First off, I’d like to welcome a new member to the Brian Yeung “Random Thoughts” fan club; Chris Brockman (clap,
clap, clap, clap). Please come in. Take a seat. There are plenty available. Don’t be shy. Take a seat in the front
next to the other fanclub members: otherwise known as my girlfriend and Parker (who is not the same person. I
swear).
Oh wow, what a surprise. Scott Watson. I didn’t know you were a fan. Please come on it. What’s that? Oh, the I hate
Brian Yeung fan club is meeting down the hall in the auditorium. You’ll find my parents, the rest of the league
members, all my ex-girlfriends, my college roommates, and the rest of my intermediate family there.
Other quick notes:
- The foot is healing slowly. The boot is off, but the foot is still sore and slightly swollen. That’s why I’m
questionable for football this week. I was shocked when one fellow player said to me, the game won’t be the
same without their key go to receiver. That last time I was the go to guy for anything was during math class in
High School. - I’m loving all the movie quotes on the Yahoo! League website. I’m also loving the subtle touches that
apparently only Jay, Parker, Josh, and I get. Sidenote: the Dr. Deayy touch was nice. Parker’s post about
Sherman was another brilliant one. - Who else is watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire this weekend? I know Jay is.
Going with the flag football theme: I remembered Josh comparing the league members to real life players last year.
So, having fun with that I offer my comparison of real life players to each one of us that played: For example:
Scott – Brian Westbrook
Navid – Steve Smith
Jay C – LaDanian Tomlinson
Jason – Terry Glenn
Matt Pfeffer (I know he isn’t a part of the league) – Mike Sellers
Gregg Moore – Brett Favre
Brian Yeung – Robert Ferguson
Marc Epstein – Jimmy Smith
Things that will happen before I win the ROFFL championship trophy.
- Jay Cantor will settle down.
- Dave Allocco will move out of New Jersey.
- Terrell Owens will play for the Eagles again (a big reason why I won’t win the championship this year).
- Oceans Thirteen will be made and restore the greatness that is Oceans Eleven. BTW, was anyone else
disappointed by Oceans Twelve? I was so excited to see that movie and loved the first one. But it pretty much
sucked.
Predictions for the rest of the year.
- Nick Serrano will fall short of the playoffs again, thanks to lack of points.
- I will have an indirect effect on the 2005 champion. Either Brock will win b/c Terrell Owens comes back and
plays during the playoffs or Parker will win with the help of Corey Dillon. - Jay Cantor will hold a memorial for LDT during his last week as a member of 5 Second Stare.
What if?
- Navid had kept Antonio Gates instead?
- Scott had kept Randy Moss instead?
- Jason didn’t draft Michael Bennett?
- Nick Serrano had attended the draft?
- Duane Evans was still in the league and Jarrett wasn’t?
- Chris lived in New York? What team would he root for? Would he be anti-Bush?
- Marc, Jay, and I didn’t spending so much time writing our columns? Would that make a difference on our
respective teams? - Dave had the entire NY Giants roster on his fantasy team?
- Parker Deay wrote a column?
- Rich Kiss didn’t have to deal with Katrina?
- Gregg didn’t trade Chris Brown for JJ Arrington?
- Josh still lived and worked in the New York area?
Fantasy football Hall of fame!
If there were one, who would you put in it? It’s hard to go back in time; b/c stats have gone to a whole new level
recently. But here’s my list. Feel free to add to it. Requirements for consideration are several years of consistent
production worthy of fantasy football.
QB – Peyton Manning
QB – Dan Marino
QB – Warren Moon
QB – Brett Favre
RB – LaDanian Tomlinson
RB – Shaun Alexander
RB – Emmitt Smith
RB – Walter Payton
RB – Barry Sanders
RB – Jim Brown
WR – Jerry Rice
WR – Cris Carter
WR – Randy Moss
WR – Terrell Owens
WR – Marvin Harrison
WR – Art Monk
TE – Tony Gonzalez
TE – Kellen Winslow
K – Adam Vinatieri
K – Mike Vanderjagt
Def – Chicago Bears
Def – New York Giants
Def – Pittsburgh Steelers
Def – Baltimore Ravens
ROFFL: The movie
I’ve been working on this for the longest time. Couldn’t think of a good one for everyone, so feel free to add your
input.
Jason Cantor – Jared Leto (one night stand to be played by Rachel McAdams)
Parkey Deay – Jon Heder (booty call to be played by Lil’ Kim)
Jason Sherman – Breckin Meyer (Jeri to be played by Danica Patrick)
Gregg Moore – Kris Benson (Karen Moore to be played by Anna Benson)
Chris Brockman – Woody Harrelson (Chris’ #1 girls to be played by Nikki Ziering)
Nick Serrano – Casey Affleck (Julia to be played by Svetlana Chorkina)
Marc Epstein – Adam Sandler (Stephanie to be played by Drew Barrymore)
Navid Sadri – Frankie G (star of Johnny Zero, The Italian Job), (Navid’s baby mama to be played by Catherine Bell
(JAG – she’s half Persian)).
Scott Watson – Adam Brody (O.C.), (The future Mrs. Watson to be played by Mischa Barton)
Dave Allocco – Michael Imperioli (Sopranos), (Tina to be played by Drea DeMatteo)
Josh Lukin – Jimmy Kimmel (Lauryn to be played by Sarah Silverman)
Jarrett Blass – Simon Rex (Jarrett’s date to be played by Anna Faris)
Rich Kiss – Adam Carrolla (Rich’s lovely lady to be played by Lindsay Lohan)
Filming will begin as soon as possible.
Oh yea, football. Quick ROFFL thoughts:
Two teams have made the playoffs and gotten that nice little asterisk. Congrats to Scott and Navid. I think Navid
may have the right approach. He focuses on his team. Let’s everyone else do the talking. Just collects the wins and
the trophy.
Chris, Jarrett, and Dave will be joining them shortly.
Dave’s team is coming together nicely at just the right time. Lucky me, I get to play him this week. Funny, how he
only checks his team like once a week.
That’s five definite to make the playoffs.
Jay and Gregg will be in as well.
I think the last spot comes down to Josh, Nick, and me. Josh gets the lucky number eight spot.
What happened to Eli Manning? Ever since Rich traded away McNabb, the guy just hasn’t played well. It’s been
masked by the team winning. Sidenote: Just for kicks, it would have been hilarious if Rich and I traded McNabb for T.
O. this year. Like Rich said when I brought it up. It would have been a classic.
Speaking of McNabb, looks like two of the trades Parker made went the Javon Walker route with both McNabb and
Dillon injured and out for some time. I apologize to him for trading him Dillon. It’s unfortunate that our friendship had
to end over this. But hey, we got a good seven years out of it.
Impressive win by Jason on Monday beating rival, Marc. Jason’s in a tricky situation. Should he try and guarantee
the #1 spot (aka the LT prize) or try and play for pride and avoid the toilet bowl award? Sidenote: Now that Jason
got to be “owner of the week” for having a girlfriend, I want to know what it is going to take for me to be “owner of the
week”. Is this something every league member gets to be over the course of the year?
Finally, in honor of my opponent for the week, Dave Allocco, I give you one of my favorite quote from one of Dave’s
favorite movies; Swingers staring everyone’s favorite Vince Vaughn. This is what I wanted to post on my smack talk,
but it was too many words.
“Look at this, OK? I want you to remember this face. This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.”
