Ah, I love this time of year. I'm a sports junkie and, therefore, fall is the best time of year. Football is coming!! College, Pro, High School...It doesn't matter. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays are now meaningful again. Don't get me wrong. I love Baseball, Hockey and Basketball too. There's just something about football and the weather that comes with it.
Now, if you happened upon this blog because of it's title, I'm afraid you are going to be disappointed. Fantasy implies Fantasy Football. I am a girl, however. This is a blog dedicated to sports from the female perspective. Specifically, fantasy football will be the main topic for the next several months. Of course, I'm open to discussion about sports in general. When I say I love Sports, I mean it. Unlike most guys my age (and older and younger,) I do not have every sport stat memorized. It always amazes me that most men I know can tell you every random fact from baseball in 1978, but they cannot manage to remember birthdays or anniversaries. Therefore, I won't be trying to stump the Schwaub anytime soon, but I hope my perspective is interesting and provokes responses.
How did a girl like me end up liking sports as much as I do? Well, I suppose it has to do with my upbringing. I have two older brothers. Much older. To make me more interesting to them, they hooked me on sports early. At the age of 4, I distinctly remember choosing a favorite football team to appease them. I chose the Dolphins because I loved dolphins. They are so cute! I'm from Northeast Ohio, so this didn't go over particularly well with my dad. He, a lifelong Browns fan, and his four year old daughter with a Dolphin pennant hanging on her wall. He had to realize there was no way a plain orange helmet would trump a dolphin when it came time for me to choose. In the next several years, I chose a favorite team in nearly every major Pro sport and in most NCAA sports too. Most of them, surprisingly, I still love. I attended Ohio State, so I tend to be a fan of theirs in most NCAA sports. I also attended Arizona State, but since I hated living there in that heat, I tend not to have any strong allegiances to their teams. I firmly believe ASU's mascot is a Devil because the weather does feel like Hell.
There are lots of reasons women love sports and follow it as much, if not more, than I do. Perhaps they had brothers too. Perhaps they started playing sports as a youth and it became part of them. Perhaps, like me, they dated jocks in high school and found the sports as interesting as their beau's butt in tight pants. There are a myriad of reasons why women love sports. I just heard yesterday about an all women's fantasy football church league. That's great! I, on the contrary, play in 2 leagues full of men. The first league is a family league. My dad, brothers, nephew, hubby and his dad and brother play. The second league is a league full of Government Analysts...all men. I draft with them tonight. I'm anxious to see how it plays out.
My family league drafted on Tuesday. I drafted 5th out of 8. Not ideal, but Ok. I ended up with a nice bevy of talent at RB, WR and QB. I drafted a TE, DEF and Kicker late, and therefore, didn't get greatness at those positions. Still, I was able to obtain some nice bench players while other guys were drafting Defenses and Kickers in 8th and 9th rounds. Baltimore is a great defense, but are they worth losing out on some very talented wideouts? The draft didn't really go like I thought it would. Sure, L.T. was the first pick, but after that it got interesting fast. Manning went second. Second!!! That put me in position to draft Shaun Alexander. I was convinced he'd be gone. I was thrilled, but I am holding my breath that he stays healthy through the season. Last year, my brother drafted him first and it sucked for him after the injury. My other Running backs are as follows...
Lawrence Maroney. Hate New England and Belichick. Had Dillon a few years back and hated having to follow the injury report so closely because he never spilled anything about his player's health prior to Sunday. Sometimes, you weren't even sure until the game started. Still, they are the Patriots and they will win and do it with a running game. Yes, Brady has some new weapons in Moss and Stallworth, but I'm not convined the running game will dry up that much.
Thomas Jones. And if you can believe it, I got him very late in the draft. I believe in the 6th round. I was amazed by the guys going before him. Platoon Backs, #2 WRs, Rookies. He's Thomas freakin' Jones for crying out loud. He is a feature back on a decent team.
This leaves me with 2 guys on a bye in week 10, so I drafted accordingly later on. I passed on Ahman Green because of the Bye situation. I concluded by drafting Deuce McCallister and Warrick Dunn. We'll see how the backups do in the first few weeks. I'm also eying Kevin Jones and will decide later on him due to his possible PUP list assignment. I think he has incredible potential and love that he is so adept at receiving the ball.
I will post more later and cover my WRs. I will also discuss my draft that occurs tonight. I'd like a different mix of guys just to make things interesting.
Until next time...
Elle
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