[2016] Dobber NFL Wins Pool

[metaldude26]

So I got an idea for a really simple and fun pool from Grantland head writer Bill Simmons. The way it works is you get a number of people between 4 and 10 (8 is the perfect number) and arrange a snake draft order. You each draft NFL teams as though they were players attempting to get the teams with the highest win total from the upcoming season. Who ever's teams combine for the most wins at the end of the season wins the pool. I've run this pool with some friends in the past and it's been a huge hit so I decided to take it to the forum.

Last season was a smashing success in our second year of the pool. Check out last season's thread here: http://forums.dobbersports.com/showt...=nfl+wins+pool

All of last season's competitors are invited back including: myself, PenguinHunter, Bomm Bastic, Zorro, horrorfan, Pengwin7, TheWhale, and Axeman33.

I'm looking for a roll call on all returnees.

We'd also like to turn this into a tiered league so if enough interest is generated then a second tier could be set up. In this situation the top two teams from the lower tier would get promoted and the bottom two from the higher tier demoted after each season. Obviously the group of individuals listed above would constitute the top tier. Looking to have 8 participants per tier. It's also plausible that individuals may not wish to return, in which case we may be looking for replacements. Please, express your interest here.

RULES

It should be noted that ties do occasionally happen. For our purposes a tie is equivalent to a loss in that it doesn't count towards a win. I've heard it suggested that a tie should count as half a win but that's not how it works in the NFL so it's not how it will work here. However, ties will count as a tiebreaker in the event that two members finish with the same number of total wins.

The next tiebreaker is aggregate point differential for all the teams a member possesses. The member with the highest aggregate point differential wins the tiebreaker.

The final tiebreaker is number of playoff teams.

In the event none of these tiebreakers breaks the tie, we go for the classic coin flip.

Hopefully it doesn't come to any of those.

The draft will take place here in the forum. We'll go slow style, no time limits, starting ASAP. We have lots of time before the season starts and this is an online thing so we can't expect everyone to be in one place at one time. And it's only four picks each (32 total) so it really won't be that time consuming.

Confirmed Participants

Tier 1

metaldude26
horrorfan
penguinhunter
Bomm Bastic
Axeman33
Zorro
TheWhale
Pengwin7

Tier Two

joe jones
MarmotKing
Eskimo Brother
hockeyrobot
Goldendelicious
mcmcpher2
2014olympicgold
newfcollins

[horrorfan]

I'm in.

[PenguinHunter]

Penguin Hunter is back to defend the title! Good luck everyone!

[joe jones]

I would like to join (tier 2 if necessary)

[Bomm Bastic]

Oh hell ya. You know I'm in!

[MarmotKing]

I could probably join. It seemed fun last year.

[Axeman33]

Yes sir.

[Zorro]

Of course I'm in!!

[Eskimo Brother]

I'm in for tier 2

[TheWhale]

Count me in

[Pengwin7]

I'm in.
Still jaded over late loss in 2014 & last year's debacle.

[hockeyrobot]

In in in

[Goldendelicious]

I'm in where ever there is an opening

[mcmcpher2]

I'll get in on this

[2014olympicgold]