Fantasy Sports

For the last several years I have been participating with the same guys in Fantasy Sports. It is pretty laid back. We don't bet or have a pool of money for the winners. We just play for the fun and bragging rights. When I first got talked into it by my friend Jared I was pretty dubious. I'm certainly no sports nuts and it shows in my overall performance. The main reason that I participate is to keep an association with the guys I play with. It is a small thing and yet it really does a good job in keeping me involved with people that I associated with in SLC. I feel bad that a couple of other friends of mine (read Bryan and Jeff) don't partake of the fantasy fun.

Over the course the year we have a football, basketball, and baseball. This keeps me checking box scores through the course of a year. When I first started playing, I would rationalize my drafting of players on teams I despise. I would find myself routing for my real team, but hoping that the opposing player would have a great game. This lasted for several years until this year I finally said enough. It was time to cheer for my team and to not care about fantasy players. It seems to have worked in baseball. My best finish was a couple of years ago when I came in sixth during the regular season, but I rode a hot streak and finished third in the playoffs. This year I finished first and sailed through the regular season. Currently we have 1 week left and I am up 13-6 in the championship game. The best part is that I was 3-0 against Jared.

I thought my new strategy was going to work in football as I was in first with a 2-0 record. Or at least I thought I was. I woke up this morning for the start of week 3 and found out that they corrected some scores and I lost by a measly 0.1 point. Not such a big deal until Pittsburgh did nothing on offense today and it looks like I am going from 2-0 to 1-2. Another long season awaits. But in the end, it doesn't matter. The fact that it helps me stay in touch with friends is what really matters.

Of course winning doesn't hurt!

Diary of a Utah fan

Today was one of the few times that I have been able to watch the Utes as they had a game on CSTV. The Mountain West breaking away from ESPN and forming their own station has been disastrous in my opinion. The fact that the mtn. is jointly owned by CSTV and Comcast just isn't good. In my opinion it is Comcast that is keeping the mtn. from being on satellite tv. They want way too much money for it. So fans everywhere suffer. I wish that I could have enjoyed the game more, but the Utes just wiped the field with the Cowboys. Not a game at all. A 50-0 victory, but the Utes sure have frustrated me this year. They lose 27-0 to an awful UNLV team and lose at home to Air Force, but have now run off 6 straight wins. A win over NM and BYU and the season will be complete.