Fantasy Index Open Results

Fantasy Index Open

Some of you may remember that I won the Fantasy Index Open in the inaugural year last year. I beat 91 other competitors to earn the coveted trophy seen on the Fantasy Index page.

https://www.fantasyindex.com/2014/01/21/fantasy-news/fantasy-index-open

I did not repeat as Champion this year, instead I placed 27th in the competition out of 209 contestants and 47th overall when the contest entries were run through three different scoring systems. In fact I finished 56th in QB, 51st in RB, 60th in WR and then started to trail badly in the lesser positions-96th in TE, 128th in K and 185th in D/ST.


Ian Allan runs the entries through three different scoring systems, trying to gauge the best way to grade the entries for next year. Best to put the premium on the early picks? Or give more credit for hitting on sleepers in the teens?


Tom Deskovitz of South Lyon, Michigan, won the crown for the 2013 Fantasy Index Open. Of the 209 entries, he was able to put together the best preseason top 20 lists at each position.


Deskovitz wins a big trophy from Affordable Trophies. They’re the sponsor of this competition.


Michael Livengood from Ward, Arkansas, was the 2nd-place finisher. Like Deskovitz, he’ll compete in the regular Experts Poll in the 2014 edition of Fantasy Football Index.


 For years, Ian Allen graded the Experts Poll using a system of 20 points (as multipliers) for the players ranked No. 1, sliding down to just 1 point for the 20th guys. More recently, he has used a scale sliding from 30 down to 11.


With the 20-1 scoring system, that puts the premium on getting the right picks at the top. His fear with that scoring system is that it doesn’t matter enough if you happen to be one of the few guys who comes through with a breakout player in the later teens – think Josh Gordon, LeVeon Bell and Philip Rivers.


But with the 30-11 scoring system, those teen picks might be TOO valuable. With that scoring system, it seems that if you hit on those picks in the teens, that might be a lot more important than whether you had Jamaal Charles 2nd or 5th.


An additional option is to split it down the middle. So he ran the numbers this morning on the 25-6 scale. Right now the 25-6 grading scale is the frontrunner for the 2014 season.


The three categories this year were won by two guys. Deskovitz won the official scoring. The other two systems he looked at were both won by Dana Duffield of Rochester, Minn. So if Deskovitz is the WBC champ, than Duffield can claim the WBA and IBF belts.
Below are the top 20 for each of those scoring systems.

OFFICIAL SCORING (30-11 scale)
Rk	Name	Hometown	Points
1	Tom Deskovitz	South Lyon, Mich.	393,916
2	Michael Livengood	Ward, Ark.	393,379
3	Dana Duffield	Rochester, Minn.	393,042
4	Steve Moyer	Alameda, Calif.	392,817
5	Tom Overberger	Bedminster, Pa.	392,708
6	Jamie Alberts	Sturgeon Bay, Wis.	391,938
7	Aaron Sucov	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	391,650
8	Derek Mathis	North Charleston, S.C.	391,647
9	John D. Smith	Mount Laurel, N.J.	390,809
10	Doug Pawlak	Knoxville, Tenn.	390,751
11	Scott Liles	Russellville, Ark.	390,725
12	Dean Tuffie	Aliquippa, Pa.	390,670
13	S. Lind	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	390,659
14	Stephen Mckenzie	Red Wing, Minn.	390,413
15	Mike Clay	Fleetwood, Pa.	390,338
16	Juan Novo	Miami, Fla.	390,177
17	Curt Goldgrabe	Boise, Idaho	390,107
18	Zach Leavitt	Highlands Ranch, Colo.	390,012
19	Mike Balliet	Milton, Pa.	389,848
20	Joseph Michelangelo	Oceanside, N.Y.	389,758

PREMIUM ON TOP PICKS (20-1 scale)
Rk	Name	Hometown	Points
1	Dana Duffield	Rochester, Minn.	207,386
2	Mike Nease	West Chicago, Ill.	207,160
3	Brian Sauber	Denver, Colo.	206,991
4	Mike Carlson	Sacramento, Calif.	206,964
5	Bradley Wolfrum	Alpharetta, Ga.	206,927
6	Curt Goldgrabe	Boise, Idaho	206,880
7	Michael Livengood	Ward, Ark.	206,579
8	Scott Liles	Russellville, Ark.	206,562
9	S. Lind	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	206,522
10	Steve Moyer	Alameda, Calif.	206,326
11	Aaron Sucov	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	206,326
12	Jeff Richey	Flower Mound, Texas	206,306
13	John D. Smith	Mount Laurel, N.J.	206,231
14	Mike Clay	Fleetwood, Pa.	206,196
15	Stephen Mckenzie	Red Wing, Minn.	206,184
16	Tom Deskovitz	South Lyon, Mich.	206,159
17	Chad Eisenhower	Reading, Pa.	206,042
18	Brant Hollenbeck	Lansing, Mich.	205,954
19	John O'Kane	Flemington, N.J.	205,946
20	Tom Overberger	Bedminster, Pa.	205,890

POSSIBLE 2014 SCORING (25-6 scale)
Rk	Name	Hometown	Points
1	Dana Duffield	Rochester, Minn.	300,214
2	Tom Deskovitz	South Lyon, Mich.	300,037
3	Michael Livengood	Ward, Ark.	299,979
4	Steve Moyer	Alameda, Calif.	299,572
5	Tom Overberger	Bedminster, Pa.	299,299
6	Aaron Sucov	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	298,988
7	Scott Liles	Russellville, Ark.	298,643
8	Derek Mathis	North Charleston, S.C.	298,628
9	S. Lind	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	298,590
10	Jamie Alberts	Sturgeon Bay, Wis.	298,576
11	John D. Smith	Mount Laurel, N.J.	298,520
12	Curt Goldgrabe	Boise, Idaho	298,493
13	Mike Nease	West Chicago, Ill.	298,341
14	Mike Carlson	Sacramento, Calif.	298,308
15	Stephen Mckenzie	Red Wing, Minn.	298,298
16	Mike Clay	Fleetwood, Pa.	298,267
17	Bradley Wolfrum	Alpharetta, Ga.	298,169
18	Brian Sauber	Denver, Colo.	298,083
19	Dean Tuffie	Aliquippa, Pa.	298,071
20	Juan Novo	Miami, Fla.	297,935

AVERAGE OF THREE SCORING SYSTEMS (Top 20)
Rk	Name	Hometown	20-1	25-6	30-11
1	Dana Duffield	Rochester, Minn.	1	1	3
2	Michael Livengood	Ward, Ark.	7	3	2
3	Steve Moyer	Alameda, Calif.	10	4	4
4	Tom Deskovitz	South Lyon, Mich.	16	2	1
5	Aaron Sucov	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	11	6	7
6	Scott Liles	Russellville, Ark.	8	7	11
7	Tom Overberger	Bedminster, Pa.	20	5	5
8	S. Lind	Monmouth Junction, N.J.	9	9	13
9	John D. Smith	Mount Laurel, N.J.	13	11	9
10	Curt Goldgrabe	Boise, Idaho	6	12	17
11	Mike Nease	West Chicago, Ill.	2	13	23
12	Mike Carlson	Sacramento, Calif.	4	14	21
13	Derek Mathis	North Charleston, S.C.	28	8	8
14	Stephen Mckenzie	Red Wing, Minn.	15	15	14
15	Mike Clay	Fleetwood, Pa.	14	16	15
16	Bradley Wolfrum	Alpharetta, Ga.	5	17	25
17	Brian Sauber	Denver, Colo.	3	18	27
18	Jamie Alberts	Sturgeon Bay, Wis.	37	10	6
19	Dean Tuffie	Aliquippa, Pa.	29	19	12
20	Mike Balliet	Milton, Pa.	21	21	19

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