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Baboontyme

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  1. When you go to set the league up, the very first thing you have to set is the number of teams. I'm still hoping we can get a 12th. But we will use ESPN standard scoring for a ppr league. I believe it's 6 point TDs, 4 pt passing TDs etc.
  2. Alright, things looking good. We are confirmed at 10, @elguapo is in if necessary at 11, and I already have a message out to my nephew about 12. I'll follow the same timeline unless I get a confirmation from my nephew or someone on surly that they will take team #12. If or when that happens I'll set the league up as and get invites out as an as I can.
  3. Ok, here is my plan. Still hoping of course I can get a reply from Jack and get his and his buddy's info. Either way, hope 1 is to get one more from the board to join and then we have 10 including @elguapo whether we hear from Jack or not. If that doesn't happen by late morning-ish, I think I can talk my nephew into taking a spot if I help fund his team (I would not collude, I ain't about that). OR @Derka @henrygandorf any interest in splitting up and each taking a team? If not to both of those, I'll see if I can farm someone off of the rivals MSU board. In a perfect world we get Jack and his buddy in, plus elguapo and another via one of the methods above. Either way by tomorrow, let's say 6 pm ET/5 CT, I'm going to set the league up and send out invites. I want to give as much time as possible to get other owners in. I will also draw teams from a hat for draft order, nod to Mama Derka. I would absolutely love for her to do it if we knew who the teams were lol. I will have my daughter do it, I'll record it and post it here and I think ESPN also will send an email out. She's 12 so don't get excited. The draft will be at 10:30 ET tomorrow night. Feel free to ask anyone you think might or might not be interested for this last spot to even us out.
  4. Sweet. Can we get another?? 10 with the chance to go up to 12 is much better than 8 with a chance to go to 10.
  5. Getting a bit nervous this is going to fall through if we don't hear from Jack. Can't exactly draft for him and his buddy. I did PM him in addition to tagging him above. 8 team league with 4 flex spots? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
  6. No not yet. I need to get Jack and his buddy's emails and then I'll set it up and send invites.
  7. Still waiting for Jack Straw. Anyone know him irl?
  8. If we can get @Jack Straw to confirm himself and his +1 we can try to pull the draft off tomorrow night if the time is more convenient. Everyone else is confirmed. I'm happy to try to do both of these drafts at the same time, I just don't want to have to do early rounds at the same time as I'll be manager of both so I would like to stagger. Worried about having to stop, restart, etc if there are issues. Please vote on your preference by posting in this thread, and please let me know if you have a hard conflict and can't do one of these. Tuesday 9 PM Central Wednesday 7 PM Central Wednesday 9:30 Central
  9. I'm good with it, especially if we wind up with only ten teams. Send me your email please Doc. I won't set the league up and send out invites until tomorrow night in case we can get two more.
  10. When you guys confirm, please pm me email addresses for yourself and if you have a co owner or if you have a buddy who you identified as wanting their own team.
  11. Discover commercials continue to make me want to punch babies.
  12. I think we have 10 and that's enough to have a go. Please confirm participation for you and your +1s. 1. @tokamak 2. @ITHorn 3. @ITHorn's buddy 4. @Zwylde 5. @Jack Straw 6. @Jack Straw's buddy 7. @Doc Sam Beckett 8. @Derka 9. @Zepol87 10. Me Still happy to go to twelve if we can get two more. I'd say PPR, standard scoring, QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, Flex (2), TE, K, DST and 6 bench spots. Does anyone object? Just trying to throw some parameters together here. ESPN is cool. I have a draft Wednesday at 9:30 ET, could we maybe draft at like 8 ET/7 CT Wednesday so I'm not juggling too many windows? $100 buy in, $700 to champ, $300 to second, third place gets nothing and likes it.
  13. The neighbor thing really had me in my feelings before the baby news. Family of 4 that lives a few doors down from us. When we moved in, in our late 20s, the girls were young. Got to know them all. The dad, who speaking of Homer, used to remind me of Ned Flanders. He would take the youngest daughter around as she got into her early teen years with a lawnmower to mow ours and other lawns so she could raise money for college. She would babysit my kids when they were little. Apparently at some point they got a goldfish. When the girls went off to college, one day Terry and Sandy asked us if we could watch the goldfish when they were going out of town. Young and naive I did not recognize this trap. When they returned, Terry told me congratulations, your kids now have a goldfish. They were excited of course, and renamed him Simba. A few years later, I think it was 2017 or so, Terry in his mid 50s and very healthy, had a massive heart attack while on the treadmill and died. It was very sad to see those girls have to mourn their father. And now, just a few years later, their mom is gone as well. Simba outlived both of them. We were talking to the girls at the visitation, the damn goldfish is 15 years old and still going strong. Anyway RIP to Sandy and Terry.
  14. Baboontyme

    Getting old sucks

    Happy Birthday Wally.
  15. It has been a really depressing week. First found out my early 60s, healthy, widowed way too early, neighbor died suddenly last weekend after a massive blood clot. Saw her on a dog walk Friday night, a few hours later she called EMS and was gone. Then the school shooting. Then yesterday we found out that my wife's niece's newborn has an extremely rare genetic disorder and will never walk or talk and probably will have a short life. I am pretty close with the niece and have been her fun uncle since she was a toddler even before we were married. She was the flower girl in our wedding. I got a call from my fil today to ask that my son and I go over to my nieces house tomorrow to carry a freezer into the basement. Of course. They are home from the hospital, this will be my first time seeing the baby. I am going to cry, for sure. I have no idea what to say to them. Just some absolute tragic stuff. I'm ok really, just venting a bit. The sadness that I'm feeling can't even begin to compare with what others are going through. Thanks for listening.
  16. That would be 8. I'm not sure what Roll Left's intent is. I think we need at least ten. I posted it up on the football board the other day and no interest. Not hopeful but we've got a week so no harm in letting it play out and see if we can get 2-4 more.
  17. Didn't think so. But if you do, or know anyone who does, looking for 4-5 others to fill out a league. It will probably be a $100 league, and if we're lucky we might be able to get @Derka's mother to draw our draft order out of a hat. Please post up here if interested.
  18. @Steelers Roll Left I don't know what platform. Would like to fill the league first. If you're interested it's at 8. I would hope for a minimum of 10. Think we could get 2-4 more by next Thursday?
  19. Draft was tonight. If your league pays any kind of attention don't count on those rookie discounts. Hampton, Henderson, Harvey, Kaleb Johnson, T Mac all went for a premium well beyond where they were projected (auction). I have the worst RB room in the history of my league that has been going since 93. James Connor, the Jags (with BT Jr as my keeper) and I better hope Cam Skeetebo comes around. On the plus side it's a ppr league and I'm 7 deep at WR/TE/Flex. Still not what I was going for. Josh Allen is my RB1 I guess.
  20. FYI the Chase Reserve card bonus is now 125k points after 5k spend. Unfortunately I am ineligible I guess because I collected the bonus for the Preferred card. At least they told me during the application before the credit pull. I wound up going with the Amex Delta Gold which gave me 60k Skymiles after 4k spend.
  21. Your buddy, as well? If so we are up to 6. 8 would be pretty dumb but we could do it. Start recruiting fellas.
  22. I saw that Dept Q got renewed for a S2. Good news.
  23. Just keeping with the theme. Update: We have 10 and possibly 11. Draft will be Wednesday night, likely 9:30 Central. $100 entry. PPR and standard scoring. QB, RB, RB, WR, WR, Flex, Flex, DST, K. Need one more to make it a 10/12 team league in case we don't hear from Jack.
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