Most fantasy football leagues finished up this past weekend so activity will be dropping off quickly. However, keep in mind that MFS hosts Super Bowl Squares Pools for free and are running a public pool that pays out nice cash prizes and raises a little money for the American Cancer Society (see The Brankster’s post for details). Of course, you may be a bit bitter about fantasy football if you lost a Championship in the waning seconds of the Vikings-Bears shootout last night. There is nothing worse than having a 6-10 point lead and have to sweat out Sidney Rice against the Bears. Of course, you have to stomach the whole game with a slowly dwindling lead until face with 4th-and-goal with seconds left. ARGH, TD to Rice. Face it, you expected it to happen. At least you weren’t the guy who was tied for the lead going into OT and then lost it on AP’s fumble. Wild, wacky way to end the season.
Speaking of curtain calls, do you think Jim Caldwell should have at least let Peyton take a bow before shelving him for the second half? Expect Marvin Lewis to give the Jets another hand this week and to rest his weary players. Between returning from SD after a draining game and then Chris Henry’s funeral, the Bengals went through the motions against KC and could use a week to decompress. The Bengals owe the rest of the league nothing. They, like the Colts, are in it for the Super Bowl and nothing more. The Colts-Jets game or the Pats-Texans game are the ones where MFS has been tailored to help you out. Look into our settings for Team QB and In-game player changes for next year. They are nice features to help you adjust to injuries or end-of-season benching. In the case of in-game changes, you can schedule it to turn on at any time; very common to see this feature utilized during the fantasy football playoff weeks.
As far as fantasy football goes, it was a typical year, even with last night’s dramatics. Plenty of disappointing top picks, plenty of sleepers, many moves that we all second-guessed,…and the long wait until next season. Fantasy Football is a nice distraction when your favorite team sucks (see Chicago Bears). It is also much more enjoyable than all the reality TV crap that is on the airwaves, not to mention all the tabloid shows that talk about people that do not merit the breath or ink that they garner, such as the Gosselyn losers, that nasty Octomom creature or anyone involved in Madoff’s theft ring. I only want to hear about these people when something bad happens to them.
Oops, after re-reading that last sentence, I realize that the Christmas spirit quickly departed me. I may need another 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon. Of course, I would prefer to spin the DVD over and over again than watch it on TBS and have to deal with the plethora of commercials about the idiot programs that they run on that network. I sure liked them a lot better when they were strictly reruns. If I only had my Red Ryder BB Gun….