The Heismanpundit Fantasy Challenge

Want to win two (2) free tickets to the 2007 Rose Bowl?

Want to showcase your knowledge of college football and have fun while competing with others?

Then join the Heismanpundit Fantasy Challenge.

The Basics:

Each participant will be issued the same 12-member team consisting of the players Heismanpundit.com considers to be the leading candidates for the most prestigious award in sports.

In addition, each participant will be allowed one wildcard player of his choice to add to his team, making a total of 13 players per squad.

How To Play:

Each week of the season, pick one (and only one) candidate from your team to play. His stats will produce your points for that week. However, he can’t be used again for the rest of the season.

You must think ahead and study the schedules and matchups to decide which player to play on which week. Should you play Brady Quinn against a weak team and risk him being pulled early in a blowout, or wait until he plays a tougher team and has to throw more? What if Chris Leak emerges as a running threat by mid-season? Will Ted Ginn or Troy Smith be the Buckeye to play against Texas?

Injuries are a part of the game and if a player is hurt, then there is no replacement for him.

At the end of the regular season, the points will be totaled up and a winner declared. If there is a tie, then the tie will be broken by whoever comes closest (before the season begins) to predicting the vote total (out of 923) of the eventual winner of the Trophy awarded on Dec. 9. If that somehow also results in a tie, then the tiebreaker will be solved with whomever comes closest to picking the correct runner up in the final vote.

How It Is Scored

Quarterbacks (QB), Running Backs (RB), Multi-Purpose (MP)

General Scoring
6 pts per rushing or receiving TD
6 pts for player returning kick/punt for TD
4 pts per passing TD
2 pts per rushing or receiving 2 pt conversion (note: teams do not receive points for yardage gained during the conversion)
2 pts per passing 2 pt conversion
1 pt per 10 yards rushing or receiving
1 pt per 25 yards passing

Bonus Points
2 pts per rushing or receiving TD of 40 yards or more
2 pts per passing TD of 40 yards or more
(note: the player must score a touchdown to score the points)

Penalty Points
-2 pts per intercepted pass
-2 pts per fumble lost

The points will be totaled on a weekly basis and posted on Heismanpundit.com.

The Heismanpundit Fantasy Challenge Team

Brady Quinn, QB, Notre Dame
Adrian Peterson, RB, Oklahoma
Troy Smith, QB, Ohio State
Steve Slaton, RB, West Virginia
Brian Brohm, QB, Louisville
Marshawn Lynch, RB, California
Chris Leak, QB, Florida
Kenny Irons, RB, Auburn
Drew Stanton, QB, Michigan State
Michael Hart, RB, Michigan
Kyle Wright, QB, Miami
Ted Ginn, MP, Ohio State

Each participant must choose a ‘wildcard’ player before the season begins. It must be a quarterback, a running back or a multi-purpose player (no pure receivers). It must be from a Div. 1-A team.

Each week’s entry must be emailed in by 6 p.m. PT the day BEFORE that player’s game is scheduled (so by Friday at 6 p.m. PT for a Saturday game, Thursday at 6 p.m. PT for a Friday, Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT for a Thursday game and so on)

The scoring for the contest starts with the games on Thursday, Aug. 31 and ends with the games on Saturday, Dec. 2. The players can be entered in any games including and between those two dates. Late entries will be taken up until Sept. 8.

The winner will be announced on Dec. 4th, unless a tie breaker contingent on the award ceremony is in effect. Then, it will be announced on Dec. 9.

How To Join The League

Since there will be considerable administrative costs involved in keeping track of the league, I’m charging a small one-time fee of just $7.50 to join the HP Fantasy Challenge.

The prize for winning the HP Fantasy Challenge is two (2) tickets to the 2007 Rose Bowl.

You can join the league by credit card or paypal account by clicking on the button at the top of this page or by going to the button on the upper right of the website (underneath the caricature).

Once you have received your Transaction ID from Paypal confirming payment, you must send in an email that should include:

–Your Team Name
–Your Transaction ID from Paypal confirming payment
–Your Wildcard Player
–Two tie breaker picks: Your prediction of the vote total for the winner of the trophy awarded on Dec. 9 (out of 923 votes); and your pick for the eventual runner up in the race.

EMail these items and later your weekly player pick to HPfantasychallenge@gmail.com.

I will send you a confirmation email and you will be all set to go.

THE DEADLINE FOR SIGNING UP IS SEPT. 8th!

So, join in and have fun. The Rose Bowl awaits!