When Reality is Painful...

Phillies make the playoff run only to be swept away
Eagles seem on the brink of imploding on themselves for the 2007 season
U.S. Women's Soccer loses on the field and off in China

It's times like these that I love my fantasy sports. It's been a good 2007 for me this year. Once again, I came in the top 10 of the Hampton Roads Fantasy Baseball league (although some of the prize tickets i got expire in about a week). First place in fantasy football.

My new attempt is fantasy basketball.
Two of my students are playing and asked me to join their league so i figured what's the pain in that.

My last attempt was interesting. I learned quickly that Centers were your money players (i was playing in the Jordan era and Shaq well outscored Jordan in fantasy basketball -- think missed shots as negative points).

NFL Predictions

Here are Mine

AFC East AFC North AFC South AFC West
Patriots Ravens Colts Broncos
Dolphins Steelers Texans Chargers
Jets Bengals Jaguars Raiders
Bills Browns Titans Cheifs

(Yes i know the playoffs are same as last year)
Wildcard: Chargers

AFC Champ: Denver Broncos

NFC East NFC North NFC South NFC West
Eagles Bears Saints Rams
Cowboys Packers Panthers Cardinals
Redskins Vikings Buccaneers Seahawks
Giants Lions Falcons 49ers

Wildcard: Panthers

NFC Champ: New Orleans Saints (although i almost thought about Eagles)

Super Bowl Champ: Denver Broncos

Choices

As football season starts there are a variety of different types of fantasy games available. There is something for everyone from the novice to the severly addicted.

Nothing funny today i was just going to lay out the different games that exist:

Traditional: This is what most people generally refer to when they invite you to play fantasy football. Each individual "owner" takes control of a team and picks real NFL players for "their" team. As the players do well (or not so well) on Sunday their fantasy team gets points.

Salary Cap: This is similar to the traditional but can take more/less work as you want. No one else in the league is effected by your activity or inactivity. In this format you have a certain amount of fake money. You can spend your fake money to build a roster as you see fit. You can spend it all on P. Manning or spread it out evenly for adequate but not great players. I find this game has a lot of strategy to it but is much less well known.

Survival: A fun game but can be very short. You don't put any time into this game. Each week you choose one team as your team that will win that week. If they win, you live for another week. If they don't you are out of the game. The only strategy is to keep teams like the Colts from being used until later in the season (you can only use each team once). Longest i've lived in this game is until week 9 or 10.

Pick 'em: This is a game with a lot of variation. At it's core you pick who you think will win each game of the NFL season (a la Las Vegas). You can add in elements of using point spreads and/or confidence points.

These are the main fantasy games available with others available. If anyone has other favorites they know let me know.

Roy G. Biv

There are plenty of colors in the visual spectrum. You'd think our pro sports franchises might consider this as they plan their uniforms.

A Quick quiz for you!

In less then 10 seconds can you identify the Angel, National or Phillie? (answer key at end)

a.)
b.)
c.)


Question 2 ... Identify the Seattle Seahawk or the Philadelphia Eagle.

a.)

b.)



Sigh...
Let's not go crazy though....


Answers: Question 1: a.) Does it matter? b.) MVP & Philadelhpia Philly Ryan Howard c.) Los Angelas Angels of Anaheim in southern California on the West Coast of America.

Question 2: a.) The Seahawk...Admit it you peaked at the sign in the background
b.) The Eagle ... Welcome to Philly Mr. Curtis

Back in the game

After a long hiatus....
I'm back.

Hopefully i can create some new, sometimes funny, sometimes controversial thoughts on the world of sports and sport entertainment.