# SDMB Big League 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 30, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632 "2010-07-30T23:18:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/201 "2010-09-22T20:14:24Z")
I’m cool with it as well. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/202 "2010-09-24T19:52:16Z")
I forgot to actually process the waiver thing. Done. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/203 "2010-09-26T09:56:14Z")
Not that you need help, but you need to make a roster adjustment Varlos. Dynasty league too. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/204 "2010-09-26T17:55:11Z")
Anyone else having problems with Yahoo’s Statracker today? Mine isn’t working at all. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/205 "2010-09-26T20:43:29Z")
Evil Monkey and I have been within 5 points of each other the entire damn day. Now it’s tied with me having Rivers and James Jones and him having Maclin and Sims-Walker. Nail biter. I’m using stat tracker now. I couldn’t try earlier since I was out. Works fine. Btw, does anyone know just how shitty it is trying to guess performances between Bo Scaife and Tony Scheffler? Scheffler put up 15 today… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/206 "2010-09-26T21:55:19Z")
Damn it Jeremy Maclin. SAVE ME PHILIP RIVERS. If I manage to squeeze one out and it looks like Varlos might lose, that’d put me in first. And then Varlos could be killed by what happened to me last year - put up 120 points per game and lead the league in scoring but have everyone else have their freakish once-a-season 150 point game against you. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/207 "2010-09-26T23:42:51Z")
I know I’m making excuses for my team being generally weak and shallow, but I hate seeing that one breakout performance every week against me, while all of my players plod on to grab just about what’s expected of them. My opponents have now had: Wk 1 (Evil Monkey): Arian Foster -Projected: 14.40 -Earned: 42.30 Yes, I still lost by more than the 27.9 difference, but it would have at least made it sporting! Wk 2 (Curry Porkrinds): Aaron Rodgers -Projected: 17.98 -Earned: 28.75 Those 11 points or so would have pretty well covered the gap. It was a good game, nobody stood out very far, I really can’t begrudge that one. Wk 3 (Hey There Fancypants): Michael Vick -Projected: 19.32 -Earned: 34.35 The week has yet to end, but it’ll take a miracle to win this one. Without having to make up an extra 15 points, it’d only take a particularly good pass or two in tonight’s late game. Is it so much to ask that SOMEBODY light up at least one of these weeks for my team? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/208 "2010-09-26T23:46:56Z")
SON OF A BITCH! I had my game locked up with like 15 seconds left to go on the last game of the afternoon, ahead by a point. Then Rivers throws an int on the last play of the game which was enough to put me back below Evil Monkey. Now I need James Jones to score a point in the MNF game. As the 4th receiving option on that team, who knows if he will. If I lose this game I’m gonna burn the motherfucker down. ---
**Author:** ![MTRG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@MTRG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTRG)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/209 "2010-09-27T19:17:22Z")
One catch, eh? That’s all you need? I’m headed up that way to do a Tanya Harding on one James Jones… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/210 "2010-09-28T03:55:13Z")
Frosted Glass got so lucky this week - he scored 75 points, which is the lowest score except for… the guy he played, Court Jesters, who has half a team. If he knocks someone out of the playoffs by a win, that person is getting hosed 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/211 "2010-09-28T08:53:14Z")
It’s crazy what the bye weeks can start doing in this league. People will struggle to fill up rosters and in some cases they’ll have to just leave empty spots. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/212 "2010-09-29T04:22:15Z")
As far as I was concerned on Sunday, I was definitely going to lose. I love this league because every week is nuts and who you start makes a huge difference. Luck never hurt anyone (well not me at least). ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/213 "2010-09-29T04:35:12Z")
Well, that’s true, but in your case it isn’t that so much as that we have 1 guy who essentially isn’t really fielding a team and he’s going lose no matter what. Some weeks that won’t really matter because the guy playing him will score 130 points and would’ve beat a team anyway … but some weeks will be like you, where you’d have definitely lost if not having been lucky enough to get the free win that week. Which is screwy for league balance - a little more than half of the league is going to get that free win, and half isn’t, and one division is playing one man short. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/214 "2010-09-29T16:13:50Z")
Trade pending: Sizzurp Slurpers gives up Santana Moss, Hamlets Out of Ideas gives up Bruce Gradkowski. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/215 "2010-09-29T19:43:34Z")
Can someone remind me who the team “Not Sure” is? I think he identified himself, but I can’t remember who it was, and I can’t find it anywhere in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/216 "2010-09-29T19:44:54Z")
I’m not sure. Wait…that’s not right… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/217 "2010-09-29T19:54:14Z")
I’d consider moving Jahvid Best for an elite receiver, Jamaal Charles for a very good one, or Johnathan stewart for a… good one. Throw me some offers. Edit: Jahvid Best as the third scoring RB might be too good for just a receiver, so maybe I’d need a TE swap or some other type of minor upgrade to go with it. Or I guess FAAB dollars. Anyway make offers and we’ll go from there. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/218 "2010-10-01T05:37:47Z")
**Ellis Dee** wrote a cool utility to track stats from the SDMB fantasy football leagues. In its current form, it figures out what your total score would’ve been from your best possible roster. This is labelled as the GM grade - it’s a sign that you’re able to put talent on your roster. The second grade is how many points did your actual roster score compared to your best possible roster, as a percentage, and that’s the head coach grade, which rates how good you are at picking who to start. The head coach numbers won’t be as varied in this league as it is in the other leagues, both because our benches are so short, and the league is so deep that chances are that anyone is a bench player (and not starting) isn’t in a position to put up a big day which beats the starters all that often. We’re also taking [suggestions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12971646&postcount=76) on what else we can do with the app. Since we’re going to have all the data for our leagues there, we could do any sort of analysis or cross-league comparison so we’re trying to brainstorm up ways to make the data interesting. If you have a suggestion reply to that post. **SDMB Big League - Week 1** …General…Head…Season…General…Head Week 1…Manager…Coach…Average…Manager…Coach ------------------------------------…------------------------------------ Hamlet…151.93…92% A-…Hamlet…151.93…92% A- RetroVertigo…134.29…84% B…RetroVertigo…134.29…84% B MTRG…132.03…86% B…MTRG…132.03…86% B SenorBeef…131.60…94% A…SenorBeef…131.60…94% A Charles…123.44…80% C+…Charles…123.44…80% C+ Munch…123.42…82% B-…Munch…123.42…82% B- tds1273…123.30…78% C+…tds1273…123.30…78% C+ VarlosZ…121.50…100% A+…VarlosZ…121.50…100% A+ Not Sure…121.45…92% A-…Not Sure…121.45…92% A- Frosted Glass…105.90…81% B-…Frosted Glass…105.90…81% B- Garcon’s Cedilla…87.55…86% B…Garcon’s Cedilla…87.55…86% B MrSquishy…85.12…100% A+…MrSquishy…85.12…100% A+ mhendo…83.95…82% B-…mhendo…83.95…82% B- Justin\_Bailey…82.75…82% B-…Justin\_Bailey…82.75…82% B- Only Mostly Dead…80.90…100% A+…Only Mostly Dead…80.90…100% A+ Uncle Brother…80.88…92% A-…Uncle Brother…80.88…92% A- dalej42…79.89…100% A+…dalej42…79.89…100% A+ Gray Ghost…79.11…97% A+…Gray Ghost…79.11…97% A+ d\_odds…47.82…100% A+…d\_odds…47.82…100% A+ Taber…41.14…98% A+…Taber…41.14…98% A+ **SDMB Big League - Week 2** …General…Head…Season…General…Head Week 2…Manager…Coach…Average…Manager…Coach ------------------------------------…------------------------------------ Garcon’s Cedilla…155.75…98% A+…RetroVertigo…139.37…84% B VarlosZ…145.60…100% A+…VarlosZ…133.55…100% A+ RetroVertigo…144.45…84% B…SenorBeef…127.75…96% A MrSquishy…135.09…93% A-…Hamlet…127.34…95% A SenorBeef…123.90…98% A+…MTRG…122.66…88% B+ Frosted Glass…118.15…95% A…Garcon’s Cedilla…121.65…94% A MTRG…113.29…89% B+…tds1273…116.47…79% C+ tds1273…109.63…81% B-…Charles…114.71…86% B Charles…105.97…92% A-…Frosted Glass…112.03…88% B+ mhendo…104.65…98% A+…MrSquishy…110.11…95% A Hamlet…102.75…100% A+…Munch…109.25…85% B Taber…101.06…90% A-…Not Sure…108.90…93% A- dalej42…97.76…93% A…mhendo…94.30…91% A- Not Sure…96.35…94% A…dalej42…88.83…96% A Munch…95.08…91% A-…Justin\_Bailey…88.72…86% B Justin\_Bailey…94.70…89% B+…Gray Ghost…86.70…91% A- Gray Ghost…94.29…86% B…Only Mostly Dead…83.68…92% A- Only Mostly Dead…86.46…84% B…Uncle Brother…76.54…82% B- Uncle Brother…72.20…72% C-…Taber…71.10…92% A- d\_odds…53.97…89% B+…d\_odds…50.90…94% A **SDMB Big League - Week 3** …General…Head…Season…General…Head Week 3…Manager…Coach…Average…Manager…Coach ------------------------------------…------------------------------------ Garcon’s Cedilla…166.78…78% C+…RetroVertigo…141.04…88% B+ Munch…165.49…99% A+…Garcon’s Cedilla…136.69…87% B+ dalej42…154.01…86% B…Munch…128.00…91% A- RetroVertigo…144.39…95% A…SenorBeef…127.15…94% A tds1273…143.10…95% A…MTRG…125.53…86% B Not Sure…136.85…99% A+…tds1273…125.34…86% B Gray Ghost…136.05…95% A…Hamlet…121.58…93% A- MTRG…131.26…83% B-…Not Sure…118.22…95% A SenorBeef…125.95…90% A-…VarlosZ…118.18…100% A+ Charles…113.38…96% A…Charles…114.26…89% B+ Hamlet…110.05…87% B+…dalej42…110.55…91% A- MrSquishy…108.55…92% A-…MrSquishy…109.59…94% A mhendo…103.05…80% B-…Gray Ghost…103.15…93% A Taber…102.47…88% B+…Frosted Glass…99.95…91% A- Uncle Brother…99.10…81% B-…mhendo…97.22…87% B+ VarlosZ…87.44…100% A+…Justin\_Bailey…84.88…89% B+ Only Mostly Dead…84.90…97% A…Only Mostly Dead…84.09…93% A Justin\_Bailey…77.18…96% A…Uncle Brother…84.06…82% B- Frosted Glass…75.80…100% A+…Taber…81.56…90% A- d\_odds…60.01…79% C+…d\_odds…53.93…88% B+ ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/219 "2010-10-01T06:10:22Z")
Well, I may be 1-2, but I faced the person with the highest GM score for the weeks I lost at least. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632/220 "2010-10-01T20:33:02Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > The head coach numbers won’t be as varied in this league as it is in the other leagues, both because our benches are so short, and the league is so deep that chances are that anyone is a bench player (and not starting) isn’t in a position to put up a big day which beats the starters all that often. Makes sense. Even still, **VarlosZ** hitting 100% three weeks in a row is pretty impressive. The spread on these scores is pretty nuts, which I guess is exactly what you’d expect from such a large league. Thanks much for tracking the scores. I can watch the league vicariously, which is fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-2010/548632.md?page=12)