Week One Recap and Other Nonsense

All together now....your team is neither as good or as bad as it looked in Week One. I've said that after every Week One since the beginning of time (or at least since 1980). This week I decided to look back a bit and see how true it is. Now this is most certainly an imperfect way to research this but I checked back over the last five seasons. Turns out that teams that eventually made the playoffs were 21-8-1 in their Week One games. Make of that what you will.

Our league had a rather uneventful week. None of our games were particularly close. No huge Monday Night Football drama. The Flyers were (I think) the only team to come from behind for a win that night. But they were down 18 with their two best scorers on tap so it wasn't a huge surprise when they went up on the Heroes by the half. The big story of the week was probably the inept offense shown by the Packers. That'll change.

Several clubs had 100 points (or close to it) on their bench. Most were three-QB clubs but Lincoln had 93 with just 17 coming from a backup QB. That should be an encouraging note for James after a loss.

Webpage stuff... Some tips I should mention re: league site modules. Several of them allow for owner customization to one degree or another. The scrolling ticker can be slowed down, sped up and have the contents changed. Just click the 'cogwheel' on the upper right corner of the module.

The main scoreboard can also be made to display more data.. Three of the options default to 'on', the others can be turned on if you prefer. Use the 'Settings' link on the upper left of the scoreboard. In my experience the settings don't carry over from one session to the next. Which makes no sense but whatcha gonna do?

In a similar vein..If you look at the roster page (Reports->Franchise->Roster) the page defaults to showing your roster and one other team (I see Lincoln and that may be the same for everyone since they are designated as team #001 as far as the league machinery is concerned. Clicking the names on the left will swap out the 'other' team'. 

But you may or may not have seen the buttons just above the displayed rosters. Clicking 'Trades' will get you a trade proposal display. Clicking 'All Rosters' will get you exactly that, the traditional view of all teams on one page. 

Bonus Content: This thread on the MFL Commish forum speaks to how conditional blind bids are processed (note the post uses the term 'auction' but that is essentially what blind bid waivers are, mid-week player auctions). It does a good job of explaining how it's possible for you to bid the highest amount on a player and still fail to get him (or anyone) during a bid waiver session. Some good advice there if you choose to read through it. You do not need to be registered on the forum to read the thread.

http://forums.myfantasyleague.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38700

Finally... If you haven't checked the Ed Hughes page on the website you should go there and scroll to the bottom. I picked up a rather remarkable picture of Coach Hughes working in his new job as a trailer fabricator in North Houston not long after he was bounced out of his Oilers head coaching job in early 1972.