Fresno Bloggers Bowl: The Championship Round
We've come to the final week in the Fresno Bloggers Bowl fantasy football league (click those blue words if you need a refesher).
The championship game pits No. 2 seed The Carlos Browns (managed by yours truly) against the No. 4 seed Helmets? No Way! (managed by Adam of Gustav's Groupie).
Adam made good use of waiver wire pick-ups (namely Pierre Thomas) on his way to six straight wins and a berth in the finals. I, meanwhile, lucked out that my semifinals opponent benched Matt Cassel in favor of Seneca Wallace. Otherwise, I'd be playing for third place right now. As it stands, I need LaDainian Tomlinson to play like a No. 1 pick to win -- because I'm currently a 15-point underdog.
Here's a breakdown of this weekend's championship clash, as well as the final standings for our inaugural Fresno Bloggers Bowl.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - CURRENT STARTING LINEUPS
The Carlos Browns:
QB - Philip Rivers
WR - Eddie Royal
WR - Steve Breaston
RB - LaDainian Tomlinson
RB - Ronnie Brown
TE - Antonio Gates
W/R - Larry Johnson
K - Ryan Longwell
DEF - Miami
Projected total (by Yahoo!): 91.21
Helmets? No Way:
QB - Tyler Thigpen
WR - Roddy White
WR - Anquan Boldin
RB - Pierre Thomas
RB - Kevin Faulk
TE - John Carlson
W/R - Jamal Lewis
K - Rob Bironas
DEF - Arizona
Projected total (by Yahoo!): 106.76
REGULAR SEASON FINAL STANDINGS
1. cobra kai yankees / 11-2 / 1488.00 [Ed Stewart of estewartartist and Wide World of Fresno Sports]
2. The Carlos Browns / 9-4 / 1167.50 [Mike Oz of Beehive]
3. The Truffle Shuffles / 8-5 / 1314.00 [Mike Wise of Wide World of Fresno Sports and mikewiseundecided]
4. Helmets? No Way! / 8-5 / 1253.50 [Adam Wall of Gustav's Groupie]
5. Willys / 8-5 / 1214.50 [Will Albritton of The Beehive]
6. TF Buzz Young Guns / 7-6 / 1243.50 [Delton Lowery of The Bee's Sports Buzz]
7. CF n da hizzzouse / 7-6 / 1209.50 [Travis Sheridan of Bipolarity of Life and Twitter]
8. Seinfelds / 6-7 / 1128.00 [Jason Farris of Twitter]
9. StarRainbowUnicorns / 5-8 / 1138.00 [Traci Arbios of Central Valley Moms]
10. The Fresnans / 5-8 / 1008.00 [Mikey Seay of The Fresnan]
11. TasteFresno / 3-10 / 933.00 [James Collier of Taste Fresno and South of Sunnyside]
12. Fusion Fanatic / 1-12 / 846.00 [Michael Sloggett of Fresno Fusion]
PLAYOFF GAMES/RESULTS
We'll go to the diagram for this one:
Comments:
5th place ... woot!
Posted by: will at December 18, 2008 5:12 PM
I can feel the pain of the top scoring teams in the league. I was one of the two top scorers in my Yahoo league and I didn't even get third place!
Posted by: mdub420 at December 18, 2008 5:15 PM
Dang, I was really holding out for last place. I can't believe someone was worse at this than me...
Posted by: james/fresno rock taco at December 18, 2008 6:06 PM
Good luck in the superbowl Mike. I made the championship in 2 of my 3 leagues and it is going to make for a very stressfull football watching weekend. Lots of money on the line!
Posted by: Nick at December 18, 2008 6:34 PM
i'm still upset that i outmanaged myself in the playoffs. that and the stupid press was so concerned about t.o., witten, & romo that I couldn't get an acurate report the day of the game on barber's health. fahkin cowboys.
Posted by: ed at December 18, 2008 8:45 PM
Screw this post for inadvertently pointing out that I suck.
Posted by: The Fresnan at December 19, 2008 12:10 AM
@Nick: Thanks. I'm in the Super Bowl in another league too. And my opponent has Peyton Manning. Already behind!
@fresno rock taco: Fusion really stunk it up.
@ed: Don't blame the media.
@The Fresnan: Would you prefer I point it out more advertently? BLOG WAR!
Posted by: Mike Oz at December 19, 2008 12:08 PM
and mike oz is the big winner. that's right, mikey's the big winner!
Posted by: ed at December 21, 2008 5:54 PM
Post a comment
(read the comment policy before posting)