2011 Razzball Football Commenter Leagues
July 17, 2011
Category: 2011 Fantasy Football, Commenter Leagues, Fantasy Football Contests, Fantasy Football Daily Notes
I was going to wait until the lockout was officially over, but eff that noise, let’s get some fake football going! Those of you who played last season know the drill, but here’s a run down of the drill again.
Our old favorite ESPN has opened their fantasy doors and we will ransack and pillage their free leagues while mocking them relentlessly. All leagues will be 12 team, head to head, 1 QB, 2 RBs, 1 RB/WR, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 1 D/ST, 1 K, and 7 Bench slots. Scoring will be default and the league must be a “League Manager” league and set to Public so we can go and deride those that have let their teams go fallow. You’ll also need to change the default playoff settings to 4 playoff teams and playoffs weeks 15/16. As a league organizer it will be your job to set up the league identically to the others and to just be an outstanding person in all aspects of your life or be fined often and mostly without cause.
We’re going to have a bunch of leagues and crown a winner from each, then we’re going to crown ONE winner from all of the winners, making a super excessively large winner. We will be crowning the winner by taking each team’s points and multiplying it against a ‘league competitiveness factor’ (Rudy has developed a super secret calculus formula, so nobody but he can understand). So we’re going to fill up as many fantasy leagues as we can before the season starts and see who is the best Razzballer in all the land!
Last season our winner was the awesomely awesome Chris Abbott, who beat out over 100 Razzball fake footballers. Here he is holding his trophy. He looks so happy! Here are last seasons final standings if you would like to laugh at certain people, but in a nice way.
This season we have once again teamed up with Fantasy Sports Trophies who have graciously offered an overall trophy and individual league trophies. You will someday be able to show your grand kids these trophies and talk about the good old days when fantasy football was a gentleman’s game and everyone wore top hats and kids didn’t have android helpers and the air didn’t smell of sulphur.
Fantasy Sports Trophies offer a variety of fantasy trophies such as Hockey, Basketball, Baseball, Auto Racing along with fantasy football draft boards for those that like to gather their fantasy clan together for a few brews and some good old fashioned ego depleting put downs. They also carry trophies of the less glorious type. Like, the Biggest Crybaby Award or the Bull Shit Trade Award. So take a look see at their site. There’s something for everyone.
Here is this years overall winner’s trophy in all its glory:
Each league will need an organizer (commish). The duties of the organizer will be to accept 11 other people into the league, set it up at ESPN as a “League Manager” league at the most conducive draft time and make sure the settings are the same as everyone elses. So, if you would like to be an organizer give me a heads up and we’ll get the leagues hoppin’! If you have any questions you can email me directly — doc at razzball dot com.
Email a commish directly to see if there is space in his or her league.
Razzball’s No-Schmo-Ho’s League
July 17th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Ben ‘how does my dick’ Tate will be back and ready to defend his championship from last year
@John M: I’m ready for some mother effin football!
July 17th, 2011 at 5:12 pm
I’m definitely in again this year to defend my title. I can commish a league as well.
@Chris Abbott: Welcome back Chris!! Good luck in your quest to repeat! We’d love to have you as a commish. I’ll get you up there.
July 18th, 2011 at 6:13 am
@Doc I still have the league from last year. I can empty it out and start again if you need a commish. I have to overcome the ignominy of finishing 100th!
July 18th, 2011 at 7:24 am
Likewise, the league from last season is waiting to be reactivated. I would be my honor to act as commish again to nine brave souls who can come to a consensus on a draft date and time.
July 18th, 2011 at 9:06 am
Can’t wait to participate and would be happy to commish a league. Been doing ffb for about 5 years now. Let me know.
July 18th, 2011 at 9:12 am
Corrrrection, make that 11 other owners. The leagues were 12 teams deep, weren’t they? Or did ESPN decide to make a change without asking again?
If ya want me to act as commish, the league name is:
Cracking Brats League
Y’all can use my Yahoo address:
iganderson at yahoo dot com
July 18th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Yeah, the leagues are 12 teams.
July 18th, 2011 at 9:36 am
It’d help if I didn’t skim the main article, I guess. Thanks Chris.
@Ivar Anderson: @Howard: Hey guys, if you have the league from last year why don’t you just reactivate and see who comes back and if you need more we’ll open it up.
July 18th, 2011 at 10:25 am
Hey doc, dynasty league question… I’m looking to move Jahvid Best because I’m not completely sold on him and so far the best offer I’ve gotten is for the 12th pick in our rookie/free agent draft.
I currently have Gore, McFadden and Fred Jackson as my other 3 RBs and am pretty stacked at WR. Do you think that is a fair trade? I will have picks 10, 11 and 12 then. It is a full IDP and PPR.
July 18th, 2011 at 10:43 am
@Doc: Isn’t it difficult to see what teams have come back and what teams haven’t in ESPN leagues? For example, I reactivated a league from last year and there’s no way for me to tell who has signed in and says that they are going to play (other than me asking each one). Just sayin.
@Chris Abbott: Weird, well, they can just use that league as their new league and invite people from there.
July 18th, 2011 at 10:56 am
@Doc: Yeah, Chris is correct, but since I don’t mind, I will email all the prior year’s owners and give them a week or so to let me know they are back in. No response, then we have an opening.
BTW: If anyone else is going to try this approach, make sure you give the owners a different e-mail address to reply to, or else if they just hit respond, it will go to ESPN and not do us a lick of good.
July 18th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
@Doc Okay will do!
@Dominic: I don’t like it for you. Best’s value is pretty low right now, but not that low. I wouldn’t give up on him yet.
@Ryan: Hey Ryan, that would be great. If you don’t mind me putting your email up there we’ll get it going.
July 19th, 2011 at 5:10 am
@Doc: Yeah go for it. Once I’m up there I’ll get a league set up and start inviting people when they email me. I’ll let ya know when It’s full.
July 19th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Chris, you have mail. Looking to defend my single league championship and take out last year’s overall winner in the process.
July 20th, 2011 at 3:23 am
Excited? yeah. Ecstatic? you bet. Elated? let’s not go crazy. Fantasy football is back!
July 20th, 2011 at 5:28 am
There is one spot left in the Razzball Champion League. I like the competition that is building up here. All these people are gunning for me which will make it much better when I win again! =)
July 20th, 2011 at 6:43 am
The Butte Marauders are back! No Butte is safe! The streets will flow with the blood of the nonbelievers!
July 20th, 2011 at 6:51 am
Anyone league managers having any trouble cleaning out last year’s league? ie: dropping players? It’s pretty tedious doing it one by one.
July 20th, 2011 at 6:57 am
@Howard: You shouldn’t have to drop players. ESPN will keep last years data and will reset the teams after the new draft is complete. If you need to remove a team all together, just remove the owner. But don’t worry about players being there now as those will all reset when the draft takes place.
July 20th, 2011 at 7:29 am
Thanks Chris!
July 20th, 2011 at 10:06 am
Just a quick update on the returning Crackling Brats league:
Including myself, we have 3 of 12 teams returning so far. Cut off date will be Monday, so if anyone is interested in taking over a non-claimed team, you can send me an e-mail:
iganderson at yahoo dot com
I’ll keep you on file and will send out invitations based on date and time received in my inbox.
Thanks everyone. We are getting closer to this damn CBA getting done! Real and fake football await!
July 21st, 2011 at 8:54 am
My league is now full.
July 21st, 2011 at 8:55 am
21-07-11 I have two definite openings in Razzball Rebels and possibly four more. Still waiting to hear from some alumni. Join the league that spawned the reigning champ!
Anyone interested, email me howtathor at gmail dot com. Thanks!
July 21st, 2011 at 10:07 am
@Doc
Hey quick update for you.
League Name: Heat Seeking Hobos
Status: Full
Hi guys, looking for some new organizers if you’re up for it.
July 21st, 2011 at 11:42 am
Absolutely interested in joining any that are open
@Ryan: @Howard: @Chris Abbott: @Ivar Anderson: I forgot to put in the post that we need to change the playoff settings so we don’t have a week 17 playoff game. So you’ll need to change the playoff settings to 4 teams/1 week per playoff matchup /14 regular season matchups No week 17 playoff matchup
July 21st, 2011 at 12:42 pm
I’m totally interested in joining or organizing a league.
July 21st, 2011 at 4:44 pm
@Doc: Funny you should mention that. ESPN has a way of changing settings from year to year. Before the season begins, we should make certain all the leagues are set up properly. Maybe we should post the settings from one of the new leagues to make certain the reactivated leagues don’t have any surprises.
I will make the playoff change though right now.
July 21st, 2011 at 7:03 pm
@Howard thanks for letting me get in on the Razzball Rebel’s league!
I’m looking forward to drafting and going for a championship!
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:19 am
@Ladd Glad to have you on board. Looking forward to a competitive season! Once the league is full we can all agree on a draft date, probably later in August.
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:24 am
@Doc Checked my settings and I have 14 weeks, Playoffs start week 15, 2 rounds. That’s what was in place from last year.
July 24th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
Just came across this website. Wanted to know more about joining..Are these private leagues? What are the requirements to joining?
July 24th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
wanted to know more about this league..can someone contact me..
@mike: No requirements. Just email one of the league managers to get in. Their emails are at the bottom of the post. Glad to have you on board!
July 26th, 2011 at 5:19 am
Update on Cracking Brats league:
There were 3 2010 owners who returned, so we have 8 new team openings. I have sent invitations to 4 potential new members, but that leaves at least 4 more openings. If you want a slot, e-mail me at:
iganderson at yahoo dot com
and I will send you an invitation. Once the league is full, we can plan the draft.
July 28th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Update:
Crackling Brats league is now full.
July 29th, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Hey is there any room left?? I cant seem to email razz the roof
All our current leagues are full. We are looking for more commishes for new leagues. Any takers?
August 2nd, 2011 at 6:42 am
In for being a commish. bybrklyn@yahoo.com
@Art: Cool Art. I’ll get you up there.
August 2nd, 2011 at 7:44 pm
I’d love to get in a league.
August 3rd, 2011 at 5:59 am
Doc, I have 3 spots still open.
August 5th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I would love to join one of the leagues if there is still room. I can also commish though I’m already pretty overbooked with leagues as it is. Would rather not post my e-mail here but reply to me with whom I should send my info to and I’m in.
@Sean: At the bottom of the post are the open leagues. Give one of the commishes an email.
August 9th, 2011 at 12:28 am
I want in on this!!! missed out last year and regretted it. If ya need me to commish a new league let me know.
August 9th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
@Doc – The email addresses for the commishes with open leagues don’t seem to be showing.
@T-Bone & Sean – I still have a few openings shoot me an email if you want in. iamsunshine at gmail.com
August 9th, 2011 at 11:23 pm
Thanks Crystal but I’m already got in on bybrklyn’s league. I can make another team if anyone needs fillers but I’m good with one. Wouldn’t want an unearned advantage ;)
August 11th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
I would love to give it a go,
August 11th, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Sent Crystal a email to join.
August 11th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Crystal league is full, still looking to join a league
August 12th, 2011 at 12:11 am
I’ve got lots of openings in my league, but a finite amount of Vaseline.
Send me an email at dakotaloomis@gmail.com
Also, the league is now named – Your Third Biggest Fear
August 12th, 2011 at 9:17 am
I am new to the site but I would love to destroy all of your hopes and dreams by winning this commenter league championship. I will send out an email request to loomis
August 12th, 2011 at 9:47 am
Regarding – Fantasy N00bs: Itztal at aol dot com (FULL)
I am in this league and as of right now there are 4 open spots. There could be some open invitations hanging out there, but could be worth a try to contact this commish if anyone is still looking to join a league.
August 13th, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I’ve got five open spots. Email dakotaloomis@gmail.com if you’re interested in a league made up so far of six quality individuals and one drunken troll of a league manager who last year drafted Sidney Rice in the fifth round.
August 17th, 2011 at 6:43 am
Hey Dakota looms I’m in for a league if u still hv spare spots, I’ll drop an email to ya
Hutch
August 18th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Looks like I’ve got a single spot left in what will surely be a mess of a league.
And question: do we have to do a snake draft or are auctions allowed? These details are not covered in the initial post.
August 20th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Are there any spots left in any of the leagues? I totally forgot to try and get into my league from last year.
August 20th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I’d be interested in organizing another league if anyone is looking to join.
August 22nd, 2011 at 6:36 am
any leagues open? got in late…
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I’d also be interested in joining a league if there are any openings.
August 24th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Also interested. Might be willing to be the league manager too if needed. Lemme know!
August 24th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
I’d like to join a league too
August 24th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Spot opened back up in Your Third Biggest Fear
email me at dakotaloomis at gmail dot com if you’re interested.
August 24th, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Oh yeah, draft is set for 8:30 PM ET on Tuesday the 30th of August
August 24th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Sent you an email Dakota. That draft time is fine. phorts at hotmail dot com.
Thanks!
August 25th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
I would like to manage a team….happyharry1958@gmail.com
August 25th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Interested in joining a league, let me know. jdbusfield@yahoo.com
August 25th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
I would like to join a league if there is an opening! Let me know
August 25th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
My email is mlim18@gmail.com
August 26th, 2011 at 1:19 am
Would love to join a Razzball league, if there are any open. My Email is Jebusfreek666@gmail.com
August 26th, 2011 at 9:16 am
Would like to join a league, if there is any openings let me know.
Email address is bcruikshank11@gmail.com
August 27th, 2011 at 2:56 am
Is there a possibility of starting another league?
Got a new league up now
August 27th, 2011 at 10:38 pm
how do I join?
August 28th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Wanna say thanks to the jerk who bailed on razz-berry bidets right before the draft. uneven number of teams now. What would it have hurt you to be a dormant team? AAARGHH!
August 29th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
If anyone has any open spots, I can join.
frogsplash31@yahoo.com
August 30th, 2011 at 6:32 am
Still looking to join a league!
themanwithgiantballs@gmail.com
August 30th, 2011 at 11:58 am
Hey Doc! I sent you an e-mail about this as well, but to be sure that I didn’t send it to a bad address, I just wanted to post and let you know that I am willing to start up and run a league for you if you’d like another one set up. Just let me know!
August 30th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Anyone looking to get in a Razzball league can email me for an invite:
vinreich@zoho.com
August 30th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
I’ve just created a Razzball league as well, so if you’re interested in joining e-mail me at: dilinator1@yahoo.com Looking forward to a fun season! :)
August 31st, 2011 at 10:59 am
Hi Doc, Just wanted to confirm our league (Razzball Rebels) is renewed from last year and full, holding draft Monday. I didn’t see it in the list at the top. Thanks!
http://games.espn.go.com/ffl/leagueoffice?leagueId=236976
September 2nd, 2011 at 11:33 pm
Still 3 openings in Razzball North
vinreich@zoho.com
September 5th, 2011 at 9:25 am
We still have 6 spots open in the No Schmo-Ho’s League, and we’ll pretty need to draft Wednesday night to get it in before the season Thursday. So if you’re looking for a last minute league to jump into, this is it! Send me your e-mail at dilinator1@yahoo.com, and come on in!
September 5th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
Razzball’s No Schmo-Ho’s League is now full (at least assuming everybody sent an invite joins)! If something opens up, I’ll re-post here, but otherwise, thanks to those that joined, and I’m looking forward to a fun and competitive season!
September 6th, 2011 at 10:16 am
What happens if you’re in an RCL and the settings aren’t correct? I still hold out hope that our commish will check in before the season starts and fix them, but I haven’t received any replies to league messages or emails sent to the commish yet.
Our schedule is all screwed up. There are 2 teams on byes every week (one particular team is on a bye every single week of the season). Plus our playoffs start in week 13 and each playoff matchup is 2 weeks long.
Again, I hope the commish fixes it before the season starts, but that’s in 2 days at this point, so I’m wondering what to do…
September 6th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Razzball North has been filled.
September 8th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Well here’s my team for my inaugural foray into the Razzball community (Razzball north,commenters league). I give my team a B. What do you think Doc.
Matthew Stafford, Det QB
LeGarrette Blount, TB RB [Breaking News]
Knowshon Moreno, Den RB
Beanie Wells, Ari RB [Recent News]
Calvin Johnson, Det WR
Greg Jennings, GB WR
Roy Williams, Chi WR [Breaking News]
Owen Daniels, Hou TE
Saints D/ST D/ST
Sebastian Janikowski, Oak K
Bench
Ben Roethlisberger, Pit QB
Sam Bradford, StL QB
DeMarco Murray, Dal RB
Danny Woodhead, NE RB
Donald Driver, GB WR
Jacoby Jones, Hou WR
Lance Kendricks, StL TE
September 19th, 2011 at 10:02 pm
I was wondering if u are going to put out a “pass -defense schedule grid” for this year like last years