Fantasy Football Regular Season Recap

I'm a pretty serious pro-football fan and have been participating in fantasy football for about 6 years now...After trying both Fox Sports and ESPN's fantasy leagues last season, I decided to stick with the tried and true NFL.com, while also getting into a pay league with my friends for the first time on Fanball.com...So, I thought I might take a moment to look back on this season and recap my successes and failures to this point...

Firstly, most of the guys that I thought would take off this season, have tanked (Thanks Santonio Holmes) but that's the way it goes sometimes...Secondly, injuries, and even suspensions, have hampered my Running Backs and QB's almost the entire season (Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Carson Palmer)...Thirdly, outlandish luck on the behalf of my opponents have killed me too...now, I know full well that fantasy is highly luck-based, but the luck I'm disgusted with is the guy that goes out on the waiver wire and picks up a guy that had the 'out of nowhere' game the week before and is lucky enough to have it continue in the following weeks...(Hello Antonio Bryant, Isaac Bruce, Tim Hightower, Steve Breaston and Lance Moore)...in previous seasons, that logic never worked, but again...that's the way it goes...and lastly...the biggest trend I've noticed this year is that teams have really incorporated two-back running games that reward highly, the goal-line RB (Hello LeRon McClain and Lendale White)...Oh, and one last thing I learned the hard way...LT is no longer a viable #1 Running Back and SHOULD NOT BE DRAFTED AS THE NUMBER ONE PICK IN THE DRAFT! Plus, we've also seen the emergence of rookie RB's like Chris Johnson, Steve Slaton, and Matt Forte, so the next crop of great guys appears to be developing before our eyes...Plus, what's finally gotten into DeAngelo Williams...man, he was on many waiver wires in the early parts of the year...So, here's the recap of my teams this season:

Alternate Douglas (Fanball.com): Finished 6-7, made the playoffs (Won last week in Rd. 1)
Ari's Puppets: Finished 10-4, first in my division, made the playoffs
Donald's Destroyers: Finished 7-7, second in my division, made the playoffs
Jeff Query's Mullet: Finished 9-5, first in my division, made the playoffs
NPH All-Stars: Finished 9-5, second in my division, made the playoffs
Team McPoyle: Finished 8-6, first in my division, made the playoffs
Turd Ferguson: Finished 7-7, third in my division, missed the playoffs

Not bad...7 teams, 6 made the playoffs...and to this point in the year...No teams below .500...pretty nice. Seven teams is a bit excessive, but I forgot that I'd created a second username on CBS Sportsline during the college basketball tournament, so I figured I'd go ahead and do three extra teams on NFL.com since they're free...Another interesting thing to note, is that my only Auto-Picked team, Ari's Puppets, turned out to be the team with the best record...figures...Fantasy is a total crap shoot and sometimes success is parlayed from in-season free agent acquisitions. The only trade I made in any of the leagues was for Turd Ferguson...I lost Tom Brady and Nate Burleson in Week 1 and got off to a 1-5 start...I traded Matt Forte to acquire Aaron Rodgers, so it worked out as I was able to scratch and claw my way back to the .500 mark. Another win in that league may have gotten me a playoff clean sweep...

We'll see how the rest of the playoffs pan out, but it's been a tough year. I made a nice comeback in several leagues to make the playoffs. So, overall I'm pretty satisfied, regardless of what happens this weekend...It's been a fun year and I'm already looking forward to next season as well.

President Obama...Mission Accomplished

I thought I'd take an opportunity to reflect on last night's historic events...I'm truly overwhelmed with political and personal joy that our country has once again demonstrated that our democracy beats all odds...and proves that truly transcendent leaders can do the extraordinary...The 44th President of the United States...Barack Obama. This is our new First Family and I couldn't be prouder that my vote was one of the millions that helped to make this happen.

I've always been proud to be an American and have always felt fortunate to be able to live in this country, but as I sit here today I can honestly say I've never been prouder of our country and our ability to do the right thing...Our country is facing huge challenges and this is exactly the person we need to lead us back to prosperity. I've been very interested in this election from the onset. After beginning my adult voting life with the Clinton administration and seeing how great things could be in this country, I was extremely opposed to the Bush administration and have been praying for the people of this country to stand up and put an end to the politics of fear, the policies of intrusion, and the pandering to financial friends. The Bush Presidency was nothing more than a profit-seeking mission from the start...just as I had predicted back in 2000 when the election was stolen fraudulently from Al Gore...and I wonder sometimes just what could have been.

Republicans...IT'S OVER! You bastards have run this country into the ground the past 8 years and have turned a blind eye to the crimes that have been committed by President Bush. John McCain's campaign was a complete train wreck...and we all thank him. How someone could logically go into a voting booth and cast a ballot for any Republican candidate is absolutely unthinkable to me...It's time return this country to prosperity and peace...I think I've heard that somewhere before...Democrats...It's our turn once again.



To me it was clearly evident early on that Barack Obama is a once-a-generation politician and a leader to which people my age have never seen. I prayed each day since the primary that he would emerge as the Democratic candidate and ultimately be elected the President...Last night, my prayers were answered. At 11:00 pm est last night when they announced his election, tears welled in my eyes...Images of African-Americans celebrating in Chicago, Harlem, and Atlanta were so striking and monumental. I realize race was a factor in this election, but the magnitude of this victory was ultimately immortalized in the images before me on my TV...Seeing the tears of Jesse Jackson, the look of amazement and wonder in the eyes of Oprah, and the eloquence of the words of Congressman John Lewis, made me realize how historic this moment was. I've always felt, maybe somewhat naively, that I was a part of the first largely colorblind generation...and last night, I really feel I was proven correct. Yes this election will open up opportunities for all ethnicity's and genders, but I also took a moment to reflect on the importance of the great civil rights leaders whose blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifice have made this moment a reality.

Election Day...Watching It Unfold Live

This was a cool feature I saw being discussed yesterday on MSNBC, so I thought I'd use it as I watch this historic election unfold live...Bring on the Blue...

Rock The Vote

I couldn't wait any longer...and didn't want to wait in long lines tomorrow, so I voted early today...

At the very least my early vote disqualifies me from this...

911 Is A Joke...

Looks like Flavor Flav isn't the only one that thinks "911 is a Joke"

So...it's okay to use it to call in and complain about traffic? Well, considering your sister-in-law uses portable cell phone towers free of charge, that are only supposed to be used in natural disasters and emergency situations...I can understand why you feel privileged to use it as a means to sound off about your travel delays...

This is WAY too funny...Joe McCain...I salute you for one of the funniest moments of your brother's train wreck of a campaign...We all thank you.