2005

Big Texs Pillow Biters ended the season with the trophy for Billy Hayes.

2005 GNG League Champion trophy

Season Summary

The 2005 season reads like one complete chapter in the CBS era. It ended with Big Tex's Pillow Biters holding the title for Billy Hayes. The regular season was set by Big Tex's Pillow Biters, which went 9-5 with 959.0 points for in a 8-team field.

The division map mattered. GNG does not treat the standings as a simple top-six sprint: the East Side and West Side each send their own top three, so a manager has to survive his side of the league before worrying about the full table. Big Tex's Pillow Biters led West Side at 9-5, with Alcoholniks sitting on the cut line; The Brainers led East Side at 9-4, with Pinko Commie Bastards sitting on the cut line.

The weekly results give the year its pulse. Big Tex's Pillow Biters did not just finish on top, it also carried the biggest scoring punch at 959.0 points for. Across 61 scored games over 17 weeks, the biggest combined score was Week 5, Spacelords vs Big Tex's Pillow Biters at 169.0 combined points (83.0-86.0). The closest finish was Week 1, The Brainers and Spacelords tying at 44.0. The widest gap was Week 3, Big Tex's Pillow Biters over Alcoholniks, 112.0-24.0 by 88.0. The playoffs added 5 bracket games across 3 rounds, ending with Big Tex's Pillow Biters over The Brainers in the final.

Draft night left a trail of 120 picks across 8 teams and 15 rounds. Those roster choices are where the season starts to feel personal: the held-over stars, the missed bets, and the managers who had to live with both.

The board is quiet for this year, so the standings and weekly scores carry most of the memory. That makes the close games, scoring spikes, and final order especially important for anyone trying to relive how the season felt.

Taken together, the title race, the week-to-week swings, the roster choices, and the board chatter turn the season into more than a list of standings. It is a memory map for the managers who lived through it.

Season Model

At a Glance

Signature Game Spacelords vs Big Texs Pillow Biters Week 5 reached 169.0 combined points.
Board Heat Quiet board No season thread is attached yet.
Roster Stakes 120 draft picks 15 draft rounds, 5 playoff games shape the season memory.
2005 GNG League Champion trophy 2005 West Side division champion trophy
Champion

Big Texs Pillow Biters

Billy Hayes

Record9-5
Points For959.0
Fantasy BowlThe Brainers 62.0, Big Texs Pillow Biters 74.0

Big Texs Pillow Biters finished the job against The Brainers in The Fantasy Bowl, The Brainers 62.0, Big Texs Pillow Biters 74.0.

Playoff path: DeezNutz to The Brainers

First-Round Byes

Division Champions

2005 West Side division champion trophy
West Side Champion

Big Texs Pillow Biters

Billy Hayes

Record
9-5
Division
4-2
Points
959.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.
2005 East Side division champion trophy
East Side Champion

Spacelords

Brad Householder

Record
8-5-1
Division
3-2-1
Points
893.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.

Playoff Bracket

CBS playoff history preserved from the year-by-year archive.

Champion Big Texs Pillow Biters

Playoffs Round 1

Week 15

Semifinals

Week 16

Championship

Week 17

Season Scoring Profile

Division Standings

GNG playoff paths run through the East Side and West Side. The top three teams from each division qualify, even when the full league table would tell a messier story.

Seed Manager Team W L T Pct Div PF PA
West Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Billy Hayes Big Texs Pillow Biters 9 5 0 0.643 4-2 959.0 811.0
2 · Playoff Joshua Dawkins DeezNutz 9 5 0 0.643 4-2 761.0 732.0
3 · Playoff Nick Claeboe Alcoholniks 6 7 1 0.464 2-3-1 699.0 840.0
4 Kenny Harris My Team Sucks 1 12 1 0.107 1-4-1 616.0 829.0
East Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Chuck Rittenhouse The Brainers 9 4 1 0.679 3-2-1 878.0 781.0
2 · Playoff Brad Householder Spacelords 8 5 1 0.607 3-2-1 893.0 808.0
3 · Playoff Erran Yearty Pinko Commie Bastards 6 8 0 0.429 4-2 809.0 774.0
4 Gerald Erickson Too Fresh 6 8 0 0.429 1-5 800.0 840.0

Week-By-Week

One scoring slate at a time, with the noise stripped out.

4 matchups116.0 top total0.0 closest margin
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