Happy Week 4 everyone! We are right on the cusp of 1/3 through the season. This is where winning stretches become undefeated streaks and continuous losses become cause for depression. Week 4 is also when I learned that the word ‘recap’ is short for ‘recapitulate’ and is, in fact, one word. It is not hyphenated, …
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What’s going on, Big Leaguers! Man, do I love football. This week was nuts! From the Bears’ implosion to the Colts OT victory over the Ravens; the Texans and Cards upsets over the Jags and Cowboys. Yet, there’s no way to talk about this week in football without talking about the historic 70-20 Dolphins performance …
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Howdy, Big League managers. Congrats to the 16 victors and condolences to the 16 losers. Week 2 saw some very interesting matchups and surprising real life results. In any case, I’ll go over some housekeeping first: Housekeeping: That’s all the housekeeping for now! On to the re-cap! Highest Scorer: The Realest (163.24 points) This one hurts. …
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Well that’s a wrap for Week 1, and, wow, did the NFL live up to expectations. From a Fantasy bonanza tilt between the Dolphins and Chargers, a surprise Monday Night comeback, and a shutout by the Cowboys, there was no shortage of great football. In any case, it was great to see a full slate …
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‘Twas the night before kickoff, when all through the leagueNo members stirred, resting draft fatigue The lineups were set on the website with careWith hopes that touchdowns would soon be there The teams were snug in their arenas, so vast;With visions of Lombardis that would not be their last Even Matthew and I settled for …
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Hello for a final time this season (barring unforeseen reasons to contact everyone)! Payouts are FINALLY coming now that we have reached the completed venmos. That being said, there is one update: I promised money back for division winners – however, as you may recall, Shannon (aka Kansananasans) bowed out of the league a month …
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a victor. I proudly present your champion: DEZ STILL CAUGHT ITI want to thank everyone for an incredible second year of the Big League One Time Pick ‘Em Super Duper Extravaganza. This was a joy to run, and I am so pleased with the leap we took in our second year with …
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Hello, one and all! We arrive at Championship week in a rather unique situation, but before that…we are still waiting on dues from Score-box Munchers, HTTWFT, and our reigning champs Inspire Money Initiative (ironic). In any case, due to the (thankfully improving) Demar Hamlin medical situation, the Bills/Bengals game was not completed and seems unlikely to be resumed this …
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This is also your reminder to play any JETS or JAGS for tonight’s TNF game. Highest Scorer: Dez Still Caught It (163.7): Someone call 9-1-1. There’s been a collision on the Dachshund highway. In their third matchup of the season, the newcomer Mills Thrills (no apostrophe) took on last year’s third-place finalist and was able to trounce Fisher in a heartbreaking loss. Consider …
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After a few weeks of themed emails, we return to our normal categories. This is also your reminder to play any Rams or Raiders for tonight’s TNF game. I’ll mention it below but I thought this needs to be prefaced – this is a divisional matchup as well as the season finale. It may behoove you to …
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