Monday, July 31, 2006

You pick 'em

Fantasy football leagues are getting ready for drafts coming up here, and this may be the first year I get involved. I'm a lower- lower- lower- level beginner, so my friend Jamie offered me a few pointers for me and for other people who are clueless but don't want to lose their money w/o a fight:

_Make sure you have a list of players you like written out beforehand. Cuz you're gonna be drunk before the draft actually begins. Since most draft days are an EVENT, with beers, possibly golf, and unmentionables, chances are you ain't gonna remember who you wanted on your team, Jamie says. So bring the list.

_Buy one of those fantasy football magazines, which list all the players so you can mark them off and not be the one to call out names of players that have already been drafted when it's your turn.

_Some guys are going to bring their laptops to the draft. Some may have bought software from the football guys where you can type in the name of each player as they're picked in the draft, and the software will spit back out the next player YOU should pick. Jamie says I may need Excel.

_Running backs first, then Peyton Manning.

Anyone want to share more?

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