(WatchBlog McGee is a fictionalized blogger but reports on actual, flesh and bone, real-life fantasy football leagues. This year, he is embedded deep in the CFFFL, and will be periodically blogging on league matters.)
WatchBlog here again. The late games of the weekend came down to the wire. Let’s get to it.
Honey, can you hear me?
The Badger lost again, and the Puppies won again. Nothing surprising. What was surprising is that the Badger actually would have been the highest scoring CFFFL team of the week had they played their optimal lineup. What was also surprising was that the Puppies didn’t come close to their weekly average of 119.05 points, and instead only scored 84.36. Nevertheless, instead of an exciting victory by the biggest underdog vs. the most dominant team of the league, we got the same old Puppies’ win, and the same old Badger indifference. Chronos, if you are still out there, the CFFFL still needs you...
King of the Jungle?
The Lions started the season off hot with 3 wins in a row. Since then, they have done nothing but lose, and this week was no exception. The Lions had the advantage in week 6 of being one of only 2 CFFFL teams that had no players on a BYE. However, when you have bad starters, not having any on a BYE is not very helpful, just ask the other team with no BYE players this week, the PlowBoys. The loss means the 47ers will leapfrog the Lions in the 4 Cooks and a Johnson Division (4CJD), and leave the Lions clinging to the last playoff position. The 47ers had to hang on to win Monday night, as the Lions made a late charge to only lose by 5. In his customary cocky style, 47ers manager Jerry “it ain’t over ‘til I get bored paying attention to it” Cook was already making statements concerning his week 7 game even before his week 6 game with the Lions had been decided. Had the managers met midfield after this contest, surely a slap hand shake and back shove would have been witnessed.
Can we play this team every week?
In the most dramatic game of the weekend, Easily Offensive overcame a 21.38 point deficit on Monday night to pull out a 9+ point win. The win was a critical one for the Offensives as their playoff hopes were fading as fast as their dismal winning percentage. It was only their 2nd win of the season, and it was against the only CFFFL team they’ve beaten this year, Cousin Mose & Me.
In an odd bit of symmetry, the Cousins only 2 losses for the season have been to the Offensives whose only 2 wins have been at the expense of the Cousins. The Cousins will maintain their second place position in the 5 Cooks Division (5CD) but will fall to 4th overall in the CFFFL. Next week’s matchup between the Cousins and the Hunters could still be for 1st place in the 5CD, but due to the Cousin’s week 6 loss, they can only vault the Hunters with a win of approximately 52 or more points. When asked if he thought his team could beat the Hunters by 52 points in week 7, Gary “I’ll play anyone who isn’t Easily Offensive” Cook reportedly said: “even for fantasy, that is a ridiculous question.”
WatchBlog out.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Issue 11 - 2011
(WatchBlog McGee is a fictionalized blogger but reports on actual, flesh and bone, real-life fantasy football leagues. This year, he is embedded deep in the CFFFL, and will be periodically blogging on league matters.)
WatchBlog here again. There were two early games this weekend, and neither one was really close. Let’s get to it.
Back in the Saddle
The PlowBoys were excited to have a rested RB Felix Jones back from a BYE week, and ready to start again - so excited, in fact, they decided to release backup RB Willis McGahee to waivers. This excitement lasted until the 2nd quarter of the Cowboy game, when Jones went out with an ankle injury. The injury contributed to the PlowBoys putting up the 2nd worst final team score in the league this year since the PlowBoys woeful showing in week 3. Even though it wasn’t needed for the win, opponent Leftovers still put up their customary triple digit score. Cindy “I’m just glad I can relax this week” Cook will have some work to do for week 7, as an injury to her backup QB will leave her QB-less due to the BYE week for her starter. If asked how she would account for all the holes in her roster for week 7, she most likely would have said “Have you seen the clown I play, next week? I’m not too worried...”
Correction
The PlowBoys’ domination of record low final scores only lasted a few hours until Hottez wit da bodiez moved past them into the 2nd place for lowest final score with even greater offensive ineptitude. The Hottez did not have the excuse of an injured starting RB, but instead relied on pure inattention to their roster in order to challenge this dubious honor. Turns out the Hottez would have lost anyway even with the best of roster moves, but it is doubtful that was even a consideration for Lauren “Didn’t we just have a BYE to deal with last week?” Cook. The Quail Hunters were impressive again, and will maintain their position as the 5 Cooks Division leader, and 2nd in the league overall. Amanda “Why drop players when you can just draft all awesome ones?” Cook will be putting that division lead on the line next week when she faces off in week 7 against the Cousins.
Seeing 20/20
The remaining 3 games are all still somewhat in question as the lead in each is approximately 20 points and in each game, only the trailing team has remaining players competing on Monday night (and yes, even the Badger has an outside chance for a comeback win, but don’t hold your breath.) Truly exciting stuff. WatchBlog might be a CFFFL nerd, but this is what fake blogging about fake football is all about...
WatchBlog out.
WatchBlog here again. There were two early games this weekend, and neither one was really close. Let’s get to it.
Back in the Saddle
The PlowBoys were excited to have a rested RB Felix Jones back from a BYE week, and ready to start again - so excited, in fact, they decided to release backup RB Willis McGahee to waivers. This excitement lasted until the 2nd quarter of the Cowboy game, when Jones went out with an ankle injury. The injury contributed to the PlowBoys putting up the 2nd worst final team score in the league this year since the PlowBoys woeful showing in week 3. Even though it wasn’t needed for the win, opponent Leftovers still put up their customary triple digit score. Cindy “I’m just glad I can relax this week” Cook will have some work to do for week 7, as an injury to her backup QB will leave her QB-less due to the BYE week for her starter. If asked how she would account for all the holes in her roster for week 7, she most likely would have said “Have you seen the clown I play, next week? I’m not too worried...”
Correction
The PlowBoys’ domination of record low final scores only lasted a few hours until Hottez wit da bodiez moved past them into the 2nd place for lowest final score with even greater offensive ineptitude. The Hottez did not have the excuse of an injured starting RB, but instead relied on pure inattention to their roster in order to challenge this dubious honor. Turns out the Hottez would have lost anyway even with the best of roster moves, but it is doubtful that was even a consideration for Lauren “Didn’t we just have a BYE to deal with last week?” Cook. The Quail Hunters were impressive again, and will maintain their position as the 5 Cooks Division leader, and 2nd in the league overall. Amanda “Why drop players when you can just draft all awesome ones?” Cook will be putting that division lead on the line next week when she faces off in week 7 against the Cousins.
Seeing 20/20
The remaining 3 games are all still somewhat in question as the lead in each is approximately 20 points and in each game, only the trailing team has remaining players competing on Monday night (and yes, even the Badger has an outside chance for a comeback win, but don’t hold your breath.) Truly exciting stuff. WatchBlog might be a CFFFL nerd, but this is what fake blogging about fake football is all about...
WatchBlog out.
Special Edition 3 - 2011
(WatchBlog McGee is a fictionalized blogger but reports on actual, flesh and bone, real-life fantasy football leagues. This year, he is embedded deep in the CFFFL, and will be periodically blogging on league matters.)
WatchBlog here again. Special report time again. Let’s get to it.
What the McGahee?!?
Huge news broke late last week as the PlowBoys inexplicably cut their highest scoring running back, Willis McGahee, going into the player’s BYE week. The 47ers, who were close to last in waiver wire rankings were still able to snatch the quality running back up before most of the league noticed. (WatchBlog sources have told me that at least one other team put in a waiver claim, but they were denied due to an even lower waiver wire ranking...) Norman “I thought BYE was an acronym for Benefit Your Enemies” Cook has been silent on the move but has since picked up RB LaDainian Tomlinson, a shrewd move, had it only happened 3 years ago...
No more Clowning around...
This newest player move has dramatically raised the 47ers’ stock, and despite the ridiculous hair sported by the manager, they will have to be taken more seriously in the coming weeks. Commissioner Gary “I can’t get some managers to be active, I can’t get others to stop” Cook issued a statement suggesting foul play was involved and that strong Commissioner involvement might be required. If that happens, it would be the first time...
More BYE week fallout
It appears Honey Badger still don’t give a McGahee, and that Hottez wit da bodiez has stopped giving a McGahee after a slim victory last week. As WatchBlog first reported, a 1 point stat correction in that game could have stripped them of the victory. The stat correction actually happened, but the 1 point was taken from the PlowBoys and not the Hottez, so the victory stood. Unfortunately, with just minutes to kickoff, no roster moves have been made by either the Badger or the Hottez, and it appears each will field incomplete teams, so the prospects of either getting any victory, slim or not, this week are not good. What a bunch of McGahee.
WatchBlog out.
WatchBlog here again. Special report time again. Let’s get to it.
What the McGahee?!?
Huge news broke late last week as the PlowBoys inexplicably cut their highest scoring running back, Willis McGahee, going into the player’s BYE week. The 47ers, who were close to last in waiver wire rankings were still able to snatch the quality running back up before most of the league noticed. (WatchBlog sources have told me that at least one other team put in a waiver claim, but they were denied due to an even lower waiver wire ranking...) Norman “I thought BYE was an acronym for Benefit Your Enemies” Cook has been silent on the move but has since picked up RB LaDainian Tomlinson, a shrewd move, had it only happened 3 years ago...
No more Clowning around...
This newest player move has dramatically raised the 47ers’ stock, and despite the ridiculous hair sported by the manager, they will have to be taken more seriously in the coming weeks. Commissioner Gary “I can’t get some managers to be active, I can’t get others to stop” Cook issued a statement suggesting foul play was involved and that strong Commissioner involvement might be required. If that happens, it would be the first time...
More BYE week fallout
It appears Honey Badger still don’t give a McGahee, and that Hottez wit da bodiez has stopped giving a McGahee after a slim victory last week. As WatchBlog first reported, a 1 point stat correction in that game could have stripped them of the victory. The stat correction actually happened, but the 1 point was taken from the PlowBoys and not the Hottez, so the victory stood. Unfortunately, with just minutes to kickoff, no roster moves have been made by either the Badger or the Hottez, and it appears each will field incomplete teams, so the prospects of either getting any victory, slim or not, this week are not good. What a bunch of McGahee.
WatchBlog out.
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