Standings are updated through last night.
In the Champions League, Manchester United (Lyons), Barcelona (Matt), Chelsea ("Campbell"), and Arsenal (Ben) remain. I'd peg Barcelona as the favorite, though the semifinal to watch is the Battle of That One House in Maplewood, Hawks's Arsenal against Lyons's Manchester United. Semis start April 28th-29th.
In the NHL, "Campbell," me, Ziggy, Brian, Matt, Pat, and Hawks have won their first game. Only Bussmann, Lyons, and Hermann took a loss.
In the NBA, Lyons took the biggest hit of the week with the news of KG's busted knee. His prediction of an easy Celtics championship looks increasingly improbable. Matchups:
Cleveland (Pat) - Detroit
Boston (Lyons) - Chicago
Orlando ("Campbell") - Philly
Atlanta-Miami
Lakers (Ben) - Utah
Denver (Hermann) - New Orleans (Ziggy)
San Antonio (Brian) - Dallas
Portland (Me) - Houston (Matt)
There are some interesting unowned teams up there. Someone could aim low and grab Miami hoping to just steal a first round series before going out. By the same token, Dallas is an intriguing pick as they're red hot, face a depleted Spurs team, and then would have a winnable series against the NO/Denver winner. If I were Ziggy with New Orleans or Bussmann with nobody, I'd give it some thought. That presumes, of course, that Bussmann is paying any attention to this in the first place.
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Time to put Bussman in Campbell like quotation marks. After insisting on cycling's inclusion, among other concessions demanded and recieved, Bussman has chosen to thumb his nose at the UFL and, might I add, the very concept of fantasy sports in general, which is now a pursuit apparently below Sir Michael Bussman, Glorified Carnie. Here is the evidence for you to all judge for yourselves. It is an exchange Bussman and I had on facebook:
ReplyDelete"Michael Bussmann is home, but he misses his wife.
Mark Lyons at 11:44am April 16
Dude...not an UFL approved sentiment...if you have so much free time why not use some of it to update your increasingly pathetic team. "he misses his wife"...jesus...
Michael Bussmann at 1:44pm April 16
the UFL stopped being fun when we never finished the draft, rules got changed and points were transferable from player to player through betting, so if you dont mind i am going to go ahead and miss my wife instead of obsessivlly trying to "beat" my friends at something so entirerly pointless and so decreasingly fun.
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There you have it. Bussman has now elevated pussy-whipped pining to the status of "hobby", and must forsake the UFL, and all other silly fantasy sports in which one attempts to "beat" one's friends, in order to better pursue said pussy pining. How enlightened he has become. Escuing base competitive pursuits for more nurturing, constructive activities that no doubt include the likes of knitting (of course repleat with ironically cross-stiched naughty phrases like "badass bitch" which are sure to draw a titter from the other crunchified-hipster chicks in his sewing circle who meet in a barn that has been converted into a bed and breakfast every Sunday between August and February), visits to the farmer's market to gush over heirloom tomatos, and ritualistic storage of all his vaginal secretions, discharges and assorted flows.
While you are right about my hobbies, the main reason I no longer care about the UFL(beyond those listed above) is that you, Mark, are a dick and when involved in things will almost always suck the fun right out them. take fantasy football, or ho-ho hold-em, those things used to be fun, then you show up and sucked the fun out, like a vampire that drinks fun instead of blood.
ReplyDeleteI can see your point, depending on what you find to be fun...A game of poker where everyone sucks and no one knows the rank of hands (yep, I'll ruin that everytime)...A fantasy sports league that no one has heard of before I introduced them to it (ipso facto, on that one I suppose)...actual collection from Campbell, et. al and a steady stream of caustic smack talk on the message board (guilty)...the ability to get girls who we didn't go to high school with and who aren't dating any of our other friends to actually show up at things and drink (fuck, I'm ashamed at how many times I've done that.)
ReplyDeleteSarcasm aside, I'm overly competitive, frequently crude, a horrible and insidious influence upon anyone who needs to get up early the next day, I don't take it as well as I dish it out AND I dish it out in a steady stream, I set small fires with alarming frequency, and girlfriends usually regard me with at best affable tolerance (Leslie), but usually just outright hostility (Herman's girlfriend whose name I've momentarily forgotten.)
So, yeah, from the right angle in the right situation, there is no bigger dick than I. AND I will unapologetically continue to drink in more than my fair share of fun. However, if you're standing in the right place at the right time, you'll find I projectile vomit a lot of that fun right back out for everyone to enjoy.
Katelynn...I just remembered her name is Katelynn...
ReplyDeleteWow! And I thought fantasy football shit talking was personal.
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