15 Minutes Of Fame, 2007 Edition

I am featured in the WGN "Soxlife" ad campaign. I answered a casting call on White Sox Interactive, and lo and behold they picked me to appear in one of the ads. We filmed on Presidents' Day in the basement of a private home in Oak Park.

All Bets Down

I'm back. Really need to start posting more, I know.

Anywhoooo, just got back from Tahoe. Pictures are here.

More important, I stopped off at the Harvey's sportsbook and put down my 6-legged monster Super Bowl parlay, which goes like this:

Bears +7
Under 49
Total FGs < 4
Fumbles Lost >2
Sacks > 4
INTs > 2

We'll see what happens.

Fantasy Football Rewind, week 4

Finally, a win. And I managed to do it with Ahman Green in the lineup in fantasy world, but injured on the bench in the real world. McNabb comes up huge again, and new acquisition Kevan Barlow fits into the Saved By The Bell offensive scheme just fine. Oh, yeah...and Santana Moss has himself one of the biggest games by a WR in history, and caps it off with a walk-off (is there such a thing in football, or should it be called a run-off?) touchdown.

Pigskin

Not a lot of games really jumping out at me here in Week 4. But here's a Pick 3:

Miami (-3.5) over Houston. A few pundits have tabbed Miami as a possible Super Bowl team this year. I think that's a lot of crazy talk. Daunte Culpepper is no longer an elite QB. But Ronnie Brown is Ronnie Red-hot right now and the Dolphin D will probably smother Houston.

Cleveland (-3) over Oakland. While slogging away on the exercise bike the other night trying not to gawk at the hot ass on the treadmill in front of me, the ESPN news guys were going on and on about how Oakland might be the last team to win a game this season. The Browns are still the Browns, but the Raiders are still the Raiders.

New England (+6) over Cincinnati. The Bengals are coming off a big win against the Steelers last weekend in what SI now calls the "toughest rivalry in the NFL." Unfortunately, we all know if you're on the cover of SI something bad is bound to happen the following week. I'll go ahead and say that the Pats win this one outright.

As for my fantasy team, Kevan Barlow is filling Shaun Alexander's shoes this week. We dumped off Marc Bulger for him straight up.

The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend (For a 3-game series at least)

Hysterical thread from MotownSports.com full of Tiger fans cheering on the Palehose to knock off Minnesota.

Back with football picks tomorrow.

Fantasy Football Rewind: Week 3

Yeah. So. Shaun Alexander's hurt. Great.

Yeah. Um. I had Ahman Green on my bench this week and he exploded for 30 points.

Yeah. Right. My opponent had Willie Parker and Anquan Boldin who almost singlehandedly outscored me.

Week 4 renews the oldest rivalry in our league: Ilk vs the Killer Bee.

Oh, and to add insult to injury, my Sox playoff tickets came in the mail yesterday. They'll make great wallpaper.

Fantasy Football Rewind, Week 2

Just back from Napa. Five wonderful days of good wine, family, and way too little football coverage.

Saved By The Bell gets thumped again, losing 120-91.

The Good

Donovan McNabb: Definitely my ace. Another solid week as he shreds the Giants defense (who I also started, doh) and puts up 33% of my point total.

Shaun Alexander: 16 points, 2 touchdowns. That's more freakin like it.

Keyshawn Johnson: On my bench, but might get the start next week after tearing it up for triple-digit yardage. JUST GIVE HIM THE DAMNED BALL.

The Bad

Chris Cooley: Turning into a points vaccuum. My league (much to my chagrin) treats all 3 WR/TEs as flex players. I miss Ben Coates.

That's really about it. Since I didn't get to see much football, really not much else to say.