2025

Big Tex's Experimentation Phase sent scoring through the roof, which means the chaos belongs in its own record lane.

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2025 GNG League Champion trophy

Season Summary

CBS Year in Review Josh Allen and The Big Red Machine take the crown Open archived recap

The 2025 season belongs in its own file: Big Tex's Experimentation Phase, the year the point totals got weird and every record-book comparison needed an asterisk. It ended with The Big Red Machine holding the title for Billy Waters. The regular season was set by The Big Red Machine, which went 11-4 with 1,600.0 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. The Big Red Machine led West Side at 11-4, with Fuck Mickey Loomis sitting on the cut line; The Brainers led East Side at 11-4, with Zombie Werewolves sitting on the cut line.

The weekly results give the year its pulse. The Brainers was the scoring heavyweight at 1,667.5 points for, a reminder that raw power and the final standings do not always tell the same story. Across 80 scored games over 18 weeks, the biggest combined score was Week 15, Pinko Commie Bastards vs Big Tex's Pillow Biters at 282.5 combined points (134.5-148.0). The closest finish was Week 11, Alcoholnics and Pinko Commie Bastards tying at 120.0. The widest gap was Week 11, The Big Red Machine over Fuck Mickey Loomis, 147.0-61.0 by 86.0. The playoffs added 5 bracket games across 3 rounds, ending with The Big Red Machine over The Brainers in the final, with 78 game recaps adding color, led by "The Broncos Defense/ST help The Brainers to a lucky win".

Draft night left a trail of 150 picks across 10 teams and 15 rounds. 21 marked selections hint at the keeper pressure around roster building. 0 confirmed keepers and 21 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: 'There can be only one.' This season, that was The Big Red Machine. They finished off 2025 with a 129 to 98 victory over The Brainers, giving them a 13 - 4 final record. In this case a good record was not a reflection of good coaching, as Coach Billy Waters was the worst gameday coach in the league. Its feature image framed the year as "Josh Allen and The Big Red Machine take the crown."

The message board gives the season its voice. The busiest thread was "Time to pay the Piper." from Pinko Commie Bastards - Erran Yearty, drawing 14 comments. The recurring pressure points were draft strategy and roster building, keeper decisions, and money and payout logistics. Other season markers include "Payout", "Dates You Need to Know", "Ok, 2025 payouts have been sent....", and "Pick ups".

The lasting point is not just who scored the most in the inflated environment, but who survived the strange rules, the weekly swings, and the pressure when the bracket finally narrowed.

Season Model

At a Glance

Scoring Force The Brainers 1,667.5 points for set the season pace.
Signature Game Pinko Commie Bastards vs Big Tex's Pillow Biters Week 15 reached 282.5 combined points.
Board Heat Time to pay the Piper. 14 comments from Pinko Commie Bastards - Erran Yearty.
Roster Stakes 21 keeper rows 15 draft rounds, 21 keeper candidates, 5 playoff games, 78 local recaps shape the season memory.
2025 GNG League Champion trophy 2025 West Side division champion trophy
Champion

The Big Red Machine

Billy Waters

Record11-4
Points For1,600.0
Fantasy BowlThe Big Red Machine 129.0, The Brainers 98.0

The Big Red Machine finished the job against The Brainers in The Fantasy Bowl, The Big Red Machine 129.0, The Brainers 98.0.

Playoff path: Big Tex's Pillow Biters to The Brainers

First-Round Byes

Division Champions

2025 West Side division champion trophy
West Side Champion

The Big Red Machine

Billy Waters

Record
11-4
Division
6-2
Points
1,600.0
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.
2025 East Side division champion trophy
East Side Champion

The Brainers

Chuck Rittenhouse

Record
11-4
Division
6-2
Points
1,667.5
Finished first in the division at the regular-season cutoff.

Playoff Bracket

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

Champion The Big Red Machine

Playoffs Round 1

Week 16

Semifinals

Week 17

Championship

Week 18

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 Waters The Big Red Machine 11 4 0 0.733 6-2 1,600.0 1,458.5
2 · Playoff Billy Hayes Big Tex's Pillow Biters 9 6 0 0.600 5-3 1,664.5 1,529.0
3 · Playoff Colton Mack Fuck Mickey Loomis 8 7 0 0.533 4-4 1,522.5 1,588.5
4 Chris Crowder Homesick Abortions 4 11 0 0.267 2-6 1,251.0 1,519.0
5 Brad Householder Space Lords 3 11 1 0.233 3-5 1,437.0 1,587.5
East Side Division Top 3 qualify
1 · Playoff Chuck Rittenhouse The Brainers 11 4 0 0.733 6-2 1,667.5 1,422.0
2 · Playoff Todd Marquis Jerrays Jerryatricians 8 7 0 0.533 4-4 1,488.5 1,502.5
3 · Playoff Patrick Jolle Zombie Werewolves 8 7 0 0.533 3-5 1,395.5 1,431.0
4 Erran Yearty Pinko Commie Bastards 6 8 1 0.433 3-4-1 1,501.5 1,486.0
5 Nick Claeboe Alcoholnics 5 8 2 0.400 3-4-1 1,522.5 1,526.5

Week-By-Week

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

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