SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

Oh, yeah. HELL yeah.

The 2005 NFL season officially begins tonight. Speaking for only myself and not for any loved ones or friends, I'm in serious need of some pigskin immersion. That said, I have to think that this self-contained, sensory isolation device forwarded to me by my friend Katherine would just about do me right. Called an Ocula, apparently it turns you into some sort of multimedia Tic Tac. If only they made it in Buccaneer red, black and pewter instead of Birth Control Pastel, then we could talk about a purchase.

Until then I'll have to make do wth my fantasy football team in the WSL (Wasted Sundays League)

The league's lineup of matches for Week 1:

This week's tilt for the Side Salads is against The Fat Mags (named for the team owner's fat dog, Maggie).



A reminder of the 2005-06 SIDE SALADS roster:

Tom Brady (NE - QB)
Jake Plummer (Den - QB)
Torry Holt (StL - WR)
Donald Driver (GB - WR)
Joey Galloway (TB - WR)
LaDainian Tomlinson (SD - RB)
Brian Westbrook (Phi - RB)
Todd Heap (Bal - TE)
Mike Vanderjagt (Ind - K)
Atlanta (Atl - DEF)

BENCH:
Ben Roethlisberger (Pit - QB)
Ronnie Brown (Mia - RB)
Terry Glenn (Dal - WR)
Jimmy Smith (Jac - WR)
Pittsburgh (Pit - DEF)

And before you castigate me for my irrational fantasy football enthusiasm, consider the league I used to be in, The TFL (Times Football League).
Those former colleagues of mine are flying into Cleveland this year to hold their fantasy draft together. They even film the traditional annual two-hand-touch football game held after each year's draft. Then they go out on various beer-fueled excursions. Last year's convention was in Buffalo, after which they rode the Maid of the Mist boat into Niagra Falls. These boys don't kid around.

Posted by Jeff at September 8, 2005 08:15 AM | TrackBack