It’s week two of the Fantasy Football playoffs in each of my two leagues. Antonio Bryant’s 200 yard / 2 TD day last Monday night bumped me out of the league I’ve been in with some old college friends. But I’m still alive in my league here, which started back in 1998 among a bunch of recently transplanted Boeing employees. Over the 11 years that league’s been around, we’ve come up with some pretty good twists on the typical fantasy league to keep things interesting. We have our own website with a player stats database and trash talk page. We have a rule that if a player on your team gets arrested the week before a game, you get 5 points. And the person who finishes in dead last (after a four team “Toilet Bowl” playoff among the 4 worst teams) must host the Super Bowl party. That honor will be decided by tomorrow night. Thankfully, I’m not in the running, but if I do win this week and next, I have to bring the keg for the party.
Can’t Bring Yourself to Type the Word “Ass”?
Eager to share our brilliant political commentary and blunt media criticism, but too genteel to link to horsesass.org? Well, good news, ladies: we also answer to HASeattle.com, because, you know, whatever. You're welcome!
Two great things:
While they haven’t confirmed it, Sounders FC have hired Sigi Schmid to be the club’s head coach. ESPN reports that MLS has negotiated a settlement between Sounders FC and Columbus Crew, the side Schmid led to the MLS Cup.
And UW may not be the worst football team in 1A football next season, after Auburn hired Iowa State coach (and former AU defensive coordinator) Gene Chizik to replace Tommy Tuberville. Check this article out for a glimpse at just how well Auburn fans are taking the hiring of a guy who went 5-19 running Iowa State:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/f.....aaf,128957
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Man, I’d be pissed too. Tennessee gets Lane Kiffin and they get that guy? Not good.
The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom
The techniques of the far reich continue to evolve in their desperate fight with the Theory of Evolution. Now isn’t that funny.