RazorStar 4,025 Posted March 29, 2020 Hey guys, the offseason is a total drag, and this offseason might be even more of a drag than usual since there isn't even any basketball or hockey to stem the tides. So I'm starting up a new tournament to pass the time. A single elimination, 96 team tournament, to determine which team was the greatest of all time. In the Super Bowl era anyway, it was way too easy to have dynasties in 12 team leagues. The rules for qualification were pretty simple, all super bowl winning teams automatically got a berth, and automatically received the top 54 seeds. After all, winning a championship is the goal of every great team. I randomized the seeding order for those teams, so some of the really good ones didn't get a first round bye. From there I put in some at large teams. 10 didn't feel like quite enough, I was leaving out teams with 14+ wins in the regular season, so I expanded to include all of those, along with some more at larges that I picked based off of other factors. In the end, I came up with a 96 team bracket. https://challonge.com/xg209bla I'll be putting up polls shortly for the first round, I'll try to close them in a timely manner, but we'll see how results shake out. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteVo+ 3,702 Posted March 29, 2020 Razor saves the offseason again. I am ALL IN on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted April 1, 2020 Well two days are already finished, so here are some of the round 2 matchups to look forward to: 1. 1984 San Francisco 49ers vs. 64. 1992 San Francisco 49ers 32. 2019 Kansas City Chiefs vs. 33. 2017 Philadelphia Eagles 16. 1986 New York Giants vs. 49. 1971 Dallas Cowboys 17. 1987 Washington Redskins vs. 81. 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers 8. 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers vs. 72. 1969 Minnesota Vikings 25. 1996 Green Bay Packers vs. 40. 1995 Dallas Cowboys 9. 1976 Oakland Raiders vs. 56. 1986 Chicago Bears 24. 1992 Dallas Cowboys vs. 41. 1997 Denver Broncos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted April 9, 2020 Well, we've made it to the second round after eliminating 32 wannabe contenders. Now the real titans of the tournament are going to be showing up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites