fantasy football: a league of our own

i could have beaten almost half the league with just my QB, WR and K this week.

No kidding, sewwtcell. It could be worse: you could put up 100 and still lose…

Originally posted by sweetcell:
can someone please shoot me now? actually, my fantasy team is the one needing bullets.

top scorer of the week: my kicker. pennington raked in a big, fat 4 points. maybe if i sell off my decent players for real cash to y'all, i can recoup my $25…

speaking of which, only half the league is paid up. in another week i'm going to start naming names. see the link two posts up if you needed a refresher on how to pay.

you aren't the only one. in the two weeks so far, i've had one starter top the 'projected' points… same player both weeks.

My benched players have more points than my starters. I think I deserve a prize for that.

and with that gates TD, i've pretty much locked up my first win of the season.

w00t :)

is my team the worst in this league?
i almost won last week.
this week, the 0-3 powerhouses match up.
someone HAS to win.
unless we tie.

Originally posted by distance:
is my team the worst in this league?
i almost won last week.
this week, the 0-3 powerhouses match up.
someone HAS to win.
unless we tie.

you had me sweatin' last night. good thing cotchery got me some garbage time yardage. that's a really rough loss.

i don't think my team is that bad as much as a lot of them have been underperforming. i was hoping for some sort of last minute TD to take the lead or something, but i wasn't so lucky.

can anyone else get in to yahoo fantasy football?  i need to swap out Gostkowski  (65 mph wind gusts in buffalo!) but i can't get in.  dammit.  if anyone wants to propose an alternative FF site for next season, please go ahead.

and in other news, the purse for this year's winners won't be quite as big as promised, since  hoitel hasn't paid up yet despite NUMEROUS reminders.  boooooo.

edit: one previously delinquent account was paid up - thanks!

sweetcell wrote:
can anyone else get in to yahoo fantasy football?  i need to swap out Gostkowski  (65 mph wind gusts in buffalo!) but i can't get in.  dammit.  if anyone wants to propose an alternative FF site for next season, please go ahead.

and in other news, the purse for this year's winners won't be quite as big as promised, since distancexx and hoitel haven't paid up yet despite NUMEROUS reminders.  boooooo.

So what am I looking at for second place?

Oh and for the record I think it's lame that someone would take part in the league and then welch on paying their fee.

Shadrach wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
can anyone else get in to yahoo fantasy football?  i need to swap out Gostkowski  (65 mph wind gusts in buffalo!) but i can't get in.  dammit.  if anyone wants to propose an alternative FF site for next season, please go ahead.

and in other news, the purse for this year's winners won't be quite as big as promised, since distancexx and hoitel haven't paid up yet despite NUMEROUS reminders.  boooooo.

So what am I looking at for second place?

Oh and for the record I think it's lame that someone would take part in the league and then welch on paying their fee.

sounds like grounds for board banishment, if you ask me.

as i said over on the league page, i certainly backed into the title this year thanks to the lack of playoffs. i'll defend properly next year. ideally, you could have a 14-team league, everybody plays everybody once, then weeks 14, 15 and 16 are the playoffs. just something to think about.

Just dont switch to the ESPN one, its crap.  It was a fun season.  Too bad my team didnt do better, but at least it was there to pad the stats of others.

League930 Final Standings for 2008

in first place we have the newcomers BookerT-Bars, managed by BookerT, with a record of 14-3-0.  jay cutler certainly did your team proud.  first place purse: $175.

coming in second at 12-5-0, and improving on last year's third place finish, are the Rock N Roll Outlaws.  their manager, Shadrach, drafted both the best QB (brees) and RB (d. williams).  your efforts have earned you $75.

placing 3rd is HoyaParanoia at 11-6-0.  no superstars on this team, as none of his players are in the top 15 point-earners.  regardless, he's earned himself $25.

no love for dhinojwala/crever's team, We Are Both Carls - despite scoring the most points this season (1784), he's just out of the money at 10-7-0. 

winners should contact me (PM, e-mail, or through the league site) to let me know how they'd like to be paid.  i had a blast playing with y'all, and thank you for continuing my education in football.  having pulled myself out of the league's basement (9th!), next year i'll try to make the top half.  speaking of next year, we'll have playoffs.  i like the 14-team idea despite it being a tad crowded - TBD.

enjoy the (real) playoffs,
da commish

update: a delinquent account has been paid up, so prizes have been bumped up accordingly.

football is almost upon us, which means that the board's third season of fantasy football can't be too far behind!  last year's participants have been invited, but anyone can sign up by

- Going to http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/
- Entering the League ID#: 708504 (fyi, League Name: League930)
- Entering Password: 930rox

please PM me if you'd like me to send you an invite - it's not required b/c you can sign up using above info, but some people like the warm fuzzy that comes with an invitation.

league dues will remain $25.  see my previous post above for last year's disbursement, this year's will be similar.  we will have a PLAYOFF this year - top 4 teams will advance to the "post season", to be held over weeks 15 & 16.

draft is currently set for Wed Sept 2 at 8:30pm EDT, although i'm entirely amenable to rescheduling if folks have a preference.  maybe a lunch-time draft works better for some folks?

see y'all on the virtual turf, bitches.

any way we can not do a wednesday?

if they were all naked . . . god,  i would so play.

I am good for any day for the draft.  Will it be the "live" draft that Yahoo uses?  I used it last night, and i thought it was great. 

I'm out this year, been neglecting too many fantasy teams.

i will once again put forth minimal effort and destroy you all.

miss wrote:
any way we can not do a wednesday?

ok, how about thursday (sept 3) at 8:30 pm?  hopefully that doesn't interfere with your TV viewing schedule :)  seriously tho, please let me know if that doesn't work for anyone.

BookerT wrote:
i will once again put forth minimal effort and destroy you all.

i hereby put forth the motion that we re-name the league from "League930" to "All As One In Defeating That Bitch BookerT (Or At Least Making Sure He Doesn't Win)".  thoughts?