Official Madden '08 League Signups -- The PFL, Season II

[kingsfan2099]

I am way in


Madden League Signups-- 2008
1. Quo -- undecided on keep/drop
2. Woundup -- keeping 49ers
3. Crankbait -- keeping Bears
4. Schlickabod -- undecided
5. Kamacauzie08 -- keeping Patriots
6. BrianBlair -- tossing back the Steelers
7. Keezy -- keeping Bengals
8. BMC -- undecided
9. Causedawg
10. Lord Sam
11. DLitch
12. Dmiller68 keeping Seahawks
13. Unseen Shadow
14. Az_undrdawg....AZ
15.+ A SpecialFriend

16. BigSexyMVP- I would absolutley love the STEELERS baby!!! 2nd choice: The Packers.
17. Kingsfan2099- Let me know when we pick teams so I can start playing with them in 07 to get familiar...

[SHIBUMI]

Madden League Signups-- 2008
1. Quo -- undecided on keep/drop
2. Woundup -- keeping 49ers
3. Crankbait -- keeping Bears
4. Schlickabod -- undecided
5. Kamacauzie08 -- keeping Patriots
6. BrianBlair -- tossing back the Steelers
7. Keezy -- keeping Bengals
8. BMC -- undecided
9. Causedawg
10. Lord Sam
11. DLitch
12. Dmiller68 keeping Seahawks
13. Unseen Shadow
14. Az_undrdawg....AZ
15.+ A SpecialFriend

16. BigSexyMVP- I would absolutley love the STEELERS baby!!! 2nd choice: The Packers.
17. Kingsfan2099- Let me know when we pick teams so I can start playing with them in 07 to get familiar...

18. SHIBUMI - Bucs - Undecided... But I'll try to make up my mind soon! lol


I'm not sure if I'm picking it up or not... And seeing as the Buc's just dropped my boy Simeon this week, I don't even know if I wanna play w/ the team!! Gruden sucks!!!!!!

Anyway - I haven't checked all the threads, but are you all doing an APF league?? I would think that one would be easier cuz it's all managed automatically for ya online (isn't it??) - plus no EA bs ratings to deal w/ for the teams... The Bucs always get screwed by EA!

[Crankbait]

Bumi, you better be in!

[A SpecialFriend]

Originally Posted by SHIBUMI

Anyway - I haven't checked all the threads, but are you all doing an APF league?? I would think that one would be easier cuz it's all managed automatically for ya online (isn't it??) - plus no EA bs ratings to deal w/ for the teams... The Bucs always get screwed by EA!

I think someone else has an All-Pro League going.. Check around.. :-)

[SHIBUMI]

Originally Posted by Crankbait

Bumi, you better be in!

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan... I'm gonna try... It's just gonna be tough taking another one up the @$$ from EA. The pain from Madden 07 is still radiating... For $60 they could at least send an EA sexretary to my house to hand deliver the screwing.

Not too mention my time deficiencies of the past 6 months... Hell, I still haven't even cracked the seal on NCAA08 yet (and 07 was my fave game last year).


But - I'll TRY... I mean, that 0-7 streak I had last season was wonderful!


As for APF - it looks like a league was discussed, but nothing ever formed. I still think the automated league site is pretty spiffy.

[Bak2Bak0304]

Madden League Signups-- 2008
1. Quo -- undecided on keep/drop
2. Woundup -- keeping 49ers
3. Crankbait -- keeping Bears
4. Schlickabod -- undecided
5. Kamacauzie08 -- keeping Patriots
6. BrianBlair -- tossing back the Steelers
7. Keezy -- keeping Bengals
8. BMC -- undecided
9. Causedawg
10. Lord Sam
11. DLitch
12. Dmiller68 keeping Seahawks
13. Unseen Shadow
14. Az_undrdawg....AZ
15.+ A SpecialFriend

16. BigSexyMVP- I would absolutley love the STEELERS baby!!! 2nd choice: The Packers.
17. Kingsfan2099- Let me know when we pick teams so I can start playing with them in 07 to get familiar...

18. SHIBUMI - Bucs - Undecided... But I'll try to make up my mind soon! lol
19.. AUTOMTIK187-- NEW YORK GIANTS IF AVAILABLE

[Kamacauzie]

Wow this thing is growing fast! Maybe would could actually divide up into NFC and AFC conferences if we have close to even for each side. What do you think Quo? Also, do you have a limit to the # of teams you are willing to commission over this year?

And Schlick, you need to quit worrying about Brady to Moss. You should know better than to think that it'll be my bread and butter. Brady shares the love with the following:

Daniel Graham, Ben Watson, Troy Brown, Randy Moss, Dante Stallworth, Jabar Gaffney, Chad Jackson, Reche Caldwell, etc., etc....the list goes on.



Kama

[Crankbait]

I agree with Kama as long as he is not in my conference

[Crankbait]

But for the record I think I gave him a good game both times......

[Quo]

You gave him two great games... better games than pretty much anyone else gave him, that's for sure.

Obviously we'll have to limit the league size somewhere. I don't really know what the reasonable limit is, but I do know that the more people, the more possibilities for the whole thing to come crashing down in an awful lump.

What do you guys think is a reasonable number? 14 wasn't a problem last year, but we had to replace 2 or 3 teams a few weeks in. I don't want that happening. We've got 19 so far and another from Wichita Falls possibly joining the fray (they're taking over! ).

I'd love to go AFC/NFC. I think the minimum we'd need for that is 24 or so... That way we could have 12 in each conference, with 4 each in 3 divisions, old skool-style.

[Kamacauzie]

The 24 team lid sounds like a wise idea. I am sure we can get that many the way this thing has grown so far so quickly, plus we could have a few alternates to stand by in case we lose someone like you said. 12 teams in each conference would be ideal, but I guess that's considering the 24 players pick 12 AFC and 12 NFC. Nonetheless, we could probably get it pretty close

Crank, I still wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat knowing how close my undefeated season dream came to falling through my fingers due to your efforts. We shall meet again surely.

And yes, Wichita Falls, TX will be taking over. It's gonna be a fun season.



Kama

[schlickabod]

Madden League Signups -- 2008
1. Quo -- undecided on keep/drop
2. Woundup -- keeping 49ers
3. Crankbait -- keeping Bears
4. Schlickabod -- keeping Colts
5. Kamacauzie08 -- keeping Patriots
6. BrianBlair -- tossing back the Steelers
7. Keezy -- keeping Bengals
8. BMC -- undecided on keep/drop
9. Causedawg -- new
10. Lord Sam -- new
11. DLitch -- new
12. Dmiller68 -- keeping Seahawks
13. Unseen Shadow -- new
14. Az_undrdawg -- new
15. A SpecialFriend -- new
16. BigSexyMVP -- new
17. Kingsfan2099 - new
18. SHIBUMI -- undecided on keep/drop
19. AUTOMTIK187 -- new
20. ADKiller1970 -- new
21. Bomali -- undecided on keep/drop

It seems to me that 24 teams would be a great number. You could have six divisions with four teams each, or four divisions of six. Eight teams might make the playoffs, the top 33% of the league.

What are there, 32 teams in the NFL? If that's manageable, and it were allowed, we might just follow their format. (But not their schedule! I doubt I'm good enough to rise to the challenge of a Super Bowl winner's schedule)

[Woundup]

I say we keep the list going but cap it at 24. If by some chance we get 34 players we take the first 24 and put them in the PGL NFL league and anything above 24 could play in a practice team league (if you will). If someone falls behind and starts to forfeit games we call up a player from the practice league (the most active player from that league). Quo I could keep tabs on a practice league to help out if it came to that. We could even have a practice league bowl to keep eveyone fairly interested in it.

[Quo]

Agreed, that sounds good. Let's limit to 24 teams. Anyone above that will act as replacements. With 24 players, we are bound to need a few.

I'm for 2-12 team conferences with 3 divisions of 4. They may not mirror the actual divisions but we'll get them as close as possible. That way the playoffs would consists of 3 division winners from each conference, plus 3 wildcards. I know that's half the field, but hey, it's a game and it keeps it interesting. Top two division winners from each conference get a first round bye. Third-best division winner plays the worst WC team, and the other two play each other. Reseed, rinse, repeat. All per NFL guidelines.

That kind of set up will mean 6 division games, and then randomly selected 5 games in-conference but out of division, plus 5 games out of conference for a full 16 games. You'll play 13 different players out of a possible 23.

I'll post team draft order based on who's keeping whom in the next few days. When we have a solid 24, I'll follow that with a randomly drawn draft order for the remaining teams. That way when Madden releases on the 14th, everyone will know their teams and can start familiarizing with the playbooks.

So we have 21. Are there 3 more?

[KEEZY]

"Is there no one else???"

[AZRaiderH8r]

Madden League Signups -- 2008
1. Quo -- undecided on keep/drop
2. Woundup -- keeping 49ers
3. Crankbait -- keeping Bears
4. Schlickabod -- keeping Colts
5. Kamacauzie08 -- keeping Patriots
6. BrianBlair -- tossing back the Steelers
7. Keezy -- keeping Bengals
8. BMC -- undecided on keep/drop
9. Causedawg -- new
10. Lord Sam -- new
11. DLitch -- new
12. Dmiller68 -- keeping Seahawks
13. Unseen Shadow -- new
14. Az_undrdawg -- new
15. A SpecialFriend -- new
16. BigSexyMVP -- new
17. Kingsfan2099 - new
18. SHIBUMI -- undecided on keep/drop
19. AUTOMTIK187 -- new
20. ADKiller1970 -- new
21. Bomali -- undecided on keep/drop
22. AZRaiderH8r -- I'm about 95% sure I can make it, and I'll take the Broncos (thanks D!)