Leto Log

I’m starting to really stink about this fantasy football thing, but I’m still learning. What I learned this week is to never ever bench your star running back, even if he only got you 3 points last week and is supposedly still hurt with a toe injury.

Damn you, LaDainian Tomlinson.

Oh well. Here are the standings through week three:

Martin Conference

1. Midnight Riders (Erin M.), 3-0 record, 270 points
2. Mudslingers (Mark M.), 2-1 record, 319 points
3. THE DOMINATION SQUAD (Ryan M.), 2-1 record, 282 points
4. Legion of Doom (Daryl S.), 2-1 record, 206 points
5. Shack Attack (Rachelle S.), 1-2 record, 260 points
6. Rick’s Pics (Rick M.), 1-2 record, 235 points
7. I’m Gonna Win (Adam J.), 1-2 record, 234 points
8. California Crazies (Kristen M.), 1-2 record, 227 points
9. Yaugdawg (Eric Y.), 1-2 record, 218 points
10. Bully Dawgs (Chuck M.), 1-2 record, 207 points

Franny Conference

1. Hosty’s Hogs (Bob H.), 3-0 record, 293 points
2. Nickis Ninjas (Nichole H.), 2-1 record, 276 points
3. Max Pain (David S.), 2-1 record, 270 points
4. The Little Tykes (Marlene H.), 2-1 record, 269 points
5. BIG BAD BULLIES (Drané Z.), 2-1 record, 245 points
6. Team Smack Down (Anthony M.), 1-2 record, 267 points
7. Care Bears (Cara H.), 1-2 record, 257 points
8. Big Red Pigs (Drew Z.), 1-2 record, 203 points
9. The Shadysiders (Eric C.), 1-2 record, 198 points
10. Margarita Mamas (Katie C.), 0-3 record, 251 points

The underdogs did well this week in MFL fantasy football action. In 3 of the 5 games in both conferences, the team that was projected to lose, by Yahoo’s estimates, actually prevailed.

In the Martin Conference, The Mudslingers (Mark M.) lit up the scoreboard by scoring 126 points last week, thanks to stellar performances by his QB, Jay Cutler (Den); his WR, Anquan Boldin (Arizona); and his RB, Brian Westbrook (Philly). He even forgot to bench Andre Johnson (WR, Hou) so he got no points from him. The Houston-Baltimore game was postponed at the last minute, so a lot of owners were scrambling to find replacements.

In the Franny Conference, four teams reached the century mark by scoring more than 100 points. Margarita Mamas (Katie C.) got 102 points but somehow managed to lose to Nicki’s Ninjas (Nichole H.), who racked up 108 points to lead the conference. Hosty’s Hogs (Bob H.) and Big Bad Bullies (Drané M.) also did well with 104 and 107 point games respectively.

The standings, through week 2:

Martin Conference

1. Mudslingers (Mark M.), 2-0 record, 240 points
2. Midnight Riders (Erin M.), 2-0 record, 190 points
3. THE DOMINATION SQUAD (Ryan M.), 1-1 record, 170 points
4. Rick’s Pics (Rick M.), 1-1 record, 166 points
5. California Crazies (Kristen M.), 1-1 record, 164 points
6. Yaugdawg (Eric Y.), 1-1 record, 158 points
7. Bully Dawgs (Chuck M.), 1-1 record, 144 points
8. Legion of Doom (Daryl S.), 1-1 record, 129 points
9. Shack Attack (Rachelle S.), 0-2 record, 154 points
10. I’m Gonna Win (Adam J.), 0-2 record, 147 points

Franny Conference

1. Hosty’s Hogs (Bob H.), 2-0 record, 195 points
2. Nickis Ninjas (Nichole H.), 2-0 record, 192 points
3. BIG BAD BULLIES (Drané Z.), 2-0 record, 183 points
4. The Little Tykes (Marlene H.), 1-1 record, 183 points
5. Max Pain (David S.), 1-1 record, 172 points
6. Care Bears (Cara H.), 1-1 record, 162 points
7. Big Red Pigs (Drew Z.), 1-1 record, 142 points
8. Margarita Mamas (Katie C.), 0-2 record, 164 points
9. Team Smack Down (Anthony M.), 0-2 record, 152 points
10. The Shadysiders (Eric C.), 0-2 record, 124 points

Hey kids:

The managers who won last week are flying high right now, and rightly so, good job. But if you lost, hold your head up, because it’s a long season and you have to prepare for this week.

The standings through week 1:

Martin Conference

1. Mudslingers (Mark M.), 1-0 record, 114 points
2. THE DOMINATION SQUAD (Ryan M.), 1-0 record, 101 points
3. Midnight Riders (Erin M.), 1-0 record, 96 points
4. Bully Dawgs (Chuck M.), 1-0 record, 69 points
5. Legion of Doom (Daryl S.), 1-0 record, 69 points
6. Yaugdawg (Eric Y.), 0-1 record, 83 points
7. Rick’s Pics (Rick M.), 0-1 record, 80 points
8. Shack Attack (Rachelle S.), 0-1 record, 69 points
9. I’m Gonna Win (Adam J.), 0-1 record, 66 points
10. California Crazies (Kristen M.), 0-1 record, 62 points

Franny Conference

1. Max Pain (David S.), 1-0 record, 98 points
2. Care Bears (Cara H.), 1-0 record, 91 points
3. Hosty’s Hogs (Bob H.), 1-0 record, 91 points
4. Nickis Ninjas (Nichole H.), 1-0 record, 84 points
5. BIG BAD BULLIES (Drané Z.), 1-0 record, 76 points
6. The Little Tykes (Marlene H.), 0-1 record, 87 points
7. The Shadysiders (Eric C.), 0-1 record, 64 points
8. Margarita Mamas (Katie C.), 0-1 record, 62 points
9. Team Smack Down (Anthony M.), 0-1 record, 57 points
10. Big Red Pigs (Drew Z.), 0-1 record, 47 points

My condolences to the teams (Big Red Pigs and Yaugdawg) that were relying on Tom Brady to lead their fantasy football teams to the promised land. Ouch. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.

We have a few close games that will be decided tonight, but blowouts were the norm this week. A lot of people kept their best performers on the bench. But in my defense, how was I supposed to know I should have started Michael Turner over LaDainian Tomlinson? How was anyone to know that Phillip Rivers and Reggie Bush would actually not suck? And that you should have started rookie Matt Forte over just about any other RB in the league?

That said, here are the scores:
Martin Conference

I’m Gonna Win – 61
Bully Dawgs – 45
Bully Dawgs has 2 players (Ronald Curry, WR OAK and Adrian Peterson, RB Min) who will play tonight. I’m Gonna Win! has one player left, Darren McFadden, RB Oak.

Legion of Doom – 58
California Crazies – 62
Legion of Doom’s last chance is Ryan Grant, GB RB, who plays tonight. All of the Crazies players are finished.

Shack Attack – 69
Midnight Riders – 96
Final. No players left to play.

THE DOMINATION SQUAD – 101
Rick’s Pics – 80
Final. No players left and we have our first team to break 100 points.

Mudslingers – 114
Yaugdawg – 74
For Yaugdawg, Greg Jennings, WR GB, will have to score 40 points tonight, otherwise Mudslingers, our second team to break 100, will win.

Franny Conference

The Little Tykes – 87
Care Bears – 82
Care Bears’ last hope is Ryan Grant, RB GB, while all the Tykes players are finished.

Margarita Mamas – 45
Max Pain – 98
Unless Adrian Peterson, RB Min, scores 53 points, this game’s over.

The Shadysiders – 64
Nickis Ninjas – 75
This game is just about over. The Ninjas have Greg Jennings, WR GB, but the Shadysiders have no one.

Team Smack Down – 53
Hosty’s Hogs – 88
For Smack Down, Green Bay’s defense needs to intercept 8 passes and return them all for touchdowns. He needs to score at least 35 points to prevail and the Hogs still have Donald Driver, WR GB, left too.

Big Red Pigs – 35
BIG BAD BULLIES – 74
The Pigs will look to Darren McFadden, RB Oak, and Tony Scheffler, TE Den, to put up huge points tonight. But, the Bullies have Minnesota’s defense to add to her point total

Well, both the temperatures and the leaves show signs of falling, so that must mean the footballs will start flying. Hopefully, the action going on our TV screens will translate to lots-o-points for our fantasy football teams.

Last year, we had so many teams, J.P. Losman (the crappy QB from Buffalo) was a hot commodity. So, we split the league into two. Now, there are plenty of players to go around, but it’s a little more difficult to keep tabs on how everyone’s doing.

That leads us to this Web site. Dave and I wanted to get something together quickly, but we plan to add more to the site bit by bit. In the meantime, this blog will do. The first post will concern just the names of the teams in each conference. And here they are:

Franny Football Conference

1. Team Smack Down (Anthony M.)
2. The Shadysiders (Eric C.)
3. Margarita Mamas (Katie C.)
4. Big Red Pigs (Drew Z.)
5. Big Bad Bullies (Drané Z.)
6. Care Bears (Cara H.)
7. Hosty’s Hogs (Bob H.)
8. Max Pain (David S.)
9. Nickis Ninjas (Nichole H.)
10. The Little Tykes (Marlene H.)

Martin Football Conference

1. THE DOMINATION SQUAD (Ryan M.)
2. Shack Attack (Rachelle S.)
3. Legion of Doom (Daryl S.)
4. Mudslingers (Mark M.)
5. Yaugdawg (Eric Y.)
6. Ric’s Pics (Rick M.)
7. I’m Gonna Win (Adam J.)
8. California Crazies (Kristen M.)
9. Midnight Riders (Erin M.)
10. Bully Dawgs (Chuck M.)