Sep 18, 2008

Week 2 Wrap Up

Sorry, guys, but I’ve been out of touch with the league this week. If you haven’t heard the saga yet, let me share. (I’m the chick in this group, so I get to share all of my meaningful life information with you even if you don’t give a hoot. So take it like a man!) We spent the weekend attempting to rescue my parents’ basement from a flood (6-8 inches of water in the basement) and failed. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I hate moving waterlogged furniture while I’m standing more-than-ankle-deep in water on a slippery tile floor. And then our drive home on Sunday was miserable because we couldn’t get out of the Chicago area with all of the flooding and expressways being closed. Top it off with losing to the Commish and getting massively outscored even though he left one roster spot empty. But wait! That wasn’t the last of it! Even though we did finally get home on Sunday night, the power went out, and didn’t get restored for 2 days. I have a frig and freezers full of funky food now, so as you can probably guess, I haven’t been in the best of moods. Grrrr, hell hath no fury like the Football Widow in a flood!

By the way, thanks, Tim, for being our fantasy football lifeline. I’m sure you probably got sick of all of the phone calls asking for updates on the scores!

I try to remind myself to be thankful for the things that I DO have, like a great family, a nice home and an ideal work situation. And then reality butts its ugly head in to my pipe dream again, and I just want to release my frustrations, to vent a little. So to keep things on a constructive level, I’ve decided that I will just have to take it out on my opponent. Look out, Heroes!

But back to business! If there is anything that I’ve learned so far in looking back at each of our weeks of results, it’s that no one can seem to predict anything in football accurately, not even the paid experts. Timmy, you’ll need to refresh your supply of goat excrement or whatever it is that you use for your voodoo predictions, because you were WAY off the mark this past week, man. And Yahoo isn’t much better, really. I guess you’ve got to go from your gut, grow a pair and make that executive decision.

From the fly-on-the-wall in the Commish’s Office – if you haven’t noticed, the Maulers have put RB Reggie Bush on the trading block in hopes of getting a WR. My source tells me that the Maulers have already received 2 offers. If you are unfamiliar with how trades work in fantasy football, if the Maulers approve a trade offer, each one of us in the league gets to vote on the trade. If the majority approves it, the trade will go through. If not, it’s back to the trading block. Word is that there are quite a few managers looking for WRs. The Commish has been offering up free advice for those who have been calling. If you’re in need of a bright idea, give the Commish a call. But remember, there’s always the piper to pay….

And finally, just to close things well, here’s a great pic that I wanted to share with all of you. Good luck, All!

1 comment:

The Commish said...

Wonderful! Witty! Comical! Revealing! And downright bawdy. I really liked when Anita finally exposed Timmy's dirty little secret method of using goat excrement to bewitch and cast the wammy on other managers (though I haven't quite figured out exactly what he does with this varmint poop of his, or where he gets it for that matter...but, I here that it sure is getting ripe around Dallas). And I will say that, though I am offering as much insight as I can on what's happening in the sleeper world of the NFL, some of your teams are so piss poor that they're just way beyond my help or anyone else's. In fact, a few could use either a brain transplant or prayers to a higher being. Just remember: hope is not a strategy in fantasy football. Maybe ya'll ought to try a brand new competition, like fantasy pick-up-sticks or something....