Halfway through week 6 and I realized that the last round of updates went a little bit too far. Possessions are down, but probably not quite enough. But scoring went up — way too far up. The seven games averaged…

It was another good week of play, although the most highly anticipated game of the week (Dallas-San Francisco) was a dud. Eight of the 14 results matched real life, but the other six were won by the better team on…

In the first three weeks of play, I didn’t roll a single overtime game. That changed in week four, as there were four of them, all of which saw exciting endings to regulation. The results were decent — the actual…

Sixteen more games went into the books and I’m feeling good about the gameplay, although the numbers say there’s probably still too much punting and not quite enough of everything else. Week three averaged 38.8 points per game (it was…

After overhauling some of the ratings and doing some work on the drive charts, the next eight games of week 2 were played. Results were favorable, and I think the changes to the ratings paid dividends, but some things are…

After some tweaks to the play charts, I made it halfway through week 2 before deciding more changes needed to be made. Scoring’s down. Turnovers are still too low. Favorites aren’t winning enough of the time. More work is being…

After the first 16 test games, it looks like In the Trenches has promise. There were some exciting games played, and I think the general concept may work. Should I be concerned that only nine of the 16 actual winners…