Fantasy Football--the fierce urgency of now

by Red Menace on Aug 25, 2008 9:45 PM EDT

We need to get moving on a RR fantasy football league if we want to be able to do a live draft on Yahoo. The past few years we were forced to draft on Red Reporter which was a pain (although the new system should alleviate that if it comes to it).

The following people expressed interest the last time the waters were tested:

sonant1
MixFMKyle
Charlie Scrabbles
BK
Lakeman
snohio
jacob brumfield
crolfer
obc
Red Menace
Officer Dibble
greg456
chesirecat
chandrathan
Caleb (if needed)

In addition the following were involved last year (sorry if I missed you)

Ash
Brian B
sledridge (where has he been?)

Anyone else is welcome to throw their hat into the ring now. So far it looks like 14 strong committments with a potential for 18, plus whoever jumps in now. I think we should be able to get to 20 so we can have two leagues. That would increase the chances that everyone could make their draft time.

What time works best for drafting? 7-ish on a weeknight? Stay tuned to this thread for league-joining info which will probably be forthcoming.

UPDATE

The league with a live draft will be this Wednesday at 7:45pm Eastern (8 was unavailable and the next time was 10). If enough people really have a problem starting this soon we can move to Thursday, but the times would still be 7:45 or 10.

League ID #: 554660 (Yahoo)
Password: cincy

The max teams is 14. You can still edit your rankings and let the computer autodraft for you if you like. However there is also an

Autodraft league
League ID #: 554710
Password: cincy

I will hand over commissionership and drop out once enough people join this one. Once everyone is ready the commish will tell the computer to do the autodraft. There’s more time to get a crew together here and fantasy first timers are welcome to join as it should be a more mellow scene.

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would 8:00 ET be too late?

here in the central time zone, it would be very difficult to make a 7:00 ET start. but if that’s what it must be, i’ll live.

by greg456 on Aug 24, 2008 6:14 PM EDT 0 recs

personally

I’d much rather do it as late as possible. I don’t know how the daywalkers feel about it.

by Red Menace on Aug 24, 2008 6:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

I second 8:00 eastern

Getting home for a 6:00 draft in the central is tough.

by Brian B on Aug 24, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

jeez

move to a REAL timezone

losers

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 24, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

I hate live drafting...

But mark me down just the same.. And truthfully, the later the better for me.. 9pm and on, broken up to two nights like last year. I got to help with getting the chitlens to bed.

I don’t know why we can’t just autodraft and have folks set their priorities before it starts. Truthfully, I am just the SUCK at drafting and would prefer to let a monkey (or a computer) do it for me..

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Aug 24, 2008 7:01 PM EDT 0 recs

you know, you can still do that while the rest of us appear live . . .

by Brian B on Aug 24, 2008 8:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

9pm+ on schoolnights

dumb question, yahoo blows up my Mozilla. It freezes it every time. im tinkering, and will contact jch for advice. lol, remember i went to college pre-internet!!!

maybe we could have one live draft and one auto draft if we have two leagues?

by obc2 on Aug 24, 2008 8:00 PM EDT 0 recs

I'm drafting in yahoo right now on FF

No problems whatsoever. Other than my WR corps. :)

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 8:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yahoo Live Draft

Not sure if anyone has done it yet this year, but the interface seems to be markedly better other than the annoying as hell Chex Mix ad that even AdBlock couldn’t get rid of. We drafted a 12 team/15 round league in just over an hour. Not bad at all, other than the fact that I’m depending on the likes of Calvin Johnson and Patrick Crayton for fantasy success.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 24, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

you're using mozilla

and not firefox?

I think we overmeet as a society.

by Gray on Aug 24, 2008 10:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

Two Leagues.

I’d be down for two leagues.

I’m terrible at these 16 team leagues. We could make an auto “draft beer” league. Anyone for a second – less pressure – non-official RR NFL league?

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Aug 25, 2008 10:22 AM EDT up 0 recs

I would be interested in a less competitive league.

How long do these drafts usually take? Is it really 10 hours?

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 25, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm insanely busy this week, but I'll try and make it...

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Aug 24, 2008 9:55 PM EDT 0 recs

Did you already pick up a rad new Trapper Keeper for school?

Mine has a dragon on it.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 24, 2008 10:00 PM EDT up 0 recs

sweet!

mine has a palm tree

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 24, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up 0 recs

we get to carry backpacks... Thank God...

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Aug 25, 2008 6:35 AM EDT up 0 recs

Lisa Frank!

Tanzen!

by Verka Serduchka on Aug 25, 2008 2:20 PM EDT up 0 recs

If the league isnt full

count me in.

by CamIam on Aug 25, 2008 7:52 AM EDT 0 recs

Interesting Fantasy Draft strategy

on Advanced NFL stats.com. It is a great site anyways to check out.

btw I love that ESPN ad for NFL Live

“Get expert insider information!”

Cut to Mark Schlereth “This is guy is a flat out winner!”

Now I see why Jeff Brantley flat out had a gig on baseball tonight.

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on Aug 25, 2008 10:31 AM EDT 0 recs

I'm not going to participate but I cast my meaningless vote for an RR draft thread

I had hoped that such an absolute clusterfuck would become an annual public event.

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by Man Mountain on Aug 25, 2008 11:18 AM EDT 0 recs

Aye

Heer Hear.

I probably won’t play, but I’d love to see a draft thread.

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT up 0 recs

I set up my own league

I already bore you with soccer, so I want to keep my football (mostly) to myself. But the idea of participating in a draft thread and throwing out names to confuse the people who are actually drafting is evil genius on a shortstopv2 level.

by Brendanukkah on Aug 25, 2008 11:30 AM EDT up 0 recs

that was ten hours of my life that i would like to have back.

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 25, 2008 11:31 AM EDT up 0 recs

and this is coming from a guy who annually goes to Jimmy Buffett concerts

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 25, 2008 11:40 AM EDT up 6 recs

Zing..

Hey, if I had some place to go I certainly wouldn't be in 'Cleve-Land'. -H.T.Duck

by snohio on Aug 25, 2008 11:46 AM EDT up 0 recs

that's because buffett concerts are awesome!

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 25, 2008 11:50 AM EDT up 0 recs

That sounds good!

- Jack Moore

by Brendanukkah on Aug 25, 2008 12:04 PM EDT up 0 recs

Green'd

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 25, 2008 12:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

See, Scrabbles

If you want to get rec’d, you don’t need to be funny, you just need to insult ’than.

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 25, 2008 12:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

this doesn't sound like a great trend

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 25, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

hey 'than!

your mama is so fat, when they were handing out brains she thought they said trains and then the doctor slapped her!

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 25, 2008 12:52 PM EDT up 3 recs

Whoa!

Norris Hopper's #1 fan!!!

by Zach K on Aug 25, 2008 12:47 PM EDT up 0 recs

Can anyone find the link to that thread?

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 25, 2008 1:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

re

Here it is. It started at 8:10 and ended at 1:30 with four rounds to go. It picked up the next night and went from 9 to 11. So that’s about seven hours. If we do it through the Yahoo system it should only take 1-2.

by Red Menace on Aug 25, 2008 3:21 PM EDT up 0 recs

Thanks

Looks like a total clusterfuck, to be honest

Politickin' in God's Country

by chesirecat on Aug 25, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

What about a Yahoo draft with an open thread here on RR?

Would that appease all parties involved?

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 25, 2008 4:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

i would be open to anything...

but the yahoo draft is best because no one has to upload rosters

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 25, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

and it's a lot quicker

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 25, 2008 4:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah, and it you know, doesn't take 7 hours.

And when people inevitably don’t show up, people don’t have to pick for them.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 25, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up 0 recs

As if anyone cares

My results from last night:

QB – Romo/Rivers
RB – Tomlinson(keeper)/Willie Parker/Fred Taylor/Kevin Smith/Kolby Smith
WR/T – Calvin Johnson/Cotchery/Crayton/Dallas Clark/Marty Booker/Owen Daniels
K – Kaeding
DEF – Tennessee

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 25, 2008 3:25 PM EDT 0 recs

you did pretty well

in assuming that no one cares

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 25, 2008 3:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

That's it

Now I hate you too. Are you happy?

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 25, 2008 3:33 PM EDT up 0 recs

not really

I thought it would feel better than this. Don’t get me wrong, it feels good, but just not as good as I expected.

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 25, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

thats what she said

Dusty Baker is dumb.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 25, 2008 3:42 PM EDT up 1 recs

all too often

I’m more a hello man and a welcome man than a good-bye man. And to me Adam Dunn was more a person than a player.

by Slyde on Aug 25, 2008 3:44 PM EDT up 0 recs

yes!

now maybe i can get an ally and gang up on someone!

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 25, 2008 3:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

I don't mind a later start time, necessarily

But I can tell you that with a new baby, it would be difficult for me to engage in one of those 26 hour game thread marathon fantasy draft thingys.

I would much prefer a live draft set up through the draft tool on Yahoo or Espen that would allow me to drift in and out if I need to.

"I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball" - Pete Rose

by Officer Dibble on Aug 25, 2008 4:40 PM EDT 0 recs

Ok, we're good to go

The max teams is 14. You can still edit your rankings and let the computer autodraft for you if you like. However there is also an

Autodraft league
League ID #: 554710
Password: cincy

by Red Menace on Aug 25, 2008 9:43 PM EDT 1 recs

Thanks Menace

I joined the wus league.. Thanks for getting them set up.. I might have a better chance of making the playoffs this year.

Sept 6th - Duffers Open - http://duffersopen.org/ - Play some golf with your fellow RRs.

by snohio on Aug 25, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up 0 recs

FYI

The autodraft has to be done by Sept 1st for week 1 to count. If you do it after that (first game is the 4th) there’s a setting you have to check to make week 1 stats count.

by Red Menace on Aug 25, 2008 9:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

10:00 would be great

Seriously. But I understand if there are people who can’t do it.

If it’s at 7:45, I’ll have to autodraft.

by greg456 on Aug 25, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

yeah, 7:45 is going to be brutal, but possible. My wife is going to kill me.

We’re closing on our house Wednesday, and she’s going to pushing me to start moving everything we can afterwards. But, hey, the football draft is the football draft. Ain’t nuthin’ I can do about it.

by Brian B on Aug 25, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

I can switch it to 10

What are people’s thoughts? I thought fewer people would want to do 10 but I would definitely prefer it as late as possible.

by Red Menace on Aug 26, 2008 1:00 AM EDT up 0 recs

actually 10 is out now

It could be 11:30pm on Wednesday or 11 on Thursday.

by Red Menace on Aug 26, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up 0 recs

As difficult as 7:45 is in the central, I imagine 11:00 is worse in the east.

by Brian B on Aug 26, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

lesson for next year

I should just sign up for a half dozen leagues early on and get a good mix of times. Then after one is decided on I can delete the extraneous leagues.

by Red Menace on Aug 27, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up 0 recs

i'd rather it not be thursday

there’s football on then!

Opinions are like noses, and yours are too big.

by chandrathan on Aug 26, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm good with anytime Wednesday.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Aug 26, 2008 9:55 AM EDT up 0 recs

just joined the puss..uh, I mean autodraft league

still plenty of room for those who want to play fantasy football, and still have a life.

And whoever ’I’m All In’ is prepared to be destroyed! Or at least rocked, cause I’m gonna have Charlie Batch and Ricky Williams on my team. One to give ya an ugly look, and the other to smoke ya!

by jacob brumfield on Aug 26, 2008 12:45 PM EDT 0 recs

You're goin' down!

How can such a good looking man be so bad at getting to first base?

by jch24 on Aug 26, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

WOO!

nothing like trash talking on a draft run by a.i.

The players chosen by some computer for me are going to be better than the players some computer chose for you! Ha! Go find comfort in a baseball blog for the fake football game you are going to lose!

by jacob brumfield on Aug 26, 2008 1:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

my projected lineup

QB Boller
RB R. Johnson
RB F. Gore
WR C. Johnson
WR E. Kennision
TE J. Shockey

Thats my story…

by obc2 on Aug 27, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah, I'm the commish..

Thanks RM. Just what I wanted to be. I’m going to run this league STRAIGHT into the ground! I’m going to start paying off teams to put in their worst players.. It’s going to be fun.. Just kidding kids..

I know we’ve got 6 so far and RM makes 7 if he stays.. Sign up quick Boys and Girls. You’ve got until Sunday to get in!

Sept 6th - Duffers Open - http://duffersopen.org/ - Play some golf with your fellow RRs.

by snohio on Aug 26, 2008 5:54 PM EDT 0 recs