During the spring my buddies and I ran through a 10 team,11. Technically 9 teams after an unnamed member dropped out. I fear I bullied him into quitting after mocking him for selecting JJ DiLuigi in the 2nd round. 13 round fantasy draft of BYU players from the 1980s and on. Positions selected were 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE, 2 DLs, 2 LBs, and 2 DBs. For a recap of how the picks unfolded you can hit the following link, or for my round by round recaps you can start here. For a look at the rosters see the images below.
A few interesting notes from the draft:
- Congratulations to all of us for not picking Kyle Whittingham or Francis Bernard. Like Willy Wonka once said, you passed the test.
- Two current players were drafted: Tonga and Bushman
- The oldest player drafted was Marc Wilson, who began his career in 197522. Almost every player was from 1980 or later. Wilson was one of few exceptions.
- Team Smith drafted 5 players who played on the 2007 team. Do I sense a potential edge in chemistry?
- Ziggy, James Dye, and JJ DiLuigi, don’t show up on any rosters because they were chosen by the player who quit.
The goal of our draft was to see how we valued the legends of BYU football. Was Kyle Van Noy worth picking above Jamaal Williams? How quickly and in which order would the quarterbacks go? Which tight end would be picked first? Who was the value pick of the draft? 33. Answers? 1. Jamaal. 2. McMahon, Detmer, Young, Taysom, Hall, Doman, Bosco, Sarkisian, Wilson. 3. Jonny Harline. 4. Chris Smith (picked in round 11).
Now that we’ve answered those questions we can move on to the team evaluation stage. Which fantasy owner put together the best squad? How would these teams fare against one another? Prepare yourself cause we’re about to find out. Welcome to the BYU Fantasy Legends Playoff!
Over the coming weeks (months? Lol) I’ll be writing recaps of each fictional playoff game as we march towards crowning a champion. I seeded the teams by assigning a 1 through 9 ranking to each unit within a teams offense and defense, and then averaging their scores. This isn’t a perfect way to evaluate a team – for example, Detmer received the #1 ranking for QBs, while Steve Sarkisian tied for #7. Was Detmer better than Sark by a factor of 7? Probably not, but the ranking mechanism was used only for seeding purposes so I’m fine with it.
As you can see Team Henderson came out with the #1 seed, due largely to his strength on defense where he ranked first in DB and tied for first in DL. The best offensive team by ratings was – narrowly -- Team Odysseus who boasts the resounding #1 RB combo and a top 3 receiving core.
The two lowest seeded teams – Newt and Metcalf – will lead things off in a play in game for the right to the #8 seed and the chance to battle the fierce defense of Team Henderson. Stay tuned.
No comments:
Post a Comment