Welcome to NtFL XVI:
Rules and stuff from RM (though amended for details):
This game will use
the first 8 weeks of the NFL season, finishing in November. NtFL XVII will start in week 9 for 8 weeks. NtFL XVIII will be a post-season all in up to and including the Super Bowl.
The first 6 weeks will be a straightforward league. The top 4 in the final table will make the Play-Offs (1st v 4th, 2nd v 3rd), to be played in week 7. Finally in week 8, the winners will compete for the NtFL Super Bowl XVI crown.
Each week, I'll post 10 matches, taken from the Sunday, Monday and occasionally Tuesday fixtures. All teams will be used in the fixtures. You will predict the outcome of each match. Your entry for a match needs to look like this, your bit in red:
New England Patriots v Pittsburgh Steelers: Patriots by 20
Or:
Patriots by 20
So you predict the
winning team and the
margin of victory. If you get the winning team wrong, you get zero. If you get the winning team correct, you score points relating to how close you were to the margin of victory. If you're absolutely spot on, you get maximum points =
50. For every point you stray, you lose a point from 50. So if you are 8 points out, you score 42. If you are 20 points out, you score 30. If a match is tied after overtime, everyone gets zero. Do not predict a tie.
There are 500 points available each week (10x50) and 3,000 points are available across the 6 weeks of the league. People level on points in the league table will be separated by total number of spot ons, then winners predicted correctly, then best weekly score. If that is level, fuck it, a three way play-off.
You will post your predictions in this thread or by PM. There may be PM reminders from me but I will post reminders in this thread. I will specify the deadline each week: it will always be SUNDAY, and normally 6pm.
Honours and Records Board:
NtFl I:
1st: Dells Bells - 376pts.
2nd: Subsub Slobberknockers - 325pts.
NtFL II:
1st: Salem Sledgehammers - 269pts. (A perfect season leading from week 1).
2nd: Monday Maaaarnings - 264pts.
NtFL III (post-season all in):
1st: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 394pts.
2nd: Salem Sledgehammers - 325pts.
NtFL IV:
1st: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 316pts.
2nd: Serendips Scrimmagers - 314pts.
NtFL V:
1st: Shed 83ers - 308pts.
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 251pts.
NtFL VI (post-season all in):
1st: Subsub Slobberknockers - 426pts.
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 410pts.
NtFL VII:
1st: Dells Bells - 283pts.
2nd: Salem Sledgehammers - 232pts.
NtFL VIII:
1st: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 297pts.
2nd: Lash Gashsmashers - 206pts.
NtFL IX (post-season all in):
1st: Subsub Slobberknockers - 315pts.
2nd: Basual Donuts - 299pts.
NtFl X:
1st: Dells Bells - 412pts.
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 360pts.
NtFl XI:
1st: Subsub Slobberknockers - 314pts.
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 313pts.
NtFL XII (post-season all in):
1st: Kev Kunt Klan - 361pts. (A perfect season leading from week 1).
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 311pts.
NtFl XIII:
1st: CJ Allstars - 319pts.
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 228pts.
NtFL XIV:
1st: Dells Bells - 247pts.
2nd: Salem Sledgehammers - 161pts.
NtFL XV (post-season all in):
1st: Holden - Offence - 10 Yard Penalty - Still First Down - 335pts
2nd: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 309pts.
NtFL XVI:
1st: Shabskatchewan Bigfoots - 264pts.
2nd: Subsub Slobberknockers - 219pts.
NtFL XVII:
1st: Subsub Slobberknockers - 278pts.
2nd: Kev Kunt Klan - 277pts.
NtFL XVIII (post-season all in):
1st: Arthurian Legends - 460pts
2nd: Salem Sledgehammers - 441pts.
Regular season points record (6 weeks, out of 3000)
1st: Holden - Offence - 10 Yard Penalty - Still First Down. 1,904pts. NtFL VIII.
2nd: Subsub Slobberknockers. 1,903pts. NtFL I
Weekly points record (10 games, out of 500):
1st: Salem Sledgehammers. 447pts. NtFL VII, play off week.
2nd: Monday Maaaarnings. 439pts. NtFL VII, play off week.
Weekly points record (10 games, out of 500, regular season):
1st: CJ Allstars. 434pts. NtFl XIV, week 2.
2nd: Subsub Slobberknockers. 429pts. NtFL XVI, week 2.
Lowest weekly points score (10 games, out of 500):
1st: Serendips Scrimmagers. 47pts. NtFL VII, week 5.
2nd: CJ Allstars. 50pts. NtFL VII, week 6.
Both 1/10.
Perfect game:
1st=: Babylon Brutalists. 10/10. NtFL I, week 4.
1st=: Monday Maaaarnings. 10/10. NtFL II, week 5.
1st=: Salem Sledgehammers. 10/10. NtFL VII, play off week.
1st=: Monday Maaaarnings. 10/10. NtFL VII, play off week.
1st=: Lash Gashsmashers. 10/10. NtFL VIII, week 4.
1st=: Serendips Scrimmagers. 10/10. NtFL VIII, week 6.
1st=: CJ Allstars. 10/10. NtFl XIV, week 2.
1st=: Dels Bells. 10/10. NtFL XVI, week 2.
1st=: Subsub Slobberknockers. 10/10. NtFL XVI, week 2.
Most spot-ons:
1st=: Lash Gashsmashers. 3/10. NtFL I, week 4.
1st=: Monday Maaaarnings. 3/10. NtFL II, week 5.
1st=: Holden - Offence - 10 Yard Penalty - Still First Down. 3/10. NtFL VII, week 5.
1st=: Subsub Slobberknockers. 3/10. NtFL XI, week 1.
New section of oddities (both involving Del) and he didn't ask me:
Highest winning prediction spot on:
1st: Dells Bells. Chargers by 35. NtFL XI, week 4. I think as can't remember anything better, and not time to go through hundreds of pages now. Anyone welcome to correct.
Lowest points for a winning prediction:
1st: Dells Bells. NtFL XI, week 5. Chiefs by 55. Chiefs won by 7. 2pts awarded.
1st: Dells Bells. NtFL XIII, week 1. Ravens by 1. Ravens won by 49. 2pts awarded.
1st: Salem Sledgehammers. NtFL XIII, week 1. Ravens by 1. Ravens won by 49. 2pts awarded.
Only 1 point winning predictions will be considered for the record as 0 points is easy.
Other oddities happy to be considered if you know them or want to trawl thousands of pages.
Current and previous players and names:
Arthurian Legends
Babylon Brutalists
Basual Donuts
CJ Allstars
Cuntsville Carcinogens
Dells Bells
Holden - Offence - 10 Yard Penalty - Still First Down
Kev Kunt Klan
Lash Gashsmashers
Monday Maaaarnings
Rossco Dukes of HazzARDS
Salem Sledgehammers
Serendips Scrimmagers
Shabskatchewan Bigfoots
Shed 83ers
Subsub Slobberknockers
Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline.
Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis.
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