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tikki · 10:13 AM

Time for our third year of MacNN Fantasy Football. We will again be using Yahoo. The live draft is friday august 20th, so sign up soon. :-)

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1
league id: 213976
password: eagles

Hope everyone that was in last year picks up again this year!

scottiB · Aug 9, 2004, 10:41 PM

I'm in. Motor City Kitties.

Thanks, Tikki.

gorickey · Aug 9, 2004, 11:36 PM

Cool, I may need to give this a try...

Randman · Aug 10, 2004, 05:10 AM

Great, I had just asked about this last week. RandSackers are signing up.

tikki · Aug 10, 2004, 10:14 AM

Dammit. I had the wrong league ID posted. I updated it above, but for those too lazy to scroll.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1
league id: 213976
password: eagles

Sorry. It was late.

lavar78 · Aug 10, 2004, 12:57 PM

The iTeam here.

funkygmacman · Aug 10, 2004, 03:30 PM

Funky G is back for more. I don't suppose there's any chance of changing the draft to later in the day when I'm not at work?

tikki · Aug 10, 2004, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by funkygmacman:
Funky G is back for more. I don't suppose there's any chance of changing the draft to later in the day when I'm not at work?

If anyone wants to change the date, I don't care. Just suggest it.

funkygmacman · Aug 10, 2004, 09:40 PM

Originally posted by tikki:
If anyone wants to change the date, I don't care. Just suggest it.

I don't know about everyone else, but sometime on the weekend would work better for me.

tikki · Aug 11, 2004, 12:40 AM

Saturday August 28 at 4pm/3pm EST/CDT?

MindFad · Aug 11, 2004, 12:46 AM

How does fantasy football work anyway?

bewebste · Aug 11, 2004, 02:06 PM

Originally posted by MindFad:
How does fantasy football work anyway?

Each person has a team of NFL players that they get through an initial draft. Each player can only be on one team at a time, but your team will have a mix of players from different NFL teams. Then, each week, you select a group of your players who you want to start that week. You then receive points according to the performance of each of your players in that week's NFL games. For instance, if you decide to start Brett Favre, and he throws for 300 yards and a TD, you get a certain number of points for each yard he threw for (usually 40-50 yards for 1 point) and for the TD he threw (usually 6 points or so). You add up all the points for the players you started, and that's your score for that week. With most leagues, your team goes head to head against another team in the league each week, and whoever gets the most points wins.

funkygmacman · Aug 11, 2004, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by tikki:
Saturday August 28 at 4pm/3pm EST/CDT?

works for me. Thanks!

scottiB · Aug 19, 2004, 10:53 AM

*bump*

We need one more team for an even number to prevent bye weeks.

Saddle up and bring it on...

tikki · Aug 19, 2004, 11:01 AM

Just to note, there was some confusion with some people.

THIS IS FREE

I didn't make it a pay league, because I know how cheap some of you bastards are, so if you are holding back because you think it costs money, it doesn't. :-P

vmpaul · Aug 19, 2004, 11:01 AM

I'm in. I'll register a a team today.

The Mick · Aug 19, 2004, 05:51 PM

I'm in again. Crazy Micks gonna whoop some ass this year!

tikki · Aug 25, 2004, 03:38 PM

Just a reminder that the draft is this Saturday at 4pm EST / 3pm CST for all of those that are in the league.

The draft order will be randomly done by a yahoo computer approx. 30 minutes before draft time.

lavar78 · Dec 15, 2004, 08:28 PM

Gentlemen, the playoffs are upon us.

tikki · Dec 15, 2004, 09:24 PM

argh. If Bulger woulda played, I wouldnt have lost the 4th spot.

spacefreak · Dec 15, 2004, 09:29 PM

I'm (obviously) not in your league, but in mine, my first pick and MVP for the first 8 or so weeks was Priest Holmes.

Fortunately, I was able to build up a big enough lead to get into the playoffs, but man, could I use Holmes now.

What ticked me off was the fact that the CHiefs were playing the injury as a 2-4 week thing. No biggie, I thought... I'll have him during crunch time. Nope.

olePigeon · Dec 15, 2004, 09:38 PM

It's legalized sports gambling for California (even though Horse and Grayhound racing don't count...)

lavar78 · Dec 15, 2004, 10:20 PM

Well, I'm the #1 seed, but what do I get as my reward? An opponent who has a slew of players facing the piss-poor "defenses" of Kansas City and New Orleans, of course!

This is going to be difficult.

Randman · Dec 16, 2004, 12:30 AM

(considering I'm the one who gets to face the piss-poor defenses).

lavar78 · Dec 16, 2004, 01:19 AM

Well, I'm not giving up or anything. After all, I still have McNabb on my side.

Randman · Dec 16, 2004, 01:21 AM

If he plays much.

lavar78 · Dec 16, 2004, 01:34 AM

The Eagles are trying to wrap-up home-field advantage. He'll play enough.

tikki · Dec 16, 2004, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by lavar78:
The Eagles are trying to wrap-up home-field advantage. He'll play enough.

personally i would park his ass on the bench and let the second stringers play almost exclusively.

dcolton · Dec 17, 2004, 05:50 PM

playoffs are starting, so I figured I would bump this thread and take the opportunity to tell Crazy Micks that he is in for a quick elimination.

Oh, I am Bushies.

Randman · Dec 19, 2004, 03:19 AM

Well, the playoffs have begun. Nothing from Crumpler on Saturday but a few points from Delhomme and Bettis.

If McNabb does goes wild, I hope it's all to TO (and I hate myself for rooting for me, but ... )

Randman · Dec 20, 2004, 05:00 AM

Doh! I got my two teams mixed up (missed the playoffs in this league, but made it in the other). I have almost the same players on both teams, somehow, so I got mixed up.

Oh well, there's always next season.

lavar78 · Dec 20, 2004, 10:42 AM

I'm down 3.3 points to Funky G's Homies. His players are done, but I still have Fauria and the New England defense. I should be able to pull it out...

dcolton · Dec 20, 2004, 11:10 AM

I'm up by 6. Crazy Micks has Vinateri and I have booker. This should be interesting. Good luck Micks.

The Mick · Dec 20, 2004, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by dcolton:
I'm up by 6. Crazy Micks has Vinateri and I have booker. This should be interesting. Good luck Micks.

Thanks, hopefully Vinateri kicks a few FGs and a few PATs for me. I've never even made the playoffs before in any fantasy league, so I'm fairly pleased.

dcolton · Dec 20, 2004, 03:38 PM

Originally posted by The Mick:
Thanks, hopefully Vinateri kicks a few FGs and a few PATs for me. I've never even made the playoffs before in any fantasy league, so I'm fairly pleased.

Yea, normally I would claim an early victory, but I usually get screwed in the first round. We will see, I am going down to the wire in this league and in my other league. so I guess I have a long and loud night ahead of me.

lavar78 · Dec 21, 2004, 01:25 AM

OMG! I think I won by less than a point.

dcolton · Dec 21, 2004, 10:55 AM

Very close game, Crazy Micks! You definately had one of those 'close but not enough' seasons. I guess I will be seeing Lavar (iTeam) in the finals.

How is it going in Yorktown, btw. I lived in that area for most of my life.

The Mick · Dec 21, 2004, 12:34 PM

Originally posted by dcolton:
Very close game, Crazy Micks! You definately had one of those 'close but not enough' seasons. I guess I will be seeing Lavar (iTeam) in the finals.

How is it going in Yorktown, btw. I lived in that area for most of my life.

No doubt, I lost two different games by less than 1 point each, and now I lose in the playoffs by 3 points. Weak.

Congrats!

lavar78 · Dec 21, 2004, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by dcolton:
Very close game, Crazy Micks! You definately had one of those 'close but not enough' seasons. I guess I will be seeing Lavar (iTeam) in the finals.

How is it going in Yorktown, btw. I lived in that area for most of my life.

Cool. Yorktown's fine. I was born and raised here, but I just moved back a couple of years ago after being gone a little less than a decade. There's been a lot of building up here and Hampton Roads in general. Did you go to high school here? I went to York.

It'll be a good battle for the championship.

lavar78 · Dec 28, 2004, 01:27 AM

That has to be the closest final ever! Unless Yahoo made a mistake, I lost by 0.08 points. Eight one hundredths of a point! Good game, dcolton. I guess it's my fault for starting Volek. Way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

tikki · Dec 28, 2004, 10:40 AM

After my abysmal start, fifth place ain't too bad I suppose. I obviously needed better running backs. Corey Dillon was iffy week by week, and sometimes Steven Jackson didnt even play (although he saved my ass this week).

See you guys next year!

dcolton · Jan 3, 2005, 03:54 PM

Originally posted by lavar78:
That has to be the closest final ever! Unless Yahoo made a mistake, I lost by 0.08 points. Eight one hundredths of a point! Good game, dcolton. I guess it's my fault for starting Volek. Way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory...

Gad to bump this because Ihave been away for a while. Pheew! Close one! I was sure I lost, but decided to check today. Couldn
't find the final score, but wow. As for Volek, I lost in my other league because I statred him. What a shame.

Good game!

BTW...Went to Menchville and Pheobus.