2002 Football Overview

1. Defending Champion: BigV

2. Draft Order
The draft order has been set. The results are:

| Team | Manager | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3
1. | BigV | Wei Li | Marshall Faulk | Eddie George | Donovan McNabb
2. | Critical Mass | Roman Lubynsky | Ahman Green | Marvin Harrison | Rich Gannon
3. | Beachtown Bobo's | Mark Bazell | Jeff Garcia | Rod Smith | Jerome Bettis
4. | Thunder Ducks | Larry Bruder | Kurt Warner | Corey Dillon | Torry Holt
5. | Asleep At The Wheel | Daniel Keierleber | Shaun Alexander | Terrell Owens | Stephen Davis
6. | Hostile Amish | Greg Venne | Ricky Williams | Curtis Martin | Edgerrin James
7. | Lethal Lobsters | Larry Reed | Daunte Culpepper | Anthony Thomas | Joe Horn
8. | PowerWave | Xin Bi | Priest Holmes | Deuce McAllister | David Boston
9. | Purple Pecans II | Ivan Packer | Brett Favre | LaDanian Tomlinson | Drew Bledsoe
10. | We're No Cheeseheads | Tim/Blake Moore | Peyton Manning | Randy Moss | Isaac Bruce

Top30 Picks: RB - 14, QB - 8, WR - 8

3. Draft Time
The draft is set for Saturday, August 31 at 11:10 am Eastern.
- An Enter Live Draft link will appear on the league page.
- Please arrive ten minutes early as your draft will start promptly at the assigned time.
- Pre-Ranking will help you get the players you desire................

4. Draft Resources
Check out those R&A tools. They are all available to you.
- Draft Analysis..... Analysis of all drafts that have already taken place. (Should give you a feel for the players likely to be available in/around your slots.)

5. Changes
Hello/Goodbye Larry Reed (Lethal Lobsters) and Daniel Keierleber (Asleep At The Wheel) join the fold. Da Rams (Dan Grayson) and the Ball Hoggs (Ray Wottrich) depart. Look for Ray and Dan to be back in action when the baseball season rolls back around. At least BigV won't be able to stock his team with Ball Hogg cast-offs.

Season Opener: The season opens with a THU, Sept 5th, night game. 49'ers @ Giants (Two weeks from tonight).

Can' Cut List: Yahoo picks a can't cut list........... if you have a player on this list, you cannot drop him (you can trade him though).

Trade Disputes: Are settled by Yahoo "jedi council" type gurus.

NFL Season: 17 Weeks, Each team gets one bye.

NFL Byes: All Byes will occur during weeks 3-10. Everyone plays from Week 11 onward.

New Team: The Houston Texans were added bring the total number of teams to 32 (of which 26 QBs suck).

Alignment: The league was broken down in the two conferences with four divisions per conference. It used to be 2 conferences, three division per.

Head-2-Head Ties: Will be broken with the following tiebreaker (Yahoo Playoff H2H tiebreak).

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:
1. | Most touchdowns scored by entire starting roster.
2. | Most fantasy points by starting quarterback(s).
3. | Most fantasy points by starting defensive team(s).
4. | Most fantasy points by starting defensive player(s).
5. | Most fantasy points by starting defensive back(s).
6. | Most fantasy points by starting defensive linemen.
7. | Most fantasy points by starting wide receiver(s).
8. | Most fantasy points by starting running back(s).
9. | Most fantasy points by starting tight end(s).
10. | Most fantasy points by starting kicker(s).
11. | Random "coin flip."

6. League Overview

6.1. Lineup
14 players per team. (9 starters + 5 benchwarmers*).

1 | - | QB
2 | - | RB
3 | - | WR
1 | - | TE
1 | - | DEF
1 | - | K

*Commish Helpful Hint: Pecans, WNC... the trick is to START the guys who score the most points on your team.

6.2. Two Divisions

Big Cattle | Big Oil
BigV | Asleep At The Wheel
Critical Mass | Beachtown Bobos
Hostile Amish | Lethal Lobsters
Thunder Ducks | PowerWave
We're No Cheeseheads | Purple Pecans

6.3. Playoffs
The top four teams will make the playoffs.
- 2 Division Winners
- 2 Wildcards (both wildcard teams can come from the same division)

Tiebreakers:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/footballp/footballp-31.html

6.4. Games/Format
14 regulars season games total.

You will play each division rival twice. | 8 Games
You will play each non-division rival once | 5 games
You will play one non-div rival a 2nd time | 1 game

6.5. Scoring Grid

Passing: |  |  | Defense |
TD: | 6 |  | TD | 6
INT: | -2 |  | Fumble Recovery | 2
Completion: | 0.2 |  | INT | 2
Every 40 yards: | 1 |  | Sack | 1
|  |  | Safety | 3
Rushing/Receiving: |  |  | Blocked Kick | 2
TD: | 6 |  |  |
Every 10 yards: | 1 |  | Shutout | 12
Every Catch: | 0.5 |  | 2-6 Points | 9
|  |  | 7-13 Points: | 6
Misc Points |  |  | 14-20 pts: | 3
2PT Conversion: | 2 |  | 21-27 pts: | 0
Fumble Lost: | -2 |  | 28-24 pts: | -1
|  |  | 35+ | -4
Kicking |  |  |  |
FG, 0-49 yards | 3 |  | Kick/Punt Returns | 0
FG, 50+ | 4 |  |  |
Missed FG | -1 |  |  |
XP | 1 |  |  |
Missed XP | -2 |  |  |

Last update: August 24, 2002