THE League

Yep, it’s that time.  Sign in, update your logo and name.  Start obsessioning over draft picks…I hear Bret will be one of the first QBs to be taken, so make sure you move him up to the top of your draft list.

The rules have been adjusted as noted in the email you received form the fhe official site.

Get your money into Brian and let me know if you have any questions.

About half of the old crew has responded.  I presume the others will respond shortly.  Till then, sit back and have a cold one!

Hey!  Let’s hear it for CBS’s Sportsline!

Seriously!  A round of applause is due!  It’s the first day of May and they have their site ready!  This is astonishing!  REALLY!  Words can not adequately express how amazing this unprecedented feat is.  They are never ready until near July!  Oh they have always been willing to take your money as early as June first, but with the warning that the world will end if you make any changes.

Speaking of changes…did you see the list of new bells and whistles?

Can I just point out that anything going this well can only mean we are in for a really severe hurricane season.  That’s right.  The product is ready by May 1st, but did they move their servers out of hurricane way?  Oh no, still in Florida.  You know the kind of predictions we can come up with here, so mark it down….severe hurricane season ahead…plan appropriately!

While the old bounty hunter site was amusing, I felt it was time to move on, so with the new season, I have changed the site theme.  Please feel free to tell me what you think.

We already have a new addition to our wait list.  Please let me know if you will be joining us for another season of fun of the DEX league…opps, please don’t tell DEXmark that we are still using that name.

This will be quick…  work and a sinus infection are making getting this written quite a challenge.

First of all, Kudos to Kelly for apply renaming her team.  I think its safe to say she has worked the wire better than anyone, stealing studs to climb to the top.  There is no chance for her to catch Curt for the bye, but she sure laid the smack down on him this week.  I think its safe to say no one wants a to matched up against her in the playoffs.  Curt, Heelers and Rebound have locked up playoff spots.

Big news in the Pie division is that the wheels have fallen off Pie’s run.  If Pie wins this week, he keeps the bye which he despertly needs as he waits for Bush to return.  If he loses, he drops and just makes the playoffs, filling in that sixth spot which would put him against Rebound in the first week of the playoffs.  Talk about your must win situation!

Expect a bigger playoff run down next week.

What the heck is going on in this league?  Have you looked at the standings?  Week ten is done.  The bye week nonsense is over.  Pat’s “I love a short bench” theory of fantasy league management has worked its evil voodoo.  The best team over the last three weeks?  Rebound!  I don’t have a problem with that; I am just saying, three weeks ago, Rebound was 2-5 and not even in the running for a playoff spot.  Now, after going on a three and 0 run, she has the number four spot lockedup!  Five, count them, FIVE teams have a 4-6 record.  That means five teams are tied for the last two playoff spots…not that there is anything wrong with that.  Scary part, even Chris (how the mighty have fallen) at 3-7 still has a chance to make the playoffs.  Athony’s BL hasn’t just played spoiler, but a. has the second best win streak going behind Rebound, and, AND, get this, has played Giant Killer knocking off Curt and Brian respectively in the last two weeks!

So let’s take a look at the playoff picture…

Each Division winner makes the playoffs and gets a first week bye.  Curt, despite suffering a loss, leads the Meat Division by three games, and at 9-1 is still comfortably in first.  Brian, despite yet another loss, leads the Pie Division by three games, and at 7-3, can probably hold on to the bye, but there are no guarantees.  Jonathan’s Heelers had been making a really nice run, and then had the rug pulled out from under him when he went head to head with the two guys ahead of him on this list.  Still, at 6-4, he seems a lock for the number three spot.  At the moment, Rebound, at 5-5, is fearlessly fending off all comers in an attempt to now hold onto the number four playoff spot.  Technically, the following teams are tied at 4-6:  Saddle, BL, State, TBOL (yes the whole pie division other than Brian) and Thunder.  Looking at our tie breakers, Saddle, BL and State are the three most viable candidates for those last two playoff spots with each being tied with 3-3 divisional records.  State has beaten Saddle twice and BL once, moving him into the 5th spot; BL squeezes into the sixth spot at the moment.

This week’s matchups:

Chris at Noblesville Migraines

Will Romo play?  Will that be enough to swing the tide?  For the Skins sake, I hope he stays on the bench.  Even if Chris can take a page from BL, I don’t think it makes any difference in the playoff picture.

iwantpie at Blazing Saddles

Saddle desperately needs a win.  Worse case scenario, a win puts him in a four way tie for the last four spots, but would finally move him and at least one other piece of Pie to only two games behind the division leader.

Statesboro Blues at TBOL

Does State hold onto its playoff spot?  A TBOL win gives him an overall and divisional record advantage.  Don’t count on this, Blue has been wracking up points without making changes for byes.  A loss by TBOL ends his playoff run.

Thunder at BL

The Spoilers meet and someone’s run ends this week.    A BL win and Thunder is done.  A loss by BL may remove both teams from playoff contention.  Guru’s initial estimate has this as a tie and both have nearly the same amount of bench points.  Too bad its taken these two so long to hit their stride.

Rebound at Heelers- Let’s call this game of the week

Can Rebound move up?  If Rebound (the number four team on the power rankings) can win, she would move up to the second spot in the league because of her division record.  A loss and she may again be fighting for a playoff spot.  Look for Heelers to pull a Bill Russle-like rejection of Rebound.  Bold prediction:  Heelers win and score the most points of the season a perfect storm of matchups for his players.  That’s right, I think he breaks his own scoring record this year and tops 157 points.