week 2: burning up the bench

Babs' win over Steel Curtain is all the more impressive when you consider that she had Tennessee RB Chris Johnson (31 points) on the bench.

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week 2: at war with themselves

* Montana's bench outscored the starters, 31-27.
* Cat Success' bench outscored the starters, 40-31.

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elsewhere in blogville ...

The blog we started at the paper to celebrate Southeastern Conference football has done pretty well so far -- we're among the half-dozen most-read blogs. While some locals have accused us of shoving SEC football down their throats (hey, that sounds like something Serena Williams would say), there's no shortage of Deep South zealots here in Charlotte. If you're interested in reading more about the realest football this side of Pittsburgh, click here.

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somebody get Jeff George on the line

In his last two games (last season's playoff loss and this season's home opener), Carolina QB Jake Delhomme has 9 intereceptions and 2 fumbles.

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free agent alert: tight ends

Three TEs scored in double digits in Week 1: Seattle's John Carlson, New England's Ben Watson and New Orleans' Jeremy Shockey.

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at war with themselves

9th Mississippi Cavalry's 6-person bench outscored their 8-person starting lineup, 39-38.

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a salute to catastrophic success

For their decision-making a couple of weeks ago when they dropped the Eagles defense and immediately picked them back up. That wizard-like move (or moves) provided the margin of victory for Cat Success over Steel Curtain -- the Eagles D had 31 points, more than any fantasy life form up to and including Drew Brees.

Naturally, Cat Success celebrated by again berating the commish as to why fantasy scoring isn't more weighted toward defense.

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your all-minus team, week 1

* Mike Goodson, RB, Carolina (free agent): -1
* Anthony Fasano, TE, Miami (free agent): -2
* Jake Delhomme, QB, Carolina (Weapons of Pass Destruction, but soon to be a free agent): -4

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health care reform? don't worry, the insurance business will get along just fine

Click here to read about Fantasy Sports Insurance, which will reimburse a fantasy football player's entry fee if one of their players misses a certain number of games because of injury.

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Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sept. 19

"We have a plan in place for making this team competitive."

Whoops, wrong Pirates.

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