Speaking of Amanda, she's sleeping here beside me right now. Yeah, welcome to the typical Friday night in married life. She's been up since 5 am, yet I have not, so I'm spending the time blogging while she's catching the z's that I already got in the early morning hours before my biochem quiz. And to be totally honest, I love the married life. Everyone's always asking me how it is, and believe me, it's not perfect but I wouldn't have it any other way. This is real life and after all those dating relationships where I tried to "play" married and failed out, I finally feel like this all just fits together. Good thing too since this is the real deal, eh? We just have a really good understanding of how we function together and although every day brings something new, there is nothing we can't face together. I think she's fantastic.
My picture of the day is from the flooding along the east coast of the US. Scrolling through some of the pictures can have quite an effect on you. Keep these people in your prayers along with those in C. America as they struggle to deal with too much of a good thing right now.
The original reason that I planned to blog tonight was about Fantasy Football. Guys, if you do this stuff you're way better than me and you'll probably laugh at how terrible I am. Girls, this whole thing's really not that big of a deal and if I knew anything about football it wouldn't take much time at all to underachieve as poorly as I have this year. Then again, that statement holds true for 2 years now. At least this year I remembered I had a team and I've logged in 3 out of 4 weeks so far to update my players and move players around. My biggest mistake of the year was to draft Brett Favre. I should've known better; Dani always hated him so much, but I had it set on auto-pick and when I got back at the end of the weekend I felt pretty good about having such a legendary star so I kept him. Worst mistake of my year thus far, that's for sure. Luckily I picked up Mike Nugent and Michael Vick who somehow got dropped by someone else (somebody who probably already kicked my pants off in a match) and so my team shows signs of recovery for the rest of the season. Let's see if I can turn 0-2-1 (0 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie) into a 0.500 season.
For those of you who haven't played Fantasy Football before, I just want to give you the short breakdown on how this all works. First, you'll have a team administrator. If you haven't played before, this isn't likely to be you. Instead you'll probably receive an invite from someone who more than likely heard at work that you were the easy person to screw into last place in a fake football league. Your story might differ some from that but mine isn't far off the mark. Once you sign into an account after creating the account you'll have to look at the rule. It's not too hard to find any of this stuff, but for me understanding the rules and points systems was a little too difficult. Skip the points scoring and just remember that the better players will get you more points. Your points are based on their performance each week and you'll be matched up against someone else. Whoever scores the most points wins so you want good players.
You might be saying, "Sure, that's great. I'd love to find good players but I don't know how to find them." My rule of thumb is to let it auto-pick based on preferences I set for positions. I choose for it to pick a certain position first on my turn (best available) and the computer system will figure out my best option for me. If you're stuck and have to do a live draft, just do a little scouting from last year for a spreadsheet on leaders among the NFL for each position. It's a good bet that if they were good last year, they'll be worth thinking about this year.
Once you have your team you'll be able to shuffle players around each week from the extras you have on the bench to the ones that you have starting. Each week you need to consider if any of your players have a bye (where they won't be playing to earn you any points) or if they are injured or if they are likely to have a good game or a bad game that week. Don't over-analyze this. In truth, your big know-it-all football friends probably just watch more ESPN than you do and don't know anything about the game either except what they've heard from someone else. If you don't have a sports geek to give you the inside scoop then just either go with what you can read about in a short summary article online (EPSN's Fantasy even tells you their predictions) or go with your gut feeling. Most importantly, if you have any pride, then don't do this, but if you're in it for the fun then just go for exactly that. As long as you're having fun, then who cares if half your team hasn't scored all summer? Heck, one of my guys wasn't even starting and I still had him in the lineup even though he obviously wasn't helping me out any.
I hope this gave you a brief explanation of what seems to occupy everyone's time during the week. Next time they tell you you oughta join them, think twice before you say yes. Otherwise you end up like me - fighting for dear life to survive in a league where I don't stand a chance. Good luck and have a nice night!
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