Mad Hatter Indeed.
The line between madness and genius is truly razor thin. It's as thin as whether or not you succeed. A reverse on 4th and 1 to keep the drive going and keep the ball away from Alabama. You've got to be kidding me. But you must give the devil his due when it works. The bayou loves Les again and his grass eating ways. If the Cam Newton did this or Cam Newton did that allegations are a distraction twice, then LSU has a chance at the title game. I say twice b/c the War Eagles beat LSU earlier this season. I don't know where I stand on the title game. I'm from the Pac whatever and love to watch video game like offenses in display, so I want the Ducks to make it. I blame Sho and VDW for jinxing Cam as well. Since they've already opened Pandora's box, I'll say that he has been the most impressive battering ram at QB that I've seen in awhile (I still think that Denard is more electrifying though) so it would be cool to seem them play the Ducks. On the other hand, I love to root for the underdog so I'd be giddy to see TCU make it. They put the beat down on a very strong Utah team at Utah and backed up the semi for good measure. I don't know why Gary Patterson doesn't have "big" time colleges knocking on his door. Georgia should be courting him. Big E sweated out a win against the Cyclones. Congrats Ash on your upset over the Sooners. I don't think that even you saw that coming. Shen should be celebrating this season b/c I see a lot of NFL love coming to Luck/Harbaugh. I hope that your Cardinal doesn't get passed over for a major bowl game due to an "obligation" to conference champions. Weak. VDW's Spartans righted the ship and look to finish the season w/ 1 loss. Obviously, you'll be rooting for the Hawkeyes against the Kras. No offense Kras but I think that it would mean more for VDW to take the conference this season than you b/c I'm sure that it was title or bust this season. Sorry about your Bears Cliff. I think that you've got a gimme against the Aggies if it makes you feel any better. Here's something that might make you feel better. I'm referring to the background, you pervs.
Why blame Shipley when you can look at yourself and wonder why you didn't start Cassel.
Henne on the road at Baltimore or Cassel on the road against the Raiders sans their best cornerback? C'mon Man! Henne has been horrible of late if you didn't know. The game between Joshua and Ash was the game of the week b/c it wasn't decided until the final Bengal drive on MNF. Josh has had a horrible year and he almost didn't get the win if it weren't for Ash's poor decision and the disappearance of the Cowboys Defense. Brandon Jackson and the rest of the Packers took them to task on SNF. It was beyond embarrassing and forced Jerry's hand in firing bumble coach. Ash suffered his 3rd loss in a row and dropped to 3rd place w/ Towns right behind him. He's got 4 games left in the season but at least he has the first tie breaker against me so far. Josh, here's a video that represents the Cows D (in yellow) lately.
Rivers beat Cliff twice.
Rivers joined Peyton as the most impressive QB's this season. They keep losing players around them but they keep on scoring. T squared has had his most impressive season in awhile and he takes the division lead. He also owns the tie breaker against me and against Vish so far. Very good sir. Very good. This game was also settled on MNF w/ Mendenhall ringing the victory bell for Tim. Cliff got the honor or seeing Rivers come back against his own Texans in H town. Double whammy for Cliff. Schaub also had a bad game to add to Cliff's misery. The Chens got single digit production from everyone that doesn't wear a Packer jersey. Here's something that might make you feel better again.
Go Giants, Go!!!
Big E is loving the Eli to Nicks connection. The rest of us can't wait for the cold weather and winds to affect Eli. Peyton is the bomb! I didn't see the game but from everything that I've read, the Browns took it to the Pats. People can go on about Colt's surprising rookie season but w/o a strong running game, he's toast. I don't know if Towns has the record for owning players to have a career game or not but I can recall him owning Crayton years ago (I woke up from an over night shift to hear Crayton career game and cringed) and Britt and James Jones this season. Big E was even smart enough to pick up McMichael when Gates was ruled out. There is an idea that if a team relies on a position very heavily, then the back up becomes valuable too. Please see McMichael and Tamme this year. If Tim believes this, which means he would have to read this, then he should pick up Gore back up Anthony Dixon. Vish tastes defeat for the 2nd time in a row and has to be hoping for some RB love soon. I wonder why in the world he would start the Seahawk def against the Giants even if they were playing in Seattle. If you have a poor offense and you're playing from behind, you're very susceptible to turnovers galore. It wouldn't have mattered this week but could cost you in a tie breaker scenario.
Very prophetic.
Shen called it. He said that Towns would get the high score of the week w/ James Jones. Very strong. I didn't think that the Cows would roll over that badly but Shen knew better and got the benefit of Mr. Rodgers. Shen may not have his services this week due to a bye but he has Bradshaw at home against the barely breathing Boys. He's back on top of the leader board and if Jahvid finds his swagger, then look out even year curse. I wonder how the so far successful Colt McCoy/Cleveland Brown marriage has affected the Shen household in Austin. Have you gone on ebay to get a McCoy signed Browns jersey yet? Kras gets the loss and I wonder why he hasn't been trying to trade one of his WR for more consistent help at RB. He's only 1 game behind me so maybe I shouldn't give him any helpful advice. You're both Dads now. Would you do this to your kids?
Welcome back Desean!!
VDW has a large steady horse in All Day. As long as Vick and Desean are healthy, he's got the makings of 50 plus points in 3 players each week. He also has Rodney White and the disappointing Colston. It's not a surprise that he's got the 2nd most points in the league. I wonder if that's why he's paid attention/cared about tie breakers now. Oh yeah, I said there was a very big "if" around Stafford's health. Thank you. Sho is still firmly entrenched in the losers and Shen division. He even pulled a Moretti and failed to start a RB. It didn't matter this week. But if you're hoping to run the table and a lose the rest of the regular season for Shen, you probably should have starters at each position. This has nothing to do w/ this game but can someone please get Cookie Monster to rehab?
Well on my way to another 4th place spot.
Thankfully, my MVP has continued to be the best fantasy player this season. Arian Nation. Thankfully, I didn't play 3 other teams w/ mega scores this week. I still defy the fantasy gods and say BRING IT!!! Take away Miles and I'll go Dez. I've already gone my sports joy for several years so I'm impervious. I'll even go w/o fantasy basketball this year. Ben gets the loss and sees Collie get injured again. I'm all for the protection of all players and I've gone on record about my fear of someone that I care about playing on the line. But football is still football. I don't know how you can expect defenders to veer off at the last millisecond and guess how the ball carrier will move. His next game will be tough too w/ Collie and Gates both out. Welker isn't Welker w/o the deep threat. Lance is on a bye. It may be an ugly week for Ben but not as ugly as this video. Maybe scary is more appropriate.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
World Series Champs.
I don't know if anyone noticed or cared but the newsletter has been absent for the last 2 weeks. It's b/c I didn't want to take a chance on waking up from my incredible dream. I didn't want to jinx anything by either saying something about my Giants or making a point of not mentioning my Giants. I did something that was very very hard for me to do...shut my mouth. I don't get into baseball until the last 2 months of the season b/c 162 games is too much time and emotion for me. We caught the Padres but didn't clinch until the last game against the same Pads. We were underdogs against the Braves but had the honor of seeing Bobby Cox get his final ovation. We were huge underdogs against Ben's Phils and the famed Halladay, Hamels, and Oswalt trio (dubbed H2O). But as they say, you bring your best and we'll bring ours. This time our best was better. Once again, we were underdogs against the local Rangers. I got a lot of grief for going orange in DFW but was well rewarded in the end. 1st championship for the San Francisco Giants. The bay area and I don't count the NY Giants championships b/c that was NY and we're SF. It doesn't have the national press or lore of the Cubs and Red Sox pain but our 50 some odd years of disappointment was our burden. It has been lifted by the exact opposite of our Barry Bonds teams. We had no everyday superstars. Eventually, our best power hitter was someone we claimed off waivers just to keep him from getting to the Padres. But we had outstanding pitching from our starters to our bullpen as All Stars Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Shane Victorino, Jimmy Rollins, Josh Hamilton, Vlad Guerrero, Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz can attest to. I hope that it's truly a sign that PED's are gone and we'll now see the golden age of pitching and I hope that my Giants will be well represented for several years. And once again, THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS ARE THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPS.
Back to the College Game
Now back to our regular programming. Auburn and Oregon switched places. Newton takes the lead for the Heisman. Apparently Bo knows Heisman and he says Newton. Oregon's offense was too much for USC. You can score on the Ducks but you can't keep up w/ their offense. The Ducks beat douche bag's team and their mascot can dance better than their cheerleader. Sorry VDW. This was the test for your Spartans and they just weren't good enough. I think that you'd take a 1 loss regular season to the Hawkeyes if you were offered it 3 months ago. Missouri fell from the unbeaten as well to Big E's Huskers. I wonder if the Huskers are wondering why they couldn't get their act together against Texas. Boise St and TCU won but it's ultimately a moot point. They'll need another loss from Alabama for either to get a chance at the championship. Congrats Cliff. I hope that you savor this season and your win at Austin.
Jacob Tamme who?
Our game of the week had our top 2 teams playing for numero uno status on MNF. Peyton showed why he's the best in the business. No Austin Collie. No Dallas Clark. No Joseph Addai. No problem. I'll get a TD to Tamme and get Shen the win. I think he had some help from the incompetence known as Kubiak. Obviously, I was busy watching the San Francisco Giants become World Series Champions. From what I read, Kubiak tried to pass early and often and Arian Foster had all of 8 carries in the 1st half. This is after Foster ran over and through the Colts for hundreds of yards earlier in the season. Unless the Texans make it to the playoffs and represent H town well, I think he's done. Shen gets the win but has to be one of the odder league leaders that we've had this late in the season. He's been outscored by 8 points for the season. My analysis is that he's scoring just enough points to win games. It's all that matters but I wonder how confident he is that he'll be able to keep it up throughout the playoffs. I say that he's in b/c of the sad sacks that are in his division. Vish tastes defeat and has to be wondering why the Ocho isn't getting more of Palmer's love.
Cody Ross gets NLCS MVP. Cody who?
For some reason, the Phils kept on pitching to Ross who was a 1 man gang against the Braves. He was the only consistent hitter for the Giants and luckily, he was red hot.
Randy Moss what ?!?
This was game of the week 1B. It was the closest game but we could watch the drama unfold on MNF between Shen and Bish. There were multiple reasons for the Vikings to let go of Randy. His lack of effort on a possible TD that would have given Cliff the win. His post game love-in for the opposing/winning coaches. His profanity laced tirade at a local Mom and Pop restaurant that catered the Vikings lunch...something about I wouldn't feed this %&*@ crap to my *$%^ dog. But when you buy a bag filled w/ douche, are you really expecting it to turn into a bag of flowers when you get home? Childress is also on the pink slip express. Cliff joins Josh in suckville. At least Cliff has his Bears to cheer for. VDW barely gets the win. For the record, I never said drop Stafford for Kitna. I said that Kitna would be insurance "if" Stafford wasn't healthy. If VDW could get something from Ronnie B, he'd be a dangerous force. He may have found another QB "if" Stafford can stay healthy.
I talk s%$# so I can eat it.
I open my trap and get a loss. It's what I deserve but at least I go down w/ the 3rd highest score of the league. It's very VDW of me. I also want to tip my hat to Kubiak for not going w/ a winning philosophy. I get the added insult of Mt. Vernon's injury to my karma. Any my great match up w/ the Broncos passing attack against my own sad sack 9ers also blew up in my face. It's alright. I say bring it. My team is that strong and deep. Meanwhile, T squared gets the prize for the week and can thank the imploding Cows as MSW had a career day against them. I understand Jerry's point that no team has been successful after an in year coaching change. But there has to be some accountability for this fiasco and that should fall on Wade. Prediction: Norv Turner is the new coach after he gets canned in San Diego. He's not a big name and has underachieved but he's proven that he can get offenses to work and Jerry can boss him around. I don't think that he could do that w/ any big name coach.
In his 10 year career, Aubrey Huff never had a sacrifice bunt.
He laid down a picture perfect bunt to move runners over w/ 1 out. 1 batter later, Edgar did his thing.
Sho can probably talk more about Huff's unique personality from his Oriole days. But apparently Huff was rocking the red thong as a lucky charm. I guess it ended up being magically delicious.
Kenny Britt what ?!?
Big E must have shuddered when he heard of Britt's injury. The early word is that it isn't good and that's why they're willing to roll the dice on Randy. At least CJ2K had the video game TD of the week. And Hakeem the dream Nicks comes back. Bleemia gets the win thanks to his stalwarts in Peyton and Gates. Is there a way that we can reward winning teams in the future so Peyton can have greater value in fantasy? For example, we name a captain for our team and if that player is in our starting lineup and his team wins in real life, then Ben can add an additional 5 points to the score? All the news isn't good for Ben though as Gates has tore the plantar fascia of his right foot. Every step that you take is on hot needles when you have plantar fasciitis. I would guess that tearing it is much worse. Wes Welker has also gone down the tubes w/ Moss's trade.
Edgar hat hit all of like 3 HR's during season and 3 stints on D.L.
I lost it after that b/c Timmy was dealing and I knew that we had done it. Leslie says if I'm not that emotional at the wedding, then she'll get upset.
Blount sucker punches Ash.
Blount went off on the Cards in Arizona. I don't think that anyone saw that day coming. I'm sure that Ash didn't. This wasn't a great game between Ash and Sho as Ash was doing his best Josh impression. The game between the Bucs and Cards was a lot more entertaining from a scoreboard standpoint. It came down to the wire and the Cards have themselves to blame for 2 TAINT's. I think that Sho will also be upset after the Moss trade b/c Percy was getting more room to operate w/ defenses worried about the deep threat. Romo's injury will be the end of Ash unless Cassell can go lights out. It's hard to compete w/o a good QB each week. I don't know why Romo is still on his team. Ash will be praying for a Ray Rice all the time offense for the Ravens and even then, he'll need a lot of help outside of Andre Johnson. Sho, what are your comments on the Donovan is too fat/not smart enough to run a 2 minute offense but Rex who's Rex is.
Last Out at Kick Ass Bar where I'm from.
Thank you Bill Simmons. Yancy's is awesome and they closed down it's block and DJ's set up music outside for the people.
Josh loses.
Yet he still has a high score prize. Single digit scores from his team and 1 zilch. Ugly. Someone take a gun to Josh's team and put it out of it's misery. Hopefully, the trade for Forte will give you a fighting chance at RB. I'm sure that he's sickened by Schaub's underwhelming season and would rather jettison him and ride the Freeman express. Donald Driver, Deion Branch, Derrick Mason, and Roy E. Williams would have been a good fantasy squad 5 years ago. Sorry Josh. I know you like the oldies but they eventually get old. Kras goes off Terrell, Lloyd, and Fitz would have beat Josh on their own. He's also tied for the top in our division now. You'll have to find another RB b/c I think Cadillac has lost his job to Blount and Addai will be out for another week.