Week 3 Fantasy Football

Some reflections on the week past:

- Dom owned everyone on the amazing performances from Dallas Clark and Chris Johnson. I imagine these guys are going to remain a major factor for his team in the weeks to come.

- Despite picking Adrian Peterson and Aaron Rodgers, I finished dead-last with a sub-100 pt weekend. Starting Joseph Addai in the 4th WR/RB spot was a bad idea. Peyton is arguably the best quarter-back in the NFL, notwithstanding Drew Brees' exceptional start. The problem with Indy is that they THROW touchdowns, and THROW underneath in short-yardage situations. An Indy running-back in a Miami-hosted points-shootout just didn't allow me to beat Gov.

- The close game of the week was Raiderettes vs. Kacton's Horses, which was decided at the very end of Monday Night by less than 2 pts.

Looking Ahead:

(Dommy Bear v. Air it Outtt)

- Dommy Bears are estimated to take a loss by over 15 pts. to Air it Outtt, but with Dom's active week regarding waivers, etc. Im looking for him to have had some good reasons for his acquisitions. I see Randy Moss getting less catches if Wes Welker plays, which i suspect he will. Westbrook has also had some ankle-swelling issues and is likely to be listed as questionable going into the weekend. I imagine he plays, but I suspect that game will be closer than the projected outcome. With Indy potentially playing another 'Thru the Air' game this weekend at Arizona, I see Dallas Clark having another big day. My Pick: DOMMY BEAR

(Sons of Anarchy v. The A Team)

- Gov's Sons of Anarchy go into this weekend HEAVILY FAVOURED over The A Team. The A Team is hampered by LaDainian Tomlinson's limited return behind Darren Sproles, and Marion Barber's quad injury. Barber is going to be a limited factor this weekend. I like Kurt Warner for Sons of Anarchy because against Indy its going to be a high-scoring, thru-the-air affair. The one-two punch with Fitzgerald will pay dividends for Gov. My Pick: SONS OF ANARCHY

(Raiderettes v. Team Hurricain)

- Raiderettes v. Team Hurricain currently is looking like a one-sided affair with 2 Raiderette

players (both receivers) in a sub-par state. That being said, i expect come game day they will either be better, or they will be benched. Hurricain has Steve Smith of the NYG, and I have tremendous faith in this guy following the Home-Opener in Dallas when the Giants went to Jerry-world and put the cowboys in their place. To be fair, Im a Giants fan so i hate the cowboys, but that being said, a lot of questions re. the Giants' receivers' suitability have been answered in my mind, at least for the time being. I myself picked up Manningham, and I expect, with Hakeem Nicks still out, Smith and Manningham are going to be Eli's targets... and I think he's going to hit them. That being said, Brandon Jacobs is going to be a factor this weekend against TB. As things stand, I think Hurricain has it, but given the almost assured line-up shifting that will happen for Raiderettes, this one will be close. My Pick: MY GUESS IS AS GOOD AS YOURS

And now I have wasted as much time as I reasonably can to put off my HW... By providing uneducated pontification about a Fantasy Football League.

Don't agree with my assessment? Have a comment? Wanna make a pick for the week? FEEL FREE TO LEAVE A COMMENT! I know we're all becoming way too invested in this for our own good (and the good of our schooling, employment, relationships etc.) so I wanted to open up one more avenue of involvement with the ActionKacton League.

-M240

Fantasy Football Draft

It pays to be the commissioner I guess. Here is the lineup:

QB	Aaron Rodgers
WR	Wes Welker
WR	Vincent Jackson
WR	Santana Moss
RB	Adrian Peterson
RB	Steve Slaton
TE	Tony Gonzalez
W/R	Joseph Addai
K	Rob Bironas
DEF	New York

Running Backs:

- Joseph Addai was in retrospect a strange choice at least insofar as I never really had any opinion of him personally. Also he plays on a team with Peyton Manning at the QB spot, so im not sure how many carries he will be getting. Adrian Peterson was obviously my Round One, Pick One choice, and he's the number one player in all of Fantasy Football. Ive already had a trade offer for Brandon Jacobs and Ronnie Busch in exchange for Peterson, but my whole draft strategy was based around that number-one spot, so i think if anyone will be with me the whole season, its Peterson. One guy who is a big question-mark for me is Steve Slaton. I've heard a lot of talk about him, and he had a great season last year, but he also had a disappointing start last week- Not that I take speculation that he's "lost his edge" and will have a bad season to mean anything at all after one week of play. I hope he'll have a strong season, because based on last year, starting Adrian Peterson and Steve Slaton at RB would have been amazing.

QuarterBack:

- Again, Aaron Rodgers was an easy choice. I was also live-drafting for my buddy's team and his second pick came before my second (because i picked first.) So he got Brees and I got Rodgers. Im pretty happy with both choices.

Wide Recievers:

- Wes Welker, Vincent Jackson and Santana Moss. Welker was a pick based on ranking, because I dont know anything about him. I liked Vincent Jackson last season, and I think he'll be a strong pick, especially given that there seems to be some speculation that LaDainian Tomlinson was overvalued in the Rankings. He's healthy right now, but a number of injuries last year, and that fact that he's turning 30 seem to point to a potential for issues. Given that, I hope SD will be looking to the air often, and I think they will be looking at Vincent Jackson. I'm a Giants fan and so I don't like the Redskins... but Santana Moss is a very good receiver and so hopefully in the weeks when they aren't facing the Giants Jason Campbell and he can connect. Thinking of it, in the weeks they are facing the Giants I guess it'll be a moot point anyways, as I expect Campbell to spend a lot of time trying to run away from Osi and Tuck.

TE:

- Tony Gonzalez. What can I say. Kevin Boss on the bench for Gonzalez' BYE week. Im happy.

K:

- Bironas. Great Kicker. Not much more to say.

DEF:

- New York Giants! The Number-One (in Fantasyland, anyways) ranked defence was not my last pick, as perhaps would be the normal strategy. Given that it was only an 8-team draft, and with the order being what it was, I had filled my positions with top players with only the Option Spot (WR/RB) slot remaining, and the kicker. Instead of filling the bench with 3rd or worse string RBs or Receivers, I took a risk, hoping to rely on the excellent QB and RB picks, and picked my Giants defence "early". Even if I lose the pool because of it, it'll be worth my $20, because I already get pretty damned excited when the Giants force a turnover, and now that they are MY defence as well as my team? It should be madness...

Just a quick entry. Played golf a few times in San Diego. Couldn't replicate my 89 that i shot last year at The Vineyard. Did have a breakthrough in the swing department though. I started standing closer to the ball... lets me have a nice downward impact on the iron shots, and on the fairway woods its a much more controlled shot. Bought a 60 Deg. CG10 that was on sale from a place called Golf Galaxy, as well as a nice Callaway bag. Also came into a TaylorMade Burner 5-wood that I really like.

Played Bighorn in Palm Desert. It was hot, and I by no means managed a good score (106), but I actually felt like I played pretty well. And, the worst day playing golf at a place like Bighorn is better than just about anything else! I even put on my golf shoes next to Arnold Palmer's locker!!!

Golf at Shuksan

Brief update about playing down in Washington on Sat: Broke my 5-wood in half (at a loss how... just pulled it out of the bag on one of the holes to find it in 2 pieces). Also, hit a great shot on the ninth hole over a pond... onto the wrong green. How i didn't realize which green was which is beyond me. Finally, hit a 315 yard drive! Followed it up with a couple right at around 300, so all in all I was happy with that aspect of my game. I also bought a putting matt with ball return so I can hopefully hit hundreds of putts and maybe, finally, start to improve.

Eagle!

So i played last night with the new wedge. Didn't shoot as well as I'd hoped, although i feel that had a lot to do with using the new club for every shot i possibly could (even when the lie, etc. didn't suit it) and also not really understanding that you have to hit it much more authoritatively to get the ball to pop up in the air versus just go 3 ft. On a positive note, however, I chipped in on a par 4 for an Eagle! My first one in nearly 10 years of golf, and I must say it felt pretty great! Ill be heading down to Bellingham tomorrow with a couple of friends to play a round at Shuksan, and ill hopefully have a few things to discuss after that round as well.

Finally going to try the CG12!

Thunderstorms this morning in Vancouver. Wasn't looking very promising to get out and play golf today, but i think it will be nice enough. I cant wait to give the new wedge a try!

On another golf-related note, i signed up for oobgolf.com today. It's a (free) website where you create a profile, and then can enter your scores, update the equipment in your bag, review courses, read golf-related comments etc. Also, it calculates your handicap, GIRs, success with a given club, success with different clubs in the bag... and on and on. It seems to have a wealth of statistics to review after your round, and you can also become friends with other members, review their scores... I managed to find three scorecards in my bag and so i entered them. It says I have a handicap of 21.9, which seems optimistic, although I did break 90 once last summer playing with Uncle Joe in California. That being said, sometimes I have trouble breaking 90 on a par 60... I also downloaded an iPhone app called smartscorecard that is free and interfaces with Oobgolf on the fly, acting as a scorecard app and also providing real-time stats. Im going to give it a try today, but it might prove to be more of a distraction than anything else.

First Post in a while

Just want to post a quick entry saying that I'll be getting back into this, at least I hope to. Just waiting to go collect my car after having a catastrophic A/C failure repaired... thankfully under warranty. I think between the diagnosis and labour alone its been something like 16 hours... and then there are the parts...

Been playing a lot of golf this summer. It seems that every summer is the summer of something, and for me, this year, that something was golf. My buddy and I have been getting out a few times a week on average, almost always at Executive courses like Mylora or Musqueam (Musqueum?), although last weekend we played a new place called Country Meadows. I had an inauspicious start by sending it sailing to the left, and then taking three shots to get out of the rough... although in my defence the 'rough' was actually more like 'the marsh.' We had an enjoyable round, but with the fast greens i was having a really hard time getting the ball to check-up if i hit it on with a wedge. So naturally i ran right out afterwards and bought a new, higher-loft wedge. I went with a Cleveland CG12 from Golftown with the rust finish. Haven't got out to the course with it yet... can't wait!

I expect to have another entry with impressions from the course, although my golfing buddy seems to have a growing workload, so it might be a while.