If you want to crown them...THEN CROWN THEM!!!
Lets give a shout out to the Lodge Fantasy Football Champion for 2006, The Train..
A gutsy last minute waiver wire move for Matt Lienart was the key to victory.
I was curious how close my predictions were so I pulled up the old post
2.0
Predicted Finish 3rd
ACTUAL FINISH 4TH
PRESEASON COMMENTS
Great sleeper pick at QB. Solid RB's and Joe, Im pround of you for taking the 1st defense. Moss is quality at WR but any Detroit WR is a big question mark. you do have the best TE in the league but his numbers may suffer with Philip "Rolling on the" Rivers. Depth is ok. Gore may be a bigger pick than some would think
POSTSEASON REVIEW
This one worked out pretty well. Rivers caused a decline in Gates numbers and was I right on the money with Frank Gore. Your great sleeper pick (Culpepper) never panned out
Big Bens Jawbreakers
Coach Goose
Predicted Finish 4th
ACTUAL FINISH 3RD
PRESEASON COMMENTS
I'll probably be toughest on myself. I like my RB's and Im good at WR. Im still pissed at MCP over Santana Moss. I'm a little weary of my QB situation but I've done well with solid and steady QB's before. Who knows. As a Backup maybe this is Vicks big year. McGahee and Benson are going to have breakout years...and if they do, this will be a top 2 or 3 team. My depth at RB and WR is very good. Why did I draft Chris Brown?
POSTSEASON REVIEW
Well I was wrong with McGahee and Benson. It was Westbrook that has the breakout year. Picking up Philip Rivers addded stability over M Vick. And Chris Brown never played a down. Drafting LJ (Who was a solid pick) over LT was the difference between 2nd and 3rd. I'll take the bronze
The Disenfranchised
Coach Seatown
Predicted Finish 8th
ACTUAL FINISH 8th
PRESEASON COMMENTS
Seatown. I'll be honest and say on paper Im not really sure about your team. Steve Smith, Fitzgerald and Barber are quality players. Palmer is a big ??? (Though Brees is a good Backup option, he is learning a new offense). Everyone else is ok. If some of your sleepers pan out you will be a force but Im not sure if I see all those 2nd and third tier WR's making a huge impact
POSTSEASON REVIEW
I know you were mad at me Seatown, but when you are right...well you are right. You made a good call on Palmer and Brees, however Barbers lack of TD's and missing a second quality RB was tough. None of those WR's really had the breakout year you were hoping for. Lodge Fantasy Football II will bring better results for you.
Beckenbauer?
Coach Train
Predicted Finish 2nd
ACTUAL FINISH 1ST
PRESEASON COMMENTS
Train. I think your team has potential. You have a quality QB. Good RB's and a great defense. Holt will give you numbers at WR. If Plexiglass has a good year in his Up Year Down Year Rollercoaster career your should have a winning starting lineup. Shockey may be the best tight end for stats this year (See 2.0 and Phillip Rivers)Depth could be better Dont forget no matter what happens this season...you've got BUUUUSH!!!
POSTSEASON REVIEW
You got hot at the right time my friend.
You rode Jones-Drew to the title. He may have been the top waiver pickup of the year. You handled losing your QB and worked the wire well. You earned the title. We need to get a trophy for you to place on your mantel. I think we will get one and present it at the Super Bowl this year.
Browncoats
Coach MCP
Predicted Finish 6th
ACTUAL FINISH 7th
PRESEASON COMMENTS
MCP....where to start? Lets go with the positives 1st. You have the BEST trio of WR's in the League in Harrison, Johnson and Moss. You have a great RB that is subject to a Madden curse, but if he stays healty you will have a 20 TD player. Foster may be a good pick but we will have to see. He is very injury prone. You have two good QB's. If either or both of your RB's get hurt you are going to kick yourself for taking a kicker too high, taking two kickers and taking two defenses, in a leauge of only 8 teams. You drafted like a Rookie. Lets see if you can make up for it by working the waiver wire this season.
POSTSEASON REVIEW
MCP. YOUT TEAM IS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS!!!!!! The madden curse was predicted and came true. Plus you didnt pick up a good RB when he went down. "That, is why you fail"
Futbol Amerikan
Coach Jimbo
Predicted Finish 1st
ACTUAL FINISH 5th
PRESEASON COMMENTS
Jimbo. Love the Steven Jackson pick. You look good in all your starting slots. Len White may be a great sleeper for you. You have good backups at RB and WR. Although I think you may move Walker to a starter before the end of Preseason. You are one of the top three teams. Just pray that Matt stays healthy
POSTSEASON REVIEW
Jimbo. As Matt went, you followed and that forced you to trust the Romo Beast. NEVER trust a cowboy. They will not win you a title. Hopefully you have learned from this valuable lesson of life
Stay off Hawks Wagon
Coach "The Dude"
Predicted Finish 6th
ACTUAL FINISH 6th
PRESEASON COMMENTS
Dude. You will probably end up #1 or #8 in the league. Your team outside of Manning and Boldin is riddled with Sleepers. A bold move that may pay off. Williams and Parkers are both starting RB's on playoff contending teams. Addai, Evans, and White are big componants in their respective teams. Leftwich can be used for a solid Bye Week when Manning is out. Our Trade his to a desperate team needing a QB. Sadly that could be me.
POSTSEASON REVIEW
Tough year for Dude. Addai and Evans were solid late in the year. Dunn and Cadillac were the achillies heel.
Velveteen Diablos
Coach Devin/Devo/"Yes Boldin has already been picked 8 rounds ago"
Predicted Finish 5th
ACTUAL FINISH 2ND
PRESEASON COMMENTS
Duke. You stated the draft strong and fizzled at the end. Kind of like MCP on his one date every 4 years. (Is MCP the World Cup of the Lodge dating world?).
Tomlinson, Jones, Owens (If he doesnt implode your team) Brady, D-Jack and Heap make for a solid core. Elam was a big strech. The last few picks did nothing to help you. You too will need to use the waiver wire early in the season.
POSTSEASON REVIEW
Duke. I will admit I was most wrong about your team. The biggest mistake of the season was LJ drafted at #2, LT Drafted at #3. You rode him until Championship week, then his 8 points against the Blue Jackels of the 206 cost you. Stallworth proved to be a solid sleeper pick. Nice work to get the silver. You have earned my respect in pigskin.
I was wrong with Jimbo and Duke. However getting 6 of 8 teams within 1 spot has to be considered pretty good prognostication. Jimmy the Greek, Lee Sterling, Dixie Dynamo....YOU AINT GOT NUTHIN' ON ME!!!!!)
Great Season Boys. The 1st one is in the books. Lets see if this can continue to a solid tradition, or fold quicker than the XFL after one season
to honor Trains title, I give him this....
posted by Goose at 7:04 AM
18 Comments:
The people I should really be thanking are the Chawks defensive unit who kept LT out of the endzone and brought me a victory.
6 out of 8 teams is pretty damn good. My kryponitesque showings versus Devo really was my downfalling this season... eeriely similiar to the Colts losing to the Pats every year during the playoffs.
I also wanted to give a shout out to all who attened the ROCKY showing. I liked seeing the Lodge Holiday movie tradition kept alive.
This might just be me but I think we might need to starting planning next years holiday movie gathering... I am thinking Blood and Chocolate what about you guys?
-Scene-
Train raises his arms victorious on the field. He has won the Lodge championship.
Dissolve to-
A huge bonfire is the centerpiece of a wild celebration. Lodge members and Ewoks rejoice in the warm glow of firelight, drums beating, singing, dancing, and laughing in the communal language of victory and liberation.
The Duke runs in and is enthusiastically hugged by Joe 2.0.
Then, finally, Train arrives and the friends rush to greet and
embrace him. They stand close, this hardy group, together to the end.
The Lodge and Ewoks join together in dancing and celebration. The
original group of adventurers watch from the sidelines. Only Train seems distracted, alone in their midsts, his thoughts elsewhere.
He looks off to the side and sees three shimmering, smiling
figures at the edge of the shadows: Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance, and Yoda.
Fade out
Cue John Williams score
I think the floating spirits of Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance, and Yoda would scare the crap outta me.
"And That is why you fail"
Right on Goose....I'll admit....I really wanted to prove you wrong. I went against my standard rule during the draft when I drafted a WR in the 2nd round.....and the RB I took in the 1st, I have never liked anyway...so go figure. Brees and Palmer were studs though....but that's about it. EVERYONE else on my team missed games due to injury, and I had never had that happen before.
On another note...the godfather of frickin' soul passed away and still the same Chewbacca pic from last week? Whassup wit' dat?
Also, Ctown starts a new job tomorrow bright and early....so comments will be extremely limited, and I'll get a post up tomorrow night. Gotta make a good first impression since I've got my own office and all......
I am definitely kicking myself a little bit. I thought I was going to win. Good season to all of you guys! Great lodge outing. I had to drink away my anguish in Canada today with Crown Royale Special Reserve on the cheap. Congratulations train!
Isnt it official that no one is Truelly dead until the "Train of Death" comes to get them.
Gerald Ford and James Brown, please buy your ticket. ALL ABOARD!!!
We will have an executive "Train of Death" coming up... It's been delayed since most of the Lodge is still on vacation
Quick Lodge College Bowl update:
The Black Lodge is currently in 10th place (out of 30) with 114 points.
Train is in 7th place with 121 points.
The lodge got burned on the Rice/Troy game & the New Mexico/San Jose State game.
I'm a little dissapointed, boys. Both of those games were decided by unanimous votes.
Still, we're very much in the hunt. Just be sure to route for UCLA tonight....
Sometimes upsets do happen. So is train donating winnings to the Lodge Pool?
Yes, I am also offering up the winnings this year.
Well, hopefully you didn't bet big points on the Rice and NM games. You probably should have checked the lines for who was favored to help you out with that also. But, crap, I'm talking to a guy who picked the first 2 kickers in the Lodge draft and finished 7th out of 8 teams, only beating Shawn's cursed team... so I guess a little research might have been a stretch of an assumption.
Well the Rice/Troy game was double didget spread in Rice's favor.
Did you lose that one? How come you are edging Casey out?
Yeah, I put a lot of points on those two games...
The way I divided up the points was by the voting tally's. Unanimous voting got the most points, then 5-1 votes got the next batch of points, then 4-2, etc etc
I've got 26 points going for tonights game...
Guess that's a minus 26 then......YIKES!
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