This Week In Fantasy Football

Fenix Firecrackers lost to the Bulldogs 141-131. Analysis: Embarrassing, mostly because my reserves were LOADED (35-26-17-22-21!) The big letdowns were Martinez my QB with 11 points, Fleener my TE with 1 pt and JK my WR with 1 pt. This leaves FF 6-3 and 3rd for the West Division. This week looks to be huge as The Trojans (2nd in West) go up against the East Division leader Auburn and the Blastmen (1st in West go up against UDM 2nd in East). FF faces CC’s Irish Thunder, 4th in West standings (behind FF) but on a 3 game winning streak.

Caledonia Spartans won, but with the skin of their teeth. 130-126 against Jump Around. JK (again), Paulson WR and Beall RB were all disappointing. Spartans improve to 8-1 and are going against the team 2nd in their division, the Medford Drewids (5-4).  

**WAIVER WIRE UPDATE** THIS COULD BE THE PICK OF THE YEAR! The Fenix Firecrackers are trying to pick up Ryan Tannehill, a WR in FF who is now the starting quarterback. What does this mean? This means rather than having 1 solid QB and 1 chancey WR, I could now have 2 solid QBs. I’m pretty low on the wire but I’ll keep you updated!

 

Meanwhile in the NFL…

The Norfolk Maulers are up by 13 pts on Yojimbo. 1 player to play: Yojimbo’s Derrick Ward the secondary RB for Houston. Analysis: I’m praying that Arian Foster keeps this guy out. Seriously this would be an embarrassing loss, he has 2 players on BYE and his 1st RB and QB combined only got 11 pts. Standings wise, a win would put some space between me (5-3 if win 4-4 if lose) and Katy’s Bratpack (3-5) who are 2nd in the East Division (I’m 1st)

The Hamilton Stingers have won their game 93-72 against Westside with Arian Foster (Stingers) still to play. Thankfully Cassel played well (Vick, Cutler and Flacco were all on BYE) as did the rest of the team (everyone over 5 pts). The Stingers improve to 4-4 and tie for 1st in the Central Division.

Finally the Moscow Maulers won against the Chicken Hawks, 61-49 with M. Hart, Andre Johnson and J. Tamme still to play tonight (let the slaughter begin ) Fitzpatrick played well. The Maulers go up to 2-4 and 1ST in the West Division (it’s a terrible division, what can I say?) Moving the Detroit Lions down to 2nd with 1-3-1 with the Tigers in 3rd at 1-5.

A special thanks to the Rams DST who I picked up in a last minute move for all 3 teams. They got 21 pts.

How I Fought Sexism and Was Banned… IN TWO HOURS

I can’t even believe it. A feminist blog called Shakesville posted an article about the Christine O'Donnell Gawker smear and it caught my eye. It turned out to be full of nonsense. Some how it was misogyny and a crime against women.

Of course politics is full of political smears. So this really isn’t anything new. So I said so, even using Rand Paul’s “kidnapping hoax” as a recent example: “Whiny nonsense. It's politics. Where were you when they tried to accuse Rand Paul of kidnapping? I guess if it happens to women, its sexist misogyny. If its a man, well, that's just politics.”

Two responses to that, the first: “I'm confused. Was there something in the accusations against Rand Paul that was male-specific, that specifically sought to degrade and humiliate him in a way that couldn't be done if he were a woman? 'Cause that right there would be sexism, and we don't like that here. The point here isn't that someone said something mean about a woman somewhere. It's that someone tried to sexually humiliate her in a highly public way. They didn't go after her principles, her stances on issues, her political experience or lack thereof -- they went after the fact that she doesn't wax her vulva.”

To which I replied “Just like how in SC they went after McCain for having an adopted child. Or in Canada they went after Chretien for having a deformity. Those weren't on the issues either. A smear is a smear.”

To which someone else said “BAWWWWWWW” which appears to mean Bitchy and Whiny. This shows the blatant hypocrisy in that A. Bitch is supposedly a sexist word. B. It’s insulting (the comment rules list this as a “safe place”)  C. The fact that me pointing out men are smeared as well is considered whining which is not only sexist but, again, hypocrisy.

The second response was “Shorter: What about the menzzzzzz?” To which I quickly responded “Or: how is it sexist if the same thing happens to everyone?”

Her reply “It doesn't. You're being willfully obtuse.” Interesting, after a little research I quickly came upon several articles about political smears, this one I felt best fit her requirements of sexual and humiliation: “Here's an article of a political smear against a man accusing him of being a pedophile. http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/1707494.update_sex_smear_councillors_political_career_over/” I replied.

To which the same poster who said BAW said “Thanks for posting this! It's very informative. But it should probably go in one of the blog-a-round posts.”

Not quite sure what a blog-a-round post is. But anyway, a short while later, I was banned. Not just banned from posting, but seeing comments all together. I can still see the site, so I checked the comment rules. I quote “Differences of opinion are welcome; no one has ever been nor will ever be banned on a difference of opinion alone.”

I guess there are firsts for everything. We certainly can’t have one voice of dissent among probably over 100 others. NO SIR!

The rest of the site is filled with misandry (a particular line that stood out: “Rape is as old as penises”. You can be certain this won’t be the last post about misandry and sexism.

College Fantasy Football Preview

Only TWO weeks left in the college FF season. I’m going to give you a quick preview of the upcoming game and how the playoffs play into them.

Fenix Firecrackers this is as close to a must win game as it gets. At 6-2 they are behind the 7-1 Blastmen and 6-1-1 Trojan Warhorses. I go up against the Bulldogs this week, a 2-6 team. Meanwhile the Trojan Warhorses and Blastmen are playing each other. Could this be a preview of the semi-final? Also even if I end up losing out #2 spot against the Trojans, I still have a good chance at the #2 wildcard. Here’s how the league currently looks:

1. Blastmen (7-1) West Division
2. Trojan Warhorses (6-1-1) West Division
3. Fenix Firecrackers (6-2) West Div & Auburn (6-2) East Divison
4. UDM (5-3) East Division

So as long as I’m ahead of UDM, I can grab the 2nd wildcard.

Caledonia Spartans things are a little less serious here. My team is currently the league leader at 7-1. In my division the next two teams are 5-3 and 3-5. So there’s a almost definite chance of me either getting the leader spot or the wildcard.  This week unfortunately I go without Blackmon, who is probably my MVP, because of a suspension.

Monday Edition of TWIFS

WHAT A DISASTER!

The Norfolk Maulers were destroyed 131-51 with only 2 players over 10 pts.

The Moscow Maulers went down 97-78 after with Tony Romo out for probably the season (I also have 4 players on bye this week)

Finally the lone bright spot is the Hamilton Stingers who won 119-72, improving to 3-4  and tied for 2nd only 1 game behind 1st. (6 out of 9 players had over 10 pts)

This 2 Months in Fantasy Sports

Yep I got lazy, between work and geocaching, my blog has taken a backseat. So I’m going to give you a update of the past 2 months (with an extra NFL Team)

College Football

The Fenix Firecrackers are 6-2 on a 4 game winning streak and ranked 3rd in the West Division and tied for 3rd league wide.

The Caledonia Spartans are 7-1 on a 4 game winning streak too. They’re ranked 1st in West Division and league wide.

 

NFL Football

The Hamilton Stingers are 2-4 and 3rd in the Central Division.

The Norfolk Maulers are 4-2 and 1st in the East Division

The Moscow Maulers 1-3 and 2nd in the West Division

Welcome Back to Fantasy Football! College Edition

Welcome back, after last years disappointing losses, I look forward for another championship drive.

Let's start with the college teams:

Canadian Football League: Fenix Firecrackers
Roster*
QB - Taylor Potts - Texas Tech
QB - BJ Daniels - South Florida
QB - Sean Renfree - DUKE

RB - Montel Harris - Boston College
RB - Stepfan Taylor - Stanford
RB - Anthony Allen - Georgia Tech
RB - Damien Berry - Miami

WR - Ryan Broyles - Oklahoma
WR - Randall Cobb - Kentucky
WR - Uzoma Nwachukwu - Texas A&M
WR - Dane Sanzenbacher - Ohio State

TE - Kyle Rudolph - Notre Dame
K - Phillip Welch - Wisconsin
DST - Clemson

* As of Sept.12

Week 1
Fenix Firecrackers v CC's Irish Thunder
Final Score: Firecrackers 134.5 - Irish Thunder 107
Opinion- This quick rout was exactly what I wanted for my team in the first week.

Week 2
Fenix Firecrackers v Blastman
Final Score: Firecrackers 145.5 - Blastman  141.5
Opinion- A close but good win, for the 2nd week in a row I'm the team with the highest score. These early wins are going to help drive me to the playoffs.


Only Real Fantasy Players Allowed League: Caledonia SPARTANS
QB - Taylor Potts - Texas Tech
QB - Blaine Gabbert - Montana

RB - Bryce Beall - UCLA
RB - Alfred Morris - FAU
RB - Roy Helu - New England
RB - Noel Devine - West Virginia

WR - Justin Blackmon - Oklahoma State
WR - Ronald Johnson - University of Southern California
WR - Malcolm Williams - Texas
WR - Doug Baldwin - Stanford
WR - Greg Childs - Arizona

TE - Ladarius Green - LALAFAY
K - Ross Evans - TCU
DST - TCU
 
Week 1
Cal. SPARTANS v Medford Drewids
Final Score: SPARTANS 90.75 - 90 Drewids
Opinion: HOLY CRAP! I though I had honestly lost this game (scores hadn't updated properly), both of our teams WRs were terrible.

Week 2
Cal SPARTANS v Flames
Final Score: SPARTANS 158.25 - 105 Flames
Opinion: That's more like it! After a couple waiver grabs the team is moving forward. Shout outs for Potts, Beall, Blackmon, TCU and Green (15 points for a TE!)

So far both teams have had great starts!

Geocache Update: Wild Saturday

Today I originally planned on no caches. My first two, happened before picking someone up at the train station. One was a unique cache by Dex and another was a cool magnetic.

After that me and Sharon12 went out to Tiffany Falls to get her 199 and 200th cache. It took some time, but we eventually got to Stephanie Falls and made a find. After that we went to Oasis by the 403 and found one I had missed. A good GPS makes all the difference.

After we returned home I found that there was another cache placed reasonably close, so I went solo to get the FTF, but came up 15 minutes short. After returning home again, I saw there was another cache, this one too was grabbed before I got to it. One of these days...