This is why I love September...Football!

Hank Goldberg is an ass. There is nothing wrong with those of us involved with Fantasy Football. There is something wrong with a person that goes on sports/talk radio and insults the majority of it's listeners, though.

Clayton's pics for best games comes up short with me. Eagles vs. Green Bay, but not a Cowboy game in sight. I am disappointed. Does anyone other then me have faith in the new Cowboy blood and the Tuna?
Though I do think this is going to be the year that McNabb finally pulls the Eagles together.

I enjoyed Brandt's piece. Anyone who worked with Landry is ok in my book.

I am looking forward to some really great games this week!

I heard one pundit predict 8-8 for the Coyboys. With Quincy Carter at QB and Troy Hambrick at RB, I have no idea how that's supposed to happen.

still am debating whether or not to make brady active over bledsoe this weekend - tough game - drew usually chokes when he's up against the pats...

for what it's worth - here's my line-up

active:

Bledsoe, Drew
Davis, Stephen
Staley, Duce
Johnson, Keyshawn
Streets, Tai
Graham, Daniel
Vinatieri, Adam
Steelers, DST

reserve:

Brady, Tom
Johnson, Larry
Bennett, Drew
Moss, Santana
Jolley, Doug
Chargers, DST

I agree that Goldberg is an ass, but the fantasy league I play in DOES have a few geeks. Here's the proof:
1) One guy is in 10 leagues. That means he has virtually every player in the NFL on one team or another. That's a sure sign of a geek.
2) We have a waiting list of people wanting to join our league. A waiting list!
3) Last year, I had the guys over to watch a Monday night game and had everyone pick numbers for the end of the game score with the winner getting a free copy of Springsteen's newest CD compliments of me, the host. Not one of 'em made it to the end of the game... all gone at 10:30 to get a good night's sleep. I've still got the CD (my second copy of course).

The way Paul and his friends do it is proper: Print the cheat sheet and make the picks. Analyzing and over-analyzing means ya have to get a life. Truly.

So who's on your team this year Paul?

I'm a geek too. I have 6 teams. I need help. Anyone know how I can reach "Fantasy Football-aholics Anonymous?"

I am in two leagues. One that originated with my high school friends in the late '80s, and the other that my college friends started in 1990.

The latter has team owners in L.A., Denver, New York, Boston, Rochester, Philly, etc., but we still manage to get it done via conference call or over the Internet. It's nice to have that common link after all these years and moves and jobs.

The only players I have on both teams are Rich Gannon and the two-headed Buccaneers monster of Michael Pittman and Thomas Jones. Hoping one emerges as a tailback who carries most of the load ... without going to jail.

Cass, you're not the only one getting on the Cowboy bandwagon. I'm right there with you. Even if they don't go .500, it'll be fun to watch Bill on the sidelines again.
I ran the fantasy league at work for two seasons, and by the end of the second, I was sick of it.
I never could get used to having guys on both sides of the ball at any given time.

First things first...

I am not on any bandwagon. I have been a Cowboys fan since childhood. I have gone to EVERY Eagles/Cowboys game played in Philadelphia since 1978 (I was about 7 years old and it was the first NFL game I ever attended). I was raised in a Cowboys family, and my love for the team has never faltered in the good times and the bad. My siblings have abandoned the Cowboys for other teams, but I never did.

I am also a fan of Parcells, and welcome the change that he may bring the team.

I still don't understand the fantasy concept. I was in a pool though where you bought a square for $20; winner take all. Squares went to $50 during playoffs and $100 for Superbowl.

Post Landry Cowboys suck. We'll see the Eagles in the title game again along with the Bucs (with a healthy Warren Sapp). AFC, I see Miami in the mix, Raiders and Patriots.

I am looking forward to watching the Eagles this season. As long as McNabb stays healthy, I think they will be ok. Donovan McNabb lives in my town, and I ran into him at a convenience store after a drunken night out with my friends. He was very nice to us. He didn't have to be nice-- it was 2am and we were drunk. Then again we are all big breasted blondes...

It is tough being a despised Cowboy fan in Eagles country, but I manage ok.

If you go to buccaneers.com, Tampa Bay is already hyping Monday night's game with some trash. Great graphics and very creative. Should be a great game. First game at the new Eagles stadium.

Well, I'll probably get nailed by someone for this, but....my boys play in a fantasy football league with their dad, uncle and a few of their friends. No money changes hands in this league, although their dad does play in a money fantasy football league with some buddies. They've learned a lot about the game by doing this- they each have their own team- and let's not discount the math skills involved in weighing odds and calculating points. They did a cheat sheet, pooled their pennies to get a fantasy football magazine that was dogeared in a day or two, and then would email thier choices to their dad when he let them know it was their turn.

It's harmless fun. What's the big deal?

He called you geeks. Get over it. You are a geek because you took what he said to heart and responded to it. Although, I don't know what that makes me by posting here. A bigger geek? Naw, probably just cooler. oxymoron?