Lindy's Latte - Week Ten (back from a BYE week)

      She came, she saw, she conquered. Yes, fellow Captain’s League owners, you are losing to a woman. I hope you’re drinking some strong coffee this morning—and I don’t mean the hard stuff. You’ll need your wits about you to climb back up to the top! I believe every single one of you, except Dave, has a chance to win this week and eek closer to the cherished playoffs. I admit coming into this league I didn’t think about the championship, but sitting pretty at the top spot, more than sugarplums are dancing in my dreams. More on that later.

I’d like to start this week’s blog with a little math lesson:

1+1=2,             2+2=4,            4+4=8,             8+8=16.

      Yes, I watched many of you do your elementary school arithmetic and know you can do this simple math. Let’s look at a few more complex problems:

16-9=7,            32-8=24.

Yes, yes. I know these problems are easy as well.

      You’re probably wondering why I’m giving you math problems in a Fantasy Football blog. You see, I’ve heard from several league members that if Bobby B had just started his boys Brady and Spiller on his Insane Clown Posse, Victory would have been his. And if he’d started Brady, Spiller, and Tolbert he would’ve broken some league scoring record. Boys, boys, this is where the FANTASY comes in.

      Maybe in addition to a math lesson, we need to cover philosophy and “make a systematic examination of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, causality, and freedom. (Encarta)” Obviously reality has been thrown out the window, so let’s look at the existence of alternative (higher scoring players from the bench). We must then throw in a substitution from the Cobra Commander bench of Mike James over Ray Rice (a bonehead move is missed—causality apparently is also being ignored in this discussion of Bobby B’s loss).

Bobby B did go to Berkeley and he even graduated, so one would think he could figure out the outcome of this unique combination of Math and Philosophy.

Let’s look at the full equation:

ICP finished the week with 100 points. If he’d played his beloved Brady he’s assuming another 40 points, but first he’d have to subtract 8, for a net of 32 (-8+40=32). Now let’s look at the Spiller/Tolbert substitution (-9+15=6), and the Allen/Williams substitution (-3+20=17).

CC finished the week with 151 points (after that lovely man who calculates adjustments each week gave her another point). Factor in the James/Rice substitution (-3+20=17).

ICP:     100+(-8+40)+ (-9+15)+(-3+20)=155

CC:      151+(-3+20)=168

      I hate to beat a dead horse (or Posse of Clowns), but that is still a 13 point win.

      Now onto my previous comment about sugarplums dancing in my head, giving me a new dream of  a Captain’s League Championship VICTORY!  More to the point—wearing the Championship Belt. And boy do I have plans for that belt. I’m not sure if any of you saw the article in the RJ last week about the Championship of Poker watch, but here’s a picture of it:

      Let me just say, that I have big plans for the Captain’s League Championship belt!

For week 10, Lindy will be serving up a beverage that she thinks any of you can prepare.

Patron XO – pour the desired amount into a glass, either over ice or straight up!

Cheers.

Melinda (Lindy) Brown is a WOMAN, a MOTHER, and soon to be FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPION.