Niners Nation Fantasy Football League Champions
by David Fucillo on Jan 8, 2009 11:07 AM PST
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PrintI forgot to do this last week, so here we go. We had our championship games Week 17 and now have four champions of the first annual Niners Nation Fantasy Football Leagues. The winner of each league received a $75 gift certificate to the 49ers online store. The runner up in each league received a $25 certificate to the online store. Speaking of which, they have a 20% off New Year sale going on now, if you want to buy any 49ers gear.
#1 seed Peckerwoods pulled out the victory 86.1-83.55 thanks to the late efforts of Jay Cutler and Antonio Gates. The Czars were held back by a 0 point effort from Pierre Thomas and .8 from tight end David Martin. Peckerwoods wisely chose Leron McClain and Kevin Smith over Clinton Portis; one of many choices that made the difference in the matchup.
#2 seed I'm Carrying Underwood pulled out the victory 96.55-86.2. Underwood was basically carried to victory by a 36.5 explosion from Steven Jackson, his second biggest point effort of the season. Although Nosetackle Supreme had big point performances on the bench, none of the difference makers could have been expected to outperform his starters. This was especially so given the benched starters for playoff teams that week. We'll definitely adjust the league schedule next season to have the finals Week 16. My bad.
In the championship game the wild card, forty9ers3298, became the Cinderella story of this Fantasy Football Season when he came back to beat division winner The Faithful. The Faithful started off strong with great Sunday showings from C. Johnson, D. Driver, and D. McNabb, and going into the last game the Fatihful was up 25.4 points. Forty9ers3298 had a good, not great day with Eagles Def. and D. Williams but it was his last, Sunday night game heroics, that netted him the victory. L. Tomlinson's 3 touch down season breakthrough performance (Only took to the last week of the season) and assistance from V. Jackson propelled him to being the Champ. Congratulations to forty9ers3298 and too everyone else... SEE YOU SUCKERS NEXT YEAR!
The ultimate Cinderella shocked the world in NN #4. The #6 seed Portland BowlBlazers ran the table and absolutely blew out the top seed Legacy_of_Walsh 131.2-78.15. In a rarity, the BowlBlazers coach rating (basically optimal lineup) was perfect. Given some of the folks on his bench (Wallace, Benson, F. Jackson and others) it's not exactly a shock, but still impressive nonetheless. As for Legacy, his optimal lineup would have put up 104.35 so he never really stood a chance.
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I want to thank everyone who took part in the fantasy football leagues this year. I also want to thank Fanhouse and Flea-Flicker for sponsoring the leagues. Thanks to their financial support, I was able to provide the prizes. See you next season!
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I got very lucky this year. No way I had the best team, but I’ll take it.
Thanks Fooch for putting this together and thanks for the awesome prize!
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
Neglectful father of David Quinowski
What a disappointing fantasy year for my team
My first 4 picks:
LT
Larry Fitzgerald
Marques Colston
Matt Hasselbeck
Major injuries to three out of four should have killed me, but I hung in there with some solid play from Chris Johnson, Lance Moore, and my quarterback trio of McNabb/Cassell/Thigpen. Barely made it to the playoffs despite having the second highest points scored out of the whole league, and then I get knocked out of the first round by Nosetackle Supreme, the only team hotter than me heading into the playoffs.
It may sound like Sour Grapes, but it upsets me when I finally get the first pick in the fantasy draft and he (LT) completely craps out on me. He is officially on my “never to own again” list, even if he somehow starts playing well again. It was just too traumatic.
STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.
by UnleashTheGore on Jan 8, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
yeah, I had the highest scoring team and had to bench Manning the last week. BUT, I especially want to thank the Dallas Cowboys defense for laying the biggest fucking egg in week 17 against the Eagles. what was i thinking? Oh, yeah. Some fucking pride in what was, essentially, a playoff game. Seriously. Fuck.
Lott's Prayer: Almost as many words as the Lord's Prayer, but the Lord wouldn't recognize any of them.
by Nosetackle Supreme on Jan 8, 2009 4:30 PM PST reply actions
not that I'm sore...
Thanks, Fooch. It really was fun, despite the way it ended. Thanks for the prize, too.
Lott's Prayer: Almost as many words as the Lord's Prayer, but the Lord wouldn't recognize any of them.
by Nosetackle Supreme on Jan 8, 2009 4:31 PM PST up reply actions
The Champ is here
Hey we can all talk about injuries killing us, but its what you do when they happen that makes the difference. I had Barber , Portis, and Bolden , the players that carried me throughout, go out for the last few weeks of the league. Thus picking up mcclain , k smith halfway through the season made the difference. Fantasy football is %30 draft and %70 free agency and starting the right people. I’d like to say everyone played tough but come on i smoked everyone buy like 150 points…Hey Fooch how about next year you get some people who know what their doing huh… just F*&^in around…it was fun…take it easy and see u next year….49ers NFC west champs 2009
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