# SDMB Big League Fantasy Football 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571 "2017-08-01T12:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/121 "2017-12-10T23:32:14Z")
I’m on pace to put up my second lowest score of the season. Of course, I wait for the playoffs… I ended up doing much better this season than I had any expectation of doing. Nice to go out on a high note. I will not be re-joining any of the FF leagues next year. Plenty of time to find a replacement. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/122 "2017-12-11T01:23:49Z")
As long as Johnathan Stewart keeps scoring 28 points, I should have a pretty clear path to the championship. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/123 "2017-12-11T03:52:35Z")
Jeez, how many lucky wins did Retrovertigo have to get a playoff spot despite scoring 18/20 in points? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/124 "2017-12-11T06:24:34Z")
I am amused by Overly Sentimental’s projected 92 points vs his current 8 points, based on his starting the entire New England Patriots except for Gronk(who he has, but is suspended) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/125 "2017-12-12T00:24:07Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Does anyone know why we don’t have a consolation bowl? It seems like we should. As far as I know there’s no seperate setting for it, it just happens automatically. Or it should. Isn’t there a consolation bowl that gets created after the first round of playoffs? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/126 "2017-12-12T00:38:44Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Jeez, how many lucky wins did Retrovertigo have to get a playoff spot despite scoring 18/20 in points? So, the normal figure for luck is to calculate “expected wins.” Thankfully, Yahoo already does that every week by putting a “If so and so played everyone their record would be ‘x’” in the recap. So by figuring that out, we can get everyone’s “expected finish” and “luck factor”. The higher the number, the luckier you are. First number is the expected finish, followed by actual finish, name, expecting W/L, and then Luck Factor: 1. (3) Fourth and Nineteen 173-74 -2 2. (5) The Dented Pixels 163-84 -3 3. (1) Court Jesters 155-92 2 4. (4) Team Anonymous 150-97 0 5. (2) Overly Sentimental 147-100 3 6. (6) Up By Three 143-104 0 7. (8) poopiusdickimus 134-113 -1 8. (14) Frosted\_Lightning 129-118 -6 9. (15) Nine Inch Neils 121-126 -6 10. (10) Not Sure 121-126 0 11. (12) Bloom County Bills 121-126 -1 12. (11) Garcon’s Cedilla 120-127 1 13. (9) Exploding Pancakes 112-135 4 14. (17) Inglewood Chargers 107-140 -3 15. (16) The Str8Dope My Foot 106-141 -1 16. (19) Rough and Tumblrs 102-145 -3 17. (13) Red Hochuli Peppers 102-145 4 18. (20) Varlos’ Zzzzzzz 89-158 -2 19. (18) Mundi Madness 89-158 1 20. (7) No Use For A Name II 86-161 13 So yes, he was by far the luckiest. The other 7 playoff teams all performed about as expected. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/127 "2017-12-12T17:47:55Z")
I’ll take lucky over good everyday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/128 "2017-12-12T17:52:47Z")
Wow. The top four all lost in Week 1 of the playoffs. **Fourth and Nineteen** got screwed. He had the second-highest score of the weekend, and just happened to face off against the only guy with a higher score. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/129 "2017-12-12T19:58:11Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Isn’t there a consolation bowl that gets created after the first round of playoffs? It looks like one was. Jesters v Anonymous and 4th & Nineteen vs Overly Sentimental. I’m used to having all the teams that didn’t make the playoffs get into a consolation bracket, but I guess with this many teams it does it differently. (In fact for my main league where I’m the commish, I’ve won the “missed the playoffs” consolation bracket 3 straight years and just made the semi’s for it this year. I have weird luck). ---
**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:** [December 15, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/130 "2017-12-15T23:11:55Z")
Ah, I see. In the other playoff formats, it mirrors the actual playoffs with an equal number of non-playoff finishers in a second playoff bracket for the consolation bowl, but in this case it takes the four losers of the quarterfinals to form a consolation bracket. poopiusdickimus defeats Court Jesters The Dented Pixels defeats Team Anonymous Up By Three defeats Fourth and Nineteen No Use For A Name II defeats Overly Sentimental Semi-finals: 1. The Dented Pixels vs 8. poopiusdickimus 2. Up By Three vs 7. No Use For A Name II ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/131 "2017-12-19T04:43:08Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Semi-finals: > > 1. The Dented Pixels vs 8. poopiusdickimus > > 2. Up By Three vs 7. No Use For A Name II Dented Pixels were very very lucky in the Semis but Zeke is back for the finals. Should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/132 "2017-12-19T06:30:35Z")
I was hoping poopius would do my dirty work, but I guess I’ll see Zeke ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/133 "2017-12-19T13:58:18Z")
No, it appears they adjusted the scoring by 4 pts at some point overnight. Sucks, wonder what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/134 "2017-12-20T17:19:50Z")
So of the players who were in my starting lineup just last week 2 are on IR and one in is concussion protocol and may be going to the IR. Never a dull moment. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/135 "2017-12-21T20:03:51Z")
The Dented Pixels defeats Poopiusdickimus Up By Three defeats No Use By A Name II Championship game The Dented Pixels vs Up By Three Third place game PoopiusDickimus vs No Use For A Name II ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/136 "2017-12-25T15:28:27Z")
It looks like it’s down to how many touchdowns Foles throws to Burton vs other players ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571/137 "2017-12-26T06:06:24Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > It looks like it’s down to how many touchdowns Foles throws to Burton vs other players And it looks like Foles isn’t throwing many touchdowns, but none to Burton, so I think I take it down, unless it is stat corrected away (again). Beef and I are now in a race to see who’s the first person to get 3 championships in the league [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-big-league-fantasy-football-2017/792571.md?page=6)