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Most Wonderful Time of the Year

October 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Today is Amy’s birthday.
The Broncos are 4-0.
The Rockies start the playoffs today at 1.30 against the Phillies.
The Avs are 2-0 and playing out of sight. (Don’t tell anybody I keep track of the Avs.)
Alabama is undefeated and looks like the best team in the nation.
AND my fantasy football team is first in my [...]

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Tags: family ties · humor · sports

Fantasy Football 09-10

September 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments

I’m only doing one league this year. It’s a severe drop from years past but my life is to crazy (in a good way) to do much else. I’ve got a love-hate relationship with my draft. I like who I got in terms of where I got him…but there are some players [...]

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Hard Draft Day Lessons

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Like I said earlier, I dropped one league this year to do two others. This one was painful.
It’s a salary cap/auction draft. Players are put on the blocks and you can bid to have them or not. You only have $120 cap for the draft ($200 total cap room) and [...]

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And So It Begins

August 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Fantasy Football, 2008.
I’m in two leagues so far.
My long-time league with my crew in Kansas. Last year I went 12-1 then cratered in the playoffs. Thank you, Peyton Manning and the Colts for sitting the last two weeks of the season.
And a new league at my church [...]

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Tags: sports