Posts Tagged ‘expert leagues’

FSB Daily 1/6: ‘Expert’ Edition No. 1

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

It might not be the ultimate measure of who can offer you the best fantasy advice, but with so many “experts” floating around the industry these days, it’s always interesting to see how they (or we) fare in direct competition. Share your “expert” league/contest results with us, and we just might pass them along to our readership.

These items (and others) can also be found on the FSB News page.

– What did your last victory in an “expert” league (or home league, for that matter) get you? Pride? Some online publicity? A little money? Well, Sara Holladay — better known as the FF Librarian — will be heading to the Super Bowl next month thanks to her win in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bloggers League.

– Jeff Thitoff of 411Fantasy.com has put the wraps on another season of the Experts Contest that be brought from his days with The Columbus Dispatch. The 2009 title went to Thitoff’s 411Fantasy colleague and fellow Dispatch veteran Adam Conn. Although you’ll find my name tied for second in the Week 17 rankings, you’ll have to scroll down farther in the full season edition to find me at 12th. (That’s no place to boast about, but I will at least say that I know of some prominent competitors who finished lower.) A lesser man might call shenanigans on a contest won by one of the hosts. Fortunately, I’m above that.

– The fantasy football draft that opened last June’s Fantasy Sports Trade Association summer conference filled three leagues, which were won by Fantazzle’s Ryan Parr, a RotoWorld team represented by Rick Wolf and lawyer Glenn Colton and Team RapidDraft, piloted by Yours Truly (with draft help from former colleague Caitlin Morrall). The most surprising note, however, has to be that none of the three championship squads sported Tennessee’s Chris Johnson.

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FSB Daily 1/5: Calling All Expert Champions

Monday, January 5th, 2009

None of us would be doing the fantasy sports thing without the fantasy leagues that drive it all. Here at FSB.com, we like to recognize some of the folks who won their football leagues this season.

Several posts have already called attention to the champions of some prominent big-money contests and a few expert leagues, but there are many more such groups that deserve attention.

If you run a league of fantasy experts or triumphed in that setting, tell us about it (matt.schauf@worldfantasygames.com). We’d like to congratulate you.

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