Summerpalooza II: Combined FF/Music Draft - Everybody Wants to Rule the League

[Eephus 16,719]

A-ha has a busy touring schedule booked out for a full year.  There are only three US dates at the Wiltern in LA (capacity ~2000) next September but two of them are sold out already.

[Eephus 16,719]

1 hour ago, JZilla said:

Think of Silverchair too.. a punchline to us but they're like the biggest selling band in Australian history, were massive there for like a decade, they were doing some symphonic sounding stuff and a-ha has leaned on that sound a lot

Silverchair's early grunge stuff was very derivative but they grew artistically as they matured.  Their later albums like Diorama and Young Modern are solid modern rock.

[rockaction 15,102]

36 minutes ago, Eephus said:

A-ha has a busy touring schedule booked out for a full year.  There are only three US dates at the Wiltern in LA (capacity ~2000) next September but two of them are sold out already.

Wow. Quite the following. Not sure what else to say. I'm not stunned by anything music anymore, I was just surprised over the deluxe Rhino treatment.

[Eephus 16,719]

1 minute ago, rockaction said:

Wow. Quite the following. Not sure what else to say. I'm not stunned by anything music anymore, I was just surprised over the deluxe Rhino treatment.

There are still tickets for the last LA show in September.

Take them on RA before they're gone.

[rockaction 15,102]

Added:

Pittsburgh Steelers - D/ST

Numb, But I Still Feel It - Title Fight (from Kingston, PA, about 110 miles from P'Burgh)

Added:

Darrel Williams - Kansas City - RB

Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey - The Beatles

Added:

Josh Reynolds - Los Angeles Rams

Celebrity Skin - Hole

Added:

Will Fuller V - Houston Texans - WR - #15

The 15th - Wire

Edited November 12, 2019 by rockaction

[rockaction 15,102]

Traded For:

Joe Mixon - Cincinnati Bengals - RB

Lean Back - Terror Squad ft. Fat Joe

[Northern Voice 6,709]

It was quite a MNF game to watch against @simey last night. I was up 6 with ESanders and the Seattle kicker against Lockett. 
 

a true battle of who wanted it less with Sanders leaving injured in the first quarter opening the door for Lockett to mount the comeback... but then he left injured too. 

[rockaction 15,102]

A bunch of up-for-grabs games in our league last night. I was watching them, interested.

[simey 3,344]

52 minutes ago, Northern Voice said:

It was quite a MNF game to watch against @simey last night. I was up 6 with ESanders and the Seattle kicker against Lockett. 
 

a true battle of who wanted it less with Sanders leaving injured in the first quarter opening the door for Lockett to mount the comeback... but then he left injured too. 

   You have some explaining to do.  

[Northern Voice 6,709]

39 minutes ago, simey said:

   You have some explaining to do.  

[simey 3,344]

Added

Darius Slayton - WR Giants

New York City Song - Dion

Gerald Everett - TE Rams

Walking in LA - Missing Persons

Hunter Renfrow - WR Raiders

No Love from Oakland - Too $hort

[Eephus 16,719]

Added

Brian Hill - RB - Atlanta

Rollin' Down the Hill - The Rembrandts

__________

 

Oakland Raiders - DST

Still in Town - Johnny Cash

[The Dreaded Marco 2,190]

Added Minnesota DST

Cloud Cult - Chemicals Collide

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

I'm feeling a little trippy today, so for Ryan Fitzpatrick:

The Court of the Crimson King  -  King Crimson

[The Dreaded Marco 2,190]

Added Jacob Hollister - TE/Sea

Went to his Wiki page for a song link and noticed that today is his Birthday - The Sugarcubes

[Northern Voice 6,709]

Some big finishes tonight. Not my game though,  @JZilla

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

Ghah.  I lost by a teeny tiny amount.

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

Aaaaaand it's bye week.  Someone is getting a free pass.

[simey 3,344]

Added

Younghoe Koo - K Falcons

Atlanta - Stone Temple Pilots

Cameron Brate - TE Bucs

Tampa to Tulsa - The Jayhawks

Randall Cobb - WR Cowboys

Dallas - The Flatlanders

[Northern Voice 6,709]

On 11/19/2019 at 9:31 PM, Mrs. Rannous said:

Aaaaaand it's bye week.  Someone is getting a free pass.

Me too. @rockaction is going to smoke me. 

[Encumbrance 134]

:running, panting: 

rockaction has asked me to tell you that 

:gasps for air: 

He's over...he's over at - in the Netherlands at Yahoo! Apparently Myles Garrett is and Mason (Miles? What's his name?) Rudolph are off-topic and inappropriate for some senisitive ones in the SP that were littering the Jets thread this year about what a classy guy Garrett was. Anyway, RA - he's just sitting there all alone, starting millions of incoherent and babbling threads. 

In short, nothing's changed. 

 

[Eephus 16,719]

Added

Falcons - DT/ST

Birds - The Veils

__________

Vance McDonald - TE - Steelers

Steal My Sunshine - Len

[Northern Voice 6,709]

Tight race for the last couple playoff spots

[simey 3,344]

Added

Dallas Goedert - TE Eagles

Fall in Philadelphia - Hall & Oates

Harrison Butker - K Chiefs

Kansas City Southern - Dillard and Clark

Benny Snell Jr. - RB Steelers

A Good Man is Hard to FInd (Pittsburgh) - Bruce Springsteen

Edited November 27, 2019 by simey

[rockaction 15,102]

This is actually coming right down to the wire between a bunch of us.

Go Will Fuller V or James White! 

[JZilla 2,016]

Always fun to play spoiler but at the same time I’ve been pulling for ya rock

gl to all involved

I’ll be watching the rest of the season distraction-free. Go purple birds!

[rockaction 15,102]

1 hour ago, JZilla said:

Always fun to play spoiler but at the same time I’ve been pulling for ya rock

gl to all involved

I’ll be watching the rest of the season distraction-free. Go purple birds!

Thanks, Zilla.

Elaenor Higbee, as a name, is out of this world. 

The projections have this really close.

We shall see. 

[rockaction 15,102]

Intrigue: @Ilov80s and I are in a statistical dead heat for the last playoff spot as projections stand.

We're tied w/in a flip of a coin margin of error per projections.

It looks Like Sony Michel vs. either my choice of Will Fuller V or James White for an almost toe-to-toe winner in backfield share and coaching usage (Did I ever tell you I picked up seven or so free points when Belichick decided not only to run a play but to also let Brady throw to White on 3rd & Goal from the three, up 31-3 or something with two seconds left. Against the Dolphins.)

But I digress. More intrigue: Was the end of the 34-7 game against the Cardinals a fumble for two points for the LAR defense Ilov80s has?

This league might run until Thursday corrects.

If anyone has penned as song remotely relevant to Thursday stat corrections in fantasy football, now's your time, men and women. 

Edited December 2, 2019 by rockaction

[The Dreaded Marco 2,190]

6 minutes ago, rockaction said:

Intrigue: @Ilov80s and I are in a statistical dead heat for the last playoff spot as projections stand.

We're tied w/in a flip of a coin margin of error per projections.

It looks Like Sony Michel vs. either my choice of Will Fuller V or James White for an almost toe-to-toe winner in backfield share and coaching usage (Did I ever tell you I picked up seven or so free points when Belichick decided not only to run a play but to also let Brady throw to White on 3rd & Goal from the three, up 31-3 or something with two seconds left. Against the Dolphins.)

But I digress. More intrigue: Was the end of the 34-6 game against the Cardinals a fumble for two points for the LAR defense Ilov80s has?

This league might run until Thursday corrects.

If anyone has penned as song remotely relevant to Thursday stat corrections in fantasy football, now's your time, men and women.  

This is the best I could come up with on such short notice.  

[Ilov80s 20,528]

22 minutes ago, rockaction said:

Intrigue: @Ilov80s and I are in a statistical dead heat for the last playoff spot as projections stand.

We're tied w/in a flip of a coin margin of error per projections.

It looks Like Sony Michel vs. either my choice of Will Fuller V or James White for an almost toe-to-toe winner in backfield share and coaching usage (Did I ever tell you I picked up seven or so free points when Belichick decided not only to run a play but to also let Brady throw to White on 3rd & Goal from the three, up 31-3 or something with two seconds left. Against the Dolphins.)

But I digress. More intrigue: Was the end of the 34-7 game against the Cardinals a fumble for two points for the LAR defense Ilov80s has?

This league might run until Thursday corrects.

If anyone has penned as song remotely relevant to Thursday stat corrections in fantasy football, now's your time, men and women. 

I should have paid more attention to my lineup this week 

[rockaction 15,102]

7 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

I should have paid more attention to my lineup this week 

Nailed it?  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That's okay. I plan on starting Fuller V, simply because I wanted him on my team all year and want to see what he'll doing with a full week under his belt. It might be like starting those bodies into a car crash, voluntarily. 

I knew Michel would figure into my year with something to lose, somewhere in the leagues I particpate in.

[Ilov80s 20,528]

45 minutes ago, rockaction said:

Nailed it?  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That's okay. I plan on starting Fuller V, simply because I wanted him on my team all year and want to see what he'll doing with a full week under his belt. It might be like starting those bodies into a car crash, voluntarily. 

I knew Michel would figure into my year with something to lose, somewhere in the leagues I particpate in.

I have very little faith in Michel

[rockaction 15,102]

37 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

I have very little faith in Michel

Well, I knew exactly what to do because they were gonna bracket both Fuller and Hopkins, so that meant Fells and Johnson if they're vacating seam and underneath.  

Check the waiver wire for availability. Fells is there. 

Don't pull trigger on right guy. 

That's sort of been the story of my year.

Oh well. Maybe Fuller will hit a deep ball into triple coverage during desperation. 

[Ilov80s 20,528]

1 hour ago, rockaction said:

Well, I knew exactly what to do because they were gonna bracket both Fuller and Hopkins, so that meant Fells and Johnson if they're vacating seam and underneath.  

Check the waiver wire for availability. Fells is there. 

Don't pull trigger on right guy. 

That's sort of been the story of my year.

Oh well. Maybe Fuller will hit a deep ball into triple coverage during desperation. 

I am hoping to fade Watson tonight- if I do, I will take 1st in my main league,get my buy-in back and a 1st round bye

[rockaction 15,102]

Well that came right down to it with twenty to go.

Huh. 

Stills.

Anybody. But. Fuller. I guess. 

eta* Don't think you're fading Watson with three TDs sorry to say. 

Edited December 2, 2019 by rockaction

[Ilov80s 20,528]

Watson TD here pretty much sinks me

 

eta: it did not, yahoo!

Edited December 2, 2019 by Ilov80s

[rockaction 15,102]

56 minutes ago, Ilov80s said:

Watson TD here pretty much sinks me

 

eta: it did not, yahoo!

Yay. Good on you. That's a sweet kitty. 

As for me, well...

James White had over 30 points.

James White sat there, helplessly, on someone's bench that will remain unnamed.

Oooooof. Oooooof. My season lies in pain, on its very last resort (simey and Bonzai still are down to it, with Bonzai quite a favorite.)

Here's my take on the whole day for this leeg and my mainer.

Edited December 2, 2019 by rockaction

[rockaction 15,102]

More tonight.
I have a whole thing about tiebreaks, but I'm not sure how they work, so I'll leave it to the commissioner and a few hours instead of FAKE NEWS.

Bunch of things up for grabs.

:Enter Leslie Nielsen":

Good luck, we'll all be counting on you. 

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

I guess I'm on the hook for doing the Superbowl show again.  Fortunately, it's in Miami, so there's a ton of acts just waiting to show up.

[rockaction 15,102]

Oh my, do I ever owe picks. 

Start with 

Andy Dalton - Andy, You're A Star - The KIllers

Continue with

James Washington - Down For The Third Time - Vain 

picked that dude three times at least this season

On to

Philadelphia D/ST - Make Up Your Mind - The Interpreters 

more TK...

 

[rockaction 15,102]

Players added weeks ago: 

Drew Lock - Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Bob Dylan

(play on the limitations of a Lock, I guess...hey! not that bad) 

Jake Elliott - Angeles - Elliott Smith

Sometimes it rains in Southern California

Michael Badgley - Great Cop - Fugazi

And the cops kick your ###

Allen Lazard - Runnin' - The Pharcyde

So you run to wonderlands featuring Holiday songs

Sterling Shepard - Silver Bells - Stevie Wonder

And all is right with the world. 

Happy Holidays, folks! 

Edited December 16, 2019 by rockaction

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

And happy holidays right back at you.

[simey 3,344]

¡Felices vacaciones! ¡Aleluya, todos digan queso!     

Edited December 17, 2019 by simey

[Ilov80s 20,528]

Congrats to everyone. I made it father than I probably deserved and am honored to bow out to the great @Eephus and L Freaky.

[rockaction 15,102]

3 minutes ago, simey said:

¡Felices vacaciones! ¡Aleluya, todos digan queso!     

Heard somebody else somewhere discuss this song recently with awe. Thought of simey from the internet...

good stuff.  

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

1 hour ago, simey said:

¡Felices vacaciones! ¡Aleluya, todos digan queso!     

I think you just told me to eat some cheese.  I'll be having carne guisada enchiladas tomorrow.  Does that count?

[Eephus 16,719]

1 hour ago, simey said:

¡Felices vacaciones! ¡Aleluya, todos digan queso!     

The Xmas mix draft was a fun one.  I might have gone too heavy on the commissioneering though
 

Quote

 

Rolling for the three pop standards carols.  The nominees are:
White Christmas
The Christmas Song
Winter Wonderland
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Silver Bells
Sleigh Ride
Blue Christmas

I'm again going to roll 10 d100 and assign them to the songs in the order above.  The two _lowest_ overall rolls plus the lowest of the three most popular songs (White Xmas, Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland) will be our mandatory selections.

 

 

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

Ghah.  That was three years ago.

[simey 3,344]

@Eephus   Lamar is getting overworked, and I think it would be a good decision for you to rest him this weekend. 

[Mrs. Rannous 2,628]

Just because this is what I'm in the mood for.