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undefeated and winning the FF Superbowl (1 Viewer)
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Ozymandias
Footballguy
I have been in four serious leagues for six years (24 league years), and in about 12 Yahoo league years (which I participate in just for the drafting practice--but follow throughout the year), and have never seen it happen.
But the NFL hasn't seen it in 30 plus league years.
But the NFL hasn't seen it in 30 plus league years.
fsufan
Footballguy
i have played in about 25 leagues over the past 9 years and never has seen it. I am 11-0 right now and should go 13-0. If this happens I think it will be the kiss of death for me in the playoffs.
BoulderBob
Footballguy
You need a miracle, or a dynasty team with a top 2 player at each position...
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
In my older money league no one has ever done it. In the one I run, now in year 7, the last team to lose in the regular season has yet to even make the championship game.
Anonymous Internet User
Footballguy
It's obviously much more likely to happen in a dynasty or keeper league than it is in a redraft league. And, in terms of formats, it's much more likely in an old-fashioned draft than it is for an auction league.
So, if parity and competition is your primary concern, I'd advise auction redraft leagues.
So, if parity and competition is your primary concern, I'd advise auction redraft leagues.
The Man With No Name
Footballguy
Have never seen it. I have been 11-0 2 times, losing the 12th week both times. One of those was to another 11-0 team, but he lost the next week.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
It is rare for the best team to win. I have been in a 14 team league for 13 season. Twice I had the best team by far and lost in the SuperBowl, and twice I won when I barely squeaked into the playoffs.I would say the best team has won maybe 5 years out of 13.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Winning the regular season takes skill. Winning in the playoffs takes luck.
CalBear
Footballguy
In 2003, a team in my league went 14-0-2 and won the title (beating me in the Super Bowl). It was definitely the strongest team that year, but really not overpowering: Trent Green, Jamal Lewis, Shaun Alexander (before he peaked), Holt, Toomer, Coles. One of the ties was in the playoffs; he won the game based on our home-field advantage tiebreaker. So it was a good team, but even so would have been knocked out without some luck. Besides the two ties, he had another game won by less than 4 points.
SteelerMurf
Footballguy
It's more who you are playing against in any given than how many points are scored. So there has to be a crazy amount of luck to go undefeated. That and probably a couple teams that have given up or just don't know what the heck they are doing.
fsufan
Footballguy
i commish a dynasty league in its 9th year. The team with the best regular season record has only won the Superbowl 2 times out of 9. But another interesting stat is the division winners(both get first round byes) have made it to the Superbowl 7 out of 9 times.
fsufan
Footballguy
i have scored the most point this year and had the least points scored against me. that is luck.
Mozeta
Footballguy
4 years ago I went undefeated in the regular season in what was actually a pretty competitive league with players like Priest Holmes, LT2, Charlie Garner, MVP Rich Gannon, and Tony Gonzalez. I was able to get these players drafting 10th in a 10 man league. However, I lost both of my playoff games. Holmes got injured and I think the Raiders had home field secured by that point and rested or didn't play Gannon or Garner much. My receivers were average at best.
Last year I went through the regular season with only one loss. In the last 2 weeks of the regular season I lost 3 of my starting running backs and one of my 2 back up running backs. Needless to say I again lost both of my playoff games.
The only time I ever won a playoff game was 2 years ago when I snuck into the playoffs as the 4 seed when the team I was playing in the last game of the regular season only needed 2 points to beat me and accidentally dropped a guy Sunday night because he didn't know the guy played on Monday night. The guy would have given him the win. I won my first and only playoff game the next week.
Last year I went through the regular season with only one loss. In the last 2 weeks of the regular season I lost 3 of my starting running backs and one of my 2 back up running backs. Needless to say I again lost both of my playoff games.
The only time I ever won a playoff game was 2 years ago when I snuck into the playoffs as the 4 seed when the team I was playing in the last game of the regular season only needed 2 points to beat me and accidentally dropped a guy Sunday night because he didn't know the guy played on Monday night. The guy would have given him the win. I won my first and only playoff game the next week.
azngangster
Footballguy
The closest I have seen is 15-1 and winning the superbowl with a lineup last year of Palmer, Alexander, Larry Johnson, Chad Johnson, and Anquan Boldin.
Mario Kart
Footballguy
I have done this twice. The first time was because I had the lowest scored against points. The second time it happened was because my team was powerful. I had most points scored by like 200 points.
Bluestaples
Footballguy
10th year of my redraft $$ league - there has been one undefeated season, and that dude lost his first play-off game (2nd round after bye).
He drafted Edge #2 overall in his rookie season, picked Warner off of waivers after week 1, and got Stephen Davis in a trade early - they may very well have been the top 3 scorers in my league that season.
PS. that was his only winning season ever - poor guy.
He drafted Edge #2 overall in his rookie season, picked Warner off of waivers after week 1, and got Stephen Davis in a trade early - they may very well have been the top 3 scorers in my league that season.
PS. that was his only winning season ever - poor guy.
I had one team go 16-0 in a 10-team redraft in 2002. Had a little bit of luck as far as schedule goes, and a lot of luck as far as hitting on almost every high-risk player.
Picking out of the 10-hole my team had Gannon(MVP) and Vick at QB, LT and Portis at RB, Harrison/Moulds/C. Johnson at WR, and crap at K/TE.
Portis was huge as a 5th rounder, Moulds had a career year, I picked up C. Johnson off of waivers (it was his first good year), Gannon was MVP as a 3rd rounder.
Haven't won since......
Picking out of the 10-hole my team had Gannon(MVP) and Vick at QB, LT and Portis at RB, Harrison/Moulds/C. Johnson at WR, and crap at K/TE.
Portis was huge as a 5th rounder, Moulds had a career year, I picked up C. Johnson off of waivers (it was his first good year), Gannon was MVP as a 3rd rounder.
Haven't won since......
I have never been in a league where a team has run the table. In my main league, the best I've seen any team do is 11-3. Very often, a team's record means little during the playoffs, as I've had two 8-6 teams squeak into the playoff and go on to win the title and an 11-3 team lose in the opening round.
Warpig
Footballguy
It appears the reason why the teams that do well in the regular season and then crash during the playoffs is because the NFL teams your studs play on may have clinched a playoff spot and then tend to rest their starters. This has killed many a "regular season champ" I'm sure. This year I purposely drafted players from teams that would have to fight to make the playoffs or just not even be in the hunt (Vick, C. Taylor, McGahee, D. Foster, Plax, Santana Moss...etc). I am currently sitting in a 3 way tie in my division, which is pretty much the same situation for the other divisions in my league...lots of parity this year. But now I'm hurting due to injury and lack of effort from my players (McGahee, D. Foster, Santana Moss, PLAX!). Then again I am in an auction league and can pretty much draft any player I want as long as I'm willing to pay. I never was one to have good luck. Always around the playoffs...never going on to the championship.
fsufan
Footballguy
i think it is more bad luck than anything
Ramblin Wreck
Footballguy
I went 16-0 in a league last season.
I had Alexander and LJ down the stretch. I drafted LJ in the 7th/8th round before the Priest owner did. My QB, WR, and TE were all gold too. It pretty much takes hitting with almost every draft pick, getting no injuries, and having good luck such as not playing a team on the week they go off with their best week by far.
I had Alexander and LJ down the stretch. I drafted LJ in the 7th/8th round before the Priest owner did. My QB, WR, and TE were all gold too. It pretty much takes hitting with almost every draft pick, getting no injuries, and having good luck such as not playing a team on the week they go off with their best week by far.
Ed Wood
Footballguy
That's not luck. You obviously jump to a big lead, force the other team to throw and then you feast on picks and sacks while the other team tries to play catch up.
Pantherz
Footballguy
Back in 1999 I joined a 16 team TD heavy league that had been going for 14 years. $250 entry, and a very serious league. During the draft everything panned out great and I managed a 16-0 regular season. They have a weird system where you play out the full regular season then re-draft, keeping any players you have on your team that are in the playoffs. You refill your roster with the players in the playoffs who were on fantasy teams that didn't make the playoffs. Very strange system.
Ended up outscoring the second highest scoring team in total points by 40%(think about that). Got a first round playoff bye, then proceeded to get killed in week two. Ended up with half the money but no trophy.
Ended up outscoring the second highest scoring team in total points by 40%(think about that). Got a first round playoff bye, then proceeded to get killed in week two. Ended up with half the money but no trophy.
Ozymandias
Footballguy
Most games that have attraction for a large number of unspecialized people, involve a good mixture of luck and skill. If it is 99% skill (think chess), then we have no interest in playing a grandmaster. If it is 95% luck, it is something we play with children.
But if it is a good mixture of the two, then there is enough skill to keep those who are really interested working to improve; and enough luck so that those who are not quite as skillful don't continually lose.
That's why FF is attracting an ever larger group of adherents.
But if it is a good mixture of the two, then there is enough skill to keep those who are really interested working to improve; and enough luck so that those who are not quite as skillful don't continually lose.
That's why FF is attracting an ever larger group of adherents.
Evilgrin 72
Distributor of Pain
A few years back in a new $$ league, I ended up with a starting lineup of :
Gannon
Faulk
A. Green
Bettis (flex)
M. Harrison
R. Moss
J. Smith
This was when all these guys were in their primes. I won the league but STILL didn't go unbeaten, I finished the regular season 12-1. It's almost impossible.
Gannon
Faulk
A. Green
Bettis (flex)
M. Harrison
R. Moss
J. Smith
This was when all these guys were in their primes. I won the league but STILL didn't go unbeaten, I finished the regular season 12-1. It's almost impossible.
titanpride
Footballguy
In my mail league last year which is a redraft with one holdover i ran the table and won the championship. My holdover was steven jackson and i had the fourth pick which was edge. I also had lamont jordan and i drafted LJ because i had a feeling that priest wouldnt last the whole year. My best reciever was boldin and the other two werent anything special but i did have the bears d and todd heap as my tightend. You have to be stacked at rbs and not suffer any injuries if you are going to go undefeated a whole year. You also use up all your fantasy football luck for the next year and have everthing terrible happen to your team making everyone in your league very happy to see.
TheNo1Stunna
Footballguy
In three seasons I had the best record in my league. My "Points For" stat was about 300 points higher than the 2nd best team. I have never been to the top of the mountain because, for some reason, my team decides not to show up. Twice I lost in the championship.
I find myself in the same situation this year. It seems like my team goes downhill as we approach FF playoffs. Black Sunday claimed 3 of my players - include Desmond Clark's awful performance and 4 players got me 0's.
I find myself in the same situation this year. It seems like my team goes downhill as we approach FF playoffs. Black Sunday claimed 3 of my players - include Desmond Clark's awful performance and 4 players got me 0's.
pizzatyme
Footballguy
I have a team in a redraft league that is #2 in overall points scored by a wide margin over #4-12 and my team is 4-8 and out of the playoffs. It has been a scheduling curse with me playing the high scorer for the week in all but 2 weeks. Nuts!
salmonstud
Footballguy
I have went 12-2 twice & won the championship in a 12 team redraft. I haver never seen the perfect season/Championship win in my 13 years of playing FF.
Wingnut
Footballguy
10th year in my league. Never seen an undefeated season. Best record Ive seen was two years ago when a team was 13-2-1 going into the championship game (which he lost). I thought we were gonna have a 12-1 team going into the playoffs this year but yesterday I beat him and now hes 11-2.
Going undefeated takes unbelieveable luck along the way.
Going undefeated takes unbelieveable luck along the way.
fsufan
Footballguy
The best record I have seen in my main dynasty league of 9 years is 12-1 three different times (me this year). The other 2 guys did not win the Superbowl.
Pied Piper
Footballguy
Restricted
Footballguy
This next week (14), I get the distinct pleasure of taking on two different 13-0 teams, one in a 12 redraft and one in a 10 dynasty. In the redraft I'm currently 10-3 in the same division and will have to turn around and play him week 15 as the wildcard. In the dynasty I'm fighting for my playoff life and if I do win and make it I will face him again week 15. Joyus.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Whats so funny? A typo?
I did this in 2003. Drafted Homes in the 1st, Lewis in the 2nd, and S.Davis in the 3rd. In this league, i could only start 2 RBs each week, and the AMAZING thing was, each week when one of the RBs had a bye, one of the other RBs had a HUGE game. I believe that year Lewis broke the single game rushing record when S.Davis was on his bye. It happened all year long, i just lucked out, every time i benched one of them, the other 2 had HUGE games. But i haven't come close to an undefeated season since...
fsufan
Footballguy
never seen a team go win less. I have seen a few teams go 1-12
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I've done it twice. It was playing with "guppies" and I felt like I had an all star team. It wasn't fun at all. There's been a few threads like this over the years and quite a few guys went thru a similar situation as me. When one guy is taking all Jets and another all Giants.....this site makes you forget there are rookies out there
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Same here, only it was 16-0. The guy that beat Mr. Undefeated had a decent team but basically they all had big games that day.
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