We did a May Mock draft, but that was May. This is July, so let’s do the July mock draft. ROUND ONE #1Dave Hightower Steven Jackson (RB STL) In the last mock draft, I have Masterson keeping Jackson, but this time I have him keeping Addai, which means Jackson becomes the #1 pick. Alexander may…
2007 Keeper Rankings
It’s May, but who cares. I know you don’t. So it’s time to take an early look at who has the best potential keepers in 2007. Remember the rules; three categories, Category One (Rounds 1-5), Category Two (Rounds 10-15), Category Three (Rounds 11-15). Once a player moves into categery one, he moves up two rounds…
2007 May Mock Draft
CBS Sportsline recently did a mock draft. So I wanted to see where some of those players are going to end up in our league. At this point I’m just assuming who’s keeping who and who someone might take. ROUND ONE #1 David Hightower Shaun Alexander (RB SEA) Griff’s got to keep Larry Johnson, so…
Spring Keeper Predictions
It’s about to turn August and we’re only three weeks away from announcing our beloved keepers. Remember the rules; three categories, Category One (Rounds 1-5), Category Two (Rounds 10-15), Category Three (Rounds 11-15).Don’t forget, after this draft there are two new keeper rules. 1) You can only keep a player three years. 2) The player…
The 7th Seed
Don becomes the lowest seed to win a title – Championship Game, 2006 The 2003 season was a major low-light in Don Vozzola’s career. He finished 4-10, averaging only 966ppg. The good thing though about being that bad is, you can only go up from there…and that’s what he did. Don followed up the ’03 disaster, with a…
The Lone Win
Dave wins his only game against Rich Calderon – Week Four, 2006 Sometimes it takes a little time before one realizes the importance of a moment. In this case, it took about nine weeks. Entering 2006, Dave started off a bit slow, dropping his first three. However, he only really had one bad game and he did…
The Seventh Seed Cometh (2006 Flashback)
Don becomes the first #7 seed to win a championship in 2006 Heading into the 2006 post-season, there were plenty of story lines. The league had two 10-win teams, Molly and Burrier…the former taking the scoring title, while the latter earned the top seed (back then head-to-head still mattered). We also had one division ready…
Four-Year Team Rankings
For four straight years, this league has been blessed by the same four players. Some may even say that the league really didn’t begin until this group of four arrived and that the four earlier years shouldn’t count. I personally feel like those people should die and go to hell and if they say that…
2006 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE Gator Nation 1178 at Burrier Bruisers 711 The Caucasians 1409 at David the Patriots 1334 Class of ’07 927 at Ming Dynasty 1493 Manhattan Projects 843 at The Goon Squad 1107 The Franchise 811 at The Quarter Pounders 1075 Molly Pop 1472 at Backstreet Boyz 1324 TUESDAY’S THOUGHTS #1 – Ming Dynasty: Back…
2006 Draft Rewind
Round 1 1 Bob – Reggie Bush, RB NO Still a bit questionable of a pick. Although Bush had a solid second half in ’06, I have to believe Bob would have picked up another win or two if he had Steven Jackson, rather than Reggie Bush. 2 Rob M – Steven Jackson, RB STL Don’t forget…
2006 Playoff Predictions
I’ve ranked the teams based on the team I think has the best shot to win it all. (BTW: If any of you guys who didn’t make the playoffs want to offer up some playoff predictions, go for it) #1 MOLLY POP (10-3, Division Winner, 2nd Seed) WHY SHE WILL WIN? When the only flaw…
2006 Player Stats
2006 Season
League Champion: Don Vozzola League Runner-Up: Robio Murray Top Seed: Richard Burrier Scoring Champ: Molly Coomer Lowest Scoring Team: David Hightower Worst Playoff Collapse: Richard Burrier Worst Team: David Hightower Luckiest Team: Richard Burrier Unluckiest Team: Eric Vozzola Best 2nd Half Turnaround: Robio Murray Worst 2nd Half Collapse: Don Vozzola Most Surprising Team: Molly Coomer Most Disappointing Team: Griff Coomer League MVP: L. Tomlinson, RB (Rich B)
Three-Year Team Rankings
Since 2003, we’ve had the same 12 folks all three seasons. Le’s see who has been the best of the bunch since 2003. THE LAST THREE SEASON – TEAM RANKINGS 1. Richard Burrier – Burrier Bruisers 2. Griff Coomer – Griff Stoner 3. Rich Calderon – Manhattan Projects 4. Robio Murray – The Ming Dynasty…
The Long Awaited Title
After losing four title games, Griff finally wins the big game – Title Game, 2005 There were the Minnesota Vikings, there were the Buffalo Bills and then there was …GriffCoomer. After six years in the league, Griff was one of the more successful teams in the Robioland. He had only one losing season and he had a knack for winning two playoff gamesand…
The Pick
Griff Coomer steals Larry Johnson from Rob Masterson – Draft – 8th Round, 2005 For a three-year stretch, there was no bigger stud than Priest Holmes. From 2002-2005, Priest was a first-round pick (or keeper). In2002, he help lead me to a title (earning player of the year honors). In 2003 he was the top running back up…
2006 Mock Draft
A four-round mock draft that should be completely ignored. * indicates keeper ROUND ONE 1. Bob Castrone – Steve Jackson, RB (Rams) 2. Rob Masterson – LaMont Jordan, RB (Raiders) 3. Eric Vozzola – Peyton Manning, QB (Colts) 4. Rich Calderon – Chad Johnson, WR (Bengals) 5. Molly Coomer – D. Davis, RB (Texans) 6.…
2005 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE Molly Pop 1006 at Griff’s Stoners 939 Don’s Gators 1481 at Eric’s Dolphins 1208 Ming Dynasty 1128 at The Franchise 980 David the Patriots 1735 at The Hart Foundation 893 Manhattan Projects 1459 at The Quarter Pounders 1217 Burrier Bruisers 1272 at Backstreet Boyz 1295 TUESDAY’S THOUGHTS MING DYNASTY Be EXCITED about…Peyton Manning.…
2005 Draft Rewind
Round 1 1 Matt – Corey Dillon (RB NE) – Position Rank: #18 THEN: He should do exactly what he did last season; just produce, baby. NOW: Injuries are starting to chip away at Dillon. More importantly, it’s the second straight year the top pick has been a disappointment during the keeper era 2 Robio…
2005 Player Stats
2005 Season
League Champion: Griff Coomer League Runner-Up: Colby Hall Top Seed: Don Vozzola Scoring Champ: Griff Coomer Lowest Scoring Team: Rob Masterson Worst Playoff Collapse: Don Vozzola Worst Team: Bob Castrone Luckiest Team: Matt Neatock Unluckiest Team: Eric Vozzola Best 2nd Half Turnaround: Griff Coomer Worst 2nd Half Collapse: Rob Masterson Most Surprising Team: Matt Neatock Most Disappointing Team: Rob Masterson League MVP: Shaun Alexander, RB (Griff)
2005 Mock Draft
This is my final mock draft before next week’s draft. the mock draft is based on conversations I’ve had with everyone. Although some people have told me who they plan on taking, others have told me who they’re leaning torwards, while others just told me which way they were leaning. The ones I didn’t talk…
2005 Keepers
Categories: Rounds 1-3, Rounds 4-7 and Round 8-15. DON VOZZOLA 2 – Dominick Davis, RB Houston Texans 8 – Willis McGahee, RB Buffalo Bills ERIC VOZZOLA 7 – Jeremy Shockey, TE New York Giants 8 – Larry Fritzgerald, WR Arizona Cardinals GRIFF COOMER 1 – Shaun Alexander, RB Seattle Seahawks 5 – Trent Green, QB Kansas City Chiefs 13 – Falcons Defense DEF Atlanta Falcons MOLLY COOMER 6 – Alge Crumpler, TE Atlanta Falcons RICH CALDERON 2 – Jamal…
The Streak
Matt Neatock scores over 1,000 in 24 straight games – Week Nine, 2004 Midway through 2004, there really wasn’t much to say about Matt Neatock. A solid (and active) league member in only his second year, yet he hadn’t really done much to impress anyone in fantasy football. He did manage a respectable 7-7 mark…
20,000/20,000
Both Jeff/Colby and their opponents score over 20,000 in a season – Week Fourteen, 2004 Right in week one, you just knew it was going to be one of those years. Heading out of the gate, the Pounders lost to Rich Calderon, 1,511-1,510 (the highest scoring one-pt game in league history). Two weeks later, theytraded for Barber and Dunn and…
The A-Train Takith
Richard Burrier drafts (backup) Anthony Thomas in the 3rd round of the draft , 2004 Heading into the 2004 draft, great things were expected from Rich Burrier. The fact is no one more set up for success in 2004 than the man they called Bruiser. He had just won the title the year before and thanks to a…
The Site
In the Spring of ’03, Robio creates the Robioland Football Site – September 8, 2004 In 1999, the league was simply a Ruby Tuesday league, which is why our league is rrtf.cbssportsline.com (The ‘rrtf’ stands for ‘Robio’s Ruby Tuesday Football’). Back then, pretty much nobody had computers. So to keep track of the league, I…
The Greatest Game
Bob beats Griff in the closes title game in league history – Championship Game, 2005 Luckily for me, I basically blogged this game and posted it right after it was over (thankfully, the site saves every post from August, 2000) and we can relive this game over and over and over again. Here’s the set up,championship game:…
Three-Wide
With only one running back, Bob dominates the league – Week Ten, 2004 Before week ten, one thing was for certain in Robioland Fantasy football…you needed two running backs to win (in fact, you weren’t allowed to play three-wide until 2001). By week fourteen, Bob took that ‘unwritten’ rule and shoved it up all our…
2004 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE David the Patriots 1690 at Robio Hurricanes 1218 The Franchise 1388 at The Republicans 675 Manhattan Projects 1511 at The Quarter Pounders 1510 The Burrier Bruisers 1181 at Backstreet Boyz 1507 Eric’s Dolphins 1195 at Griff’s Stoners 1275 Molly Pop 990 at Don’s Gators 1243 TUESDAY’S THOUGHTS MANHATTAN PROJECTS: Sometime early this morning,…
2004 Draft Rewind
ROUND ONE 1. DON – Marhshall Faulk (RB STL) KEEPER – Position Rank: #27 Looks like the end of the line for Faulk. Injuries forced Don to screw around with his lineup all season long, so starting in 2005, Faulk is going to be a glorified backup, right? 2. ERIC – Rudi Johnson (RB CIN) – Position Rank: #9…
2004 Player Stats
2004 Season
League Champion: Bob Castrone League Runner-Up: Griff Coomer Top Seed: Griff Coomer Scoring Champ: Colby Hall Lowest Scoring Team: Eric Vozzola Worst Playoff Collapse: Richard Burrier Worst Team: Matt Neatock Luckiest Team: Bob Castrone Unluckiest Team: Colby Hall Best 2nd Half Turnaround: Richard Burrier Worst 2nd Half Collapse: Eric Vozzola Most Surprising Team: Bob Castrone Most Disappointing Team: Robio Murray League MVP: Peyton Manning, QB (Rich B)
2004 Mid-Season Report
We’re halfway home folks, so it’s time for me to produce the annual mid-season report. Before we get started though, let’s look at some history. How were our former champs doing at the halfway point. 1999 – Robio Hurricanes 4-3…after an average beginning, Robio finish the season 7-0 2000 – Robio Hurricanes 6-1…greatest start in…
The Trade That Shook The Fantasy World
Colby lands Tiki Barber for the Quarter Pounders and the rest is history – Week Three, 2004 It will always been known as ‘The Trade’ and although it never directly resulted in anyone winning a title from it, we can only sit back and imagine what if. In 2004, Jeff/Colby, Matt and I all got off…
The Title
Richard Burrier scores a record 2,011 points in a title game – Championship, 2003 Rich was a bit of a disappointment entering the 2003 season. The previous year, Burrier failed to make the playoffs, simple because he lost a game in week one where he forgot to play a kicker who was on an actual NFL team. He…
The Game
Rob Masterson scores a league record 2,501 points in a single game – Quarter-Finals, 2003 Heading into the 2003 playoffs, Masterson was considered a solid team. In two regular seasons, he managed to twice go 7-7, winning a playoff game in 2002. He had recorded three career ‘weekly high’ scores to only one low score. He also manage…
The Comeback
Rich Calderon rallies from a 1-6 start to make the playoffs – Week Fourteen, 2003 Great things were expected from Rich Calderon in his expansion season of 2003. He had been waiting patiently for over a year for a spot to open up in Robioland. Who knew he would suck so bad out of the…
The Collapse
Bob starts the season 5-1 and misses the playoffs – Week Fourteen, 2003 The 2003 season was Bob’s first and he wasted little time putting up some wins. He rolled out winning three of his first four, but little was impressive about it. He only averaged 1,127ppg. However, in the next two weeks, Bob nailed down back-to-back 1,600+…
The Forgettable Three
Don has the worst three-game stretch in league history, week’s 1-3, 2003 Coming off a solid 8-6 season in 2002, Don was expected to take another step further in2003, especially with big names like McNabb, Dunn and Faulk, but it only took three weeks for all of us to realize, ’03 was going to be…
The Keeper
Richard Burrier drafts L. Tomlinson with the first pick – Draft – First Pick, 2003 In early 2003, after a few years of discussion, the league officially became a keeper league. In that year’s draft, everyone could keep any two players, plus one player they drafted after round eight. They would have to use their first,…
The Modern Era
Four new guys join the league and the lineup hasn’t changed since – Week One, 2003 In week one in 2003, nothing too amazing happened during the games. David beat me, Bob handled Matt, Griff crushed his wife, Eric beat a bad Don team, Burrier took down Calderon in the week’s highest scoring game, and Masterson beat his roommate…
The High (2003 Flashback)
Rob Masterson scores 2,501, a league record, in the 2003 Quarterfinals Heading into the 2003 playoffs, I’m not sure anyone could have predicted greatness from Masterson’s band of merry men. Forget the fact that after two seasons, he was just 15-15 (8-8 in 2002 and 7-7 after the 2003 regular season), the problem was the…
2003 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE Bob’s Bootylicious 1226 at Matt, The Guy In Rob’s Seat 639 David the Patriots 1310 at Robio’s Hurricanes 1041 Gang Greenblatt 1439 at Backstreet Boyz 1495 Manhattan Projects 1542 at The Burrier Bruisers 1762 Don’s Gators 603 at Eric’s Dolphins 960 Griff’s Stoners 1657 at Molly Pop 906 TUESDAY’S THOUGHTS BURRIER – Good…
2003 Draft Rewind
ROUND ONE 1. Rich B – L. Tomlinson RB, San Diego – Postion Rank: 1st Another successful 1st pick in the draft, lead all running backs in scoring. Imagine if he wasn’t in San Diego 2. Eric – Ricky Williams RB, Miami – Postion Rank: 9th This is your running back. This is what happens when your running…
2003 Player Stats
2003 Season
League Champion: Richard Burrier League Runner-Up: Griff Coomer Top Seed: Robio Murray Scoring Champ: Robio Murray Lowest Scoring Team: Don Vozzola Worst Playoff Collapse: Robio Murray Worst Team: Don Vozzola Luckiest Team: Molly Coomer Unluckiest Team: Rich Calderon Best 2nd Half Turnaround: Robio Murray Worst 2nd Half Collapse: Bob Castrone Most Surprising Team: Richard Burrier Most Disappointing Team: Rich Calderon League MVP: Priest Holmes, RB (Rob M)
The Woman
Molly becomes the first chick to win a playoff game in Robioland – Semi-Finals, 2002 Robioland has always been about diversity and Robio loves the Jews (Jeff), the retarded (Matt) and of course the ladies. The first woman was Stephanie. She was a cutie who knew a thing or two about football, but in2000, her…
The Rally
Robio wins the title after a 2-5 start to the season, Playoffs, 2002 2002, the season that gives all bad teams hope, proving that even the worst starts can be overcome. Out of the gate, I got lucky as Burrier failed to start a kicker who actually played on a team (I won by 28 points). In…
Griff’s Six’s
Griff loses six in a row and wins six in a row (all in one season) – Quarter-Finals, 2002 A two-game losing streak, nothing. A three-game losing streak, worry, but no big deal. A four-game losing streak, you have problems, but you could survive. A five-game losing streak, trouble. A six-game losing streak, season over…or…