Why not put Washington in NFC West? Seems to make more sense than NFC East.

Posted by kilgore on 9/12/2024 8:37:00 AM (view original):
Why not put Washington in NFC West? Seems to make more sense than NFC East.

PsychoWarper already has 1 team in the NFC West with USC. The AFC West may have been the best possible geo-fit for Washington in the AFC, but in the spirit of mixing up your division mates in each conference, this allows the 2 team owners to play different 2 team owners in each conference.

Otherwise, you would have two of the 2 team owners in the same division in each conference playing each 4 times in the regular season. Or, 1 owner with 2 teams in the same division or same conference. Gets a little tricky with a half dozen people having 2 teams. I got a lot of practice with this in the 4 seasons of the NFL Draft League. I would have to compare the previous year of division alignments to ensure the scheduling would be fair and all teams were eventually getting to play each other.

I'll join with a school tbd this weekend

Posted by sjstapleton on 9/12/2024 7:01:00 PM (view original):
I'll join with a school tbd this weekend

Great. We will reserve a spot for you with the school to be claimed this weekend. Page 1 list updated.

- 21 schools claimed
- 18 teams have entered league NFL28676.
- 3 schools claimed and not yet entered into the league

This leaves 3 spots available at the current time to anyone out there. Lets get 'em in and get this started!

***For those stopping in for the first time, or those still considering which school to claim, you can view the list on Page 7 of this thread with direct hyperlinks to some very good schools/players/stats. This was a quick list that I put together (of what I would happily compete with), but feel free to pick any school still available that can roster 21 spots from their alum base. The kicker and punter may be pulled from elsewhere if little or no choices available. Only the Washington Huskies has been claimed from that list so far.***

Any interest in carrying this Alumni theme over to WIS basketball after the season is complete? it's been done quite a few times and makes for fun competition. No requirement to use the same schools you've chose for football, of course.

Posted by kilgore on 9/13/2024 1:39:00 PM (view original):
Any interest in carrying this Alumni theme over to WIS basketball after the season is complete? it's been done quite a few times and makes for fun competition. No requirement to use the same schools you've chose for football, of course.

You would likely get some people interested in a college to NBA theme. Go for it.

I like the NBA sim the least. No strategy and it’s all about efficiency. Everyone fighting over role players like Nene, Thaddeus Young or Pervis Ellison. I do love Hoops Dynasty though! All about strategy and developing a program!

Posted by seay00 on 9/14/2024 6:53:00 AM (view original):

Posted by kilgore on 9/13/2024 1:39:00 PM (view original):
Any interest in carrying this Alumni theme over to WIS basketball after the season is complete? it's been done quite a few times and makes for fun competition. No requirement to use the same schools you've chose for football, of course.

You would likely get some people interested in a college to NBA theme. Go for it.

I like the NBA sim the least. No strategy and it’s all about efficiency. Everyone fighting over role players like Nene, Thaddeus Young or Pervis Ellison. I do love Hoops Dynasty though! All about strategy and developing a program!

Agree...Hoops Dynasty is definitely a better product than the NBA sim.

Pitt Panthers

Defense 1970 Minnesota Ed Sharockman
Offensives Line 1967 Browns Fred Hoaglin
Special Teams 1982 Tampa Bay Larry Swider
K Stephen Gostkowski (Memphis)
P Larry Swider (Pitt)

Looks great. Panthers are placed in the AFC West as noted above. Page 1 also updated. A few more adventurous souls to jump in and we will be on our way.

3 spots left. Great QBs left- Mahomes, Matt Ryan, Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Herbert/Fouts, Alex Smith, Cousins, Stroud and others below. These are guys that instantly give you a playoff chance with a decent supporting cast. Or go with the Longhorns or Bama's power running and Def. So many possibilities.

Still available:

Michigan St Spartans: Cousins- LeVeon Bell-Rison-Mason-Gordon-Dupree-Banks-Adams

Ohio St Buckeyes: CJ Stroud-George-R. Smith-Galloway-Carter-Glenn-Thomas-Pace-Marshall-Springs-Vrabel-Tatum

Texas Longhorns: Spec Sanders-Layne-Campbell-Ricky-Holmes-Metcalf-Sauer-McMichael-E. Thomas-Allegre

Texas Tech Raiders: Patrick Mahomes-Bam- T Smith-Welker-Parks-Crabtree-Z Thomas

NC State Wolfpack: Rivers-Gabriel-E. Kramer-Holt-Quick-Ritcher-V. Johnson-M. Williams

Oregon Ducks: Fouts-Herbert-J. Stewart-Blount-Renfro-Rashad-Birden-Francis-Ngata

LSU Tigers: Burrow-Tittle-Fournette-Cannon-Hilliard-OBJ-Hennigan-Chase-Jefferson-P. Peterson-Whitworth-Mathieu

Ole Miss Rebels: Eli-Archie-Deuce-AJ Brown-DK Metcalf-M. Wallace-Hickerson-Walls-Willis

Boston College Eagles: Matty Ice-Flutie-Hasselbeck-Nalen-Luke Kuechly-Romanowski-Chmura-Green-Willis-Brennan-AJ Dillon

Texas A&M Aggies: Tanneyhill-Mike Evans-Connell-C. Sanders-M. Bennett-C. Dickey-E. Jackson-Von Miller-Myles Garrett-Lester Hayes

UCLA Bruins: Aikman-MJD-McNeil-Fears-Flipper-Bennett-Easley-Norton Jr.

Alabama Crimson Tide: Tua-Bart Starr-Namath-D. Henry- S. Alexander-Julio-Amari-Ozzie-Waddle-John Hannah-CJ Mosley

BYU Cougars: Steve Young-Puka Nacua-Todd Christensen-A. Collie-Chad Lewis-Tyler Allgeier-Fred Warner-Sikahema

San Diego St. Aztecs: Sipe-Marshall Faulk-Skeets Quinlan- Isaac Curtis- Gary Garrison- Darnay Scott-Slaughter-Glover- Fred Dryer-Herm Edwards

Maryland Terrapins- Boomer-Neil O'Donnell- LaMont Jordan-Stefon Diggs-Vernon Davis-Wycheck-DJ Moore-Gary Collins-Randy White

Louisville Cardinals- Unitas-Lamar Jackson-Powell-Mark Clayton-Givins-Barnidge-Dumervil-Ray Buchanan- Otis Wilson-David Akers

TCU Horned Frogs- Andy Dalton-Sammy Baugh- Tomlinson-Mike Renfro-Epps-Bob Lilly- Greg Townsend

Utah Utes- Alex Smith-Scott Mitchell-Jamal Anderson-Mike Anderson-Trumpy-Josh Gordon-Steve Smith-Jefferson-Dyson-Speedie-Weddle-Larry Wilson

West Virginia Mountaineers- Hostetler-Bulger-Geno Smith-Adrian Murrell-Jerry Porter-James Jett-Becht-Vanderjagt-Howley-Sam Huff-Talley

San Jose St- Jeff Garcia-DeBerg-Jewerl Thomas-Johnny Johnson-Art Powell-James Jones-Billy Wilson-Fernandez-Bokamper-Louis Wright

Southern Miss- Favre-Louis Lipps-Sammy Winder-Michael Jackson-Patrick Surtain

Marshall Thundering Herd- Pennington-Leftwich-Ahmad Bradshaw-Randy Moss-Troy Brown

Rice Owls- Tommy Kramer-Tobin Rote-Billy Howton-Bert Emanuel-Buddy Dial- Michael Downs

Still 6 spots to fill between the uncommitted and open spots. I will leave this open until the end of the month. I understand if anyone would like to pull their teams, Its been 7 weeks. You can get a refund or transfer the money to other whatif games.

It was worth a shot. If a majority wants to continue on, you can relaunch in a new league number and forum topic. You could just copy/paste the remaining teams/owners with the initial classifieds post into a new post with a different commish. Seems a few of you really like the theme and would do great with the leading/hosting. I will send to everyone via sitemail as well.

Am up for another team to help move this along...

With league approval, I will take the Spartans.

Considering a restart on this idea. Please post here if interested.

Just throwing out additional ideas to make it more enticing:

If successful, the second season would have all playoff schools removed from the first season.

and a snake order draft for schools in season 2 (worst record to to champ order). Non-playoff teams may keep the same school or try a new one. The dropped school will be available for anyone. Owners must decide pre-team draft if they keep the current school from season one or not.

And post draft—maybe a pick your division in opposite draft order. Matchups matter.