Counting down to football

Whether this little baby is a boy or girl, with Jay as its daddy it's definitely going to be growing up as a Saints fan. Unless, of course, Uncle Scott persuades him/her into cheering for the Cowboys, but we'll see about that. So as football season draws near, so does Fantasy Football. And oh how we just love Fantasy Football time.

For those of you who have not lived with a Fantasy Football player, let me have the pleasure of painting you a picture. First comes draft night...and oh do we have to do some research prior to draft night! And this year Jay's brother Scott is the commissioner, along with some of Jay's help...which means LOTS more time entering data into the website. Then comes the many nights (every night) of "blogging" -- grown men bickering (not really the best word to describe it, but you get the picture) back and forth on their fantasy football website chat area. It's quite entertaining to read.

THEN comes the big night each week -- drop / add night. Oh my goodness, this is a HUGE night. Predicting who is going to drop who, who gets to pick that player up, and so forth. NOTHING else can be planned on this evening. ALL time goes to picking your players. This is, of course, after HOURS of researching players during the week. We must know vital information on every player including stats, injuries, arrests, how long the fractured toe will take to heal so we can guess whether or not he'll play and if so how long he'll be in the game, long enough to get ten yards and get me some points?, long enough to throw my receiver a 20yard pass so I get two more points than the other guy's receiver?, is his mamma going to be at the game distracting him?

And need I remind you that all we get out of these hours of player-stat-research-drop/add-time is points on the computer screen -- we're not actually getting to bring these players home with us for the week or get a cut of their multi-million dollar contract salaries. We're just hoping they play good so we get some points next to our name. I can't begin to tell you how important this is.

The winners do get some money though. Jay and Scott DID win the season last year, both going to the Super Bowl. (Yes, that's right...there's a Super Bowl) So, they won a nice little chunk of change. But Sarah & Baby won't be spending any of that. That money is set aside for the next exciting sporting event... Fantasy Basketball.

So there's our little "shout out" to the upcoming football season! Went to Arlington last weekend to see my Aunt & Uncle and got a few pics of the new Cowboys stadium (above) with the retractable roof. Even though I'm not a big Cowboys fan, the new stadium might convince us to buy some tickets... :)

http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/