Recent content by CalBear

Yeah, it's definitely a hassle to manage your own draft as well as whatever software you're using. It's good if you can find an assistant. And have an occasional pause for beer refills and checking everyone's max bid is important, especially as you get towards the end of the auction.

Sure, why not.

If you're live, you don't really need a timer; our league takes turns acting as auctioneer (or sometimes has a partner/friend do it). Going once, twice, sold. It's pretty fun. I commish and enter the picks into FanDraft to keep track of how much money people have left; we put that up on a TV so...

Elway only had one year from 1983-1992 with a passer rating above 80. (83.4 in strike-shortened 1987). The most rushing yardage he ever had in that time frame was 304 yards (also 1987). He finished in the top 10 in passing TDs only 3 times in those years, never in the top 5. And his playoff...

Elway has always been a whiny, entitled puke. His remaining supporters blame the coach he ditched the Colts for (Dan Reeves) for Elway's decade of crappy stats and Super Bowl failures. Lucking into Terrell Davis at the end of his career is the only reason some people view Elway as better than...

All AI can do is generate template content. For some writing, that's enough, but for an analysis site it's kind of useless. It can't do analysis; it can only tell you what other analysts are saying. So if you want to generate lots of plagiarized content about what's going on in the NFL, fine...

As a college sports fan: There is no other country where institutes of higher learning are monetized for sports in the way they are in the U.S. In Europe, sports are run by sports clubs, generally with loose affiliation to a city, but sometimes known by their own identity within the city (like...

The Calgorithm is really upset about this. He didn't do much in 2024, mostly because our O-line was terrible, but he's still got the juice. I expect he'll get national notice in Oklahoma.

It has Fame right in the name. Celebrity accomplishments absolutely matter. Jerome Bettis belongs in because he was famous. Marshawn will get in because he's famous. And Eli will get in, too. I mean, I can't imagine any QB winning multiple Super Bowls at this point without getting in, deserved...

The idea that the Hall of Fame isn't about fame is...interesting.

With Minnesota and the Chargers flaming out in the first round, my shot at the championship is done. Time for assessment. Got hurt, unfortunately. TE#30 missing half the season. Miss. Ended as WR#12, solid pick. No realistic alternative was better. Took a while to come on. Ended as TE#29...

You might not have been going anywhere with Sam Howell at QB anyway, but you did just have a TD drive, and now you're down by 10 with 9:52 to go. Fourth and 5 at your own 37. Punting seems 100% like giving up.

Two touchdown passes on 4th down, plus the run on 4th down in a FG situation to ice it. Heck of a game.

The question is, will the other team behave differently when up by 8 vs. up by 7 or 9? I mean, they might be slightly more likely to care about first downs but the decision tree isn't affected nearly as much for the team that's ahead.

Go Bears. Wonder if there's ever been another successful Hail Mary thrown and caught by players from the same school.