We all know the drill by now...you study your cheat sheets, do your homework, buy your magazines, and watch your TV specials so that on draft day, you've got the inside track on all your buddies. You know the sleepers to grab, which reciever should flurish in a new system, and what QB has an injured shoulder. So then you draft.....and you couldn't feel worse about your squad....or do you? A buddy and I share a couple teams in two leagues every year (this year we're entered in just one league), and have a ball with it. Thank God for DirecTV...and God bless the "Sunday Ticket". While my wife Casey already begins to dread the long Sunday's of cheering and curse words, the boys and I can't wait. It can make for a long day. I thought I'd give you a run down of a typical "Fantasy Football Sunday" at the McCullough household as we settle into the easy chair and couch around the big screen for a pigskin marathon that can last anywhere between 6 and 10 hours.
1- Rise at the crack of 10:00 AM and read the injury reports, grab about a half hour of ESPN's NFL Countdown...and confer with my Co-GM on who we should start at reciever that day.
2- Try to look as busy as possible from 11:00 until about 11:30 without actually doing anything while the wife's look of disgust and disdain for the institution that is pro football gradually builds.
3- 11:45...The boys arrive. The fridge is loaded...the wife retires to the bedroom with the dog. Perhaps we'll begin slowly with a Bloody Mary, after all, it is Sunday. One more look of disgust and resentment creep over her normally cheerful face as the door slowly closes. The boys give me "the look"....you know the one fella's. It's the one where they're glad they're not you. Anywhere between 2 to 6 of us gather around the TV and begin flipping ferociously between the Giants/Jaguars game and the Tampa Bay/Bengals match-up. Normally games we'd care less about, suddenly have the utmost importance.
4 - Now comes the tricky part, half of us would like to view a good portion of the Bears game, while the rest desire more of the Packers. We've reached a cordial agreement, if one of the local favorites falls down by more than 14, said team will only get the occasional "flip-back" to check for any semblance of a comeback.
5 - By the end of the 3rd Quarter of the noon game...let's say about 2:15-2:20 you generally have a pretty good idea of how your team is doing and how your afternoon will turn out.
4 - Time to grab some food. Casey will come out of the bedroom, ask if the games are almost over, I'll say no....we've still got the 3:15 game to get to, she'll roll her eyes, another look of disgust, and the door slams a little harder to the bedroom.
5 - Prepare for the 3:15 game...we'll be excited if we're in good shape after the noon games, or we'll wonder why in the hell we drafted Trent Green as our back-up if we're down in points.
6 - By about 5:00, a general consensus is agreed upon as to whether or not we're going to stick it out for the Sunday night game. If we're close, and have someone significant playing, it's a no-brainer. If we're down and have no shot at it, time to close up shop and call it a week.
7 - 8:30-9:00 The headache begins to set in. Whether or not this is due to a bad day on the field, or by financially supporting the Anheuser-Busch Company out, we're still not quite sure.
8 - 10:30 The day is over...perhaps we have someone going Monday night, maybe not. One last check of the league message board for any witty one-liner's or waiver wire deals is completed. Retire for the night, attempt to get a good night kiss...denied. Luckily, for Casey, there is only 15 weeks left. See you next Sunday!!!!!!!!
So tell me about your Fantasy Football Sunday. Are you typically in trouble with your signifcant other by Sunday night? Let's talk some football. Leave a comment in the section provided below. Thanks again for reading.
1- Rise at the crack of 10:00 AM and read the injury reports, grab about a half hour of ESPN's NFL Countdown...and confer with my Co-GM on who we should start at reciever that day.
2- Try to look as busy as possible from 11:00 until about 11:30 without actually doing anything while the wife's look of disgust and disdain for the institution that is pro football gradually builds.
3- 11:45...The boys arrive. The fridge is loaded...the wife retires to the bedroom with the dog. Perhaps we'll begin slowly with a Bloody Mary, after all, it is Sunday. One more look of disgust and resentment creep over her normally cheerful face as the door slowly closes. The boys give me "the look"....you know the one fella's. It's the one where they're glad they're not you. Anywhere between 2 to 6 of us gather around the TV and begin flipping ferociously between the Giants/Jaguars game and the Tampa Bay/Bengals match-up. Normally games we'd care less about, suddenly have the utmost importance.
4 - Now comes the tricky part, half of us would like to view a good portion of the Bears game, while the rest desire more of the Packers. We've reached a cordial agreement, if one of the local favorites falls down by more than 14, said team will only get the occasional "flip-back" to check for any semblance of a comeback.
5 - By the end of the 3rd Quarter of the noon game...let's say about 2:15-2:20 you generally have a pretty good idea of how your team is doing and how your afternoon will turn out.
4 - Time to grab some food. Casey will come out of the bedroom, ask if the games are almost over, I'll say no....we've still got the 3:15 game to get to, she'll roll her eyes, another look of disgust, and the door slams a little harder to the bedroom.
5 - Prepare for the 3:15 game...we'll be excited if we're in good shape after the noon games, or we'll wonder why in the hell we drafted Trent Green as our back-up if we're down in points.
6 - By about 5:00, a general consensus is agreed upon as to whether or not we're going to stick it out for the Sunday night game. If we're close, and have someone significant playing, it's a no-brainer. If we're down and have no shot at it, time to close up shop and call it a week.
7 - 8:30-9:00 The headache begins to set in. Whether or not this is due to a bad day on the field, or by financially supporting the Anheuser-Busch Company out, we're still not quite sure.
8 - 10:30 The day is over...perhaps we have someone going Monday night, maybe not. One last check of the league message board for any witty one-liner's or waiver wire deals is completed. Retire for the night, attempt to get a good night kiss...denied. Luckily, for Casey, there is only 15 weeks left. See you next Sunday!!!!!!!!
So tell me about your Fantasy Football Sunday. Are you typically in trouble with your signifcant other by Sunday night? Let's talk some football. Leave a comment in the section provided below. Thanks again for reading.
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