Fantasy Week in Review - Week 8 - California Golden Blogs

Fantasy Week in Review - Week 8

by yellow fever on Oct 28, 2009 7:30 PM PDT in Football Comment 13 comments

League 1, 2

1. Montezuma's Revenge - 92
2. class of 87 - 88
3t. Clean Cut Media - 87
3t. I just blue myself - 87
3t. Josh in Portland - 87
3t. tmoran3020's picks suck - 87
7t. HydroTech - 86
7t. NorcalNick'sPicks - 86
7t. rickysanchez - 86
7t. AERose - 86

It's over. Montezuma's Revenge has killed us all. Fun facts after the jump!

Montezuma's Revenge was not the high scorer of the week - HolmoePhobe was, going 16/22. His only misses: West Virginia - 7.5 against Connecticut, Minnesota + 16.5 against Ohio State, Miami - 4.5 against Clemson, Utah - 9.5 against Air Force, South Carolina - 12.5 against Vanderbilt, and Texas Tech giving 21.5 to Texas A&M. Montezuma's Revenge, Valiant Carpetbaggers, Takimoto, class of 87, Bowlbasaur, and Hey Bowles Hall! managed to get 15/22 correct.
vanman1013 and Bears Necessity were the only ones to correctly take Clemson + 4.5 against Miami.
Bears Necessity and Barney Barnerges were also the only ones to incorrectly take Virginia against Georgia Tech. Avi was also one of only two people to take Baylor against Oklahoma State. Not to pile on!
Nine people correctly picked Connecticut against West Virginia. Eleven people took Tennessee against Alabama.

COLLEGE FANTASY FOOTBALL

dballers are no longer undefeated. Syd lines up under center defeated dballers_are_all_loose 102-93, with big games from LaMichael James (154 yards, 2 TDs), Golden Tate (128 yards, 2 TDs), and decent games from the Nebraska defense and Tim Tebow. dballers_are_all_loose were let down by weak games from Todd Reesing (224 yards, 3 picks), Mark Ingram (99 yards, no TDs), and TE Tony Moeaki (4 yards). And there was much cheering.

Consider the doom brought, as Rag's Doombringers defeated HolmoePhobes 118-113 in a matchup where HolmoePhobe's QB Austen Arnaud missed the game and had zero points. So if you're looking for a quick and dirty explanation of what could have turned that matchup, there you are.

Rock Runners rode the running of Dion Lewis (121 total yards, 2 TDs), a 28 point fantasy day from Zac Robinson, and a strong defensive performance from the Oklahoma defense to a victory over Yellow Fever, which got 29 points from Jeremiah Masoli (211 total yards, 3 total TDs) and 24 from Jaquizz Rodgers (123 total yards, 2 total TDs) but not much else. The inexorable slide into mediocrity continues.

Jahvid Best propelled Energia del Burro past team 1 116-71, with his 186 total yards and 3 touchdowns. Immortalized, of course, on our exclusive torrent here (h/t to TouchedTheAxeIn82 and danzig!). He also had some backup from Jevan Snead with 332 passing yards and 3 total touchdowns in the first game he decided to actually show up for, and 28 points from the Texas defense in flattening Sam Bradford.

TimeForSomeAction slipped by The Ghosts of Ty Willingham 105-99 with a strong, balanced performance led by Jordan Shipley (108 yards and 2 TDs), Jimmy Clausen, and the Oregon defense to ward off 20+ point games from Kevin Riley, Chris Brown of Oklahoma, and Shane Vereen. Unfortunately, Nyan Boateng, Dez Bryant, and Rob Gronkowski combined for a total of zero points for the Ghosts.

COLLEGE FANTASY FOOTBALL STANDINGS

East Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Strk	Div	Wks	PF	Back	PA
Rag's Doombringers	6	2	0	0.750	0	W1	3-1-0	5	1043.8	0.0	855.0
Syd lines up under center	5	3	0	0.625	1	W1	2-2-0	0	928.0	115.8	812.2
TimeForSomeAction	4	4	0	0.500	2	W2	2-1-0	0	851.5	192.2	835.5
Energia del Burro	3	5	0	0.375	3	W1	2-1-0	0	838.5	205.2	788.0
1	0	8	0	0.000	6	L8	0-4-0	0	626.2	417.5	946.0

West Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	GB	Strk	Div	Wks	PF	Back	PA
dballers_are_all_loose	7	1	0	0.875	0	L1	3-0-0	1	963.2	80.5	789.8
Rock Runners	5	3	0	0.625	2	W2	1-2-0	0	872.2	171.5	863.8
Holmoe Phobes	4	4	0	0.500	3	L1	2-2-0	1	936.5	107.2	848.5
Yellow Fever	4	4	0	0.500	3	L2	1-3-0	1	864.2	179.5	905.8
The Ghosts of Ty Willingham	2	6	0	0.250	5	L1	2-2-0	0	523.8	520.0	803.5

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Are you going to start reviewing the CGB pro fantasy league as well? My desire for you to do this is in no way connected to my standing in that league being way better than my standing in this one.

dboneisloose

by HolmoePhobe on Oct 28, 2009 9:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I guess I might as well.

Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

by yellow fever on Oct 29, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

.500! We on a runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn~

Energia del burro? I will gnaw on his bones.

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0

by AERose on Oct 28, 2009 10:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have no idea what you’re doing dropping McCoy and Williams, but I was more than happy to pick them up on waivers. Thanks!

At CGB, we whine because we care

by dballisloose on Oct 29, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

McCoy has cost me enough games already, thankyouverymuch. Clausen’s more consistent and has better upside because he doesn’t throw picks, and if I see a particularly alluring matchup I can start Ryan Mallett who is a sexy, sexy stat machine against bad defenses. (Pity he’s playing Eastern Michigan this weekend rather than some other weekend, Clausen vs. Wazzu is too good a matchup to pass up.) Williams was a necessary sacrifice so that I could have depth at running back without having to chuck Michael Floyd, who will pay off like a slot machine once he gets back from his injury.

"Let me tell you a story. I was a political prisoner for two years. The instant I was released I ran to McDonald's. I had a Big Mac and a Coke.

It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0

by AERose on Oct 29, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That makes sense. I think the dynamics of fantasy football are really interesting once you approach the playoffs. Someone who is fighting for a playoff spot will be dropping decent players in order to get better matchups for the immediate games. Whereas someone who is in good position to clinch (like myself) can sit there and wait to poach those dropped players off waiver and hang on to them for later in the season.

For me, I like starting Reesing. Except that he has tough matchups in weeks 11, 12, and 13. McCoy has great matchups those weeks. Similarly, Williams has great matchups down the stretch even though his matchups in the near future aren’t that great. So I was happy to grab him up now so that I can use him later.

For weeks 11, 12, and 13 my WRs will be Cobb, Broyles, and Williams….pretty solid on paper at least.

At CGB, we whine because we care

by dballisloose on Oct 29, 2009 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm happy to no longer be undefeated

Its a relief actually, that I finally lost a game. But to lose a game by less than 10 points is really hard. Reesing had an awful game….9 points? ARGH!

I have to say though, there were two weeks earlier in the season when I won by less than 3 points. So its all fair in love and football.

At CGB, we whine because we care

by dballisloose on Oct 29, 2009 10:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs