Football Fantasy

Help. Can anyone trade me top-10 tight-end for a mid-range – could be hot – quarterback? Look, I’m not desperate but the stretch could kill me, look I’m just a little light in that area and I could maybe do with some cover.

Ok, okay. Listen the Fantasy Football thing is getting me hooked in a massive way. I’ve spent the past 12 months listening to ESPN Insider podcasts with tales of all sorts of mouth-breathing weirdoes playing this stuff (thanks Colin Cowherd {ESPN The Herd}). And I’ve resisted as long as I can … but right now I’m sinking. I’m into two ESPN leagues and have an NFL.com draft coming up on Saturday. Already knee deep in horse-trading players around; this is cool.

I dabbled in the soccer fantasy stuff here in the UK last year but it’s lame by comparison. Picking the best combination from the top players in the EPL will usually see you in good stead against everyone else’s perception of the best combination of the same 20 or so guys, then all you gotta do is let the points roll-in. But this NFL is cool … I get to draft players and no one else can have them. Yeah soccer dude … in your fantasy league everyone has Frank Lampard … but here no one else can have Larry Johnson and LaDanian Tomlinson if I’ve got ‘em (I wish). So I get to pit my real (fantasy) team against every one else’s real (fantasy) team.

I can’t wait for the NFL kickoff a week on Sunday … course I might be too busy tinkering with some last minute trades and picking sleepers up off waivers to tune in live … but hey that’s what SKY+ (translation – TIVO) is for ain’t it?

 

you can follow the FFL progress of the Nutgrove Nuggets and Chorley Blitz by following these links.

Falling in love with Gridironing(board) …

There’s just a hint of winter in the air here. It’s late August, nights are drawing-in and the evenings are distinctly cooler. It’s time to pack away the old electric fan back into the loft and fish-out the heavy duvet.

But the upside is that Footballl is back. Thursday August 31 sees the NCAA I-A College Football kickoff – although for us in the UK the first chance we’ll get to see a game will be Saturday’s triple header on NASN (5pm – North Texas @Texas, 830 – Louisiana Tech “ Nebraska and 12 – Utah @ UCLA).

With NFL coverage kicking off the following weekend it sets up a great winter sports package … and I can’t wait.

I’ll be there on Saturday all perky and set-up for game-day and a marathon session on the SportsSOFA. Course it’s not as easy as that … there is an admission price to pay … turns out the only way I can get that much uninterrupted TV time is to trade in the ‘Man-badge’.

That’s right – I sussed this out last year – if I set the ironing board up and stack the laundry baskets just-so … then I can watch and iron to my hearts-content … and the coffee and snacks keep coming.

Ok, so I can’t let my neighbour see me … but at least I get to see the games.

Catcha’ round.