My, oh my, Jack, you sure didn't cut me any slack this week that's for sure. Like I already told you earlier, this reminds me of our good old locker-sharing days freshmen year when we would constantly argue about something, and race to our lockers so we could get there first. And of course, there was always Schneider standing there in the locker next to us laughing and mocking us. It seems to continue on now, somewhere reading this, Andy is probably still snickering at us. As you well pointed out, it seems my rankings did fall very similarly to you, and so my reasoning probably isn't too far off. In my rankings, I more or less ranked teams both based on what happened in the first week, but also through the history and tendency of each manager, and how they finished last year. Now, without any dominant team after the second week, I find myself with a little bit more work to do. In my rankings this week, I will do things a little differently, including taking head-to-head matchups into account. So for this week, for example, I will have to find some way to rank Super Consistency above Duke Football. This will be quite the challenge considering virtually everything I said last week went the complete opposite in week 2. So Mr. Ries, I offer you a cease-fire at the moment, and I hope our respective posts can coexist peacefully.
As far as money goes, I was planning on doing 20 dollars per person, but seeing as we didn't have the draft in person, it makes it tough to get the money. I will try to collect the money from everyone, and yes Joe, you don't need to pay me anything since you had some winnings last year.
Greek gods 67, Bulldogs 41
Instead of taking the time to praise Joe's team, which I have done plenty of in our leagues, I want to take this time to congratulate Mike Cafferty on taking down Goliath. This proves that no matter how much time you spend on your team, fantasy sports can still be a crapshoot, particularly in the playoffs. Congrats Mike...P.S. are you going to making a trek to the hallowed halls of TCF Bank Stadium in two weeks?
Team Rihanna 67, Deep Throw It 48
Of course, it only fits that my team would be destroyed by the team I mocked heavily in last week's recap. I have changed my mind about Tony Mac's team a little bit after this week's shellacking. With two of the top three WR's and one of the up-and-coming quarterbacks, Team Rihanna could be a solid force in the league. Tony could stand to benefit the most from the change this year of keeping three players instead of two. But I do still have to draw attention to the fact that Michael Crabtree is still on his team. Same old Tmac.
Super Consistency 63, Duke Football 39
The result of this matchup is further proof I have absolutely no idea of what I am doing when I comment on teams in our league. After I said last week that Team Oatmeal didn't have much depth, Chris Johnson went off for the highest point total for a single player yet. With this being said, I still am not completely sold on his team yet. I would also like to thank Luke for completely taking away any credibility I have in ranking teams by getting destroyed a week after I ranked his team #1. I should have known better to have faith in a team with Brett Favre on it.
Team Chirs Brown 61, Primus Inter Pares 49
Team Wife-Beater had a solid showing from everyone on his team besides Randy Moss, showing off the depth he has at pretty much every position. PIP had a relatively decent week, but the LT injury does concern me. I think he may be halfway down the downside of his career, and so we'll see how that trades pays off for Jack the rest of the way. Finally, for anyone interested in what Jack's new name refers to, I looked it up. In other words, here's what Wikipedia has to say.
Boston TD Party 51, The Moops 51
Alas, another tie in the ACFL! Tom Brady laid an egg against the Jets and that's what really hurt JP's team in the battle of former roommates. The lack of a second receiver for Team Seinfeld hurt the team this week, and might do so for the rest of the year.
Transaction of the Week
No significant transactions that affected this past week, and so I'll just keep trade of the one trade that has happened so far this year.
Deep Throw It through Week 2--Drew Brees 47+Ray Rice 8+Brandon Marshall 2=57 points
Primus Inter Pares through Week 2--LaDanian Tomlinson 6+Dwayne Bowe 16+Vincent Jackson 21=43 points
Numbers speak for themselves so far...
Oly's Rankings
1. Greek gods
2. The Moops
3. Team Chris Brown
4.Boston TD Party
5. Super Consistency
6. Duke Football
7. Primus Inter Pares
8. Team Rihanna
9. Deep Throw It
10. Bulldogs
Da Commish's Hot Clicks of the Week
I wish I had this athletic ability...
How'd he get up there?
May I introduce you all to the postgame tailgate....make sure you listen at the end for Lou Holtz's part.
If only Tebow used his celebrity status for good...looks like he'd have plenty of followers, including this female.
I wish the Wolves would do this ever since they traded KG.
Man Packers fans have got so much class...
Some people take their college football a little too seriously. I love how Fowler can't even talk about it on the air with a straight face.
Finally, here is our song of the day, courtesy of Mr. Riley Becker, Young Forever by Jay Z