Saddest time of the year.

It sort of feels like the time right after a national election, where there is nothing happening politically.

Ahh well ... on to basketball!!!!
Dont we have a game Sunday ???

close, but no cigar.. again!

one can only sit and shake their head in regards to the two lackluster performances in the playoffs by the #1 seed and overall points leader for two consecutive years since joining the league.

'08 Minters Hard Hitters - Reg season title 9-5 @ 1378pts [2nd Place]
'09 Roadhouse Coolers - Reg season title 8-6 @ 1447pts [3rd Place]

with a solid foundation now built on its running backs, you can believe that the '10 "team to be named later" will return even stronger to make a hard run at finally hoisting the championship.

see you fellas on the gridiron next season!


btw.. Pink? seriously?? FH is still a FOX!! hands down..

MNF Bears/Vikings

I know that I have missed MANY more monday night football games than I have ever seen (I've watched more thursday night college than MNF).

Tonights had to be the best ever! Especially when the two schmoes beside me were matched for their Fantasy league. One had the bears defense and the other had both AP and Chester Taylor. . .

damn good fun.

the only thing missing was a place kicker tossing a touchdown.

CHAMPIONSHIP FEVER, CATCH IT!!!!!!

That's right 66-52 heading into the last two games!

Is it wrong that I liked Pink much, much better doing the SNF theme than Faith Hill?

COMPARE & CONTRAST Ninja edit:

Pack vs AZ

did anyone see this game? granted it ain't the Zona Wildcats of old, we were away without our leading scoring in the game and closed a 7 point gap in the closing minute losing in the closing seconds by a basket?

Talk about momentum surfing? We play toe to toe with Elon Wake AND Arizona.

Looking ahead to the draft.

So depending on how things play out, it looks like I have the #2 and #3 WR in the league, and if Miles Austin had played the first 5 games, I'd have the #1.
So that takes up my #3 and #11 picks.
Thomas Jones is old, but the question will be -- is a 32 year old Top 5 RB worth a 2nd round pick?
Leaving me with the quandry -- do I take Peyton Manning with a #1 pick ??? If it weren't for last weeks gonzo game against Pitt, PM would be the #1 QB in the league.
Regardless, since AR is locked up for the foreseeable future, taking Manning as #1 pick seems like my lot in life.

Assuming I hold onto Jones, that leaves me scrounging for a RB in the 4th round.

Looking at last years draft:

Round 4
1. Larry Johnson Sam Handwich
2. Antonio Gates in yo grill
3. T.J. Houshmandzadeh ViableDraftS...
4. Brandon Marshall EH AllStars
5. Dwayne Bowe Mustprotecth...
6. Calvin Johnson The Corn Rocket
7. Pierre Thomas Road House C...
8. Donovan McNabb The G.O.A.Ts
9. Thomas Jones SpoonerExpre...
10. Roy Williams Smallville C...

and 2008:

Round 4
1. Tony Gonzalez Hella Monsters
2. Steve Smith Truth in Adv...
3. Torry Holt Terry Tate A...
4. Brandon Jacobs Nasheville T...
5. Chad Ochocinco Spooner Express
6. Anquan Boldin The 80's Babies
7. Marshawn Lynch Sam Handwhich
8. Jason Witten Minters Hard...
9. Dallas Clark The Crows
10. Laurence Maroney mustprotecth...

and 2007:

Round 4
1. Cedric Benson Voodoo Cadillac
2. Tom Brady Offensive Te...
3. Clinton Portis mustprotecth...
4. Lee Evans lakelizards
5. T.J. Houshmandzadeh The Spooner ...
6. Adrian Peterson Sam Handwhich
7. Andre Johnson Genuine Bakula
8. Javon Walker Smallville C...


BUT I'd also have to look at the Keepers from others -- we all know Chris Johnson and Ray Rice are locked up forever LOL

Anyway... lots of fun.

I'll be keeping my eye on CJ Spiller for sure.

My league end fun for all.

Not necessarily draft related; started on these yesterday before Sweetness posted his excellent write up. Decided to do a haiku for everyone in the league based on the season, plus one for the league as a whole. Hope you enjoy them:

League Haikus

League
Third year is the charm
Competitive balance, go!
Everyone was tied.

AJ
My score was tiny
But I won and won and won
Until I didn’t

Brent
Brees threw very well
Chris Johnson ran very far
One bad week doomed me

Greg
Never checked the team
Or so I said to the league
In the finals, though

Kevin
My draft was laughed at
More moves than Tom plus Tony
Manning should have played

Lee
Man crush on Brady
MJD was my keeper
Where is my jersey?

Pooler
Where did I go wrong
Was it T.O. in round three?
Worst season evah!

Shana
Matt Schaub or Rodgers
Through the season was my choice
Bleh! I chose poorly

Tom
Unsure of the rules
I did the best that I could
And almost made it

Tony
Thought I could win it
Picked out the Rivers jersey
Powder blue it was

Trey
QB’s score most points
Throughout our league’s history
Fuck it, Trent Edwards

Draft Analysis

So, based upon the Yahoo! Player Ranks as of the last day of the regular season, I've decided to judge each and every one of our draft day performances. Not sure I can thoroughly prove anything except that I have too much free time on my hands.

First, here's our 11th team called "The Land of Misfit Toys"or the best undrafted line up:
Brett Fav-re, Ricky Williams, Fred Jackson, Sidney Rice, Steve Smith (NYG), Robert Meachum, Vernon Davis, Kris Brown, and the New Orleans defense...they would've been on the play off bubble with 1312 regular season points.

The lack of waiver wire moves give it away... why would the Smallville Crows (The Oracle best draft award) tamper with the perfect draft? And with 11/12 of the draft picks keeper-eligible, the Crows won't need ice breakers at next year's draft. The Road House Coolers had a stable of stars but you don't win without defense and a defense it did not draft.

Mustprotecthishouse3 (Double Down best position picker award) made the best position picks by selecting the best quarterback (Aaron Rodgers), best receiver (Andre Johnson), and best kicker (David Akers) through the regular season.

In Yo Grill (Mr. Irrelevant best last round pick award) fought the burden of Brian Westbrook by selecting Hakeem Nicks in the last round. On a related note, SpoonerExpresRedux (Million to One Man best late round pick award) will be enjoying the services of Miles Austin for years to come. Were I not a better man, EH All Stars would win the most unfounded snarky comment award for draft day criticism of Miles....but EH All Stars (I Win at Chicken award for ballsiest pick that pans out) when he selected Brandon Marshall, the man staring down an indefinite suspension on draft day.

Sam Hamwich (Beast of Burden award for most annoying player you can't drop award) had the misfortune to deal with Matt Forte all season. Really would've been nice to drop his penchant for putting up 4's against any team better than the Rams but he'll be a value next year in the fifth round. And the Road House Coolers (401K Maximum Contribution award for best keeper) will be enjoying the services of Ray Rice in the 5th round, the best keeper. Oh and Chris Johnson in the 3rd and Vincient Jackson in the 6th and LeSean McCoy in the 8th and maybe even Pierre Thomas in the 2nd.

Maybe The G.O.A.T.s (Clean Plate Club award for fewest keepers) will keep Darren Sproles in the 4th next year but The Corn Rocket (Come On Eileen award for worst overall draft pick) will not keep Marshaun Lynch, let alone play the 3rd round pick.

The last award goes to ViableDraftStrategy (Admir0l's Cup award to honor the commish) served the league well...we should all thank him for tracking our every roster move throughout the season. And possibly buy the man a jersey since he's in the championship barring Jason Campbell's career game.

Wow!

Tomorrow night

We're gonna go out for wings & beer and watch the Jags/Colts -- anyone who is interested is more than welcome to join us!!!

I know everyone's all atwitter over the playoffs, but

did anyone finish watching 'The League'? That shit was funny! The last episode with 'The Shiva Bowl' was just spectacular!

I think most, if not all of the episodes are available on Hulu.

Wow!

Absolutely stunned that Fitzgerald and Warner let me down tonight. That is all.

been fun as it is.

my tuchas is toasted at this point, no thanks to ray rice. darn clean fun.

I don't think we should add folks, there'd be too much have and have not without some occasional drama from a free agent/waiver transaction.

'Guar, hope you've got an extra set of pants!

WSM in MMA!!!!

Mike & Mike shenanigans

Thought this was kind of funny:

Reader mail, question was "Best Christmas Movie Ever"

Christmas Story, Its a Wonderful Life & National Lampoon come up.

Then one of their minions in the background chimes in with "Die Hard".

He does have a point.

Gee made an interesting proposal

Supposing we get 2 more folks for the League next year...

Splitting into 2 leagues like in soccer.
Champions league and those others.

One Less Reason to Watch the 4 Letter.

Gammons is leaving! In his honor, I present:

The Play Offs

So, here's how the playoffs look...there are 32 win/loss scenarios left and I tried each one.

The only team who will definitely make the play offs is EH All Stars, assuming there's no huge point differentials, especially with The G.O.A.Ts and The Corn Rocket.

Wins Required:
9 win scenarios
9 wins always makes the play offs...obviously it can only be EH All Stars

8 win scenarios
For EH All Stars, Road House Coolers, Spooner Express, Viable Draft Strategy, and In Yo Grill, 8 wins will get you in the playoffs, baring a momumental scoring effort by Corn Rocket and/or The G.O.A.Ts

The G.O.A.Ts make the play offs if they win and 1)SER loses and CR loses; or if 2) SER loses and has more points than CR

The Corn Rocket makes the play offs if 1) SER loses and TG lose; or if 2) SER loses and CR scores 8 points more than TG

7 win scenarios
One 7 win teams make the play offs in 8 scenarios...
8 times it's Spooner Express if he outscores RHC by 11 and VDS by 33
4 times it's Spooner Express, regardless of points
4 times it's Road House Coolers if has more points than SER
2 times it's Viable Draft Strategy with a momumental score and RHC loss and SER loss
Others coud do it but would have to score 70+ points more than everyone else


Viewed another way, and assuming no weird extreme differentials:
EH All Stars: 100% chance
Spooner Express Redux: 63% chance
Road House Coolers: 62% chance
in yo grill: 50% chance
ViableDraftStrategy: 50% chance
The G.O.A.Ts: 38% chance
The Corn Rocket: 37% chance
Mustprotectthishouse3: <1% chance

It's called 1st Place Suckas

Next week it'll be called 5th place.

So whatcha think of that beeches!

Watch Before Lunch

Viking's EJ Henderson breaks leg in a bad way.

C'mon man!!!!!

You mean to tell me that I got "vultured" by Michael Vick?!? He had played less than ten total snaps until this week and since the Eagles visited the ATL they decide to throw Vick a bone {no pun intended) and cost me some much needed production from McNabb! Not as if it would have helped me this week but darn it I need to vent. Geez, bad karma hit me pretty good this season. My wild college days with Mr. HEP must be catching up with me!

Reynolds Game Dec 12 2pm

I'm planning to take the C-monster. I just don't know that he'd appreciate a game at RBC. I'm going to try to get him there about 30-45 before tip off to get balcony seats midcourt. It seems that last time we got there on time and sat in the NW corner about even or just a little behind the basket.

Since it's general admission, there's no requirement to purchase tix together. But lemme know and I'll get yours too.

I'm going to get tix tomorrow or tuesday.

al davis pleasing the masses

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4706922

the last spot up for grabs or not

just checked the league summary. . .

if everyone ahead of me loses AND I win my matchup, I'm still out, unless my players rack up about a million points.

darn you spooner and your points left hanging prognosticationabilifying . . .

at least the raiders won a game or two. . .

Why do I hate USC so much ???

Let me count the ways.

They finished SIXTH in their conference and yet are currently ranked 10th in the nation.

Fuck them.