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Wow. On his first play of

Brandon — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:23:49 -0600

Wow. On his first play of the game, Willie Parker broke his leg and single-handedly killed my chances of a repeat Otte Football League fantasy championship.

I am on to the championship

bhall09 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:21:01 -0600

I am on to the championship game in one league as well, but I will be the first person to admit that I am not fielding a "championship level" team.
I have gotten there with the likes of Kurt Warner, Derrick Mason, Earnest Graham, Willis McGahee, Nick Folk, among others.

That just shows you what a crazy year in football it has been.

My team in my other league (where I didn't even make the playoffs) I thought was much better. Then again, its "what have you done for me lately" and "all about getting the job done."

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

I fell victim to the

shawn hogendorf — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:01:33 -0600

I fell victim to the weather, as well, but unlike you I was unable to overcome the poor week by Brady and Moss.
I finished the season in second place largely because of Moss and Brady, who let me down yesterday, so goes fantasy football.
In my other league, I am battling for the consolation championship, am down 14 points and have AD and Chester Taylor playing tonight. I hate to start two RBs from the same team, but injuries have forced me into a corner so to speak.

Now that I am out of the

bhall09 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:09:29 -0600

Now that I am out of the fantasy league for this season, I hope they take it easy on Peterson.

I really could have used the points on Sunday, (I only missed out on the playoffs by about 10 points), but as a Vikings fan, once they got up so big, I was glad they took AD out of that game.

Well, like I said, now I am watching the rest of the games unbiased. Out to make it fun.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

I’m guaranteed playoff

Brandon — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:51:37 -0600

I’m guaranteed playoff spots in both my leagues, and I’m pretty well locked into the seeding that I’ll get. So all I have to do now is ride it out and hope that my quarterbacks (Romo and Brady) and running backs (Willie Parker and AD Peterson) can rack up the points in the coming weeks.

It feels weird to be cheering for a Viking, though, especially when they actually have a shot at the playoffs this year.

And it's never relaxing to sit back and watch the Packers. As a true fan, I worry about the Pack enough that I lose sleep some nights.

Yeah, thanks to Joseph

bhall09 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:53:18 -0600

Yeah, thanks to Joseph Addai's worst day of the season, and Marques Colston reverting back to week 1-5 form I am out in my favorite league. I hate to say that. I always have such success in that league. It's 10 friends and we have all been together playing fantasy baseball and football for like 8 years now. It's a good time, and now that I am out of the playoffs, I am sure I will hear about it.

I do have another league in which I qualified for the playoffs, and that team is looking OK, but I don't think it is championship caliber. And, to be honest, I don't care as much about that league. Too bad, its been quite the off year for me in fantasy football. Too many strange things have happened. It almost (almost) makes fantasy football no fun when it is such a crap shoot.

Oh well, at least I get to watch the final four weeks of the season unbiased and I dont have to worry about Addai getting 15 or 20 carries, or whether AD shares the ball with Chester Taylor, or whether the Panthers can actually find someone to throw the ball to Steve Smith.

It's been fun, now I will jsut sit back and watch the best part of the NFL season unfold without any extra agenda.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

It just means the Vikings

Brandon — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:17:02 -0500

It just means the Vikings were geared up for the game and that they have a pretty darn good running back. Any game between two division opponents and rivals like the Pack and the Vikes has a chance to go either way, regardless of the teams’ abilities (just look at the Lions beating the Bears for a great example).

The sad thing about the

Mathias Baden — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:49:22 -0500

The sad thing about the Packers is this: They only beat the Vikings by seven points. Wasn't the pregame spread something like 30 points? Does the fact that the Packers almost lost say that the Vikes were geared up for this game, the officials were on Favre's side, or -- dare I say -- the Packers really aren't that good?

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Pretty sure I'll win this

Mathias Baden — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:52:54 -0500

Pretty sure I'll win this week. And, yes -- although I don't like to say it -- I did pick the Packers to win.

Check out Football Zone, if you haven't already. Brandon Otte, Brian Hall, and I play in an online pick 'em league that you can join. It's at http://leader.profootball.upickem.net/profootball/registration/login.asp.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I gotta say, though, that I

Brandon — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:14:22 -0500

I gotta say, though, that I feel like I’m sitting pretty this weekend. The predicted scores may say otherwise, but I feel like I’ve got a chance to pull through with a win.

I'm waiting for the Brady

Tom Schardin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:29:43 -0500

I'm waiting for the Brady Quinn era to start in Cleveland. Watch out, the Browns are coming. They are coming!

Not interested in winning

Mathias Baden — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:30:01 -0500

Not interested in winning ... and I knew Cleveland would come through.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Nice work on the Cleveland

Brandon — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:00:23 -0500

Nice work on the Cleveland pick! You must be some sort of genius.

I didn't score with that pick, but now I'm in the top five among Southwest Newspaper pickers. Your strategy may be to score on ridiculous picks, but if I've learned anything from my Green Bay Packers, it doesn't matter how well you play the game just as long as you win the game. I can miss a few picks here and there as long as I win the game.

I know that’s sad –

Brandon — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:20:18 -0500

I know that’s sad – that’s why I mentioned you by name in the post.

The sad part is that I know

Mathias Baden — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:02:36 -0500

The sad part is that I know nothing about football and I'm one of two behind you.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)