Archive for September, 2009

Poker for Pregame

Monday, September 21st, 2009

When playing poker online, there are a plethora of choices available to you and it’s important to pick out the site that is best suited for your game.  What kind of player are you?  Can you compete against the best or are you just learning?  Each site has its own niche. One of the most [...]

Monday Man Crush: Jahvid Best, Cal

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Like many of you in college fantasy football, I single-handedly lost my week 3 matchup to Cal running back / Heisman-trophy candidate / fantasy football stud Jahvid Best. Hey… at least you know you’re not alone. Best ruined the home opener of a new, on-campus stadium for the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday as he accumulated 148 total yards (131 rushing, [...]

September 19 Top 25 College Football Picks

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

After looking over this week’s spreads for Saturday’s slate of Top 25 college football games, I have to wonder how betting spreads would change if the guys who sets the lines in Vegas were active college fantasy football players. For example, Ohio State is currently a 20.5-point favorite over Toledo on Saturday. The game is [...]

Monday Man Crush: Taylor Potts, Texas Tech

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Texas Tech junior quarterback Taylor Potts officially “arrived” on the college football scene on Saturday against Rice. As Texas Tech quarterbacks normally do under the offensive direction of Mike Leach, Potts led the Red Raiser aerial assault to a whooping of Rice on Saturday in Lubbock, 55-10. Performances like the one Potts had on Saturday [...]

Fantasy Football Attracts Advertisers

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The USA advertising industry is in the doldrums, much like the economy itself.  Advertising revenues for the first half of 2009 are down 15%. But, marketers will always go where the boys are and during the Fall, American men are involved with the passion of fantasy football.  27.7 million Americans play fantasy football and they [...]