Football

[BUGGER]

The American one. College, pro, fantasy. We're half way through it. Thoughts, complaints?

I'm Mr. West Coast, so Stanford's 3 OT win over USC was a cold hard classic. Ranked 4, I'm hoping Alambama/LSU this weekend throws one of the two down a notch enough to get Stanford into the top 3.

49ers are 6-1, only team with a higher win percentage is Green Bay. Sure we've had an easy schedule, but still....suppose we're carrying the weight for the rest of the NFC west.


Fantasy (The real reason why I wanted to post):
Aaron Rodgers QB
Reggie Wayne WR
Anquan Boldin WR
Dion Branch WR
Frank Gore RB
Ahmad Bradshaw RB
Jason Witten TE
Neil Rackers K
Buffalo Bills. D

Backups:
Darren Sproles RB
Brandon Lloyd WR
Tony Gonzales TE
Johnathon Stewart RB
Chicago D
Alex Smith QB

My recieving core sucks as I was banking on a Manning-Wayne pass happy season. Tomorrow I'm 4-4 ending number one's undefeated season.


Anyways I'm done Tebowing, what's your thoughts this season?

[Firefly]

My thoughts:

Couldn't give a shit about American football. Ice hockey? Yes. Rugby? Yes. Real football? Yes.

[Zulthus]

Originally Posted by Firefly

My thoughts:

Couldn't give a shit about American football.

QFT

I'm American and football is the most boring thing to watch on TV. To each their own, but it isn't that fun watching guys roll around in mud together IMO.

[Hamma]

2 fail posts -300 cool points for Firefly.

[Traak]

We need infantry to be divided up into what they can do based on their physical capabilities, just like in football. I mean infantry in the real world, not just PS.

[Lonehunter]

Another year and more BCS bullshit. I gave up on NFL, College ball is all I got left, and it's in a downward spiral.

[Raymac]

I'm still in shock that my 9ers are kicking so much ass this year. The rest of our season is mostly division games and considering how crappy the NFC West is this year, it looks like we are finally playoff bound again. Woohoo!
Hell, the 9ers haven't been 6-1 since Rice was on the team. Needless to say I'm loving the new Harbaugh era.

Stanford has been a good story too. I've won quite a bit of money thanks to Andrew Luck. That OT game against USC was classic. I hate everything about USC and have my entire life. Well I take that back, their cheerleaders are...well...10s to put it politely.

I pity those that aren't into the NFL. I like pretty much all sports. Soccer is cool. English Premier League is fun, but Barcelona is like watching poetry in motion. I can't get enough of Messi. NBA games are ok, but it looks like we'll have to wait next year for that. Hell, I'm a big fan of the Olympics because you get to see a bunch of obscure sports that you never usually get to watch.

Now is the time for football though. It's really the only thing that makes Mondays survivable haha

[Crazyduckling]

Phillip Rivers QB
Arian Foster RB
Matt Forte RB
Mike Williams (Tampa) WR
Nate Washington WR
Pierre Garcon WR
Jimmy Graham TE
******** D
Jason Hanson K

Backups:
Matt Stafford QB
Jermichael Finley TE
Joeseph Addai RB
BenJarvus Green-Ellis RB
Eric Decker WR
Jason Avant WR
Michael Jenkins WR

I'm in an 11 person league, so I had a bye the first week. Even with this team, I'm only 3-4. The D was the last thing I picked in the draft, so I'm pretty much stuck there. I've also surprisingly been starting Stafford most of the year over Rivers, but I still don't want the Lions in the Super Bowl.


For college, I mostly follow the Big 10 conference, but being from Iowa, I also have to follow the possible demise of the Big 12. That being said, I hope Nebraska gets destroyed the rest of the season. I don't think any of the teams in the Big 10 wanted them to join. I don't want them here. Any other conference willing to take Nebraska of our hands? Please?

[Raymac]

I still can't get over the gigantic game of muscial chairs that college football is going through. The Big East alone is either going to die altogther or at least lose their automatic BCS bowl bid. I mean we have all kinds of schools moving into all different kinds of confrences and yet they still aren't a playoff system. It's a fucking joke. I just have faith that since the BCS is so completely and utterly retarded that someday in my lifetime we will see a playoff decide the national champion.

[Lonehunter]

Unless they figure out a way to make more money from a playoff system then they do now with the BCS, it probably won't happen.

I just found out the other day that Boise St has more wins (and most undefeated seasons) in the past 10 years then all of the big name schools, including every team that won a championship in those years. I know they have a weak schedule, but you'd think the team with the best win record over a decade would at least get a chance to prove themselves, but not in the BCS

[BUGGER]

As much as I hate the blue turf, Boise to the BCS is like turning on ESPN to catch west coast sports, it's a fact of life....and it stupid. There should be some playoff system for the weeks leading up to the BCS bowl games. Yes Oregon and Auburn was sweet last year, but for 3 quarters those teams looked sloppy after a few off weeks.

And rid us of these lesser bowl games, how the hell many do we need?

Crazyduckling, trade one of those QB's, you'll get straight cash for one of those guys.


And I too am a fan of all sports, I love competition. Actually, I lie, I cannot take Tennis seriously. But every other sport from PGA to Nascar, I'll watch it over reality TV any day..


And soccor/futball is best watched on SAP. Just saying...

[Raymac]

Everytime I watch March Madness I think of how much more awesome a college football tournament would be. The crazy thing about it is that they already have a 1 game playoff to decide the national champion. They just need to expand it. Hell they could even keep the major bowls as like the Final Four.

The BCS is just so retarded, someday they'll do away with it and let the final rankings be decided on the field just like every other sport in the world.

[Rbstr]

I'm 6 and 2!

Theoretical Starters
Aaron Rodgers (6# first round, worth it)
Michel Turner
Mike Tolbert
Jackie Battle
Steve Smith
JamesJones/JonBaldwin/EarlyDoucet in a gamble/rotation
Jermichael Finnley
Desmond Bishop
49ers D
John Kasay

Backups:
Jonathan Stewart
Felix Jones
Cowboys D
Heath Miller (I may promote him)

I had Reggie Wayne, I dropped him last week, I'd rather bet on some potential sleepers than have dependable mediocrity.
I'm a bit Pack heavy, mostly unintentional, though it's my team. Their receivers are a bit of a crap shoot week to week because it's thrown all over the place.
Still managed to win on the bye week somehow. Jackie Battle saved my ass monday night.


For college:
I'm a Kansas Stater...the Big 12 doesn't end very well for us.
Last week's game sucked too.
Also: What the hell are we going to do when Snyder retires again?

[BUGGER]

5-4, ranked 3rd, this is fucking sweet. I now lead the league in scoring. I got Aaron Rodgers for a steal at Round 2 #6, I couldn't believe it. I'm this close to dropping Reggie Wayne, Torrey Smith may be a nice replacement. I'm trying to shop Gonzales now but I aint getting any budgeters.

That LSU/Bama game was a sleeper. My friend got his first career college TD for Cal, that was a big personal moment (some may know who Kapp is). Oregon/Stanford this weekend should be a big one.

Haynesworth got dropped by the Pats, lolz.

[Crazyduckling]

Originally Posted by BUGGER

I'm this close to dropping Reggie Wayne, Torrey Smith may be a nice replacement.

Drop Wayne. The only people that might be okay to have from the colts are Addai (if he gets healthy) and Garcon.

Also, Penn State? Wtf is going on over there? I feel awful for all the fans and their situation. I'm not gonna pin anything on Joe Pa until I know more, but that whole situation is just really unfortunate and honestly quite sad. I don't think anyone will ever know the full story.