The Falcoholic Fantasy Football League Is In Business

by Dave Choate on Aug 5, 2009 8:00 AM EDT in Editorial

Yes, the promised day has arrived at last! Praise the gods of fantasy football!

Just like last year, we'll be putting together a league in FleaFlicker. Last year's champ was Blue Falcon, who endured a league where half the teams fell off the pace at some point during the season. This year, we'll be looking for ten dedicated teams (myself and the returning champ already included, if he's interested) to come in and make this league as competitive as possible. If you're looking for the chance to embarrass your fellow Falcoholics and well-known debonair blogger Dave the Falconer, this is the league for you. There's also the possibility of some (smallish) cash prize involved here, so be sure to factor that in.

The only fair way to do this in my mind is to draw names from a hat, so please shoot me an e-mail or comment directly on this post to indicate your interest before the weekend. The ten teams I draw will receive e-mails with the league password within a week, and all involved can then prepare for the draft. I call dibs on Matt Ryan!

Go to it! If you have any questions, be sure to let me know ASAP.

UPDATE: tlozwarlock will be heading up a second Flea Flicker league, so we'll have enough room for 24 teams in total. Please indicate your interest and if you have a preference on which league you end up in, so that I can weigh that as a selection factor.

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Sign me up!

Only question is: does the scoring work the same way as espn?

by FLA_Falcon on Aug 5, 2009 8:27 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

I'm Down Again

Are we using FleaFlicker again, or are we switching to Yahoo?

"If you can’t get excited for Ryan throwing to Gonzalez, you’re either a robot or clinically dead. Or you’re a zombie robot, which is just plain awesome."
Dave the Falconer

by Pregame with Pabst on Aug 5, 2009 8:32 AM EDT reply actions

FleaFlicker

I’ve made some changes to roster format and scoring, though.

by Dave Choate on Aug 5, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Let's use ESPN...

I’m in….

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Aug 5, 2009 9:08 AM EDT reply actions

I wannna Play!!

Hey man been looking for a reuring league to join, added bonus is a Falcons fans league, been playing for 10 years and would love to join this league!!

"And I will show you something different from either your shadow at morning striding behind you or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust."
T.S. Eliot "The Wasteland"

by YoungWolf on Aug 5, 2009 9:14 AM EDT reply actions

Yes!

Last year was a blast. Put me in the drawing to play again.

by widderslainte on Aug 5, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

YeAh

I’m in too!

by feldy3323 on Aug 5, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

if we get enough, I bet we could easily hold 2 leagues

but I wanna kick Dave’s ass in his own league. Put me in the drawing. Is tlozwarlock a lock for that league too, Dave?

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Aug 5, 2009 10:26 AM EDT reply actions

I'm going to assume I'm not

For fairness’ sake.

You have opinions. Share them.

by Adam Schultz on Aug 5, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Sweet

im in hopefully

by Erihury on Aug 5, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions

Definitely

Put my name in the hat

Life is a garden. Dig it!

by Hardcore Falcon on Aug 5, 2009 10:58 AM EDT reply actions

I wanna be in this league...

But whoever isn’t picked by Dave, we could do one with everyone else…I really like ESPN…

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Aug 5, 2009 11:22 AM EDT reply actions

We're doing Flea Flicker again

Sort of a network-wide sponsorship thing. I think that if anyone wants to do a second league in ESPN or Yahoo!, they are welcome to kickstart it.

by Dave Choate on Aug 5, 2009 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

Hold that thought

I had a better idea suggested to me. Stay tuned…

by Dave Choate on Aug 5, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

SIGN ME UP!

Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?

Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.

by FrankyWren on Aug 5, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions

Re: League Preference

If possible, I’d like to be in the more competitive of the two leagues, and I am VERY interested.

Reporter: How will you address all of the dropped passes?

Mike Smith: I don’t think that we were as sharp as we have been catching the football. It’s something that is very fixable. It’s VERY fixable.

by FrankyWren on Aug 5, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Count me in

…for the raffle.

In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face.

by runningback on Aug 5, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions

ive never did it before

and have no clue but i wanna try

by mistab50 on Aug 5, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

i'm a noob too

but i will fill a spot if you need a warm body.

Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.

by armchair quarterback on Aug 5, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions

I have no preference as to which league I wind up in

Playing against Dave, our fearless leader, or tloz, who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting personally, will be rewarding either way – not to mention, both leagues are going to be infested with Falcons fans, what’s not to enjoy?

Are we going to be doing a live draft?

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Aug 5, 2009 1:18 PM EDT reply actions

I think both will be live drafts

I’ll leave it up to tloz to schedule his, but I’m going to shoot for a Friday or Saturday night in mid-to-late August. I’ll let the league randomly scramble the pick order.

by Dave Choate on Aug 5, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Count me in with no prefrence for which league.

In Dimitroff we trust

by Bonhoffer on Aug 5, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions

I'm down for either

Also, I will be creating a Falcholic Salary Cap group league in Yahoo so that everyone can be in the same group as soon as it opens up. I was also thinking of creating a Yahoo league after you filled yours Dave, and now Warlock’s, for any scragglers that still want to give it a go.

by Jesse28 on Aug 5, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions

I'm in

For the Yahoo league

"If you can’t get excited for Ryan throwing to Gonzalez, you’re either a robot or clinically dead. Or you’re a zombie robot, which is just plain awesome."
Dave the Falconer

by Pregame with Pabst on Aug 5, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Rock and Roll

Count me in and it doesn’t matter what league. If there is interest in a Yahoo! league let me know, i’d be happy to set one up.

"If you can’t get excited for Ryan throwing to Gonzalez, you’re either a robot or clinically dead. Or you’re a zombie robot, which is just plain awesome."
Dave the Falconer

by Pregame with Pabst on Aug 5, 2009 2:02 PM EDT reply actions

Sign Me Up

I am down for either league (or Jesse’s as things may be).

by Born and Bred Falcon on Aug 5, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

I'll Play

Pick me

by FalconFan#1 on Aug 5, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

I'm in!

either bracket is fine.

by Jeff S on Aug 5, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions

I want to be in the league where the other 11 guys don’t mind losing lol. I’m joking, I’m fairly new to fantasy football but I def want to play.

Unrelated but Eli Manning is now the most over paid player in the NFL. 6 years 97.5 mil. Makes me wish I played QB instead of TE

by FLA_Falcon on Aug 5, 2009 2:49 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I wanna play, but only in one of the leagues...

I have SOME free time, not unlimited free time, lol…

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

Elayne Boosler

by NaGaNole on Aug 5, 2009 2:59 PM EDT reply actions

Whatever is clever...

Throw me in the hat!!! I love Fantasy football!!!

"If I disagree with you, it's because you are wrong..."

by Tybeaux on Aug 5, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions

I'll play either...

I agree the more competitive the better, but whichever has space is good.

by FalconCrazie on Aug 5, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions

Ill play either

Either and/or both.
Idc I just know I could kick everyones ass in FFB ;o

by FlyYouFalcons on Aug 5, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

I know im new...

But I’d love to join in.

by ChickenLay on Aug 5, 2009 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

Yahoo?

If any one sets up a Yahoo league post it on here, I bet we could fill up one or two, I’d like to set up a 12 person competitive on going keeper league if any one is interested…

by YoungWolf on Aug 5, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions

hey, welcome to the site!

just looked at your profile and saw you are another Falcoholic transplant in Florida. Jesse and FLA_Falcon are both down there somewhere and I’ll be in Jacksonville for school come December.

know what you believe in and why you believe in it

by MentallyMIA on Aug 5, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Im in on the keeper league if it happens

Never played keeper before but it sounds like more fun than regular

by FLA_Falcon on Aug 5, 2009 6:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I'll check Yahoo

Maybe they finally made the Keeper option available to the free leagues. If not, then I’ll create an ESPN league as well as a 12-team Head-2-Head Yahoo league. And of course the big Salary Cap league, since it’s members will be unlimited.

I’ll do this all today when I get home from work, about 4:45pm EST.

by Jesse28 on Aug 6, 2009 7:07 AM EDT up reply actions

So...

What did ya find out? If need be I’ll set up a league for us Fans so we can run keeper teams..

by YoungWolf on Aug 6, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Fanpost coming

Yahoo allows for the keeper league setting to be applied to their free leagues. Obviously it will begin after this first season. I’ll be posting a fanpost soon.

by Jesse28 on Aug 6, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Keeper league

Is something that i’ve been wanting to try for a couple of years now, but my regular fantasy crew likes change about as much as Rush Limbaugh.

Count me in.

"If you can’t get excited for Ryan throwing to Gonzalez, you’re either a robot or clinically dead. Or you’re a zombie robot, which is just plain awesome."
Dave the Falconer

by Pregame with Pabst on Aug 6, 2009 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions