2017

Alcoholnics ended the season with the trophy for Nick Claeboe.

2017 GNG League Champion trophy

Season Summary

CBS Year in Review Alvin Kamara and Alcoholnics take the crown Open archived recap

The 2017 season reads like one complete chapter in the CBS era. It ended with Alcoholnics holding the title for Nick Claeboe. The regular season was set by Alcoholnics, which went 8-6 with 755.0 points for in a 10-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. DenBro led West Side at 8-6, with Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum sitting on the cut line; Black Micahs led East Side at 8-5, with Zombie Werewolves sitting on the cut line.

The weekly results give the year its pulse. Black Micahs was the scoring heavyweight at 934.0 points for, a reminder that raw power and the final standings do not always tell the same story. Across 75 scored games over 17 weeks, the biggest combined score was Week 12, The Brainers vs Homesick Abortions at 161.0 combined points (76.0-85.0). The closest finish was Week 12, Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum and Black Micahs tying at 50.0. The widest gap was Week 10, Black Micahs over Big Tex's Pillow Biters, 81.0-28.0 by 53.0. The playoffs added 5 bracket games across 3 rounds, ending with Alcoholnics over DenBro in the final, with 74 game recaps adding color, led by "Smooth Operator".

Draft night left a trail of 150 picks across 10 teams and 15 rounds. 4 marked selections hint at the keeper pressure around roster building. 0 confirmed keepers and 4 still-debated keeper candidates shaped the roster memory for the year. 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 CBS Year in Review added another angle: All ten teams started the 2018 season with dreams of a championship, but only Alcoholnics and Coach Nick Claeboe made it a reality. Alcoholnics finished off 2017 with a 80 to 54 victory over DenBro, giving them a 10 - 6 final record. Their good standing can be attributed, in part, to their running backs, who ranked 2nd in the league. Its feature image framed the year as "Alvin Kamara and Alcoholnics take the crown."

The message board gives the season its voice. The busiest thread was "HEY DICKHEADS, pay your league fees" from Alcoholnics - Nick Claeboe, drawing 0 comments. The recurring pressure points were draft strategy and roster building, lineup and waiver arguments, and money and payout logistics. Other season markers include "Next Years Draft Explained".

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

Scoring Force Black Micahs 934.0 points for set the season pace.
Signature Game The Brainers vs Homesick Abortions Week 12 reached 161.0 combined points.
Board Heat HEY DICKHEADS, pay your league fees 0 comments from Alcoholnics - Nick Claeboe.
Roster Stakes 4 keeper rows 15 draft rounds, 4 keeper candidates, 5 playoff games, 74 local recaps shape the season memory.
2017 GNG League Champion trophy 2017 East Side division champion trophy
Champion

Alcoholnics

Nick Claeboe

Record8-6
Points For755.0
Fantasy BowlDenBro 54.0, Alcoholnics 80.0

Alcoholnics finished the job against DenBro in The Fantasy Bowl, DenBro 54.0, Alcoholnics 80.0.

Playoff path: Black Micahs to DenBro

First-Round Byes

Division Champions

2017 West Side division champion trophy
West Side Champion

DenBro

Don Zimmerman

Record
8-6
Division
5-3
Points
835.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.
2017 East Side division champion trophy
East Side Champion

Alcoholnics

Nick Claeboe

Record
8-6
Division
5-3
Points
755.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.

Playoff Bracket

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

Champion Alcoholnics

Playoffs Round 1

Week 15
First-week bye
ByeBYE

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 Don Zimmerman DenBro 8 6 0 0.571 5-3 835.0 817.0
2 · Playoff Chris Crowder Homesick Abortions 8 6 0 0.571 3-5 789.0 737.0
3 · Playoff Robert Wetzel Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum 6 7 1 0.464 3-5 733.0 769.0
4 Tim Fabrizio SkinFan 6 8 0 0.429 5-3 769.0 818.0
5 Billy Hayes Big Tex's Pillow Biters 6 8 0 0.429 4-4 762.0 855.0
East Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Micah Russell Black Micahs 8 5 1 0.607 4-4 934.0 800.0
2 · Playoff Nick Claeboe Alcoholnics 8 6 0 0.571 5-3 755.0 698.0
3 · Playoff Patrick Jolle Zombie Werewolves 7 7 0 0.500 5-3 689.0 690.0
4 Chuck Rittenhouse The Brainers 6 8 0 0.429 3-5 777.0 800.0
5 Erran Yearty Pinko Commie Bastards 6 8 0 0.429 3-5 745.0 804.0

Week-By-Week

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

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