Fantasy Football Champion

So another season of Fantasy Football just finished up this past weekend. I can’t really explain how much I enjoy and look forward to it every season. The emails from the various vendors start filling my inbox about June every year and it is at that point that I lose all focus on anything not football related. This was the fifth time I have played Fantasy Football on Yahoo and only my first time coming out as champion of the league. That’s right; the Mighty Redzone Elves are kings for a season (see the trophy here). It feels good to get over the hump that is the first round. Nearly every year I’ve played, I’ve made the playoffs. I usually have one of the toughest regular season teams. But come playoff time, my guys decide to quit working and I get bounced in the first round. This season started out much the same way. After rolling through the first five weeks of the season, I was first in the league, undefeated, and had a commanding point lead over the rest of the league. Then disaster hit and I lost four in a row. I’m still convinced it was karma for stealing the win away from PoppinFresh Herd (Carl Behunin) in week 5 when Dallas recovered that onside kick against Buffalo and I finally completed my victory.

After grinding it out for four grueling weeks, I finally managed to get back on the winning track. I grabbed a few more victories in the final five weeks and just missed getting the second seed in the playoffs. The first round was awful. The Elves ground out a victory against an inferior Ex-Meter Reader and looked poised to fall flat on their faces against a hot Bruiser team. Then the unthinkable happened and Bruiser didn’t show up. The Elves rolled right into Quinney Bowl 2007 with a matchup against Pimp in the Box (Jason Quinney). The Championship game wasn’t even close. The Elves steam rolled Pimp and his lackluster group of ladies en route to our first championship ever.

BYU Football

BYU football is the greatest! If it is possible, I actually look forward to BYU football even more than I do Fantasy Football. I can’t get enough of it. August can’t come soon enough for me (and no, that is not because that is my birthday.) This season looked early on to be a re-building year to fill all the gaps left on the team, and particularly that of John Beck. But the team sailed through their first game and all seemed well. The next few weeks were rough with losses to UCLA and Tulsa that should have both been wins. But then the team went on to win 10 in a row, including a last second win over UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl when Eathyn Manumaleuna got his big right paw on the field goal attempt by the previously perfect Kai Forbath from 28 yards away. Two straight seasons of running the Mountain West Conference undefeated and the Cougars look to be set for a long time with a program full of sophomores on offense including Max Hall, Austin Collie, and freshman Harvey Unga.

Next season looks promising for the Cougars with a schedule full of very winnable games. Not to jump the gun or anything, but can you say “Fiesta”?