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Subject: RIFC 2007 - Recap Posted by: Guru - [330592710] Wed, Dec 26, 2007, 17:21 Congrats to Slackjawed Yokel, winner of the playoffs in the RIFC. Final Standings This thread is for a recap of all of the 2007 RIFC leagues, including the the AAA leagues and the AA league. Any manager is welcome to post any post-season reflections on the season - what went well, what didn't, what lessons were learned, etc. QL Commissioners - thanks for your work during the season. Your diligence is appreciated. Please post your final standings (regular season and playoffs) here, so that I can easily find them next summer when invitations and qualifications for 2008 need to be prepared. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kyle Donor ID: 052753312 Wed, Dec 26, 2007, 19:00 |
RIFC AAA #2 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: No Remorse Corps def. twilson's Milchian Magicians FINAL STANDINGS: Blue indicates playoff team.
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| 2 | I_AM_CANADIAN Donor ID: 1361448 Wed, Dec 26, 2007, 22:56 |
I got to be happy with the way things worked out, cause no matter what, I got my invite back for next year (4th straight year in the RIFC). One of these years, I may get past the semi-finals, but hey, that's the game. How did I end up getting my team into the playoffs with a 23-3 record (on an 18 game winning streak, heading into the playoffs)? Mainly… the draft. The draft landed me: ADP (who I traded to get Portis), in the 4th round. Also, Wes Welker in the 11th round was the type of "steal of the draft", that gave me a consistently strong WR corps (#2, 4, 6 WRs). They only really faltered me in the playoffs. My biggest mistake: people warned me… and I told them they were wrong, but Baltimore D really didn't perform to the spot where I drafted them. Luckily Jax D was a solid backup, and a better choice for the playoffs schedule wise. How did the old injury bug go… well overall, I got to be really happy. Jay Cutler's injury came arround when I had already picked up Vince Young as backup, and Rex Grossmans demotion didn't hurt me all that much. Fragile Fred avoided injury, and I used him to trade for the afforementioned VY. Urlacher's back caused a little stress, but he proved himself worth his draft spot once again (who says he's overated?). Patrick Willis' hand slowed him down somewhat, but hey, I'm still not complaining, he's a beast. Brian Dawkins proved to be easily replaceable when he went down. The biggest injury that probably affected me, is that one that I feel must have happened but nobody is talking about. How did Keith Bulluck only manage 66 solo's over the first 16 weeks? (shakes his head) How did the old waiver wire work out for me this year? Well, I didn't find anybody that consistently started for me. I did however find some excellent backups should one of my starters go down to injury. I think that's one thing that my team had a lot of… depth. Favorite finds: Roddy White, Warrick Dunn, Kolby Smith, Jon Beason. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | TB ID: 111048300 Thu, Dec 27, 2007, 00:05 |
RIFC AAA #1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: deepsnapper passes underhanded defeated Da Bomb Squad Regular Season Standings ShortBus Stalwarts 20 6 Da Bomb Squad 18 8 The Dougs of War 17 9 Can't Beat The Refs 16 10 Texas Taxes 15 11 Stl Cards 14 12 deepsnapper passes underhanded 14 12 The Titans of New York 14 12 PeterN 13 13 Hubble's 10 16 Sunday Trippers 9 17 Your Future RIFC AAA Champ 8 18 Oaktown Raiders 7 19 TB 7 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | youngroman ID: 3751268 Thu, Dec 27, 2007, 12:19 |
congratulations to Slackjawed Yokel for the RIFC title. you got a bit lucky in the playoffs, but thats the game. congratulations to IAC: you dominated this league all season. too bad you had one "suboptimal" week in the playoffs. Thanks to Guru for bringing this Rotuguru Invitational Leagues to life. after a stint in Baseball and Football I am currently in the hunt to reach the RIHC. Guru - do you know how many managers competed against you in all your 3 major sports Invitational Leagues? back to my season: I don't know what happened this year. last in RIFC, last in the Auction League. that definitely hurts. looking at my RIFC draft I got not very lucky: 1 Maroney (missed 4 games, one 100yd game, only 2TDs in our regular season, thanks to that damn NE passing game) 2 Edge (was ok for this draft spot if the RBs would have been the top producers this year. it was nice to see him as the top RB after 2 weeks) 3 Driver (another 1000yd season, but only 2TD all season. when I look at Favre's numbers I still can't believe it. what happened?) 4 Bulger (11 games, with 4 games below 3pts, had to replace him with a combo of Huard and Schaub because Delhomme went to IR early) 5 B Edwards (had to trade him after a monster-start to get a starter at QB (Schaub) and RB (Morris) because of injuries to Bulger/Delhomme and Maroney, Edwards was huge all season and both players I got were not starters for long. long-term a very bad trade for me) 6 Heap (went down in week 4 and is still questionable. a wasted roster spot for most of the season) 7 S Holmes (was ok for this draft spot, but not as spectecular as hoped. he also missed a few weeks because of various injuries) 8-12 IDPs (I don't want to name them all but they were not worth their draft position. Jason P Taylor had the problem of a losing season in MIA, Witherspoon was ok, but the rest sucked or got injured early and had to be replaced) my steal of the draft: Nate Burleson (#5 WR, #31 overall in round 17, a valuable return-man all season in addition to his 7 receiving TD as a #3 receiver) my real problem were the early injuries at all positions (Bulger, Delhomme, Maroney, Holmes, Heap, Vilma) and that the passing attack of a few teams (NE, DAL, IND, CLE) was not from this earth this year. this was killing me week-for-week. I guess this will shake up the draft next year so that a few QBs and WRs will be taken in the first 2 rounds. this will definitely get more interesting and needs not only a good preparation, but agains some luck next year. I can only hope for that in one of the qualifying leagues. side note: 2005: saw around 5 NFL games all year - promoted to RIFC 2006: saw 2 NFL games all year (opener, superbowl) - out in the RIFC semifinals 2007: saw at least 2 NFL games every week - last place in RIFC according to this, I should better turn off the TV on Sunday, or at least watch NBA or Nascar instead of the NFL to be successful again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Tree ID: 3533298 Thu, Dec 27, 2007, 12:36 |
here's more-or-less what i posted in another thread, regarding my victory in the RIFC AAA2 championship game. my draft went as follows: 1.06 Joseph Addai RB 2.09 Chad Johnson WR 3.06 Marion Barber RB 4.09 Lee Evans WR 5.06 Tony Romo QB 6.09 LaMont Jordan RB 7.06 Jerricho Cotchery WR 8.09 Jason Witten TE 9.06 Eli Manning QB 10.09 Isaac Bruce WR 11.06 Kevin Jones RB 12.09 James Farrior LB 13.06 Brian Dawkins DB 14.09 Denver Broncos DEF 15.06 Arnaz Battle WR 16.09 Brian Leonard RB 17.06 Mark Anderson DL 18.09 Shaun Phillips LB 19.06 Asante Samuel DB 20.09 Bradie James LB 21.06 Craig Davis WR 22.09 Tony Hunt RB 23.06 David Akers K 24.09 Kevin Walter WR looking at that, i don't even consider it an especially strong draft, even if i do recollect getting most of the guys i targeted in the early rounds. Chad Johnson was a disappointment, Lee Evans was a flop, but i think the trio of Barber, Romo, and Witten were crucial picks for me. i did have some decent waiver wire pickups. i grabbed the Tampa defense in week 4, and rarely looked back. i got Mason Crosby in week 5, and until the very last week of the season when i grabbed Jason Hanson, he stayed my starter. looking back, Hanson was also my week 7 fill in when Crosby had a bye. i was able to get Thomas Howard in week 2, and he remained a starter the rest of the year. i picked up Justin Fargas in week 3...and dropped him in week 4. in his stead i picked up Ryan Grant in week 4...and dropped him a few minutes later... having an abudance of running backs really helped me. i ended up trading two of them - Brian Leonard (my 16th round draft pick) and Kenny Watson (a waiver wire pickup in week 6) - for Patrick Crayton and Roddy White respectively, who made for very strong WR3s and helped fill the gap when my other WRs weren't performing. this is one of those leagues where i feel like i won because the draft went my way, i stayed more or less injury-free, i picked up some key players through waivers and trades, and, quite frankly, there's a lot of luck involved in all of those things. Still - Electroman - who won the regular season crown - had a spectacular first five rounds that really almost won him the season, that really only included one pick i wouldn't considering to have an amazing season: 1.01 LaDainian Tomlinson RB 2.14 Terrell Owens WR 3.01 Tom Brady QB 4.14 DeAngelo Williams RB 5.01 Randy Moss WR save for one snowy day and the fact that Tom Brady finally came back down to earth, he might have won the whole shooting match... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Electroman ID: 711252517 Thu, Dec 27, 2007, 13:08 |
First off, I would like to give congrats to all the winners of their respective leagues and championships. Here's how my draft went: 1.01 LaDainian Tomlinson RB 2.14 Terrell Owens WR 3.01 Tom Brady QB 4.14 DeAngelo Williams RB 5.01 Randy Moss WR 6.14 Brian Urlacher LB 7.01 Kellen Winslow TE 8.14 LenDale White RB 9.01 Takeo Spikes LB 10.14 Chris Hope DB 11.01 Cato June LB 12.14 Alex Smith QB 13.01 Drew Bennett WR 14.14 Joe Horn WR 15.01 Justin Smith DL 16.14 San Francisco 49ers DEF 17.01 Correll Buckhalter RB 18.14 Nate Kaeding K 19.01 Nate Clements DB 20.14 Dwayne Jarrett WR 21.01 Kamerion Wimbley LB 22.14 Alex Brown DL 23.01 Rashean Mathis DB 24.14 Eric Johnson TE The reason that I was able to win the regular season crown was the draft working out. And having the first pick helps, because you got LT Honestly, taking Brady was maybe a stretch at that point. It was between him and Brees, but I had read in a lot of places that Brady and Moss would have a good season together. That may be the understatement of the year. LT/TO/ and Moss when on their game, score TD's, and they all payed off this year. In fact, my 7 of my top 8 really had solid years, each helped me win during the year. As for the waiver wire, I got Bobby Engram, Donte Stallworth, Roddy White(who I traded for K. Watson the week he had the big game) and the Dallas D. The second RB and third WR were what really concerned me, but I was able to get great weeks from Engram and Stallworth. And White came through as a solid #2 back. Me and Tree kinda pulled away from the pack, and in the regular season, we each beat each other once, during big bye weeks. I was really hoping to face him again with the full lineups, but bad weather in Clevland and New England slowed down my players and I couldn't recover. I knew before that IDP's were important to a solid team, but it really got more impressed on me this year. Clements and Urlacher came up big in certain games. Will be certain to read up more on these positions prior to next years draft. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | judy ID: 7771722 Tue, Jan 01, 2008, 13:23 |
RIFC AA LEAGUE RESULTS PLAYOFFS: Red Scorpions over Toral Wheatfarmers (qualified for #8 spot on total points) Psychos over E’ville Destiny Slowhand over SwinganaMiss Donkey Hunters over Thunder Bunnies SEMIS: Psychos over Red Scorpions Slowhand over Donkey Hunters FINAL: Champion: Slowhand Runner up: Psychos NB: Team 13 was abandoned mid season and thus did not qualify for playoffs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | judy ID: 7771722 Tue, Jan 01, 2008, 13:24 | Kyle how did you get your standings to go into this thread? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kyle Donor ID: 052753312 Tue, Jan 01, 2008, 14:19 |
Judy if you e-mail them in a spreadsheet I can put them in for you. kyle321n(at)gmail(dot)com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | judy ID: 7771722 Tue, Jan 01, 2008, 16:42 |
Kyle, oh, so you retyped them. I was trying to find a way to copy/paste them. I can type them into excel...and then send to you.. OK? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | The Beezer Dude ID: 191202817 Tue, Jan 01, 2008, 20:37 |
Recap: Blech In case you want details: Overachievers: Favre, Dansby, Gostkowski Met expectations: Gates, Redskins D Underperformers: Ward, S. Jones, Gaither, Hayes, Will Smith, Falcons D, Demetrius Williams, Marcedes Lewis Bombs: SJax, Cadillac, S. Moss, Stallworth, Betts, Hackett, Muhammad, Andra Davis, Leonard, Jarrett, The Beezer Special Achievement Award: Leftwich I'm taking my game to AAA and plan to be back up here in 2009 after a front office shakeup and some intense analysis. Slackjaw, congrats and good luck defending your title - now the tough part starts for you. :) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Kyle Donor ID: 052753312 Wed, Jan 02, 2008, 13:37 |
This is the RIFC AA results as from Judy.
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| 13 | wiggs ID: 6825712 Wed, Jan 02, 2008, 13:45 | why was a team DQed? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | judy ID: 7771722 Wed, Jan 02, 2008, 14:02 |
He stopped managing it due to problems with AOL -- which no one's suggestions could fix. He was the leader at the time as he had Owens, Moss, Welker, Crumpler, Daniels, Gore, Palmer and a host of other really good guys. I gave many offers of help to set his lineup via email, but he declined, so he quit. Guru managed the team for the rest of the season to maintain quality competition, but he was DQ'd from the playoffs. oops I typed it wrong -- It's DONKEY HUNTERS not Conkey Hunters... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | judy ID: 7771722 Wed, Jan 02, 2008, 19:07 |
I am running a "buddy group/league" with the cbs nfl.com playoff challenge. If you want an invite send me your email or post it here. It is free. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | weykool Leader ID: 41750315 Sat, Jan 05, 2008, 01:37 |
Lucky for me that I avoided the 20 loss season so I wont get demoted to single A. In a pay league I was in I finished at the opposite end so who knows. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | holt ID: 341542412 Mon, Jul 14, 2008, 23:03 | when do rifc leagues start forming? just want to make sure I don't miss it. I get a lot of stuff diverted to my spam folder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | I_AM_CANADIAN ID: 466141317 Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 09:50 | Dave/Guru just sent out the invite for the RIFC... once we have a confirmed 14, I'm guessing we'll start forming the "minor" leagues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Guru ID: 330592710 Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 10:27 | holt - you should have received an email yesterday. If you didn't get it, send me an email. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | judy Sustainer ID: 7771722 Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 10:48 |
Guru I didn't get an email... I'd like to commish again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | I_AM_CANADIAN ID: 466141317 Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 11:08 |
RE Judy... For the RIFC league, it's built off of these requirements: "The list includes the top 6 teams from last year's RIFC, 3 teams from each of last year's AAA leagues, the winner of the AA league playoffs, and me. For each AAA league, I selected the playoff winner plus the teams seeded #1 and #2 in the playoffs. For one league, I also took the #3 playoff seed, since one of the top two teams won the playoffs." If you do indeed get invited up to this leauge, you won't be able to commish, as that's Guru's responsability. The forming of the AAA/AA leagues will be soon to come no doubt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Guru ID: 330592710 Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 11:09 | Emails only went to those who have been invited to the RIFC. Qualifying league recruitment will take place once all RIFC slots are filled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | judy Sustainer ID: 7771722 Tue, Jul 15, 2008, 12:54 |
Aha -- so once RIFC big boys get their slot, the rest of us fall into place -- no problem there. I just want to make sure I get into an RIFC league -- I don't honestly care if it is AAA or AA, though the AAA folks are more used to the process. I did like being a commish though... I'll try and keep checking each day although I might not have computer access this THURS to SUN...so if someone could please put my name on a list when they are posted, I'd appreciate it! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | davepyro Leader ID: 017412622 Fri, Jul 18, 2008, 22:33 | I would like to play in the league where Judy is commish. It does not matter if AA or AAA. Please keep me posted on developments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Guru ID: 330592710 Fri, Jul 18, 2008, 23:35 | developments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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