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Spice-It-Up Schedule Ideas for a 12-team? (1 Viewer)
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Grimace59
Footballguy
Could go 2 divisions, no playoffs and just have a championship game for the top 2 teams, or switch it up and go 8 teams in the playoffs, with same 13 week schedule. Add in home and away games, where the home teams get a 5 point advantage each week. A double header week give you 14 reg season games.
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Mario Kart
Footballguy
Do the following to spice things up:
Week 1 = first week of playoffs
Week 2 = second week of playoffs
Week 3 = Super Bowl
Weeks 4 - 16 are position rounds. Everyone knows where each team stands when it comes to the playoffs. The team with the high score in Week 3 is going to try his hardest to have the best record or at least playoffs because he knows he'll win the Super Bowl. However, he will need team X in his match up in Week 2 other wise he might lose to team Y.
Or, play a season and then after week 16 you choose, at random with envelopes or something, the first week of the playoffs is in Week X. The two best teams, barring bye weeks, don't compete that random week. However, the playoff teams essentially "repeat" that week against each other. The winners move on to the next random week picked. Then the Super Bowl is picked and the winner is crowned.
Might keep more teams interested if they know they already have a chance at winning the league or doing well in the playoffs.
Week 1 = first week of playoffs
Week 2 = second week of playoffs
Week 3 = Super Bowl
Weeks 4 - 16 are position rounds. Everyone knows where each team stands when it comes to the playoffs. The team with the high score in Week 3 is going to try his hardest to have the best record or at least playoffs because he knows he'll win the Super Bowl. However, he will need team X in his match up in Week 2 other wise he might lose to team Y.
Or, play a season and then after week 16 you choose, at random with envelopes or something, the first week of the playoffs is in Week X. The two best teams, barring bye weeks, don't compete that random week. However, the playoff teams essentially "repeat" that week against each other. The winners move on to the next random week picked. Then the Super Bowl is picked and the winner is crowned.
Might keep more teams interested if they know they already have a chance at winning the league or doing well in the playoffs.
Stinkin Ref
IBL Representative
all play....play everybody every week for 13 weeks.....you still have to submit starting lineups, it's not best ball.....
this way there is no crying about "I would have beat everybody else except the one team I played this week"....
in a group of sharks the cream will rise to the top and every point could make a difference each week between an additional win or loss....
you could be 11-0 one week or 0-11 or somewhere in between......ability to make or lose ground very quickly keeps people involved...
week 14, top 6 play....top 4 scoring teams advance...
week 15, top 4 play....top 2 scoring teams advance
week 16....top 2 play....winner SB champ
this is about as close as you can get to getting the best "team" while also factoring in best "owner" as yearly transactions and lineup submission still play a part.....
if you want to get crazy you could make it a week 16-17 combined score super bowl.....owners would have ot factor in/plan ahead for studs possibly sitting...or allow a "wildcard" flex spot in week 17 to help account for stud sittage....
this way there is no crying about "I would have beat everybody else except the one team I played this week"....
in a group of sharks the cream will rise to the top and every point could make a difference each week between an additional win or loss....
you could be 11-0 one week or 0-11 or somewhere in between......ability to make or lose ground very quickly keeps people involved...
week 14, top 6 play....top 4 scoring teams advance...
week 15, top 4 play....top 2 scoring teams advance
week 16....top 2 play....winner SB champ
this is about as close as you can get to getting the best "team" while also factoring in best "owner" as yearly transactions and lineup submission still play a part.....
if you want to get crazy you could make it a week 16-17 combined score super bowl.....owners would have ot factor in/plan ahead for studs possibly sitting...or allow a "wildcard" flex spot in week 17 to help account for stud sittage....
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gianmarco
Footballguy
Let 6 teams who lose choose who they play each week starting with the lowest scoring team. If a losing team is selected as an opponent then they don't get to choose that week. Once the 6 losing teams are exhausted, you start with the lowest scoring winning teams.
I have no idea how it would end up working out, but it might be fun!
I have no idea how it would end up working out, but it might be fun!
eNdblu
Footballguy
3 divisions
Double headers every week
Weeks 1-12: matchup vs division opponent
Weeks 1-8: matchup vs non division opponent
Weeks 9-12: matchup vs non division opponent w/ similar records from prev season
Week 13: Make or break week with a matchup vs EVERYONE
Top 6 make the playoffs
Bottom 6 go to the toilet bowl
Top 2 teams w/ best record from week 13 only get rd1 BYE for championship
Lowest 2 teams w/ worst record from week 13 only get rd1 BYE for toilet bowl
Double headers every week
Weeks 1-12: matchup vs division opponent
Weeks 1-8: matchup vs non division opponent
Weeks 9-12: matchup vs non division opponent w/ similar records from prev season
Week 13: Make or break week with a matchup vs EVERYONE
Top 6 make the playoffs
Bottom 6 go to the toilet bowl
Top 2 teams w/ best record from week 13 only get rd1 BYE for championship
Lowest 2 teams w/ worst record from week 13 only get rd1 BYE for toilet bowl
Mr. Irrelevant
IBL Representative
If you guys are all truly sharks, you should be focused on schedule formats that minimize the element of luck.
Ref is right on, an All-Play format is the best for this purpose. But All-Play can also feel a little like the football equivalent of 5x5 roto ... it's not quite as fist-pump exciting when a long TD pass on MNF just moves you from 7th place to 5th on the week vs. winning you a H2H matchup.
So if you want to keep H2H, two "in-between" formats to consider are (1) double-headers (playing 2 teams each week instead of 1, top scoring team gets 2 wins, second-highest gets 1 win and 1 loss, lowest gets 2 losses) ... this works great with 12 teams BTW ... or (2) playing H2H but reserving 2-3 playoff spots for things other than H2H record. So if you have 6 playoff spots, do 3 divisions with 3 champs, 2 next-best All-Play records, and highest remaining point scorer getting in ... if you have 4 (which I prefer), make it 2 divisions and have one All-Play and one point leader playoff spot.
And give out some sort of home-field advantage to the higher-finishing teams in the playoffs ... I like awarding the difference in average weekly scoring for the regular season as a HFA, so if the 3-seed outscored the 6-seed by 65 points during Weeks 1-13, he'd get a 5-point bonus in the first-round playoff game. Sometimes I've gone even higher than this ... that way a dominant regular season means something come playoff time, just as it does in the NFL.
Ref is right on, an All-Play format is the best for this purpose. But All-Play can also feel a little like the football equivalent of 5x5 roto ... it's not quite as fist-pump exciting when a long TD pass on MNF just moves you from 7th place to 5th on the week vs. winning you a H2H matchup.
So if you want to keep H2H, two "in-between" formats to consider are (1) double-headers (playing 2 teams each week instead of 1, top scoring team gets 2 wins, second-highest gets 1 win and 1 loss, lowest gets 2 losses) ... this works great with 12 teams BTW ... or (2) playing H2H but reserving 2-3 playoff spots for things other than H2H record. So if you have 6 playoff spots, do 3 divisions with 3 champs, 2 next-best All-Play records, and highest remaining point scorer getting in ... if you have 4 (which I prefer), make it 2 divisions and have one All-Play and one point leader playoff spot.
And give out some sort of home-field advantage to the higher-finishing teams in the playoffs ... I like awarding the difference in average weekly scoring for the regular season as a HFA, so if the 3-seed outscored the 6-seed by 65 points during Weeks 1-13, he'd get a 5-point bonus in the first-round playoff game. Sometimes I've gone even higher than this ... that way a dominant regular season means something come playoff time, just as it does in the NFL.
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Double headers are a good way to go. Let the highest seed in the playoffs pick their opponents. Bonus money each week. 10 bucks for highest scoring team, 5 dollars to the highest starter at quarterback, running back, receiver and tight end. Penalties of 10 dollars for the lowest score each week and 5 dollar penalty at each position too.
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