AFP, Week 15

Game on Thursday night.  Standings are updated.  Will add more later.  Until then…

EDIT: Sorry for the long delay. This week’s been crazy. As some of you know, my parents have been living with us as they wait for a house to close – they’re moving to Lawrence. Today’s the day they move out. (I now know how my Mom must have felt 23 years ago.) So between the normal nuttiness of finals week at work, and moving trucks at the parents’ new house…Gabe decided to get pink eye this morning. All this is to say, during busy weeks like this, I have to prioritize things. And the trivial little things in my life have to take a backseat to the important ones. Which begs the question…WHY AM I LATE ON THE AFP UPDATE?!!!! So move already. And rub some ointment or sand in that eye, kid. Cause we’ve got important NFL games to pick!!!!

Week 14 Winner: Cole. Just one win shy of the perfect week, Cole finally hits his stride. I’m pretty sure I know why he’s struggled this year – he doesn’t know how to pick games without a point spread. I should at least put a money line up for him, so he can see something familiar. It’s hard for the degenerate gamblers to adjust.

And in the Overall Standings – lookie here, we’ve got a brand new ball game! Scotty Ray took one on the chin and let both Craig and Bossypants catch him. A three-way tie for first. With just three weeks to go. I don’t know if Scotty can overcome this momentum shift. It’s probably in his head now. Sometimes losing a big lead makes you think you’re behind rather than tied. He’ll find himself picking Indy and KC this weekend, believing he needs to score some upsets. He’ll be down below my Mom before it’s all said and done.

Everyone have a great week!

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AFP, Week 14

Home stretch!  Four more weeks!  TEBOW!!!!!

Another Thursday night game this week. Get your picks in. Have I complained enough about the Thursday night games yet? Don’t like them. Never will. Especially as college basketball season gets going. NFL is for Sundays.

Scotty Ray still has a two-game lead in the overall standings.  Usually there’s a big peloton behind our leader waiting for a big mistake-week (I wish Hodson was here to see me use that word).  But really, we’re down a just a few of you with a legitimate shot.  Isn’t five or six games too far back at this point?  If so, that really only leaves Craig and Boss Hog as threats.  Though please, someone – prove me wrong!

Week 13 winner was Perrigo, the only person to go 13-3.  Here’s Craig’s prize…

Have a great week!

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AFP, Week 13

Just another season convincing me that the NFL has CFB beat in most every single way…

Standings are updated.  Scotty Ray has a commanding lead.  C’mon people – WE CAN NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!  Time to mobilize all efforts (and start outright cheating!).

Week 12 winner: Congrats to Kodiakkayakrowboat666 (or whatever their name is) – the only one to go 15-1.  Nicely done.  I think I’ve been told this season who’s who (for these names I don’t recognize), but as my wife can attest – I can’t remember a thing.  So…sorry I can’t personalize this congratulatory message more.  Don’t be offended, most of these names – I have no idea.  What’s a Billy Horst?  Dan C?  MOM???  No idea…

While 15-1 was a great week, it was a favorites weekend.  Lots of 13s and 14s on the board.  Heck, if you couldn’t get to double digits this week, you might as well…(scans list)…well, you might as well go ahead and learn how to make that meatloaf.

Have a great week!  Deadline is 7:30pm CST on Thursday night.

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AFP, Week 12

Thanksgiving Edition!

Look at me!  I’m reasonably on time this week!  I know many of you are taking off soon for your Turkey-thons, so feel free to get your picks in EARLY.  Remember, there are three games on Thursday.  Deadline is before the first kickoff.

Congrats to Neuty on his Week 11 win.  For his prize, I plan on giving him a fantasy football win this weekend.  Which is nice of me because, 1) his 3-8 team needs it, and 2)…. well, there is no two.  There’s really only the fact of me trying to build an early excuse for losing to a 3-8 team.

Scotty Ray regains the overall lead again.  I have a question for Scotty – if a KU win on Saturday saves Turner Gill’s job, do you root for Missouri?  That’s a tough one.  He’s in a can’t-win situation this week.

I sincerely hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving.  And if you’re eating your holiday meal with a Starkweather – for the love of god, BE CAREFUL!!!!

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AFP, Week 11

Throwing these games up quick.  Will update standings by end of Wednesday.  TEEEEBOWWWW!!!!

UPDATE:  Sorry, I was distracted for a few minutes/hours/days with Denver’s game Thursday night.  I’ve gone a little overboard with the Tebow-mania.  I bought the jersey.  Ordered the kneeling bobblehead.  I’m even considering building my own Filipino hospital.  I like to think I’m a mature sports fan, who can compartmentalize enjoying the games and not building its players into overblown caricatures.  These people aren’t actual heroes.  They’re just good athletes.  Some are nice people.  Some are jerks.  And some…well, one named Tim Tebow, IS THE GREATEST HUMAN BEING ALIVE, WHO JUST HAPPENS TO PLAY FOOTBALL WHILE NOT SAVING KITTENS FROM BURNING BUILDINGS.  See?  It’s important to have a good perspective on things.  I used to be so immature about these kinds of things.  (And my apologies to Stacey, cause she’s right – I didn’t have to be so literal when applying the orange full body orange paint.)

Congrats to bossoaks and Mustache Marshall on their Week 10 tie.  I’d like to break that tie, but I’m too busy contemplating their names.  When did the AFP become populated with WWF characters?  I loved when Mustache Marshall knocked out The Iron Sheik with the folding chair.

Scotty Ray and bossoaks are tied for first place.

Oh…and I’m pretty sure I’ve made numerous scoring mistakes these last two weeks.  Today (Sunday) I’ll be correcting those.  So feel free to check back tonight for the REAL standings.  For those who’ve written me to say, “Dude, what kind of idiot chimps to you have counting up those picks each week?” I’d just like to say that your words hurt.  And that I have the BEST idiot chimps, thankyouverymuch.

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Today’s personal message…

posted on a blog read by TENS of people – it’s for Horst. I thought you might like this, because…well… IT’S AMAZING!