Interest in an IHOF-based Fantasy Football League?

[Kodos]

Hey guys. There's been some talk over at IHOF about possibly starting a fantasy football league based on IHOF. I'm not interested in running it (and frankly, others would probably be better at figuring out how to run one with a minimum of effort). I just thought I would try to get a gauge on the level of interest in such a beast here at FOFC. Fire away.

Just call me the great facilitator...

Here's a link to the IHOF forums. (http://www.fof-ihof.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2)

Here's a thread discussing a fantasy league. (http://www.fof-ihof.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1631)

[cthomer5000]

specifically, we were thinking something simple. Pick one roster and run with it all year, for simplicitys sake.

[digamma]

Fucking elitists.

[GoldenEagle]

Fucking elitists.
Exactly.

[VPI97]

Fucking elitists.Does that mean you're in? :)

[sachmo71]

I'll have enough trouble keeping up with my real life FF team, but it's a cool idea.

[Chubby]

Obviously Brent Peterman would be the #1 overall pick, he is the highest rated QB in current AND future potential! (don't mind his stats so far, he started picking it up last week)

[MIJB#19]

Kodos, join date Jun 2001
Cthomer5000, join date nov 2001

So much for being a f*cking elitist...

I guess people are not interested in ever joining the IHOF and don't see that this would be the #2 opportunity to get in touch early on...

:rolleyes:

[wade moore]

snet


is that how we sign up?

[Kodos]

snet


is that how we sign up?

If you're hip, yes.

[gstelmack]

Does that mean you're in? :)

It means I'm in. Us elitists have to stick together.

[wade moore]

If you're hip, yes.


Then just call me Miles Davis...

[Anthony]

Us elitists have to stick together.

who are you again? :confused:

[wade moore]

bump.

I guess not much interest?

[Bee]

I'm in as long as someone else drafts and runs the team for me. :D

[Ben E Lou]

OK. I gotta say it. It needs to be said.

When I first found The Sideline I thought to myself, "Cool, a bunch of guys interested in sports who can be just as geeky as me."

In my years of being here, there have now been three incidents of what even I would consider complete, off-the-charts geekiness. ;)


1. "SkyDog, wig is screwing up our cartoon character draft!!!" (Yes, someone PM'ed me this. Thankfully for my opinion of that person, I don't remember who it was. :p)



2. "How much should I pay for the statue of a Balrog?" (I showed my wife the link to this thread, and the interest it generated. She passed the link on to several of her girlfriends. It is still a running joke among her and her friends.)



and now:


3. The suggestion of starting a fantasy football league based on a fictional geeky game.



Sometimes my wife is a bit concerned that I hang out here. As she put it once: "Sometimes I think that message board validates you too much. It makes you think you're normal!" :D

All that being said, we can all rest well tonight, secure in the knowledge that NONE OF US ARE AS GEEKY AS THAT "LIGHTNING BOLT" GUY!!!! :D :D :D

[gstelmack]

who are you again? :confused:

Oct 2000, victors in the "Eliminate the $#@%% Elitists" game! Doesn't that count?

[cthomer5000]

SkyDog, this isn't even the first FOF Fantasty football league. Didn't the FFFL run for a while?

At least it's not "ground-breaking" geekiness. :p

[3ric]

2. "How much should I pay for the statue of a Balrog?" (I showed my wife the link to this thread, and the interest it generated. She passed the link on to several of her girlfriends. It is still a running joke among her and her friends.)Uh oh. If I remember correctly, I posted in that thread... :eek:

[WSUCougar]

2. "How much should I pay for the statue of a Balrog?" (I showed my wife the link to this thread, and the interest it generated. She passed the link on to several of her girlfriends. It is still a running joke among her and her friends.)
So yeah, dawgfan, how's the Balrog statue market these days anyway? ;)

Of course this implies some kind of latent (or not-so-latent) bias against LOTR-based collectibles. Were we to substitute, say, "statue of UGa" I'm sure the tune would be different. Not to mention patriotic undies.

[sachmo71]

If I said that I thought this was a neat idea, am I branded with geekiness?

If so, I wear that brand with HONOR!!!!!!!!

:D

[Ben E Lou]

So yeah, dawgfan, how's the Balrog statue market these days anyway? ;)

Of course this implies some kind of latent (or not-so-latent) bias against LOTR-based collectibles. Were we to substitute, say, "statue of UGa" I'm sure the tune would be different. Not to mention patriotic undies.Now, now WSU...

I'm as big a LOTR fan as the next guy. (I showed all three movies back-to-back-to-back on the Colorado bus ride.) Your comparison, though, just doesn't hold up. When it comes to geekiness, a statue of a character from a fantasy/adventure movie *always* trumps a statue of a college football mascot. :D

[Samdari]

Now, now WSU...

I'm as big a LOTR fan as the next guy. (I showed all three movies back-to-back-to-back on the Colorado bus ride.) Your comparison, though, just doesn't hold up. When it comes to geekiness, a statue of a character from a fantasy/adventure movie *always* trumps a statue of a college football mascot. :D

Statue of fantasy character = geeky (extreme geeky even).

Statue of college football mascot = just plain loser

[VPI97]

Statue of college football mascot = just plain loserDo bobbleheads of mascots count? :confused:

[WSUCougar]

I think bobbleheads increase geekiness exponentially. If you have a Balrog statue, that might rate a fiver on the Geek Scale. But a BOBBLEHEAD Balrog...well now, that's 5 squared, for a grand total of 25. YIKES. :eek:

[cthomer5000]

Obviously Brent Peterman would be the #1 overall pick, he is the highest rated QB in current AND future potential! (don't mind his stats so far, he started picking it up last week)
Yeah, never mind that 47% completion percentage. :rolleyes:

[Chubby]

Yeah, never mind that 47% completion percentage. :rolleyes:

I must be playing the wrong fantasy leagues. Somehow every league I've been in doesn't use completion %.

Be sure to email yahoo, exit 42, espn, fox sports, hillbilly jim, and everyone else that runs a fantasy football league and tell them that they now have to use completion % :rolleyes:

[cthomer5000]

I must be playing the wrong fantasy leagues. Somehow every league I've been in doesn't use completion %.

Be sure to email yahoo, exit 42, espn, fox sports, hillbilly jim, and everyone else that runs a fantasy football league and tell them that they now have to use completion % :rolleyes:
good point. He's 12th in the league in touchdown passes, so I guess that is what makes him a real value.

[MIJB#19]

good point. He's 12th in the league in touchdown passes, so I guess that is what makes him a real value.Fumblin' Justin McDavid ranked 7th in the league by passing touchdowns in 2004. Doesn't that prove how not important that stat is?

Uh-oh, I feel a "Will the IHOF destroy FOFC?" reply coming up...

[Chubby]

good point. He's 12th in the league in touchdown passes, so I guess that is what makes him a real value.

No no, stick to your completion % argument. It's so sound!

[cthomer5000]

No no, stick to your completion % argument. It's so sound!
I can't even fathom what hoops your brain needs to jump through to make it through a day.

[Samdari]

Why does every IHOF related thread at every messageboard degenerate into Chubby in a fight with someone?

[Chubby]

Why does every IHOF related thread at every messageboard degenerate into Chubby in a fight with someone?

Don't forget to read who attacked who 1st. Wasn't I.

[Bee]

Has anyone else noticed how fast 3 days go by?

[Samdari]

Anyone ever notice that the fights are always someone else's fault?

[Chubby]

Anyone ever notice that the fights are always someone else's fault?


Ever notice how it's kinda hard to argue with yourself? Me too :rolleyes:

As you should know, cthomer has a hardon about trying to argue over any little thing I say. But w/e, I must have missed him attacking my comment which had nothing to do with him which started this.

[sovereignstar]

who are you again? :confused:
Bitch, gstelmack created FOF Extractor. What the fuck have you done?

[Passacaglia]

FYI, Yahoo leagues allow you to count incomplete passes as negative points.

[Kodos]

Well, this thread worked out well...

And now, I shall use the MIJB emoticon. :rolleyes:

[Chubby]

who are you again? :confused:

Eric Stratton, rush chairman, damn glad to meet ya. :D

[gstelmack]

Bitch, gstelmack created FOF Extractor. What the fuck have you done?

For the first time ever, I'm in favor of the QOTM coming back. And I have a candidate ;)

[sachmo71]

For the first time ever, I'm in favor of the QOTM coming back. And I have a candidate ;)

That is comedy!

[3ric]

Where is that diagram showing the relationship between a Chubby post and the deteriorating of a thread?

*looking*

[Buzzbee]

Where is that diagram showing the relationship between a Chubby post and the deteriorating of a thread?

*looking*

VPI97 posted it, if it helps you find it.

[Chubby]

:rolleyes: in honor of MILB

[primelord]

:rolleyes: in honor of MILB
Who is MILB? :)

[VPI97]

http://www.fof-ihof.com/upload/VPI97/timeline.gif
hee hee

[Chubby]

if you changed to the graph to "1st cthomer attack" then it may be accurate.

[cthomer5000]

if you changed to the graph to "1st cthomer attack" then it may be accurate.
yes, because you get into no trouble around here or IHOF without me inciting it. :MIJB:

[MIJB#19]

Who is MILB? :)I think he was referring to Cody Cluff, the IHOF 2004 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
:me:

Edit:
I somehow replaced "MIJB" with "me", how dumb of me... :rolleyes:

Additional Text for the edit:
Reading the replies so far, I guess there is very little interest in an IHOF based fantasy football league.

[Alf]

Reading the replies so far, I guess there is very little interest in an IHOF based fantasy football league.Yeah, snob those Fucking Elitists !