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lucyjoyce
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:28 pm

Badmike wrote:
LJ (Screaming Iguanas) made the playoffs in the Acaeum League also...but has to face my juggernaut (Tegel Shrews) in the first round. I'm not taking it easy on the Iguanas because you're a lady...you've proven you're tough enough to take it! I only hope the Pats don't start resting Tom Brady the next few weeks or so....he's my point whore for the Shrews. Good Luck!

Mike B.

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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:16 am

hey guys!

i had tons of fun playing that game. was great!

i actually found during them weeks that i actually learnt a lot about the game, which was cool!

to actually win 6 games, i was most impressed

one thing i learnt is to expect the unexpected. if i had played andre davis in my last game, instead of steve smith, i would have actually just won and would have scraped into the playoffs last.

but ah well you live and learn

was a ton of fun. now i have to sit and get bored until the next time!

next time we do a league thing, please let me know as i would like to be in!

now i have to concentrate on training sheesh

Are we nearly there yet?

gyg
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:33 pm

I see my team, the Miami Dolphins, finally got a win - next stop New England - Deadlord, I bet your Pats are shaking in their boots

(Though it would be pretty typical of a Miami team to derail what should be a 100% season for the Pats)

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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:07 am

I just wanted to thank Tom Brady and Terrell Owens for playing like a couple of third stringers yesterday and doing absolutely squat. Trent Edwards actually had the same amount of points as Brady did.

I guess I could blame the weather and/or the Jets' tenacity for Brady's inability to throw a touchdown pass, but what to say about Terrell Owens? He looked as if he just didnt feel like playing football yesterday. Tony Romo didnt look particularly good either but a top-tier receiver should be able to catch the ball if it hits him in the frickin' hands.

The Cowboys better get their shit together if they don't want to end up playing at Lambeau field during the playoffs.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:51 pm

Owens sucks, and Brady was an automatic sit yesterday. as was Clemens, Edwards and Anderson. No quarterback does squat in the snow.

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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:01 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:I just wanted to thank Tom Brady and Terrell Owens for playing like a couple of third stringers yesterday and doing absolutely squat. Trent Edwards actually had the same amount of points as Brady did. I guess I could blame the weather and/or the Jets' tenacity for Brady's inability to throw a touchdown pass, but what to say about Terrell Owens? He looked as if he just didnt feel like playing football yesterday. Tony Romo didnt look particularly good either but a top-tier receiver should be able to catch the ball if it hits him in the frickin' hands. The Cowboys better get their shit together if they don't want to end up playing at Lambeau field during the playoffs.

Brady and Romo may have lost several thousand Fantasy Football Championships for their owners this past weekend.....

Mike B.

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killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:18 pm

i watched that bills v browns game. i gotta hand it to them guys playing in such weather conditions. awesome. that would never happen in the UK man!

the patriots v jets game. i actually thought the jets really had a go myself. i was really pleased with their effort. the defence certainly made life difficult for the NE offence to do anything effectively - and yea ok, the weather did play a part, but you cant put it all down to the weather!

dallas....i thought they were piss-poor. the eagles defence had a great game, but dallas didnt really do much either. TO kept whining for a pass, but each time he got one, he made an unholy mess of it. not good enough.
frankly, if it wasnt for jason witten, the offence would have ground to a halt and it would have been one of the worst offensive performances i have ever seen.

anyway.

Are we nearly there yet?

Badmike
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:44 pm

killjoy32 wrote:i watched that bills v browns game. i gotta hand it to them guys playing in such weather conditions. awesome. that would never happen in the UK man!

the patriots v jets game. i actually thought the jets really had a go myself. i was really pleased with their effort. the defence certainly made life difficult for the NE offence to do anything effectively - and yea ok, the weather did play a part, but you cant put it all down to the weather!

dallas....i thought they were piss-poor. the eagles defence had a great game, but dallas didnt really do much either. TO kept whining for a pass, but each time he got one, he made an unholy mess of it. not good enough.
frankly, if it wasnt for jason witten, the offence would have ground to a halt and it would have been one of the worst offensive performances i have ever seen.

anyway.

Al

Watch it Al...you are starting to sound like someone who might know a little bit about AMERICAN football.......!

And Jason Witten is a stud..considering yesterday he just broke all Cowboy records for a TE in a season (yardage and catches)...amazing dude.

Mike B.

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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:54 pm

Believe it or not, I sweated yesterday's game back on Friday when I heard it was going to snow. Snow is the great equalizer; it kills the talent on both sides and drags it down to a game of mostly luck. As a rule of thumb, the team who has the most turnovers loses.
I desperately want to see Brady crack Manning's TD record, but the weather over the next two weeks may preclude that. This year.

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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:24 pm

Badmike wrote:
Brady and Romo may have lost several thousand Fantasy Football Championships for their owners this past weekend.....

Mike B.

Happened in the league I'm in.

ShaneG.

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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:23 am

Deadlord39 wrote:Believe it or not, I sweated yesterday's game back on Friday when I heard it was going to snow. Snow is the great equalizer; it kills the talent on both sides and drags it down to a game of mostly luck. As a rule of thumb, the team who has the most turnovers loses.
I desperately want to see Brady crack Manning's TD record, but the weather over the next two weeks may preclude that. This year.

It's this year or never for Brady.

Those records are hard to break for a reason,

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

Badmike
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:15 am

Plaag wrote:
Happened in the league I'm in.

ShaneG.

Another heartbreaker was Brian Westbrook....taking a knee instead of scoring a sure TD, because then the Eagles could just run out the clock. Wonder how many teams lost because they needed that TD???

Mike B.

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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:22 am

I'm in a league, and had a playoff game against a team with Westbrook. It was a close match, and I was up by 4 or 5. Everyone was pretty much done except for Westbrook. He broke out on the run, my season was done.... until he flopped down on the one yard line. I won by 2.

Except.... I was playing the Pats defence. I'd won for all of about 12 hours, up until there was a score correction and they reduced the Pats score by 3 (due to some error in the Yahoo stats). So instead of a 122-120 win, I lost by 1.

Them's the breaks.... in the two leagues that matter (Acaeum and Luddite) I had two wins so am playing for 5th in the Acaeum, and the Luddite championship.

(Thought I'd see you next week Mike in the Luddites, but you'll have to settle for 3rd this year. And sorry for whipping you in the Acaeum playoffs - Hester couldn't catch a break, the Vikes never gave him a chance to run it back).

Regards

Mike

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killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:50 am

Badmike wrote:
Watch it Al...you are starting to sound like someone who might know a little bit about AMERICAN football.......!

And Jason Witten is a stud..considering yesterday he just broke all Cowboy records for a TE in a season (yardage and catches)...amazing dude.

Mike B.

i have witten on my team and he has had a superb season. i was watching a clip the other day of a catch he had, WHAM, got hit, off came his helmet, and off he went on another 20-30 yards.....awesome effort - was most impressed with the guy. no wonder romo picks him out so much - look at the size of the guy! for what its worth i think he is 10 times more worthwhile than that TO guy. i would rather have a good-solid team player anyday, than a maverick WR who blows hot and cold and disrupts to the extent TO does.

that said, i am really pleased i joined this acaeum league thing. i have watched it a helluva lot more and certainly learnt a ton more than i did know. i find i enjoy it more now that i understand a lot more of the technical things.

still love the games in the snow tho - that is amazing

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:12 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
i have witten on my team and he has had a superb season. i was watching a clip the other day of a catch he had, WHAM, got hit, off came his helmet, and off he went on another 20-30 yards.....awesome effort - was most impressed with the guy. no wonder romo picks him out so much - look at the size of the guy! for what its worth i think he is 10 times more worthwhile than that TO guy. i would rather have a good-solid team player anyday, than a maverick WR who blows hot and cold and disrupts to the extent TO does.

that said, i am really pleased i joined this acaeum league thing. i have watched it a helluva lot more and certainly learnt a ton more than i did know. i find i enjoy it more now that i understand a lot more of the technical things.

still love the games in the snow tho - that is amazing

Al

Glad you are having fun with the fantasy football Al. This is actually the first time I have ever played fantasy football myself. Did some baseball in the past but never football. It is much more enjoyable.

Watching those guys play football in frigid temperatures with snow blowing all around is something else. I played football a couple of times in conditions like that and it is a lot of fun but damn it hurts a lot when you get hit.

If you really want to see something you should check out the Fog Bowl. I tried to find a youtube video of it but didnt find one.
http://snr.unl.edu/metr351-03/eneemann/fbfogbowl.html

Back in '88 the Philadelphia Eagles played the Chicago Bears in an NFC playoff game. During the first half a fog bank rolled in and covered the field. You could hardly see anything on the field but they kept playing though. Craziest thing I ever saw....er didn't see.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:01 pm

mdr003 wrote:I'm in a league, and had a playoff game against a team with Westbrook. It was a close match, and I was up by 4 or 5. Everyone was pretty much done except for Westbrook. He broke out on the run, my season was done.... until he flopped down on the one yard line. I won by 2.

Except.... I was playing the Pats defence. I'd won for all of about 12 hours, up until there was a score correction and they reduced the Pats score by 3 (due to some error in the Yahoo stats). So instead of a 122-120 win, I lost by 1.

Them's the breaks.... in the two leagues that matter (Acaeum and Luddite) I had two wins so am playing for 5th in the Acaeum, and the Luddite championship.

(Thought I'd see you next week Mike in the Luddites, but you'll have to settle for 3rd this year. And sorry for whipping you in the Acaeum playoffs - Hester couldn't catch a break, the Vikes never gave him a chance to run it back).

Regards

Mike

Hester was feast or famine...enjoyd some 30-40 pt games from him when people were stupid enough to kick to him, other weeks he got shut down. Dumb move on my part was leaving Stecker on the bench for Young at RB...I would have won (25 pts vs 3 pts, only lost by 10.....). Ah well. Now that Steven Jackson is back (looked GREAT against the Pack this weekend) you have a pretty good shot, Mike. Good Luck!

Mike B.

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Badmike
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:18 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Glad you are having fun with the fantasy football Al. This is actually the first time I have ever played fantasy football myself. Did some baseball in the past but never football. It is much more enjoyable.

Watching those guys play football in frigid temperatures with snow blowing all around is something else. I played football a couple of times in conditions like that and it is a lot of fun but damn it hurts a lot when you get hit.

If you really want to see something you should check out the Fog Bowl. I tried to find a youtube video of it but didnt find one.
http://snr.unl.edu/metr351-03/eneemann/fbfogbowl.html

Back in '88 the Philadelphia Eagles played the Chicago Bears in an NFC playoff game. During the first half a fog bank rolled in and covered the field. You could hardly see anything on the field but they kept playing though. Craziest thing I ever saw....er didn't see.

The "tuck rule" 2002 playoff game with the Pats vs Raiders comes to mind....great football game, under great football conditions (basically snowing the entire game). To think, I was actually rooting for the Pats to win back then...sheesh....now I'm rooting for Brady not to break the TD record!

I've run a "money" league for 14 years now. It's a frikken war there. Old grudges, sacred rivalries, sheer unmitigated dirty tricks and hatred (some teams pick up players just to screw other teams over that need a position player for a week), name calling...a guy actually left because the level of profanity in the group emails had reached a level that he wasn't comfortable with....

. And if you make a bad decision at a position (like the guy who played Brady did this week) you will be unmercifully ripped to pieces by everyone. But it's fun.

We have ten teams, and four are originals, they plan their entire year around draft day....a couple of times they've had to draft by conference call (we have one guy who has lived in Alabama the last few years who drafts by computer, using a video feed). Side bets abound, with the usual prizes being cases of beer for certain games or if certain teams reach the playoffs or win. Sometimes it's money...you can win more money than the actual championship on some of the side bets. The best side bet was a guy having to mow another guy's yard...in a diaper....for losing a head to head matchup. Very enjoyable!

Mike B.

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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:01 pm

A DIAPER! That is classic!
That's what betting is all about. Money is nice and all, but it's the humiliating things that rock. When the Pats beat the Steelers back in the '02 playoffs, I made a bet with one of the guys who worked for me (came from Pitt) that the Pats would win. The loser had to wear a dress to work. He lost. I still have the pictures.

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