Well, its finally here again. The anticipation of another football season. You can tell its almost football season a number of ways. No, not the crispness of an autumn wind, not the sounds of helmets and shoulder pads cracking against one another.....
no, I was thinking of the fact that baseball's Chicago Cubs are once again taking a late season crap and that I got my notification for the annual fantasy football draft.
Of course, before we get to the fantasy football draft, allow us to pontificate momentarily on what really matters. Its a college football Saturday, its a Notre Dame football Saturday, we've got a new coach, and (shockers on top of shockers)
we have a coach who.....if we are to believe that which we see and hear....(gulp)....
MAY ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING.
Yep, Notre Dame grad (class of '78) Charlie Weis has been coaching 'em up over the spring & fall camps....and more than anything, I believe he has the kids confident about themselves. You have to know that at the end of last year the confidence level in this team was at just about an alltime low. Charlie, along with (GASP!) a group of assistants that is HIGHLY REGARDED (when's the last time you heard THAT about a group of Notre Dame assistants??), has got the kids to believe in themselves. And ya know what? All that ridiculous babble you hear from the talking heads on ESPN about how the Irish don't have any talent? Folks, there's a reason that Notre Dame is listed at # 3 as far as schools with the highest number of players in the NFL. And like Casey Stengel used to say:
"You can look it up."
That's right....# 3. Right behind Miami & Florida State, two football programs that have been...oh, I dunno....fairly successful over the last 10 years. So how come Notre Dame is still sending players to the NFL on a regular basis but is not doing so well on the field or on the scoreboard? Hmm....gee....kinda makes you wonder, huh? Makes you wonder if its.....hmmm.....COACHING?
My prediction? Notre Dame.....7-4.
Tonights game? I say.....Notre Dame-31 Pitt-17.
Our annual fantasy football draft was last evening, with a lot of good food and good conversation about football. Here's how my team ended up looking, keeping in mind that I play in a "keeper" league and was allowed to retain up to four players from last season. The guys I retained were:
QB--Daunte Culpepper
RB--Julius Jones
WR--Andre Johnson
TE--Tony Gonzalez
Pretty good start I think.
So last night I picked up:
RB--Brian Westbrook
WR--Laveranues Coles
Defense--Carolina Panthers
WR--Lee Evans
RB--Michael Bennett
RB--Warrick Dunn
RB--Deshaun Foster
TE--Doug Jolley
RB--Ciatrick Fason
QB--J P Losman
Defense--Cincinnati Bengals
K--Shayne Graham
TE--Ben Watson
RB--Brandon Jacobs
Not a bad lineup. I took some guys who can help me now, along with a couple of picks with an eye towards next year's draft (Losman, Fason & Jacobs). My crew of running backs is very deep, so I have value at that position to trade if the need should arise. And now......
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL????
Later,
Jeff
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