2025

Season Summary

The 2025 season belongs in its own file: Big Tex's Experimentation Phase. The scoring environment ran hot enough that raw point totals need an asterisk when they are compared against the rest of GNG history. It ended with The Big Red Machine holding the title. The regular-season pace was set by The Big Red Machine, which went 13-4 with 1,855.5 points for in a 10-team field.

The scoreboard gives the year its week-to-week pulse. Big Tex's Pillow Biters was the scoring heavyweight at 1,882.0 points for, which gives the season a useful split between power and final order. 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 message board supplies the social weather around those scores. The loudest recovered 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 preserved season markers include "Payout", "Dates You Need to Know", "Ok, 2025 payouts have been sent....", and "Pick ups".

When the record book uses this season, it should treat the totals as a separate scoring-era episode while still letting the weekly matchups show who actually survived the experiment. The scoring context for this page is official_game_totals.