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Already this week have posted waiver wire pickups, start/sit recommendations, and our own player rankings for Week 9 (plus this post lampooning Chris Johnson and Philip Rivers for their bust-worthy performances so far this year.)
Now, as we do most weeks, we bring you consensus player rankings from trusted fantasy sites across the web (including MSF). The rankings are compiled and distributed by the folks at PlayThisGuy.com and provide a nice snapshot of the majority opinion for Week 9.
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Earlier this week the New Orleans Times-Picayune ran an article about the debate over whether the loser of tomorrow’s #1-versus-#2 LSU-Alabama game deserves a spot in the BCS National Championship Game. Yesterday the Chicago Sun-Times ran a similar article.
Neither article endorses the idea of a championship rematch, but both articles (along with several others) serve to legitimize the debate. Clay Travis, of Outkick the Coverage and 104.5 in Nashville, has been an outspoken advocate of a title-game rematch on his radio show and on Twitter. (He’s certain that Oklahoma State will lose to Oklahoma, clearing a path for Saturday’s loser.)
Exhausted as I am by the hype surrounding the LSU-Alabama game, I understand where rematch proponents are coming from, even if I don’t agree.
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The Halloween Nightmare at Arrowhead proved even worse than feared for the San Diego Chargers last Monday night.
As if Marty Schottenheimer showing up in the Kansas City owner’s box – in a Chiefs blazer that Hank Stram would had been proud of – wasn’t enough of a knife twisted in the backside, Philip Rivers’ Joe Pisarcik impersonation at the regulation could end up ultimately spelling doom for San Diego’s season.
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Enough with this “Pay Forte” stuff. It’s getting pretty old, and I believe it has no real merit.
So what if the guy has nearly 50% of the offense’s total yards and leads the team in both receiving and rushing yards and gets paid less than a million dollars a year? Trust in Jerry Angelo. He knows best.
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In certain weeks it is hard to narrow down the game of the week in college football, but this time it is very easy as #1 LSU goes on the road to Tuscaloosa to take on #2 Alabama.
Not since 2006, has the number one and number two ranked teams in the nation played each other in the regular season (excludes conference championship games), so this type of game doesn’t happen often. The 2006 game lived up to all the hype when #1 Ohio State defeated #2 Michigan 42-39, and hopefully this game will be just as compelling.
The winner of this game will be favorite to win the national championship. Here is what you can expect from the two best teams in the country. [Read more...]
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While the guys at Fantasy Football Crystal Ball haven’t posted Week 8’s official results yet, I feel pretty solid after looking at last week’s rankings.
Week 9 is yet another opportunity to steer you in the right direction when it comes to how players stack up with one another based on their talent, performance thus far this season, and Week 9 matchup. Rankings are provided below at QB, RB, WR, TE, and Defense/Special Teams.
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The Cleveland Browns have started off this season a deceiving 3-4.
Their three wins have come against subpar teams including the Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks, and the Miami Dolphins. Those three teams combined are a miserable 2-20.
Granted, the Browns are under a new regime with rookie head coach Pat Shurmur at the helm. Not having an offensive coordinator has also put a lot of pressure on Shurmur week-in and week-out.
With a lockout-shortened, OTA-free offseason, plus a brand new offense, one should have seen the Browns’ offensive woes in 2011 coming.
[Read more...]
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Outside of Tim Tebow, the two players most discussed this season by NFL pundits and fans alike have combined to take zero NFL snaps through 8 weeks.
I am referring, of course, to Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck, two quarterbacks whose futures become ever more entwined as the Colts get closer and closer to having the first pick in next April’s draft (and as the news about Manning’s neck continues to worsen).
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Week 10 of college football is upon us, bringing yet another exciting week of Saturday action. Last week we saw Nebraska dominate Michigan State, Missouri upset Texas A&M in overtime, Oklahoma beat up on Kansas State, and Stanford beat USC in this season’s best game of the season.
This week we have some more great top 25 action, with the best of the best being, of course, the LSU-Alabama showdown on Saturday night. So settle down, relax, and get ready for another great weekend of college football.
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If you want to know what the Big East is going to look like in a couple years, your guess is as good as mine. But why focus on that when the start of the season is nearly here?
Instead, it’s time to make some predictions about the landscape of the league this year.
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Based on what they are being paid by their real life teams, and the production fantasy owners were expecting when they drafted them in the first two rounds, there have been no two bigger non-injury busts in fantasy football this season than Philip Rivers and Chris Johnson. (We’ll forgive Jamaal Charles and Peyton Manning for their season-ending injuries).
They are the stars of our latest photo story: “Bust Buddies”.
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Week 8 was just weird. St. Louis put a totally unexpected beatdown on New Orleans, Dallas didn’t even compete in their divisional battle against Philadelphia, and after eight weeks of play the San Francisco 49ers have a damn-near-clinching four game lead in the NFC West.
Wha-what?
So what could Week 9 possibly have in store for us?
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I wish I had better news to report to you about my Week 8 performance, but it appears that my return from the depths was short-lived.
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After an improbable and historic run starting in late-August (where one Vegas book had the team at 500-1 winning the pennant, 999-1 winning World Championship) the St. Louis Cardinals happy flight found the ultimate happy destination.
And crusty manager Tony LaRussa wisely decided to take the first exit ramp out of the airport.
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Average attendance for Major League Soccer games during the 2011 season was up 7 percent to 17,872. That number is slightly larger than the per-game attendance for the NBA (17,319) and NHL (17,126) during those leagues’ 2010-11 seasons.
