Date: 18 Dec 2001
Subject: * * Important notes - Please read * *
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- We will have the Playoff Brackets updated by Wednesday.
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Playoff Brackets" link.
- Don't forget early lineups due this week. (Saturday NFL games)
- We will have the Championship games (Week 16) Head-to-Head
matchups also updated by Wednesday on your league web pages.
* HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOURS
Date: 18 Dec 2001
Subject: Playoffs !!
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* The PLAYOFFS are here !!
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Playoff Brackets" link.
* Early line-ups due this week. (Saturday NFL games)
* * MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOURS * *
Date: 10 Dec 2001
Subject: League notes
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* Early line-ups due this week. (Saturday NFL games)
* This is the last week to pick up free agents.
* The Playoff Brackets are being filled in as spots are clinched:
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Playoff Brackets" link.
* Click here for "Tiebreaker" info:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-owners.htm
- Click on the "Playoff Brackets" link.
* Teams with an asterisk (**) next to their name are not
eligible for the playoffs
Date: 30 Nov 2001
Subject: More notes - Playoff changes
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Thanks again to those of you that replied with
comments, suggestions, etc on the playoff changes.
After reading them all, we have come to these conclusions:
- Any changes will be implemented next season.
- We will not use week #17 of the NFL.
- We will go to a 13-game season. The divisions will
stay intact, and you will still play the other 3
teams in your division twice. You will also play 7
of the 8 other teams once. (the schedule will rotate
every year so that you miss a different out-of-division
team each year)
- Some owners wanted to stay with 4 teams in the Championship
bracket, while many liked going to 6 teams. We have come
up with a good compromise:
Championship Playoffs:
(see link to sample brackets at bottom of e-mail)
* Top 5 teams.
* 3 Division winners plus 2 Wild Card teams.
* Week 14 Playoffs:
- All 3 Division Winners have a bye.
- The two Wild Card teams play each other.
(note: the losing wild card team drops down
to the Consolation playoffs bracket)
* Week 15 Semi-Finals:
- #1 seed plays winner of the Wild Card game.
- The other two Division winners play each other.
* Week 16 Finals:
- The 2 semi final winners play each other for the Championship.
- The 2 semi final losers play each other for 3rd place.
(see link to sample brackets at bottom of e-mail)
- - - - -
Consolation Playoffs:
(see link to sample brackets at bottom of e-mail)
* Week 14 Playoffs:
- Seeds #6 & #7 have a bye.
- Seed #8 plays seed #9.
* Week 15 Semi-Finals:
- The wild card loser from the Championship bracket plays winner of
#8-#9 seed game.
- Seeds #6 & #7 play each other.
* Week 16 Finals:
- The 2 semi final winners play each other for the Consolation
bracket
Championship.
(see link to sample brackets at bottom of e-mail)
Prizes will remain the same as always:
- Prizes to the top 4 teams and to the Consolation bracket winner.
http://www.dreamsports.com/playoff-change.htm
Date: 27 Nov 2001
Subject: Playoff changes
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* Proposed change for the 2002 Season.
(if there is an overwhelming feedback
to implement it this season, we will)
** Let us know if you want to see this this year. (keep in mind
some teams may not have planned for a week 17, in which the
Chargers have a bye)
We studied the standings from all of our leagues from the past 2
seasons and found the following :
- Many 8-6 teams missed the Championship playoffs.
- A few 9-5 teams missed the Championship playoffs.
- A couple of 10-4 teams missed the Championship playoffs.
(of course these teams did play in the consolation playoffs, though)
* * * We want to change the playoffs to the following: * *
Championship Playoffs:
* Top 6 teams (it was the top 4)
* 3 Division winners plus 3 Wild Card teams. (it was 1 wild card)
* Week 15 Playoffs:
- Top 2 Division Winners have a bye
- #3 seed (other Division Winner) plays the #6 seed
- #4 seed plays the #5 seed.
* Week 16 Semi-Finals:
- #1 seed plays winners of #4-#5 seed winner
- #2 seed plays winners of #3-#6 seed winner
* Week 17 Finals:
- The 2 semi final winners play each other for the Championship.
- The 2 semi final losers play each other for 3rd place.
Consolation Playoffs:
* The next 4 teams by record.
* Week 15 Semi-Finals:
- Seed #7 plays Seed #10
- Seed #8 plays Seed #9
* Week 16 Finals:
- The 2 semi-final winners play for the Consolation championship.
Prizes will remain the same as always:
- Prizes to the top 4 teams and to the Consolation bracket winner.
We've never been crazy about using NFL week #17 stats, but in looking
at the NFL stats for the past 2 seasons, the major NFL stars did not
have significantly different stats from week 16 to 17.
** Let us know if you want to see this this year. (keep in mind
some teams may not have planned for a week 17, in which the
Chargers have a bye)
Sample Playoff Brackets:
http://www.dreamsports.com/playoff-change.htm
Date: 26 Nov 2001
Subject: FB News
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* Early lineups due this week.
* Contest winners need to pick their prizes soon :
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Owners page" link.
- Click on the "Sudden Death" contest link.
- Click on the "Pick the Winners" link.
Date: 19 Nov 2001
Subject: FB News
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* Reminder - Lineups due early this week. (before kickoff
of Thursday's games)
* Owners of Edgerrin James, Jamal Lewis, etc.: Remember,
all of our leagues are keeper leagues. Don't drop
players like these, as they will be back strong next season....
* We might have a team or two available, free for the
rest of the season.
Let us know if you are interested...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOURS !!
Date: 13 Nov 2001
Subject: "Pick the Winners" Contest results :
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Week #8 Free "Pick the Winners" Contest results:
1st Place - Harley Bennet / 11-2
2nd Place - Astrid Muelhausen / 10-3
3rd Place - Thorsten Muelhausen / 10-3
4th Place - Gaylord Lambrecht / 10-3
5th Place - Randy Factor / 9-4
6th Place - Rick Mckittrick / 9-4
7th Place - Shane Neal / 9-4
Date: 6 Nov 2001
Subject: FB Team News
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We have several teams at 7-1, but there are only
four "Elite" teams still undefeated at 8-0:
Sammy Baugh lg - Victorious Secrets - Jeremy Griswold
George Blanda lg - Blitz 20 - Mark Horan
Walter Payton - Horn Toads - Shane Latouf
Dan Marino - The Franchi$e - Ron Hollaway
Don't forget - The Trade deadline is coming up soon :
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Trades" help link
Date: 3 Nov 2001
Subject: Musings from the Commish ....
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* Will the Broncos ever find ONE healthy RB ?
* How many times will Jay Fiedler's legs save
him from his arm ?
* What a recovery Garrison Hearst has made !!
* Did Randy Moss retire ??
* Best draft pick = Saints - Deuce McAllister.
Just look at what it's done for Ricky Williams !!
* 2001 season most Pleasant Surprises:
- Curtis Martin
- Anthony Thomas
- Ladanian Tomlinson
- Jay Feidler (check his rushing stats)
- Garrison Hearst
- Packers defense
- Priest Holmes
- Ricky Williams
- Janikowski
* 2001 season biggest Disappointments:
- Eddie George
- Terell Davis
- Derrick Alexander
- Fred Taylor
- Joe Horn (until last week)
- Terry Glenn
- Duce Staley
- Eric Moulds
- Darrell Jackson (until last week)
* Have the Lakers clinched a playoff spot yet ?
* Doug Flutie can start for my team any time !!
* Without Dante Culpepper, the Vikings would be 0-7 !!
* The Jet's picked up Mathew Hachette in the off-season. So how
come they aren't undefeated ?? '-)
* 2 Weeks ago : Trung "HERO" Canidate - 237 total yards.
* 1 Week later : Trung "GOAT" Canidate - 19 rush yards, 4 fumbles.
* Will Byung-Kim ever recover from TWO disasters ??
* Did anyone else wonder when those 36 carries in his FIRST start
would start to affect Tomlinson ?
* Rod Gardner looks like he's going to be an NFL star !
* Yikes ! Is that Cryin Ryan warming up on the sidelines ??
* Losing Terrell was one thing, but the loss of Mcaffrey AND Davis
is just too much for the Broncos to overcome.
* Watch out for the BUS !!
THE DREAM SPORTS MOTTO :
To be the leading professional Sports Stat service,
recognized as serving the needs of all of our Customers
with Quality, Integrity and Affordability.
Date: 29 Oct 2001
Subject: FB News
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1 - Congratulations to Danny Wright / 2001 Season
Sudden-Death contest WINNER !!!
http://www.dreamsports.com/sudden-death.htm
2 - Trade deadline is coming up soon :
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Trades" help link.
3 - Be sure that if you put in for Free Agents this
week, that the web page shows "Week 8".
Date: 22 Oct 2001
Subject: Line-ups / Free Contest
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* - Reminder : Line ups due before Thursday's game starts.
* - New Free Contest : Pick the Winners
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Owners page" link.
- Click on the "Pick the Winners" link.
* * On the lighter side, for those of you working in office
environments: * *
Subject: Office security-Special Bulletin
We've been notified by Building Security that there have been 4
suspected terrorists working at our office. Three of the four have
been apprehended.
Bin Sleepin, Bin Loafin, and Bin Drinkin have been taken into
custody. Security advised us that they could find no one fitting the
description of the fourth cell member, Bin Workin, in the office.
Police are confident that anyone who looks like he's Bin Workin
will be very easy to spot.
Date: 15 Oct 2001
Subject: Early Line-ups
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Reminder : Line-ups are due BEFORE this week's NFL Thursday game
starts. (even if you have no players in Thursday's game)
* This is another good reason why listing "back-ups" is important ....
Date: 12 Oct 2001
Subject: Scoring info
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After reviewing almost of our leagues, we came up with these
numbers that show the importance of each position for the past
4 weeks of this season.
This is for the starters only:
QB's - 23% of total
RB's - 33% of total
WR/TE's - 23% of total
K's - 6% of total
DT's - 14% of total
The above is what we feel is almost ideal. We have always
weighted the system heavier to the running game, just as
in the NFL. Teams that can't rush the ball usually don't win.
Date: 23 Sep 2001
Subject: "Live" scoring updates.
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Don't forget you can see how your team is doing,
live, soon after the NFL games start.
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Weekly Results" link.
- Click on the current week link.
- Click on the link just above your team, that says
"Show preliminary scoring results for the matchup below".
Date: 22 Sep 2001
Subject: Week "2" Lineups.
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Note: Several teams still haven't input their "WEEK 2"
lineups yet.
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Submit Lineup" link.
Date: 21 Sep 2001
Subject: Week "2".
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The NFL has officially decided to play the originally
scheduled week 2 games on January 6-7, 2002. In doing this
the NFL has changed all references to this weekend's games
to "Week 2" (formerly Week 3) and all subsequent weeks
have been changed accordingly. The final regular season
games now scheduled for January 6-7 will be referred to as "Week 17."
(Note: we only use the first 16 weeks of the NFL schedule for
Dream Sports)
Also, The Raiders and Cowboys have rescheduled their week 6 matchup
and will now play that game in week 4. So the new "Bye" schedule
looks like this for these teams:
Week 4 - Colts have a bye.
Week 6 - Dolphins, 49ers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Raiders all have a bye.
For the NFL's official updated 2001 schedule, please see
http://www.nfl.com/schedules
Date: 19 Sep 2001
Subject: Free Agent info.
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Good news : We now have the capability back to process the
Free Agents by "current record", instead of just by
points scored.
As most of you know, this has always been the way we have
processed Free Agents for the past 11 years.
(with the exception of last year)
We have changed the Rulebook back to reflect the following:
"The selection order for Free Agents during the season
goes in reverse order of the current year-to-date record
of each team. (tiebreaker = least points scored).
There are 2 rounds, and they are processed separately."
This has always been the fairest method, especially early
in the season, when some teams have a losing record despite
scoring a lot of points.
Date: 17 Sep 2001
Subject: Week "3" Free Agents.
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We will not be holding any Free Agent rounds this week,
for a couple of reasons:
1 - We only hold them between NFL games, which we have already
done.
2 - The Free Agents are awarded in reverse order of points scored,
so in effect the same teams that picked 1st last week, would pick
1st again.
Good luck to everyone this week, and good luck to those of you
personally affected by last week's atrocities.
Date: 12 Sep 2001
Subject: News.
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First off, our prayers go out to those affected by the cowardly and
despicable acts of terror yesterday. If able to, please try to donate
time, money and/or blood to your local Red Cross or other relief agencies.
Fantasy Football is the last thing on our minds right now, but below
will be our contingency on conducting business this week (subject to change):
* Because of how our software works, the free agent deadline will
remain the same. However we may not process the free agents until Thursday or
Friday night at the latest.
* Should the NFL games be cancelled this weekend, we will follow their
lead and either extend the season by a week, or shorten the season by a
week.
* We will get to all of the pending trades sometime before this
Saturday.
Date: 8 Sep 2001
Subject: Help on Submitting your Lineup.
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Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Submitting a Lineup" link.
Date: 8 Sep 2001
Subject: Free Contest's reminder
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Free Contest's reminder :
Today is the last day to enter two of our
Free Contests :
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
Date: 8 Sep 2001
Subject: Listing Back-up players
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Looking at some of the leagues, we still see some
Owners not taking advantage of our "backups" feature.
Nothing is more frustrating in Fantasy Football
than to be a good study of who's playing and who's
not, and then get tripped up on your starters.
For example:
Terrell Owens is healthy and practicing all week.
The 49ers play in the afternoon games, so lineups
are already set. Then in warm-ups he pulls a
hamstring and doesn't play. So you get zero points,
although you did your "homework" all week.
At Dream Sports, we have always used the "backup player"
system. This takes more time on our part, but we think
it is an important feature to have.
I've seen many games lost by a few points, just because an Owner
didn't list a backup player. (don't forget to list a kicker
also, you never know when an injury can occur, or if his NFL team
get's shutout)
Please remember to list your backups
this way: (example)
M Brunell
L Centers, Em Smith
J Thrash, Rod Gardner, M Hatchette
J Carney
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Submitting a Lineup" link
(note: Back-up Players are only used when it affects the
outcome of the game)
Date: 7 Sep 2001
Subject: Free Sudden-Death contest information
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We have seen a few entries that did not qualify for this
contest. With our form processor, only those Owners that
properly added their e-mail address to the form are entered.
** You MUST include your NAME and E-MAIL ADDRESS on the
selection form. (if not, the entry is void, and you also
wouldn't have received a copy of your pick anyway)
Date: 6 Sep 2001
Subject: Free Agents help.
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A few notes on picking up Free agents :
* Always remember to list a player to drop if picking up
a player puts you over the roster limit of 18. If not,
we have to drop a player for you, and that drop is final
for that week.
* If you only list one free agent choice, you may not get
that player if he is picked up ahead of you. List several
choices to be sure you get one. (similar to the
pre-draft function)
* Be careful not to drop the same player in both rounds.
Doing this will keep you from getting 2 free agents.
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Waivers" link.
Date: 2 Sep 2001
Subject: Free Agents.
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Remember, you can Rank the current Free Agents in
your league using the 2000 season stats.
(for all returning leagues)
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Rank Players" link.
Date: 1 Sep 2001
Subject: * * Picking up Free Agents * *
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Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Waivers" link.
Date: 31 Aug 2001
Subject: Roster Cutdowns
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Last day to cut rosters to 18 players. Be sure to
use this form below :
Click here on the normal starting point:
http://www.dreamsports.com/fb-frame.htm
- Click on your league.
- Click on the "Click here to drop a Player
from your Roster" link.
Date: 12 Aug 2001
Subject: New Free contest.
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New FREE contest for Dream Sports team Owners :
Weekly NFL "Pick-the-Winners" pool. (Free Prizes
to be announced soon) When signing up for this free
contest, be sure to use your real name, and only
enter once.
The link for this pool:
http://www.football-pool.com/register/index.cgi
The group: Dream Sports Fantasy Football
The password: (e-mail us for a reminder)
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