8.28.10 5:05 pm by Alex
The NFL season is right around the corner. We love football and competition, so we’ve set up a couple groups and a fantasy league or two to have some fun with our readers/followers. Without further ado:
ESPN.com Eliminator Challenge Group – Click Here
ESPN.com Pigskin Pick’em Group – Click Here
2nd Annual The Sports Geeks Fantasy Football League
(more…)
Posted in Fantasy, NFL | View Comments
8.12.10 1:47 pm by Brian
Even though the regular seasons for both NCAA and NFL football are still weeks off, both leagues have been making headlines since the end of their respective seasons. Unfortunately, some of these headlines haven’t been very positive. On the NCAA side, investigations into sports agents and the integrity of programs have been daily stories, and the Big XII Conference nearly dissolved before it was saved at the last minute. On the NFL side, free agency has been exciting but the looming thunderhead cloud of a potential locked-out season in 2011 has caused contract disputes, training camp holdouts, and general apprehension for all who are invested in the National Football League.
Much of this is off-field; I want to look at something in the NCAA game that has been a hot-button topic for years now: the Bowl Championship Series.
I’m not going to suggest a perfect solution to the “problem” of the BCS, because countless writers have done so before me and just about as many writers have tried to defend the integrity of the BCS for the game. Those are all fine and good ideas, and I won’t pretend that I have anything new to bring to the table.
The perspective I am taking is the perspective of a college teacher—which is what I do for my job when I’m not writing on this site—and how the “culture of perfection” nurtured by the BCS system fundamentally works against the environment of teaching in those colleges across the country.
(more…)
Posted in Featured, NFL | View Comments
8.06.10 4:04 pm by Alex, Brian and Pat
Football season is right around the corner, and we are more than ready. Brian, Pat, and I (Alex), have decided to release power rankings for each week of the NFL season, as a means of stimulating discussion and keeping track of the rise and fall of teams during the 2010 season. Here’s how it works: the three of us rank all the teams 1-32 and we average him out and then we write a sentence or two about what’s been going on with each team. To make that part easier, we’ve divided up the divisions, and we’ll each be “covering” those divisions for the entire year. The breakdown is as follows:
- Alex – AFC North, NFC East
- Brian – AFC East, AFC South, AFC West
- Pat – NFC North, NFC South, NFC West
So, check it out, leave a comment, or hit us up on our respective Twitter accounts and call us out on our biases. (more…)
Posted in NFL, Power Rankings | View Comments
7.29.10 9:40 pm by Alex
Right now (EDIT: Fixed as of 11:10 EST) the Denver Broncos’ website has the Texans’ logo and background. Also you can see the Texans’ logo hiding behind the Bronco. Oops. Here’s a screenshot in case they get it fixed. (via @Paakaa10)
(Click for a larger version)
Posted in Images, NFL | View Comments
7.28.10 6:19 pm by Matt
ESPN’s AJ Mass recently wrote a column urging league commissioners to draft constitutions for their leagues in order to facilitate fun and avoid argument.
Now, anyone who knows me knows that my relationship to fantasy football is “More is More”. I usually have about a 160 page color-coded excel spreadsheet for my draft. Not because such a thing is useful, but because it’s fun for me to make one.
So when AJ Mass has another way for me to waste time making a more perfect union fantasy league, I was right there with him.
Here’s the new Constitution for IV Philly, my “home” league.
(more…)
Posted in Fantasy, NFL | View Comments
7.02.10 8:17 pm by Pat
Now that the NBA playoffs are over and we are still a few months away from significant baseball games, many a sports fan decides to turn his or her attention to the upcoming NFL season and its conjoined twin, fantasy football! Chances are if you’ve glanced at a magazine rack at the grocery store or browsed a bit on ESPN.com then you’ve already seen some fantasy football coverage. It’s really not surprising, considering there are estimates that the fantasy sports industry has a three to four billion dollar impact with American football being one of the biggest contributors. If you’re a fantasy football season veteran or an eager first timer, there are certain things every fantasy football player should know. Whether or not these guidelines were passed down from the heavens is up for debate, but nonetheless here are…
The 10 Commandments of Fantasy Football
Not afraid to take a QB in round one.
1: Thou shall know league rules
(more…)
Posted in Fantasy, Featured, Lists, NFL | View Comments
