CB Posse Fantasy Football League: February 2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Make It Lucky: Daddy Needs a New Pair of Shoes!

Now that Super Bowl XLVI has come and gone, ending the 2011-12 NFL season in such a disappointing fashion for Tom Brady and Pats fans, but in such relief for the rest of us, we must prepare for the long and dreary off-season as baseball highlights ruin SportsCenter.

I think back on all the luck required to win a competitive league like the CBPFFL. Bad luck rears its ugly head in the form of injury, but my luck was mostly good this season: Kenny Britt went down right after I picked up Nate Washington, Demarco Murray went down right when I needed some production from Felix Jones, and, perhaps most importantly, #1 overall pick, Arian Foster’s hammy held together for most of the season.

Injury on other teams helped my victory a lot as well (particularly Schaub and Fred Jackson busting out for the Georges down the stretch), but it is often the avoidance of injury that is the best luck of all. So it is no surprise that the starting roster I drafted was the healthiest of all:

List of man games lost for drafted starting rosters of 2011-12 season

Pickard 9

Kellie 10

Landon 10

Sahil 14

Hank 16

Murat 18

CB 19

Gene 32

Jason 34

Steve 36

My hats off to Gene, Jason, and Steve’s drafting for being competitive, even after losing so many players to injury. Considering how low he finished, I expected to see Murat at the bottom of this list, and so did he. When I shared this info with him, he pointed out:

“one thing re injuries- yes they may have been injured only 18 games, but miles austin i think twice got hurt in 1st quarter, santana moss broke his hand in the first quarter of a game i think, shonn green hurt his knee first quarter, mcgahee also left a game really early, vick too i think etc etc etc. so yes, it may have been 'only' 18 games, but trust me, it was a lot worse.”

I don’t think anyone can play with numbers quite like a banker…nor do I think anyone will be more dangerous than Murat next year. He confessed to have taken up Fantasy golf. That kind of sick desperation only comes from getting kicked in the crotch for about 17 weeks in a row. I still remember the futile feeling of steel-toed boot bouncing off my testicles week after week and being left for dead in the inescapable cellar, below even CB. It certainly motivated me to recapture the trophy. I know that some dark fire burns inside Murat and it will make him tough to beat.

History of the League

In the fall of 1991, six young boys entered the hallowed halls of the Banfield Academic Center to embark upon a journey that would make them into men. They were lead by the eponymous Carl Brown and his obsession with Dennis Hopper. His group, which gathered each day in their private, brick-walled alcove, consisted of Steven Caggiano, James Pickard, Sahil Tak, Hank Zakroff, and Murat Zincir. Though other people drifted in and out, this was the core of the entity that would come to be known as the CB Posse.

CB Posse FF officially began in 1993. The early years of the league would be dominanted by Murat and Pickard, who took the trophy three time each. It wasn't until the seventh year of CB Posse FF that this dynamic duo of NFL knowledge failed to capture first place. Sadly, in 1999, as the Posse members finished college, only four owners played, and, due to lack of interest, the league would begin a decade long hibernation.

In 2009, Pickard asked Hank whether he would be interested in getting the league back together. After an emphatic "YES!" from his friend, Pickard made some phone calls and the league was reborn like a glorious phoenix from the ashes. The 21st Century has revolutionized FF into a more competitive monster. CB Posse FF went completely digital, and unless you can navigate the nearly endless amounts of NFL information available on the internet, you don't have a chance. Sahil would emerge as the dominant force, and he destroyed the league for back-to-back championships.

21st Century CB Posse FF has seen significant expansion. Murat and Pickard have lured several local friends into the ranks. Murat's New York crew has been dominant, consistently finishing near the top, and even claiming several championships. CB Posse FF has also become multi-generational, as young Jack Caggiano has boldly followed his parents' footsteps. Even the trophy underwent massive expansion, and is renamed The Caggiano.