Nov 29, 2007
Week 12 Review Correction
My apologies to the Southern Maulers. In the Wk 12 Review I stated incorrectly that they are still vying for a playoff spot. The Maulers have already clinched a spot, but the Dallas Demons have not. Sorry, Gabe. You can lay off now... no need to sweat it... you don't need to win this week, do ya?
Week 12 Review
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. It’s the one time of year that it’s okay to stuff your face. (Now I just need an excuse for the other 364 days!) I made the mistake of mentioning in front of my daughter that Tim’s daughter is the designer for his avatar. So she was determined to make over my avatar…. The things we endure for the sake of our children!
Anyway, let’s get to it! It’s been a productive week for a lot of us – 7 of the 8 playoff spots have been seeded. Congratulations to all that have clinched! The Texas Twisters, Southern Maulers and GnawBone Knuckleheads will be clamoring for the remaining spot. Good luck to all of you – I don’t envy your situation!
High Score of the Week: Belmont Boozers (100) vs. the Highway Hogz. The Boozers were successful in adding another number to the Hogz’s loss column. Wooohoooo! (Did I just whoop out loud?!) Once again, the standings tighten up with a loss at the top. Thanks, Boozers!
Low Score of the Week: The Brothers Trame tied for the un-coveted title, Highway Hogz and Texas Twisters (68). Cosmic, man!
Longest Winning Streak of the Season: The Hogz have been displaced – the new record belongs to the Nashville Nitwits with a winning streak of 6. The Nitwits have bowled their way into 2nd place and are continuing with their efforts to push the Hogz toward the slaughterhouse. Mathematically, the Hogz could slip out of first if the moon is in the 7th house… whoa, this hippy thing is getting old!
Biggest DUH of the Week: In looking back at the points the Slackers COULD HAVE scored if (1) they held on to Minnesota DEF, (2) started Chad Johnson WR, and (3) started Drew Brees QB, the final score would have been 104 instead of 76. Chad Johnson hadn’t scored a touchdown since Wk 2, and now in Wk 12 he finally decides to let it loose. Ugh. And who in their right mind would have sat down Tony Romo in favor of Drew Brees? The Football Gods are sneering at me, I’m sure.
Looking ahead: If there is anything that I can say that I’ve learned from playing FF, it’s that anything, yes ANYTHING, can happen in the NFL. Who would have thought that Philadelphia would have given New England a hard time. Philadelphia’s defense has been suspect at best, and I wouldn’t have bet that they would have made it a game. Makes me think that maybe McNabb should consider retiring! And, now that he’s done for the season, does Ricky Williams get paid for an hour of game time?
Good luck, All!
The Football Widow
Anyway, let’s get to it! It’s been a productive week for a lot of us – 7 of the 8 playoff spots have been seeded. Congratulations to all that have clinched! The Texas Twisters, Southern Maulers and GnawBone Knuckleheads will be clamoring for the remaining spot. Good luck to all of you – I don’t envy your situation!
High Score of the Week: Belmont Boozers (100) vs. the Highway Hogz. The Boozers were successful in adding another number to the Hogz’s loss column. Wooohoooo! (Did I just whoop out loud?!) Once again, the standings tighten up with a loss at the top. Thanks, Boozers!
Low Score of the Week: The Brothers Trame tied for the un-coveted title, Highway Hogz and Texas Twisters (68). Cosmic, man!
Longest Winning Streak of the Season: The Hogz have been displaced – the new record belongs to the Nashville Nitwits with a winning streak of 6. The Nitwits have bowled their way into 2nd place and are continuing with their efforts to push the Hogz toward the slaughterhouse. Mathematically, the Hogz could slip out of first if the moon is in the 7th house… whoa, this hippy thing is getting old!
Biggest DUH of the Week: In looking back at the points the Slackers COULD HAVE scored if (1) they held on to Minnesota DEF, (2) started Chad Johnson WR, and (3) started Drew Brees QB, the final score would have been 104 instead of 76. Chad Johnson hadn’t scored a touchdown since Wk 2, and now in Wk 12 he finally decides to let it loose. Ugh. And who in their right mind would have sat down Tony Romo in favor of Drew Brees? The Football Gods are sneering at me, I’m sure.
Looking ahead: If there is anything that I can say that I’ve learned from playing FF, it’s that anything, yes ANYTHING, can happen in the NFL. Who would have thought that Philadelphia would have given New England a hard time. Philadelphia’s defense has been suspect at best, and I wouldn’t have bet that they would have made it a game. Makes me think that maybe McNabb should consider retiring! And, now that he’s done for the season, does Ricky Williams get paid for an hour of game time?
Good luck, All!
The Football Widow
Nov 21, 2007
Week 11 Review
Hi All!
It’s a short week, and the Commissioner’s Office is on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. This year we’ll have not just 2 of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football games but actually 3: Washington vs. Dallas, Green Bay vs. Detroit, and Indianapolis vs. Atlanta. It’ll be hard to keep the eyes open for the evening game after turkey, potatoes, etc. But things have gotten so very competitive in these last few weeks in our league that I might not have a choice but to stay awake and pound the coffee shots to keep tabs on everything that will be happening in our league.
So now we have 2 teams that have clinched playoff spots: the Highway Hogz and the Nashville Nitwits. Look out for the Nitwits – not only have they matched the Hogz record winning streak this season (5), they are in a position to beat the record. And if you look back on the season so far, the Nitwits have actually beaten the Hogz. Hmmm, do we have a contender?
While the Nitwits are aspiring to eventually dethrone the Hogz, the rest of us are still all bunched up and running in a wolf pack. We have some obvious candidates for the alpha-male spots, but the rest of us have yet to establish a pecking order. It seems to change from week to week. And if you consider the mathematical possibilities closely enough, you could argue that some of us have also clinched playoff spots, too. The Yahoo computer only recognizes wins and will only consider points if win/loss records are tied. (It takes a little time to get the gears moving and to think my way through the possible scenarios. Thankfully the Commish has more working brain cells than I do these days!) And once we enter the playoffs, we all start at 0. The way that we all run together, you could definitely say that it will be an even playing field at that point. Ooooo, this is gonna be GOOD!
High Score of the Week: Highway Hogz and Nashville Nitwits both topped the scoreboard with 100 pts. Small wonder since these two teams have dueling WRs – both Terrell Owens and Randy Moss scored 4 TDs. FOUR! Un-freakin’-believeable!! For the Nitwits, it amounted to almost one third of the team score. Sheeesh!
Low Score of the Week: Dallas Demons (58). Sorry Demons, but your game was doomed from the coin toss. Even with the points that you left on the bench (Vince Young – 17, Larry Fitzgerald – 10, and Lawrence Mauroney – 6), you still would have lost to the Hogz. We were all rooting for you, hoping that you might have a pork BBQ going. Did you know that of all WRs. Larry Fitzgerald has scored the 4th most fantasy points in the last 3 games? Holy crap, Batman! You gotta play that guy!
Oddest Smacktalk of the Week: Texas Twisters to the Southern Maulers: “I’ll be your huckleberry.” Uh… yeah. I can only guess that this was part of some inside joke. Taken out of context it makes one wonder… huckleberry???!
Best Pickup of the Week: Dallas Demons snagged Chester Taylor (RB) and scored 25 points. Not a bad deal since Adrian Peterson could be out for several weeks. Hey Demons, you should play this guy, too!
Biggest DUH of the Week: Timmy the Greek has improved tremendously with his predictions. (There was nowhere to go but up!) But hold on a second! Tim predicted that the Slackers would defeat the Nitwits, yet he VOTED for the Nitwits. Aha! So it is true! It is the Kiss of Death to get the endorsement from Timmy the Greek! OK, Trame, what will it take to get you to put the whammy on your own team for Week 12?
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and good luck!
The Football Widow
It’s a short week, and the Commissioner’s Office is on the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. This year we’ll have not just 2 of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football games but actually 3: Washington vs. Dallas, Green Bay vs. Detroit, and Indianapolis vs. Atlanta. It’ll be hard to keep the eyes open for the evening game after turkey, potatoes, etc. But things have gotten so very competitive in these last few weeks in our league that I might not have a choice but to stay awake and pound the coffee shots to keep tabs on everything that will be happening in our league.
So now we have 2 teams that have clinched playoff spots: the Highway Hogz and the Nashville Nitwits. Look out for the Nitwits – not only have they matched the Hogz record winning streak this season (5), they are in a position to beat the record. And if you look back on the season so far, the Nitwits have actually beaten the Hogz. Hmmm, do we have a contender?
While the Nitwits are aspiring to eventually dethrone the Hogz, the rest of us are still all bunched up and running in a wolf pack. We have some obvious candidates for the alpha-male spots, but the rest of us have yet to establish a pecking order. It seems to change from week to week. And if you consider the mathematical possibilities closely enough, you could argue that some of us have also clinched playoff spots, too. The Yahoo computer only recognizes wins and will only consider points if win/loss records are tied. (It takes a little time to get the gears moving and to think my way through the possible scenarios. Thankfully the Commish has more working brain cells than I do these days!) And once we enter the playoffs, we all start at 0. The way that we all run together, you could definitely say that it will be an even playing field at that point. Ooooo, this is gonna be GOOD!
High Score of the Week: Highway Hogz and Nashville Nitwits both topped the scoreboard with 100 pts. Small wonder since these two teams have dueling WRs – both Terrell Owens and Randy Moss scored 4 TDs. FOUR! Un-freakin’-believeable!! For the Nitwits, it amounted to almost one third of the team score. Sheeesh!
Low Score of the Week: Dallas Demons (58). Sorry Demons, but your game was doomed from the coin toss. Even with the points that you left on the bench (Vince Young – 17, Larry Fitzgerald – 10, and Lawrence Mauroney – 6), you still would have lost to the Hogz. We were all rooting for you, hoping that you might have a pork BBQ going. Did you know that of all WRs. Larry Fitzgerald has scored the 4th most fantasy points in the last 3 games? Holy crap, Batman! You gotta play that guy!
Oddest Smacktalk of the Week: Texas Twisters to the Southern Maulers: “I’ll be your huckleberry.” Uh… yeah. I can only guess that this was part of some inside joke. Taken out of context it makes one wonder… huckleberry???!
Best Pickup of the Week: Dallas Demons snagged Chester Taylor (RB) and scored 25 points. Not a bad deal since Adrian Peterson could be out for several weeks. Hey Demons, you should play this guy, too!
Biggest DUH of the Week: Timmy the Greek has improved tremendously with his predictions. (There was nowhere to go but up!) But hold on a second! Tim predicted that the Slackers would defeat the Nitwits, yet he VOTED for the Nitwits. Aha! So it is true! It is the Kiss of Death to get the endorsement from Timmy the Greek! OK, Trame, what will it take to get you to put the whammy on your own team for Week 12?
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone, and good luck!
The Football Widow
Nov 7, 2007
Week 9 Review
Hi All,
Did you enjoy Superbowl 41.5? Great game! And it's probably the first time in a long time that I've seen Peyton Manning look unlike Peyton Manning. But not to worry. Peyton always comes back strong, so Tommy-boy may be in trouble when the Colts and the Patriots meet again.
Highest Score of the Week: High Way Hogz (120.5) What was touted as the Game of the Week in our league was really no contest at all, with the Slackers putting up only 87 points in response. Well done, Hogz. Perhaps pigs can fly.
Lowest Score of the Week: Texas Twisters (70). Timmy, Timmy, Timmy. Perhaps it's time to reverse the suction on that vacuum of yours.
Best Smacktalk of the Week: Folks, we have a tie! Texas Twisters to the silent GnawBone Knuckleheads - "It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing milk bone underwear. Don't get excited there Boners." (Did I quote that correctly?) We're seeing a new side to the Twisters... a side that we're not quite sure if we can handle. And the other winner is the Nashville Nitwits to the Southern Maulers (and indirectly to the Texas Twisters) "If I'm agoin' to lead a 2-week stampede into Texas I need to put on me best disguise." It makes a lot more sense if you look at the team's avatar.
Week 9 Predictions in Hindsight: Well, the Twisters went 1-4 on the predictions. Good thing none of us put any money on them. (You didn't, right?) Though the record doesn't look so good, I applaud you, Tim, for having the guts to stick your neck out on the line. (Is it better to quit while you're behind....)
Looking ahead: If Week 10 promises to be anything like it has started out to be so far, I'm sure to get another ulcer. Hold on here... I have an official statement from the Commissioner's office...
Keep in mind, the trade deadline in our league is November 16. Make your deals now while you can!
Good luck, All!
The Football Widow
Did you enjoy Superbowl 41.5? Great game! And it's probably the first time in a long time that I've seen Peyton Manning look unlike Peyton Manning. But not to worry. Peyton always comes back strong, so Tommy-boy may be in trouble when the Colts and the Patriots meet again.
Highest Score of the Week: High Way Hogz (120.5) What was touted as the Game of the Week in our league was really no contest at all, with the Slackers putting up only 87 points in response. Well done, Hogz. Perhaps pigs can fly.
Lowest Score of the Week: Texas Twisters (70). Timmy, Timmy, Timmy. Perhaps it's time to reverse the suction on that vacuum of yours.
Best Smacktalk of the Week: Folks, we have a tie! Texas Twisters to the silent GnawBone Knuckleheads - "It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing milk bone underwear. Don't get excited there Boners." (Did I quote that correctly?) We're seeing a new side to the Twisters... a side that we're not quite sure if we can handle. And the other winner is the Nashville Nitwits to the Southern Maulers (and indirectly to the Texas Twisters) "If I'm agoin' to lead a 2-week stampede into Texas I need to put on me best disguise." It makes a lot more sense if you look at the team's avatar.
Week 9 Predictions in Hindsight: Well, the Twisters went 1-4 on the predictions. Good thing none of us put any money on them. (You didn't, right?) Though the record doesn't look so good, I applaud you, Tim, for having the guts to stick your neck out on the line. (Is it better to quit while you're behind....)
Looking ahead: If Week 10 promises to be anything like it has started out to be so far, I'm sure to get another ulcer. Hold on here... I have an official statement from the Commissioner's office...
In the interest of maintaining League relations, the trade between the Nashville Nitwits and the ChiTown Slackers has been intentionally vetoed by the parties involved. The Commissioner does not have the power to cancel trades. Since it was causing an undue amount of stress in the league and the surrounding environment, the respective managers decided to help veto the trade.
Keep in mind, the trade deadline in our league is November 16. Make your deals now while you can!
Good luck, All!
The Football Widow
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