The Rules

The Rules of the Games

Team Rules:

Each team will consist of 5 players hailing from or associating themselves with the city their team is representing.

How to play The Game:

Season Play Periods
1. A Season of the Game of Games has four distinct and sequential playing periods that align with the College Football Season at large. These are:
  1. Regular Season
  2. ‘Ship Week
  3. The Bowl Bash
  4. PLAYOFFS!?
2. Each play period allows the Teams to score points that are added to the season total through unique rules and possible points
  1. The Regular Season is organized by weeks and divided into
    1. Fantasy Football and
    2. Top 25 Pick ‘Em
  2. Ship Week
    1. Pick ‘Em
    2. Parlay Bet
  3. The Bowl Bash
    1. The Draft of Drafts
  4. PLAYOFFS!?
    1. Playoff Bracket
Regular Season
1. Overview
  1. Each week will consist of a combination of Fantasy Football and Pick ‘Em. Both aspects will be scored separately and combined at the end of the week for a total weekend score.
  2. The regular season is broken down by individual scoring weeks as organized by NCCA (Week 1, Week 2, etc).
2. Fantasy Football:
  1. Teams will discuss amongst themselves to choose a weekly fantasy football squad consisting of 1x player at each of the following positions:
    1. SEC/ACC Conference Restricted- QB, RB, WR, TE
    2. Big12, Big 10, Pac 12- Wild Card pick (RB, WR, TE)
  2. Scoring will be broken down per the below:
    1. Passing/rushing/receiving touchdown – 6 points
    2. Passing yards – 25 yards = 1 point
    3. Rushing/receiving yards – 10 yards = 1 point
    4. Receptions – 0.5 points
    5. Interception – negative 2 points
    6. Lost fumble – negative 2 points
  3. Chosen players will be locked once entered into the Spreadsheet of Games by High Noon on the corresponding College Football Saturday.
  4. Once a team has chosen a player, the team is NOT be able to select him again for the remainder of the year
    1. Teams keep track of what players they have and have not selected. Choosing a player twice will result in forfeiting that position’s points for the week of the infraction.
      1. In addition, heavy mockery and ridicule is allowed and encouraged towards the offending team in this otherwise Game of sportsmanship and mutual respect.
    2. It is permissible to pick a position player (or multiple players) early in the week (ex/ for a Thursday or Friday game) without choosing the rest of the Pick ‘Em positions that will be entered on Saturday before High Noon.
3. Pick ‘Em:
  1. Teams will pick all matchups that include a Top 25 team on a weekly basis
  2. These games will picked against the spread.
    1. Source of the lines will need to be pre-determined and agreed upon by all parties prior to the first game of the year.
      1. Traditionally the Gamers have used Bovada lines.
      2. Lines need to be locked by the end of the day Wednesday, though as with all deadlines Gamers may choose to allow one another flexibility as the updating of lines is a shared effort among combatants
  3. In addition- each Team of Games is allowed to select a flagship program. The flagship program will be added to the point-earning matchups in the Pick ‘Em each week- whether or not they are ranked in the Top 25 or not.
    1. The Florida Atlantic University Owls are the flagship program of The Hoon Lounge
    2. The Virginia Tech Hokies are the flagship program of The Nature Boys
    3. The Georgia Bulldogs are the flagship program of Saturdays are for the Ploys
  4. Correct picks for games are worth 6 points each.
    1. Incorrect picks do not result in negative points.
  5. At the end of each week, the number of correct games picked by each team and the sum of the scores are tallied. The team with the most number correct in Pick ‘Em will receive a bonus.
    1. Bonus points are determined by looking at top weekly number correct picks and the lowest weekly number correct picks. The difference between both these scores will be multiplied by 5 to give the top team’s bonus points.
      1. For example: Team ATL picks 15 games correctly, Team RVA picks 11 games correctly and Team NY/NJ picks 12 games correctly. Team ATL would receive 20 bonus points (15 – 11 = 4; 4x5 = 20).
      2. Complaining about Bonus Points is an important aspect of Gamer Tradition. Any gamer is allowed to complain about Bonus points as much as they would like and with great fervor if desired.
‘SHIP WEEK
1. During SHIP WEEK each team will choose the winner of all FCS Championship Games, P5 and other against the spread
  1. Each correct pick is worth 6 points
  2. There are no fantasy picks during SHIP week.
  3. Picks must be in before the first game of the day’s kickoff.
    1. Therefore all Friday picks must be made by kickoff of the first Friday game
    2. All Saturday games must be made before kickoff of the first Saturday game
  4. The TAL option is available. (The previous weeks’ overall winner may exercise the option to change a pick in a consensus game)
2. PARLAY- a 5 game parlay bet may be optioned during Ship Week
  1. The 5 game parlay must include all P5 Championship Games, against the spread
  2. If any game is missed, the parlaying team receives no points for the 5 games, no matter how many are correct
    1. If a parlay is optioned and missed, each member of team must film himself taking a dunkaroo and send it to the group
  3. If a parlay bet is successfully achieved, the team will receive a point value equal to their highest regular season single week total (fantasy and pick ‘em combined)
    1. Additional points for non-P5 ship games may also be added to that total. So if a parlay is hit and the CUSA ship is also correctly picked, the team would receive an additional 6 points for that week
Draft of Drafts
1. The Draft of Drafts occurs during the CFB FBS Bowl Season aka The Bowl Bash
2. The Draft of Drafts will occur at a mutually agreed upon time before the first Bowl Game
3. All non-playoff FBS bowl games will be listed in the GoG Spreadsheet under the DoD tab along with Bovada lines for each game
4. The Draft order will follow the current standings at the time of the DoD. First place team gets first pick. For each pick, Gamers choose a team in any selected Bowl game to win that bowl straight up (no spread). Gamers rotate choices until all bowl teams are chosen.
  1. Only one team may be selected per bowl game.
  2. For every correct bowl pick, a GoG team will receive 6 points.
5. Side bets- Once all games are selected, Gamers will identify bowl games in which their GoG team has NOT selected one of the two FBS teams. In these games, they will pick against the spread.
  1. A correct side bet against the spread earns +3 points
  2. An incorrect bet against the spread receives a -3 point penalty
6. Totals will be tallied from DoD picks and side bets for a final DoD score at the end of Bowl Season
Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!?-
1. The PLAYOFFS!? Round occurs during the CFB FBS semifinals and finals
2. Each team fills out a bracket for all three playoff games (semifinals and finals)
3. Games are selected straight up, with no consideration to the spread
4. Semifinal games are worth 15 points each
5. The final game is worth 30 points
Total Scoring/Declaring a Winner
1. The scores for each week of the regular season and additional scoring periods will be tallied in the Spreadsheet of Games
2. A running total will be provided throughout the season
3. A winning team is declared by the other teams when:
  1. One team has the highest total season score after the CFB championship
  2. The other two teams concede early, before the final CFB championship, IF a true mathematical runaway victory has been secured
    1. For example, if during the Bowl Bash a team has accrued enough points that they cannot be caught even with a perfect slate of remaining picks from the other teams, then the other teams may concede victory if given proof that a runaway has been secured.
Honoring the Winners
1. The honoring of the winning team is subject to Gamer tradition as opposed to Official Rules. Ask current Gamers or consult the “Traditions of the Games” for more information.