I just got the biggest screwjob of a life time
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:36 pm
So in one of my leagues, I have the 2nd highest scoring team in the league. Unfortunately, I faced 5 teams over the year whom happened to have the highest scoring team for that week. So despite having some of the highest scoring totals in those weeks, I still lost because I played the best team on that given week. I had one bad week in this league (Peyton was on his bye) and this last week of the season I scored the 3rd highest total of the week, but lost to the 2nd highest total score.
I end up with a record of 6-7 which is a travesty in and of itself with how good my team is (Peyton, AD, Moreno, Nelson, etc).
But I thought this wasn't the end of the world, it's a 6 team playoff spot and after last night there was a 6 person tie for the 5th and 6th spots in the playoffs. The tiebreakers are as follows:
1. Best division record (same division only)
2. Head-to-head (in 3 or more team ties, it only applies if one team has beat all the other teams or lost to all the other teams)
3. Most points for.
So I'm thinking great, I should easily have the 5th spot. The 6 teams come from 3 different divisions, which nullifies the first tie-breaker. There is no one who has swept the others with in the 6 teams. It should come down to points, which I am by far and away the top scorer of the 6 teams.
But then I sign on today and I end up in 9th place and out of a playoff spot.
As it turns out, the fact that I have a 2-4 record in my division and the other 6-7 team in my division has a 3-3 record puts me automatically below him? And when the other tie breakers are played out, he hasn't outscored any of the other 6-7 teams, so despite the fact I've outscored all of them, they get placed ahead of my division partner, and because of my division record, I slot one spot behind him!
I've never felt so angered by fantasy football in my life. This team could easily run the playoffs and win the season, but because of a ridiculous amount of bad luck and a horribly designed tie breaking system, I don't even make the playoffs
I end up with a record of 6-7 which is a travesty in and of itself with how good my team is (Peyton, AD, Moreno, Nelson, etc).
But I thought this wasn't the end of the world, it's a 6 team playoff spot and after last night there was a 6 person tie for the 5th and 6th spots in the playoffs. The tiebreakers are as follows:
1. Best division record (same division only)
2. Head-to-head (in 3 or more team ties, it only applies if one team has beat all the other teams or lost to all the other teams)
3. Most points for.
So I'm thinking great, I should easily have the 5th spot. The 6 teams come from 3 different divisions, which nullifies the first tie-breaker. There is no one who has swept the others with in the 6 teams. It should come down to points, which I am by far and away the top scorer of the 6 teams.
But then I sign on today and I end up in 9th place and out of a playoff spot.
As it turns out, the fact that I have a 2-4 record in my division and the other 6-7 team in my division has a 3-3 record puts me automatically below him? And when the other tie breakers are played out, he hasn't outscored any of the other 6-7 teams, so despite the fact I've outscored all of them, they get placed ahead of my division partner, and because of my division record, I slot one spot behind him!
I've never felt so angered by fantasy football in my life. This team could easily run the playoffs and win the season, but because of a ridiculous amount of bad luck and a horribly designed tie breaking system, I don't even make the playoffs