An irreverent, and perhaps irrelevant look at the Nelson League 2008.
What a remarkable Monday Night game that was – nine players in our league were active, and the scoring was hot and heavy all night, with three games hanging in the balance. John, ever the lucky lad, won his game when Deshean Jackson spiked the ball a tad early on a sure touchdown, costing Tom The New Guy 4 desperately-needed points. This came in a week that John also got 19 point from his kicker and a punt return for a touchdown from Reggie Bush.
Luck has a lot to do with Fantasy Football, as our newest league member will be the first to tell you. A few years ago, I lost an amazing amount of money in a game of acey-deucy, which set me down as a carrier of leprotic luck for all eternity. I have become convinced in my soul that luck is a zero-sum game. My bad luck, endured with as much grace as I can muster, is offset by someone else’s good luck. As a Christian, I can live with that. As a competitor, it sucks like a black hole.
My view of this was sharpened after a conversation with a co-worker, recently returned from Vegas. He told me he was hanging around the slot machines waiting for some friends to show up. Having little to do, he decided to play the one armed bandits to pass the time.
“On my third quarter, I won $400.00!,” he said.
“Wow…that’s awesome, Matt!”
“Yeah,” he said, not pausing for effect, “same thing happened to me last year…”
This weeks ratings…
1. Dangerous Minds – First in Game Points (145), tied for first in Total Points (223), undefeated at 2-0. It’s a little tough to pick anyone else for the #1 slot. Mike won Frosty Bedsheets Bowl I by 7 points over the struggling Northern Spies.
2. Phight-in Camels – Tony has cleared the very respectable 60 point mark two straight weeks, and heads to week 3 with 2 wins safely tucked away. Westbrook is out of control – that was a pretty good defense he shredded for 22 points. Deshean Jackson looks like the real deal, and Tony won despite making what could have been a real boner – sitting Anquan Boldin (25 points) who had a sweet matchup against pathetic Miami. Winning ends all second guessing.
3. Northboro Steroids – There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference statistically between Northboro and Mr. Garvey’s Gangsters right now, but Northboro is 1-0 against the Gang thanks to last week’s fine 78-point performance. Jay Cutler scored an extra 8 points while Ed Hercules was striking poses for the national viewing audience. No complaints from this seat. The Steroids would like to welcome back Brandon Marshall from his suspension. The offer to pay bail is open-ended brother…just call us.
4. Garvey’s Gangsters – The Garv is tied for the league lead in total points (223) with the Commish, and scored 58 points with Clinton Portis (16) sitting on the bench. The bye weeks will make this deep team a dangerous opponent.
5. Rocky Brook – Tom caught a brutal break that kept him from moving to 2-0. The Oilers are sixth in game points and seventh in total points after two weeks – perhaps a harbinger of trouble ahead. Next Up: the Fight-in Camels.
6. Midwest Marauders – John’s lucky run may include next week’s match against Midwest, which may be playing without LT. Hugh has Jonathan Stewart (77 yds 2 TDs, 15 points) sitting on the bench waiting for a chance. The Marauders have scored more Total Points (188) than the Phight-in Camels (180).
7. Northern Spies – The Spies have been luckless so far, but there are issues here. The running game scored 6 total points against Mike, costing them dearly. Chris Henry might help, but he is at the New York Giants this week. It’ll be interesting to see how Rich works the problems here.
8. Georgia Satellites – John is 1-1, which should push them up the stack. But they are last in Game Points (100), last in Total Points (134) and they should, if there were any justice in this universe, be 0-2. John needs a Lazerus act here. Don’t put it past him.
No comments:
Post a Comment