RickLM30

I've been playing solitaire electric football since 1963. I developed a league with 6 teams in 1966. Since then, i've expanded my league to 10 teams, 12 teams, and now 16 teams over the years. Each team consists of 54 players plus kickers and punters and have home and away jerseys. The league is divided into 2 conferences of 2 divisions with 4 teams in each division. Playoffs consist of 4 division winners plus 1 wildcard from each conference (best record within the division not counting the division winners). The division winners with the best record in each conference get byes, and the wildcard and the other division winner within the conference play. The winner of those games play the bye team in their conference. Then the conference winners play for the championship in the Super Bowl. I have developed my on set of rules using dice rolls to determine offensive/defensive formations and run/pass and blitz/coverage packages for each down by team using a multi-stop system. It seems to work well for me. It takes a long time to play a season (3-4 years) as I play using a 30 play quarter (not including plays out of bounds, incomplete passes, penalties, etc, which would stop the clock normally. I realize most would think 3-4 years is a long time, but it works for me. I keep individual statistics for each player on each team (starters, backups, special teams) using spreadsheets for each team. Also track individual players throughout their careers in my league using spreadsheets to record their stats. My current teams are made up of "all-stars" by team who played between the years 1960 to 2000. It's fun watching players such as Troy Vincent covering Bob Hayes, even though they didn't play against one another. Also, I enjoy looking at the stats for players over their careers in my league. Just my 2 cents.

I use the TTQB for all passing in my solitaire league, but don't really worry about sight lines. All of my pass plays have a primary and secondary receiver. If the primary receiver is open, I have to throw it to him. If he is covered, and the secondary receiver is open, I have to throw it to him. If both are covered, then I can choose any of the other receivers in the pattern. This has resulted in learning how to throw over the top of defenders and dropping the ball down to the receiver when I don't have a LOS. Not easy, but with practice, still doable.

I use a multi-stop system, where I run the board for 3 seconds, then adjust all players on the field, whether engaged or not, to simulate players reacting to the ball carrier, pass routes, etc. I continue this method until the play is over.

Usually only use two tight ends in short yardage situations, but can then be either a blocker or a receiver.

I have a 16 team solitaire league based on the NFL teams. All the teams have a base defense and an alternate defense. Some teams use a base 4-3, with an alternate 3-4 defense and the others use a base 3-4 with an alternate 4-3. Each team carries a roster of 54 players, not counting kickers and punters, so I have enough defensive lineman for the 4-3 and enough linebackers for the 3-4.

That was how I got into electric football originally - with the red vs yellow!

I use goal posts with magnets inside the bottom of the base (which was shaped like home plate) that either Miggle or Tudor used to sell. As for the 10 yard chains, I haven't figured out a solution for that yet. I'm a little anal, so I like to measure for first downs when it is close, and I haven't figured out how to bring the chains onto the field to make the measurement where the player was downed...