A new season is coming upon us, and I'm throwing out this suggestion to those who have participated in the past. Before, we played two "divisions" ... The B1G, where we'd weekly play their entire conference schedule, and Other National Games (ONG), where we'd play approximately 12 national games, selections from the remaining conferences. All-in-all, we'd play approximately 25 games total weekly.
This season I was thinking about eliminating the "divisions", and just playing a straight 20 games. And I would select games, as best I could, from all the available conferences, based on match-ups, competiveness, and level of competion. This way I can be more "selective" in chosing competitive games to fill out the schedule, while not being obligated to playing one conference's entire schedule (B1G).
And yes, we will be playing point spreads. I will be adding .5 to whole number spreads to insure no ties.
So give me your input. The first week, as far as scheduling goes, is one hectic mess. So bare with me. There is an abbreviated schedule for Week #1 (Aug 27th) approximately 12 games. I'm going to start our Week #1 on Thursday Sept. 1st thru Saturday Sept 3rd. That's a full slate of games (lol).
As is my routine in the past, I will have the schedule, for the upcoming week, posted every Monday. That way people have the entire week, right up to game time, to get their picks in. And I usually have the results posted (standings) sometimes on Sunday (day after games).
This is all about having fun. A bunch of us have been doing this for several years now. I think the only other rule we have is that you must play the entire weekly schedule. While we all try to keep an eye on one another, help each other out, if you miss making a pick for a game(s) it goes down as a loss. So review your weekly picks before submitting them. But again, we're not legalists here. If you want to make a change, as long as it's before game time, post it on here and let us know. But again. This is all about having soime fun.
So give me your ideas or suggestions if you have any.
I'll have Week #1 posted on Monday August 29th.