bedsitter23

It's been an interesting season, and I am sure you all have seen "NFL Referee Lockout" memes.

Of course my favorite moment was Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

You remember Gov. Walker, the Union buster.  The man who told supporters he'd 'divide and conquer'.  The guy who thinks teachers have it too good.

Surely, Gov. Walker appreciates that you bring in the people who will take your pay, and if they want a little bit more money or better benefits, well, f#ck them, you'll bring in someone who will do it for that scale.

Of course, after a famous disputed call that cost the Packers a victory, Scott Walker said "We should not bend to the whims of these arrogant employees."

Just kidding.

He begged like a little girl for the NFL to settle the labor dispute.

Now, on with the countdown.

Iowa Caucuses (2-4)- The Caucuses beg the question 'When do you call it a season?' in a pay-per-transaction league.  I am not quite there yet, but it's getting there.  In real life, you can bench your top player if he doesn't perform (The Yankees have been benching A-Rod in certain situations).  I wish i could bench Chris Johnson to teach him a lesson.  Still, that's one part where Fantasy Football hasn't achieved yet.

Saluki Dawgs (5-1)- Of course, fantasy football is luck, too.  The Dawgs have won games by margins of 2,2,25, 16, and 2.  That's right three games were won by 2 points.

The Dawgs success is attributable in large part to Eli Manning, which is part of my fantasy rules.  Rule #458 says "Draft and start  Eli".  No one likes Eli.  People will jump quickly on Matt Ryan (a good choice this year), Tony Romo, Matt Schaub, Jay Cutler, Ben Rothelisberger, even Carson Palmer in Oakland, but Eli will be hanging around undrafted well into Round 5.

It's probably not justified (Well, yeah, it probably is, i don't really like Eli either), but he's a good solid qb who plays every game and puts up good number.

So, how is everyone else's season going?

In case you wondered (and you didn't), or just putting it here for my own gratification.

Saluki Dawgs (10-3, Lost in the Fantasy Super Bowl)- Did a lot of things right with this team, and it rewarded me up until the last week when my opponent's QB (Cam Newton) ran all over me.  I made a lot of choices I am proud of - Arian Foster over Chris Johnson.  Matt Stafford at QB, Darren McFadden, Hakeem Nicks and Brandon Marshall.  Rob Gronkoswki as TE.  Darren Sproles a late round pick up at Flex (After fantasy owners and the Chargers seem to underestimate him)

Iowa Caucuses (8-6, first round playoff loss)- This is the team I drafted in abstentia though I did give clear orders what I wanted.  I hoped that my fantasy football formula would like Moneyball, inspire a movie with Brad Pitt playing the role of me.  Instead, it served mewel enough to get to my playoffs, but bounced out when I got there.  Not being there, i got some underrated players, which was equally good (Eli Manning) and not-so-good (Steven Jackson).  This team also had Arian Foster, who was so good this year that he won at least a  couple of games on his own.  The downfall of this team was having too many eggs in one basket.  I am not convinced that is entirely a bad thing, but it is when that basket is the 2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.