61 Teams In The Hunt For Classic $100,000 Grand Prize

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:01 am

If you've made the NFFC Championship Round you now have a 1 in 61 chance of winning the $100,000 grand prize. Pretty fair odds for a shot at a six-figure prize, wouldn't you say?!!

Congrats to all 61 owners who made it through the toughest part of the NFFC Classic season. Beating 11 other teams for league money and a spot in the Championship Round is never easy. Every single league was a dogfight this year as you'll see from my year-end analysis soon. But for now, let's get to the teams that won money in their leagues and will be playing for the $100,000 grand prize.

We had 280 teams in the Classic this year, for a total of 20 leagues. Top 3 teams in each league advance to the Championship Round plus any team that finished fourth or lower in their league by finished in the Top 15% of all teams in total points. The only Wild Card team this year is Mike Santos, who finished fourth in Online League 1 but was 37th in total points. He joins the 60 other league money winners.

We have 10 of 20 leagues that have different h2h and total points champions, so those 10 leagues will have league playoffs. All of those owners should realize that there are two links on your team page: One to set your starting lineup for your league playoff and one to set your starting lineup for your Championship Round team. Please set those separately each week. Sound good?

Here are the 61 teams, with the first team listed as the h2h champ:

NFFC Classic Championship Round Qualifiers:
Aug. 31: Matthew Bauler, James Bradtke, Gregg Zwickel
Chicago 1: Dave Clum, Jared Danielsen, Bill Opiola
Chicago 2: Michael Welp, Ted Jarzabek, John Rozek
Chicago 3: Jack Haan, Bill Ezzell, Dave Gerczak
Las Vegas 1: Carlos Perez, William Sucher, Don Medlam
Las Vegas 2: Cedric Kolstad, Jules McLean, Ream Lazaro
Las Vegas 3: Rick Hart, Bobby Jurney, Jason Steeves
Las Vegas 4: George Melbrod, Todd Ullman, Erik Newman
New York 1: Michael Treffiletti, Dan Satinoff, Neil Hassett Jr.
New York 2: Gregg Zwickel, Joseph Treffiletti, Tom Madigan
New York 3: John Asfar, Jeff Tirabassi, Rick Falvo
New York 4: John Rundle, Larry Schechter, Sal Vella
Online 1: Eddie Gillis, Bill Strickler, Michael Crescenzi, Mike Santos (WC)
Online 2: Tyson Siegele, Pat Sorge, Will Tyrer
Online 3: Philip McDonald, James Bradtke, Joe Jefferson
Sept. 6: Eddie Gillis, Frank Heron, Glenn Schroter
Sept. 7: Matt Bayley, Stephen Jupinka, Paul Clein
Sept. 8: Frank Heron, Tom Yates, Glenn Karant
Sept. 1: Stephen Jupinka, Josh Ferenc, Duke Viveros
Sept. 1 League 2: Rob Silver, Jared Danielsen, Matt Abbey

Good luck everyone.

[ December 06, 2011, 11:23 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:23 am

Our eighth season of the NFFC Classic was definitely one of our toughest ever, with almost every league going down to the wire. In 16 of 20 leagues, h2h champion was undecided heading into Week 3 and when all was said and done 6 leagues still had ties among h2h leaders. It was a wild, wild season, but at the end we definitely feel the best 61 teams will be battling for the $100,000 grand prize.

Remember, all teams carry their weekly scoring average from Weeks 1-13 into the Championship Round and then add their totals from Weeks 14, 15 and 16 to that to determine the $100,000 champion. Good luck to all of you.

Here's how each league played out and and then the data:

Aug. 31: 12-1, h2h champ was 3rd in points
Chicago 1: 10-3, 1st in points
Chicago 2: 3 teams tied at 10-3, one was 1st in points
Chicago 3: 2 teams tied at 9-4, 1st in points
Las Vegas 1: 10-3, 1st in points
Las Vegas 2: 12-1, 4th in points (only league where 3rd in points didn't qualify for Championship Round)
Las Vegas 3: 3 teams tied at 10-3, 3rd in points
Las Vegas 4: 11-2, 2nd in points
New York 1: 2 teams tied at 9-4, 1st in points
New York 2: 12-1, 3rd in points
New York 3: 2 teams tied at 9-4, 1st in points
New York 4: 11-2, 1st in points
Online 1: 10-3, 2nd in points
Online 2: 11-2, 1st in points
Online 3: 11-2, 3rd in points
Sept. 6: 10-3, 2nd in points
Sept. 7: 3 teams tied at 9-4, 3rd in points
Sept. 8: 11-2, 2nd in points
Sept. 1: 9-4, 1st in points
Sept. 1 League 2: 9-4, 1st in points

Here's the data:

** 10 of 20 leagues (50%) had one team win $5,000 after Week 13 for being h2h champ and total points champ. That means 10 of 20 leagues will have League Championships in Weeks 14-16 to determine their league champions.

** Of the h2h champions that didn't have most total points, they finished in their league 2nd (4 teams), 3rd (6 teams) and 4th (1 team).

** In 19 of 20 Classic leagues, the top 3 scoring teams made it to the Championship Round. The only exception was one team that was fourth in their league in total points.

** 6 leagues finished with tied h2h champions, with the winner decided by total points. Three of those leagues had two teams tied for first in h2h and three leagues had three teams tied for first.

** There was 1 Wild Card team added to the Championship Round in 2011, the lowest number we've ever had.

** Four owners have two teams in the Classic Championship Round: Gregg Zwickel, Eddie Gillis, Stephen Jupinka and Frank Heron.

** Six past NFBC and NFFC champions have a shot at making history. Tom Yates and Josh Ferenc are past Classic champions who could win their second overall title. Bobby Jurney and Stephen Jupinka are past NFBC champions who could be the first one to win one overall title in both of our baseball and football contests. Bill Strickler and Dave Gerczak are past NFFC Primetime overall champions who could be the first one to win an overall title in the NFFC Classic and the NFFC Primetime. So we have a lot going on here this year!!!

Again, good luck to all.

[ December 06, 2011, 11:25 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Ry's Guys · Post by **Ry's Guys** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:32 am

And here is your competition...I'll just list the player that shows up the most out of the 61 remaining teams by position

QB Rodgers 11 teams (not a surprise)

Rb Sproles 14 teams (a little bit of a surprise with 0.5 PPR)

WR Megatron 10 teams
honorable mention Welker & Nelson 9 teams

TE Big surprise Gronk & Graham 10 teams

The biggest surprise I only see CJ2K on 1 team!

Good luck everyone, I wish you the best of luck all the way to 2nd place

da bears · Post by **da bears** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:56 am

Originally posted by Bullgod:
And here is your competition...I'll just list the player that shows up the most out of the 61 remaining teams by position

QB Rodgers 11 teams (not a surprise)

Rb Sproles 14 teams (a little bit of a surprise with 0.5 PPR)

WR Megatron 10 teams
honorable mention Welker & Nelson 9 teams

TE Big surprise Gronk & Graham 10 teams

The biggest surprise I only see CJ2K on 1 team!

Good luck everyone, I wish you the best of luck all the way to 2nd place Thanks for the breakdown Pat. I actually figured the number of Rodgers owners would be higher.

I'm ready to get this party started and look forward to having a 1/61 chance at $100,000.

GO RODGERS!!!!!!!!!

[ December 06, 2011, 12:17 PM: Message edited by: da bears ]

boutrous11 · Post by **boutrous11** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:31 am

is that Gronk 10 and Graham 10 ? like, 10 teams have each?

[ December 06, 2011, 12:32 PM: Message edited by: boutrous11 ]

Coyote Streakers · Post by **Coyote Streakers** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:15 am

Crazy only 1 wildcard team but very thankfully it was me

Eddiejag · Post by **Eddiejag** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:27 am

How many Cam,Brady,Brees owners as in just 3 weeks any of these four along with Rodgers could lead the tournament in points.

Ry's Guys · Post by **Ry's Guys** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:44 am

Originally posted by boutrous11:
is that Gronk 10 and Graham 10 ? like, 10 teams have each? Sorry 10 teams have Gronk and 10 have Graham...nobody has both on the same squad. That would be a nice flex!

Ry's Guys · Post by **Ry's Guys** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:55 am

Originally posted by Eddiejag:
How many Cam,Brady,Brees owners as in just 3 weeks any of these four along with Rodgers could lead the tournament in points. Brees 9 Brady 7 Eli 7 Romo 6 Stafford 5 Ryan 3 Newton 2.5 (also has rivers) Vick 3, Rivers 2.5, Ponder 2

Tebow 2.5, Roethlisberger, Hasselbeck and Yates

1 each

Ry's Guys · Post by **Ry's Guys** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:55 am

Originally posted by da bears:
quote:Originally posted by Bullgod:
And here is your competition...I'll just list the player that shows up the most out of the 61 remaining teams by position

QB Rodgers 11 teams (not a surprise)

Rb Sproles 14 teams (a little bit of a surprise with 0.5 PPR)

WR Megatron 10 teams
honorable mention Welker & Nelson 9 teams

TE Big surprise Gronk & Graham 10 teams

The biggest surprise I only see CJ2K on 1 team!

Good luck everyone, I wish you the best of luck all the way to 2nd place Thanks for the breakdown Pat. I actually figured the number of Rodgers owners would be higher.

I'm ready to get this party started and look forward to having a 1/61 chance at $100,000.

GO RODGERS!!!!!!!!! [/QUOTE]Matt, I'm with you! Let's hope Rodgers make it a 1 in 11 chance at the $100,000!!!

[ December 06, 2011, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: Bullgod ]