Congratulations, Not That Oakland!!!

Well, we don't really want to talk about my fantasy football team this year. For the first year in my fantasy existence, I decided to forego research and just go with my gut for the draft. How something so big could've been so wrong is still beyond me.

That aside, I offer my heartfelt congratulations to the 2009 champion of the V.J.J. Walker fantasy league, Not That Oakland, who rode the backs of Ryan Grant, Jamaal Charles, and a stifling 49ers' defensive performance to beat Too Tuff, 92-73.

Congrats!!! And way to go, Too Tuff and Washington Express, for dominating the entire season, and Mark's Marauders, who started the season something like 0-5 to ultimately take third place.

See ya next year, yall.
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We Wuz Robbed

Now, I guess I really don't have a right to complain. I've been very lucky this year. I really shouldn't even be where I found myself last week. But damnit, my Murderkats have been screwed!!!

If you look back at my draft you can see that I worked very hard to get into the playoffs. My starting quarterback was knocked out for the season in the second week. My second receiver suffered the same fate in the first game of the season. My two starting running backs have missed most of the season. And my defense, the usually stout Jacksonville Jaqoffs, decided that defending the pass was passé this season.

But I've been diligent. I've been working those waiver wires. I picked up Matt Forte before anyone knew who he was. The same for Houston's Steve Slaton. Still, as I said, I've been lucky. I haven't been the top point-getter (that guy didn't even make the playoffs), and I won two games by a point each. But I made the playoffs.

And last night, before the Philly game, I was three points down. Fortunately, the very unpredictable Bryan Westbrook only got five points (the week before--when I'd benched him, of course--he got 30). But that was enough to win. I was going on to the championship game.

But no!

For some reason, Yahoo has decided to knock two points off of San Diego's defense's score. I checked and double-checked. There's absolutely no reason why they did it. They just did. So, I was in a tie. And, though I have no clue how they decided this, I apparently lost the tie-breaker.

My Murderkats have been denied their chance for 2008 glory. The Man, the Machine, the Refs have stolen one from me. No glory, no ring. Nothing but depression and despair.

Hey, wait a second. Now I know what it's like being a Seahawks fan.

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Murderkats

I said I wouldn't do it. I said I was waaaaayyyyy too busy. I said I'd fallen out of love with fantasy sports--real life being far too demanding to care about how many yards Maurice Jones-Drew got this Sunday. Yet, yesterday morning, there I was in my brother-in-law's dining room drafting live on-line. So, here they are, my 2008 addition to the fantasy football canon, the Koontown Murderkats:


QB
Carson Palmer
Eli Manning

RB
Brian Westbrook
Willie Parker
Justin Fargas
Jerious Norwood

WR
Calvin Johnson
Justin Gage
Nate Burleson
Mark Clayton

TE
Chris Cooley
Randy McMichael

K
Josh Brown
Jason Hanson

DEF
Jacksonville

Wish me luck!
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