I have been talking with knightman and they are a really cool conf much like this one. knightman brought up this idea and I think it would be a lot of fun. If you would take part, please post below.
Last edited Sep 2, 2008 12:46:12
Minnsooner
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"Do you think your league would be interested in something like the ACC/Big Ten Challenge that they have in college basketball? It would be something like the losers of a particular round of the playoffs would face off against the corresponding losers of that same round from the other league, i.e. first round losers in the East for BBB#7 would face first round losers in the East for BBB#5"
Last edited Sep 2, 2008 12:56:48
cgonzo
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The Las Vegas Aces would love to take part in something like this. Count us in!!! Good Work, Minnsooner!
Knightman
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Hi guys,
This idea came about because I would beg to differ with posters from another conference---IMHO your League is one of the strongest, if not THE strongest, in the BBB leagues, recent tournament results notwithstanding. After all, it takes something for a conference to be 50% of a Final Four in ANY competitive tournament.
OTOH, I think OUR League doesn't get a lot of press and I think we're actually a pretty good League too--we just don't tend to go off into other League Forums and shoot our mouths off. I thought it would be fun to get a number of our League's teams to match up with similar teams from another League, and if we're going to take on a project like that, we might as well match up with the best.
In order to try and have teams of similar caliber matched up, we'd have teams eliminated from the playoffs match up against their counterparts in the two leagues. For example, the loser of the #1 vs. #8 game in the East for BBB#7 would play the loser of the same game (East #1 vs. #8) in BBB#5. This way as soon as the playoff game is over, the teams that are eliminated can easily see who they are supposed to match up against and can go ahead and set up a friendly without having to wait for a bracket to be published. With 8 losers in the first round, 4 in the second, 2 in the Conference Championship round, and then the League Champion and Runner-ups to fill out the field, there are potentially 16 games between our leagues, which (although it could conceivably end in a tie) would likely give one league bragging rights---but more importantly I think it would be a lot of fun and get teams that normally are plotting against each other to root each other on.
I posted something about this in our League's Forum and a number of the East teams have already expressed interest. We'll see how it goes.
Of course, you don't have to have "official" sanction to pursue this idea. If you lose a playoff game, you could simply challenge your BBB#7 counterpart to a friendly whether they've heard about this or not. Worst thing that can happen is they turn it down....
And, finally, for the record, it was a privilege to play a game against the Skulls considering their very accomplished record of success over many seasons. I have to admit (and I told Minn this in a PM) that I thought I would be sending one of those "lose with dignity" congratulatory messages to him after this game. It turned out very differently than I thought it would---although I'll stop short of complaining to the management!
Knightman
This idea came about because I would beg to differ with posters from another conference---IMHO your League is one of the strongest, if not THE strongest, in the BBB leagues, recent tournament results notwithstanding. After all, it takes something for a conference to be 50% of a Final Four in ANY competitive tournament.
OTOH, I think OUR League doesn't get a lot of press and I think we're actually a pretty good League too--we just don't tend to go off into other League Forums and shoot our mouths off. I thought it would be fun to get a number of our League's teams to match up with similar teams from another League, and if we're going to take on a project like that, we might as well match up with the best.
In order to try and have teams of similar caliber matched up, we'd have teams eliminated from the playoffs match up against their counterparts in the two leagues. For example, the loser of the #1 vs. #8 game in the East for BBB#7 would play the loser of the same game (East #1 vs. #8) in BBB#5. This way as soon as the playoff game is over, the teams that are eliminated can easily see who they are supposed to match up against and can go ahead and set up a friendly without having to wait for a bracket to be published. With 8 losers in the first round, 4 in the second, 2 in the Conference Championship round, and then the League Champion and Runner-ups to fill out the field, there are potentially 16 games between our leagues, which (although it could conceivably end in a tie) would likely give one league bragging rights---but more importantly I think it would be a lot of fun and get teams that normally are plotting against each other to root each other on.
I posted something about this in our League's Forum and a number of the East teams have already expressed interest. We'll see how it goes.
Of course, you don't have to have "official" sanction to pursue this idea. If you lose a playoff game, you could simply challenge your BBB#7 counterpart to a friendly whether they've heard about this or not. Worst thing that can happen is they turn it down....
And, finally, for the record, it was a privilege to play a game against the Skulls considering their very accomplished record of success over many seasons. I have to admit (and I told Minn this in a PM) that I thought I would be sending one of those "lose with dignity" congratulatory messages to him after this game. It turned out very differently than I thought it would---although I'll stop short of complaining to the management!
Knightman
Last edited Sep 2, 2008 17:36:34
Szarek
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The Samurai is in..I have one question though for you guys in the BBB#5.
The dooshbag in the BBB#16...Why on earth is he such a dick to you guys?
The dooshbag in the BBB#16...Why on earth is he such a dick to you guys?
Minnsooner
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He came over shit talking and then wouldn't back it up. I don't know how many challenges this league sent him but he turned them all down with some lame ass excuses.
Last edited Sep 3, 2008 07:53:25
LaserJudas
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Originally posted by Szarek
The Samurai is in..I have one question though for you guys in the BBB#5.
The dooshbag in the BBB#16...Why on earth is he such a dick to you guys?
Tom likes to run his mouth and then refuse to back it up, like all candy-ass punks.
That's ok. All of us wanted a piece of him, but he turned tail and ran.
As to why? Well, we like to think we're a pretty good league, and we all like to challenge other folks, to test our mettle. Ol' Tom apparantly thought we were all talk: he wanted to troll.
Some folks are just too damned big for their own britches. Tom's one of those people.
The Samurai is in..I have one question though for you guys in the BBB#5.
The dooshbag in the BBB#16...Why on earth is he such a dick to you guys?
Tom likes to run his mouth and then refuse to back it up, like all candy-ass punks.
That's ok. All of us wanted a piece of him, but he turned tail and ran.
As to why? Well, we like to think we're a pretty good league, and we all like to challenge other folks, to test our mettle. Ol' Tom apparantly thought we were all talk: he wanted to troll.
Some folks are just too damned big for their own britches. Tom's one of those people.
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Consider the Beavers ready to step up to the plate for BBB5.
In the absence of ticket revenue, we will be sending our laundry to Minnsooner to wash after the game though!!
In the absence of ticket revenue, we will be sending our laundry to Minnsooner to wash after the game though!!
Winger
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Put the 'Topes on standby. We'd like to play, but are feeling the burn of the long season/scrimmages.
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