2018

Big Tex's Pillow Biters ended the season with the trophy for Billy Hayes.

2018 GNG League Champion trophy

Season Summary

CBS Year in Review Saquon Barkley and Big Tex's Pillow Biters take the crown Open archived recap

The 2018 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 Black Micahs, which went 9-5 with 994.0 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 9-5, with SkinFan sitting on the cut line; The Brainers led East Side at 10-4, with Alcoholnics sitting on the cut line.

The weekly results give the year its pulse. The Brainers was the scoring heavyweight at 1,047.0 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, DenBro vs Pinko Commie Bastards at 191.0 combined points (108.0-83.0). The closest finish was Week 10, SkinFan over Pinko Commie Bastards, 69.0-67.0 by 2.0. The widest gap was Week 4, Alcoholnics over Zombie Werewolves, 100.0-38.0 by 62.0. The playoffs added 5 bracket games across 3 rounds, ending with Big Tex's Pillow Biters over Black Micahs in the final, with 75 game recaps adding color, led by "Saint Marches In".

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: When it is all said and done, Coach William Hayes will have the bragging rights for this entire offseason. Big Tex's Pillow Biters finished off 2018 with a 77 to 71 victory over Black Micahs, giving them an 11 - 5 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 "Saquon Barkley and Big Tex's Pillow Biters take the crown."

The message board gives the season its voice. The busiest thread was "SuperBowl Pay Out" from Big Tex's Pillow Biters - Billy Hayes, drawing 1 comments. The recurring pressure points were money and payout logistics. Other season markers include "League Fees", "Great Win", and "League Dues".

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 The Brainers 1,047.0 points for set the season pace.
Signature Game DenBro vs Pinko Commie Bastards Week 12 reached 191.0 combined points.
Board Heat SuperBowl Pay Out 1 comments from Big Tex's Pillow Biters - Billy Hayes.
Roster Stakes 4 keeper rows 15 draft rounds, 4 keeper candidates, 5 playoff games, 75 local recaps shape the season memory.
2018 GNG League Champion trophy 2018 West Side division champion trophy
Champion

Big Tex's Pillow Biters

Billy Hayes

Record9-5
Points For961.0
Fantasy BowlBlack Micahs 71.0, Big Tex's Pillow Biters 77.0

Big Tex's Pillow Biters finished the job against Black Micahs in The Fantasy Bowl, Black Micahs 71.0, Big Tex's Pillow Biters 77.0.

Playoff path: DenBro to Black Micahs

First-Round Byes

Division Champions

2018 West Side division champion trophy
West Side Champion

Big Tex's Pillow Biters

Billy Hayes

Record
9-5
Division
5-3
Points
961.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.
2018 East Side division champion trophy
East Side Champion

The Brainers

Chuck Rittenhouse

Record
10-4
Division
5-3
Points
1,047.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.

Playoff Bracket

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

Champion Big Tex's 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 Tex's Pillow Biters 9 5 0 0.643 5-3 961.0 821.0
2 · Playoff Don Zimmerman DenBro 9 5 0 0.643 4-4 1,020.0 891.0
3 · Playoff Tim Fabrizio SkinFan 7 7 0 0.500 3-5 866.0 944.0
4 Chris Crowder Homesick Abortions 6 8 0 0.429 5-3 821.0 888.0
5 Robert Wetzel Lo Pan's House of Dim Sum 5 9 0 0.357 3-5 911.0 932.0
East Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Chuck Rittenhouse The Brainers 10 4 0 0.714 5-3 1,047.0 838.0
2 · Playoff Micah Russell Black Micahs 9 5 0 0.643 5-3 994.0 860.0
3 · Playoff Nick Claeboe Alcoholnics 7 7 0 0.500 5-3 937.0 943.0
4 Patrick Jolle Zombie Werewolves 5 9 0 0.357 3-5 737.0 967.0
5 Erran Yearty Pinko Commie Bastards 3 11 0 0.214 2-6 898.0 1,108.0

Week-By-Week

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

5 matchups163.0 top total3.0 closest margin
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