Fantasy Football

To those of you who have never tried "Fantasy Football" count yourselves lucky. If you don't know what it is, here's a short synopsis. People get together before the football season begins and throw all the NFL player's names into a big player pool. Then, each "manager" drafts players onto their own fantasy "all-star" team. Each fantasy team must have one quarterback, 2 or 3 running backs, 2 or 3 wide receivers, a kicker, a defense, 1 or 2 tight ends. Then, the playing begins. Your teams score is determined by how well your players play. Long TD passes and your QB gains points, interceptions and fumbles loose points.

Well, I liked fantasy football until my team met a highly successful player named Daunte Culpepper. Yesterday, Daute was intercepted 5 times (-10 points). 3 times the week before. To put this in perspective, he only needs 3 more to match his total interceptions from last season.

A good quarterback in fantasy football will get your team 20 points or more, so it's very frustrating to a fantasy manager when he is actually happy at seeing a big fat zero after being in negative numbers for most of the game.

For those of you who don't like football, give fantasy football a try. You'll find yourself involved in watching and tracking a sport and find out it's actually fun sometimes. As long as you stay away from a guy named Daunte Culpepper.