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Year: 2013
2013 Kicker Cheatsheet Week 3 Forward
A kicker’s fantasy worth changes from week-to-week. As each game is played, stronger or weaker opponents are crossed off the list that each kicker will face. The team for which a kicker plays may become more or less conducive to …
2013 Kicker Cheatsheet – Week 3
Would you like to know which kicker to start in week 3 of the 2013 season? Our cheatsheet takes into account the propensity of a kicker’s team to score points and to win games – shown through regression analysis to …
2013 Kicker Cheatsheet Week 2 Forward
A kicker’s fantasy worth changes from week-to-week. As each game is played, stronger or weaker opponents are crossed off the list that each kicker will face. The team for which a kicker plays may become more or less conducive to …
2013 Kicker Cheatsheet – Week 2
Would you like to know which kicker to start in week 2 of the 2013 season? Our cheatsheet takes into account the propensity of a kicker’s team to score points and to win games – shown through regression analysis to …
2013 Kicker Cheatsheet – Week 1
Would you like to know which kicker to start in week 1 of the 2013 season? Our cheatsheet takes into account the propensity of a kicker’s team to score points and to win games – shown through regression analysis to …
2013 Preseason Kicker Cheatsheet
In my last post, I wrote about using the science of statistics, namely regression analysis, to find a correlation between the success of NFL kickers and some other easily tracked stat. As an example, if a fantasy football team owner …
Using the Science of Statistics to Select a Fantasy Kicker
Kickers are an enigma when it comes to fantasy football. One kicker might be the most accurate in the league, have the ability to consistently nail field goals from 50+ yards out, yet rank near the bottom in fantasy kicker …
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Game Review: GoLong!
We had yet to beat them. In our first meeting we struck early and confidently led 10-0 at the half. It all evaporated in the second half, and we fell 24-29. Our second meeting was a bloodbath. We were destroyed …
Cool Fantasy Football Rule 2: Rewarding an Undefeated Season
If you’ve played fantasy football long enough, you know that it’s virtually impossible to run the table on a season and finish undefeated. To achieve such a feat in real football is difficult enough, but it’s even more unusual in …
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Football Sculpture Makes You Smile
Serendipity. That’s the word that popped into my mind when I first saw the Hey Mary Lou! sculpture at this season’s “Walking Sculpture Tour” in my home town. Commingled with 33 other sculptures is an energetic image of a pair …
Make Your Own Football Memorabilia
Are you looking for football memorabilia to dress up your office or commemorate a special player that’s led your team to your fantasy league’s championship? Don’t spend your hard-earned money buying memorabilia. Make your own. It’s not difficult, and it’s …
Cool Fantasy Football Rule 1
This is my first post regarding cool fantasy football rules, and as such, you may expect that this rule will be one of my favorites. You are absolutely right. It ranks right up there at the top. But the beauty …
One Page 2013 NFL Schedule
I find it’s important to have a one page NFL schedule at my fingertips. I keep a copy pinned to my cubicle wall at work, another stuck with magnets on the refrigerator in my kitchen, and yet another in my …
Best Football Song of All-Time
I’ve been thinking recently about music as it relates to football. There are classics such as those from Sam Spence and NFL Films. Round Up, The Magnificent Eleven, and Up She Rises are all great examples of Spence’s timeless football …