Monday Memo v2.3
After nearly 20 fantasy football weeks and 39 times when points have been posted on this site, for just the second time the team run by yours truly is the first one that will be listed. Thanks to one of the greatest weeks in the history of this league, worst has gone to first, at least until tonoght's game is complete.
Current standings:
The Maestro 376.74
The Dragons 366.84
The Bouncers 348.66
Kellogg Krushers 343.17
The Dominator 335.27
The Outlaws 330.09
The Monday Night clash between Tennessee and New Orleans features only two players from the PPFFL. Marques Colston will be going for The Dragons, who need a few catches and a TD to move into first place. Meanwhile, the Kellogg Krushers will be hoping Reggie Bush breaks out and moves them into the top half of the league at the 3/17th mark.
While we take in tonight's game, soaking in the pagentry of Monday Night, let's all give out a little cheer for some of the most dedicated, if not delusional fans, in the world because the Raiders finally won a game after 11 consecutive defeats. In Raider Nation that means only one thing: the Silver and Black is going to the SUPER BOWL!! In all honesty, 4 o'clock cannot get here fast enough. I can hear Mike Lamb already, explaining how he saw the Raiders turn the corner yesterday, shutting down the high flying offense of the...ahem...Cleveland Browns. Lamb will also wax semi-coherently about the way the Raiders just got the job done and won the football game...something that good football teams do. And, who can wait to hear Artie Gigantino gush about the way this great win over such a formidable opponent, along with near misses against the juggernaut known as the Lions and a Broncos team that is much worse than its 2-1 record, will propel the Raiders on the fast track toward the promised land. Even Peaches Napear will probably jump on the bandwagon, even though he doesn't call games for the Raiders and isn't contractually obligated to follow the company line and predict greatness.
Although the giddyness of the paid gabbers will be more than entertaining on KHTK today, the best part of the 4-7 show will be the calls coming in from Raider Nation. Mark my words, to a man every caller will be talking about how they had predicted a Raider victory as soon as Daunte Culpepper got into the lineup...completely neglecting the fact that the Raiders were up by 16 when Josh McCown was in the game, and nearly gave it all back with Culpepper under center. That means nothing to Raider fans, however, because (alert Harry Edwards and Rush Limbaugh) the QB of color was in the game at the end, not the pale skinned guy with a good attitude that had played the first 2-and-a-half games.
This has been a much longer Monday Memo than normal, and that's even with leaving some good stuff out, including a late night secret meeting that dealt with potentially changing the scoring rules for the PPFFL (more details tomorrow). It's worth it, though, when the Raiders break into the win column. If they should win again next week to get to .500, San Qentin is REALLY going to be hopping!
After nearly 20 fantasy football weeks and 39 times when points have been posted on this site, for just the second time the team run by yours truly is the first one that will be listed. Thanks to one of the greatest weeks in the history of this league, worst has gone to first, at least until tonoght's game is complete.
Current standings:
The Maestro 376.74
The Dragons 366.84
The Bouncers 348.66
Kellogg Krushers 343.17
The Dominator 335.27
The Outlaws 330.09
The Monday Night clash between Tennessee and New Orleans features only two players from the PPFFL. Marques Colston will be going for The Dragons, who need a few catches and a TD to move into first place. Meanwhile, the Kellogg Krushers will be hoping Reggie Bush breaks out and moves them into the top half of the league at the 3/17th mark.
While we take in tonight's game, soaking in the pagentry of Monday Night, let's all give out a little cheer for some of the most dedicated, if not delusional fans, in the world because the Raiders finally won a game after 11 consecutive defeats. In Raider Nation that means only one thing: the Silver and Black is going to the SUPER BOWL!! In all honesty, 4 o'clock cannot get here fast enough. I can hear Mike Lamb already, explaining how he saw the Raiders turn the corner yesterday, shutting down the high flying offense of the...ahem...Cleveland Browns. Lamb will also wax semi-coherently about the way the Raiders just got the job done and won the football game...something that good football teams do. And, who can wait to hear Artie Gigantino gush about the way this great win over such a formidable opponent, along with near misses against the juggernaut known as the Lions and a Broncos team that is much worse than its 2-1 record, will propel the Raiders on the fast track toward the promised land. Even Peaches Napear will probably jump on the bandwagon, even though he doesn't call games for the Raiders and isn't contractually obligated to follow the company line and predict greatness.
Although the giddyness of the paid gabbers will be more than entertaining on KHTK today, the best part of the 4-7 show will be the calls coming in from Raider Nation. Mark my words, to a man every caller will be talking about how they had predicted a Raider victory as soon as Daunte Culpepper got into the lineup...completely neglecting the fact that the Raiders were up by 16 when Josh McCown was in the game, and nearly gave it all back with Culpepper under center. That means nothing to Raider fans, however, because (alert Harry Edwards and Rush Limbaugh) the QB of color was in the game at the end, not the pale skinned guy with a good attitude that had played the first 2-and-a-half games.
This has been a much longer Monday Memo than normal, and that's even with leaving some good stuff out, including a late night secret meeting that dealt with potentially changing the scoring rules for the PPFFL (more details tomorrow). It's worth it, though, when the Raiders break into the win column. If they should win again next week to get to .500, San Qentin is REALLY going to be hopping!
posted by Patrick Zalasky at 8:24 AM
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