Why Sunday @ 8p est is blocked off in my calendar…
It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve been a very patient girl. This Sunday, pre-season football begins! w00t! And that just marks the start of many months of watching games, tracking stats, and hopefully taking home the fantasty football trophy. (Did you hear that, boys? I’m comin’ after ya’s!)
Last year, our dear friend Brent Elias, the award-winning manager of the CSN Stores affiliate program (wicked cool affiliate program, here’s a link to join), organized a fantasy football league. They were scraping the bottom of the barrel when they asked me to join. I love football, but I had never managed a fantasy team before. However, for this data hound, it sounded like a ton of fun. So, as all good girls do when trying to organize something, I picked out a theme. After much careful thought and consideration, I decided to go with “The Hard E’s.” I would only pick players that had a hard phonetic E in their name to be on the team. Ex: Tom BradEEEE, RandEEEE Moss, Chicago dEEEEfense and PEEEEEnut, for example. They all scoffed, but I still came in a solid second. I prefer silver over gold anyway, looks better wtih my skintone.
This year, Jason Rubacky, the affiliate manager for Football Fanatics (join the program, they’re awesome) invited me to join his fantasy league. How could I say no? I’m still trying to come up with a theme… I’m thinking about naming my team “I Love Odd Men,” and going after odd-number jerseys…but with all that competition out there, and with Rubacky already starting the smackfest, I’m not so sure. But I still have a month to make my final decision. If you have any suggestions, I am ALL ears.
Did you really read this entire post? Man, you must really be bored. But then, you’re also now primed to participate in this here TWO-part freebie giveaway!
The first person who posts the two teams playing in this Sunday’s first pre-season game gets a $50 gift certificate from Football Fanatics. (Hint: One of the teams is actually a ShareAsale merchant!)
The first person to declare their undying loyalty to the Chicago Bears…and to list five reasons why Favre shouldn’t come out of retirement gets a classic tailgating game (fun for the whole family!) from CSN.
One prize per person, please!
Brent Elias says
August 1, 2008 at 3:57 pmNo mention of the winner from that league???
Your Hard E strategy was bold and successful! Well played mam, well played.
Linette says
August 1, 2008 at 7:30 pmIndianapolis Colts vs Washington Redskins:)
Rashmi says
August 3, 2008 at 11:03 amFavre should continue with his retirement here’s why:
1) He knows he is tired
2) He is too expensive
3) He’s getting a bit old.
4) His retirement will result in the
development of a new QB.
5) He wants attention.
Chicago Bears rock forever and ever and ever
Carolyn Tang says
August 3, 2008 at 3:56 pmWe’ve got our winners!!! :) Linette, hope you’re ready for the game, I sure am. In fact, I am officially stoked. I’ll email you on Monday to get your mailing info!
Rashmi, I completely agree with you! I’m not sure what’s going to happen, can you imagine Grossman/Favre? Egads. Anyway, I’ll get your mailing info on Monday as well.
AND YES. Mr. Brent Elias, who was the commissioner of the fantasy league last year, was COINCIDENTALLY the winner. Funny how stuff like that happens. ;)
Rashmi says
August 4, 2008 at 9:49 amYesterday I read that Favre is going to be back – I wasn’t expecting that. Thanks for this contest, it was fun! I like CSN store logos – time to get started with them.
Carolyn Tang says
August 4, 2008 at 1:46 pmI know!! I had the Skins/Colts pre-game on and heard the news about Favre. I can’t believe it. I suppose it makes sense to have people compete for the position, but thought the Packheads would want fresh blood. Who knows.
And yeah, definitely look into the CSN program, it converts like crazy. Brent’ll make sure you have everything you need. He’s a great aff manager and you’ll love working with him!
Linette says
August 7, 2008 at 5:56 pmWoo Hoo! I never win anything:) If you emailed me I don’t see it:( But I may have deleted it. I get a ton of emails, and sometimes get a little click happy.
Rashmi says
August 8, 2008 at 3:04 pmFavre joined the Jets!
I was trying to promote Favre Jets jerseys , but my machine crashed twice while I was entering the promotions! I should have known I wasn’t supposed to promote him! I gave up after 2 crashes.
I added CSN baby store items from the data feed, they’re great, I’m working on adding more of CSN store data feeds. Brent offered some very useful information on the feeds.
Are Redskins or Colts on SAS?