Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Which is the Stronger Law of Nature?

I threw caution to the wind on Sunday and put two laws of nature in conflict with each other. So, which law of nature is the strongest? Is it:

Players that are on Steve's fantasy football team do cruddy.

or

If Steve makes a prediction on his blog, it will be proven publicly wrong.

Let's find out.

Here are the players I had on my team this past weekend, followed by the player's average fantasy points per game on the season.
QB - Matt Schaub - 350
QB - Aaron Rodgers - 389
RB - Maurice Jones-Drew - 248
RB - Chris Johnson - 275
RB - Cedric Benson - 260
WR - Mario Manningham - 181
WR - Steve Smith (NY) - 255
WR - Vincent Jackson - 227
TE - Brent Celek - 195
D - Philadelphia Eagles - 238
K - David Akers - 108

And here is how my players did this week:
QB - Matt Schaub - 561 points - 211 points above average
QB - Aaron Rodgers - 390 points - 1 point above average
RB - Maurice Jones-Drew - 501 points - 253 points above average
RB - Chris Johnson - 256 points - 19 points below average
RB - Cedric Benson - 154 points - 106 points below average
WR - Mario Manningham - 168 points - 13 points below average
WR - Steve Smith (NY) - 96 points - 159 points below average
WR - Vincent Jackson - 160 points - 67 points below average
TE - Brent Celek - 158 points - 37 points below average
D - Philadelphia Eagles - 200 points - 38 below average
K - David Akers - 180 points - 72 above average

So, overall my players totaled a collective 98 points above their season averages. However, seven of the eleven scored below their season average. This makes my prediction sort of right and sort of wrong, which makes my prediction that I would be proven wrong sort of right and sort of wrong too. Figures.

Oh, and while I gathered a respectable 2,824 points this week. They guy in first place in my league tallied 3,606 points for the week. Nice.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Salary Cap Fantasy Football

I've been playing a salary cap fantasy football league for about 5 years. I usually do pretty well, generally finishing in the top 4 of the 20 team league. Just imagine, though, if my players would gather points as well as they should.

My strategy for success is pretty simple; find players that I can afford that average the best amount of points per game, then gravitate towards players that are playing teams that give up gratuitous amounts of points to players in specified position. It's simple.


Why then, do my players who are going against week opponents continuously seem to average well below their seasonal averages? I think I have the answer to this question narrowed down to one simple law. . . players that are on Steve's team do cruddy.

So, here's this week's list of players who will most certainly under perform. (Or am I just writing this post in hopes that these players will have amazing games, because of that other law, the one that states - if Steve makes a prediction on his blog, it will be proven publicly wrong?)

QB - Matt Schaub

QB - Aaron Rodgers

RB - Maurice Jones-Drew

RB - Chris Johnson

RB - Cedric Benson

WR - Mario Manningham

WR - Steve Smith (Giants)

WR - Vincent Jackson

TE - Brent Celek

D - Philadelphia Eagles

K - David Akers

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

NCAA Fantasy Football Challenge - Final

My dad won our 30 team division. (There were about 20 players who played consistently throughout the season.) I managed to hang on to second place in our division with two strong weeks to end the season.

Brent Gall 88,458 points
Steve Gall 81,196 points

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Monday, November 3, 2008

NCAA Fantasy Football Challenge - Week 10

My dad is demolishing me in our NCAA fantasy football league.

Brent Gall: 58,138 points
Steve Gall: 53,623 points

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

NCAA Fantasy Football Challenge - Week 7

Brent Gall 38,968.0
Steve Gall 37,816.0
The Guy in Third Place 35,744.0
The Guy in Tenth Place (who has used all of his trades every week) 31,908.0

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Sunday, September 28, 2008

NCAA Fantasy Football Challenge - Week 5

My dad and I are still in first and second in our college football fantasy league. I retook the league lead from him this week though.

Steve Gall 27356 points
Brent Gall 27302 points

Here was my team for the week:

Offensive Teams
Indiana 703 points
Michigan State 917 points
Penn State 782 points
Akron 488 points

Defensive Teams
Michigan State Defense 412 points
North Carolina Defense 621 points
USC Defense 502 points
Alabama Defense 546 points

A good week for a team would be over 1,000 points. Of course the week I spend the big money on USC's defense they go for all of 502 points - never fails.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

NCAA Fantasy Football Challenge

My dad, Brent, and I are neck and neck after week two of the college football season.

Steve Gall 11,208 points
Brent Gall 11,124 points

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