I haven’t posted anything about gambling or my fantasy football teams in a while so it seems like the appropriate time.  I’m in works on a post that will be targeted at females instead of 99% of my posts at males.  I have no idea on the ETA but it has potential.  Until then, onward.

3 out of my 4 fantasy teams will make the fantasy playoffs.  I’ve invested $300 dollars into leagues and am only out of one $25 dollar league which is fine by me.  In the league i did not make the playoffs I drafted Toby Ger-tard in the 4th round and Colston in the 5th.  A-Pete was the first round pick. which completely derailed the team.

Don’t fuck with a Wild Turkey

I was able to make the playoffs in another league while drafting A-Pete and that was from solid pick ups like Odell, J Hill (sorry Bud), and Denard Robinson.  Aside from M Ryan, who I can pick up anyone from the waiver wire to do better, the team is stacked.  They rock A Foster, F Jackson, and Gronk to go along with the waiver wire pick ups..

One team is going to need some incredible luck to win.  I drafted Dez and Demarius with my first 2 picks which actually worked out well.  I have Jennings and Denard as my RB’s though and not a lot of depth.  Julius Thomas is the only other player surrounded by Colston, Kelce, and Kenny Britt.

My best chance has Stafford, Lacy, Denard, M Evans, M Wallace, K Benjamin, and Gronk.  Notice the rookie receivers drafted was huge.  Montee Ball was a 2nd round pick which was nice to be able to advance from.

My gambling days ran out last week when I blew my wad betting over my head.  This was still Billy Horschel money so it’s not like I’m diving into my bank account but it still sucks to lose.   I also can’t win through Fanduel as I put up decent numbers but it’s never enough.  I’m probably down about 400 which is more than I’d like to lose but it’s over a 3 month period and I enjoy watching every game because of it.  I’m sure I’ll throw some action on some Thanksgiving games but the bottom line is I’m a loser.  Good luck to you all.

I feel pretty boring writing about football each week but that’s what I’ve been doing so that’s what I’ll write about. Primetime, our co-ed Football team name, won with a 2 score win over the opposition. It was a decently competitive game with Ck4 picking up 2 Td’s in his out of retirement game. I hurt my hip on the first play of the game and have been nursing it the last day or two. We played better but are still a far cry from a football team. Marcedes (Jkash) and his myriad of catches helped our first half scoring. People read if I mention him if you didn’t know that.

Ck4 also beat me in Fantasy Football for probably the 12th year in a row. That’s not accurate but it certainly feels that way. I also picked up a loss in Evan’s league which has me at 1-4 and if I don’t pick up some wins the 3peat won’t even have a chance. I can’t really explain it either but my fantasy leagues have just been lousy. I’m 3-2 in my 100 dollar pro league, 2-3 in Steve’s 100 dollar league, and 1-4 in Bake and Evan’s league The rotoworld draft guide has seemingly done more harm than good. Never say die though.

I had a pretty solid run in the NFL gambling wise. I’m not sure where I left off but Bovada has been giving me random free bets and couple that with some luck and I turned the 100 deposit into 527. I’m actually in for 2 hundred which makes me only net 327. However, I was 3-0 on NFL bets yesterday (not including my 15 dollar 5 team parlay and 10 bucks on Jackie Battle scoring the first TD of the game.) The Viking and Bears were superb picks and I was money on the Saints for a c-note. All signs point to the Texans tonight which obviously has me skeptical. I’ll probably hem and haw and then put a light bet on the Jets even though I’m certain they suck. Betting is funny though sometimes because betting with your heart is never as good as betting with your head.

Just a quick example of how I interact with people. With Gore being out for the season and Westbrook on our waiver wire, I receive this email from the Shee who owns Gore.

“Please Please Please don’t pick up any running backs this week?”

My Response

“You’re good. I have 4 serviceable rb’s and I have to finally use my waiver wire on a defense this week. I can’t play the Jets vs the Pats so I absolutely have to pick up Seattle against the Panthers. You going to try to get Westbrook?”

His response

“Now that’s a good boy Coop. I am going for Westbrook, Gerheardt, then Hart. Gore totally ruined any shot I had at making a run in the league. Now I am just trying to sneak into the playoffs. With Evan’s inflated defense points, I agree with sitting the Jets this week.”

Now I was number 1 on the waivers and I had pretty much planned throughout the season to not waste my waiver wires on people I didn’t absolutely need. As it turned out, the person who was number 2 on the waivers was the person who is tied with me for the division and also the person I have to play this week. He has a shortage of backs and would love to get his hands on Westbrook. So I decide to put in my 1 waiver for Westbrook, assuring I got him, and then put in my 2 claim for Seattle’s D. I ended up getting both spots and can now sit Westbrook on my bench this week and make sure no one else gets his points. The email I received this morning from the Sheee.

“You backstabbing rat! Karma is going to get you BIGTIME on this one”

Ahh the joys of humanity. I’ve wrote before that I’m just not that good with people and here’s another example of the joys of being me. Just to point out one more thing, Sheeee, you were 8 on the waiver list and had no shot at getting Westbrook anyhow.

So I’ve pretty much decided to not listen to anyone’s advice because more often than not, people don’t know jack shit. People might think they know things but there’s a lot of this mis-information out there. The key to life is knowing how sift through the bullshit and know who’s on point compared to those who just like to talk. Everyone likes to talk by the way. I also want to point out that you can also include me in this “who not to take advice from.” I obviously have my own way of doing things and if they don’t work out, I have no one to blame but myself and that’s just the way I like it. When you take others advices you tend to blame them for when it doesn’t work out, which is human tendency to not take the blame. So you have my foreword that I’m no smarter than the rest of you.

I have one example and it pertains to fantasy football. I picked Jamaal Charles and someone commented “what a terrible pick, he’s splitting time with Thomas Jones.” I go to rotoworld.com and read “there is a gaping separation between the two in terms of productivity and talent.” Plus have you watched one pre-season game of Charles or are aware he finished the year with games of 143, 154, 102, and 259 yards? I’ll take my chances that this is going to be a bad pick. So with this person running their mouth, they show their lack of knowledge and combine it with a negativity to make me feel like the idiot. Bad business all around.

Another example of this is I chose a defense with the 74th pick of a 12 team draft. The avg selection of the jets, determined by previous yahoo drafts, was 60. So I’m not the only moron out there and someone chimes in “you’re choosing a defense this early…” like I’m a complete tard. Players that went after my pick were Jacobs, Stewart, Barber, Bradshaw…. The very next round I got Cadillac Williams, a starter for the Bucs and not sharing time. So I’m a tard because I get the top ranked defense and then the very next round get a player whose numbers are going to be comparable to Jacobs, Stewart, Barber, or Bradshaw. This is obviously debatable but if you can predict the future you should be doing something other than picking fantasy football teams. So my point is, what’s the point of opening your mouth and criticizing someone else when it’s all guesswork anyway. If I’m an idiot, let me be an idiot in peace and I’ll lose all my games and you have nothing to worry about.

This relates to poker in the sense that if I win a pot from a total fish, I’m not telling them they are a moron, I’m telling them how great they play and how unlucky they got. Don’t tap the fish bowl is the general motto amongst better players.

The negativity end of things is also prevalent everywhere. People seem to prefer other people to fail, then succeed. When other people fail, it makes them feel better about their own failures. An example is on the golf course, on hole 9 where I would have had a 42 if I par’d in. While on the tee box waiting to hit my drive, I hear my playing partner say “hit it in the water.” Now me and my playing partner are good friends so I don’t mind bringing this to his attention, but I don’t need you rooting against me and hoping for my destruction. If you want to silently hope for that, that’s a-ok but I don’t need to hear it. Now this is slightly different to what Ck4 spazzed out at me about. CK4 had a spaz when he hit a 30 foot putt 10 feet and I pointed out how bad of a putt it was. I completely understand why he wouldn’t want to hear that, I said I was sorry and I wouldn’t do it again. But I’m not hoping he does bad, he just is bad and I’m being a dick and letting him know. On that note I’ve also decided to quit golf for the season because I’m tired of paying 50 bucks to shoot 100. I thought I got over the hump about 3 weeks ago shooting some decent rounds in the 80’s but I’ve proved lately that it was just a mirage.

I also haven’t run since Friday and considering the race is the 19th, that’s not good. I’m going to go for a run today and see how I feel. I thought I was in really good shape but after this little lapse of training, I’m not sure. Other than that though I’ve been squeezing in a lot of poker and final tabled another 180 man tournament last night. I only managed 8th but it just shows that I have the consistency of getting there. Posts like this could limit my friend count but what’s the point of having a personal blog if you can’t be real with it.