Monday's true morning offering: Put a fork in football season
Written by TiVo on February 06, 2006
So put a fork in it, football season is officially done. I'll congratulate the Steelers (or should I say Stealers, after the way that game was officiated?) later on, but first, let's keep it Roto.
Most fantasy heads should be staring into the abyss that will eventually become baseball season, and for some, this is rotisserie nirvana. We've got a few questions for our readers out there, mainly to get the conversation started while we stall for time prepping position previews (due Feb. 13-24, most likely).
There was a brief discussion this week over who would make a more valuable roto pick this season, Roger 'can't play 'til May 1" Clemens or Joe "half-decent among a garbage glut of catchers" Mauer?
What do you think?
Also, we've all been in leagues with a guy who quit not long after the draft, or tried to dump all his players on the free agent wire like a whiny little wussyboy. Tell us your worst owner stories or weigh in on Mauer/Clemens over in our public forum.
Last time we asked:
Can co-ownership work? Anyone out there done it before, successfully? Advise us on some do’s and don’ts on our Fantasy Advice board. And while you’re there, share some ideas for league setups with my man softball29.
Top 5 list of the day
Duh, top 5 Super Bowls.
No XL pun needed
Five closing thoughts about Super Bowl XL
1. This makes 7 of the past 9 for the AFC, after the NFC won 13 Super Bowls in a row. And you have to think about seven AFC teams are in the top 10 looking ahead to next season. Odd swings in the balance of power. Only the 1999 Rams and 2002 Tampa Bay have brought it home for the NFC since Denver's back-to-back wins snapped the NFC run.
2. I almost never blame officials for impacting a game, but with the NFL's supposed best crew out there, those guys sucked on the big stage, and I was thrilled to see ESPN loudmouth Sean Salisbury call them on it. He basically said the officials were the MVP of the game tonight for the Pittsburgh Steelers, counting the Locklear non-holding holding call on the Seahawks' pass down to the 1 and the Hasselbeck block below the waist when by definition you can't be blocking when the other team has the ball. The first-quarter TD to Darrell Jackson nullified by pass interference was akin to a touch foul in basketball ... and as a former DB, I love to see offensive intereference called. Anyway, the SeaTurkeys left a few plays out there for sure. It definitely didn't seem like Alexander rushed for 95 yards and Hasselbeck passed for 273.
3. How can you hate Jerome Bettis, Bill Cowher and Hines "tears" Ward winning the big one? Those are some deserving individuals, even if the Steelers black-and-gold makes you sick.
4. I've been a little annoyed at the Troy Polamalu-jocking, even though I love dude's game. I just don't think he's better than Ed Reed, Brian Dawkins or Rodney Harrison just yet. So I was kind of glad to see him out there missing tackles and getting beat for TDs.
5. Nice Hall of Fame class NFL. Seriously. Harry Carson finally gets in, an O-Lineman gets love (Rayfield Wright), then you had two automatics (Troy Aikman and Reggie White) an overdue (John Madden) and a guy that passed for 70,000 yards professionally including nearly 50,000 in the NFL in Warren Moon. I might actually watch the ceremonies this year.
That's it. The offering is really offering-length. Enjoy your workday.
Bonus: Seattle, still just as tortured as Philly and Cleveland. No title-towns in the house!
On the off chance you want to relive the Super Bowl in smart-alecky fashion, the Rotogods' running commentary is available here. Rotogods started making fun of Joe Namath's BAC and John Riggins' turtleneck in the pre-game and didn't stop cracking jokes til the clock reached 0:00. Good times.
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