Fantasy Football Probable Lineups Week 4 - The Derek Anderson Bench Watch Begins (And Lane Kiffin is still Coach for now...btw)

Lineups as of 1246 EST 9/27/08

Stormfront Week 4 1 – 2 Playing Sleeping Giants (Hasselbeck, Westbrook (Q), Turner, Welker (Bye!), A. Johnson, H. Miller, Kaeding, Colts (Bye!))

Rivers
Portis
Graham
Housh
Coles
Witten
Kasay
Bills

Analysis - Unless SG does a last minute lineup change before kickoff, they will be short three critical positions. Lineup is strong and the SF have a chance of going .500 this week.

SouthlandBulls 2 - 1 Playing Team w/o owner (QB Brady, Jones Drew, Grant, Housh, Coles, Clark, Keading, Steelers)

O' Sullivan
L Johnson
Norwood
Royal
Driver
Scafie
Rackers
Eagles

Analysis - Yep, its a gamble (with O' Sullivan, Norwood, Royal And Scafie) but stranger things have happened in fantasy football. The opposing team is the upside this week or lack there of.


Redshirts 1 – 2 Playing Lost Cause (McNabb (Q), Welker (Bye), Steve Smith, Hillard, SJax, L. Johnson, Daniels, Akers, IDP)

Cutler
S. Moss
Cotchery
Bryant
Portis
Norwood
V. Davis
Bironas
IDP

Analysis - IDP Leagues are frustrating sometimes. If McNabb doesn't perform that could help but this matchup is a toss up as parts of this teams first teams are screwed with byes this week. At least we're getting some of those out of the way early.


Bay City Buccaneers 1 – 2 Playing Don8184 ( Romo, M. Barber, L. Johnson, DeSean Jackson, Ocho Cinco, V. Davis, Longwell K, Panthers )
Anderson.
Jones-Drew,
Norwood,
Bryant,
Hardy,
Carlson,
Graham – K
Cowboys

Analysis - The Derek Anderson bench watch is ON in Cleveand. We'll see if not starting Quinn is a genius choice or the I'm a moron this week choice.

Fantasy Football Waivers 9 - 4

Southland Bulls (Autopick draft)

Adds:

Maurice Morris
Matt Ryan
Jerious Norwood

Drops:

Matt Leinart
Matt Stover
Shaun Alexander


Stormfront:

None


Redshirts:

Drops:

Matt Ryan


Adds:

Pierre Thomas

Bay City Buccaneers:

Waivers not available this week.

Fantasy Football Teams 2008 Draft results

Yahoo Private Team One Draft Results

TheRedshirts
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Round Pick Player Position
1. (5) Joseph Addai RB
2. (16) Clinton Portis RB
3. (25) Marques Colston WR
4. (36) Calvin Johnson WR
5. (45) Jerricho Cotchery WR
6. (56) Dominic Rhodes RB
7. (65) Ladell Betts RB
8. (76) Dustin Keller TE
9. (85) Philip Rivers QB
10. (96) Jay Cutler QB
11. (105) Ted Ginn Jr. WR
12. (116) Santana Moss WR
13. (125) Chris Harris DB
14. (136) Adewale Ogunleye DL
15. (145) Devin Hester WR
16. (156) Manny Lawson DL
17. (165) Rob Bironas K
18. (176) Jerious Norwood RB
19. (185) Donald Lee TE
20. (196) C.J. Wilson DB
21. (205) Matt Ryan QB



Fantasy Sharks Bay City Buccaneers Team Two Draft Results


1.12 Wayne, Reggie IND WR
2.01 Jones-Drew, Maurice JAC RB
3.12 McFadden, Darren OAK RB
4.01 Anderson, Derek CLE QB
5.12 Dunn, Warrick TBB RB
6.01 Jones, Julius SEA RB
7.12 Norwood, Jerious ATL RB
8.01 Hester, Devin CHI WR
9.12 Brown, Reggie PHI WR
10.01 Cowboys, Dallas DAL Def
11.12 Hackett, D.J. CAR WR
12.01 Morris, Sammy NEP RB
13.12 Crumpler, Alge TEN TE
14.01 Russell, JaMarcus OAK QB
15.12 Graham, Shayne CIN PK
16.01 Hardy, James BUF WR


Stormfront Fleaflicker team Three draft results

7th Pick Clinton Portis RB
18th Pick Reggie Wayne WR
31st Pick T. J. Houshmandzadeh WR
42nd Pick Earnest Graham RB
55th Pick Marc Bulger QB
66th Pick Jason Witten TE
79th Pick Buffalo Bills TM
90th Pick Thomas Jones RB
103rd Pick Philip Rivers QB
114th Pick Jason Hanson K
127th Pick Laveranues Coles WR
138th Pick Ted Ginn WR
151st Pick Donald Lee TE
162nd Pick Ladell Betts RB
175th Pick Tampa Bay Buccaneers



SouthlandBulls (Autopick drafted)


8th Pick Ben RoethlisbergerQB
17th Pick Larry Johnson RB
32nd Pick Shaun Alexander RB
41st Pick Roy Williams WR
56th Pick Rudi Johnson RB
65th pick Donald Driver WR
80th PickJeremy Shockey TE
89th Pick Houston Texans TM
104th Pick Neil Rackers K
113th Pick Matt Leinart QB
128th Pick Darrell Jackson WR
137th Pick Benjamin Watson TE
152nd Pick Matt Stover K
161st Pick Philadelphia EaglesTM
176th Pick Mark Clayton WR

Resturant Day!

Two quick links about restaurants...one good and one sad (for the employees who are now out of work.)

First up: good news for those who hate cell phone users who can't turn the damn thing off while waiting in line!

Finally!

Secondly, just as Starbucks is closing 600 stores, looks like Bennigan's is filing chapter 9

From all the comments, it looks like Bennigan's was on the death throes already. In a cash strapped economy, when you do decide to go out to dinner...bad service is a sure way to deter customers from coming back.

Idle Rays Don't Expect Much Help

The idle Rays are resting after dropping a rare home series to the Astros. The Rays then head off on the road to the Marlins, Pirates then back home to the brawl with Boston part 2.

Boston is looking to beat up on the dissapointing D Backs and with Haren's 0 - 3 road record so far, Rays fans probably won't see any ground gained tonight.

Prospects for gaining in the wildcard doesn't look much better as the Angels are getting ready to pounce all over the Nationals and their pitcher Jason Bergmann (home record 0-2 6.35)

Crazy Saturday In Baseball

What is crazier?



The Cubs with a 9 run fourth inning and with Edmonds hitting two home runs in that same inning


OR

Sabathia hits second homer of career

And...
and the Rays keep rolling!

Rays Sweep Cubs!

First the Rays went to fight night at Fenway and got swept, then it was on to Texas and in the middle of Garza and Navi getting into it, the Rays won a series! The Rays then lost the series to the Angels (but didn't get swept!)

Back home to the Trop and the Rays won the series against the Marlins but then the true test was on the way. Could the Rays best the Cubs at home? The Rays won games one and two in heartstopping fashion and it was all down to game three last night.

First time that I have seen ESPN give that much time to talking about the Rays!

Fight Night At Fenway!

1st Place (Around the Rays Blogosphere...)

Yes, it's May and not September...but the Rays blogosphere is alive with celebration. The Rays are defending The Trop. First it was the improbable first historic sweep of the Red Sox at the Trop. Then the Rays salvaged a 4 - 5 road trip (including winning one of the road series) then back to the Trop and sweeping the Angels and now winning against Pettite (doable but still impressive) but then the truly amazing last night - beating the best pitcher on the Yankees staff, Chien-Ming Wang.

We're in first place in the AL East. It bears repeating, for all us Rays fans out there. For all of the blown leads we have suffered through, all the times the bats were silent, all the base running errors and the fielding goofs and the umpire bad calls.

It's not going to the playoffs but for this franchise, it's a watershed moment. This time last year...the Rays were basically mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. We all remember, it was THAT bad.


So who else besides the Fantasy Sports Fanatic is stoked about these Rays? Let's see...shall we?


A fan post on DRays Bay is talking about Jungle Karma ("Jungle Karma" refers to the Jim Rome show, in case you were wondering what I was blogging about there...)


Her Rays has an entertaining recap of last night's historic game


Outs Per Swing has a really detailed breakdown of the 11 inning nail biter


Here is a thread from Raysbb.com about Hank Stienbrenner flipping out

The Rays Confidence Index is up...


And my favorite Blog, The Rays Of Light, have their recap up of the 1st place game as well...

And the MLB 2008 1st meltdown award goes to...

Some Silly Puns

Going off the board, here are some silly puns madness in the middle of March Madness*:

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent


2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."


3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was asalted.


4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.


5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."


6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"


7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common? Well," It's Not Unusual."


8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field.. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.


9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.


10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.


12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!"


13. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel.


14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.


15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says, "Dam!"


16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.


17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."


18. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain ; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."


19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him a super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.


20. An escapee from a secure hospital goes into a launderette, sexually assaults the people there and runs away. Headline in the local paper that week: "Nut screws washers and bolts".


And finally,


21. There was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.


*And by March Madness I'm also referring to working at a retail store right before Easter. Anyone else sick of straightening up candy?

It's a 168 point Nugget smackdown

Wow...how about this defensive performance by the Subsonics...

Now that's just plain puck...

Now this is the type of goal you would expect to see playing video game hockey...


Rob Davison scores from nearly 200ft on Vesa Toskala

Caps Blow Bruins away 10 - 2

Here's the recap from NHL.com

Wow. At least the New England defense was able to sack Campbell for a safety to prevent the shutout.

FAN IQ Update For Feburary

If you like trying to predict the outcome of sporting events for fun, then Fan IQ in the place to be! You can comment on the latest stories (yes, there are other stories then Roger Clemens), answer trivia questions and try to predict the outcomes for that days sporting events in just about every sport!

The Month of Feburary was a great one for the FSF on Fan IQ...including 2 Game perfection awards...8-0 record on NCAABB Game Polls 02/26/2008...and 9-0 record on NCAABB Game Polls 02/09/2008...there were others but those were the coolest of the lot. It's getting closer to March Madness, The NBA and NHL are heating up and Arena football has returned.

Think your cell phone bill was high?

The one where a Friends mobile download cost £11,000

How's that for a birthday present?

Horse racing bet makes man birthday millionaire

Now that's a way to spend a birthday!

Dwight Howard Superman Dunk

Now THIS is a dunk!

Sunday's Not The Same says it all!

(Florida State Fair) Fried Pepsi?

Would you like some fried Pepsi to go with your fried Oreos, fried twinkies and garlic mashed patatoes on stick?

Just think, next year, when the charged Snickers (the new one with caffine in it) takes over...you can have a fried Charged Snickers. I'm not sure if that's progress.

Lucky Fan!

Luckiest Giants Fan Alive


Heck of a good story and a lucky Giants fan that should probably apply to the CIA.

(Cool Stuff) It's TIVO for your radio...

It's TIVO for your radio...

I know you are out there and you listen to sports talk radio as much as I do. The only problem is that you can't listen to everything all at one time. But now you have the next best thing, Radiotime!

Honestly, I am not getting paid a single dime but I am excited about this product. Right now, I am enjoying listening to a program that I recorded last night from 2am - 6am at 6pm at night! It's pretty easy. All you do is download RedButton from Radiotime and install it on your computer. Search for your favorite talk radio programs and then you can schedule recordings (more then one program can be recorded at the same time.) Record programs while at work or school and then listen to the abriged version later on (you can fast forward or rewind the recording while listening) as the show becomes an mp3 and is saved to your computer. You get 14 days to try Redbutton free and then it's 29 dollars (that's it, no monthly subscriptions!) and you can have your own schedule lineup any way you want.

To paraphrase a well known movie quote... "I'd buy THAT for 29 dollars!"

Surf on over to www.radiotime.com and download RedButton. You'll thank me for it later!

Now that's a bad day...

Fake Target Clerk Steals $17K In iPods

Talk about an Ifelony. Ouch.

Friday Links

Some Friday Links:

1) You are probably smarter then these game show contestants

And 2) Here Fitzy's Superbowl Wicked Pissar Webcast (Not Safe For Work, Language warning)

Thank You #40 And Best Wishes!

Mike Alstott is making it official.

Check out this article


And this youtube video from the article deserves it's own link

Tampa Thunder Championship Coverage: The Draft

The Tampa Thunder began as all fantasy football teams do with a fanatic huddled in front of their keyboard with some stratagem based on mock drafts and ADP (average draft positions) projections. I got the dream position in the snake draft picking at the end and then getting the immediate next pick after. My first two picks were Randy Moss (9th overall) and Peyton Manning (12th overall).

Ironically, this was WR - QB - RB type draft and by all fantasy football known logic, I should have lost. Next picked was Clinton Portis (29th overall) and then TJ Houshmandzadeh (32nd overall) then Marion Barber (49th overall) and Joey Galloway (89th overall).

There were other picks, of course, but all were released at some point. This here was a foundation to be sure. Portis and Barber were steals. I would not be suprised to see them move up in ADP projections for the 2008 season. Honestly, how was that Shaun Alexander pick in 2007 (had him on another team)?



Editor's note: Actually found the draft order for my championship fleaflicker re-draft team. I'm adding it below


Randy Moss WR Free Agent Drafted 9 overall

Peyton Manning QB Free Agent Drafted 12 overall on Wk17

Clinton Portis RB Free Agent Drafted 29 overall

T. J. Houshmandzadeh WR Free Agent Drafted 32 overall

Marion Barber RB Free Agent Drafted 49 overall

Jeremy Shockey TE Free Agent Drafted 52 overall

Indianapolis Colts TM Free Agent Drafted 69 overall

Draft Jake Delhomme QB Free Agent Drafted 72 overall

Draft Joey Galloway WR Free Agent Drafted 89 overall

Draft Derrick Ward RB Free Agent Drafted 92 overall

Draft Jeff Reed K Free Agent Drafted 109 overall

Draft Maurice Morris RB Free Agent Drafted 112 overall

Draft Shaun McDonald WR Free Agent Drafted 129 overall

Draft Joe Jurevicius WR Free Agent Drafted 132 overall

Draft Bubba Franks TE Free Agent Drafted 149 overall

I'm Back To Blogging!

I've survived a retail Christmas and felt like I have had a bullseye on my body, I've survived 2 colds and even got to experience Black Friday (those people who get up early are looney.)

With the playoffs in the windshield and the Bucs and the Regular Season in the rearview...fantasy football is (sniffle, whine) over. I still did win a league championship in one league and it wasn't either team with Brady as the QB.

I'll break down the timeline of the winning redraft team. I've learned some more things this year about fantasy football:

1) Mock drafts, mock drafts, mock drafts.

2) You can't win with autopick teams, live drafting offers you the most chance to win.

3) Pick up enough waiver wire players and you'll find a Derek Anderson or a Earnest Graham.

4) Not even Tom Brady can beat Ol' Man Winter or a Noreaster.

5) Risk has reward: Westbrook and Portis.

6) Your superbowl roster won't resemble your regular weekly roster one iota.

7) Your live draft picks initially will determine the fate of your team, like it or not. While waviers and trades help, the picks are your foundation.

8) NEVER forget that RB's are everything in fantasy football.

9) After RB's being everything, so is depth.

Disaster On Interstate 4

To say that this week was frightning was an understatement here in Tampa with the Interstate 4 Disaster.

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