words of wisdom: “In order to maintain muscle mass, an active adult male should each day consume an equal number of grams of protein to his body weight in pounds. For a 180-pound male, this means eating the equivalent of four chicken breasts worth of protein – per day.” -Krusty Krab Pizzas Re-cap coming in …
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“What happens to a football player when they go blind? They become a referee.” – Woman in S.P.O.R.T.S Well, despite some technical difficulties, the site is back up and running and we have a write-up to publish to meet the unsatiated desires of this league. The Zombie Award: Skid Marks (153.66 points) It sure was …
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words of wisdom: “Don’t play Cowboys players” –Adam Schefter’s Sources Week 7 is mercifully over. With six backup quarterbacks seeing snaps in the league, football fans had to suffer plenty of eyesores. Moreover, there were plenty of backup-worthy quarterback performances across the board. However, fantasy football inexorably moves on, and so must this write-up. Housekeeping: …
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words of wisdom: “Excuses are the tools of the incompetent.” – Mike Tomlin Week SIX is in the books, so another set of matchups is recorded. This week saw what might go down as the overall closest week of Big League history with ~1/3 of our matchups being decided within 11 points or fewer. But …
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Good day, everyone! I hope you had an excellent weekend and beginning of this week. It was another compelling slate of both real life and fantasy football with some heartbreaking upsets as well as mind-boggling comebacks. But first! Housekeeping: On to the categories! Highest Scorer: Southport Skegs (168.84 points) Making his debut on the writeup, …
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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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