Let’s get this shit on! It’s time for the 2014 playoffs to begin. I know, I know, everyone handed the title to Bob a long time ago. I get it. He’s stacked. He’s a winner. He’s Bob. Yet, this is Robioland, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish and what do I always.…
The Championship Hangover
Repeating ain’t easy. We’ve covered this before. However, how long can one hangover really last for? Let’s investigate the most recent and pile on Rich Calderon. THE CHAMPIONSHIP Prior to 2013, the label of “best team to not win championship” was stuck on Rich Calderon like that tattoo on Rob Masterson’s ass that reads, “Jenna, 2…
2015 Mid-Season | All-Robio Team
We play 13 games, so there is no real halfway point, so I go with week seven as our midway point. Here are the All-Robio players…so far. Right now, I’m giving the league MVP to Devonta Freeman (Burrier). He barely beats out Tom Brady. Fact is, since becoming a starter in week three, he has…
Worst Starts in League History | 2015 Update
We talked about the best starts in league history, so now let’s go with the league’s worst starts in league history. Oddly enough, despite being the team in the league with the most wins, my name appears often on this list, along with Eric. Griff and I have been to over half the title games,…
Best Starts In League History | 2015 Update
As my wife will tell you, I’m a little rough out of the gate, but a strong finisher. Others are just the opposite. Here is a list of those opposites, the best starters in league history and how they finished up. As you will see, starting hot has been pretty meaningless. The only 9-0 team…
2015 Top Free Agent Grabs | Through Week 6
I count 15 good-to-great free agent pick ups so far this season. These are important. These kind of decisions can make or break a season. Hell, I put in a bid for four of the top five on this list and lost all four. I lost Freeman by $5. If I would have gotten Freeman,…
Robioland 2015 Predictions
Welcome to the preseason Robio Rankings. Normally I do a more detailed preseason predictions, but thanks to a short turnover, I don’t have the time before the season starts. I will have more later in the week. 1. THE DICK-TATERS (RICH C) Decision-making…it’s everything and it seems like this guy can’t make a bad one.…
2015 Keepers | Who’s In, Who Got Left Out
Keepers are in. 26 players ready to lead their teams to a championship team. CATEGORY ONE KEEPERS | RANKED When it comes to naming my top keepers (in whatever category), it’s not necessarily the players who I think will score the most points, but it’s points plus the round they are being kept in. 1.…
Results By Draft Picks
I’ve said for a long time that having the top pick in the draft is the surest way to guarantee success. With the exception of Eric in 2011, any person who has started the season with the top pick in the draft has made the playoffs. That’s a pretty stunning stat, especially since we are…
Steve Smith | Size Really Doesn’t Matter
Today, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver and former Carolina Panther, Steve Smith, announced this will be his final season. The dude has been around almost the entire time this league has existed. He was never quite an elite player (never getting drafted in round one), but he did manage to have elite seasons from time to…
Worst First-Round Picks | Last Ten Years
Okay folks, I’ve done plenty of write ups regarding first-round pick failures. We have each person’s worst pick of all-time, which is a good read and of course I always did a full log of everyone’s first round prior to the 2013 season. This one is different. Here are the top-30 worst picks in the…
2015 KEEPER OPTIONS
Here are the Robioland Football 2015 keeper options. If a player is “back in the pool” that means he’s been kept for three years and is a free agent again or the player was picked up during last year’s playoffs, thus he can’t be kept. If you see “*” that means that player had a…
2014 Keeper Grades
We are 25 days away from keepers being due. I know, right around the corner. However, before you start stressing about it, if last year taught us anything, the keepers don’t matter as much as we think they do. 2014’s keepers could end up being one of the worst collection of keepers of all-time. Time…
2015 Player Salary
The cap is as same as last year…$100, bitches. [table id=470 /]
2015…Can Anyone Be Bob?
It’s official, Robioland Football is old enough to go see an NC-17 film. That’s right, we are officially beginning year 17, yet, if Bob continues to dominate this league like he has, we’re going to be renaming it, Bobioland. Recently, Mr. Castrone finally released his film Flock of Dudes obviously in honor of my love…
2014 – The Record Book | Broken
The 2014 season featured many record breaking performances. Obviously Bob’s name is one you will see a lot on this post, but folks like Matt and Colby were also involved in plenty of records as well. Oddly enough, the only person in 2014 to not be in any game that cracked a top-30 of any…
In Memoriam…Maurice Jones-Drew
Maurice Jones-Drew has officially hung up his cleats, so it’s time to look back at his career in Robioland. Maybe because he was a power guy, maybe because he played for Jacksonville, but I’ll always remember the lack of appreciation for MJD. Despite finishing in the top-13 among all backs in his first six seasons…
2014 Season Ranked
Here is the updated season’s rankings…all 188 of them. If you finished among the top-47, congratulations, you either won a championship or delivered an elite season that failed to deliver a mug. If your season is ranked between 48-94, be proud. You made the playoffs. You are either a average team that produced a ton…
2014 Rewind
WEEK ONE Charles Bronson at My Ball Zach Ertz, 1079 – 1286 The Dick-Taters at Popular Internet Meme, 1697 – 1232 Two at Mollipop, 957 – 1514 Super Dupers at Johnny Hancock, 1453 – 1635 Welcome 2 FLA, Assholes at Quarter Pounders, 1673 – 1365 GronkowSki School 2 at Lynch Cobb, 861 – 1375 TUESDAY THOUGHT…
Bob Castrone | Four-Time Champion
If there was a fantasy football George Clooney it would easily be Bob. Nothing goes wrong for this guy, even when he tries (like swapping out his kicker for no apparent reason). Think about it, the three tightest finishes in this league’s post-season history all have one thing in common…Bob Castrone finding a way to…
Greatest Title Game Upsets
Early Friday, Matt Neatock asked me if he beats Bob, would it be the league’s greatest upset? It was a great question and I hadn’t really thought about it previously. Matt was a 338-point underdog heading into the championship game. That’s actually an improvement from earlier in the week when Bob was favorite by about…
2014 CHAMPIONSHIP | THE PREDICTION
It’s two-time champion Matt Neatock going against three-time champion Bob Castrone. We haven’t had this many past championships since 2011 when Bob and I had four combined. It’s going to get good, folks. BOB VS MATT…BY THE NUMBERS [table id=455 /] BOB VS MATT THIS SEASON Back in week four, these two both sat…
2014 Semifinals Deep Thoughts
HBO’s Game of Thrones is a favorite of mine. There’s politics, incest and lots and lots of full-frontal nudity (which reminds me, I have a movie idea. Bob, we’ll talk). It also has a famous saying: All Men Must Die! The same could be said in fantasy football: all Teams Must Lose. If you add…
2014 Draft Rewind
ROUND ONE 1. Rich B – Matt Forte RB CHI | Pos Rank: #3 | 3426 points When you only have one pick among the top 22, one can’t afford to miss here. Burrier did not miss. 2. Eric – Calvin Johnson WR DET | Pos Rank: #24 | 1748 points Four straight years as…
2014 Players
This is the first year, the major scoring changes went into effect. [table id=445 /]
2014 Playoff Predictions
Let’s get this shit on! It’s time for the 2014 playoffs to begin. I know, I know, everyone handed the title to Bob a long time ago. I get it. He’s stacked. He’s a winner. He’s Bob. Yet, this is Robioland and what do I always say? “Get to the playoffs and win three games.”…
Priest Holmes: The Man, The Myth, The Pain
A good read on Priest Holmes, arguable the greatest three-year stud in fantasy football history. I have fond memories about the former Browns/Chiefs running back in Robioland. 2001 was his breakout year. He earned first-team All-Robio that season with the Browns, delivering over 2,200 total yards, leading former league member Rick back into the post-season.…
2,000’s All Around
Heading into week 12, Bob was sitting on top of the world. He was first in points and first in the standings. Yet, like a typical Hollywood celebrity, being the king in the league just wasn’t good enough. So he went off and pulled a pair of trading deadline swaps that made him appear to…
Mid-Season Report: Best Free Agent Pick Ups
Since the 2001 season, 208 players have played in a Robioland title game. 35% of those players (74 in total) were free agent pick ups. No team has ever reached that final game without at least one free agent pick up. The draft matters, but championships can be won on the wire. Here are my…
Mid-Season Report: Best Picks By Round
The draft…does it really mean much? Who knows. My name appears three times on this list, which goes to show that the draft might be overrated? Or I’m really bad at keeping my category three sleepers? I cut them early and then trade for them later…a winning strategy since never. But this isn’t about me.…
2014 Mid-Season All-Robio Awards
It’s sort of the halfway point in the season and it’s time to look back at what we’ve seen. Let’s start off with something simple, the first-half All-Robio awards. Colby has the league MVP, Calderon has the most and I’m the only one to have nothing. In fact, there has never been a season in…
Worst Starts in League History
We talked about the best starts in league history, so now let’s go with the league’s worst starts in league history. Oddly enough, despite being the winningest team in the league, my name appears often on this list, along with Eric. Griff and I have been to over half the title games, yet he and…
Best Starts in League History
As my wife will tell you, I’m a little rough out of the gate, but a strong finisher. Others are just the opposite. Here is a list of those opposites, the best starters in league history and how they finished up. As you will see, things have not ended well for teams that start hot,…
2014 POST-DRAFT PREDICTIONS THAT COULD NEVER, EVER BE WRONG
Welcome to the 2014 preseason predictions. It’s time to checkout every team and tell you honestly how bad your squad really is. Yet, being that we are entering year sixteen of Robioland football, everyone has to be pretty damn bored of what I have to say. I fucking am. So this year, I got someone…
2014 Mock Draft | Post-Draft
I actually miss doing the mock drafts in the offseason and just prior to the draft. They’re my favorite write ups to do. However, it’s probably not a coincidence that when I stopped doing them, I started winning again every year. So like I’ve done the past couple seasons, I’m posting it as we are…
It’s Good To Be First
Last year Richard Burrier managed to win just two games all season long. That’s the bad news. However, the good news is, that means Mr. Burrier gets the first pick in the 2014 draft!!! How good of news is this? Very, because teams that have had the first pick have been solid-to-great the year they…
2014 Keepers | Robio’s Deep Thoughts
Keepers are in and it’s time for me to tell you how great you are or how stupid you are. I’ve also ranked you based on who has the best keepers. 1. MATT NEATOCK Rd 4 – Eddie Lacy, RB GB As a rookie, who didn’t play much during his first two games, Lacy managed…
Greatest Keepers Per Team
Keepers are due this Sunday. Lots of tough decisions to be made. However, let’s take a look back at each person’s greatest keeper (in no particular order). ROBIO MURRAY MARSHAWN LYNCH, 2011-2013 Oddly, despite my success, I haven’t really produced a lot of great keepers. Maybe I’m bad at it. Maybe I draft so well,…
How Bad Can You Be?
Guess what folks, Robioland football is finally old enough to drive. Yep, we’re heading into year sixteen, which means everyone has been involved in this league for over a decade. That means it’s a perfect time to show how bad everyone has been. Below is every current owners worst season ever. RANKING THE WORST OF…
2013 Season Rewind
WEEK ONE Fart Joke (L) Welcome 2 FLA, Assholes (W) 1406 – 1872 Quarter Pounders (W) Flock Of Dudes (L) 1482 – 1317 The Dick-Taters (W) Foleatio (L) 1345 – 1036 Two (L) Johnny Hancock (W) 1393 – 1616 Wet Brees (W) Butt Fumbles (L) 1555 – 1459 Mollipop (W) o0o0o (L) 1840 – 1180…
The Name of the Game is Trades
Performing a trade does not guarantee a championship. In fact, only seven of the league’s 15 title holders performed a trade during that championship run. However, trades are fun. There were seven trades made in 2013. It wasn’t the most ever for a season, not even close, but it wasn’t the worst either. The usual…
Greatest Team to Never Win a Title
For years, Rich Calderon hung the “greatest team to never win a title” label proudly around his neck, but no more. Sadly, it’s time to pass the mantle. Yet, who deserves it? Let’s look at our options. We have, in no particular order, Rob Masterson, Eric Vozzola, Jeff Greenblatt, Molly Coomer and Colby Hall. THINGS…
Calderon’s Encore
It’s a tricky situation. You’ve spent more than a decade chasing a dream. You’ve watch others take home mug after championship mug and it just leaves you thirsting for more. Then it happens. You finally end the misery and win that elusive championship. The mug is yours; life is complete…but now what? That’s the question…
2014 Keeper Options
Keepers win championships. Actually, that’s not true. Just asked 2006 Griff. However, a couple good ones doesn’t hurt. Here are every team’s keeper options for the upcoming season. When you’re ready to pick your keepers, you go to your team page on CBS and select the ones you want. [table id=394 /]
2013 Draft Rewind
Round 1 1. Jeff – Charles, Jamaal RB KC | Position Rank: 1st First time since 2003 that the top picked finished first at their respective position. 2. Don – Johnson, Calvin WR DET | Position Rank: 1st First time in league history the top two picks both finished first in their position. 3. Colby…
2014 Scoring Changes
IF YOU READ ONE THING I POST THIS YEAR…LET IT BE THIS. If you recall, I told you two seasons ago, that there will be changes made to the scoring system. Well, I’ve dug in deep, did my homework, calculated the math and I’ve come up with the new scoring system. NOTE: These changes don’t…
2013 Records: The Year of the Opponent
With the season over, it’s time to look back and see who joined the record book in 2013. Obviously, all records can be found on the RECORD BOOK page. POINTS FOR Matt Neatock scored 2,207 points in a week nine victory over Griff. That was the 7th most points ever scored in a game. Matt now…
Rich Calderon: Champion…Finally!
Of course, before we talk about the champion, we like to give one last shout out to the loser. Despite yet another title game defeat (this is Griff’s sixth in 15 years), it’s hard not to marvel at what Mr. Coomer has accomplished lately. Back in 2007-2008, he was getting fucked like a black kid…
It’s Dicks vs Assholes…the winner gets a mug.
It’s Robiobowl XV. It’s The Dick-Taters vs. Welcome 2 Fla, Assholes. I think this video sums up this contest. Now that we got that out of the way, let’s get serious. Rich and Griff, these two have been pretty good in Robioland. Griff is second all-time in points per game. Rich is third in the…
2013 Draft Rewind
Round 1 1. Jeff – Charles, Jamaal RB KC | Position Rank: 1st First time since 2003 that the top picked finished first at their respective position. 2. Don – Johnson, Calvin WR DET | Position Rank: 1st First time in league history the top two picks both finished first in their position. 3. Colby…