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    Cowboys at Falcons (NFC Championship)

    in Playing Solitaire

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    51 minutes ago, Greg F said:

    Ridder to Pitts for an 11 yard TD.  Then, Atlanta stops Michael Gallup short on 4th and 16.

    Game over.

    Falcons 21 Cowboys 24 in OT

     

    The Falcons head to Vegas to play the Colts!

    Stats and more to come 

    Did you mean Falcons 24 Cowboys 21?

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    What should LSU do?

    in Strategy and Gameplay

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    Tough call, Coach. I'm guessing Conley played at least decently during the season since the team is in the playoffs. He has senior experience and leadership, and more than likely knows the play book better than the freshman. 

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    CNYCFB PLAYOFFS

    in Playing Solitaire

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    Rashard Bluee will be successful early on opening up the OSU passing game via play-action. The OSU defensive backfield, embarrassed by Aggie last time, will play inspired and shut him down for the most part. Ohio State 20 Michigan 13. 

    LSU offense will play better and keep things close. And it will be the LSU defense that produces a late turnover providing the spark that takes the Tigers over the top. LSU 20 Texas 17.

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    Potential New Playoff Format

    in Playing Solitaire

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    5 hours ago, JPT222 said:

    Hello.  Just wanted to share my playoff format.  My league now includes and is capped at 34 teams.   This past year I've finally acquired all of the 32 NFL teams.  I've also included the Houston Oilers and to make an even number, added an extra Packer All Star team. ( My favorite team.)

    I have a 3 game regular season which is randomly drawn.  My boys help me make the schedule, drawing gum balls from a bucket with the teams names on them.  Every team has to have at least one home game.   I do not break things down into division or conference.  I still get a fair share of good rivalry type games, or make some new league rivalries.

    To qualify for the playoffs you have to win at least 2 of the 3 games.  The 3-0 teams will of course have the higher seeds.  I do a power ranking based on record and then point differential.  If teams happen to be tied, they are separated by head to head, common opponent, then most points scored.   Last year, I had 32 teams in my league and 15 qualified for the playoffs.  The top seed was the only team with a bye.  Each year it may fluctuate a little,  but I will adjust the bracket accordingly and seed based off of the power rankings.  Last season my final four all consisted of NFC teams; Vikings, 49ers, Saints, and Lions.  My Super Bowl was the 49ers defeating the Lions.

    Coach JPT, I love that format! I'll bet the randomness of the schedule keeps it fresh. So just to confirm, ALL teams with a winning record, ie: 3-0 or 2-1 makes the playoffs, yes? And one more question: What happens if during the initial drawing you pick the same two teams to play against each other more than once? Do they play each other multiple times or do you redraw? 

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    Potential New Playoff Format

    in Playing Solitaire

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    11 hours ago, Curt said:

    Part 1 - Hey Bob, 4 divisions in 2 conferences [totaling 8 divisions] sparks a couple of ideas. It is going to take me a little while to put those thoughts together in a logical, readable order [because of my mental quirks caused from 3 strokes back in 2016], but I'm excited about getting those out to you. It's too late for me to construct those tonight but if a little patience pays off, I hope you will like the result when I can post Part 2. Blessings, Curt 🙂 

    Thanks Coach Curt! Look forward to hearing your feedback.

    10 hours ago, nefgm.org said:

    I have made out regular season schedules for people at times, just because it is something I like to do. The hardest are ones where not all divisions have the same number of teams. or when there are an odd number of teams.  

    Absolutely true. It's not clean cut and it may present unfair advantages to certain teams. I've decided to "punt" and add only four teams (Chargers, Seahawks, Bears and Lions) for next season. That will punch up the total to 24 teams, I number that is easy to work with. There will be four 3-team divisions in each of the two conferences. That will give me time to figure out how to incorporate the other 4 teams (Packers, Cardinals, Chiefs, and Jets). Below is the proposed league format for next season:

    AFC 

    Midlands - Steelers, Browns, Bengals

    Metro East - Redskins, Eagles, Colts (Baltimore)

    Mountain Pacific - Broncos, Seahawks, Chargers (Sandiego)

    Metro North - Giants, Bills, Patriots

     

    NFC 

    West Coast - Rams (Los Angeles) 49ers, Raiders (Oakland)

    Great Lakes - Vikings, Lions, Bears

    Gulf West - Saints, Cowboys, Oilers

    Deep South - Falcons, Dolphins, Buccaneers 

     

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    Potential New Playoff Format

    in Playing Solitaire

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    Thanks Coach Zak. A lot to think about. I do like the idea of each team having to play every other team in their division. The 3 team divisions would play the other two teams and have one game against another 3 team division either in conference or out. And the 4 team divisions would play each team in their division but not have an out of division game. That is a bit limiting. I was going to add 4 teams bringing the total to 24 and having four 3-team divisions in each conference. I may go back to that idea and break up the expansion into two different phases. I ultimately want to have 28 teams; the 28 teams that were in the league in 1978. So, phase one of the expansion would be the Bears, Lions, Chargers and Seahawks. And phase two would be the Packers, Jets, Cardinals and Chiefs. I used to play a 5-game schedule but I've come to really like this three-game format. It gives every game a playoff feel, a sense of urgency. What did you think about the playoff format?

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    Potential New Playoff Format

    in Playing Solitaire

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    Next season, I will be expanding my solitaire league by 6 teams bringing the total to 26. There will be 4 divisions (4,3,3,3 teams per division) in each of two conferences. I had a thought on how to reorder the playoffs. Explanation below:

    If at the end of the regular season, there were two or more teams in the same division with a top identical record, the top two based on point spread would have a playoff game for the division title (Point spread is the difference between points scored and points allowed during the regular season). So theoretically, there could be somewhere between 8 playoff games (one for each of the 8 divisions) in the first playoff round or none at all. 

    Senerio 1 - Assuming a 3-game season; if Team A finishes 2-1 with a point spread of +12, Team B also finishes 2-1 with a point spread of -2, and Team C also finishes at 2-1 with a point spread of +6, then Team A would play Team C for the division title. Team B would not make the cut. Here's another wrinkle; if Team A and Team C played each other during the regular season, then the winner of that game would host the division title game. If they did not play each other in the regular season, then the team with the highest point spread would host the game.

    Senerio 2 - If Team D finishes 3-0 and no other team in that division has a 3-0 record, then Team D wins the division title outright, no additional playoff game.

    It would bring some ambiguity to the playoffs which could make things more interesting. It could also establish some really intense rivalries within each division because teams would have an increased likelihood of playing each other twice in a season. Based on the records from the previous 3 seasons, if I had used this playoff system there would have been 2 division title playoff games for 2 of the seasons and ZERO division title playoff games for one of the past seasons. Of course there would no longer be anymore wildcard teams. 

    I may wake up tomorrow morning and think this whole thing was a cockamamie idea. Not even totally sure that this system is my original thought. I may have picked it up from another coach on this forum!  But be that as it may, I wanted to put it out there and see what other coaches thought.

    Thanks!

     

     

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    Super Kewl Final Score Game Stats...

    in Playing Solitaire

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    Interesting Super Bowl Scores:

    Super Bowl 1 was the only SB to go into OT. Rams beat the Colts 41-35. 

    Super Bowl 14 was the lowest scoring SB. Steelers beat the Rams 8-7.   

    Super Bowl 8 was the highest scoring SB, and the highest scoring game period. Redskins beat the Colts 49-35. Like NEFGM, I was using a different methodology for play count exclusively in that SB.

    Super Bowl 12 was the biggest blowout in a SB. The Colts beat the Rams 45-10.

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