2014 Schedule

The new schedule has been adjusted -- and released -- and as always, it's semi-weighted for division finishes. That's what Alvin tells me anyway. I'm not sure exactly how that works, but it's to help parity or something. All I know is that I keep losing, and I don't know why! [Click for archived "schedule" posts]

What we haven't ever looked at is how that weighted schedule plays out. Each 19 week regular season consists of the following:

• 6 Division games
• 6 Conference games
• 7 Out of conference games

For example: Eron, Joven, and Chandler finished 6-13 last year, good for last place in Transformers division. This upcoming season they'll play everyone in their own division twice, and then their fellow Chamberlain Conference foes, the Silverhawks division, for six games. They face off against the Jedi Knights and Fat Jubas twice, while only matching up against Sour Snails and Fob Stars once each. Ideally they'd play everyone in the opposing Russell Conference once, but with only seven out of conference games, EJC skip out on facing 100 Acre Wood Heffalumps this year.

What that means is that if you're in a tough division -- and to a lesser extent, a tough conference -- you're constantly battling against each other year after year, just as it should be. In fact, the last three games of your team's season will always be against fellow division mates, which can make for great head-to-head games for post-season contention. Also, six of the last seven games are against division or conference rivals, which makes the back half of the season very important for determining the two conference wild cards and jostling for division titles. Take a look at how the season schedule plays out each year:

• WK1-10: Two division games, three in-conference games, five out-of-conference games
• WK11-19: Four division games, three in-conference games, two out-of-conference games