google talk?

are we running the draft via google talk on the upper right of the screeen?

# 2 Pick

And with the #2  pick I select...... The Nature Boy Ric Flair WHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO

8pm it is WHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO

8 p.m. It is final. Draft order.

Just talked to Matt on the phone and he has adjusted his schedule to accommodate 8 p.m. draft time. this is final.

I haven't heard from Campbell in a while. If he isn't able to draft, or assign a proxy, I will draft for him using my best judgment + drafting AZ basketball and the Cardinals way too early in true Campbell fashion.

Draft order produced by a random number generator is as follows:

Unfortunately, I came up as the number one pick...I thought about running the numbers again, but that would fuck the other top picks potentially...anyway, the order is...

List Randomizer

There were 10 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

1. Conatus
2. Da Zone Lives
3. benbounce
4. Born Again
5. Pinapple
6. E.H. Schnuck
7. 2 Cats in a Bath Tub
8. Team A
9. B&G
10. otis

Timestamp: 2009-01-10 19:14:20 UTC

How about 4 p.m.

So, Matt says 8 is too late, but gives no reason...Mike says noon is too early, but gives no reason...how about 4 p.m.? I'm a little frustrated at this point. If this doesn't come off tomorrow I'm blaming Matt...we were so close! Feed back please. We need to know what time we're meeting online.

please correct the spelling of my team name

Lyons, you mistakenly placed an "L" in my team name. I'm sure this was a mere typo on your part and I ask that you correct the mistake. However, I'm sure my request to correct the spelling will be ignored. Do you enjoy pleasing the johnson heater? Just think about how happy that incorrect spelling will make johnson the next time you are cruising in the rolla'

Dan Arrives, new "sport" added

Dan should be joining us shortly and I have added him to the spreadsheets along with Bosac. the title to this article is also a link to the sheets. If anyone knows how to add a permalink to a blogger page, please share this wisdon with me (Brian?)

Dan suggested adding DAAA ZOOONNNEEE as a scoring unit and I have obliged. 5 points for a win, 10 for making the playoffs, 10 for advancing and 25 for a championship.

Power-rankings for 2009 Da Zone Pre-season:

12. Johnson Heater (Perrenial loser. The kiss of death for any Acl/Mcl/Whatthehell.)
11. Founder (Can any of you imagine Herman without a hang-dog expression in Week 14?)
10. Glory Holes (Incompetance and a total lack of male genitalia continue to take their toll in '09
09. Donkey Punches (The sun has, for too long, shone on this dog's ass.)
08. Fancy Lads (But if Dan drafts the Lads in UFL, watch out!)
07. Scissor Gang Mafia (Let the bitching begin!)
06. Hyphey (Winning Al...there now the two words have appeared next to each other.)
05. Dog (assuming not purged, is always a threat.)
04. Holdout (Strong finish to the season. Momentum counts for nothing in Fantasy,but so what?)
03. Bisquicks and A-1 (I'm still sick of the phrase "big money league".)
02. Born Again Gangsters (Unemployment will only make Bosac more dangerous.)
01. Conatus (this is the year it all comes together.)

Draft Time

8 p.m. Sunday unless there are objections. If anyone out there could give me some indication that this was emailed to you, that would be a big help.

I'm in

watch out suckers

Attempt at Cycling Rankings and Slight Rule Change

Well, Bussman is lazy, so I'm giving this a go.

There is no way of knowing who will actually compete in these damn races so I'm going to use last years results for the Giro bowl and the tour of france based on our scoring matrix to come up with a ranking. I have considered changing the points because it is so tough for these guys to string together multiple stage victories, and therefore, most end up with only 3 points. Instead of increasing points, I've decided that while these events are on going you are allowed to drop/add a cyclist prior to each stage. If you want to pick one guy and hope he wins, cool. But if you want to get into the nitty gritty and try to predict who will win each stage (from what I've learned so far, this is an extremely predicatable sport from stage to stage) then you can really rack up well earned points.

Also, there is no penalty in the UFL for doping. If your rider is the closest thing to a winner one of these races can declare on the day a stage ends, or the day the race ends, then they win the points. I'm not waiting around while they decide who did the best job of hiding their drug use.

Here goes absolutly nothing, except a lot of time:



1. Alberto Contador (ESP) (25) (Not invited to 2008 Tour de France, but would have been favorite, so I leave him ranked #1)
2. Carlos Sastre (ESP) (28)
3. Mark Cavendish (GBR) (18)
4. Riccardo Riccò (ITA) (12)
5. Daniele Bennati (ITA) (9)
6. Emanuele Sella (ITA) (9)
7. Stefan Schumacher (6)
8. Lance Armstrong (Did not compete in either race last year and is unlikely to compete in the Giro d'Italia, however, he is likely to be competitive in the tour and win at least 2 stages in the mountains.)

Rest Tied with 1 Stage victory each last year
Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) (3)
Pavel Brutt (RUS) (3)
Matteo Priamo (ITA) (3)
Gabriele Bosisio (ITA) (3)
Alessandro Bertolini (ITA) (3)
Franco Pellizotti (ITA) (3)
André Greipel (GER) (3)
Jens Voigt (GER) (3)
Vasil Kiryienka (BLR) (3)
Marco Pinotti (ITA) (3)
Alejandro Valverde (3)
Thor Hushovd (3)
Samuel Dumoulin (3)
Luis León Sánchez (3)
Leonardo Piepoli (3)
Kurt Asle Arvesen (3)
Óscar Freire (3)
Simon Gerrans (3)
Cyril Dessel (3)
Marcus Burghardt (3)
Gert Steegmans (3)
Sylvain Chavanel (3)

Draft Resources

Obviously, we won't have a running "best available" or an auto draft option. However, here are links to some information on each scoring unit's league that should give you at least a starting point for draft decisions:

NBA Playoff Odds

Men's College Basketball

College Football (Obviously, this isn't going to give you a quick and easy ranking, however, there are links to the BCS conferences and some other useful info. For example, 2010 BCS Championship venue? The Rose Bowl. Edge to USC if they make it...) Update 1 Update 2: Conference by Conference 2009 Breakdown

AL/NL Someone had the balls to predict not just winners for each division, but the whole playoffs including number of games. Also, all major awards. So, I link to it out of respect for the hubris.

NHL

PGA

Women's Tennis; Women's 2008 Final Rankings

UEFA (Pre-Season) UEFA (Current Standings)

Cycling (Bussmann, we are still counting on you for some names of actual cyclists. I tried to find some...don't think I did.)

World Baseball Classic

Little League World Series (List of 16 draftable Divisions is about half way through the article.)

PGA

NFL...not even going to bother.