Justina Makes Awards - Week 8

Despite the number of upsets predicted, this week ended up being relatively uneventful with the higher seeds all winning their matchups.  Not a lot of material to work with here, but I mustered up enough wit for a few awards anyway!

The End the Lockout Award goes to Terrific Tortoises!

Gosh life is hard sometimes.  Sometimes it's your first year playing Fantasy Football, you get third overall pick, and you pick up Chris Johnson because Yahoo! says he's a decent RB.  And sometimes (all the time) he underperforms.  And sometimes Miles Austin is injured, comes back, and doesn't play as well as he used to.  And to top it all off, sometimes Brees can't save you, and then you lose to Luke.  A 3-game losing streak isn't the end of your Fantasy season, but you might want to pray a little harder for the end of the NBA lockout so you can dominate at a Fantasy sport again.  Lo siento hf.


The Occupy Fantasy Award goes to everyone other than me and Jeffrey!

I made this handy-dandy pie chart to show that Jeffrey and I (20% of teams) have a little over 22% of the points.  I know, 3% seems like nothing, but with every week that goes by, we entrench ourselves a little deeper in the top two spots.  The rest of the slices are color-coded by record.  Of course, none of this matters in the playoffs, but I just wanted to put it out there that WE GOOD.

Justina Makes Awards - Week 6

Since Laura did Awards and Predictions last week, I will be in charge this week!  "I put plastic on your chairs so feel free to wet yourselves with excitement."  Points if you know where that's from!

The Willow Smith Achievement Award goes to THE Pain Train!

Absolutely no one predicted you to win.  Even Laura and I predicted Tim's team would beat yours, and we usually champion the underdog.  But you know what?  Don't let haters keep you off your grind.  Just shake 'em off, shake 'em off.

I guess Luke's prediction that I'd run out of snark before my team ran out of steam (oh heeeeyyy 6-0!) may be accurate, because I couldn't think of any other awards.  Instead, I'll leave you with some thoughts:

• Can we talk about how terrifying Eric's team is?  The guy writes scathing power rankings, coin tosses his way through predictions, and still comes out with the week's biggest blowout.  It just isn't right.
• Believing in the Tortoises isn't enough sometimes.  Speaking of which, you want to talk trades tonight? Stafford, maybe??
• But believe in Laura's team, and you won't be disappointed!  Thanks for the +1 on my predictions record; sorry Luke, that it had to come at your expense.

Laura and Justina Make Awards - Week 5

Whew, that was an interesting weekend, huh?  I can't wait to see the damage it's wreaked on our prediction ratings. This week's awards are written by Laura:

Can't Catch a Break award goes to odoyle rules!

This is how my Sunday night went: "Oh, look! I only need 11 points to beat Tim - I'm going to watch the game." I cheered for every yard Michael Turner gained, after his TD I thought for sure he could gain a few more yards - half a game left!

Half time: cook dinner, eat really fast.
Third quarter: watch in horror as Atlanta's offense stinks and GB gains the lead.
Fourth quarter: cheer wildly as Turner has an eight yard run and puts me ahead, 73.20 - 72.36.

THAT WAS THE SCORE WHEN I WENT TO BED. I did have the thought that a stat correction could change things, but I was just excited to have won a game! Or so I thought. So imagine my surprise when I woke up Monday morning to find that 2 extra points had been given to Tim's defense to put him on top. WHAT IN THE WORLD??

Tuesday morning: It's back to 73.20 - 72.36, all is right in fantasy world.  Yahoo, quit playin'! YAY I WON A GAME

Tim: Man, that stinks. You've lost two in a row, each by less than a point, to myself and Justina. The good news? You aren't playing a girl next week. Hey, maybe your team should start hanging out with mine near the bottom of the power rankings. Then it wouldn't have to fall so far.


U MAD BRO? award goes to JohnKasay#1

  

First off, I think it's great that you were the only one who picked your team to win, against an undefeated Jeff, no less. I apologize for writing your team off and calling them ugly. Congrats! Justina says thanks for making her the only undefeated team in the league.

That being said, you might want to dial down the hate this week...it won't compensate for the ugliness of your team and I don't think it worked well for you in your predictions (2-3) and was it just me or did "and I'm pissed" look scary in that font?

P.S. Ugliness doesn't have to equal nastiness, thank you!


Finally, here is my bomb roommate Terrific Tortoises with a special message:

"To: Eric
From: David Li"

See you next week!

Laura and Justina Make Awards

Rather than write power rankings (let's be real, other than putting our teams on top, they'd be about the same as Yahoo!), Laura and I are going to alternate giving out weekly awards!  With pictures!

This week's Sorry, Not Sorry Award goes to odoyle rules!

You lost to me by 0.6 points.  That's gotta hurt.  I hope karma doesn't swing around to hit me with point adjustments, but for now, I'm going to gloat.

And the Haters Gon' Hate Award goes to Terrific Tortoises!

Everyone said you wouldn't do it, but you did!  You won!  Congratulations! And like this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, you're going to give half to Laura and me for predicting you to win, because we, too, showed those haters.

Never ones to discriminate, this is for our Spanish speaking haters:

See you next week, losers.