Fantasy Football Predictions (Revisited)

If you’re like me, (first off, that’s too bad) you enjoy cracking open the Sports Illustrated from the beginning of the season after the season is over  and laughing at how far off Peter King and the others are with there predictions. Well, I found out that predicting is hard!

With the Fantasy Death Match this week between Blaine and me, I decided to repost my predictions from August and see how I did. So have a look at my (mostly laughable) guesses, with my commentary at the end in italics, and find out why they call it a guess:

First of all, I’m not even going to say it. You all want me to say it, and we are both thinking that I should say it, but I refuse to say it!!!!

Instead, I will drop some fantasy football predictions that you can take to the bank. For real! Bookmark this, and check how many of these I nailed (SPOILER ALERT!!! I’m going 10 for 10).

So here they are, in no particular order

1)Adrian Peterson and Joseph Addai will finish one and two in points this season, in no particular order. I don’t feel too bad about the Addai crazyness. If Indy’s O line would have stayed healthy, this one would have been more solid.
2) L.T. won’t be in the top five in points.-In my league, LT is 11th for RB total points. NAILED IT!
3)Best QB in the league- Tony Romo-Ummmm, not quite
4)2nd Best QB-Derek Anderson -HAHA, I should have said Daunte Culpepper, at least he is still playing!
5)Not in the top 20 QBs-Brett Favre-He is ahead of Tony Romo!!!! I missed it by a bit!
6)Top WR- Braylon Edwards-Kyle had a lot of unfounded faith in the Browns. Ol’ Butterfinger was not even close! With that many dropped balls, maybe he should think about playing Cornerback next year.
7)Best Rookie-Matt Forte--Argueably nailed it! Steve Slaton might disagree.
8)This year’s winner of the Shaun Alexander award for biggest bust: Steven Jackson. -Certainly there were people more disappointing than Jacks (like everyone that drafted Brady with a 1st round pick), but he didn’t put up close to the points of a few years ago.
9)The Kurt Warner “Where did he come from????” award- J.T. O’Sullivan-I think the Kurt Warner award needs to go to…KURT WARNER!
10)Winner of fantasy football: ME!!!!!!-We’ll find out…

My baby girl

I was raised with brothers. I often joke that I have no idea how to deal with girls, and it’s a miracle that I got married! Well, I am going to get a crash course! We got a sonogram today that revealed we are going to have a baby girl! We are super excited, and truth be told, we had a hunch all along. We have had a girl name picked out since day one, Avalon. Without further ado, here is a few pics, and a little video of my baby girl sucking her thumb. (FYI, she is 16 weeks here and due March 2nd)

How well would you work with 9 years rest?

We will find out how Matt Cassel does this week, when the Patriots start him at QB in place of Tom Brady. He hasn’t started a game since 1999, when he was a High School senior at Northridge. He was a backup at USC, playing behind Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart, and then backing up Tom Terrific in the NFL.

Nine years rest.

You think he might be rusty?

Monday Morning Fantasy Football Blues

Just like everyone else on the planed, the days after my fantasy draft, the thinking that kept repeating in my mind went something like this: “It’s not fair! My team is SOOOOO stacked, everyone else in my league has no chance.” Well, Monday morning week one, my thinking has changed a bit. It goes more like this:

Braylon Edwards: 2 catches for 14 yards. Is the Cowboy secondary really that good?  I hope that is all it is, and not a case of the 2007 Browns being a fluke. If so, Derek Anderson and I are in BIG trouble.

Lawrence Maroney: With Tom Brady out, you would think Maroney would be money! You would be wrong! 51 Yards 0 TD! But if Brady’s injury is as bad as reported, I’m expecting big things from this Mormon Prophet’s namesake for the rest of the year.

Joseph Addai: 44 yards???????  I guess with the Colts playing from behind, this was to be expected.

This leaves me to praying the Monday Morning Fantasy Football prayer. PLEASE DON’T LET ADRIAN PETERSON AND RYAN GRANT DO ANYTHING TONIGHT. AMEN

Religulous

Over the next month or so, you are going to be hearing a lot, and I mean A LOT, about the new movie Religulous, which opens Oct. 3rd. It’s bound to be the talk of the country, next to this other thing coming in November.
For those of you that don’t know, this is Comedian/Social Commentator Bill Mahrer’s new documentary about which mixes the words “religious” and “ridiculous.” Here is a little taste:

Judging from the previews, Mahrer never interviewed anyone who has a real understanding of Religion. I doubt he interviewed John Piper or Greg Boyd, instead settling for the ACTOR WHO PLAYS JESUS AT THE HOLY LAND THEME PARK! But I understand. Hank Hennigraf wouldn’t have been as funny as this guy: (I didn’t know how to embed the video, but it is worth a click!)

Obviously, this is going to be very polarizing, and will piss off most people in the Church, and cause them to say Mahrer is the Anti-Christ. Which is sad, because we as Christians should know that we will be persecuted! Jesus promises us that (John 15:20). Instead of letting Mahrer get a rise out of us (which is, of course, his goal) let’s take this as a challenge to let our roots grow deeper in our faith, accepting anything we find challenging, studying and coming back with an answer for our self. Let’s, as Christians, think of this movie as a tool for us all to become mini-apologists and not a time bomb that is going to destroy our faith.

And let’s pray for Mahrer. I actually really like him, and have since he was hosting Politically Incorrect. Let’s remember that God loves him and wants desperatly for him to soften his heart.

Stuff Christians Like

My brother turned my on to the Stuff Christians Like blog, which is an unapologetic rip-off of Stuff White People Like. This guy has poked fun at about 400 cliche things that Christians do that are just silly. If you haven’t checked it out, you should, it is He-He-Larious!! Here is a few of my favorite posts:

#14:Dating God instead of me
#31:Occasionally swearing
#53: Saying “I’ll pray for you” then not
#63. Rededicating your life. Again
#64. Fearing the rapture would come before you lost your virginity
#65. Ending emails with God shout outs
#80. Fixing things with mo’ prayer or mo’ bible.
#81. Disguising gossip as a prayer.
#105. Wishing your testimony was more exciting.
#106. The side hug.
#116. Using “let me pray about it” as a synonym for “no.”
#128. Throwing stuff away out of guilt. Buying it again later.
#154. Breaking up after a retreat.
#171. Meticulously, Magnificently Making Multiple Messages Match (M)letters.
#176. Giving open flames to kids on Christmas Eve.
#193. Fist fights in church softball games.
#315. The Unaccountability Partner

There is a ton of really funny ones. You’ve got to check em out!

Crazy…yes, but maybe just crazy enough to work!

Either Sarah Palin is pure genius by the McCain camp, or we look back at this pick on Wednesday, Nov. 5th and say this is what cost him the election. When you watch interviews, you can’t help but like her.  I watched an interview with her recently, and two things stood out to me: 1) She is sharp and an excellent communicator. 2) She is insanely likable! She has a certain charm and charisma that will certainly play well with voters. (Ask Bill Clinton if people vote on charisma and charm.) And the issues going on with her family are such non-issues it is almost comical! Her daughter is pregnant (sad but has nothing to do with her running) and her husband had a DUI 20 years ago. So what. Read Audacity of Hope and find out what Obama was doing 20 years ago!

But are we ready for her to be THIS CLOSE (a 72 year old with a cancer history) to the Presidency? Only 3 years ago, she was Mayor of Wasilla, AK (pop. 7000) Think about it. That is half the size of Oroville, CA. Are we really dying for such an Washington outsider that we would accept this resume? I’m all for change, but to be honest, it makes me a little uncomfortable that she could be that close to having her finger on the button. It just reminds me to much of the movie Eddie, where Whoopi is an Knicks fan that gets to be the head coach. And that movie sucked! (but to be honest, I’m pretty sure they win the championship!)

At the very least, it should make the VP debates Must-See-T.V. If Biden comes off as a nasty politician picking on the hockey mom, that will play well for the Grand Ol’ Party. Truth be told, I would bet my truck that McCain has his hand on the Bible come January. People are more in love with Obama as a person and the vague idea of “change” than they love his policies. As we get closer to the election and people start looking at his voting record and policy, they will flee from his camp.

Note 9/4: I have been notified that Oroville has a population of around 15,000. And “Metro” Oroville (trying not to laugh) has around 55,000. Sorry for cutting you so short!

My New iMac

Yup, I converted. No more Vista B.S.O.D for me!  Of course, with me being a gentleman and all, I went ahead and treated myself to the 24″ bad boy. So far, I really like it. Very intuitive, and everything seems to be right where you need it. It feels like a little too much computer for me, but I actually like that. It just gives me something to grow into.

IMAC

I hope I don’t become one of those Mac snobs. But if I keep finding out cool new features, I probably will!!! So, anyone have any cool Mac links they feel like passing on??

Fantasy Football Predictions

First of all, I’m not even going to say it. You all want me to say it, and we are both thinking that I should say it, but I refuse to say it!!!!

Instead, I will drop some fantasy football predictions that you can take to the bank. For real! Bookmark this, and check how many of these I nailed (SPOILER ALERT!!! I’m going 10 for 10).

So here they are, in no particular order

1)Adrian Peterson and Joseph Addai will finish one and two in points this season, in no particular order.
2) L.T. won’t be in the top five in points.
3)Best QB in the league- Tony Romo
4)2nd Best QB-Derek Anderson
5)Not in the top 20 QBs-Brett Favre
6)Top WR- Braylon Edwards
7)Best Rookie-Matt Forte
8)This year’s winner of the Shaun Alexander award for biggest bust: Steven Jackson.
9)The Kurt Warner “Where did he come from????” award- J.T. O’Sullivan
10)Winner of fantasy football: ME!!!!!!

New York, Day 3

Another great day!!! Got a late start on the day. Didn’t leave the hotel until after noon. After grabbing some java, we headed out. The first thing you notice is how much busier the city is on a business day. This town moves!!! Anyway, we started today with Central Park

The massive size of the park is the first thing that blows you away. Over 800 acres. Right smack in the middle of Manhattan. We wandered around for hours (partly because it is so beautiful, but mostly because I got my East and West confused while trying to find The Dakota and Strawberry Fields so I could send Brad a pic message!). Oh well, that is the good kind of lost!

After the park, we went to Cafe Lalo on 83rd for some dessert on the recommendation of the Tingleys. Man, do they know me and my sweet tooth well!!! Delicious Cheesecake. Spendy, but delicious.

After that, off to Rockefeller Plaza. (we are such tourists)

Actually, that place is pretty boring. You know you are not thrilled when the highlight from your trip is running into the Fat Albert and Good Burger guy in the lobby.

For dinner, Little Italy. The accents were heavy and the food was great. After we were stuffed, I had a great idea. WE SHOULD WALK HOME. For some crazy reason, Laurel went along with it. Maybe she is nuts, or maybe she just had no idea how far from the hotel we were!  I just figured we had walked all day, what was 4 more miles.

Well, it was worth it, cuz on the way home, we came across Strands. Strands is 18 miles of new and used books. And everything was cheap. I love places like that, when after you leave your hands smell like old books. We got lost in there until it closed at 1030. I wish I had more room in my luggage to take more books to Claifornia.