"It is essential to understand that battles are primarliy won in the hearts of men." - Vince Lombardi

Monday, September 26, 2011

Week 4 Challenge

In week 4, the TE with the most points scored and the TE with the least points scored will win their team 1 player move each. These TEs must be IN your lineup (not on the bench) for Week 4. Good luck!


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

George Crush's Week 2 Recap

Hello Everyone!! Its been a few years since I have completed a recap so here it goes!!!

What a crazy season already!!!

Here are just a few examples
• NFL is a passing league now more than ever before. The new rules really favor the offenses this year.
• Tom Brady is on pace to throw for 4.2 miles this year!!! WOW!!!
• Cam Newton has almost 1000 yards passing in 2 weeks as a rookie!!! Where did he come from?
• Which Pittsburgh defense will show up week to week?
• Colts 0-2
• Who plays running back for Houston?
• Where is Green Bay’s pass defense????
• How about THE BUFFALO BILLS


There are 12 teams and only 8 playoff spots so here are the elite teams and the teams on the “outside looking in”

Elite 2-0 teams
Mount Morris Marauders
Riskers
Blitzburgh
Ur MOMMA

0-2 teams that cant afford to go 0-3
George Crush
Mason’s Maulers
Mount Morris Mayhem
Better Masons

Negative points “Duds” for week
-.27 Mike Williams WR tampa
-2.87 Ricky Williams Baltimore
-10.68 Matt Cassell KC

Rotting on the Bench

Ben Tate 9 points over starter Arian Foster
Jeremy Maclin 25.47 points
Fred Jackson 21.33 points
Tony Gonzalez 17.53 points
Matt Ryan 4 td passes

Best Pickups for Week 3
Tony Scheffler Nittany Mountaineers He is becoming a favorite target for Stafford.
Nate Burleson Blitzburgh He will get looks when Calvin is double covered.
Devery Henderson Riskers Devery is becoming a stud.

Nailbiters of the Week

Silver Bullets 119.93
George Crush 117.90

George Crush was ahead in this one until Monday night Football when an injured Hakeem Nicks for the NYG caught a td pass. Final Stats for Nicks 3 catches 15 yards 1td. Had Nicks not scored, George Crush would have eeked out a win. George Crush has fallen victim to the Houston Texan musical tailback rotation so far this year. George Crush has the most points Scored in the league and also most points scored Against. George Crush was the runner up last year so watch out for a big rebound in the coming weeks!!!

Riskers 93.23
Powder puffs 90.01

Riskers edged Puffs with strong performance from Jets defense which was too much for the Puffs.

Blitzburgh 119.44
Nittany Mountaineers 115.04

Blitzburgh took home the victory despite monster games from Miles Austin and New Orleans Defense for Nittany Mountaineers.




Good luck to everyone next week and for the rest of the season!!!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Tuesday Morning Quarterback--Week 1 Recap

Welcome to another exciting season of Caterina's Coaches Fantasy Football! This is your Tuesday Morning Quarterback, Jennifer (head coach of Mt. Morris Mayhem and interim commissioner) with a recap of the first week of competition.


The Powder Puffs start off the season with a 9.09 win over George Crush. The Crush relied heavily on their WRs, but even with star Wes Welker and stud Calvin Johnson, Coach George could not overcome Powder Puffs' Ryan Fitzpatrick (a surprise stud this week) and four other players in double figures. Great coaching this week Lori!


The Nittany Mountaineers showed rookie Mason's Maulers who was boss this week with a 22.41 point win over the lowest scoring team of the week. Even with a negative performance from QB Ben Roethlisburger and a big ZERO from WR Austin Collie, Coaches L and J Risk were able to easily overcome the Maulers, who had only 2 players in double digits and no players scoring more than 12.18 points. It didn't help the rookie team that their keeper pick, the Pittsburgh DEF, earned them a whopping 1.40 points (and if anyone saw that game, they know why). Looks like there will be some rookie growing pains in the first few weeks. Great job Jim and Lori!


The Mt. Morris Mayhem had a disappointing loss to Blitzburgh this week. After trailing in the match up all weekend, Blitzburgh came racing back to win on the arm of Tom Brady, who had 511 yards and 4 TDs to his credit in week 1. Coach J. Tenney had to place her hopes in Knowshon Moreno to come back and beat Blitzburgh, but it wasn't meant to be. Looks like it's back to the cellar for the commish, a place she's been for a while now. Great job Buddy!


In another low scoring match, the Mt. Morris Mauraders came out with a 16.54 point victory over Fairmont Fury, largly with the help of Cedric Benson and Rob Gronkowski. Coach P. Tenney had 4 players in double digits, but also had some poor performances from traditionally decent players. Coach B. Taylor must be FURY-ous at his team because without the Green Bay defense (which accounted for over 40% of the team's total), it wouldn't have even been close. Good coaching job Patrick!


In the first spousal match up of the season, Coach A. Crawford's defense was the difference in her 11.01 win over the Silver Bullets. Ur Momma's Baltimore DEF scored 40.48 points to overcome 6 Bullets' players in double digits and strong performances from the Bullets' Matt Forte and the New England DEF. Let's hope the wives continue to triumph as the season progresses! Great job Angela!


In the closest game of the week, TheRiskers squeezed by rookie Better Masons with a 7.33 victory. Coach J. Risk has his QB and DEF to thank for the win. These two positions accounted for 60% of TheRiskers total team points. Coach A. Mason had a more evenly matched team, but got poor performance from her QB. Even with K Sebastian Janikowski's 63 yarder at the end of the last game of the week, the Better Masons just couldn't overcome TheRiskers' more seasoned coach. Great job John!


Week 1 Stars


QB--Tom Brady (Blitzburgh) 35.13 points
WR--Wes Welker (George Crush) 24.67 points
RB--Mike Tolbert (Powder Puffs) 24.40 points
TE--Rob Gronkowski (Mt. Morris Mauraders) 12.17 points
K--Sebastian Janikowski (Better Masons) 13.00 points
DEF--Baltimore (Ur Momma) 40.48 points



Week 1 Notable Studs


Matt Forte (Silver Bullets) 16.53 points
Calvin Johnson (George Crush) 17.87 points
LeSean McCoy (Blitzburgh) 21.13 points
Ryan Fitzpatrick (Powder Puffs) 28.40 points
Philadelphia DEF (Mt. Morris Mayhem) 31.44 points



Week 1 Disappointing Duds


Ben Roethlisburger (Nittany Mountaineers) -5.40 points
Knowshon Moreno (Mt. Morris Mayhem) 0.80 points
Chad Ochocinco (TheRiskers) 0.93 points
Pittsburgh DEF (Mason's Maulers) 1.40 points
Roddy White (George Crush) 4.07 points



Wasted on the Bench


Dustin Keller (Fairmont Fury) 10.07 points
Kenny Britt (Powder Puffs*) 21.07 points
Steve Smith (Silver Bullets) 25.87 points
Redskins DEF (Masons Maulers) 30.04 points
Bears DEF (Blitzburgh*) 41.68 points


* denotes winner despite points wasted on the bench.



With week 1 under our belts, it will be interesting to see how coaches change their lineups for the remainder of the season. Writing a Tuesday Morning Quarterback recap will earn each coach 2 player moves (remember that you are limited to 16 player moves over the season). Please let the commissioner know if you are interested in writing a weekly recap. You can e-mail it to me and I will post it on the blog. I need someone to write Week 2's recap as I will be out of town for work and won't be able to do the recap.


Good luck in week 2!


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

2011-2012 League Awards

Before things get rolling on Thursday I wanted to let you all know about this year's league awards. League awards will be voted on by the team owners at the end of the season. It's important to keep the awards in mind throughout the season as many of them depend on how well you pay attention during the course of the year. Here are the categories:

1) Coach of the Year--awarded to the coach that the league feels did the best job with their team. This is not necessarily the Triple C champion.

2) League MVP--Offensive player or defense who performed the best overall

3) Offensive Player of the Year--cannot also be League MVP

4) Defense of the Year--cannot also be League MVP

5) Best Free Agent/Waiver Pick-up

6) Best Draft

7) Rookie of the Year--either Mason's Maulers or The Better Masons

8) Most Improved Team

9) Smack Talk--best trash talker

10) Bonehead Award--awarded to the coach who makes the dumbest move during the season

11) Hall of Fame--this award is voted on every 3 years and cannot include a rookie team