Fantasy Sports Finishes 5th In Index Rankings

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:01 am

We're happy to report that the Fantasy Sports Magazine tag team of Tom Kessenich and Greg Ambrosius again finished in the Top 5 in the Fantasy Index Magazine Experts Poll for 2007. This marks the second straight year that we've had a top finish as this year we ranked fifth among 25 industry pros. Heck, we even beat some folks who have pay sites for their rankings!!

Dan Bakley won this year's title, followed by Carl Weatherford.

Here's the final rankings for 2007 from Fantasy Index:

FINAL OVERALL STANDINGS
(top 11 qualify for Mock Draft in 2008 magazine)

207817 Bakley
207804 Weatherford
206200 Alan
205554 Pianowski
205147 Ambrosius
204989 Dorey
204738 Stephens
203992 Nazarek
203758 Hansen
203591 Serra
203463 Bonini
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203068 Liss
202945 Del Prado
202620 Henry
202386 Millman
202297 Zegura
202137 Kamys
202062 Swaw
201961 Endsley
201623 Ramsay
201041 Pappano
200357 Marshall
199999 Lenz
199785 Mitchell
196983 Gleesing

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:06 am

Must feel good beating Lenny after he ripped your Mag!

Is this based on actual end of year rankings vs. your projected rankings in all positions...or just QB, RB, WR, TE?

~Lance

[ February 01, 2008, 01:27 PM: Message edited by: sportsbettingman ]

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:36 am

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:
Must feel good beating Lenny after he ripped your Mag!

Is this based on actual end of year rankings vs. your projected rankings in all positions...or just QB, RB, WR, TE?

~Lance Hah!! We never hold any grudges!!

But yes, apparently our rankings were better than our writing in some eyes!!

This is based on a point system they use for all of the positions based on where we projected them and where they actually finished. This is for QB, RB, WR, TE and D/ST. They were sending updates each day this week and yesterday they sent the final rankings. We finished third in the QB rankings to vault us into the Top 5 yesterday, which was nice. We're in the Top 10 all-time for these rankings too, so I guess we do know a little about this stuff. We're not just nice guys, you know!!

We do know our football here.

sportsbettingman · Post by **sportsbettingman** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:46 am

Congrats Greg and Tom!

I may give Fantasy Magazines in general a bad rap, but your Mags that include stuff from your top winners are my favorites each year!

~Lance

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:56 am

Originally posted by sportsbettingman:
Congrats Greg and Tom!

I may give Fantasy Magazines in general a bad rap, but your Mags that include stuff from your top winners are my favorites each year!

~Lance Thanks Lance. It's easy to give fantasy mags a bad rap because of the timelessness that takes place. I can tell you from the time we go to press to the time you get the magazine is anywhere from 21 to 28 days later. That sucks, but it's not the writers' fault. When we go to press, damn is our stuff current!!! It's this damn thing called the Internet that makes us look so old!!!

But I still love ALL of the fantasy mags because ALL opinions are useful to me and all of the articles are worthy reads, whether you agree with them or not. And eventually it's up to each individual owner and fantasy owner to put together their own rankings after receiving all of this information and pulling the trigger on the tough calls on Draft Day. But without lots of different information, you're not going to win in today's info-filled world.

I love this stuff and as soon as we get done with our baseball rankings and magazines we're going to get started on football. And with any luck, some industry guys will trash our content again and we'll finish in the Top 5 of Fantasy Index's Experts Poll!!

Coltsfan · Post by **Coltsfan** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:05 am

I've been around fantasy football for a while but I still can't put the services with the names of most of that list - can anyone help?

Wayne

RedRyder · Post by **RedRyder** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:26 am

Originally posted by Coltsfan:
I've been around fantasy football for a while but I still can't put the services with the names of most of that list - can anyone help?

Wayne I know a few:

James Serra is co-founder of Fantasy Insights
Jim Lenz is co-founder of Fantasy Insights
John Hansen is owner of Fantasy Guru
Lenny Pappano is Draft Sharks
Millman (not sure which brother did the Poll) is Fantasy Football Champs (they did sell their site last year, but still contributed content)
Bonini is with KFFL

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:28 am

Originally posted by Coltsfan:
I've been around fantasy football for a while but I still can't put the services with the names of most of that list - can anyone help?

Wayne I hate to say it, but I don't know everyone either and I didn't get this issue in the mail. Maybe someone has that issue and can identify everyone. Here's my best guess:

207817 Bakley
207804 Weatherford
206200 Alan
205554 Pianowski - FantasyGuru.com
205147 Ambrosius - Fantasy Sports Mag
204989 Dorey - TheHuddle.com
204738 Stephens
203992 Nazarek - FFMastermind
203758 Hansen - FantasyGuru.com
203591 Serra - FantasyInsights.com
203463 Bonini - KFFL.com
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203068 Liss - Rotowire.com
202945 Del Prado - FantasyAuctioneer.com
202620 Henry
202386 Millman - FFChamps.com
202297 Zegura
202137 Kamys
202062 Swaw - GameTimeDecisions.com
201961 Endsley
201623 Ramsay
201041 Pappano - Fantasy Draft Sharks
200357 Marshall
199999 Lenz - FantasyInsight.com
199785 Mitchell
196983 Gleesing

[ February 02, 2008, 07:17 AM: Message edited by: Greg Ambrosius ]

Coltsfan · Post by **Coltsfan** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:13 pm

Originally posted by SNAKE:
...simply curious here but how come TK's name is not there side-by-side with Greg's?...SNAKE Greg was saving Tom's name for a bottom half finish.

Wayne