You know what they say about the light at the end of the tunnel, how it may be an oncoming train? That’s the NBA season for Jeff & Greg. They are both so desperate to put baseball behind them and be distracted from the idiocies of football that they treat the basketball season as if it was an oasis in the desert. Basketball is just as painful as the other sports, if not more, but the preseason always comes at the perfect time. At no other time of the year do we hate baseball and football as we do right now, so naturally basketball beams brightly. Considering the whinamic duo finished in a tie for last place in their league last year, maybe it’s not such a good idea to get too excited. Still, the opportunity to do a mock draft is just too sweet to pass up. Step into the light with them…
Author Archives: Jeff Andriesse and Greg Fox
The Weekend Worriers
Week four of the NFL, and already the preseason rankings are blown up. Adrian Peterson and Randy Moss are awful, Ronnie Brown is again the best guy and whoever got Brandon Marshall late because of his one-game suspension is going to win their league. Naturally, Jeff & Greg are on the receiving end of every player’s negative turn. Making things even worse on this miserable Friday, the final weekend of the baseball season is punctuating a stone-cold Year From Hell. The Weekend Worriers have only this web site to turn to, where they’ll morph into a pair of crybabies for the rest of the day.
On the Couch, Fantasy Basketball Edition
We’re quickly approaching The Worst Month in Sports, that no man’s land between the end of baseball season and the beginning of basketball season when football rules the fantasy world. With the worst baseball season in history for both Jeff and Greg coming to a close at a snail’s pace and another brutal football campaign underway, the patients’ patience is wearing mighty thin. At times like these, we can look to hoops for solace…
The Weekend Worriers
Why must there be football games every weekend? Aren’t the weekends supposed to be fun and relaxing? To Jeff and Greg, Sundays are like a trip to the dentist this time of year. The Weekend Worriers is supposed to be Novocaine, but the pain doesn’t seem to subside. All day Friday, they’ll try to minimize the throbbing in their brains. Feel free to contribute in the comments section.
The Weekend Worriers
With the NFL season now underway, Jeff and Greg now carry around the same facial expressions of someone who has just lost a pet. The baseball season will never mercifully end and football will only exacerbate the Worriers’ fantasy-induced ulcers. Follow along in the comments section all day Friday if you have the stomach for it.
The Rotowhiners’ fantasy draft recap
The 2008 Big Daddy League draft had it all - an auto-pick malfunction, several on-line neophytes showing up late and, thankfully, Uncle Vito. Jeff and Greg couldn’t have asked for anything more… literally. The draft took nearly four hours because there wasn’t a time limit between picks. But at the end of the ordeal we had a 12-team league that, with any luck, will feature more people who can figure out how to log on to the league web site than not.
Rotowhine Fantasy Football Preview: Tough decisions
Rotowhine is pleased to present its newest Guest Contributor, Brad Rysz of RotoExperts.com. Brad stops by to help Jeff and Greg with some tough fantasy football decisions as the season is bearing down on them and they are feeling a little tied to the tracks.
Rotowhine’s 2008 Fantasy Football Mock Draft, Mach I, Part II
Having already completed Rounds 1 through 5 of their hotly anticipated Fantasy Football Mock Draft, the guys at Rotowhine decided to build the suspense for Rounds 6-10 by waiting nearly a month in between. What follows is the result of thousands of hours doing no research whatsoever. In fact, Jeff and Greg are likely to discuss more baseball and basketball than football in the below prose. Fear not however - this analysis comes with a sheen of expertise as Jeff won the championship in all three of his leagues last year and Greg… well, Greg also owns a computer and can get on the internet. Enjoy.
Rotowhine’s 2008 Fantasy Football Mock Draft, Mach I, Part I
Jeff and Greg flip the pigskin around for their first NFL mock fantasy draft, and not a moment too soon. With both of their baseball seasons careening into a dark chasm, the colicky couple need to be pacified, and fast. Neither of them have done a stitch of research for this draft, but they both believe that gives them a strategic advantage. Who the hell can predict anything in football? Not these two, but that’s not going to stop them from trying.
On the Couch: Getting drafty in here
Jeff and Greg reconvene for another session of “On the Couch”, just in time for the NBA Draft. Follow along throughout the day on Wednesday and feel free to participate in the comments section.
