Fantasy...

Eddiejag · Post by **Eddiejag** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:11 pm

mY FIRST FANTASY was 1983 we did a touchdown pool, we had 8 guys put up a hundred dollars winner take all.I remember i wanted to take a rookie running back so took DARREN NELSON in round 5. He picked up 4to 5 td's that year , but in round 7 the guy who won the pool took a rookie out of USC named MARCUS ALLEN WHO SCORED 13 TD'S THAT YEAR.I had the right idea but wrong guy.

DIESEL02 · Post by **DIESEL02** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:17 pm

Hey Marc it wasn't Kentucky it was Minnesota and they would mail the stats to you three days after you put your next week's starting lineup in....anyhow Kentucky ...Minnesota same thing..right ?..lol....

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:26 pm

Eddy, thank GOD for new technology...lol

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:27 pm

Originally posted by Eddiejag:
mY FIRST FANTASY was 1983 we did a touchdown pool, we had 8 guys put up a hundred dollars winner take all.I remember i wanted to take a rookie running back so took DARREN NELSON in round 5. He picked up 4to 5 td's that year , but in round 7 the guy who won the pool took a rookie out of USC named MARCUS ALLEN WHO SCORED 13 TD'S THAT YEAR.I had the right idea but wrong guy. I didn't become a Marcus Allen fan until he played for the Chiefs with Montana...That was fun to watch.

The Next Big Thing · Post by **The Next Big Thing** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:17 pm

Originally posted by Diesel:
First of all, I figured out how to delete that last Fantasy Bust thread that was taken over by arch-enemies that I will leave nameless

...But I thought I would start a thread on the history of fantasy football...My friends and I started in 1991. First, We all agreed on a newspaper we would all use for stats. It had to be the same paper because back then, a lot of times there would be a difference in a yard or 2 in different newspapers. We used The Daily News. We would all buy the paper on Monday and Tuesday, and manually add up our scoring system, and then call your opponent to match scores, and then the commissioner to give the results...What a change in technology since then... You mean we don't have to add up our own points?

Dam! There goes my strategy.

[ September 01, 2005, 04:19 AM: Message edited by: The Next Big Thing ]

TradeStar28 · Post by **TradeStar28** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:21 am

The best evolution was going onto AOL in 1995 and typing in a little known KEYWORD - STATS FOOTBALL

Basically it was Stats.com at their inception (the company that KRAUSE owns now). Anyway....STATS FOOTBALL was the only place to get a up to the minute real time stats on the football games. They were about 60 seconds behind the actual games but not one of my friends knew about this. They all waited till Monday morning newspaper to do their scoring...

Eventually I let one non-AOL buddy of mine know that I can access my points and in real time.....To make a short story long...he told a few other league mates...and my damn phone used to ring off the hook with guys asking, "Hey Fisher....can you give me my stats for my team." That became quite annoying....

Eventually Stats.com said F-U to AOL and moved onto their own service because they wanted AOL members to pay for it.

Thank goodness NFL.com is technology cutting edge with inputing game STATs now...NFL.com is like 5 seconds behind every play which is amazing....

My last years partner, ICO JONES actually worked for the NFL on sunday by watching the games from their control booths and typing the plays into a computer immediately after they happened.

[ September 01, 2005, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: FI$HER ]

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:26 am

Originally posted by FI$HER:
My last years partner, ICO JONES actually worked for the NFL on sunday by watching the games from their control booths and typing the plays into a computer immediately after they happened. Whatever happened to Mr. Cojones? He was a good guy, and a fellow b-school alum.

TradeStar28 · Post by **TradeStar28** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:19 pm

Originally posted by King of Queens:
quote:Originally posted by FI$HER:
My last years partner, ICO JONES actually worked for the NFL on sunday by watching the games from their control booths and typing the plays into a computer immediately after they happened. Whatever happened to Mr. Cojones? He was a good guy, and a fellow b-school alum. [/QUOTE]Mr. Cojones is taking a one year sabbatical from fantasy land. I would guess he will be back with me next year because we are partners in the $100 satellite league