Fantasy Football Rules

As promised, there will always be fantasy football updates here. This one is courtesy of Melanie.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8477146. The rules are below, but the description is key. Check the link for more info.

1. Avoid picking a terribly cheesy team name
2. Get on your commissioner's good side
3. Whatever you do, do not give up on the season until it's all over
4. Keep track of the waiver wire
5. Don't pay much attention to the "fantasy football experts" on TV
6. Write at least one clever message board post per week
7. Don't draft too many guys from your favorite NFL team
8. Don't blabber all day at work about your fantasy team
9. Don't wear the jersey of your first-round pick to the sports bar
10. Never refer to yourself in the third person or by your first name and the word "man" attached to it

If I were the Jim Rome of banking, I'd say "Rack Em!"

My buddy Eric posted this on his blog recently and it was too good not to share. I can't count how many times you here this and want to just tell them this same thing.

There's only one rule if you overdraw your checking account . . . .

DON'T COME IN TO MY BRANCH AND TELL ME THAT I OVERDREW IT!!!!! I don't have the capacity to write a check for you at the liquour store when you don't have any funds in your account. I also don't have the pleasure of eating out at 5 different fast food restaraunts per day like you do......somehow, when you spend more money than you have you overdraw YOUR OWN account, I'm not the culprit so please refrain from using phrases such as: "You overdrew my account" or "You bounced my check to my mortgage company and now I have all of these problems because of you!" :-) I only return your item when you have no money. I know, I know.....it's hard to understand. You had $20 in your account and you spent $1,387.57.....go figure! You were close. Only $1,367.57 off!

Anyway, that's about all I have to say about that . . . .

"Rack em!"

Austin Collie

4th and 19? No problem. It seems to be a
habit for Utah to let BYU find open grass at
the end of the game now.

I wish I could claim writing this article but I didn't, and that's fine because I would never make the claim he makes about the "requisite two-year mission". But that's okay cuz I like the rest of the article. It can be found here (http://www.fantasycollegeblitz.com/player-spotlight-austin-collie-byu-wr/) but I wanted to post it directly here.

It would be one of the worst puns of all time to say that BYU WR Austin Collie (right, ICON SMI) is a man on a mission, but it looks true to me this year. Collie has taken a circuitous route to play major college football (at least for those outside Provo) and looks ready to be a top 20 fantasy WR in 2008.

First, the requisite background - Collie was the Mountain West Conference (MWC) Rookie of the Year way back in 2004 (caught 8 TDs from John Beck ), then did the requisite two-year mission that all LDS Cougars are asked to do, he just got assigned to Argentina.
In 2007 he returned out of shape , so you didn’t notice him until November when he ripped off 100+ yards in five of the last six including the bowl game win over UCLA - give him a pass as he was getting reacquainted to football plus was working with a brand-new starter at QB in Max Hall .

2008 sets up much better…

The BYU offense is loaded not just with QB Hall but also one of the best young RBs in the game in sophomore Harvey Unga and another in a line of excellent TE Dennis Pitta , so there will be few times that Collie will see the double team. Hall should have plenty of time behind one of the largest and best offensive lines not just in the MWC but in the country -given time for Collie to get behind some DBs I also expect his YPC to be even better than the 16.9 from last year.
Add to that a very weak first six games and Collie should help any fantasy team get out of the gates quickly:

Aug 30 - Northern Iowa
Sep 6 - at Washington
Sep 13 - UCLA
Sep 20 - Wyoming
Oct 3 - at Utah State
Oct 11 - New Mexico (HC)

Now that he is back in the rhythm of the game and Max Hall enters his second year at the helm I expect a huge junior year of double-digit TDs and 1000+ yards. The first run through of my wide receiver cheatsheet has him at #20, and with a bullet.



Here is one more article on Collie. Yeah, I'm psyched for the season. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695269025,00.html

Harvey Unga

http://www.byucougars.com/Profile.jsp?ID=2486

The article is not as interesting as Max Hall's, but Hall is the QB so that is to be expected. Besides, it doesn't appear that Unga ever tried to hit someone with his carrying arm. Doesn't matter; he's a stud and he's going to carry us to V I C T O R Y this season.

Max Hall

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/sports/ncaafootball/24byu.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=max%20hall&st=cse&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Check out the article. If this kid truly only took 4 games to get comfortable playing D I football and we're 10-0 since, this season really will be a great season. Once he can pick up those weak side and safety blitzes, he's gonna be awesome! Yeah, Saturday can't come soon enough.