Roster update

With James Starks suffering a season-ending shoulder injury, Jeff has picked up Derrick Washington of Missouri to fill his spot on the roster. Starks goes back into the pool of available players (although in this case, I wouldn't advise picking him up).

Since games don't start until next Thursday, I'll hold off on posting new rosters until Wednesday. At that point I'll start posting updated rosters the day before games begin each week.

Also, I had an unusual request: One of the guys who was interested in joining the league didn't get the draft info until it was too late, but he still wanted to participate. He agreed to pick a team from the players who hadn't been drafted, so I've got his roster and let's welcome him to the league. His name is Chris, and I'm pretty sure his team of choice would be our local Sun Devils (local for half of us, anyway).

Here's his team:

QB-Jeremiah Masoli, Oregon
QB-Jake Locker, Washington
RB-Chris Brown, Oklahoma
RB-Toby Gerhart, Stanford
RB-Ben Tate, Auburn
WR-Brandon LaFell, LSU
WR-A.J. Green, Georgia
WR-Eric Decker, Minnesota
D-Arizona State

I will also include Chris' team in Wednesday's roster update. Shoot me an email if you have any questions about transactions, scoring or anything else that isn't clear. Thanks.

Draft recap

Ok, so the draft is complete and the teams are as follows:

BOB
QB – Tim Hiller, W. Michigan
QB – Juice Williams, Illinois
RB – Andre Anderson, Tulane
RB – Daniel Porter, Louisiana Tech
RB – Michael Smith, Arkansas
WR – Dez Bryant, Oklahoma St.
WR – Dezmon Briscoe, Kansas
WR – Jeff Moturi, UTEP
D – Alabama

JEFF
QB – Case Keenum, Houston
QB – Dan LeFevour, C. Michigan
RB – James Starks, Buffalo
RB – DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma
RB – Damion Fletcher, So. Miss
WR – Antonio Brown, C. Michigan
WR – Dennis Pitta (TE), BYU
WR – James Rodgers, Oregon St.
D – TCU

JUSTIN
QB – Colin Kaepernick, Nevada
QB – Robert Griffin, Baylor
RB – Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon St.
RB – John Clay, Wisconsin
RB – Harvey Unga, BYU
WR – Jermaine Gresham (TE), Oklahoma
WR – DeAndre Brown, So. Miss
WR – Julio Jones, Alabama
D – Miami

ZACH
QB – Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
QB – Zac Robinson, Oklahoma St.
RB – Bryce Beall, Houston
RB – Eugene Jarvis, Kent St.
RB – C.J. Spiller, Clemson
WR – Aldrick Robinson, SMU
WR – Arrelious Benn, Illinois
WR – Golden Tate, Notre Dame
D – Virginia Tech

ANDREW
QB – Tim Tebow, Florida
QB – Terrelle Pryor, Ohio St.
RB – Jahvid Best, Cal
RB – Evan Royster, Penn St.
RB – Brandon Minor, Michigan
WR – Mardy Gilyard, Cincinnati
WR – Tyron Carrier, Houston
WR – Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma
D – USC

DAVE
QB – Colt McCoy, Texas
QB – Trevor Vittatoe, UTEP
RB – Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma St.
RB – Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech
RB – Charles Scott, LSU
WR – Jordan Shipley, Texas
WR – Michael Floyd, Notre Dame
WR – Kris Adams, UTEP
D – Florida

MATT
QB – Taylor Potts, Texas Tech
QB – Max Hall, BYU
RB – LeGarrette Blount, Oregon
RB – Miquale Lewis, Ball State
RB – Noel Devine, W. Virginia
WR – Emmanuel Sanders, SMU
WR – Damaris Johnson, Tulsa
WR – Rob Gronkowski (TE), Arizona
D – Ohio St.

Keep in mind that you do get one non-injury roster move each week, so if you decide that you want to change something on your roster before the start of Saturday's games, send me an e-mail at shorts723@yahoo.com with the player you'd like to drop and the player you'd like to pick up. All moves are first-come, first-served.

Let's do this

Here we go ...

Welcome to our league website!

The draft will start at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, August 23. I will draw the names of all owners and post the order at that time, and at that point the draft will begin.

We will use a"snake" order (the owner who picks first in the first round picks last in the second round and vice versa), and you will have one minute for each pick.

If you don't think you'll be able to participate in the draft, please send me a list of players ranked by position and by overall preference (make sure you have enough players listed so that if 26 receivers have already been drafted when you pick in the last round, there's still someone on your list to choose from). My email is shorts723@yahoo.com.

The rosters will consist of the following:

• 2 quarterbacks
• 3 running backs
• 3 wide receivers
• 1 defense

There will be nine scoring categories:

• Passing efficiency
• Passing touchdowns
• Passing yards
• Rushing touchdowns
• Rushing yards
• Receiving touchdowns
• Receiving yards
• Points per game allowed (defense)
• Yards per game allowed (defense)

Points will be awarded in standard rotisserie format: 9 points if you're in first place in a particular category, 8 points for second place, etc. The team with the highest aggregate score from all categories combined at the end of the season is the winner. Stats from conference championship games and bowl games do not count, and each scoring "week" runs from Thursday to Wednesday (a game played Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday will count toward the previous weekend’s totals, while a game played Thursday or Friday will count toward the upcoming weekend’s totals).

One non-injury roster move (waiver pickup/release) is allowed each week. All moves must be submitted by midnight the day before your team’s first game that week. (Example: You wish to pick up a Louisville player, and Louisville plays Thursday night. You must submit the request for that player by Wednesday at midnight.) In the event that a player is expected to miss at least one game due to injury, an additional move is allowed in order to replace the injured player. The injured player must be released. Acquisitions are first-come, first-serve and must be submitted to me by email. No trades are allowed.

If there's anything else that I haven't explained or that isn't clear, please send me an email. Thanks and good luck!

Oh, and if anyone has way too much time on their hands and wants to come up with a league logo or banner for the website, let me know.