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Desperation

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

How’s it going fantasy footballers!

As we head into December two things are for sure: weather gets much colder outside and football teams (both NCAAF and NFL) pull into desperation mode. For college, bowl season is right around the corner and teams will do anything to make sure they are ranked well enough to secure a spot in a lucrative bowl. You have Bama which will be hoping OK State does not do so well against Oklahoma so the Cowboys do not have a shot at jumping them in BCS rankings. But this team did not allow a ranked Auburn team to score a single offensive point. You have V.Tech which is hoping they can move up or atleast stay the same to secure a BCS bowl. Stanford, Oregon, Wisconsin, Houston, Michigan State, and even Michigan are crossing their fingers hoping pollers and the computers are generous enough to allow them to have  a legit shot at some BCS bowl. With LSU perfect again in the BCS ranking, it is hard to think the Tigers are not going to the big game even when they lose to the Bulldogs (note: key word is lose). In the NFL you have the Packers which are still undefeated. But are they really playing lights out football? Not really. Yeah Rodgers is stunning at QB but as a team, they need to improve to remain undefeated. This is why I do not think the Packers will remain undefeated. Desperation. If you clinch your conference by Week 15, why would you even take a risk of any injuries that late into the season, especially when you are playing your last two games of the season against teams that will be trying and fighting tooth and nail to get a spot in the playoffs. At home in Wisconsin. If the teams dont make you reconsider, than the weather will. Snow, ice, etc will increase your shot of injuring Rodgers on a scramble, or Woodson on a interception. It is too risky if you are trying to make another shot at the playoffs. You know who doesnt have much of a shot to go anywhere? The Giants. Did you see them play last night? Jets of the NFC. Ironic how they play the same football (losing) and are big rivals in their own towns. They should just hug it out, make one team, and do what they do best: command media attention and whiff in the national spotlight. Ouch!

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Best.Weekend.Ever

November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Welcome back fantasy footballers!

First I just want to tell all of you (I like to imagine I have a national following on this blog like Bill Simmons) to have a great, safe, and fun Thanksgiving break. So officially, the weekend starts today (or yesterday depending on your life priorities and levels of procrastination) and this means one thing: the best week of football is here. Up until now you have seen college and professional games between teams. But now is where it all comes into play. FOr college, its rivalries weekend. Winners here dictate their futures in terms of the rivalry and for post-season bowl action. Thanksgiving day we have Texas/Texas A&M in what could be their last game for many seasons to come. It has been a great rivalry with passion, hatred, and a desire to smack the other school in the mouth. Both teams could have been good this year, but in hindsight,  I do not know why anyone would make that conclusion. But nonetheless, it will still be a great game with a lot of fan support. Friday we have some key games. Houston plays Tulsa (their hardest opponent for the season) and a win here makes the path to a BCS bowl game even clearer for Keenum and his Krew. But again, Tulsa is no GSU and Keenum and his defense have to be on point for this game. LSU/Arkansas, a game that has been all over the media (I mean you ESPN), which has major implications for the BCS National Championship game. If LSU wins they will most definitely head to the BCS National Championship game, regardless of what happens in the SEC Championship game. With a ‘Bama win, they will face LSU. But is Arkansas wins, LSU will have to see if ‘Bama wins their game, and if they do you could still see both those teams in the BCS National Championship game. Arkansas needs a ‘Bama loss and a win against LSU to goto the National Championship game. Confusing but I love the thrill. The Iron Bowl (Bama/Auburn) and the Civil War (Oregon/Oregon St) are on Saturday along with UGA/Georgia Tech, ND/Stanford, Penn St/Wisconsin, Michigan/Ohio St, South Carolina/Clemson. Man I love football. All these games will be watched this weekend by me. It’s like Christmas morning with some hot chocolate, some candy, and warm pajamas. Can’t get better than that. But lets make one thing clear: UGA will win, Bama will roll, Oregon will destroy, Stanford will win in a close match, Wisconsin will win in a shootout, Michigan will win barely, Clemson will not pull off the upset. There is also NFL on Thanksgiving day! The Ravens will face another coach with the same last name who is leading a red hot 49ers team to an improbable start. Will the Ravens be able to pull off a win here? Nope. Will Dallas have its hands full facing a dangerous Miami team? Yes. And will the Lions pull off a win against an undefeated Packers team? I hope so! It’s not that I dont like the Packers, its just that I like the Lions better. And who wouldn’t love an underdog during the holiday season trying to make it to the playoffs in so long. Only the Grinch. And Goodell. Burn!! That was for you players that should not have been fined but still got fined because if you said anything negative about the fine you would be fined some more. Happy Turkey day!

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Rise and Fall

November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Happy Monday fantasy footballers!

What a fantastic weekend! Since Friday night we have had some great games for our viewing pleasure. Lets get down to it. OK State was upset by Iowa State which in turn snowballed into a major upset day the next day. With Oregon, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Clemson being upset and we saw (for a couple of minutes) Stanford and KState on upset alert. That chaos led us to one conclusion: the SEC West (I’m not talking about the whole conference right now) is the best division in college ball. It’s top three teams are also ranked….1 to 3 in national polling and the BCS. I am sure if you put these three teams in the AFC West, we would have great games every weekend and Philip Rivers would still choke. Now I know all of these experts are making their BCS Bowl game projections but I am going to make my BCS Wish List. These are the teams I would love to see play in the BCS Bowls come the Holidays: for the Championship – LSU/Bama, Rose Bowl-Wisconsin/Oregon, and Fiesta Bowl-Oklahoma/Stanford. I have to wait and see if LSU loses in the SEC Championship game, which would create three open spots for the SEC in BCS bowls. That’s right, UGA is going to the SEC Championship game. I’m sure good ol’ Mark up in Athens is telling all of his critics off right now. What a drama! Moving on to Sunday, you had the Lions come out with an impressive game by Stafford to light up Cam Newton’s Panthers. In addition the Bears are rolling! Winners of 5 straight, they are looking at the Packers dead in the eyes and saying, so what if you have A.Rodgers, we have our scary defensive that will take on anyone that moves too much. The Packers were on alert when they faced a Bucs team that would not go down (till the last minute of course) which could have exposed many weak points for the Packers. But they are still undefeated. The Falcons are winning again because Tony G is catching TDs. The Bengals had a chance at the Ravens which would have made the Ravens season even more mind-bloggling. And Romo came through for the Cowboys to win in OT. Did anyone watch the Jags/Browns game? Yeah, me either. As Rick Perry says best: “Oops”.

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Just Beautiful

November 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Howdy fantasy footballers!

It’s that time of week again, Friday! With Friday comes many things: reclining back on your favorite seat watching TV, sipping on a cold one, planning on going out for the night but it never happens. Why? Because you are relaxed. It’s like that old Physics theory: an object will stay as it is unless something puts some force on it and makes it adjust (something like that). For all you single people, there is no force (aka significant other) that will make you get up, shower, get ready to go to some bar or club or restaurant so you just stay hooked to the TV. What a life. For those of you have someone telling you to crazy things on a Friday after a long week of work, I am sorry for your pain. And I am sure the latter group missed watching the beautiful TD run by Tebow last night since it was late and the “other” needed to go to bed. Now I do not always give Tebow credit, but this was a great run capping off a sub-par drive and passing game by his part. But he did get the win. This weekend is what I call the eye of the storm. It doesn’t have awesome match ups and epic game titles, but all this is due to the calm before the coming storm which will draw our attentions for the rest of winter. On Saturday you have Nebraska/Michigan. Two of college footballs elite programs battling it out. UGA needs to win against Kentucky to insure a spot in the SEC Championship game. Who would have thought after all the critics wrote them off after starting 0-2. Houston will face SMU (a hot offense) to continue to go undefeated and a shot at a BCS bowl. Oklahoma faces Baylor who will keep the team on its heels as they try to avoid another loss. As for Sunday, the Bengal could pull off a win against a Ravens team that loses to below average teams and owns the Steelers. Yeah, it hurts my head thinking about it. Cam Newton could pull off a win against the Lions who seem to be slipping and playing like they used to. Will Tampa Bay be the team that beats Green Bay? Nope, not at all, are you joking? Who else cant wait for Suh against Rodgers on Thanksgiving? San Diego will lose again. Atlanta will drop a game because no one knows how they are playing. The 49ers cannot believe they have only one loss and it could be two after Larry Fitz attempts to throw the ball to himself and run for a TD.

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Lost

November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Howdy fantasy footballers!

What an epic weekend! With Boise State and Stanford falling it was a field day for teams to move up in rankings and take a shot at the BCS National Championship game. Think about it this way, if Oklahoma State does lose (it plays Oklahoma) it could make an LSU/Bama game possible again. But I would love to see Bama square up against Houston in the Sugar Bowl and see how an SEC team like Bama does against a CUSA team with Case Keenum. On Sunday you had the Cowboys’ Romo does some impressive things and had an incredible completion rate. But does that mean Romo is still a stable, safe QB to play with? Maybe not, but he did do magic. The Saints stopped the Falcons in OT on 4th and Inches which will come down to be known as Mike Smith giving the game to Brees. But what about the Eagles! At this record, there is no one in the media who should even discuss Eagles and playoffs in the same sentence. Their season is over. And with Vick having some injuries, it only gets worse. In other news the Colts lost. And sadly, the Texans’ playoff run could be hurt due to Shaub being out for the season. What else suprised me this weekend? The Lions. They played as if it was 2008 all over again. They need to find their momentum and get their heads back in the game. They cannot afford to slip up in this part of the season. Especially when they play the Packers twice. Ravens, I cannot even look at you the same anymore. And I’m sure Rex Ryan cannot look at Sanchez the same either. Burn!

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Caution: Crazy Times Ahead

November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hello fantasy footballers!

Whats worse than being super sick with a nasty flu? Realizing your roommates forgot to play the electricity bill which meant no Internet, television, and light for two days (and being sick). What fun it has been. Yes, from Friday to Sunday I was living in the Stone Age. You are probably thinking what I did and how I survived this horrible ordeal in the 21st century. For College Football Saturday I went to a neighbor’s apartment (with medicine in hand0 to watch the games. Repeat for Sunday. I am feeling a lot better today and I am ready to go back into football! First thing first, how about the LSU/Bama game? I know some of you (non-SEC fans) called the game as being “LeBron” aka over-hyped when it comes to advertising and some (SEC fans) called it “awesome” for lack of a better word. To me it was both. For the past few weeks the national media had its attention focused on this game which created a huge media blitz on the teams. The pressure to win, with the pressure from the media made it seem like it was the Super Bowl. But let us not forget that these students are still young and learning, not 8 year veterans of the NFL. Still the BCS continues and the Championship game is becoming a little more fuzzy as teams make their final push. I am not going to make any predictions on that game except I would love to see Alabama play Boise State in the Sugar Bowl and Texas against UGA in the Cotton Bowl. AS for last night, the Eagles hopes of even making a playoff game is quickly fading. Yes there is still alot of time left, but caution to those who rush to win games: it doesnt end up well when you mentally try to rush for a win. Patience is key. Ask any Super Bowl winning team.

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What Are They Doing?

November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Happy mid-week fantasy footballers!

In this post I want to ask you, “what are they doing” in reference to some teams and players that are making our brains hurt just thinking about it. First off, the Saints. You blow out one undefeated team and than implode against the next? The Raiders are signing TJ Housh after acquiring Palmer, are the Raiders actually trying to make a playoff team or do they think they are running just a fantasy team in a make believe league? Is anyone else thinking Chris Johnson might be Reggie Bush in disguise for fantasy GMs? Dallas, you let McCoy run over 150 yards (185 exact) and score how many times against your “defense”? Cardinals, you had how big of a lead at home to a team that lost against the Jags, and you still ended up losing some how? On the flip side you have AJ Green that is killing defenses, and according to statistics, he has scored more TDs in this half a season so far than Megatron did his rookie season. Come on now, I know all the media loves Cam Newton but just watch AJ Green’s highlights and i’m sure he will do nothing but impress you.

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