Playoffs, Podcasts, and Fantasy

Riverdale plays host to the Warren County Pioneers this Friday to kick off the '07 playoff campaign. Full preview may be forthcoming...but I consider this one a yawn. Call me next week.

I've discovered the magic of podcasting. I'm currently listening to yesterday's PTI, after I finished ESPN's Fantasy Football Focus. This is something I never really considered before now...and I could see this becoming a regular thing for me. Ding.

And finally, my long part of the post: My Fantasy Sports Focus.
My Nashville Dixie Flyers (Yahoo Public League 93790) went 2-8 last week, our first week of active competition. We took it on the chops from the Louisiana Icegators, but to my credit I didn't really know how to do fantasy hockey and hadn't done much on the waver wire. I think I'm on my way now, with my studs like Tkachuk, Sakic, Danny Sedin, Milan Hejduk, and the young gun Toews. However, I'd kinda like Jason Spezza to be healthy again soon. Especially with his whopping 13 points.
To paraphrase former WCW standout Bill Goldberg...Shamrock Shredders? "You're next!" Though I should probably say "You're first" instead.

My Gainesville Reptiles (Yahoo Public 131346) wound up in a roto league, so I guess I must not have hit the "Head to Head" option. Whoops. Well, at least I'm hovering around the top of the league (currently at 83 points, #1 in the league; Dunking Wino's at 76 in second). I'm hanging on to Andy Varejao from Cleveland, as they need him and he's getting closer to signing. That's my biggest hole right now. AI, Dwight Howard, Peja, Dirk, and T-Mac? Yes. A little thin at PG, however, as AI's only help at the position is Smush Parker. I'm going to look for some help there a little later, as I have forward depth to spare.

Fantasy football? Coming off a couple of big wins. The Nashville Warbirds (Bodog) are 4-1, the lone loss coming after a furious comeback in the first game of our late-starting season, a loss by a whopping 8 points. We're loaded, and we can make a run. Palmer and Big Ben, LT and Adrian Pete (the good one), Ocho Cinco, Marshall...nice.

And we're at a crossroads in Tennessee Copperheads country. At 4-5, a good run could push our All Pro Football hard-luck losers into an unlikely playoff spot. I've unloaded part of the roster, and I'm banking on the Waver Wire to help me out. Justin Fargas, LJ, TJ Duckett, the backup tandem in San Fran...If I could get even 2 players out of Farg-LJ-SFx2, coupled with my earlier pickups of Wes Welker and "Outta Nowhere" Ernest Graham, I may have earned the title of Waver Wire Miracle Man. What numbers could result from that...and from what unlikely names...Dang.

And in summation: Tom Brady still sucks, unbeaten or not. I'm STILL amazed by the last-minute, no-time-out field goal Denver used to force OT against the Pack, and by Favre's ho-hum game-winner on the first OT play.

And the next evolution in Guitar Hero, "Rock Band"...may well be one of the greatest things ever created. Oh. My. Gods. I might never be able to save any money...