Pretty funny Brady-ism

"My first start came against the Colts," Brady said. "And Peyton came over on our field and said, 'Hey, Peyton Manning.' And I said, 'no shit.''"

Why I'm starting Vince Young

I think this is the biggest week of the season

with how close all the records seem to be, I think this week may secretly be the most important one of all...from a 'who DIDN'T you start' perspective.

Look at all the dead points on teams out there this week (winners and losers); also, remember points will be a (potential) huge tiebreaker come the end of the year. Some teams left 30 points on their bench this week!

I'm not sure we've had a week this year where so many people had big time performances from guys not playing.

And then

So, if you're holding a key Colt or Saint - Brees, Manning, & their receivers - are you feeling screwed out of a championship via a week 16 scratch?

useless stats for dummies like me.

So I was worried about the prediction of points and opinion is that the provided projects are handily unreliable. Then I started worrying about how many points would one need to regularly score to win.

So I pulled the numbers through week ten and found that of the 50 wins the average winner earned 102.7 points/win. The lowest winning team points was the goat's week 4 win with 62 points against vds and the highest winning point total was humorously vds with 148 in week 6 against sc.

Yet the league leading goat has an average point per win of 91.2 pts/matchup. And our league trailing sh almost hit the average points per win right on the nose at 102.8 per win. (22 wins with above average points earned and 28 wins with below average points earned.

My summary question was answered (for a matchup in the first ten weeks). If you earn 80 or more points, you win 92% of the time.

Now to get the weather data to see if there is a tie in to weather and scoring.
Week 3 was the lowest week for winners with all five winners scoring under 100 pts, with an 89.8 average. Week 6 was the best with an average at 112.2, but only 3 of 5 winners scored higher than the average?

Wait for the end...

First, you'll laugh, then you'll be (possibly) uncomfortable, then you'll laugh again...then, if you're an NC State fan, you'll get just a little angry.

Mathematically, It's Possible

Can we all finish dead even? Or even all at 6-6?

I looked at our schedules and it is possible for all teams to 6-6 but (Sidekick check the math) it's approx a 1/1024 chance of that happening (Or only 1 possible route with 2^10 games). That computes to 0.1% chance.

As for all of us ending up 7-7, well that's a little more complicated. There are 1,048,576 possible combos of our remaining games. There are 108 scenarios where all 10 teams end up 7-7...total likelihood is 0.01%, assuming every game's outcome is a coin flip.

Oh shit.

Ronnie Brown(notes) sprained his ankle in the third quarter against the Bucs and didn't return. With Miami scheduled to play on Thursday night in Week 11, his availability is in serious doubt: "But, in all likelihood, it will keep him out of Miami's next game Thursday at Carolina. 'Obviously, I can't really talk about it right now,' Brown said. 'We've still got to do some tests and see what happens. We did some X-rays. I don't think it's too bad.'" If you've got Ricky Williams(notes) on the roster, you can't sit him in the we

We aren't likely to learn much about Michael Turner's(notes) ankle injury until Monday afternoon. There's no obvious reason to expect him to shake it off, though. His foot was in a boot after the Falcons' loss to Carolina. These were his postgame comments when asked if the team told him the extent of the injury: "They wouldn't say [anything] right now," Turner said. "I'm just going to keep an open mind. It's an ankle sprain. We'll take it from there and just do what we can do."

any chance of 71+ defensive points?

predicted points vs actual

is there a method to compare the accuracy of the predicted output against the real values. as a rookie I make some/many decisions based on the projected points. is there any data saying that this far in the season that the projection has been reliable. Anecdotally, IYG is 50 behind the predicted output; as is RHC. Of course 50 behind 80 and 50 behind 120 are far cries apart. .

It Really Could Happen

Looked at the scores and it's entirely possible this week ends with 8 teams at 5-5 along with a 4-6 and 6-4. Now that would be sweet.

My Appologies to the G.

But I'm on the side of South Caroina.

War Fedor!!!!!!1

No Need to Play Them

I went ahead and put each player through a statistical model to create a distribution of scores. Then I put the players on the right team to make the best starting roster for each of us. Then I ran our actual fantasy football schedule to see the final results. I then played every game 100,000 times. All scores are based on past performance so a player like Ryan Moats doesn't get much credit since he came on late. The strength of the NFL schedule is not accounted for, either. Also, I can't take into account any injuries so a guy like Clinton Portis gets to play this week even though it's doubtful. Obviously, I can't adjust for future injuries.

So what do we have? The class of the league is Spooner Express who also has an easy schedule. Smallville Crows aren't getting their due as a tough schedule down the stretch eats them. The most lop-sided game in the future is In Yo Grill over Sam Hamwich (wins 91.2% of the time). The closest game is Mustprotectthishouse over The GOATS (55.6% chance).

Average Score (No Kickers or Defense)

Spooner 86
Road House 84
Corn Rocket 79
In Yo Grill 79
Viable Draft Strategy 76
Smallville Crows 74
Mustprotect 71
The GOATS 70
EH All Stars 63
Sam Hamwich 62

The Week's Games

Corn Rocket 65% chance of beating Smallville Crows
Spooner 78% chance of beating Mustprotecthishouse
In Yo Grill 76% chance of beating The GOATS
Road House Coolers 83% chance of beating EH All Stars
Viable Draft Strategy 77% chance of beating Sam Hamwich

The Season Results

Road House Coolers 10-4 1313
SpoonerExpressRedux 9-5 1287
In Yo Grill 9-5 1249
Mustprotecthishouse 8-6 1185
The Corn Rocket 8-6 1147
Smallville Crows 7-7 1257
ViableDraftStrategy 7-7 1236
The G.O.A.Ts 5-9 1100
EH AllStars 4-10 1109
Sam Hamwich 3-11 1010

Lots of fun last night.

T Bone & I went back & forth a couple times before Hines Ward bent me over and ended my winning streak.

Someone Call Me a Liar

The Viable Draft Strategy - Must Protect This House affair isn't over yet, but it appears the week may end with all but the last place team at 5-4 or 4-5. Remarkable parity. My theory is that there have been no injuries, very few 'bust' players, and owners of a bust player were off set by a surprise.

Lack of Notable Injuries: Owen Daniels. That's it. Westbrook (IYG), Calvin Johnson (CR), and Gore (CR) have missed 2-3 games each.

Bust/Surprise Offset:
In Yo Grill: Westbrook bust for Cedric Benson
Road House Coolers: L Tomlinson & Steve Smith bust for Ray Rice
Corn Rocket: Calvin Johnson bust for Steve Smith and Joe Flacco

Sadly, there's Sam Hamwich who drafted well but got screwed. Busts include Boldin, Terrell Owens, and a borderline for Matt Forte...not off set by any surprises.

So here we are, all tied up and starting down the stretch. I say the winners avoid the injury bug cause this is too close to call.

Okay, First Time I Feel Good at the 4 O'Clock Games

Believe it or not, my top 5 draft picks still have not all been active in a single week. I'm hoping next week it can happen.

I'm rocking my dad's frat pick'em league, too. If San Fran, Detroit, and NY Giants all win I"m atop their standings. New Orleans winning helps, too, but since only 1 of the hundred people picked Carolina I can just root for my home team.

Huzzah!!!!

Housh has scored a point!





Cocksucker.

Dec 12 tix

I'm going to get some seats at the Reynolds game again. Dec 12th (saturday) against GA Southern, I believe. . .

Anyone wanna join the C-train for a Reynolds game?

I'll probably take him to some high school basketball this year too so he can see it up close. I think the seats we would get at RBC are too far from/above the court for C to enjoy.

Find the Funny.

12. 1947 Yankees (95-57, .630. plus-226, won World Series in seven games)Joe DiMaggio was named AL MVP despite hitting only 20 homers and driving in 97 runs. Why? Because he was Joe DiMaggio, that's why. (Actually, those were pretty good numbers for that year: He was sixth in homers and third in RBIs.) The team's secret weapon was reliever Joe Page, who pitched 141 innings, won 14 games and saved 17. So he threw as many innings in one year as Mariano Rivera throws in two. Take that, Mariano! (Although Mariano wasn't saddled with the nickname "The Gay Reliever." Not that there's anything wrong with that.)

Damn you AJ for stealing the ATL defense.

Jason "Checkdown" Campbell was supposed to be my target this week.
Oh well. Anyone have any trade bait for the Seattle D ? They're playing the Lions this weekend.

BTW -- I think there is a game tonight, so get your rosters updated ASAP.

start training at christmas anyone?

Silent and swift edit, like a ninja editor


Viva La Revolucion!!!

also

Marathon Page

It's a flat one without driving down to kiawah. It does have the 'just ran this road a moment ago' problem, but compared to death by umstead. . .

I may have posted something like this before, but

here are a couple of my favorite sports pics (football specific):

This just about perfectly sums it up for me.

My feelings on Wolfpack Football this year

OMG.

Worst thing ever???

Seriously

Did I not mention the non-animated dirty sanchez?

The League

The League is a brilliant show (immediately after It's Always Sunny). Also the dirtiest every shown on television. The use of a Dirty Sanchez confirmed it.

Time for some meaningless stats!

Since we're near the middle of the season, thought I'd throw out my HTHTHTHTHTHTHTHTH standings, plus a few bonus stats!

Current standings:

1)Crows - 5-2
2)GOATS - 5-2
3)Grill - 4-3
4)Draft - 4-3
5)Spoon - 3-4
6)Cool - 3-4
7)HOOOSE- 3-4
8)EH - 3-4
9)Rocket- 3-4
10)Pooler 2-5

Of course, some people catch bad breaks here and there (having a huge week, only to catch a matchup with the highest scoring team of the week). If we each played EVERYONE else every week, here's what the standings would look like:

1)Crows - 43 wins
T2)Grill - 39 wins
T2)Spooner - 39 wins
4)Draft - 35 wins
5)HOOOOSE - 34 wins
6)Coolah! - 32 wins
7)EH - 29 wins
T8)Goat - 24 wins
T8)Corn - 24 wins
10)Poolah (still) - 15 wins

What do we learn from this? Tony's good, Pooler, not so much. AJ has caught a few breaks along the way, and everybody else is about where they need to be based on scoring.

Some other interesting stats:

Toughest schedule (highest per week average against) - Pooler, his opponents are scoring an average of 100 points per week.

Easiest schedule (lowest per week average against) - AJ, his opponents are scoring an average of 80 points per week.

No surprises with highest and lowest average scores (Crows and Handwich).

The GOAT's have been the most consistent team week to week: his average score is 82, his median 82, with a standard deviation of only 12 points.

I've been far and away the least consistent: average of 97, median of 88 (my 148 point week helped with that), with a standard deviation of 28 points!

Something that I've thought about undertaking (but won't) is looking at everyone's record had they played their "optimum lineup", in an attempt to gauge the relative strength of everyone's team (but even I don't have enough free time for that).

I'll try and get the spreadsheet up onto Google docs sometime today for those of you interested. I'm sure Sweet Dee will be doing some kind of statistical analysis on the teams in the next few weeks as well.

I'm pretty sure that

Tom is getting his Brian Westbrook cherry popped tonight. Congrats.

Tom appears to have hit the jackpot

with Cedric Benson

I guess he's making up for years of F-ing me over.

Please Answer Trade Requests

Please respond to trade requests...I'm in need of your decision so I can make roster adjustments for the games that start in, oh, 2 hours.

Need a WR

I need a wide receiver who will play this Sunday. Please look at my roster and offer a trade.

MPTH3.0 = Pure Genius

Does anyone realize that Matt Schaub has the MOST points in our league. That's right the MOST!

Not APete, not Mr. Bundschen, not Double Stuff League, not Birthmark face, and not little MJD.

It's Freaking "Matt Schaub"

Unbelievable!

Shout out to Ray Rice for being the 3rd best RB in the league.

The curse of over thinking

So Ronnie Brown is going up against New Orleans next weekend.
OR I have Pierre Garcon going against St. Louis.

What to do! What to do !

SST&BF members, lend me your votes!!

I thought...

that Norv Turner was some kind of offensive guru?! He doesn't seem to know how to correctly use the personnel at his disposal. Wasting screen passes on LT?! Running a halfback dive with Sproles from the three yard line!? He seems a little confused to me. Sure I would have loved to see Sproles punch it in on that goal line attempt but give him a play better suited for his ability...half back toss maybe or play action and throw it to him in the flats. I can't prove it just yet but I think Norv is out to ruin my fantasy season! Update may follow.

UPDATE:

I've got another bone to pick with "Coach" Turner. What's up with bringing Sproles in on third down to block!!?? Either swing him out or leave LT's big butt in the game!!!

UPDATE:

12pts is not unrealistic with more than half the game left for the Spooner Express (trailing 89 - 101) to make up. Eddie Royal is sure making it interesting...oh yeah, let us not forget about the Denver defense!!

UPDATE:

WTF!!!!! On third and three they motion Sproles out wide and he doesn't even run a route!!!! Not one single step forward or backward when the ball is snapped!!?? WTF is going on here????

UPDATE:

SCREW YOU "COACH" TURNER!!! We'll get ours on special teams!

Why does Matt Millen have a job in football ???

Hasn't the man proven he knows little if anything about football???

Career lows. Wow. I really know how to pick'em.

New player notes Mon, Oct 19

Hasselbeck posted a career-low 32.5 quarterback rating Sunday, completing only 10-of-29 passes for 112 yards with no touchdowns and one interception.

Recommendation: Perhaps most disappointing about this game is it came against a Cardinals defense that was the worst in the league against the pass. Hasselbeck, though, is suffering from a makeshift offensive line that can't protect him (five sacks) and can't run block (franchise-low 14 rush yards).
(Rotowire.com)

Two matchups still up in the air

MPTH v3.0 vs RHC and GOATS vs EH All Stars.

Will it be the Bills' field goal against the Jets in OT that sinks MPTH? Will Steve Smith's goose egg against TB be the deciding factor for RHC?

The Giants really let the GOATS down yesterday, can Sproles take up the slack? Fortunately for the GOATS, the Minny defense was nearly as bad, and throw in a nil from Maclin (against the Raiders, really?), and you're looking at an exciting Monday night.

GO OFFENSE!!!!

3 TDs in 3 minutes

The Pats are kind of good

Jeebus

Anyone see the Dante Wesley play/fight in the Panther's game? I like the Panthers but that was dirty.

It's about time

DeAngello Williams gets his first touchdown of more than twenty yards (after tying Walter Payton's record last year).

Why the World Cup is great!

This is the reaction from the Honduras announcers in the US/Costa Rica WC Qualifier. The US' tying goal put Honduras into the WC for 2010.

Note: Volume MUST be on and preferably at ear screeching volume

Big Fan

Has anyone seen Big Fan? I think it's out of the Raleigh market but I've wondered if it's worth tracking down.

Ah well....

I was hoping for the undefeated season but that was truly unrealistic. Especially when Willis MaGahee only gets two touches the whole game without being injured and then this happens:

Sun, Oct 11

Sims-Walker is a surprise inactive for Sunday's game against Seattle due to a violation of team rules, the Jaguars' official site reports.

NO ONE KNEW ABOUT THIS!!!! Even the fantasy guru, Matthew Berry, was calling Sims-Walker a top 5 receiver play only minutes before the game started. Oh well, had to lose sometime. Now that thats out of the way time to focus on winning the championship!

Ninja edit:





UPDATE:
Nice touch Ninja!

Its looking as if I dont have the patience for FF

The Solja drops like 19 pts after I drop him.

Even Eddie Royal's 9 points is 9 more than both my receivers COMBINED.

Well, you cant win'em all

Or, in the case of State, win the one's against one of the crappiest teams in the nation.

Solja ...

Yer KILLING ME!!!!

rookie question #2

So how do I deal with the bye week for my tight end/kicker/defense

Do I just let it ride and take the hit on their nonexistent production since this is a keeper league?

How does the waiver thing work?

How do trades work, I've been solicited a couple of times now and I don't even know what/how to respond, regardless of whether or not I can determine if I want to participate.

Help a rookie out:

SO my starting QB and my reserve (Cutler/EManning) are fairly equal earners and they both appear to be facing fairly pitiful defenses (Lions/Chiefs respectively). Any other things I should look at as I consider starters for sunday?

Time for More Sexy Time!

Edit to add: rumor going around of a Sexyama/W. Silva fight at UFC 108. HEAD ASPLODE, HEAD ASPLODE, HEAD ASPLODE!!!!!

MRB for MWR

Me: a starting running back for a team with a good offense (Gore, McGahee, Jacobs, Lynch, Williams).

You: a starting wide receiver for a team with a good offense (Moss, Wayne, Johnson, etc).

Looking to trade one-for-one.

Anyone have a mid/late round WR to trade

for Anthony Gonzalez -- he should be back in 2 weeks.

Anyone have a late round RB to trade

for Matt Cassell ???
I'd prefer a draft pick instead of a free agent pick up

That Bengal 2 Point Conversion

was a thing of beauty.

Frank Gore

Got a bone to pick with you.

Braggarts Suck

but my team doesn't. In West Virginia's 8-man league I posted a score of 187. Obvi I started Frank Gore and Chris Johnson but Phillip Rivers, Andre Johnson and the Baltimore defense didn't hurt my case.

He REFUSED......

to let me lose this week! Coming into the Monday night game I was down 71-90 to Mustprotecthishouse3.0 with little hope of pulling out a victory. I had only one player in the in the Monday night game...my tight end, Dallas Clark. I'd personally never seen a TE go for 20 plus points in a fantasy but I drafted him so high on his potential for big games and his ESP with Peyton Manning. But, as in poker, I must apologize to Mustprotecthishouse3.0 for the "bad beat." Also I'd like to take a second to quote the great Ric Flair...."whooooooooooooo!" That is all.

Desean Jackson looking like a solid pick

KENDRA WILKINSON – her husband Hank Baskett, who is a wide receiver for Philadelphia, was cut from the 53-man roster to make room for Mike Vick. So forget about shots of Kendra in a slutty Eagles jersey during the game and in tabloids. It would seem head coach Andy Reid has a lot to learn about modern football. (foxsports)

first weekend FF thoughts

So I still don't have the best grasp of what constitutes good return for players. The matchup feature is good for that - thanks CornRocket for the tip.

I was feeling like I was creeping closer to what could be my first matchup victory (not expecting a lot out of my first season) and the Bears/Packers Game was in the closing minutes. Little did I realize how important that 3rd down pass was until I glanced at the tracker to see the Goat score light up. And some salt to the wound: Cutler tosses a pick that was one QB push from a pick six. . .

It's like being a State fan on sunday.

Jeezus.

My week one is going to come down to the mutherfucking dad from the mutherfucking 'A Christmas Story'.

He's so dreamy!!!

Brady is confirming that he and model Gisele Bundchen are expecting a baby.

Why I love fantasy football

Do I start Desean Jackson against the Carolina pass defense (ranked 11th), or Anthony Gonzalez against the Jacksonville pass defense (ranked 18th).
The hard rock I've got myself stuck between is that I also have Peyton Manning -- do I want to put all my eggs in one basket -- looks as if Yahoo calculates puntas based on avg previous performance, so Manning gets 250 ish yards, 2 TDs per game, but last game he lit them up for 350+ , 3 TDs.

What to do, what to do !!!

I just cannot pick UNC or Notre Dame to win

I will not.

Good FF Draft Post

Read this because it is worth reading.

Who has the San Diego D ???

Last year he blew out his knee, this year he choked out his Vietnamese whore girlfriend.

Letter to the editor of Technician

Shut the hell up during the national anthem

It's gotten very annoying during NC State football and basketball games when jackasses who think sports are the most important thing out there continue to yell "RED!" during the national anthem.
I was sorely embarrassed by the behavior of our fans at every game I went to last season. I managed to go to a game @ UVa this weekend, and to listen as a crowd joyfully sang the national anthem and did not behave like 4 year olds was overwhelming and wonderful. Anyway, if you aren't going to act like an American who loves all of their country, please shut the hell up and let the rest of us enjoy the national anthem. Oh, and take your hats off please.

Regards,
Kevin Hudson
Raleigh NC
C/O '96

Seymour to the Raiders?

For a draft pick??? Really?

My first ever non-dog in the fight football game

Removed

FOOOBAAAAAAAAAH!

Since I'm a jackass...

and forgot to add the link to the yahoo College Pick 'em in the email, it's in the sidebar to the right.

If I gave you a million guesses.....

I'm not sure you would even get close to who Venus Williams boyfriend is. It is crazy and I'm not even sure how they were introduced.

Throw out some guesses. Please don't look it up and be a pooper.

Hint: He is also an athlete.

(Only two people will probably find this interesting, and even know who this person is.)

Sweet! Brandon Marshall on suspension!!!

And who has the #2 receiver ? The Spooner Express w. Eddie Royal in the ... wait for it... wait for it... 11th round. Boom shakalaka beeches!!!

That assumes neckvag can actually get the ball to him...

Two Degrees, Or one?

So, I've got a facebook friend (helped him do Spanish homework in high school) and his friends include Donald Driver, Jason Kyle, Lavar Arrington, Rodney Heath, and Carol Best. Funny thing is, Carol Best is probably the least likely to accept my friend request.

As per the email...

draft results have been entered, now waiting for Price/Waterhouse to certify the results.

More forthcoming later...

AND WE'RE OFF!!!!!

Draft results are in, and the season is running!

Draft analysis post!

Thanks to everyone for either coming out or tuning in last night, it was good times.

Figured we could fire up a post here and discuss the why and what nots of the draft. Several of us went through last night and "Kipered" the draft, but I thought we could post here and have a free flowing discussion that may touch on mature subjects.

On a side note, if we need to make any changes to scoring, we need to do that before the season begins (we had discussed at one point giving bonuses to 300+ yard passers or 200 yard rushers or 100(?) yard receivers).

Still sort of stunned by the amount of shit I got for handcuffing Mewelde Moore with an 11th round pick

Considering that he gained about 8 pts per game last season, while Julius Jones averaged 4; Chester averaged about 7 - so I'm confused why I would get shit about getting a better player for a later pick.

Maybe Fast Willie wont break his leg, or Mendenhall wont break his collar bone, but considering he has 500 total yards and 4 total touchdowns in 2 games so far -- if he ever gets playing time, I can live with 37 pts per game from my #4 RB.

I cant believe the amount of shit I got for a 13th round pick

2 preseason games:

Catches 32
Yards 501
TDs 4

Granted its preseason, but... he's a 13th round pick.

Am I supposed to be held responsible for the fact that a website had his name transposed ?

Anyway, if my #3 receiver is pulling down 37 pts a game, I can live with that.

Why Jared Cook ???

I'm simply stunned by the amount of shit I got over my 12th round pick
Umm... Head coach Jeff Fisher said, "He has got that ability to play outside. It is another weapon. It is Chris Johnson at the tight end position."




Bo Scaife:

The leading receiver for the Titans last year was slow to sign the franchise tender until the uber-athletic Jared Cook was drafted and then he couldn't wait to sign. Scaife has never been productive in the red zone (his career YAC is hovering around 5 yards) and not to beat a dead horse, but this isn't exactly the "Air McNair" offense. Last season he hauled in 58 receptions (a career high) and he should see that number tail off this year. There are new targets in the same old offense and only so many balls to go around. You can't count on him for TDs and he is not going to catch 80 balls like the prolific pass catching TEs.

Jared Cook:

The Titans drafted the 6-foot-5, 246 pound TE from South Carolina in the third round -- another one of the athletic freaks the Titans love so much. Cook was compared to the Detroit Lions' genetic freak Calvin Johnson by his college coach, Steve Spurrier. That's high praise, but he may be a man without a position or he may be a hybrid with tons of potential. He has lined up at TE, H back, and WR in OTAs thus far and could serve as an even more athletic Chris Cooley for the Titans. He is intriguing in dynasty leagues, but for this year keep your distance (unless things really look up in the preseason).

Draft coverage!

I should have the webcam up and running in around an hour. For those who need to contact me via IM, my handle is: ConradBrean on AIM.

Lottery will start around 7:45ish...

Archived version of the lottery.



Draft order:
1) Smallville Crows
2) Spooner Express
3) The G.O.A.T.'s
4)
5) Corn Rocket
6) WMPTHv3.0
7) EH All Stars
8) Viable Draft Strategy
9) In Yo Grill
10) Sam Handwich

Crap!

Irving out for year.

Wow.

From Jason Sobel's Twitter:

Great stat from ESPN Research Dept.: Since start of '06, Tiger Woods has a better winning percentage than 10 different MLB teams. Wow.

Marlins, Padres, M's, Rays, Giants, Reds, O's, Royals, Pirates and Nats. All lower than TW's .4898%.

Relevant Text From Last Night

(201): My phone has seen less use in the last three days than Tom Brady's condoms.

Pujols

There are players with worse names than that:
Albert Pujols
Dickie Thon
Antonio Bastardo
Chet Lemon
Razor Shines
Rusty Kuntz
Boof Bonser
Harry Byrd
Dick Dietz
Kosuke Fukudome
“Ugly” Johnny Dickshot (ref)
Goose Gossage
Urban Shocker (ref)
Catfish Hunter
Greg Legg (ref)
Wonderful Terrific Monds III (ref)
Bartolo Colon
A-Rod

From our old list:

Gaylord Perry
Mackey Sasser
Rollie Fingers
Chili Davis
Oil Can Boyd
Mike Sweeny (Mike’s Weenie)
Coco Crisp
Lenny Dykstra
Chien Ming Wang
The Big Unit
Milton Bradley
Mookie Wilson
Dick Pole

Who the fuck is ?Catfish Hunter

Green Man Lives On!

Did he pay the troll toll?

TO Apologizes

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Yahoo now supports both real time scoring for everyone, and keeper leagues!

Holy Shit, they also support Free Agent Acquisition Budgets for waivers (that should get Trey excited, and this is one of the things that I wouldn't mind discussing changing for this season)!

Goddamn all of you for not reading the blog in real time!

Also, was getting ready to renew the league, but wanted to check with everyone on the settings. Any issues with can't cut lists or transaction numbers; what about waiver availability?

Any issues with scoring? I know we discuss this every year for a minute or two, but are there any issues?

Did we want to add another roster spot?

Does anyone read these posts?

Let me know as I start to set this stuff up in the next few days.

Pre-season polling !!!

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The results are in, and Virginia Tech was predicted to win the ACC championship -- again. Georgia Tech running back Jonathan Dwyer was picked as the 2009 Preseason ACC Player of the Year. There were 87 total votes.

Here's how the voting broke down:

ATLANTIC DIVISION

1. Florida State (56)
2. Clemson (14)
3. NC State (10)
4. Wake Forest (7)
5. Maryland
6. Boston College

COASTAL DIVISION

1. Virginia Tech (78)
2. Georgia Tech (9)
3. North Carolina
4. Miami
5. Virginia
6. Duke

PREDICTED ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WINNER

1. Virginia Tech (69)
2. Florida State (7), Georgia Tech (7)
3. Clemson (2), NC State (2)

2009 PRESEASON ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

1. Jonathan Dwyer, Georgia Tech (39, and Happy Belated Birthday to Dwyer, who turned 20 on Sunday)
2. C.J. Spiller, Clemson, (28)
3. Russell Wilson, NC State (16)
4. Christian Ponder, FSU; Vic Hall, Virginia; Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech; Riley Skinner, Wake Forest (1)

Vernon Forrest Killed in Atlanta

Seriously what is going on here? Is it just me or are a lot of prominent entertainers and athletes dying or getting killed.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4356715

It has begun...

Draft kit ordered!

Note, I've added a Google Docs version of the rosters off to the right for your perusal (this is the same spreadsheet that I sent via email).

Ultimate gets 2 seconds on ESPN!

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4347447

2 people from Triangle on the20person roster.

Fantasy Draft?

Weekend of Aug 21st good for everyone ???

Sexyama debut

What did you guys think of the fight? Ok fight but the first judge scored all three rounds for Akiyama (wtf). Realistically it is a hard fight to score. The first round was a toss up. Belcher knocked Akiyama down but then got taken down by Akiyamam. Second round went to Sexyama no doubt. By the third round the eyepoke was working on Akiyama heavily but legal leg kicks were destroying his left leg. Thoughts.

Boom!

crappy vid but awesome double knee to the face

Some of you may remember the Eastman Vs. Belfort fight. Fast forward to 1:00.

He's coming!

moral victories abound

Pack Basketball Records ACC's Top APR

I was surfing around during an exam and found this on Go Pack from May. The degrees were mostly fluff; 2 sports management, 2 management, a communication and a biological science degree (listed in perceived degrees of difficulty).