MB Week In Review – July 26

Posted: July 26, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2014 | Tags: , | Leave a comment »

The 2014 MegaBracket campaign kicked off just over a week ago with the beginning of the British Open on Thursday, July 18. The first tee shot was struck at 12:30 am CDT, marking the start of the 5th MB season.

British Open

Fifteen different users joined the fun for the season-opening event including first timers bscheffler, thall5 and cmonahan. tonewil was the first day leader with a scorching -3. Chris and Jimmy were tied for the lead at the end of the second round, but each had one golfer miss the cut (Tom Watson for Chris, Justin Rose for Jimmy) and would have to each take the worst score of the day on Saturday and Sunday as the penalty for those missed cuts. The missed cut penalty places a premium on having a full team for the weekend and Danny, bscheffler and Greg were the only users to have all 5 picks make the weekend. Danny and bscheffler took advantage, moving into the top 2 spots after Saturday’s play with Danny sitting at +18, bscheffler +23 and Jimmy and tonewil (also 1 missed cut in Rose) tied for 3rd at +26. Behind the strength of Phil Mickelson’s winning 66 (-5), Danny extended his lead to a winning margin of 10 strokes. tonewil finished 2nd and after an atrocious Saturday that dropped him into a tie for 10th, Chris rallied behind Mickelson and Ian Poulter (-4) to put up Sunday’s best team score of +3 to finish 3rd.

Final Standings

* – 32 points earned for picking the champion, Phil Mickelson

Finish User Score Points Earned
1 Danny +25 152*
2 tonewil +35 140*
3 Chris +38 128*
4 Jimmy +40 116*
bscheffler +40 84
6 mxknkl +42 92*
7 Greg +43 48
8 Bristol +45 36
9 abittner +46 24
10 skizzow +49 12*
11 Doug +58
12 Ryan +64
thall5 +64 32*
14 cmonahan +116
15 MegaBot +145

 

July-August Week 1 Picks

The first week of the first weekly picks also began on Thursday, July 18th and completed Wednesday, July 24th. The first week’s picks combined games from the Canadian Football League, the Arena Football League, the National Women’s Soccer League, the Western Lacrosse Association, World Team Tennis and 3-game series from Major League Baseball. Week 1 was very competitive with 6 of the 15 users scoring at least 35 of a possible 60 points. tonewil put up an impressive 43 points to claim the weekly crown and the 10 bonus points that go along with the weekly victory. Ryan finished a close second with 40 points. Newcomers bscheffler and cmonahan tied for 3rd with 39 points. A new winner will be crowned each week while the points also add up throughout the weeks (there are 7 in the July-August event) and event-long points are handed out at the conclusion of the event in a manner similar to the golf event – points for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc., down to 10th place.

 

Block 1 Standings

(heading into the weekend)

Rank User Points
1 tonewil 236
2 Danny 225
3 Chris 178
4 bscheffler 171
5 Jimmy 163
6 mxknkl 159
7 Greg 118
8 Bristol 111
9 skizzow 87
abittner 87
11 Doug 83
thall5 83
13 Ryan 77
14 cmonahan 63
15 MegaBot 59

Deadlines and Headlines – July 23

Posted: July 23, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2013 | Tags: , , , | Leave a comment »

It’s another short week here at MB headquarters (AKA my work laptop). However, we’ll try to sate your MB appetite with a dose of deadlines and headlines.

This Week’s Deadlines

  • Arena Football League – Friday @ 7:00 pm CDT

MB Headlines

  • British Open -In case you missed it, what a brutal ending for Adam Scott. The collapse also cost abittner 32 MB points. Golf is a cruel sport and MegaBracket can be a real bitch, too. Welcome to the club, Mr. Bittner, we’ve all been there.
  • Amarillo Wins LSFL Championship – Doug, Greg, and Robbie picked all 3 games correctly to share the event championship and earn a 5-point bonus each.
  • Arena League Playoffs Set -The first round of the Arena Football League kicks off Friday night.
  • AFL MVP Fan Vote – Submit your vote(s) for the Arena League MVP
  • Western Lacrosse Association – The WLA playoffs will begin next week. Check out the website to get an early jump on the teams involved.
  • AMNRL Playoff Format – The American National Rubgy League is using a unique playoff format this year. Click the link to read up on it. The AMNRL playoffs begin Saturday, August 4.
  • WGC-Bridgestone – The WGC Bridgestone is the next MB golf event, beginning Thursday, August 2. Click the link to see Adam Scott in a happier time.
  • IWFL Championship Weekend – The IWFL World Champinship (Tier I), the Founders Bowl (Tier II), the Tier 3 Bowl, and the IWFL All-Star Game all take place this coming weekend in Round Rock, TX.
  • Foxtel Cup Final – The Foxtel Cup championship has been moved to Thursday, August 2. The game will begin at 6:35 am CDT.
  • Inside the United Bowl – Facts and figures from the recently complete IFL United Bowl
  • 2012 APFL All-League Team – League champion Sioux City dominated the lists with 10 1st Team and 5 2nd Team All-League selections.

This Week in MB

  • Arena Football League 1st Round -4 games (1 Friday, 3 Saturday)
  • IWFL World Championship (Tier I) -Saturday
  • IWFL Founders Bowl (Tier II Championship) – Saturday

This Week in MegaBracket

Posted: July 17, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2013 | Tags: , | Leave a comment »

Another slow week this week as MB 2013 slowly gains traction before the mad rush begins in September. The first user vs. user event of the year is in the books as abittner used a strong final day to win the John Deere Classic. The 80 points for the victory, couple with the 32 points for selecting winner Zach Johnson, have moved abittner into 6th place in Block 1. The only event to be picked this week is another user vs. user event, the British Open, bringing with it another chance for a lot of ground to be made up in the standings. The only other MB-related game this week is the LSFL championship on Saturday.

This Week’s Deadlines

  • British Open – Thursday, July 19 @ 12:19 am CDT

 

Other MB Events This Week

  • LSFL Championship – Saturday

 

Last Week’s Event Champions

  • Indoor Football League – dhaynor, Ryan
  • American Professional Football League –  Bristol, Doug, Greg, JP, Ryan, skizzow
  • John Deere Classic – abittner

 

Deadlines and Headlines – July 5

Posted: July 5, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: MB 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment »

Upcoming Deadlines

  • International Basketball League – today @ 7:00 pm CDT
  • Foxtel Cup (Australian Rules Football) – tomorrow @ 8:35 pm CDT
  • American Professional Football League – Saturday @ 7:00 pm CDT

 

Headlines

  • The IBL This Week
    • This edition of the league’s weekly newsletter takes you deep inside the 2012 IBL Playoffs
  • IBL League Leaders
    • Take a look at the regular season stats leaders for the 2012 season
  • IFL Conference Finals Players of the Week
    • To everyone’s shock, Sioux Falls QB Chris Dixon wins another award
  • Tri-Cities QB Houston Lillard is the brother of Blazers lottery pick Damon Lillard
  • Foxtel Cup Semifinal #1 Preview
    • Not a ton of info regarding the Morningside – Werribee game tomorrow night (Saturday in Australia), but a little bit to peruse
  • APFL Playoffs  – Fan Bus for the Council Bluffs – Oklahoma Semifinal
    • If you’ve ever wanted to ride a bus from Tulsa to Council Bluffs to watch a minor league indoor football playoff game, I’ve got great news for you
  • APFL – Council Bluffs Express News
    • Two great nuggets here:
      • 1) the Oklahoma Defenders’ bus broke down on the way from Tulsa last weekend and they were going to forfeit unless the Express paid their expenses. Council Bluffs paid up and won the game, earning a home game this weekend. Had the game ended in a forfeit, Oklahoma would have hosted this weekend instead as Council Bluffs needed to win by at least 16 to win the tiebreaker for home field advantage.
      • 2) Council Bluffs signed 4 players from the neighboring Omaha Beef (in the IFL, although they were run by that league this season due to ownership issues) prior to the final regular season game. The new players, including QB James McNear who was instantly installed as the Express starter, led the team to victory and are on the roster for the playoffs.
  • New Family Zone Attraction at this year’s John Deere Classic
  • LSFL’s Texas Shoot Out
    • Further information released regarding the Lone Star Football League’s championship game and surrounding activities (Yin Yang Twins!)
  • The British Open Website
    • It’s two weeks away, but never too early to start thinking about the British Open
    • Sorry, Great Britain, I know you just call it the Open Championship, but I’m going to stick with the British Open. Maybe if you had won the Revolutionary War, I’d let you have this one. But if we have to call our championship the U.S. Open, you have to call yours the British Open.