italstallianion

Although one can argue that by waiting until the end of the season, we are taking a lot of the thought out of it (since we will have concrete evidence of the performance of the players since it's for this coming year) but that said, fantasy scoring does not factor a lot of things, such as defense, different teams/lineups/ballparks, different usage. In all honesty, if someone asked me who would ask a rotisserie question, without a doubt in my mind I would have said Divinity. Similarly, if I ever needed somebody to draft me a really good fantasy team, I'd also choose Divinity.

I wouldn't worry about it. I put the High and the Low numbers to show that there is a lot of variation for every single team. I wish that I could say that there is an exact science to it, and that there's a clear rubric on how to vote, but there isn't. Anyone that's done these redrafts knows that there are often mistakes in power rankings. However, anyone that's done these redrafts also knows that very rarely do these power ranking mistakes manifest themselves in the voting process and decide the matchups. I think that as a whole, the high and low variations evened out, and produced a pretty consistent ranking similar to a lot of the votes.

If anyone has any questions about the scoring or about where their teams votes were (ie how many first place votes, how many 2nd place votes etc) you got. I can happily provide that information. I'm just not going to name names.

On another note, and to speak of the difficulty of ranking the teams, is that if we eliminated everyone's vote and started over, whether or not everyone would have the same exact power rankings as they did earlier. I doubt that I would.

I think that there will be less variation once actual performance is factored in.

I figured that there would have been more of a reaction to the rankings, since everyone seemed so excited to see them.

No. Other than being a Uconn fan I don't really have any alliances in college football. (Other than hating UF) I may root for a particular team now and then, but I usually pick the team I want to win at the start of the game. I just really like the ESPN commercial where everyone says "Roll Tide" in random situations, like when getting a ticket, or in school, or in passing by as a greeting. So I just like randomly saying "Roll Tide" since it sounds better than "War Eagle" or "Rock Chalk Jayhawk"

A few things. 1. These power rankings are virtually meaningless. They are parameters to see roughly what other people think of your team, but the only power rankings that are important are the ones at the end of the season, because they will determine the matchups for the tournament. Just because a team is ranked where it is now, is not much of an indication of future success, or future rankings once the rankings mean something. Every team can finish first in the end, it's up to the players you drafted, so each team will have the opportunity to kick some a**. So I wouldn't worry about it. 2. There are a lot of different strategies for drafting and ranking teams. There were 8 different teams with 1st place votes, and 10/15 teams had a ranking in the top 2. Similarly, EVERY SINGLE TEAM had at least one bottom 5 vote. Eventually guidelines will be made for ranking and voting (ie things to take into account) 3. Despite there occasionally being a rogue vote or two, the rankings were close to where I had teams, and in my opinion averaged out to be fair results. You should compare this ranking to your individual vote and see where your vote lies with respect to the group. 4. When it comes to the final rankings and voting, as is with the other redrafts, every team will have the opportunity to explain why they have a good team, and will have a writeup explaining their thought process behind their draft as well as their planned strategy (ie platoon JD Drew, move Howard to 1B against RHP, sit Howard for a better defensive option late in games etc) which people can determine based on the performances for this season. 5. Yankees Suck. Roll Tide. That is all.

My apologies for taking a while after Exman sent me his rankings. Someone (who will remain nameless) had a few people listed as the same ranking, and that threw off the entire ballot, so I had to manually fix every entry, which meant that there no longer was a tie. I knew something was up when the total number of points didn't add up.

1. WhiskeyBreath (44) High: 1st Low: 12th 2. Y228 (61) High: 1st Low: 11th 3. Dipre (63) High: 1st Low: 11th 4. Italstallianion (70) High: 1st Low: 13th 5. Keeper (71) High: 1st Low: 10th 6. A700 (80) High: 1st Low: 11th 7. Ytrb (85) High: 2nd Low: 10th 8. JBay (87) High: 1st Low: 12th 9. Divinity (102) High: 1st Low: 12th 10. Will (136) High: 7th Low: 14th 11. Jacoby Ellsbury (143) High: 6th Low: 13th 12. Forsyth (146) High: 8th Low: 14th 13. Exman (155) High: 2nd Low: 14th 14. RSFFL (159) High: 6th Low: 14th 15. Flynnatic (173) High: 6th Low: 14th

I have the rankings in, but I'm having a really tough time breaking a tie. Dipre and I discussed tie breaking methods, but both methods decide it (in different directions) by 1 point. I think we should put both teams as the same rank for now.

I just got Exman's vote, so I'm running the numbers. It looks like Exman recreated the tie that Flynnatic just broke.

I just got Flynnatic's rankings, and he broke one tie, but then set up another tie. Exman should break that tie, but he'd probably set up another one (showing how close a lot of the spots really are). Once Exman sends me his list, I'll run the numbers and see if there are any ties and see what to do from there.

It's ok, I'll wait until you send me your rankings.

All will be made clear in due time. If Exman and Flynnatic made their picks earlier than I'd have released the results as soon as the final vote came. If the picks aren't in my inbox tomorrow morning, then I will post the tie and the results from there once we've decided the tiebreaker. Don't worry about it.

For the record, 8 different teams have at least 1 first place vote.

For the record, there are a cluster of teams around the same area, so even if Exman/Flynnatic break one tie, I wouldn't be surprised if they create another tie.

I'll explain a lot of the scoring and I'll show the point totals so everyone can see how close a lot of the spots are. I'll also throw in some other data. In the words of Bart Scott, "CAN'T WAIT"

Just from personal experience, it's going to be a blast.

I have the preliminary results at this point. We're still waiting on Flynnatic and Exman to send in their power rankings. There's a tiebreaker necessary right now but I'll wait until I wake up tomorrow (roughly 10-11am) to see if either Flynnatic or Exman have sent me their rankings. If at that point neither of them have, I will ask you guys what to do about the tiebreaker and then post the rankings.

I just got Divinity's power rankings, virtually right on time. Now it's just Exman and Flynnatic left.

I just got A700's rankings, so now it's just down to Divinity, Exman, and Flynnatic.

Exman responded to my message, so I have a strong feeling that he and Divinity (who told me he'd have his rankings in by midnight) that he'd have his stuff in tonight. I honestly don't see a700 not sending me his rankings, so Flynnatic is really the only one I'm worried about.

Divinity said he'll have his rankings in tonight. I messaged the others, and I don't think that A700, Exman, or Flynnatic are online, even though both A700 and Flynnatic were both online this afternoon.