Ah, Fall. Quickly becoming my favorite time of year.
Maybe its because I've spent the last 3 years living in high humidity climates. I haven't stopped sweating daily since May. "You get used to it" my ass.
Or maybe it's this ice cold Funky Pumpkin Beer from Kansas City's world renown Boulevard Brewery helping me write. It's cold, bitter and sour, just like the start of my fantasy season.
Or maybe it's being in the midwest where Fall is a pretty big deal. Hiro and I spent the day at Cider Fest, where local apple farmers open their doors to any bad parenting within 100 miles. Seriously though, just let your kid pet the god damn goat one more time.
But most likely it's because of Football and Football is great in the fall.
....Except this weekend. Only two games feature a winning record vs a winning record and one of those games is Raiders vs Ravens. Yikes. It's a good thing we have fantasy football to make
life football more relevant each and every week.
So, despite the lack of actual NFL excitement, there is still plenty of excitement to be had in our first week of cross divisional action, leading to some very intriguing early season matchups. More on that in a minute. The tale of the tape between the two divisions ain't pretty. Legacy division LEADER Steve has 332 points, while Nevin has 315 points and an 0-3 record in her division. Legacy division has only 2 teams over 300pts (I'm one of them), while Crossfit Division has a team over 400pts. This might get ugly. Will the Crossfitters count their Macros and run rickshaw all over the seasoned vets? Or will the Legacy teams pull off a calculated series of crafty upsets?
Lets take a look under the hood at THIS WEEK'S MATCHUPS!!! (3-3 again last week, coin flips)
MATCHUP OF THE WEEK!!!!!! #NeverSayNevin vs Evil Shenanigans: In the battle of "someone has to go get a win right?" I'd like to point out that there's more to this matchup than meets the eye. At time of writing, I'm currently 2nd in my division in terms of points scored and Nevin is actually 3rd in hers (I didn't believe this either). So while have unlucky teams, the law of averages states that we will have our day in the sun soon. The turn-around starts for one of us this week. I like my chances, especially since Nevin doesn't have a running back to play. Like, at all. Shenanigans gets the W, but don't call it a comeback....yet....by 14pts.
MakeDallasGreatAgain vs Speedos and Nair: I got a feeling this one will be a slugfest. After an absolutely embarrassing loss to his wife last week, Steve's looking to rebound but AJ Green might have squashed that noise already. He looked like a #1 WR should against that Dolphins secondary. But I believe he has the answer in a young LeVeon Bell, fresh off his 9th drug suspension. Currently these guys are projected around 120pts each and I'm guessing that number gets eclipsed. I'm going to take Steve in this matchup simply because I think Shane just skips down to his matchup paragraph and skips everything else. Steve by 100 LeVeon yards.
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DOGS RUNNING WILD vs Winless Secrets: Poor Kimmie. While we all believe she didn't mean to draft that team (we don't) her strategy of following Yahoo's rankings to a T isn't paying off the way she had hoped. Zeke seems to be getting better each week and Gronk has gotta return at some point right? In the meantime, my Mom's been riding a fun wave of having RB1 DeAngelo Williams and Jordy Nelson score 8 touchdowns each a week. Oh wait. This week looks a lot different for her. I'm going to call the upset and say Kimmie takes advantage of a weakened DOGS and gets her first win of the season, in a low scorer, by 3pts.
#GlassCaseOfEmotion vs. Shock N Awe: Terrible team name aside, my sister's squad is actually good. Off to a 2-1 start and FAVORED against a 3-0 team of Mexicans, are you kidding me? 20 yards from a Miami Dolphin isn't the greatest start to the week for Baker and with Micah's LA Rams capable of shutting down a slightly struggling Cardinals offense this one could get real interesting real quick. Can't say I have much faith in Duke Johnson Jr. (DJJ as I call him) but since I couldn't bring myself to do it last week I gotta go all in this week. Carla's team upsets the Mexicans, builds a wall, and wins the day by 8pts.
Hard Gronk Life vs TDs in my Face: Bryant, Jennings, Martin, Stewart and Tom Brady still sunbathing naked in Italy (
NSFW), Katie's bench is full of shattered hopes. Meanwhile Mike's on a roll, dominating the league by riding the legs of 30 year old running backs who are destined to breakdown just before the playoffs begin. But that's not for another 8 or 9 weeks. Mike wins big this week, 20pts AT LEAST.
Devonta Freeman vs Naughty Nurse: Another surprising 2-1 team is E. The actual Devonta Freeman showed up just in the nick of time last week, giving E the slight advantage and the win at the 11th hour. This week he has Anne, whose team is falling apart faster than Trump did during last week's debate. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say E gets the win because even with 2 managers, I'm worried "Manneson" won't even update her roster in time for kickoff. Married people are the worst. Victor-E by 13.
Welp, I'm calling for a surprising huge week for the Legacy teams. Probably not a good sign for anyone as I've been having a horrid football season thus far. Ducks are 1-2, Dolphins are barely considered a professional team, my fantasy team is winless and I'm down 6picks already to my moms. 2016 may actually be the worst year ever made.
Excited to announce that I'LL BE IN OREGON NEXT WEEKEND!!!!! Bend Oregon to be exact. Grandma's 80th surprise birthday. At what age does it start becoming dangerous to throw a surprise birthday party? 81 I hope.
Who actually goes to rehab for Marijuana?
30 days away from competition. No more Funky Pumpkins soon :(
If you haven't seen it already rent that live action Jungle book movie! I figured it was a low effort move by Disney for some money (because you know, the company is struggling) and was treating to a visually stunning picture with great characters, on point voice acting and a well thought through story. Hard to find that caliber of movie these days.
It's pronounced 'Fronkensteen'!
The Commish
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