Fantasy Football: Phase 1...

Tonight was the 3rd Annual KFFL Draft, held at the prestigious Mid-Mountain IS Small Conference Room. We are able to move to the "small" conference room after ESPN and OLN cancelled their onsite coverage at the last minute. The Annual KFFL (KVAT Fantasy Football League) Draft is not only the beginning of what will be several months of trash talk and wasted internet hours for the KVAT IS staff. It is also considered by many the highlight of the fantasy football experience. Tonight's event was a rousing success, though the proceedings were nearly derailed by a needless mistake by the network manager, who will remain nameless. For some reason, an online draft requires that all its participants have functioning Internet access. Who knew?? But as they say, never send a network manager to do a network administrator's job...well that is what the net admins at KVAT say all the time anyway.

After a couple of failed attempts at the online effort, the commissioner made the selfless and valiant decision to proceed offline, allowing for the proceedings to move forward as scheduled. After eight pizzas, five two-liters, and two and a half hours, the KFFL league is set for play. I feel fairly good about my team at the this juncture, though many things can change over the next few months. My initial starting line-up is as follows:

Carson Palmer, QB - Cin.
Nate Burleson, WR - Sea.
Laveranues Coles, WR - NYJ.
Reggie Bush, RB - NO.
Dominic Rhodes, RB - Ind.
Jason Whitten, TE - Dal.
John Kasay, K - Car.
Chicago, DEF - Chi.

Here is to all the fantasy football players in all the leagues around the country. Best of luck, and check your Internet connections well in advance. Phase 2 of my fantasy football experience comes this Saturday. Until then...