What did you do to celebrate opening weekend?
What did you take away from opening weekend?
How'd your fantasy team(s) do?
We celebrated opening weekend by tailgating at Raymond James Stadium for the Buccaneers vs. Panthers game. We got there at 1pm, the game was 4:25pm. While tailgating I listened to the Colts vs Bears on the TunedIn app plugged into the auxiliary port on the car stereo. It rained off and on the entire time, after a morning of heavy thunderstorms. So we spent a portion of our time going in and out of our ponchos! On my 'tailgaters grill' (topic of an upcoming blog) we made BBQ ribs and Italian Chicken Sausages. We tossed a football, and enjoyed the people around us! We made our way over to the stadium around 3:30, and received a Ronde Barber cinch sac. The Buccaneers were celebrating his 200th Consecutive start! Amazing!! We then enjoyed the National Anthem, sang by someone that was once on the Voice. (sidebar- Big Mike Lynche from American Idol did a way better job during the preseason game) The most amazing part was the flyover during the anthem! The Bucs then came out and dominated all sides of the ball, just leading me to believe they are way under ranked and will shock some people this year! After the win the home town crowd was HYPED! I mean random people giving high fives, People screaming TAMPA awaiting the reply of BAY from the sea of people in pewter and red! We then gave my husband's best friend his birthday beer cake. What a birthday, when the NFL kicks off the first Sunday of the season. (<-- So jealous... LOL) After that we rushed home, to see the night cap of Steelers at Broncos. We got home just in time for kick off!
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| Ronde Barber entering the stadium carrying the Bucs Flag! |
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| Beer 'Cake' |
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| Buc's Flag Training Camp 2012 |
I took several thoughts and opinions away after this weekend. I will bullet point them, to try and keep it clean and readable!
- Jim Irsay and the Colts organization made the worst mistake by cutting Peyton Manning. While I am still a Colts fan, I feel that this a huge error in judgement. How can you just cut ties with the man that has MADE your organization, and is the FACE of the NFL? We got NOTHING, when we could've gotten extra draft picks, or players in trade for him!!! Not that Andrew Luck won't be a superstar, but working a deal to receive someone or something of VALUE to put around Andrew Luck shouldn't have been overlooked. Especially for good Offensive linemen. . . .
- Peyton Manning is probably happy that Denver also got Tracy Porter in the offseason. Now when Porter grabs an interception and takes it back for 6, it is a positive thing... instead of having thrown the pick six... thinking back to the Superbowl against the Saints...
- Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow... did they surprise anyone else by throwing almost 50 points up? Just think I had that guy on my DO NOT DRAFT list... Let's see if Rex Ryan's Gang Green can keep it up!
- Adrian Peterson, Welcome Back Sir! What else can be said... Christian Ponder is probably the happiest person in the world that AP worked so faithfully to get back in playing shape! Tearing both an ACL and MCL just last Christmas, simply amazing.
- Conditioning is KEY. The Giants proved what poor conditioning can do to a team, as the Cowboys ran all over them in the second half. The G-Men looked slow, and tired in the second half. They better be ready when these Young, Fast, & Hungry Buccaneers come to town for week 2. The Bucs are in shape, new coach Greg Schiano has made sure of that.
- They need to end the Referee Lockout. There are too many missed calls, and then make up calls. It's just pitiful and I guess holding is legal now, because they're afraid to call it. On the bright side, Shannon Eastin is officially the first female official to work a regular season game. Congrats!
- The Madden Curse... will Megatron be affected? Calvin Johnson is on the cover, and he should be primed for another amazing season. Although the St. Louis Rams did keep him out of the endzone... We'll keep watching this!
-The blackout rule imposed by the NFL is awful. I hope that something can be done about this because I want to watch Bucs games, and cannot afford season tickets.
-The league is getting younger, with the exception of a few journeymen like Ronde Barber, Peyton Manning, and Ray Lewis, this season saw many familiar faces getting cut in favor of youth... especially for kickers.
-Kevin Ogletree and Andrew Hawkins... Did you know those names before week 1??
The fantasy scoop...
I have teams in 3 leagues. I am 1-0 in both of my 'radio' leagues. In my friends/family league the @VikeChick stomped me through the mud and back! Congrats you're 1-0, if we play again I am coming for ya!!
The Good:
In my Tampa ESPN 98.7 The Fan League, my team QueenoftheMancave is 1-0. I beat a cocky guy who named his team SUCKS TO BE U. But I came from behind and won, would've been a blow out but I made an error in judgement on RB's. I won 95.75 - 87.50. I let the heckling get to me and played Turbin RB Seattle who got .25pt and had Morris RB Washington on my bench who had 21pts. Julio Jones and Denver's Def made my game!! I am sitting in 6th place overall in this yahoo based league, that was live drafted.
In my Decatur, IL ESPN 1050 The Fan League my team Stroke of LUCK is 1-0. I beat a team co-managed by Aric Lee and Tim Bruns. I won 107-85. I did this with more questions than answers at quarterback. I ended up going with Russell Wilson a rookie from Seattle over Jake Locker a 1st time starter in Tennessee. Locker had more points, but also got injured. (I am shopping the waiver wires...) I had 4 players carry me to the win: Arian Foster RB from Houston, Julio Jones WR Atlanta, Pierre Garcon WR Washington, and Baltimore's Def. All were close to or exceeded 20 points. I am in first place overall in this ESPN based auction drafted (thanks to @VikeChick for being my proxy) league at the moment. This is the most important, as you can move on after 8 weeks into a new 'league' with a new auction drafted team, for a chance at $500 cash! So I hope my guys keep it up.
The BAD & UGLY:
In 'Abusement Park' my friends and family league where we have a guys division and a girls division,
I am dead last. My husband is one spot ahead of me in 11th place. In this league I listened to an outside source who shall remain nameless and left Michael Bush and Pierre Garcon on the bench. Had I played those guys it would have been a close game if not a squeaked out win... So now I am going to have to climb one rung at a time up the ladder.
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