Are You Ready for Some Football!?

This afternoon, the defending Superbowl Champ New York Giants host (Colt Brennan and) the Washington Redskins, a game that will kick off the 2008 NFL Football Season. Seventeen plus weeks of beer drinking, score checking, and overall lazy unproductive Sundays are on the horizon. Caaaaaaan yoooooouuuuu dig it?

I can almost hear the collecting groans from wives and girlfriends across the country, as their significant other morphs into a pizza eating, tv watching fatty in front of their eyes!

And even though I still maintain that baseball is the greatest sport on earth (yes I’m one of the few), followed closely by MMA, and then basketball… football has found a soft spot in my heart. I could care less about rivalries or which teams perform well or even who will win the Super Bowl. For me, it’s all about who’s on my Fantasy Team(s)! As long as they stay healthy and perform, I’m G double O D good!

Here’s whatcho boy got. Whatchu t’ink?

Friends’ League
QB Donovan McNabb
QB Marc Bulger
WR Andre Johnson
WR Torry Holt
WR Brandon Marshall
WR Bryant Johnson
WR Derrick Mason
RB Brian Westbrook
RB Larry Johnson
RB Jonathan Stewart
RB Ronnie Brown
RB Ahmad Bradshaw
RB Warrick Dunn
TE Tony Gonzalez
K Shayne Graham
DEF Jacksonville
D Jonathan Vilma
DB Roman Harper

Work League
QB Marc Bulger
QB Jake Delhomme
QB J.T. O’Sullivan
WR Andre Johnson
WR Chad Johnson
WR Steve Smith
WR Bryant Johnson
RB Brian Westbrook
RB Frank Gore
RB Thomas Jones
RB Chris Perry
RB Rudi Johnson
RB Maurice Morris
RB DeShaun Foster
TE Todd Heap
TE Randy McMichael
TE Greg Olsen
K Neil Rackers
K Rian Lindell
DEF Minnesota
DEF Tennessee
DEF Arizona
DEF Carolina
DEF Houston

Talk to me!
* Are you looking forward to this NFL season?
* How do you think Colt will do if given the chance to start?
* How’d you do in your fantasy draft?
* How do you think I did?
* Who’s your favorite NFL team?
* Who’s your favorite NFL player?
* How are you gonna spend your Sundays?

NFL Football: Washington Redskins at New York Giants From Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. @ 1PM on KHNL Digital Channel 0008 or HD KHNL Channel 1008

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Fave Five Friday – Hawaii Athletes

With all of the Olympic hysteria going on (and the lack of comments from my Kauai related posts 😛 ), I’ll switch it up a bit for this week’s Fave Five list to include an Olympic star from Hawaii: Bryan Clay. Clay captured gold in the decathlon this year, the last American to do so since Dan O’Brien did it in Atlanta in 1996.

Anytime a local boy (or girl) does good, it makes me proud to call Hawaii my home. Here’s my current list of fave Hawaii Athletes.

1. BJ Penn – the ultimate bad @$$ in MMA. His stand-up is wicked and his ground game is off the chain. He is regularly mentioned when a “best pound for pound fighter” debate occurs and is easily in the top 10 of best MMA fighters of all time. The best part is that he stays humble and always recognizes Hawaii in everything he does. True local boy who remains true. You gotta love it!
2. Colt Brennan – Bruddah turned this town upside down with the announcement of his returning, the leadership in our undefeated season and potential Heisman run. Now with his drafting from the Washington Redskins, we will continue to root him on.
3. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – this athlete has gone “Hollywood” on us, but we still love him nonetheless. He still does the shaka and mentions Hawaii periodically.
4. Jason Elam – Anytime you can use a guy from Hawaii on your Fantasy Football team (and he does well no less!), it’s golden!
5. Bryan Clay -you can’t argue the title of “world’s greatest athlete” for this Castle High grad. Doing in big on the International Level. Mad respect!

Who’s yours?