Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The DFC X Preseason... the Rules

Ladies & Gentlemen... its another season... the 10th season of The Deuce Football Championships... and here we go...

Wanted to set forth the rules of the game:

THE GAME SELECTION
Each week, in your inbox, you'll be given a set of 8 games. Usually its 4 college, 4 pro, typically selected for the teams good records, or intrigue and interest in the game.

Your job is to pick the winner of these games, and send them back via email. A game will also be selected as the "Tie Break Game", and you will guestimate the total number of points scored in the game. For example, if the game is Florida State vs. Georgia Tech, and you have a sneaking suspicion that Ramblin' Wreck will pull out the upset by a score of 30 to 20, you won't send "30", you'll send "50" (30 + 20 = 50)

Your games will be recorded, and your wins and losses will be tallied over the course of the weekend. A "weekly winner" will be awarded to whoever got the most right, and was closest to the Tiebreak score, either over or under.

THE TIEBREAK AVERAGE
Week to week, your TieBreak Score will be tallied and averaged as to how far off you are. This is known as your TieBreak Average. This will be kept all year, and in case of records that are the same between people, the lower TBA will be considered and that person will be ranked higher, either given a higher playoff seed, or will finish higher in the regular season.

You have a "get out of a bad week" card to use during the season, known as a Tie Break Drop. If you have a terrible week, you may elect to use this Drop on your TieBreak Score, and it will be erased like it never happened. You only have one to use, so use it wisely. You have until the following week's games kickoff to let me know you want to use the drop.

NEW TWIST... Because those are lucky enough to not need their drop early in the season, and then are forced to use it at the end of the season when it matters very little, this year's TBA will broken up into two parts... Weeks 1-6 and Weeks 7-12. Your TieBreak Average will be tallied until the end of Week 6, then locked in. Then your TBA starts over on Week 7, through the end of the season, then locks in. Then, your first TBA and your second TBA are added and averaged, to form your full season TBA. Again, you only have ONE single TieBreak Drop to use for the entire season, so use with caution.

PLAYOFFS
There are 6 playoff spots available per conference. The three division winners get automatic bids (regardless of where their record falls in the overall conference), and three wild card bids. The top two records get a first round bye, the remaining four vie for two spots in Wild Card Weekend. The top two advance to join the first round bye records for the Divisional Playoffs. The top two advance from each conference for the Final Four, then the winner of each conference participates in DeuceBowl X to determine a world champion.

AWARDS
To be awarded per season are the 8 divisional titles (The Gainey North, East, South, West and The Thornell North, East, South, West), the Most Valuable Player, the Rookie of the Year and the Osborne Award, given to the player voted the best of those who missed the postseason.

EMAILS
Your game emails will come out either Sunday night or Monday. You'll have until the kickoff of Saturday's games to get your picks in. This can be done by email, or texting me or voicemail if needed. The previous weeks' results will be emailed to you between Tuesday and Thursday.

CORRECTIONS
Because of the sheer amount of games I record each week, I do make mistakes, so please check your record each week to make sure I get it right, and email me if its not correct.

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