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fantasy football
just taking the temperature at this point, but would any of you be interested in setting up a free fantasty football league on yahoo sports this year? {/geek}
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I've never been clear on how these things work. I mean, is there a fantasy cheerleader squad to go along with it? These things are important to know.
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it's fun. i used to think it was totally lame and geeky.
what you do is: on a prescribed day, we draft a team of players. running backs, quarterbacks, receivers, a tight end, a fullback, a defense and a kicker. each week, your team is matched against another, and the stats that your players earn in real life count as points within the fantasy scoring system. you win or lose against your opponent, and your record grows. there is lots of good trash talking, trading, and it changes the way you watch games. it gives you more interest in games you would normally tune out. it takes minimal time investment, and no $$, so even those who don't know football too well can do well. |
I may kibbitz. (Or maybe you need a commissioner for the league?? :cool: ) I've never been interested in running a fantasy team because part of what I find interesting is the interaction between the players on a team. So slicing and dicing the players' performance apart from their RL teams has never been that appealing to me personally.
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you ever hear the term 'wet blanket', steve?:)
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I'd be in if you kept it simple. Don't need more work in my life disguised as fun.
But I get to be the Packers!! Oooo, I love the Packers. |
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Even so... the more I think about it, the more I think you're gonna need an impartial commissioner to keep everybody in line. |
I might be game.
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The one time i played in a real live league, with "prizes" for the winners, and "membership fees"; we all designed helmets to go with our team names. I was The Butchers. I had a meat cleaver on my helmet. Mice Nuts won the superbowl. My lame-o boss was "The Eagles" .......dork. but, if you want to be "The Packers" that's ok with me...just make sure there is a box of fudge on their helmet .;) |
how about THIS year?
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I have no friggen clue, but I'm always in anything fun :)
If not, I will just spectate and drink. |
I've been thinking about this myself. I did it with PhillyBlog a few years ago, and I'd like to do it this year...if someone is willing to take the lead on putting it together.
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YAHOO BABY
jim i'm actually excited to see you post |
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You don't want to mess with a Bears fan.... :flipbird: :rattat: |
Both your teams suck and won't do shit in the playoffs. :)
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Ba! Thought you meant....y'know....football.
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Fantasy Soccer Dana?
I'm sorry but that's laughable :D |
Do they even do fantasy soccer? I'd join that too.
Fresh, the Bears in the Super Bowl last year means about, oh, jack shit in today's NFL. :) Seriously, Grossman is not that great of a QB, and there are a lot of questions in both their offense and defense. Plus they play in a weak division. We'll see...IMO, there has been far less consistency in the NFC over the past decade compared to the AFC. |
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Go Bears!! |
One name.
Brady Quinn. |
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jim has invited you to join a NFL.com Fantasy Football
league! To accept this invitation and join the league, click this link (or cut and paste the link into your browser's address field): http://freemeeting.0.football.nfl.co...2c50b3e8f97641 Before you join the league, you'll be presented with key information about the league, including the draft date, draft type (live or automated), current league members and league type (private or public). If this is a private league, you'll be required to enter the following password before you can join the league. A password will not be listed in this e-mail if this is a public league: League Password: cock Keep in mind that each NFL.com Fantasy Football league is limited to 12 members, so it's possible the league could be full before you have a chance to join. If that happens, or if you're interested in a different type of league than the one you've been invited to join, you can easily scan other open leagues or even create a new league yourself. We hope you enjoy NFL.com Fantasy Football. Have a great season. The Staff |
Do they have Fantasy Futbol?
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fooked if i know
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automated draft is august 19th. easy to do, free. all you have to do is join before then, and rank your players. the rest happens automatically. you can design your own helmet or logo, too.
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So hypothetically, all I would have to do is randomly assign ranks to a list of players I've never heard of... and since this stuff is about as volatile as the stock market, I could never login to the site again and still kick all your asses by the end of the season? It could happen, right?
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yes indeed. you might just want to be check in a time or two to watch your bye weeks. but, i've seen guys come in 3rd in leagues they had obviously forgotten.
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I'm in!
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cool
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cmon...we need 9 more people.
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I don't understand American Football. It's like rugby without the padding right?
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no. they wear more pads than rugby players do. and they dont keep going like rugby players....it's far more structured and regimented by rules.
fantasy football is all about statistics made by individual players. the thing with this is....that if we dont get the required 12 teams to fill the league, it wont be formed. |
umm...meant to say rugby with padding.
Anybody ever play that footbal game on the commodore 64, Endzone, I think it was called? |
American football is more of an old-fashioned military exercise, or a chess game. It doesn't compare, and it isn't meant to compare, to rugby.
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you are all welcome to join my fantasy Premiership mini league.. there are only 3 of us in it right now. it is at ESPN.com. $100million to buy your team with.
League name : UFOLD password: uphold any issues just PM me. |
i'll join yours ....if you join mine.....;)
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Does it cost anything?
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i don't follow american football enough to even pick any players.
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absolutely. you dont even have to throw. ability to trash talk is a plus though.
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Yeah...like this: I'm going to eat the first born of every person that loses to me this season.
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And buy pizza for everyone who beats you? Get ready to fill up the tank. It is not a short drive to my house from St. Louis.
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If you want to eat that shit, sure...I wouldn't recommend it. :)
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I was being frugal. Change that to steak.
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alrighty then, i have joined. since there are only 4 now, what happens if the required 12 do not join buy sunday? if i read correctly we will be "dis-banded? (i can do some trash talkin')
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i fear you are right. it's not looking real good. we need help here people....even if you dont want to play.....just join up so the rest of us can. flint, griff, tony, bruce, hlj, cmon men!
clobble, labrat, jinx, wolf.....lets go ladies! |
Perhaps you should throw some pm's their way. Maybe folks really, really want to hop in, they just aren't reading the thread.
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What is the ID?
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Goats are in.
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oh, yeah...i added the league name with the quote i put in. i assumed that the link it included would take you right to it as it does for me.....but added the name just in case.....
oh, and thanks...i'm gonna crush you. |
We are 5. Time for some arm twisting.
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If we're coming up short you could fill the league out with bogus teams.
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If you guys just need a dummy, that describes me perfectly, but I won't be able to actively participate.
If that's the case, let me know. |
Alright. I'm in, for you guys' sake. I ranked my players based on who had the coolest names. Prepare to have your asses handed to you.
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YAY....
HLJ: yes, please |
Cool!
I need witnesses to LJ getting spanked. |
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