It may also have to do with the fact that I usually lost entire seasons and some pocket change based on strings of horrendous luck that digest forecasting models for breakfast. In any case, each weekend I am down to about 30-minutes of research and anywhere from 2-8 hours of quality broadcast turf time.
It's a dangerous relationship. Normally I could care less about a Chief-Bills game, but when I'm down 5.2 points and have a horse in that race, you bet I'm staying awake and aware until the camera flash goes off and the blanket finish is no more.
Every year I try to partake in two leagues, usually commissioning one. More than that requires too much commitment, particularly during my reality of familial obligations, work, and scholarly pursuits. It's all about doing more with less. Even if I didn't have the time at all, playing this damn game is something I will do 'til I die.
I'm a fan of experimentation in fantasy football, many times to the chagrin of those playing in my leagues. One year it was possible to get 300 points in a week. This year I attempted rolling drafts with rosters of players that fell to the inactivity wayside. In a later season, I'd love to do a hybrid Fantasy/Suicide Pool scenario. If I haven't thanked the poor bastards who sign up in my leagues for their endurances, I hope they read it here.
I can't wait to have the wee one join a league with me, watching games and having him learn basic mathematics in the process. On the other hand, he might hate football and we'll play the other version of fantasy football known as D&D. Either way it's a win for his old man.
Until he's a little older, I had to take a half hour tonight after he crashed out and put together a matrix with an alternative scoring system based loosely on points-per-week. It pits me in first place, which is far more desirable than the actual position I occupy in my hosted league. This just illustrates that fantasy football schedules can dump on you regardless of how well you prepare, at which point it's time to move on to the next week. More than mathematics or diagramming the Cover 2, I hope my boy appreciates this eventual lesson.
Until then, I need to go make sure my fantasy basketball roster is prepped for the upcoming weekend.
| Points Scored Each Week | ||||||||||
HD | BS | BBB | PA | GK | R | TX | PJX | BL | DH | |
Week 1 | 106 | 75 | 80 | 87 | 85 | 87 | 56 | 48 | 68 | 83 |
Week 2 | 102 | 89 | 102 | 75 | 73 | 86 | 81 | 81 | 102 | 110 |
Week 3 | 116 | 88 | 93 | 81 | 130 | 63 | 130 | 82 | 72 | 89 |
Week 4 | 76 | 81 | 103 | 67 | 65 | 72 | 65 | 109 | 55 | 135 |
Week 5 | 62 | 42 | 116 | 89 | 92 | 116 | 100 | 116 | 108 | 91 |
Week 6 | 111 | 75 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 84 | 95 | 84 | 124 | 94 |
Week 7 | 74 | 44 | 91 | 86 | 61 | 91 | 130 | 132 | 104 | 86 |
Week 8 | 117 | 91 | 77 | 58 | 109 | 105 | 76 | 78 | 63 | 90 |
Week 9 | 139 | 47 | 53 | 113 | 98 | 52 | 95 | 73 | 97 | 101 |
| Points Awarded Based on How Many Teams You Would Have Beaten That Week | ||||||||||
HD | BS | BBB | PA | GK | R | TX | PJX | BL | DH | |
Week 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Week 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 |
Week 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Week 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
Week 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Week 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Week 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
Week 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Week 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Total Points | 58 | 24 | 46 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 38 | 52 |
Rank | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
