearance in the Championship playoffs. The game was close but the Kilters held on in the end.

Team to raise the sails: The Berry Island Rum Runners started the season 1-10 but won 3 out of their last 4 games to finish up their season. It turns out to be too late to make a push for the Consolation Playoffs, but it seems that the team is starting to work better and will have a foundation for next year.

Davey Jones Team: The Kreplachistan Rebels finished the season scoring the most points in PIFF however they failed to make the Championship Playoffs due to their inability to win when they needed to. Their coaching was lacking this year and hopefully they can recover next year.

Brawl of the week: All eyes will be turned to the Championship battle of the Pillagers and Snotknockers this week. Both teams have played a solid season so far and they both would like a PIFF Championship (actually none of the teams in the Championship Playoffs have won PIFF before). This game will be close.


All-Stars Week 14:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Cassel    11  Plankers
RB    A. Peterson  8   Red Burns
WR1   S. Smith     7   Snotknockers
WR2   B. Berrian   5   Rum Runners
TE    D. Clark     6   Kilters
K     R. Bironas   4   Plankers
DEF   Tampa Bay    1   Vampirates
DB1   F. Bennett   3   Nites
DB2   C. Gamble    3   Red Burns
DL1   D. Ware      10  Steepers
DL2   J. Abraham   6   Vampirates
Coach Rusty        97% Rum Runners

Total All-Stars:
17 Svinksland Pillagers
17 Kreplachistan Rebels
15 Tea Republic Steepers
15 Snotvia Snotknockers
15 Pirataly Vampirates
14 Ninja Isle Eldars
14 Netthuania Nites
13 Takawokonia Plankers
13 Harbor Coast Red Burns
12 Berry Isle Rum Runners
11 Scotslandi Kilters
9 Tsukestan Picklers
9 Sparrow Island Maties
6 Ambersandia &s


PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6821) 2
2. Svinksland Pillagers    (.6769) 1
3. Pirataly Vampirates     (.6513) 3
4. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.6205) 4
5. Sparrow Island Maties   (.5949) 5
6. Tea Republic Steepers   (.5692) 6
7. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5128) 7
8. Tsukestan Picklers      (.4308) 8
9. Takawokonia Plankers    (.4205) 9
10. Scotslandi Kilters     (.3795) 11
11. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3538) 12
12. Netthuania Nites       (.3436) 10
13. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.2923) 13
14. Ambersandia &s         (.2769) 14


PIFF 2008 All-Star Team
Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     117 Eldars
RB    M. Turner    110 Rebels
WR1   A. Johnson   56  Rebels
WR2   L. Fitzgerald51  Rum Runners
TE    T. Gonzalez  38  Picklers
K     S. Gostkowski27  Pillagers
DEF   Baltimore    0   Rebels
DB1   C. Woodson   30  Rebels
DB2   E. Reed      30  Maties
DL1   D. Ware      47  Steepers
DL2   J. Harrison  47  Picklers
Coach Michelle     13  Vampirates


PIFF 2008 2nd Best All-Star Team
Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    K. Warner    111 Pillagers
RB    D. Williams  102 Picklers
WR1   R. White     51  Eldars
WR2   C. Johnson   48  Snotknockers
TE    J. Witten    29  Steepers
K     J. Carney    27  Vampirates
DEF   Pittsburgh   -6  Maties
DB1   O. Atogwe    27  Steepers
DB2   A. Winfield  26  Maties
DL1   J. Porter    42  Red Burns
DL2   R. Mathis    38  Nites
Coach Davin        11  Pillagers

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 14

2008-12-09T08:18:00.000-08:00

Remember that from now on football games start on Thursday.

One week to go, here is the playoff picture:

Championship Playoffs:
Piratly Vampirates, Svinksland Pillagers, Snotvia Snotknockers: Already are in.

Tea Republic Steepers: Win and in.

Tsukestan Picklers: With a win and a Steepers loss.

Kreplachistan Rebels: With a win and a Steepers and a Picklers loss.

Sparrow Island Maties: With a win and a loss by Steeprs, Picklers, and Rebels.

(Other teams could get close record wise, but would have to score too many points for them to win the tiebreaker to get in.)

Consolation Playoffs:

Picklers: Are in, unless they move up.

Rebels: Win to stay in.

Maties: Win to stay in.

Kilters: Win and in.

Nites: Win and a Kilter loss, or a win and a Kilter loss where the Nites score 5 more points than the Kilters.

Red Burns: Win and a loss by the Nites, and a Kilters win.

Game of the week from last week: The Snotvia Snotknockers was able to hold off the Rebels 38 to 33 to claim their spot in the playoffs. While the loss for the Rebels knocks them down to Consolation Playoff level, and they will need help in the last week to be able to make it back into the Championship Playoffs.

Team to raise the sails: After the Kilters started out the season 3-6 they have recently gone 4-1 and are within one win of making it into the consolation playoffs. The team has consistently got better throughout the year, and although their hopes for a championship are gone for this season, they will have a solid base for next year.

Davey Jones Team: The Harbor Coast Red Burns were making a late season push for the Championship Playoffs until they lost three games in a row. Currently not only are they out of the championship playoff race, they need help to make it into the consolation playoffs.

Brawl of the week: The Scotslandi Kilters play the Sparrow Island Maties in a match up that has both Championship and Consolation Playoff implications. A win by the Maties will give them a chance at making it back to the Championship Playoffs, while a win for the Kilters would give the team a high ranking in the Consolation Playoffs. A loss by either team could mean that they won't make it to the Consolation Playoffs.


All-Stars Week 14:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Schaub    11  Rebels
RB    D. Williams  15  Picklers
WR1   A. Bryant    10  Steepers
WR2   R. White     6   Eldars
TE    G. Olsen     3   Rum Runners
K     R. Gould     3   Rum Runners
DEF   Arizona      7   Nites
DB1   E. Reed      12  Maties
DB2   B. Meriweath.4   Rum Runners
DL1   J. Porter    6   Red Burns
DL2   J. Allen     6   Snotknockers
Coach Nicole       95% Snotknockers

Total All-Stars:
17 Svinksland Pillagers
17 Kreplachistan Rebels
14 Ninja Isle Eldars
14 Tea Republic Steepers
14 Snotvia Snotknockers
13 Pirataly Vampirates
13 Netthuania Nites
11 Takawokonia Plankers
11 Harbor Coast Red Burns
10 Scotslandi Kilters
10 Berry Isle Rum Runners
9 Tsukestan Picklers
9 Sparrow Island Maties
6 Ambersandia &s


PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.7088) 2
2. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.7088) 3
3. Pirataly Vampirates     (.6758) 1
4. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.6209) 5
5. Sparrow Island Maties   (.5989) 4
6. Tea Republic Steepers   (.5440) 7
7. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5275) 6
8. Tsukestan Picklers      (.4505) 8
9. Takawokonia Plankers    (.3791) 9
10. Netthuania Nites       (.3681) 10
11. Scotslandi Kilters     (.3516) 11
12. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3187) 12
13. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.3077) 13
14. Ambersandia &s         (.2527) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 13

2008-12-02T08:20:00.000-08:00

Remember that from now on football games start on Thursday.

With two games remaining in the regular season the playoff picture is getting clearer:
Piratly Vampirates: Already has the number one position locked up.

Svinksland Pillagers: Will get in with one win, or a one loss by both the Steepers and the Picklers.

Snotvia Snotknockers: Will get in with one win, or a one loss by both the Steepers and the Picklers.

Kreplachistan Rebels: Will get in with two wins, or with one win and a loss by Steepers, Picklers, Red Burns, Maties, Kilters, and Nites.

Picklers, Steepers: Needs to win one more game than the Rebels, or win both games and either the Pillagers or Snotknockers lose both games.

Red Burns: Can make it with one win and two losses by the Rebels, Picklers, and Steepers. Or with two wins and one loss by the Rebels, Picklers and Steepers.

Maties, Kilters and Nites: Must win two games, the Rebels must lose both games, and then also get some help with the Picklers, Steepers, and Red Burns.

Game of the week from last week: Once again the Sparrow Island Maties score one of the most points but happen to play against the team that scores the most points for the week. This time the Snotknockers racked up 38 to the Maties 32. The Maties now need serious help to get into the playoffs.

Team to raise the sails: The Tsukestan Picklers saved their season by taking on the once dominant Pillagers and almost doubling their points. The Picklers are now 5-1 in the last six weeks after starting 2-5. This is classic Picklers football (suck in the beginning of the season and winning in the end).

Davey Jones Team: The Pillagers seem to be in free fall. They started the season 8-1 and was keeping up with the Vampirates, but since then they have dropped 3 out of 4 games. They might still be able to lose the rest of the way and make it into the playoffs, but their team doesn't seems as unstoppable as they did before.

Brawl of the week: Although the Vampirates play the Pillagers this week that is not the game of the week since the Vampirates already has their spot wrapped up (and a win by the Pillagers would get them into the playoffs as well). No, the brawl of the week this week is the Snotknockers versus the Rebels. Both teams are currently in positions to be in the playoffs, however one team must lose this game. If the Snotknockers lose they still have an easy in by winning in week 15, but if the Rebels lose they will be thrown into the pack that is looking to claim the fourth playoff spot. Look for both teams to play extra hard so they can tie up their spot in the playoffs.


All-Stars Week 13:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    A.Rodgers    11  Nites
RB    S. Slaton    14  Steepers
WR1   B. Berrian   5   Rum Runners
WR2   R. White     4   Eldars
TE    J. Witten    5   Steepers
K     R. Bironas   4   Plankers
DEF   Tennessee    4   Pillagers
DB1   B. Dawkins   5   Nites
DB2   R. Mathis    3   Plankers
DL1   J. Harrison  8   Picklers
DL2   M. Williams  8   Maties
Coach Nicole       97% Snotknockers

Total All-Stars:
17 Svinksland Pillagers
16 Kreplachistan Rebels
13 Pirataly Vampirates
13 Ninja Isle Eldars
13 Tea Republic Steepers
12 Snotvia Snotknockers
12 Netthuania Nites
11 Takawokonia Plankers
10 Harbor Coast Red Burns
10 Scotslandi Kilters
8 Tsukestan Picklers
8 Sparrow Island Maties
7 Berry Isle Rum Runners
6 Ambersandia &s


PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Pirataly Vampirates     (.7278) 2
2. Svinksland Pillagers    (.7160) 1
3. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6982) 3
4. Sparrow Island Maties   (.6154) 4
5. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.5976) 6
6. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5325) 5
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.5089) 7
8. Tsukestan Picklers      (.4260) 9
9. Takawokonia Plankers    (.3964) 8
10. Netthuania Nites       (.3609) 10
11. Scotslandi Kilters     (.3314) 11
12. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3254) 12
13. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.3077) 13
14. Ambersandia &s         (.2663) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 12

2008-11-25T07:38:00.001-08:00

Remember that from now on football games start on Thursday.

There are only 3 weeks remaining in the regular season and teams are starting to claim playoff spots. The Vampirates who are 11-1 have claimed the first championship playoff spot, the Pillagers can get their spot with a win in the next three weeks, and the Snotknockers and Rebels control their own destiny. The rest of the field needs to keep on winning to keep their chances alive.

Game of the week from last week: Last week the Red Burns and Snotknockers played a tight game up until the Green Bay defense allowed New Orleans to score 51 points. The win for the Snotknockers moved them back into third place overall and in a good position to get into the championship playoffs.

Team to raise the sails: The Pirataly Vampirates officially are the first team to claim a championship playoff spot. Their record of 11-1 is two wins better than the next team and they are second place in scoring. Now we will see if the players get to rest before the playoffs or if they will be pressed to keep on playing.

Davey Jones Team: It is a tough choice this week but the Netthuania Nites have now lost three games in a row and have been falling quickly out of playoff consideration, currently they are not even making the consolation playoffs. They need to win two out of their last three games to get back in to the playoff picture.

Brawl of the week: The Snotknockers look to extend their winning streak of one game to two when the Sparrow Island Maties come into town. A win for the Snotknockers would almost seal the deal for a birth into the championship playoffs, while a loss for the Maties would all but eliminate them from a chance to get back to the Championship Game.


All-Stars Week 11:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Cassel    16  Plankers
RB    M. Forte     11  Rebels
WR1   T. Owens     9   Rebels
WR2   R. Moss      8   Nites
TE    T. Gonzalez  5   Picklers
K     R. Longwell  3   Steepers
DEF   Baltimore    6   Rebels
DB1   R. Barber    9   Kilters
DB2   E. Reed      9   Maties
DL1   A. Hayneswor.5   Pillagers
DL2   J. Tuck      4   Vampirates
Coach Andy         100%Maties

Total All-Stars:
16 Svinksland Pillagers
16 Kreplachistan Rebels
13 Pirataly Vampirates
12 Ninja Isle Eldars
11 Snotvia Snotknockers
11 Tea Republic Steepers
10 Harbor Coast Red Burns
10 Netthuania Nites
10 Scotslandi Kilters
9 Takawokonia Plankers
6 Berry Isle Rum Runners
6 Ambersandia &s
7 Tsukestan Picklers
7 Sparrow Island Maties


PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.7500) 1
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.7500) 2
3. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6987) 3
4. Sparrow Island Maties   (.5962) 5
5. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5769) 4
6. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.5641) 6
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.4744) 7
8. Takawokonia Plankers    (.4295) 8
9. Tsukestan Picklers      (.3974) 10
10. Netthuania Nites       (.3782) 9
11. Scotslandi Kilters     (.3077) 13
12. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3077) 12
13. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.3013) 11
14. Ambersandia &s         (.2692) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 11

2008-11-18T08:51:00.000-08:00

It is getting to be that time of year that we have enough games amassed to think about how the scoring system is going. The big changes this year were the increase in Individual Defensive Player (IDP) points, and the return of negative points for DEF points allowed. I think that the bump in IDP points have worked out fine, overall they don't change too much, but every once in awhile a player will have a big game and rack out 6 or 8 points. Giving points to sacks does give importance to the DL, which was the goal. I am not as happy about the minus points for DEF. Overall our league is averaging lower scores than the NFL and I think that minus points for DEF is what is causing this. Next season I will rework the distribution of negative points, and prob drop the huge minus if the DEF allows alot of points. What are your thoughts? What needs to be changed and what needs to stay the same?

Remember that from now on football games start on Thursday.

Week 11 brings two more wins for the top two teams as they start to pull away from the pack and get ready for a run at the Championship. The Vampirtaes need to win just one more game to make it to the championship playoffs, Pillagers need to win two, and the Snotknockers can claim their spot with winning out the rest of the season. On the other hand everyone is still in the running for the consolation playoffs and only the &s and Rum Runners have no shot at the championship playoffs.

Game of the week from last week: The Red Burns continue their last season push (4-1-1 in the last six games) as they glide on by the faltering Maties. The win for the Red Burns has them holding the final championship playoff spot, while the Maties are now needing to get back on track to get in a spot to make the big playoffs.

Team to raise the sails: The Harbor Coast Red Burns once again are making a statement that they are serious about making it to the championship playoffs. They have faced tough opponents and have come out the best once again.

Davey Jones Team: Although the Maties are still putting up decent scores they have now gone 1-4 in the last five games. They once were in the lead pack running even with the Vampirates and the Pillagers but now they are scrambling to save their chances to get into the championship playoffs.

Brawl of the week: The Red Burns (6-4-1) once again have a statement game ahead of them when they play the 7-4 Snotknockers. If the Snotknockers win they will almost have a championship playoffs spot wrapped up, while a win the the Red Burns will put them in a solid position for the playoffs. As the season gets later the games get more important, and this is a big one.


All-Stars Week 11:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Cassel    17  Plankers
RB    D. Williams  12  Picklers
WR1   A. Boldin    7   Red Burns
WR2   T. Houshmand.6   Nites
TE    J. Witten    1   Steepers
K     P. Dawson    5   Maties
DEF   Green Bay    3   Red Burns
DB1   T. Polamlu   3   Snotknockers
DB2   R. Barber    3   Kilters
DL1   J. Harrison  7   Picklers
DL2   J. Peppers   6   Rebels
Coach Davin        96% Pillagers

Total All-Stars:
15 Svinksland Pillagers
13 Kreplachistan Rebels
12 Pirataly Vampirates
12 Ninja Isle Eldars
11 Snotvia Snotknockers
10 Tea Republic Steepers
10 Harbor Coast Red Burns
9 Netthuania Nites
9 Scotslandi Kilters
8 Takawokonia Plankers
6 Berry Isle Rum Runners
6 Ambersandia &s
6 Tsukestan Picklers
5 Sparrow Island Maties



PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.7832) 1
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.7343) 2
3. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6713) 3
4. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.6224) 6
5. Sparrow Island Maties   (.5734) 5
6. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.5524) 4
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.4895) 7
8. Takawokonia Plankers    (.4126) 9
9. Netthuania Nites        (.4126) 8
10. Tsukestan Picklers     (.3706) 10
11. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.3147) 14
12. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3147) 11
13. Scotslandi Kilters     (.2867) 12
14. Ambersandia &s         (.2587) 13

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 10

2008-11-11T08:36:00.000-08:00

Remember that from now on football games start on Thursday. So make sure you get your team set in time. Also note that the &s played a DEF (Was) that was on a bye so I set the point total for the team to 0 for the week (down from 13).

Week 10 brings the close of the 2nd third of the PIFF regular season. With 5 games remaining all teams are still eligible to get into the championship playoffs (the top four teams make it). However some outcomes or more likely than others, the Rum Runners need to win out and have no more teams win their 7th game of the season, which chances are, won't happen. The Vampirates need to win three out of their next five games to guarantee a spot in the playoffs. After this week's games I will start to have a better rundown of the playoff picture.

Game of the week from last week: Last week the red hot Pillagers were taking on the Snotvia Snotknockers. The good game was not realized however when the Pillagers only scored one point through Sunday and ended up losing the game 25-13. That drops the Pillagers one game behind the Vampirates and only one game ahead of the Snotknockers.

Team to raise the sails: The Harbor Coast Red Burns took a large step last week to save their season. In a close 32-27 win they were able to get by the Rebels and put themselves only half a game out of the championship playoffs.

Davey Jones Team: We have to take the opportunity to pick out the Pillagers when they give us a chance, because they are few and far between. Week after week the Pillagers have been posting the high scores and it was somewhat odd to see that they could barley break the teens in scoring. Hopefully this was just an off week for the team.

Brawl of the week: After the Red Burns pulled out a big win over the Rebels they now face the Maties in a game that both teams need to win. The Maties have been doing fine this year starting out 5-1, however since then they have gone 1-3 and are in danger of losing their playoff spot.


All-Stars Week 10:

Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    J. Cutler    14  Snotknockers
RB    A. Peterson  13  Red Burns
WR1   E. Royal     7   Eldars
WR2   D. Jackson   6   Kilters
TE    T. Gonzalez  6   Picklers
K     P. Dawson    3   Maties
DEF   New York Jets7   Steepers
DB1   W. Blackmorn 3   &s
DB2   C. Hope      3   Pillagers
DL1   J. Peppers   10  Rebels
DL2   R. Lewis     6   Rum Runners
Coach Lance        100%Red Burns

Total All-Stars:
14 Svinksland Pillagers
12 Pirataly Vampirates
12 Ninja Isle Eldars
12 Kreplachistan Rebels
10 Snotvia Snotknockers
9 Tea Republic Steepers
8 Netthuania Nites
8 Scotslandi Kilters
8 Harbor Coast Red Burns
7 Takawokonia Plankers
6 Berry Isle Rum Runners
6 Ambersandia &s
4 Tsukestan Picklers
4 Sparrow Island Maties



PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.7923) 1
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.7538) 2
3. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6538) 4
4. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.6000) 5
5. Sparrow Island Maties   (.5923) 3
6. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5846) 6
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.5231) 7
8. Netthuania Nites        (.4307) 8
9. Takawokonia Plankers    (.3692) 9
10. Tsukestan Picklers     (.3538) 13
11. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3000) 12
12. Scotslandi Kilters     (.2923) 11
13. Ambersandia &s         (.2846) 10
14. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.2769) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 9

2008-11-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

Remember that this week football games start on Thursday. So make sure you get your team set in time. Also Amber asked a question about picking All-Stars on the PIFF blog, I will answer her over there, and on our Yahoo league page.

Just as week 8 saw the end on one streak, week 9 is welcomed across Berry Isle as their losing streak comes to an end, and their team records their first win. There are 6 weeks left to go in the regular season.

Game of the week from last week: Last week there were two games of the week. The first was the Pillagers taking on the 2007 PIFF runner-ups Maties. The Pillagers stayed trye to form in this game and won by nine points, bringing their win streak up to 8 games. The other game of the week was the Vampirates facing off against the Rebels. Although the Vampirtaes offense had some problems, their two DLs racked up 13 points, enough to get the team a win.

Team to raise the sails: The Berry Isle Rum Runners had been victims of many close losses throughout the 08 season so far. So it is nice to see them get a win. But not only did they win but their defence actually played ok as well. Once they figure out the right defense all the time they will start to pile on the wins.

Davey Jones Team: The Tsukestan Pickles put up an anemic 7 points this last weekend when they faced off against the 'Nites. It is like the team didn't even show up to play.

Brawl of the week: The best week 10 match up is Davin's Stomping Good Pillagers versus Nicole's Mean Green Snotknockers. Currently the Snotknockers hold the final Championship Playoff spot, however one loss will allow other teams to pass them. While the Pillagers must win to keep up the pace with the Vampirates.

All-Stars Week 8:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    K. Warner    10  Pillagers
RB    A. Peterson  9   Red Burns
WR1   D. Mason     6   Vampirates
WR2   B. Berrian   5   Rum Runners
TE    O. Daniels   5   &s
K     M. Stover    3   &s
DEF   Arizona      4   Nites
DB1   D. Revis     8   Snotknockers
DB2   C. Ndukwe    2   Rebels
DL1   J. Abraham   8   Vampirates
DL2   T. Suggs     6   Plankers
Coach Julia        100%Kilters

Total All-Stars:
13 Svinksland Pillagers
12 Pirataly Vampirates
11 Ninja Isle Eldars
11 Kreplachistan Rebels
9 Snotvia Snotknockers
8 Tea Republic Steepers
8 Netthuania Nites
7 Scotslandi Kilters
6 Takawokonia Plankers
6 Harbor Coast Red Burns
5 Berry Isle Rum Runners
5 Ambersandia &s
4 Tsukestan Picklers
3 Sparrow Island Maties



PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.8632) 1
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.7778) 2
3. Sparrow Island Maties   (.6325) 4
4. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6325) 3
5. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.5812) 5
6. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5385) 6
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.5128) 7
8. Netthuania Nites        (.4359) 8
9. Takawokonia Plankers    (.3590) 9
10. Ambersandia &s         (.3162) 10
11. Scotslandi Kilters     (.3162) 12
12. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3077) 13
13. Tsukestan Picklers     (.2906) 11
14. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.2051) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 8

2008-10-28T08:09:00.000-07:00

Week 8 saw the end of the Vampirates undefeated run, which allowed the rest of the lead teams to get one step closer to the top of the pack.

Game of the week from last week: Davin's Pillagers went on to win their 7th game in a row as they win over the Red Burns from Harbor Coast. With Pirataly's loss this places the Pillagers tied with the best record at 7-1.

Team to raise the sails: The Snotvia Snotknockers were the only team to reach in the 30s this week, and they almost scored 40. They were able to stop their three game slide and are now only half a game out of a Championship Playoff spot.

Davey Jones Team: The Berry Isle Rum Runners once again are struck down by their defense. This week the Cincinnati Bengals allowed 35 points which sunk the Rum Runners chances, and left the team drinking grog in the galley.

Brawl of the week: Week 9 has two huge games, so there are two games of the week. The first is the 7-1 Vampirates playing the 5-2-1 Rebels. Both teams are in the top four and both need a win to keep pace with the lead group. The other huge game is the 7-1 Pillagers taking on the 6-2 Maties in another matchup between top 4 teams. The winner of this game will have a fair lead on the rest of the field going around the final bend of the season.

All-Stars Week 7:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     11  Eldars
RB    B. Westbrook 15  Snotknockers
WR1   S. Moss      9   Snotknockers
WR2   R. White     6   Eldars
TE    D. Clark     5   Kilters
K     J. Carney    4   Vampirates
DEF   Baltimore    -1  Rebels
DB1   O. Atogwe    3   Steepers
DB2   A. Samuel    3   Pillagers
DL1   J. Porter    7   Red Burns
DL2   D. White     5   Kilters
Coach Nicole       100%Snotknockers

Total All-Stars:


12 Svinksland Pillagers
11 Ninja Isle Eldars
10 Kreplachistan Rebels
10 Pirataly Vampirates
8 Tea Republic Steepers
8 Snotvia Snotknockers
7 Netthuania Nites
6 Scotslandi Kilters
5 Takawokonia Plankers
5 Harbor Coast Red Burns
4 Tsukestan Picklers
4 Berry Isle Rum Runners
3 Sparrow Island Maties
3 Ambersandia &s


PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.8558) 1
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.7788) 2
3. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6827) 4
4. Sparrow Island Maties   (.6538) 3
5. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.5577) 6
6. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5481) 5
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.4519) 7
8. Netthuania Nites        (.4327) 9
9. Takawokonia Plankers    (.3654) 8
10. Ambersandia &s         (.3365) 11
11. Tsukestan Picklers     (.3269) 13
12. Scotslandi Kilters     (.3077) 10
13. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.2596) 12
14. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.2308) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 7

2008-10-21T08:09:00.000-07:00

*I will post this each week in the comments section on the Yahoo league page, and I will also post it at http://pirateislandsff.blogspot.com/ *

With week 7 coming to a close we pass the halfway mark in the PIFF regular season. The league has one remaining undefeated team, the Vampirates, and one team with no wins, the Rum Runners, who find a new heart breaking way to lose each week. The rest of the teams form a tight pack that is fighting for playoff spots as we go into the second half of the season.

Game of the week from last week: The game of the week lived up to its name as the Plankers were able to fight their way to a tie with the Red Burns during the Monday Night Football game. The Plankers are sure to give Cassel a raise after his performance.

Team to raise the sails: Ending the first half of the season with only one undefeated team means that the Priataly Vampirates will gain the honors this week. They are keeping one game ahead of the juggernaut Pillagers, and look to be the easy pick to make it into the Championship Playoffs.

Davey Jones Team: The Ninja Isle Eldars were able to squeak out a close one this week. No, it wasn't for a win, they were barely able to get positive points.

Brawl of the week: The number one scoring offense plays the number five offense this week when the Pillagers come rolling into Harbor Coast to face the men with the Red Burns. The Red Burns are one game out of a Championship playoff spot, while the Pillagers needs to continue to roll to keep up with the Vampirates. Should be a good one.

All-Stars Week 6:

Pos Player Pts Team
QB M. Cassel 9 Plankers
RB S. Jackson 17 Plankers
WR1 S. Smith 5 Snotknockers
WR2 A. Bryant 5 Steepers
TE O. Daniels 4 &'s
K J. Kasay 3 &'s
DEF Green Bay 4 Red Burns
DB1 N. Collins 6 Rum Runners
DB2 O. Atogwe 6 Steepers
DL1 J. Tuck 8 Vampirates
DL2 J. Allen 6 Snotknockers
Coach Davin 100%Pillagers

Total All-Stars:
11 Svinksland Pillagers
9 Ninja Isle Eldars
9 Kreplachistan Rebels
9 Pirataly Vampirates
7 Netthuania Nites
7 Tea Republic Steepers
5 Snotvia Snotknockers
5 Takawokonia Plankers
4 Tsukestan Picklers
4 Scotslandi Kilters
4 Berry Isle Rum Runners
4 Harbor Coast Red Burns
3 Sparrow Island Maties
3 Ambersandia &s

PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Svinksland Pillagers (.8462) 1
2. Pirataly Vampirates (.8352) 2
3. Sparrow Island Maties (.6703) 3
4. Kreplachistan Rebels (.6593) 4
5. Harbor Coast Red Burns (.5714) 5
6. Snotvia Snotknockers (.4945) 6
7. Tea Republic Steepers (.4725) 7
8. Takawokonia Plankers (.4066) 10
9. Netthuania Nites (.4066) 8
10. Scotslandi Kilters (.3407) 9
11. Ambersandia &s (.2967) 14
12. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.2967) 11
13. Tsukestan Picklers (.2857) 12
14. Ninja Isle Eldars (.2307) 13

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 6

2008-10-14T07:42:00.000-07:00

The point totals were up in the 6th week of PIFF. No team scored less than 10 points and most teams scored in the 20s. I think everyone is starting to get an idea about which defenses are good, and which ones will give up alot of points.

Game of the week from last week: The Pillagers made things interesting when they played the Rebels in the game of the week. Going into Monday Night Football the game was even, with the Pillagers only having B. Edwards and the Cleveland DEF to play. Davin showed that he know what he was doing playing Cleveland's porous DEF against the Super Bowl Champions, as they surprisingly propelled him to a victory.

Team to raise the sails: Since I need to spread the love around, I won't mention that Davin's Burning and Pillaging has got him the high score again this week. Instead this week's team on the rise is the Scotslandi (they wear) Kilters who pulled out a 100% efficiency rating, to get them up to a 3-3 record. There is a long way to go for them to make the Championship Playoffs, but they are headed in the right direction.

Davey Jones Team: The Mean Green Snotknockers posted a low score of 10 points this week to drop them to 4-2 for the year. It is too early to press the panic button right now, but it looks like injuries are starting to take a toll on Snotvia's finest.

Brawl of the week: This one is close, but I am going to say that the match up between the 3-3 Harbor Coast Red Burns and the 2-3-1 Takawokonia Plankers will be the best game for next week. With a win either team would be in striking distance of the lead pack, however a loss for either team would throw them back into the pile of sub-par teams.

All-Stars Week 6:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     12  Eldars
RB    C. Portis    10  Pillagers
WR1   A. Johnson   7   Rebels
WR2   B. Edwards   7   Pillagers
TE    V. Davis     3   Rebels
K     J. Elam      4   Eldars
DEF   Tampa Bay    5   Vampirates
DB1   O. Atogwe    6   Steepers
DB2   C. woodson   5   Rebels
DL1   R. Mathis    9   Nites
DL2   J. Parker    8   Red Burns
Coach Julia        100%Kilters

Total All-Stars:
10 Svinksland Pillagers
9 Ninja Isle Eldars
9 Kreplachistan Rebels
8 Pirataly Vampirates
7 Netthuania Nites
5 Tea Republic Steepers
4 Tsukestan Picklers
4 Scotslandi Kilters
3 Berry Isle Rum Runners
3 Sparrow Island Maties
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Takawokonia Plankers
3 Harbor Coast Red Burns
1 Ambersandia &s

PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:


1. Svinksland Pillagers    (.8205) 2
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.8205) 1
3. Sparrow Island Maties   (.7179) 3
4. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6538) 5
5. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5385) 6
6. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.5128) 4
7. Tea Republic Steepers   (.4487) 8
8. Netthuania Nites        (.4487) 7
9. Scotslandi Kilters      (.3461) 11
10. Takawokonia Plankers   (.3461) 10
11. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3333) 13
12. Tsukestan Picklers     (.3077) 9
13. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.2692) 14
14. Ambersandia &s         (.2564) 12

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 5

2008-10-07T07:38:00.000-07:00

Week 5 turned out to be full of close and intriguing games. The Sparrow Island Maties relied on DB A. Winfield to win them the game on Monday Night Football. The coaches for both the Pillagers and the Plankers played their optimum lineup in their game, and the game of the week left only one undefeated team.

Game of the week from last week: The big game from week five was the Pirataly Vampirates versus the Mean Green Snotvia Snotknockers. Both teams came into the game undefeated, but the Vampirates was able to win the game by a couple of points. The Vampirates are now 5-0, The Snotknockers fall into the leading pack with a record of 4-1.

Team to raise the sails: Although the Pillagers are 4-1 they are starting to gain steam. They posted the high score for the week again, and it seems like it doesn't matter which players are in the game -all of them produce. The Pillagers lost to the Vampirates in week one, and will be looking forward to week 14 for revenge.

Davey Jones Team: The Ambersandia Golden Squiggles struggled this week to post 0 points. Despite K. Orton's better than average week the Buffalo Defense allowed an impressive 41 points against the Arizona Cardnals, that deficit was too difficult for the &s to overcome.

Brawl of the week: No pairing this week screams out to pay attention to, but the dominant Svinksland Pillagers will be heading over to the perennial powerhouse Kreplachistan Rebels to duke it out. The Rebels needs the win to get into the top four, while the Pillagers needs too keep pace with the Vampirates.

All-Stars Week 4:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    B. Roethlisb.11  Vampirates
RB    C. Portis    10  Pillagers
WR1   R. White     6   Eldars
WR2   A. Johnson   6   Rebels
TE    C. Cooley    5   Pillagers
K     R. Longwell  3   Steepers
DEF   Chicago      3   Snotknockers
DB1   R. Mathis    6   Plankers
DB2   A. Winfield  5   Maties
DL1   R. Mathis    5   Nites
DL2   J. Harrison  4   Picklers
Coach Davin        100%Pillagers

Total All-Stars:
8 Svinksland Pillagers
7 Ninja Isle Eldars
7 Pirataly Vampirates
6 Netthuania Nites
6 Kreplachistan Rebels
4 Tea Republic Steepers
4 Tsukestan Picklers
3 Berry Isle Rum Runners
3 Scotslandi Kilters
3 Sparrow Island Maties
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Takawokonia Plankers
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns
1 Ambersandia &s

PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:


1. Pirataly Vampirates     (.8154) 1
2. Svinksland Pillagers    (.7846) 2
3. Sparrow Island Maties   (.7231) 4
4. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.6154) 3
5. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6000) 6
6. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5385) 5
7. Netthuania Nites        (.4923) 8
8. Tea Republic Steepers   (.4769) 7
9. Tsukestan Picklers      (.3692) 9
10. Takawokonia Plankers   (.3231) 13
11. Scotslandi Kilters     (.2769) 12
12. Ambersandia &s         (.2769) 10
13. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.2769) 11
14. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.2462) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 4

2008-09-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

Check off another week, that will make 4 of the 15 regular season weeks done. This week we saw our first tie of the season (Plankers vs. Rebels), the first negative points (that hasn't happened since the 2005 season), and the number of undefeated teams is down to two.

Game of the week from last week: Last weeks game to watch was Purple Pirates of Sparrow's Island (3-0) versus the Dark Menace from Pirataly (3-0). The game's result hung in the balance throughout the Monday Night football game, and all seemed to be going the Maties way when the Steelers recovered a fumble for a touchdown. But the Vampirates wouldn't go down so easily and Ben Roethlisberger lead the way back for a win for Pirataly. Both teams played a great game and both coaches posted 100% efficiency scores for choosing who to play. These teams look like early favorites to get into the championship playoffs.

Team to raise the sails: The Big Bad Red Burns from Harbor Coast posted a week high score of 28 points, in big part due to the young QB Jason Campbell. RB stud A. Peterson also had a good game and the red and white coasted past the 'Nites.

Davey Jones Team: Week 12 of the 2005 season was the last time a team scored in the negatives. In the game the Futontopia Eldars (in their last season at Futontopia, the next year they moved to the Ninja Isle) lost to the Tea Republic Steepers -4 to 43. This week the Netthuania Fighting Mennonites racked up a -2 score after the Arizona defence let 50 points go by. The 'Nites are only 2-2 but if their DEF can't play any better this might be a long season for the artichoke farmers.

Brawl of the week: As if the great match up between the Maties and Vampirates wasn't good enough last week, this week the Vampirates will take center stage again when they face the Snotvia Snotknockers. Two undefeated teams enter the match, only one will survive, unless they tie... they they both will survive on a technicality. Grab your popcorn and your Stat Tracker this one is gonna be good.

All-Stars Week 4:

Pos Player Pts Team
QB D. Brees 12 Eldars
RB L. Johnson 14 Picklers
WR1 L. Coles 7 Kilters
WR2 G. Jennings 6 Vampirates
TE J. Witten 4 Steepers
K M. Prater 3 Nites
DEF Tampa Bay 3 Vampirates
DB1 C. Woodson 6 Rebels
DB2 C. Ndukwe 5 Rebels
DL1 T. Cole 4 Plankers
DL2 A. Hayneswor.4 Pillagers
Coach Michelle 100%Vampirates

Total All-Stars:
6 Ninja Isle Eldars
6 Pirataly Vampirates
5 Netthuania Nites
5 Svinksland Pillagers
5 Kreplachistan Rebels
3 Berry Isle Rum Runners
3 Tea Republic Steepers
3 Tsukestan Picklers
3 Scotslandi Kilters
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns
2 Sparrow Island Maties
2 Snotvia Snotknockers
2 Takawokonia Plankers
1 Ambersandia &s

PIFF Power Rankings (Rating) Prev. Week:
1. Pirataly Vampirates (.8269) 2
2. Svinksland Pillagers (.7308) 4
3. Snotvia Snotknockers (.6731) 1
4. Sparrow Island Maties (.6731) 3
5. Harbor Coast Red Burns (.6346) 7
6. Kreplachistan Rebels (.5769) 5
7. Tea Republic Steepers (.4615) 9
8. Netthuania Nites (.4038) 6
9. Tsukestan Picklers (.3654) 8
10. Ambersandia &s (.3462) 11
11. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.3269) 10
12. Scotslandi Kilters (.2885) 13
13. Takawokonia Plankers (.2692) 12
14. Ninja Isle Eldars (.2308) 14

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 3

2008-09-23T07:57:00.000-07:00

*I will post this each week in the comments section on the Yahoo league page, and I will also post it at http://pirateislandsff.blogspot.com/ *

The third week in the PIFF is over and we are starting to see some separation between the teams in the standings. The most interesting game this weekend was the Ampersands pulling off a narrow win over the Plankers. Since I have Stat Tracker I got updates to the score as the Monday Night game was going. The lead in the PIFF game switched back and forth a couple of times until J. Cotchery finally got a big catch to put the Golden Squiggles up for good.

Game of the week from last week: The game to watch from last week was the Red Burns playing the Red Hot Vampirates. The Piratalieans were able to take a convincing win and move on to 3-0, in large part do to Franky G. at running back.

Team to raise the sails: Davin's Pillagers notched a score of 35 points this last week, well above the rest of the scores for the league, the next closest was the Vampirates with 26. There wasn't one player on the Pillagers that scored more than 6 points, however, all but one player on the team scored. So the huge score was due to a team effort rather than one player getting hot. The Pillagers look like they are a solid team.

Davey Jones Team: The ailing Eldars once again post the low score for the week. The team looks like they have depth on the bench, but the players are just too inconsistent to know who should be played and who should be benched.

Brawl of the week: All eyes will be turned to the great match up we have in week 4 between the Sparrow Island Maties and the Pirataly Vampirates. Both teams are 3-0 and both teams have been winning their games by a comfortable margin. It will be interesting to see how things go during the first week of byes.

All-Stars Week 3:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Brees     10  Eldars
RB    M. Turner    14  Rebels
WR1   B. Marshall  7   Snotknockers
WR2   T. Houshman. 6   'Nites
TE    K. Boss      3   'Nites
K     J. Carney    4   Vampirates
DEF   Baltimore    4   Rebels
DB1   R. Mathis    6   Plankers
DB2   E. Reed      6   Maties
DL1   J. Abraham   6   Vampirates
DL2   J. Peterson  5   Pillagers
Coach Davin        100%Pillagers

Total All-Stars:
5 Ninja Isle Eldars
4 Netthuania Nites
4 Svinksland Pillagers
3 Berry Isle Rum Runners
3 Pirataly Vampirates
3 Kreplachistan Rebels
2 Tea Republic Steepers
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns
2 Tsukestan Picklers
2 Scotslandi Kilters
2 Sparrow Island Maties
2 Snotvia Snotknockers
1 Ambersandia &s
1 Takawokonia Plankers

New for this week I have figured up a power ranking, which is based on the method for finding a p-value in non-parametric statistics (for the couple of you that knows of such things)

PIFF Power Rankings (Rating -closer to 1 is better):


1. Snotvia Snotknockers    (.8205)
2. Pirataly Vampirates     (.8205)
3. Sparrow Island Maties   (.6667)
4. Svinksland Pillagers    (.6667)
5. Kreplachistan Rebels    (.6667)
6. Netthuania Nites        (.5385)
7. Harbor Coast Red Burns  (.5128)
8. Tsukestan Picklers      (.4359)
9. Tea Republic Steepers   (.4359)
10. Berry Isle Rum Runners (.4103)
11. Ambersandia &s         (.3590)
12. Takawokonia Plankers   (.2564)
13. Scotslandi Kilters     (.1795)
14. Ninja Isle Eldars      (.0256)

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 2

2008-09-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

The second week of the PIFF season is over, and scoring around the league is down. It looks like this is a combination of some quarterbacks and running backs under performing, as well as some defenses allowing many points, and toss in Houston and Baltimore not playing and we get a couple of teams barely scoring any points. The upset of the week has to go to the Pillagers who was able to soundly defeat the Fighting Mennonites. Thus making both teams 1-1.

Game of the week from last week: Last week the game to watch was the Maties versus the Kilters, which was the only game between 1-0 teams. It turned out that the chaps from Sparrow Island were able to beat the Scotslandi-ers without too much problems with a final score of 25-7.

Team to raise the sails: The Harbor Coast Red Burns posted a week high score of 33, to bring the make them the highest scoring 1-1 team at 50 points. They have a core of young, high powered players with Adrian Peterson and Jason Campbell, and a defense that looks to actually give the Red Burns some positive points.

Davey Jones Team: It is a tough call for this week, The Eldars scored 3 points, the Kilters 7, and the Steepers 10. However only one team could have been saved by playing better players that were sitting on the bench: the Steepers. After winning week one, the Steepers pulled the semi-effective Jets defense in favor of the porous Dallas D. This move not only cost the team 5 points but also the win.

Brawl of the week: This week all eyes will be on the match up between the Big Red Burns (1-1) and the Pirataly (they want your blood) Vampirates (2-0). The Vampirates have been making their case to be the turn-around team for 2008, while the Red Burns have been posting high scores regularly. The winner of this game will most likely be in a top 4 spot by weeks end.

All-Stars Week 2:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    E. Manning   11  Picklers
RB    C. Portis    10  Pillagers
WR1   A. Boldin    8   Red Burns
WR2   B. Marshall  7   Snotknockers
TE    T. Scheffler 4   Eldars
K     J. Elam      3   Eldars
DEF   Tennessee    3   Pillagers
DB1   C. Woodson   9   Rebels
DB2   C. Bailey    3   Eldars
DL1   P. Willis    6   Rum Runners
DL2   D. White     5   Kilters
Coach Rusty        100%Rum Runners

(I failed to mention how I pick the coach of the week last time. To find the percent I look at points the team scored versus points possible from all player on the team, including players on the bench. The coach of the week played the highest percent of points possible for their team. So for example this week Rusty got as many points as he could have out of his team.)


Total All-Stars:
4 Ninja Isle Eldars
3 Berry Isle Rum Runners
2 Netthuania Nites
2 Tea Republic Steepers
2 Harbor Coast Red Burns
2 Tsukestan Picklers
2 Scotslandi Kilters
2 Svinksland Pillagers
1 Pirataly Vampirates
1 Ambersandia &s
1 Sparrow Island Maties
1 Kreplachistan Rebels
1 Snotvia Snotknockers
0 Takawokonia Plankers

PIFF Highlights and All-Stars 08 Week 1

2008-09-09T07:30:00.000-07:00

Week one is over and there were quite a few surprises to kick off the season. The upset of the week goes to the Netthuania Fighting Mennonites who pulled off a huge upset over the perennial powerhouse Takawokonia Plankers. Even if Brady didn't go down with an injury chances are slim that they could have matched the firepower of the Mennonite Menace. Keep in mind the Nites combined record in the PIFF is 13-30-1 over the last three seasons; it looks like these two teams are heading in different directions.

Brawl of the week: The only matchup between teams with 1-0 records next week is the Sparrow Island Maties, who lost the PIFF championship last year. Versus the Scotslandi Kilters who failed to make it to the championship playoffs by one game. The winner of this game will at least be in the top five teams after week two, and since less than 30% of the teams make it to the championship playoffs every win against a winning team is huge.

Team to raise the sails: Pirataly Vampirates. The Vampirates scored a league high 33 points and still had some players in the bench that could have been used for an even better score. Historically the Vampirates have been fading, and last year posted a dismal 3-12 record. However Roethlesburger and Gore look like they are stepping up this year.

Davey Jones Team: The Takawokonia Plankers had an abysmal first week. Their all-star QB Brady got hurt and will be out the whole year. Chad Ocho Cinco got a total of 0 points. And Steven Jackson only got 3 points. The Plankers, who are always a favorites to compete for the PIFF Championship, have fallen completely flat out of the gate and lost only their 6th regular season game ever.

All-Stars Week 1:

Pos Player Pts Team
QB D. McNabb 13 'Nites
RB W. Parker 15 Rum Runners
WR1 H. Ward 5 Red Burns
WR2 P. Burress 5 Steepers
TE J. Witten 3 Steepers
K J. Elam 2 Eldars
DEF Arizona 3 'Nites
DB1 E. Hobbs 7 Vampirates
DB2 T. McGee 3 &s
DL1 J. Harrison 8 Picklers
DL2 M. Williams 6 Maties
Coach Julia 100%Kilters

Total All-Stars:
2 Netthuania Nites
2 Tea Republic Steepers
1 Berry Isle Rum Runners
1 Harbor Coast Red Burns
1 Ninja Isle Eldars
1 Pirataly Vampirates
1 Ambersandia &s
1 Tsukestan Picklers
1 Sparrow Island Maties
1 Scotslandi Kilters
0 Takawokonia Plankers
0 Kreplachistan Rebels
0 Snotvia Snotknockers
0 Svinksland Pillagers

Week 3 All-Stars

2007-09-25T08:15:00.000-07:00

Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    T. Brady     13  R Plankers
RB    B. Westbrook 16  R Snotknockers
WR1   R. Williams  9   R Steepers
WR2   D. Driver    6   B Picklers
TE    A. Gates     4   R Plankers
K     M. Stover    4   R &s
DEF   Dallas       7   B Picklers
DB1   R. Williams  3   B Ecilops
DB2   A. Samuel    2   B Pillagers
DL1   K. Bullock   6   R Rebels
DL2   L. Fletcher  3   B Kilters
Coach Pickle       100%B Picklers

Total All-Stars:        Record
4 TeaRepubilc Steepers  2-1
4 Damierana Ecilops     0-3
4 Takawokonia Plankers  3-0
3 SparrowIsland Maties  1-2
3 Pirataly Vampirates   1-2
3 Kreplachistan Rebels  2-1
3 Snotvia Snotknockers  2-1
3 Tsukestan Picklers    2-1
2 HarborCoast RedBurns  3-0
2 Netthuania Nites      1-2
2 Scotslandi Kilters    1-2
1 Ninja Isle Eldars     0-3
1 Ambersandia &s        2-1
1 Svinksland Pillagers  1-2


18 Red                  12-9
18 Black                9-12

Week 2 All-Stars

2007-09-18T10:18:00.000-07:00

Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    C. Palmer    18  R Rebels
RB    F. Gore      10  B Vampirates
WR1   C. Johnson   10  R Plankers
WR2   S. Smith     9   R Snotknockers
TE    K. Winslow   5   B Vampirates
K     R. Gould     2   B Ecilops
DEF   Minnesota    8   R Steepers
DB1   D. Sharper   6   B Vampirates
DB2   R. Williams  2   B Ecilops
DL1   S. Merriman  2   B Maties
DL2   R. Lewis     2   B Ecilops
Coach Jenette      100%R Rebels

Total All-Stars:        Record
3 SparrowIsland Maties  1-1
3 TeaRepubilc Steepers  1-1
3 Pirataly Vampirates   1-1
3 Damierana Ecilops     0-2
2 HarborCoast RedBurns  2-0
2 Kreplachistan Rebels  2-0
2 Netthuania Nites      1-1
2 Snotvia Snotknockers  1-1
2 Takawokonia Plankers  2-0
1 Scotslandi Kilters    0-2
1 Ninja Isle Eldars     0-2
0 Ambersandia &s        1-1
0 Svinksland Pillagers  0-2
0 Tsukestan Picklers    2-0

12 Red                  8-6
12 Black                6-8

Week 1 All-Stars 2007

2007-09-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    T. Romo      16  B Maties
RB    J. Addai     9   B Red Burns
WR1   R. Moss      8   R Nites
WR2   P. Burress   8   R Steepers
TE    A. Gates     5   R Plankers
K     J. Hanson    3   B Maties
DEF   Minnesota    8   R Steepers
DB1   E. Hobbs     3   B Red Burns
DB2   W. Harris    2   R Eldars
DL1   R. Mathis    3   R Snotknockers
DL2   M. Vrabel    2   B Kilters
Coach Aaron        100%R Rebels

Total All-Stars:        Record
2 SparrowIsland Maties  1-0
2 HarborCoast RedBurns  1-0
2 TeaRepubilc Steepers  1-0
1 Kreplachistan Rebels  1-0
1 Netthuania Nites      1-0
1 Snotvia Snotknockers  0-1
1 Scotslandi Kilters    0-1
1 Ninja Isle Eldars     0-1
1 Takawokonia Plankers  1-0
0 Ambersandia &s        0-1
0 Pirataly Vampirates   0-1
0 Damierana Ecilops     0-1
0 Svinksland Pillagers  0-1
0 Tsukestan Picklers    1-0

7 Red                   4-3
5 Black                 3-4

PIFF 2007 Ahoy! (email)

2007-07-19T01:56:00.000-07:00

It is stating to get to be that time of the year, that special time, a time for football. And with football comes the 5th season of the Pirate Islands Fantasy Football league.
For this momentous occasion I have made a short trailer for the league, which you can watch here:

http://kinross19.blogspot.com/2007/07/2007-piff-promo-video.html

There are three reasons I am sending out this email.
1. I need to make sure that I have everyones correct email address, and to make sure they want to play again this year. So when you get this email send me back a quick email from the email account that you want me to send stuff to, and to let me know that you are planning to play in the league again this year.

2. The league is ready for everyone to join over at Yahoo. (Sorry, no fancy new league host this time, hopefully next year though. I really would like to get a bowl system going for the last games of the year.) The link to sign up is here:

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?.scrumb=

(hopefully that works)
The league ID # is 81300
And the password is (the normal PIFF password).

In case you forgot how to spell your team name, here is the "official" way to do it:
Ambersandia &'s
Damierana Ecilops
Harbor Coast Red Burns
Kreplachistan Rebels
Netthuania Nites
Ninja Isle Eldars
Pirataly Vampirates
Scotslandi Kilters
Snotvia Snotknockers
Sparrow Island Maties
Svinksland Pillagers
Takawokonia Plankers
Tea Republic Steepers
Tsukestan Picklers

If you want to change your team name, let me know. Also if you want a redesign on your teams helmet let me know, there are a couple of helmet designs out there that are in need of redesign.

3. Now the biggie. You may have noticed that at the end of the season last year I never contacted people about who they wanted to keep for their team for this year. That is because the league is moving to a semi-salary cap league, and I had to wait until the salary cap figures were released from the NFL. Now this is not going to add any extra stuff to do during the season, but and the end of each season all the teams will have to cut their rosters down to get under the salary cap before they can play the next season.
So what that means is that you will get a budget each off season ($1100, this year) and you may keep as many players off of your team from last year as long as their cost is less than $1100. All players not kept will be released and can be signed as free agents by any team that has extra cap room. After all the free agents are signed then we will have a draft like normal to propagate the rest of your team's roster.
This means that it is possible that you could drop your whole team, pick up some free agents that were released from other teams, and then try to redraft all your team back. ...But I doubt that this is a good tactic.
Any money that you do not spend on keeping people on your team can be used to pick up other people's free agents, which will be conducted via closed auction. Any money that your team has left over after this will be carried over to next year (but may be transfered in trades if you like). So If you only spend $1000 this off season, next year you will have an extra $100 to keep players for next season.
Ok, enough rambling. Attached is an Excel file that has the current rosters for each team. The cost for each player is listed on the left of the players name and then to the right of each players name is their position, the NFL team they played for in 2006, and then how many fantasy points they scored last year. There is another column of numbers to the right of the fantasy points scored, called Adjusted, more on that one later.
What I need from you by August 6th is a list of all the players that you want to keep on your team for this season, remember you can only spend $1100. And that you may want to save some money to pick up some players that other teams release, also there still will be a draft like normal too.

You may be wondering what changes there are to the league. Well for the most part this year will be just like last year.
There will be 19 roster slots:
1 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 RB
1 TE
1 K
1 DEF
2 DB
2 DL
8 Bench

The scoring will be the same except for some Individual Defensive Players (IDP) changes:
Interceptions are now 2pts (up from 1pt)
Forced Fumbles are now 2pts (up from 0pts)
All other scoring will remain the same.
But this is where the adjusted scoring column comes in on the Excel sheet, this column is how many points each player would have scored in the league had they played with the new scoring system last year. Roughly it doubles the points scored for each IDP.
--If a cell has a 0, that means that either he would have scored 0 points last year, or I could not find his stats (i.e. he isn't in Yahoo's database of active players, a good hint that he isn't playing this year.)

I think the last thing that I would like to mention is that the cost for each player is based on a formula I worked out which takes into account how well each player did for their fantasy team last year, as well as how much the player used up of their NFL team's salary cap. If you want the formula shoot me an email and I'll get to typing it out, but basically the better the player was in his position the more it will cost to keep him. Oh, also Tom Brady being only $159 is not a misprint; when we decided to move to a salary cap system for keeping players, which was about midway through last year, we decided that the team that won the championship would be able to sign their best player at discount (1/2 price).

Alright. Thanks for slogging through this very long email. If you have any questions or comments, no matter how small, please email me.

Remember that I want three things from you:
1. Send me an email from the account you want me to use.
2. Sign up for the league ID: 81300, PW: (the normal PIFF password)
3. Tell me who want want to keep on your team. ($1100 budget, due August 6th.)

I look forward to our 5th season of the Pirate Islands Fantasy Football, I always have a great time running the league, and maybe this year I can win it all. Or at least keep Matt (Baker) for winning it two times in a row.
Shannon
Tea Republic Steepers

-I'll post this on the PIFF blog at http://pirateislandsff.blogspot.com/

2007 PIFF Promo Video

2007-07-19T01:54:00.000-07:00

I threw together a "promotional" video for the upcoming Pirate Islands Fantasy Football season.

Week 15 All-Stars 2006

2006-12-20T14:53:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    M. Vick      14  B Picklers
RB    L. Tomlinson 15  R Rebels
WR1   L. Coles     6   B Kilters
WR2   M. Harrison  6   R Steepers
TE    C. Cooley    3   B Pillagers
K     J. Elam      3   R Nites
DEF   Dallas       6   B Picklers
DB1   A. Jones     4   B Pillagers
DB2   C. Bailey    2   R Eldars
DL1   D. Ware      4   R Steepers
DL2   D. Coakley   1   R &'s
Coach Jenette      92% R Nites

Total All-Stars:
19 Kreplachistan Rebels
17 Damierana Ecilops
16 Tsukestan Picklers
15 Ninja Isle Eldars
14 HarborCoast RedBurns
14 Scotslandi Kilters
13 Pirataly Vampirates
13 Svinksland Pillagers
13 TeaRepubilc Steepers
13 Netthuania Nites
10 SparrowIsland Maties
10 Ambersandia &'s
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
6 Takawokonia Plankers

97 Black
83 Red

Week 14 All-Stars 2006

2006-12-11T21:19:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. Brees     17  R Eldars
RB    L. Tomlinson 14  R Rebels
WR1   D. Driver    7   R Eldars
WR2   T. Glenn     6   B Picklers
TE    A. Gates     6   R Plankers
K     J. Scobee    2   B Red Burns
DEF   Minnesota    6   R Nites
DB1   D. Hester    6   B Vampirates
DB2   N. Clements  4   B Maties
DL1   L. Fletcher  1   B Picklers
DL2   A. Hawk      1   B Ecilops
Coach Michelle     100%B Vampirates

Total All-Stars:
18 Kreplachistan Rebels
17 Damierana Ecilops
14 HarborCoast RedBurns
14 Ninja Isle Eldars
14 Tsukestan Picklers
13 Scotslandi Kilters
13 Pirataly Vampirates
11 Svinksland Pillagers
11 TeaRepubilc Steepers
11 Netthuania Nites
10 SparrowIsland Maties
9 Ambersandia &'s
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
6 Takawokonia Plankers

92 Black
76 Red

Week 13 All-Stars 2006

2006-12-05T09:29:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    M Vick       8   B Picklers
RB    L. Tomlinson 14  R Rebels
WR1   M. Harrison  7   R Steepers
WR2   T. Houshmand.5   R Nites
TE    T. Gonzalez  6   B Picklers
K     R. Longwell  2   B Maties
DEF   Seattle      8   B Ecilops
DB1   D. Hester    3   B Vampirates
DB2   D. Bly       2   B Pillagers
DL1   M. Vrabel    3   B Kilters
DL2   L. Fletcher  1   B Picklers
Coach Pickle       93% B Picklers

Total All-Stars:
17 Kreplachistan Rebels
16 Damierana Ecilops
13 HarborCoast RedBurns
13 Scotslandi Kilters
12 Ninja Isle Eldars
12 Tsukestan Picklers
11 Pirataly Vampirates
11 Svinksland Pillagers
11 TeaRepubilc Steepers
10 Netthuania Nites
9 Ambersandia &'s
9 SparrowIsland Maties
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
5 Takawokonia Plankers

85 Black
71 Red

Week 12 All-Stars 2006

2006-11-28T07:55:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. Brees     10  R Eldars
RB    L. Tomlinson 13  R Rebels
WR1   L. Coles     5   B Kilters
WR2   R. Williams  5   R Steepers
TE    C. Cooley    4   B Pillagers
K     M. Stover    2   R &'s
DEF   Baltimore    6   B Red Burns
DB1   A. Wilson    4   R Steepers
DB2   C. Woodson   2   B Ecilops
DL1   A. Thomas    4   R Eldars
DL2   R. Mathis    1   R Nites
Coach Michelle     100%B Vampirates

Total All-Stars:
16 Kreplachistan Rebels
15 Damierana Ecilops
13 HarborCoast RedBurns
12 Scotslandi Kilters
12 Ninja Isle Eldars
10 Pirataly Vampirates
10 Svinksland Pillagers
10 TeaRepubilc Steepers
9 Netthuania Nites
9 Ambersandia &s
8 Tsukestan Picklers
8 SparrowIsland Maties
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
5 Takawokonia Plankers

76 Black
68 Red

Week 10 & 11 All-Stars 2006

2006-11-21T08:45:00.000-08:00

Week 11


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. Brees     11  R Eldars
RB    L. Tomlinson 17  R Rebels
WR1   L. Evans     12  B Maties
WR2   C. Johnson   10  R Plankers
TE    C. Cooley    3   B Pillagers
K     J. Scobee    4   B Red Burns
DEF   Miami        9   R Plankers
DB1   N. Clements  2   B Maties
DB2   R. Williams  1   B Ecilops
DL1   J. Taylor    4   B Red Burns
DL2   K. Bulluck   3   B Pillagers
Coach Andy         100%B Maties

Week 10


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    S. McNair    11  B Pillagers
RB    L. Tomlinson 19  R Rebels
WR1   C. Johnson   12  R Plankers
WR2   D. Driver    8   R Eldars
TE    M. Colston   6   B Kilters
K     J. Nedney    4   R Eldars
DEF   Chicago      6   R Rebels
DB1   T. McGee     4   R &s
DB2   E. Reed      1   R Steepers
DL1   J. Peppers   1   R Nites
DL2   K. Brooking  1   B Vampirates
Coach Pickle       100%B Picklers

Total All-Stars:
15 Kreplachistan Rebels
14 Damierana Ecilops
12 HarborCoast RedBurns
11 Scotslandi Kilters
10 Ninja Isle Eldars
9 Pirataly Vampirates
9 Svinksland Pillagers
8 Netthuania Nites
8 Ambersandia &s
8 TeaRepubilc Steepers
8 Tsukestan Picklers
8 SparrowIsland Maties
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
5 Takawokonia Plankers

71 Black
61 Red

Week 9 All-Stars 2006

2006-11-07T08:27:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. Brees     12  R Eldars
RB    L. Tomlinson 17  R Rebels
WR1   J. Walker    13  B Red Burns
WR2   M. Harrison  7   R Steepers
TE    M. Colston   5   B Kilters
K     P. Dawson    6   B Picklers
DEF   Jacksonville 6   B Kilters
DB1   E. Reed      3   R Steepers
DB2   C. Bailey    2   R Eldars
DL1   J. Taylor    4   B Red Burns
DL2   C. June      2   R Eldars
Coach Pickle       100%B Picklers

Total All-Stars:
13 Damierana Ecilops
12 Kreplachistan Rebels
10 HarborCoast RedBurns
10 Scotslandi Kilters
8 Pirataly Vampirates
7 Netthuania Nites
7 Ambersandia &s
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
7 TeaRepubilc Steepers
7 Tsukestan Picklers
7 Ninja Isle Eldars
6 Svinksland Pillagers
5 SparrowIsland Maties
2 Takawokonia Plankers

59 Black
49 Red

Week 8 All-Stars 2006

2006-10-31T09:57:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    T. Brady     14  R Plankers
RB    L. Johnson   18  B Picklers
WR1   S. Smith     6   R Snotknockers
WR2   J. Horn      6   R Steepers
TE    M. Colston   8   B Kilters
K     M. Andersen  3   R Snotknockers
DEF   Baltimore    11  B Red Burns
DB1   C. McAlister 1   B Maties
DB2   C. Woodson   1   B Ecilops
DL1   M. Vrabel    1   B Kilters
DL2   R. Lewis     1   B Ecilops
Coach Aaron        100%R Rebels

Total All-Stars:
13 Damierana Ecilops
11 Kreplachistan Rebels
8 Pirataly Vampirates
8 HarborCoast RedBurns
8 Scotslandi Kilters
7 Netthuania Nites
7 Ambersandia &s
7 Snotvia Snotknockers
6 Svinksland Pillagers
5 SparrowIsland Maties
5 TeaRepubilc Steepers
5 Tsukestan Picklers
4 Ninja Isle Eldars
2 Takawokonia Plankers

53 Black
43 Red

Week 7 All-Stars 2006

2006-10-24T08:25:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    P. Manning   14  R Steepers
RB    L. Johnson   13  B Picklers
WR1   H. Ward      9   B Maties
WR2   D. Jackson   6   R Rebels
TE    T. Gonzalez  5   B Picklers
K     A. Vinatieri 3   B Ecilops
DEF   NY Giants    7   B Pillagers
DB1   C. Woodson   4   B Ecilops
DB2   T. Newman    1   R &s
DL1   A. Pierce    1   B Vampirates
DL2   B. James     1   B Red Burns
Coach Newgen       100%R Eldars

Total All-Stars:
11 Damierana Ecilops
10 Kreplachistan Rebels
8 Pirataly Vampirates
7 Netthuania Nites
7 HarborCoast RedBurns
7 Ambersandia &s
6 Scotslandi Kilters
6 Svinksland Pillagers
5 Snotvia Snotknockers
4 SparrowIsland Maties
4 Ninja Isle Eldars
4 TeaRepubilc Steepers
4 Tsukestan Picklers
1 Takawokonia Plankers

46 Black
38 Red

Week 6 All-Stars 2006

2006-10-17T09:10:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck12  B Kilters
RB    L. Tomlinson 17  R Rebels
WR1   T. Holt      9   B Pillagers
WR2   S. Smith     8   R Snotknockers
TE    J. Shockey   4   R Snotknockers
K     J. Kasay     3   R Steepers
DEF   Chicago      8   R Rebels
DB1   C. Tillman   4   R Rebels
DB2   D. Hester    3   B Vampirates
DL1   G. Hayes     1   B Picklers
DL2   R. Lewis     1   B Ecilops
Coach Michelle     100%B Vampirates

Total All-Stars:
9 Damierana Ecilops
9 Kreplachistan Rebels
7 Netthuania Nites
7 Pirataly Vampirates
6 HarborCoast RedBurns
6 Ambersandia &s
6 Scotslandi Kilters
5 Svinksland Pillagers
5 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 SparrowIsland Maties
3 Ninja Isle Eldars
3 TeaRepubilc Steepers
2 Tsukestan Picklers
1 Takawokonia Plankers

38 Black
34 Red

Week 5 All-Stars 2006

2006-10-10T14:56:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. McNabb    13  R Nites
RB    D. McAllister9   B Kilters
WR1   G. Jennings  5   B Vampirates
WR2   B. Berrian   4   B Ecilops
TE    L. Smith     2   R &s
K     R. Gould     4   B Ecilops
DEF   Minnesota    10  R Nites
DB1   C. Bailey    1   R Eldars
DB2   R. Williams  1   B Ecilops
DL1   K. Bulluck   1   R Pillagers
DL2   J. Peppers   1   R Nites
Coach Jenette      100%R Nites

Total All-Stars:
8 Damierana Ecilops
7 Netthuania Nites
6 Kreplachistan Rebels
6 HarborCoast RedBurns
6 Ambersandia &s
5 Scotslandi Kilters
5 Pirataly Vampirates
4 Svinksland Pillagers
3 SparrowIsland Maties
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Futontopia Eldars
2 TeaRepubilc Steepers
1 Takawokonia Plankers
1 Tsukestan Picklers

32 Black
28 Red

Week 4 All-Stars 2006

2006-10-04T11:32:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. McNabb    16  R Nites
RB    L. Johnson   12  B Picklers
WR1   T. Holt      5   B Pillagers
WR2   A. Johnson   5   B Vampirates
TE    M. Colston   6   B Kilters
K     J. Wilkins   3   R Rebels
DEF   Atlanta      7   R Steepers
DB1   D. Hall      4   B Red Burns
DB2   C. Woodson   1   B Ecilops
DL1   N. Barnett   1   R Rebels
DL2   J. Taylor    1   B Red Burns
Coach Jenette      100%R Nites

Total All-Stars:
6 Kreplachistan Rebels
6 HarborCoast RedBurns
5 Ambersandia &s
5 Damierana Ecilops
4 Scotslandi Kilters
4 Pirataly Vampirates
3 SparrowIsland Maties
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Svinksland Pillagers
3 Netthuania Nites
2 Futontopia Eldars
2 TeaRepubilc Steepers
1 Takawokonia Plankers
1 Tsukestan Picklers

26 Black
22 Red

Week 3 All-Stars 2006

2006-09-26T09:15:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck11  B Kilters
RB    C. Portis    13  B Pillagers
WR1   K. Johnson   7   R &'s
WR2   A. Johnson   6   B Vampirates
TE    K. Winslow   3   B Ecilops
K     R. Gould     4   B Ecilops
DEF   NY Jets      6   B Vampirates
DB1   A. Winfield  4   R Rebels
DB2   M. Boulware  1   B Red Burns
DL1   A. Ogunleye  1   R Snotknockers
DL2   D. Coakley   1   R &'s
Coach Davin        100%B Pillagers

Total All-Stars:
5 Ambersandia &s
4 Kreplachistan Rebels
4 HarborCoast RedBurns
4 Damierana Ecilops
3 SparrowIsland Maties
3 Snotvia Snotknockers
3 Scotslandi Kilters
3 Pirataly Vampirates
2 Futontopia Eldars
2 Svinksland Pillagers
1 Netthuania Nites
1 Takawokonia Plankers
1 TeaRepubilc Steepers
0 Tsukestan Picklers

19 Black
17 Red

Week 2 All-Stars 2006

2006-09-19T07:36:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    P. Manning   14  R Steepers
RB    R. Johnson   13  B Ecilops
WR1   A. Bryant    6   R Snotknockers
WR2   D. Driver    6   R Elders
TE    L. Smith     4   R &'s
K     R. Longwell  4   B Maties
DEF   Baltimore    6   B Red Burns
DB1   R. Mathis    2   B Kilters
DB2   D. Hall      2   B Red Burns
DL1   L. Tatupu    1   R Plankers
DL2   A. Thomas    1   R Eldars
Coach Addison      100%B Ecilops

Julia (Kilters), Amber (&'s), and Davin (Pillagers) also played their max points.

Total All-Stars:
3 Kreplachistan Rebels
3 Ambersandia &s
3 SparrowIsland Maties
3 HarborCoast RedBurns
2 Snotvia Snotknockers
2 Scotslandi Kilters
2 Futontopia Eldars
2 Damierana Ecilops
1 Netthuania Nites
1 Pirataly Vampirates
1 Takawokonia Plankers
1 TeaRepubilc Steepers
0 Svinksland Pillagers
0 Tsukestan Picklers

13 Red
11 Black

Week 1 All-Stars 2006

2006-09-12T07:53:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Div Team
QB    D. McNabb    11  R Nites
RB    L. Tomlinson 9   R Rebels
WR1   L. Coles     6   B Kilters
WR2   D. Stallworth6   R &'s
TE    H. Miller    5   B Red Burns
K     J. Wilkins   5   R Rebels
DEF   Pittsburgh   5   B Maties
DB1   D. Hester    3   B Vampirates
DB2   T. Polamalu  1   R Snotknockers
DL1   N. Barnett   1   R Rebels
DL2   J. Abraham   0   B Maties
Coach Amber        100%R &'s

*A player must be played to be an All-Star.
Ties are broke by determining which player contributed the most to his team percent wise.
The Coach was decided by seeing which team played most of the points possible, so Amber got 100% of the points possible for her team last week (actual/optimal=percent possible)

Total All-Stars:
3 Kreplachistan Rebels
2 Ambersandia &s
2 SparrowIsland Maties
1 Netthuania Nites
1 Snotvia Snotknockers
1 HarborCoast RedBurns
1 Scotslandi Kilters
1 Pirataly Vampirates
0 Futontopia Eldars
0 Takawokonia Plankers
0 TeaRepubilc Steepers
0 Damierana Ecilops
0 Svinksland Pillagers
0 Tsukestan Picklers

7 Red
5 Black

Also check out the 'hot forum topic of the week':
Who was your surprise player of the week?

PIFF Draft Schedule

2006-08-19T12:46:00.000-07:00

Hello,
Well the people have spoken and there is more support for the night draft instead of the all day draft. So here are the earliest times you can add a player to your team:

6:00pm Takawokonia Plankers
6:20pm Netthuania Nites
6:40pm Damierana Ecilops
7:00pm Sparrow Island Maties
7:20pm Pirataly Vampirates
7:40pm Futontopia Elders
8:00pm Harbor Coast Red Burns
8:20pm Snotvia Snotknockers
8:40pm Svinksland Pillagers
9:00pm Scotslandi Kilters
9:20pm Tsukestan Picklers
9:40pm Tea Republic Steepers
10:00pm Kreplachistan Rebels
10:20pm Ambersandia &s

The first day of the draft will be the 21st (Monday) and it will go for ten days. If you miss your time you may make it up when you can. After the tens days everyone is free to add and drop players as they see fit.

Happy hunting,
p.s. if you haven't had a chance, check out the PIFF message board at: http://kinross19.proboards104.com/index.cgi
Shannon

PIFF Forum

2006-08-10T22:56:00.000-07:00

I have set up a forum to discuss all things PIFF, football, and things. Check it out here.

All the team helmets are loaded up for avatars, so you can just use the drop down avatar list and find your team (they are in the format of ***Icon, where *** is a three letter abbreviation for your team).

Also there is a link on the side bar to the forum.

PIFF possible alternative draft schedule and other things

2006-08-10T14:35:00.000-07:00

Hello,
It has been brought to my attention that some people work. (Perish the thought!) So I have constructed the following alternative draft schedule. This would still take place starting August 21st and go for ten days. And again these times are in CST.

6:00pm Takawokonia Plankers
6:20pm Netthuania Nites
6:40pm Damierana Ecilops
7:00pm Sparrow Island Maties
7:20pm Pirataly Vampirates
7:40pm Futontopia Elders
8:00pm Harbor Coast Red Burns
8:20pm Snotvia Snotknockers
8:40pm Svinksland Pillagers
9:00pm Scotslandi Kilters
9:20pm Tsukestan Picklers
9:40pm Tea Republic Steepers
10:00pm Kreplachistan Rebels
10:20pm Ambersandia &s

If you have a preference to either this draft schedule or the one that is already in place respond back, whichever one gets the most support by Saturday night will be the one that we go with.

Ok, that is all the business for now. Now for more fun stuff.
If you want to change your team colors or have your helmet redesigned, I will work on them if you let me know before the weekend is up. If you do not let me know by then I will assume you are happy with your current team helmet.

Oh, since some of the new players do not know everyone through the cryptic nature of their team names, here is how everyone in the league is related to me:
Takawokonia Plankers – Baker, Roommate from Smith House
Netthuania Nites – Jenette, Sister
Damierana Ecilops - Addison, Friend from Garden City
Sparrow Island Maties – Andy, Friend from High School
Pirataly Vampirates – Michelle, Sister
Futontopia Elders – Newgen, Friend from High School
Harbor Coast Red Burns – Lance, Friend from K-State Stat Dept.
Snotvia Snotknockers – Nicole, Wife
Svinksland Pillagers – Davin, Roommate from Smith House
Scotslandi Kilters – Julia, Friend from Garden/ Pickle's wife
Tsukestan Picklers – Pickle, Friend from High School
Tea Republic Steepers – Shannon, Me
Kreplachistan Rebels – Aaron, Friend from Manhattan
Ambersandia &s – Amber, Friend from Manhattan

There, now everyone knows everyone else.

Now for the next couple of lines I would like to further explain better what's going on with the scoring system this year and how it came about.
The way I got this scoring system is by inputting real game statistics into a regression model that tried to predict the final score of real NFL games. Then I found what statistics were significant and also how important each statistic is.
One of the biggest changes this year is to abandon the 6 point touchdown in favor of the 3 point touchdown. The reason is because players can be rewarded more accurately for the effort they contributed to the score if all the points for the score was not already wrapped up in the actual touchdown.
Last year in PIFF I combated this by over shooting the points awarded on the offence and then reducing out the points from points allowed from the defense. This worked, but it lead to a fair amount of games resulting in a negative score, which is not a realistic result. So after running the regression model I was pleased to see that I did not need to subtract out points allowed to come up with a good fantasy football scoring system. So that is the logic behind how the scoring system was made. Now I am not really that happy with the scoring system, it seems to me that it will score low, but we will see. And if we do move over to ESPN for next year there will be many more factors that can be included in on the regression model (such as home team, head coach, and even bonuses for reaching a certain plateau, such as rushing for 100 yards).
If you have any questions or want to know anything else about the scoring system ask away, it is something that I really like talking about.

Finally (thanks for reading this much already btw), I have redone the PIFF blog, its address is:

http://pirateislandsff.blogspot.com/

I redid the look and I also linked up each team with their past record (look on the sidebar). Also I am looking for contributors to the blog so if you think that you would like to write short posts as the season goes on let me know and I'll get it so you can contribute as well.

Ok, that is all for now. Remember to tell me which draft schedule is better for you.
Rock on,
Shannon

2006 is on!

2006-08-10T02:09:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody,
We are locked, we are loaded, and we are ready to go.
First business:
Thanks everyone for getting registered to the league quickly, I have now got all the teams initially started with the nine players that they kept from last year, and now we can fill out our rosters with the leftover players during a 10 day draft frenzy.
The draft this year will take place from Aug 21st to Aug 31st, during which each day your team will be able to select an additional player to their team at a specified time. To draft a person all you have to do is look who is still free on the players page in the league and add him to your team. Remember to only add one person a day at your specified time. (If you have any questions about what to do please ask me.) The times for the draft are: (ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL TIME ZONE)

10am Takawokonia Plankers
11am Netthuania Nites
12pm Damierana Ecilops
1pm Sparrow Island Maties
2pm Pirataly Vampirates
3pm Futontopia Elders
4pm Harbor Coast Red Burns
5pm Snotvia Snotknockers
6pm Svinksland Pillagers
7pm Scotslandi Kilters
8pm Tsukestan Picklers
9pm Tea Republic Steepers
10pm Kreplachistan Rebels
11pm Ambersaindia &s
(This will be reposted on the yahoo league page)

If you miss your draft time for the day you may make it up later in the day (remember the time is ticking and every hour that you miss your draft time by another player will be drafted ahead of you). For the couple of teams that only have 8 players on them (because one of their saved players retired) you may make up the extra pick on September 1st.
From now on you may trade players (and drafting spots) if you want, just let me know if anything goes down.

Ok enough business:
The biggest change for this year is the addition of four new teams to the league:

Sparrow Island Maties is coached by Andy (a friend from HS) and is returning back to the PIFF after sitting out last year (the team was plagued by financial struggles and was relocated as the Pirataly Vampirates just before the season started.)

The Netthuania Nites are back in the league making their first appearance in 2003, the inaugural season for Pirate Islands Fantasy Football. They are coached by Jenette (my sister).

The Damierana Ecilops make their league debut this year, and are coached by Addison (a friend from Garden City).

Finally the Takawokonia Plankers coached by Baker (A roommate from Smith House) are poised to to a team to deal with from the get go.

I am very happy to see four new teams added to PIFF this year, and the completion will be much stiffer to get into the championship playoffs as well as the loser playoffs.

Anther change for this year is the scoring system. For my Masters project I tried to find the best scoring system possible, and the result of that project is the scoring system employed by the league. I will skip the details (you can check out the scoring system in the yahoo league settings), but if our games were to actually take place this scoring system would get the correct winner more than 90% of the time, and be within 4points of the correct score for each team (this is a huge improvement over the standard scoring systems, and the one that we used last year). If you want to know more about my report let me know and I can get you a copy.
Anyways, the big change in the scoring system this year is that the points allowed by a defense will NOT be subtracted from your total score, so the good DEFs may be very different from last year.

A side note is that this will probably be the last year that we do PIFF on Yahoo, because ESPN has redone their fantasy football system and has made great strides in awesomeness. So to check it out I am running a shadow league over there, and if you want to see what ESPN is all about give me an email and I can turn control of your team over to you there.

Alright, I that is about all for now. I am working on redoing the PIFF blog page and I'll let you know when that is back up. Also there has been talk of doing a short PIFF video cast each week of the season, I'll let you know if that actually happens.

As always if you have any questions or comments let me know.
Arrrg!

Shannon
Tea Republic Steepers

End of year wrap up.

2006-02-07T20:03:00.000-08:00

Hello,
Well football season finally ended, and who would have guessed that the Steelers would have went all the way? They do deserve the Championship though as they had one of the hardest roads to the Super Bowl that I can recall. But now that the Big Game is over and the Red vs. Black game is in the book (Go Black!) we can get down to wrapping up the 2005 PIFF Season.
First I should congratulate Amber and the Ambersandia &'s with convincing wins throughout the season and the playoffs. Aaron's Rebels did have a more lethal team, but when it came down to the playoffs he did not have the depth that the &'s had. Also I should mention that Pickle did an astounding job turning his team around from the 0-7, or so, start to making a run for the playoffs. It goes to show that you are (almost) never out of the playoffs, even with only four playoff spots.
I guess I should mention some tentative changes to next years league. Depending on how my masters report goes look to see some changes in the scoring system. The big changes that are bound to happen are: all TD will be worth 3pts, there will be no points awarded for return yards (either kicking or punting, but return TDs will still count), and defenses will not be given negative points based on how many points they allow (or at least it won't be as harsh). The reason for the changes that that after my initial stat analysis on the NFL data, these factors do not contribute significantly to predicting a final outcome of the game, so they are not needed in fantasy football. The whole scoring system will be given an overhaul, but at the moment I do not know what the changes will be. (Look for that around the end of the school year when I am finishing up my project.)
The next subject is the placement of the playoffs. I have the last two games of the NFL regular season being the playoff games, but this causes some problems with teams in the NFL that have made the playoffs sitting their starters. I am split on this, on one hand it is kinda sucky that a good player will not be able to start for your team because their NFL team is too good, but on the other this allows PIFF teams with good depth of players to have an advantage in the playoffs. Also starting the playoffs as late as possible allows for everyone to play as many games as possible. I have not decided what to do about when to start the playoffs, and if you have thoughts I am willing to listen.
Another tentative (very possible) change for next year is dropping it down to 2 staring WRs and bumping it up to 2 starting DBs. I am thinking about this so that there is not such a strain on finding decent WRs.
The last big change for next year is the expansion of the PIFF by four teams. Andy-man will be back with his Sparrow Island Maties which will split from Michelle's Pirataly Vampirates. The other three teams will start from scratch, at the moment the people that will be added to next year will be Matt Baker, my roommate from Smith House, G.B. a guy from the Stat Dept., and Steve my cousin from KC. If you have anyone who wants to get in let me know, and if one of these people drop I may be able to add them in. But remember; I would prefer to keep the people in the league to people I have met, so somebody's boss's cousin's co-worker, will probably not get the green light to join the league.
With the upcoming expansion in mind it is time for everyone to save their players for next year. The way it will work this year is that you will pick 12 players total (3 for sure keepers, and 9 probably keepers). Then when I get all the lists in I will contact the expansion teams and each expansion team will get to select one player from each current team (from the 9 probably keepers list from each team). After this is done each team will have 9 players, your team will be comprised of 3 players that you got to keep for sure, and the 6 reaming players that you put on your probably keep list.
For example, here is my keeper list:

Keep For Sure:
P. Manning QB Ind
E. James RB Ind
J. Plummer QB Den
Prob Keep:
T. Houshmandzadeh WR Cin
Ro. Williams WR Pit
J. Jones RB Dal
J. Witten TE Dal
M. Vanderjagt K Ind
A. Bryant WR Cle
Seattle DEF
K. Vanden Bosch DL Ten
O. Umenyiora DL NYG

So, no matter what I will have Manning, James, and Plummer for next year, and I will get to keep 6 of my prob. keepers for next year as well (exactly who depends on who is left after the expansion teams pick the players.)
If I am not making any sense please email me and I'll try to explain things better.
Welp, I hope that everyone had a good time with PIFF this year and I am looking forward to being able to attempt to beat you all again next year. ^_^ Try to get your keeper list in to me as soon as possible (I don't know how long Yahoo will keep up our league page), and if you have any questions or comments feel free to ask. Long live the Pirate Islands!
Shannon (El Presidente of the Tea Republic)
(I'll repost this email on the PIFF Blog)
http://pirateislandsff.blogspot.com/

Final Score of the 2006 Red vs Black Game

2006-02-07T20:00:00.000-08:00

At the end of the game the score is:


Team    1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Total
Red     5    4    -1   21    29
Black   34   4    9    -10   37

Red Team (4th Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck 6  Sea Kilters
RB    [Empty]
WR1   H. Ward       7  Pit Vampirates
WR2   J. Jurevicius 3  Sea Picklers
WR3   A. Randle El  5  Pit Pillagers
TE    H. Miller     0  Pit Red Burns
K     J. Reed       0  Pit Pillagers
DEF   Pittsburgh    -3 Pit Vampirates
DB    [Empty]
DL1   L. Tatupu     0  Sea Picklers
DL2   [Empty]
Coach Davin                Pillagers

Black Team (4th Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    [Empty]
RB    S. Alexander  6  Sea &'s
WR1   D. Jackson    1  Sea Rebels
WR2   B. Engram     2  Sea Rebels
WR3   [Empty]
TE    [Empty]
K     [Empty]
DEF   Seattle      -19 Sea Steepers
DB    T. Polamalu   0  Pit Rebels
DL1   B. Fisher     0  Sea Rebels
DL2   [Empty]
Coach Aaron                Rebels

The Black team was able to hold off a last minute rush by the Red team to win the 2006 Red vs. Black game. Congratulations goes out to all, especially my Black teammates (...) who are the Rebels, &'s, Snotknockers, and Eldars.

End of the 3rd Qtr. in the Red vs. Black Game

2006-01-23T08:05:00.000-08:00

At the end of the third quarter the score is:


Team    1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Total
Red     5    4    -1   -    8
Black   34   4    9    -    47

Red Team (3rd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck 11 Sea Kilters
RB    S. Davis      0  Car Pillagers
WR1   H. Ward       4  Pit Vampirates
WR2   J. Jurevicius 0  Sea Picklers
WR3   Ro. Smith     2  Den Picklers
TE    H. Miller     1  Pit Red Burns
K     J. Reed       6  Pit Pillagers
DEF   Carolina     -28 Car Red Burns
DB    [Empty]
DL1   L. Tatupu     1  Sea Picklers
DL2   M. Rucker     2  Car Red Burns
Coach Lance                Red Burns

Black Team (3rd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    J. Plummer    -5 Den Steepers
RB    S. Alexander  20 Sea &'s
WR1   S. Smith      -2 Car Snotknockers
WR2   D. Jackson    5  Sea Rebels
WR3   B. Engram     1  Sea Rebels
TE    [Empty]
K     J. Kasay      0  Car &'s
DEF   Seattle      -10 Sea Steepers
DB    C. Bailey     0  Den Elders
DL1   J. Peppers    0  Car &'s
DL2   B. Fisher     0  Sea Rebels
Coach Aaron                Rebels

Black continues to build its lead over Red... can the Red team make an amazing comeback in the 4th quarter?

Red Team (4th Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck -  Sea Kilters
RB    [Empty]
WR1   H. Ward       -  Pit Vampirates
WR2   J. Jurevicius -  Sea Picklers
WR3   A. Randle El  -  Pit Pillagers
TE    H. Miller     -  Pit Red Burns
K     J. Reed       -  Pit Pillagers
DEF   Pittsburgh    -  Pit Vampirates
DB    [Empty]
DL1   L. Tatupu     -  Sea Picklers
DL2   [Empty]
Coach Davin                Pillagers

Black Team (4th Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    [Empty]
RB    S. Alexander  -  Sea &'s
WR1   D. Jackson    -  Sea Rebels
WR2   B. Engram     -  Sea Rebels
WR3   [Empty]
TE    [Empty]
K     [Empty]
DEF   Seattle       -  Sea Steepers
DB    T. Polamalu   -  Pit Rebels
DL1   B. Fisher     -  Sea Rebels
DL2   [Empty]
Coach Aaron                Rebels

Halftime at the 2006 Red vs. Black Game

2006-01-16T09:50:00.000-08:00

At the end of the second quarter the score is:


Team    1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Total
Red     5    4    -    -    9
Black   34   4    -    -    38

Red Team (2nd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck 10 Sea Kilters
RB    C. Portis     2  Was Pillagers
WR1   H. Ward       2  Pit Vampirates
WR2   J. Jurevicius 1  Sea Picklers
WR3   Ro. Smith     6  Den Picklers
TE    C. Cooley     2  Was Vampirates
K     J. Reed       0  Pit Pillagers
DEF   Carolina     -19 Car Red Burns
DB    M. Brown      0  Chi Vampirates
DL1   R. Mathis     0  Ind Kilters
DL2   L. Tatupu     0  Sea Picklers
Coach Pickle               Picklers

Black Team (1st Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    P. Manning    12 Ind Steepers
RB    S. Alexander  -3 Sea &'s
WR1   S. Smith      13 Car Snotknockers
WR2   M. Harrison   1  Ind Snotknockers
WR3   S. Moss       6  Was Snotknockers
TE    D. Graham     0  NE  &'s
K     M. Vanderjagt -2 Ind Steepers
DEF   Chicago      -26 Chi Rebels
DB    C. Bailey     1  Den Elders
DL1   D. Freeney    2  Ind Rebels
DL2   J. Peppers    0  Car &'s
Coach Nicole               Snotknockers

Half way through the game and the Red team is still behind by 29. Here are the lineups for the 3rd quarter.

Red Team (3rd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck -  Sea Kilters
RB    S. Davis      -  Car Pillagers
WR1   H. Ward       -  Pit Vampirates
WR2   J. Jurevicius -  Sea Picklers
WR3   Ro. Smith     -  Den Picklers
TE    H. Miller     -  Pit Red Burns
K     J. Reed       -  Pit Pillagers
DEF   Carolina      -  Car Red Burns
DB    [Empty]
DL1   L. Tatupu     -  Sea Picklers
DL2   M. Rucker     -  Car Red Burns
Coach Lance                Red Burns

Black Team (3rd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    J. Plummer    -  Den Steepers
RB    S. Alexander  -  Sea &'s
WR1   S. Smith      -  Car Snotknockers
WR2   D. Jackson    -  Sea Rebels
WR3   B. Engram     -  Sea Rebels
TE    [Empty]
K     J. Kasay      -  Car &'s
DEF   Seattle       -  Sea Steepers
DB    C. Bailey     -  Den Elders
DL1   J. Peppers    -  Car &'s
DL2   B. Fisher     -  Sea Rebels
Coach Aaron                Rebels

End of the First Qtr of the 2006 Red vs. Black game

2006-01-09T11:38:00.000-08:00

At the end of the first quarter the score is:


Team    1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Total
Red     5    -    -    -    5
Black   34   -    -    -    34

Red Team (1st Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    E. Manning   -10 NYG Picklers
RB    T. Barber     2  NYG Red Burns
WR1   H. Ward       3  Pit Vampirates
WR2   P. Burress    0  NYG Red Burns
WR3   A. Randle El  0  Pit Pillagers
TE    C. Cooley    -3  Was Vampirates
K     J. Feely      0  NYG Kilters
DEF   Carolina      7  Car Red Burns
DB    R. Mathis     0  Jax Red Burns
DL1   S. Rice       2  TB  Pillagers
DL2   M. Strahan    4  NYG Vampirates
Coach Lance                Red Burns

Black Team (1st Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    C. Palmer     2  Cin Rebels
RB    C. Dillon     2  NE  Eldars
WR1   S. Smith      11 Car Snotknockers
WR2   C. Johnson    1  Cin &'s
WR3   J. Galloway   2  TB  Snotknockers
TE    J. Shockey    1  NYG Snotknockers
K     J. Kasay      9  Car &'s
DEF   Washington   -1  Was &'s
DB    T. Polamalu   3  Pit Rebels
DL1   O. Umenyiora  2  NYG Steepers
DL2   J. Peppers    2  Car &'s
Coach Amber                &'s

It looks like the Red team is gonna need to step it up for the next quarter. Here are the lineups.

Red Team (2nd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck -  Sea Kilters
RB    C. Portis     -  Was Pillagers
WR1   H. Ward       -  Pit Vampirates
WR2   J. Jurevicius -  Sea Picklers
WR3   Ro. Smith     -  Den Picklers
TE    C. Cooley     -  Was Vampirates
K     J. Reed       -  Pit Pillagers
DEF   Carolina      -  Car Red Burns
DB    M. Brown      -  Chi Vampirates
DL1   R. Mathis     -  Ind Kilters
DL2   L. Tatupu     -  Sea Picklers
Coach Pickle               Picklers

Black Team (2nd Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    P. Manning    -  Ind Steepers
RB    S. Alexander  -  Cin &'s
WR1   S. Smith      -  Car Snotknockers
WR2   M. Harrison   -  Ind Snotknockers
WR3   S. Moss       -  Was Snotknockers
TE    D. Graham     -  NE  &'s
K     M. Vanderjagt -  Ind Steepers
DEF   Chicago       -  Chi Rebels
DB    C. Bailey     -  Den Elders
DL1   D. Freeney    -  Ind Rebels
DL2   J. Peppers    -  Car &'s
Coach Nicole               Snotknockers

2006 Red vs. Black Game

2006-01-04T14:11:00.000-08:00

Even though the 2005 PIFF season is over, there is no reason to forget about fantasy football during the playoffs.
I present the first ever 'Red vs. Black Game'. I somewhat randomly divided the PIFF teams into two divisions. The Black division is teams that are currently located in the Central Pirate Islands Region (Eastern Kansas), the Red division is the rest of the teams. So division alignments go like this:

Red Division:
Harbor Coast Red Burns
Pirataly Vampirates
Scotslandi Kilters
Svinksland Pillagers
Tsukestan Picklers

Black Division:
Ambersandia &'s
Futontopia Eldars
Kreplachistan Rebels
Snotvia Snotknockers
Tea Republic Steepers

The way the Red vs. Black game will work is as follows:
Each round of the playoffs corresponds to one quarter in the game. For each playoff round the best players from each division during the 2005 season will be the roster for the quarter. Only players that are playing in that round of the playoffs will be fielded for the fantasy game. After each round of playoffs the teams will be changed to keep the best active players playing in the fantasy game. The division with the highest total score after the four quarters is the winner.

Other rules:
It is possible that a division will not be able to field a player for a position, that position will be left empty.
If one division can not field a DEF, then the other division does not need to field one.
The "Coach" spot is just ornamental, and just is a reflection of who has the most players in the game at that time, the Coach does not need change the line-up from week to week, or at all, since the lineup is pre-determined.

So without further delay here are the lineups for the 1st quarter of the Red vs. Black game.

Red Team (1st Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    E. Manning    -  NYG Picklers
RB    T. Barber     -  NYG Red Burns
WR1   H. Ward       -  Pit Vampirates
WR2   P. Burress    -  NYG Red Burns
WR3   A. Randle El  -  Pit Pillagers
TE    C. Cooley     -  Was Vampirates
K     J. Feely      -  NYG Kilters
DEF   Carolina      -  Car Red Burns
DB    R. Mathis     -  Jax Red Burns
DL1   S. Rice       -  TB  Pillagers
DL2   M. Strahan    -  NYG Vampirates
Coach Lance                Red Burns

Black Team (1st Qtr.):


Pos   Player       Pts NFL Team
QB    C. Palmer     -  Cin Rebels
RB    C. Dillon     -  NE  Eldars
WR1   S. Smith      -  Car Snotknockers
WR2   C. Johnson    -  Cin &'s
WR3   J. Galloway   -  TB  Snotknockers
TE    J. Shockey    -  NYG Snotknockers
K     J. Kasay      -  Car &'s
DEF   Washington    -  Was &'s
DB    T. Polamalu   -  Pit Rebels
DL1   O. Umenyiora  -  NYG Steepers
DL2   J. Peppers    -  Car &'s
Coach Amber                &'s

I'll keep you updated on the scores as they come in this weekend.

PIFF 2005 All-Stars

2006-01-03T13:11:00.000-08:00

Here are the All-Star teams for the 2005 Pirate Island Fantasy Football season.

First Team:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    C. Palmer    164 Rebels
RB    S. Alexander 280 &'s
WR1   S. Smith     90  Snotknockers
WR2   D. Hall      72  Pillagers
WR3   L. Fitzgerald71  Rebels
TE    A. Gates     59  Kilters
K     N. Rackers   113 Picklers
DEF   Chicago      -42 Rebels
DB    T. McGee     58  &'s
DL1   Ja. Taylor   38  Red Burns
DL2   D. Burgess   37  &'s
Coach Amber            &'s

Second Team:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   149 Steepers
RB    L. Johnson   224 Picklers
WR1   M. Harrison  68  Snotknockers
WR2   J. Galloway  66  Snotknockers
WR3   C. Johnson   67  &'s
TE    J. Shockey   45  Snotknockers
K     J. Feely     74  Kilters
DEF   Carolina     -77 Red Burns
DB    C. Carr      49  Steepers
DL1   S. Rice      35  Pillagers
DL2   O. Umenyiora 35  Steepers
Coach Aaron            Rebels

Worst Team:


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Bledsoe   73  Red Burns
RB    R. Droughns  92  Vampirates
WR1   I. Bruce     24  Eldars
WR2   M. Muhammad  29  Red Burns
WR3   W. Pounder   30  Kilters
TE    B. Franks    7   Eldars
K     P. Edinger   36  Red Burns
DEF   Cincinnati   -216 &'s
DB    R. Mathis    13  Red Burns
DL1   Do. Edwards  10  Eldars
DL2   W. McGinest  13  Eldars
Coach Newgen           Eldars

The First and Second teams are based off the scores of the best player a team has in that position. The Worst team is still the best player a team has in that position, but the worst at it in the league. The Coaches we picked by the number of players they had on the first and second teams, and not on the worst team (with some weighting added in).

2004 All-Stars

Week 16 All-Stars

2005-12-31T12:56:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    J. Plummer   10  Steepers
RB    S. Alexander 24  &'s
WR1   A. Chatman   10  Kilters
WR2   T. Holt      8   Pillagers
WR3   C. Chambers  7   &'s
TE    T. Heap      17  Pillagers
K     M. Stover    9   &'s
DEF   Pittsburg    9   Vampirates
DB    T. McGee     20  &'s
DL1   J. Peppers   6   &'s
DL2   S. Rics      4   Pillagers
Coach Pickle       87% Picklers

Total All-Stars so far:

&'s 24
Steepers 23
Snotknockers 21
Rebels 20
Pillagers 20
Picklers 19
RedBurns 18
Vampirates 18
Kilters 17
Eldars 11

PIFF Playoffs

2005-12-20T10:42:00.000-08:00

It's playoff time in the land of the Pirate Islands. The Championship bracket looks like a tough one:

The defending champions Rebels come in with the #1 seed and they are matched up against the late surging Steepers. The ever-strong &'s are matched up against the once powerhouse Vampirates, but due to injuries, have been slipping in the standings.

The Consolation bracket pits the Pillagers, who just missed the Championship playoffs against the Kilters, who barley eked their way into the Consolation playoffs. The dominating Picklers are matched up against the losers of 6 straight, Snotknockers.

The Red Burns and Eldars packed up their equipment for the year and are enjoying the holidays.

Week 15 All-Stars

2005-12-20T09:14:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    M. Hasselbeck17  Kilters
RB    T. Barber    26  Red Burns
WR1   S. Smith     13  Snotknockers
WR2   C. Johnson   6   &'s
WR3   T. Houshman..5   Steepers
TE    C. Cooley    11  Vampirates
K     N. Kaeding   12  Vampirates
DEF   Chicago      5   Rebels
DB    T. McGee     4   &'s
DL1   J. Taylor    6   Red Burns
DL2   W. McGinest  5   Eldars
Coach Pickle       75% Picklers

Total All-Stars so far:

Steepers 22
Snotknockers 21
Rebels 20
&'s 19
Picklers 18
RedBurns 18
Pillagers 17
Vampirates 17
Kilters 16
Eldars 11

Week 14 All-Stars

2005-12-13T09:06:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Bledsoe   16  Red Burns
RB    L. Johnson   27  Picklers
WR1   C. Chambers  10  &'s
WR2   M. Harrison  10  Snotknockers
WR3   K. Robinson  9   Kilters
TE    A. Gates     7   Kilters
K     J. Feely     12  Kilters
DEF   Seattle      6   Steepers
DB    T. McGee     4   &'s
DL1   J. Abraham   7   Vampirates
DL2   Ja. Allen    5   Pillagers
Coach Shannon      93% Steepers

Total All-Stars so far:

Steepers 21
Snotknockers 20
Rebels 19
Pillagers 17
Picklers 17
&'s 17
RedBurns 16
Vampirates 15
Kilters 15
Eldars 10

Week 13 All-Stars

2005-12-06T07:49:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    C. Palmer    15  Rebels
RB    L. Johnson   21  Picklers
WR1   K. Robinson  9   Kilters
WR2   T. Houshman..8   Steepers
WR3   H. Ward      7   Vampirates
TE    C. Cooley    4   Vampirates
K     N. Kaeding   6   Vampirates
DEF   Seattle      28  Steepers
DB    T. McGee     3   &'s
DL1   D. Freeney   5   Rebels
DL2   M. Strahan   4   Vampirates
Coach Aaron        93% Rebels

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 19
Steepers 19
Rebels 19
Pillagers 16
Picklers 16
RedBurns 15
&'s 15
Vampirates 14
Kilters 12
Eldars 10

Football Helmets

2005-12-02T00:50:00.000-08:00

Week 12 All-Stars

2005-11-29T08:25:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    C. Palmer    18  Rebels
RB    L. Tomlinson 30  Rebels
WR1   T. Holt      7   Pillagers
WR2   C. Johnson   5   &'s
WR3   J. Galloway  4   Snotknockers
TE    J. Shockey   9   Snotknockers
K     M. Vanderjagt12  Steepers
DEF   Carolina     -2  Red Burns
DB    C. Bailey    7   Eldars
DL1   Ja. Taylor   8   Red Burns
DL2   K. Vanden    5   Steepers
Coach Shannon      98% Steepers

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 19
Steepers 17
Pillagers 16
Rebels 16
Picklers 15
RedBurns 15
&s 14
Kilters 11
Vampirates 10
Eldars 10

Week 11 All-Stars

2005-11-22T08:58:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    B. Leftwich  18  Pillagers
RB    L. Johnson   26  Picklers
WR1   C. Johnson   9   &'s
WR2   D. Driver    8   Eldars
WR3   R. Swinton   7   Vampirates
TE    Da. Clark    7   Pillagers
K     N. Rackers   9   Picklers
DEF   Chicago      10  Rebels
DB    C. Carr      2   Steepers
DL1   D. Burgess   6   &'s
DL2   K. Vanden    3   Steepers
Coach Davin        95% Pillagers

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 17
Picklers 15
Pillagers 15
Rebels 14
Steepers 14
RedBurns 13
&s 13
Kilters 11
Vampirates 10
Eldars 9

Week 10 All-Stars

2005-11-15T08:26:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   17  Steepers
RB    S. Alexander 29  &'s
WR1   C. Chambers  8   &'s
WR2   H. Ward      7   Vampirates
WR3   L. Fitzgerald7   Rebels
TE    Da. Clark    3   Pillagers
K     J. Elam      9   Eldars
DEF   Carolina     15  Red Burns
DB    C. Carr      4   Steepers
DL1   S. Rice      7   Pillagers
DL2   Ja. Allen    5   Pillagers
Coach Lance        92% Red Burns

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 17
Picklers 13
Rebels 13
RedBurns 13
Steepers 12
Pillagers 12
Kilters 11
&s 11
Vampirates 9
Eldars 8

Week 9 All-Stars

2005-11-08T05:52:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   17  Steepers
RB    L. Tomlinson 29  Rebels
WR1   M. Harrison  10  Snotknockers
WR2   R. Wayne     7   Eldars
WR3   S. Smith     7   Snotknockers
TE    J. Shockey   5   Snotknockers
K     N. Rackers   12  Picklers
DEF   NY Giants    4   Pillagers
DB    T. Polamalu  8   Rebels
DL1   K. Edwards   5   Picklers
DL2   J. Abraham   3   Vampirates
Coach Pickle       98% Picklers

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 17
Picklers 13
Rebels 12
RedBurns 11
Kilters 11
Steepers 10
&s 9
Pillagers 9
Vampirates 8
Eldars 7

Week 8 All-Stars

2005-11-01T10:27:00.000-08:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    J. Plummer   22  Steepers
RB    C. Dillon    16  Eldars
WR1   J. Mathis    9   Red Burns
WR2   S. Smith     9   Snotknockers
WR3   T. Owens     8   Rebels
TE    A. Gates     13  Kilters
K     J. Feely     12  Kilters
DEF   NY Giants    9   Pillagers
DB    J. Azumah    4   Picklers
DL1   B. Berry     6   Picklers
DL2   Br. Young    5   Steepers
Coach Shannon      91% Steepers

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 14
RedBurns 11
Kilters 11
Rebels 10
Picklers 10
&s 9
Steepers 9
Pillagers 8
Vampirates 7
Eldars 6

Week 7 All-Stars

2005-10-25T06:39:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    B. Favre     16  Snotknockers
RB    C. Portis    24  Pillagers
WR1   K. Curtis    9   Snotknockers
WR2   W. Welker    8   Picklers
WR3   s. Moss      6   Snotknockers
TE    A. Gates     5   Kilters
K     P. Edinger   9   Red Burns
DEF   Chicago      6   Rebels
DB    A. Archuleta 5   Vampirates
DL1   D. Burgess   4   &s
DL2   D. Freeney   4   Rebels
Coach Davin        89% Pillagers

Total All-Stars so far:
Snotknockers 13
RedBurns 10
Kilters 9
&s 9
Rebels 9
Picklers 8
Steepers 7
Vampirates 7
Pillagers 7
Eldars 5

PIFF Week 5 All-Stars

2005-10-11T12:49:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    D. Bledsoe   18  Red Burns
RB    S. Alexander 19  &s
WR1   T. Glenn     9   Picklers
WR2   S. Smith     9   Snotknockers
WR3   T. Holt      7   Pillagers
TE    A. Crumpler  6   Rebels
K     N. Kaeding   9   Vampirates
DEF   Indianapolis 16  Kilters
DB    S. Brown     7   Pillagers
DL1   Ja. Taylor   5   Red Burns
DL2   R. Mathis    5   Kilters
Coach Michelle     96% Vampirates

Total All-Stars so far:
RedBurns 9
Snotknockers 7
Kilters 7
Steepers 6
&s 6
Picklers 6
Rebels 5
Vampirates 5
Eldars 4
Pillagers 4

PIFF Week 2 All-Stars

2005-09-20T09:01:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    C. Palmer    17  Rebels
RB    S. Alexander 15  &s
WR1   S. Moss      11  Snotknockers
WR2   T. Owens     10  Rebels
WR3   H. Ward      8   Vampirates
TE    R. Mcmichael 5   Steepers
K     J. Reed      6   RedBurns
DEF   Philadelphia 6   RedBurns
DB    C. Bailey    7   Eldars
DL1   B. Urlacher  4   Snotknockers
DL2   L. Little    4   &s
Coach Julia        78% Kilters

Maties move to Pirataly

2005-09-13T20:37:00.001-07:00

The SparrowIsland Maties have formally packed up their operations and moved to Pirataly. This after the team was left homeless after a recent move of venue left the team without support.

Days before the 3rd PIFF season started an owner from Pirataly stepped up and took over the team's day-to-day operations. Their first game was played under the former team name of SparrowIsland Maties, but after the game the team packed up and headed off to their new home in the capital of Pirataly, and renamed the Vampirates.

SparrowIsland has been grated an expansion team for next season as long as the planed expansion goes through, and the team can raise enough funds to cover the teams operations.

The Pirate Islands Fantasy Football league would like to welcome the Pirataly Vampirates to the league. May all your points be positive.

PIFF Week 1 All-Stars

2005-09-13T20:37:00.000-07:00


Pos   Player       Pts Team
QB    P. Manning   14  Steepers
RB    C. Dillion   16  Eldars
WR1   K. McCardell 10  Maties
WR2   Ji. Smith    10  Steepers
WR3   R. Moss      7   &s
TE    M. Pollard   4   RedBurns
K     J. Carney    9   Kilters
DEF   Buffalo      3   Snotknockers
DB    C. Bailey    2   Eldars
DL1   Ja. Taylor   10  RedBurns
DL2   P. Kerney    2   RedBurns
Coach Newgen       72% Eldars

*A player must be played to be an All-Star.
(Brady is not an All-Star, even though he scored more points than Manning.) Ties are broke by determining which player contributed the most to his team percent wise.
The Coach was decided by seeing which team played most of the points possible, so Newgen got 72% of the points possible for his team last week (actual/optimal=percent possible)

Draft Update (Rounds 2,3, start of 4)

2005-07-19T01:25:00.000-07:00


Round Pick Overall PIFFTeam      Player       Position   NFL Team
2     3    12      Pillagers     C. Portis    RB         Redskins
2     4    13      RedBurns      Eagles       DEF        Eagles
2     5    ---     Eldars        Missed
2     6    ---     Maties        Missed
2     7    14      Steepers      R.Longwell   K          Packers
2     8    15      Kilters       M.Vick       QB         Falcons
2     9    16      &s            J.Peppers    DL         Panthers
2     10   17      Rebels        L.Fitzgerald WR         Cardnals
3     1    18      Picklers      E.Manning    QB         Giants
3     2    19      Snotknockers  W.McGahee    RB         Bills
3     3    20      Pillagers     C.Chambers   WR         Dolphins
3     4    21      RedBurns      D.Carr       QB         Texans
3     5    ---     Eldars        Missed
3     6    ---     Maties        Missed
3     7    22      Steepers      L.Coles      WR         Jets
3     8    ---     Kilters       Missed
3     9    23      &s            Bengals      DEF        Bengals
3     10   24      Rebels        C. Palmer    QB         Bengals
Make Up    25      Kilters       W.Dunn       RB         Falcons
4     1    26      Picklers      L.Evans      WR         Bills

So that is where we are at now...

Thanks everybody for bearing with me during this somewhat unruly draft procedure. And from now on you do not need to email me your picks, as it seems that everyone knows what is going on. Hopefully soon I will get a tentative points system in place (after all it is worth PBSE points ^_^ ).

Draft Schedule

2005-06-29T15:54:00.000-07:00

You must get your pick into me on the day it is due (or earlier, if you will not be around). After you have notified me of who you pick, you may add him to your team in the league page (or, if you will not have access to it, tell me, and I can add him for you). The last two days of the draft will be makeup days for anybody who does not make their picks in time, remember, if you miss a pick you may make it up on the last day of the round, if you miss that day you may make it up on the last days of the draft (depending on which round you missed). Some important days to know are the August 6th which is the first day of preseason, and September 8th which is the first day of regular season.
Happy hunting!

2nd Round
6/30 Svk Pill
7/1 Hbr Red
7/2 Fut Eld
7/3 Spr Mat
7/4 Tea Stp
7/5 Sct Klt
7/6 Amb Amp
7/7 Krp Reb

3rd Round
7/8 Tsu Pik
7/9 Sva Snt
7/10 Svk Pill
7/11 Hbr Red
7/12 Fut Eld
7/13 Spr Mat
7/14 Tea Stp
7/15 Sct Klt
7/16 Amb Amp
7/17 Krp Reb

4th Round
7/18 Tsu Pik
7/19 Sva Snt
7/20 Svk Pill
7/21 Hbr Red
7/22 Fut Eld
7/23 Spr Mat
7/24 Tea Stp
7/25 Sct Klt
7/26 Amb Amp
7/27 Krp Reb

5th Round
7/28 Tsu Pik
7/29 Sva Snt
7/30 Svk Pill
7/31 Hbr Red
8/1 Fut Eld
8/2 Spr Mat
8/3 Tea Stp
8/4 Sct Klt
8/5 Amb Amp
8/6 Krp Reb

6th Round
8/7 Tsu Pik, Sva Snt
8/8 Svk Pill, Hbr Red
8/9 Fut Eld, Spr Mat
8/10 Tea Stp, Sct Klt
8/11 Amb Amp, Krp Reb

7th Round
8/12 Tsu Pik, Sva Snt
8/13 Svk Pill, Hbr Red
8/14 Fut Eld, Spr Mat
8/15 Tea Stp, Sct Klt
8/16 Amb Amp, Krp Reb

8th Round
8/17 Tsu Pik, Sva Snt
8/18 Svk Pill, Hbr Red
8/19 Fut Eld, Spr Mat
8/20 Tea Stp, Sct Klt
8/21 Amb Amp, Krp Reb

9th Round
8/22 Tsu Pik, Sva Snt
8/23 Svk Pill, Hbr Red
8/24 Fut Eld, Spr Mat
8/25 Tea Stp, Sct Klt
8/26 Amb Amp, Krp Reb

10th Round
8/27 Tsu Pik, Sva Snt, Svk Pill
8/28 Hbr Red, Fut Eld, Spr Mat
8/29 Tea Stp, Sct Klt, Amb Amp, Krp Reb
8/30 Spr Mat (makeup), Other Make-ups (Rounds 1-6)
8/31 Other Make-ups (Rounds 7-10)

Pirate Islands Fantasy Football running on Yahoo!

2005-06-29T15:26:00.000-07:00

I have got the league going, including all the draft picks made so far, so it will be much easier to see who is still available.

Make sure to look over your roster to see that I have drafted all the right players for your team so far. (Pickle, there were two players on your team that I could not find to draft: WR,Drummond,Lions and K,Anderson,Vikings. If you can get these players on your team you may add them whenever.)

From now on you may add players to your team once you have drafted them. *You still must tell me before you add them to your team that you are drafting them.*

Soon I will be publishing a draft schedule, for the rest of the off-season.

End of First Round, Start of Second

2005-06-29T14:03:00.000-07:00

Here are the last four picks:

1st Round; 8th pick: Rebels choose Shayne Graham, Kicker, Bengals

1st Round; 9th pick (make-up): Pillagers choose Jeff Reed, Kicker, Steeleers

2nd Round; 1st pick (10th overall): Picklers choose Derrick Mason, WR, Ravens

2nd Round; 2nd pick (11th overall): Snotknockers choose Donte Stallworth, WR, Saints

Next up to pick is the Svinksland Pillagers, which is due the 30th.

Hopefully i will get the Yahoo stuff up and running today, as well as a full draft schedule. If i do i'll get it posted here.

1st Round; 7th Pick

2005-06-24T23:37:00.000-07:00

In the first round, with the seventh pick the Ambersandia &s select David Graham, TE, from the Patriots.

The Kreplachistan Rebels have the next pick, which is due by the end of the 26th.

The Svinksland Pillagers and the SparrowIsland Maties can also make up their picks now (which are due by the 26th as well).

1st Round; 6th Pick

2005-06-22T02:17:00.000-07:00

In the first round, with the sixth pick the Scotslandi Kilters select Jerry Porter, WR, from the Oakland Raiders.

The Ambersandia &s have the next pick, which is due by the 24th.

1st Round; 5th Pick

2005-06-19T10:46:00.000-07:00

The SparrowIsland Maties pass their pick.

In the first round, with the fifth pick the Tea Republic Steepers select Andre Johnson, WR, from the Houston Texans.

The Scotslandi Kilters have the next pick, which is due by the 21st.

1st Round; 4th Pick

2005-06-16T15:52:00.000-07:00

In the first round, with the fourth pick the Futontopia Eldars select Donald Driver, WR, from the Green Bay Packers.

The SparrowIsland Maties have the next pick, which is due the 18th.

1st Round; 3rd Pick

2005-06-13T15:51:00.000-07:00

In the first round, with the third pick the HarborCoast RedBurns select Anquan Boldin, WR, from the Arizona Cardinals.

The Futontopia Eldars have the next pick, which is due the 15th.

(I had a better post made but the power went out for a second, so I lost it.)

Svinksland Pillagers pass

2005-06-09T18:15:00.000-07:00

The Svinksland Pillagers pass their pick for the end of the first round; HarborCoast RedBurns is now on the clock. They need their pick in by the 11th.

1st Round; 2nd Pick

2005-06-06T19:32:00.000-07:00

In the first round, with the second pick the Snotvia Snotknockers choose the Buffalo Bills Defense.

QB Brady Patriots
WR Harrison Colts
WR X2 OPEN

RB Westbrook Eagles
TE Shockey Giants
K Vinatieri Patriots
DEF Buffalo Bills
DB Lucas Seahawks
DL Hall Lions
DL OPEN
BN Favre Packers
BN Smith Cardinals
BN x6 OPEN

The Pillagers are now on the clock and need to have their pick in by the 8th.

1st Round; 1st Pick

2005-06-05T20:32:00.000-07:00

In the first round, with the first pick the Tsukestan Picklers choose Wide Receiver Rod Smith from the Denver Broncos.

The Picklers now have these players:
QB Pennington (Jets)
WR Drummond (Lions)
WR Smith (Broncos)
WR OPEN
RB Lewis (Ravens)
TE Gonzalez (Chiefs)
K Anderson (Vikings)
DEF Carolina (Panthers)
DB Abraham (Jets)
DL Vrabel (Patriots)
DL OPEN
BN Johnson (Bengals)
BN X7 OPEN

The Snotknockers are now on the clock and need to have their pick in by the 7th.

Roster should be available now

2005-06-03T23:40:00.000-07:00

Amber pointed out that the roster link does not work (yahoo briefcase stopped letting people use it as a file server). So I tricked Angelfire into being a file server. So here is the roster list.

Welcome to the Pirate Islands Fantasy Football 2005 draft.

2005-06-03T16:01:00.000-07:00

It has been a long cold spring without hockey to watch, so let's forget about the labor dispute and start paying attention to football. How about a draft to kick things off?

The way that the draft will be conducted is that one person will draft a player a day until it gets closer to the beginning of the start of the NFL season then we will draft multiple players per day. The draft will conclude at the latest one week before the start of the NFL season. The draft will work in linear format so we will draft from teams 1 through 10, and then start again with 1 through 10, until all the positions on the teams are filled. The reason that this is style is implemented as opposed to the snake format that normal fantasy football drafts use is because the draft is a time for the worst teams in the league to build up their team. Since a majority of the starters on each team are retained from last year, each team is not on equal footing to start out the season, this draft is supposedto bring some equality to the teams. Thus the worst teams need to get the higher picks round after round.

At the moment it looks like there will be some changes to the format this season. First is the scoring system. The two main problems from last year are that throwing touchdowns were way overvalued.(Payton Manning carried my team through the season, and while it is true he did help the Colts a lot last year, he didnt help the Colts as much as he helped my team.) The other scoring problem is games ending in negative points. Both of these problems should be fixed this up coming season with some other tweaks to the scoring system as I see needs fit (Im am sure Lance has something to say about the scoring system ^_^).The other major change is that I am going to look into reducing the teams that make it into the payoffs, it may go from 8 to 6 or 4, and it depends on the options that yahoo gives me. Check back for updates on the changes to the league format.

So lets get down to it; the draft order will be (reverse order of how the teams finished from last year):
1. Tsukestan Picklers
2. Snotvia Snotknockers
3. Svinksland Pillagers
4. HarborCoast RedBurns
5. Futontopia Eldars
6. SparrowIsland Maties
7. Tea Republic Steepers
8. Scotslandi Kilters
9. Ambersandia &s
10. Kreplachistan Rebels

I have made a spread sheet of the players that each team has as of the start of the draft. It can be found here.

Anyone may trade players, but just remember by the end of the draft every team must have 19 players. If you do make a trade, be sure to tell me so that I can make changes on the rosters.

I will be using this page for updates throughout the draft and the season, so be sure to check back here for the latest draft picks as well as other random news. If you would like to post your own stuff here let me know and I will add your account so that you can post as well.

On the clock for the first pick is the Tsukestan Picklers.