As I'm sure some of y'all have already noticed, the 2025 rankings are out, which means the rest of the site will be cranking up soon too!
I wanted to take a minute to let folks know about a few things that are new this year, for those of you who are just starting to trickle back in from the off-season, and also about a few changes I still have planned for this season.
Team rosters
One big change is the addition of team rosters. This is something that's been requested maybe every year since I took over the site and I finally got around to adding it this year. That said, keeping this updated will be a huge undertaking that will require help from coaches as well as fans and players. Anyone who is a member of the site can add players to a roster but, just like with schedules, feel free to shoot me a picture of a list or program, as you have them, and I'll get them input to save you time.
Coaches polls
This year I plan on expanding the fan polls to also include a separate coaches poll. Everything here will work exactly like the fan polls do except that if you're a coach, who has your account associated with your team here on the site, your vote(s) will also count towards the coaches poll in the division that your team is in. That information isn't being displayed right now, but will be added very soon. I just thought it might be neat to see how the coaches opinions differ from the general public's opinions, or maybe that they're the same.
Coaches, please note that who votes for what team is not publicized.
Pick 'em
I'd planned on making some big changes to the pick 'em but, due to time constraints and (primarily) me not being able to make up my mind as to exactly how I'd like to do it, the pick 'em will remain largely the same this season. The only change I'm looking at making this year is that you won't need to add a spread for every game this year. Simply pick a winner for most games. There will be 3-4 games where a spread will be used, simply as a tie-breaker, but for the rest of the game you'll only need to choose a winner.
Player of the Week
There will be some changes made here. Primarily, the Player of the Week will not be chosen simply based on stats anymore. In fact, what I have in mind is better described as simply the featured player of the week. More info will be shared about this change as we get closer to week 1.
I wanted to take a minute to let folks know about a few things that are new this year, for those of you who are just starting to trickle back in from the off-season, and also about a few changes I still have planned for this season.
Team rosters
One big change is the addition of team rosters. This is something that's been requested maybe every year since I took over the site and I finally got around to adding it this year. That said, keeping this updated will be a huge undertaking that will require help from coaches as well as fans and players. Anyone who is a member of the site can add players to a roster but, just like with schedules, feel free to shoot me a picture of a list or program, as you have them, and I'll get them input to save you time.
Coaches polls
This year I plan on expanding the fan polls to also include a separate coaches poll. Everything here will work exactly like the fan polls do except that if you're a coach, who has your account associated with your team here on the site, your vote(s) will also count towards the coaches poll in the division that your team is in. That information isn't being displayed right now, but will be added very soon. I just thought it might be neat to see how the coaches opinions differ from the general public's opinions, or maybe that they're the same.
Coaches, please note that who votes for what team is not publicized.
Pick 'em
I'd planned on making some big changes to the pick 'em but, due to time constraints and (primarily) me not being able to make up my mind as to exactly how I'd like to do it, the pick 'em will remain largely the same this season. The only change I'm looking at making this year is that you won't need to add a spread for every game this year. Simply pick a winner for most games. There will be 3-4 games where a spread will be used, simply as a tie-breaker, but for the rest of the game you'll only need to choose a winner.
Player of the Week
There will be some changes made here. Primarily, the Player of the Week will not be chosen simply based on stats anymore. In fact, what I have in mind is better described as simply the featured player of the week. More info will be shared about this change as we get closer to week 1.
