'10-'11 Season - Week 1 Summary - Sweet, Sweet Football. It Is Good To Be Back.

By the way, a good deal of this was written earlier than sent - I had to wait for the scores to come back online on the ESPN site (for some reason they went all to zero for a few hours), and then I had to wait for one of Nairobi's "occasional" black outs to end before I could hit send. So maybe you won't be getting it for your morn

Before we get into it, a note about being 7 hours ahead of the rest of the league: It isn't all bad, if I get up at 5am, I can watch a replay of some games. OK, so it really blows. At least there is Fantasycast - I'm starting to see how people used to gather 'round the radio in the old days - when you have no choice, you take what you can get. At least the time difference allows me to get the summary out for your morning commutes. That's right, once again, your commissioner is thinking about you.

All I ask is that when you speak of me, please speak of me well. To the summary:

Read it online here:
http://cebfl.blogspot.com/

or for those that are too lazy to even click:

The good news, 6 teams won. The bad news, 6 teams lost. What? Yes, that does happen every week, but this is the first time it has happened in many, many months and my excitement is just too much. The worse news, 3 teams had HORRIBLE performances of 66 points or less. You know who you are, but if you don't, it was Kevin (56.9 pts), Eric/Pat/Sunny (59.7 pts), and Gregor (66 pts). Way to start off strong, fellas.

In the glass is half full, category, just two teams managed to score over 100 pts during this most important of weeks - Madge and yours truly, Matthew J. Ngong-Fusco.

Average score came in at 85.4 pts. This is low compared to last year's usual low-to-mid 90's averages. I blame Kevin, Eric/Pat/Sunny, and Gregor. The average margin of victory was a big 27.7 pts. Contributing to this rather large number was my 70.2 pt shellacking of Kevin.


Performer of The Week:

Matthew Fusco, 127.1 points. I'm here in Kenya spreading the message of fantasy football to the wild savages. I see a few major challenges - they don't know what NFL football is, or why there exists a fantasy version of it; and computers with internet access are tough to come by in the bush. We shall overcome. Michael, row the boat ashore.

Honourable Mention to Madge and his 117.4 pts. Too bad at least 5 teams believe you will finish in 2nd last place according to a recently published poll.


Senorita Of The Week:

Kevin Andrachuk, 56.9 pts. See "shellacking", "beat-down", "bitch slap" for further clarification. Perhaps parenthood has taken Kevin's fantasy mojo and wrapped it up in a used diaper and discarded it with the Baby Einstein dvds???

The "Close-But-No-Cigar" Match (es) of The Week:

Two old foes (and I mean old - look at their birth certificates) faced off in yet another grudge match and some naked dock wrestling as Hauser fell to Ashby by 7.5 pts in the only close one this week.


1-0 Club:

Crowded and feeling rather less than exclusive. Table for 6, please. Fusco, Madge, Mike D, Ashby, Alls, and Lance are all here. Mike D. is definitely the fish out of water. What does victory taste like, Mike? Napalm?

The Jason Madge Memorial "Why Didn't I Start THAT Guy" Fantasy Player of The Week:

Kevin Andrachuk had Wes Welker on the bench. Too bad his 18 points would only have changed your beating to severe from horrendous.

Devo could have used Hakeem Nicks' 25 pts, but instead became Mike D's prison, um, girlfriend in the only instance where the outcome could have been different.


State of the League:

I'm just happy to be back. Please note the league's new mailing address below.


Commissionarily Yours,

Your Commissioner
Commissioner's Office, Suite 2200
New Commissioner's Plaza
100 Mbeki Tutu Mugabe Blvd.
Nairobi, Kenya