I married a local celebrity?

So yesterday I get a text message from Lisa that WBAL-TV was at St. Pius X school today to see how the school’s Montessori program is doing. The school took video of the students and wanted to speak to a parent. Well since Lex is a student in the program Tim Tooten interviewed Lisa for the story.

Local Catholic School Adopts Montessori Style - Video - WBAL Baltimore

Now Lex was in the corner and was not seen on TV but it was still fun for him to see mommy and his teacher on TV.

2011 NFL Predictions

AFC East Team W L T
New England Patriots 13 3 0
New York Jets 12 4 0
Buffalo Bills 4 12 0
Miami Dolphins 4 12 0

AFC North Team W L T
Pittsburgh Steelers 13 3 0
Baltimore Ravens 12 4 0
Cleveland Browns 4 12 0
Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 0

AFC South Team W L T
Indianapolis Colts 10 6 0
Houston Texans 9 7 0
Tennessee Titans 9 7 0
Jacksonville Jaguars 2 14 0

AFC West Team W L T
San Diego Chargers 11 5 0
Kansas City Chiefs 6 10 0
Denver Broncos 5 11 0
Oakland Raiders 4 12 0

National Football Conference - 2011 Regular Season
NFC East Team W L T
Philadelphia Eagles 13 3 0
Dallas Cowboys 11 5 0
New York Giants 7 9 0
Washington Redskins 6 10 0

NFC North Team W L T
Green Bay Packers 11 4 0
Chicago Bears 10 6 0
Detroit Lions 9 7 0
Minnesota Vikings 4 12 0

NFC South Team W L T
New Orleans Saints 13 3 0
Atlanta Falcons 12 4 0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 5 0
Carolina Panthers 3 13 0

NFC West Team W L T
St. Louis Rams 10 6 0
Arizona Cardinals 7 9 0
Seattle Seahawks 6 10 0
San Francisco 49ers 2 14 0

AFC Playoffs
1 New England Patriots 13 3
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 3
3 San Diego Chargers 11 5
4 Indianapolis Colts 10 6
5 Baltimore Ravens 12 4
6 New York Jets 12 4

NFC Playoffs
1 New Orleans Saints 13 3
2 Philadelphia Eagles 13 3
3 Green Bay Packers 11 4
4 St. Louis Rams 10 6
5 Atlanta Flacons 12 4
6 Dallas Cowboys 11 5


AFC Wild Card Games
New York Jets @ San Diego Chargers
Baltimore Ravens @ Indianapolis Colts

NFC Wild Card Games
Dallas Cowboys @ Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Flacons @ St. Louis Rams

AFC Divisional Games
New York Jets @ New England Patriots
Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers

NFC Divisional Games
Green Bay Packers @ Philadelphia Eagles
Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints

AFC Championship
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots

NFC Championship
Atlanta Falcons @ Green Bay Packers

Superbowl
New England Patriots vs. Atlanta Falcons

NFL Superbowl Champions
New England Patriots

League MVP- Tom Brady
Offensive MVP - Michael Vick
Defensive MVP - Jerod Mayo
Rookie of the Year - Julio Jones
Coach of the Year - Jim Caldwell

NFL is Back

THANK YOU BABY JEBUS!!!!!!!!!!!

FOOTBALL IS BACK and it starts tonight.

I have finished my three fantasy football drafts, and already picked my survivor team. I am ready to sit in front of my TV all night tonight and all day Sunday and do nothing but watch football.

Tonight we get the defending Superbowl Champions the Green Bay Packers vs. the New Orleans Saints. I have no idea and actually do not even care who wins this game but what a great game to start the season with. The last two defending champions, who I have predicted will both be in the playoffs at the end of the season.

My next post I will give my prediction for the season. Including the win and loss totals for every team and of course the Playoffs. However, if you look at my baseball prediction I clearly do not have a clue as to what I am talking about.

The Ravens have a tough first 4 weeks including games against Pittsburgh and the New York Jets but overall I think their schedule is going to favor them most weeks. I love the Ravens Offensive Line this season and with Vonta Leach being signed I expect Ray Rice to have an amazing season. I am not sure about the defense as I do not think they are going to be as dominating as they have been in the past but they will still be good. This is going to be a fun season especially for Ravens fans. I am also excited to see the Philadelphia Eagles play this year too. The Eagles seemed to make all the moves with the name free agents this off season.

I am in three Fantasy Football Leagues this season. My first draft was on August 28 and is a keeper Fantasy League. In this league I finished in 7th place the previous season and actually made a trade for Michael Vick which ended up being vetoed by the time of the draft. I had the 8th pick overall in the draft and my team looks like…

-21 Matt Schaub (HOU - QB) Keeper
-120 Josh Freeman (TB - QB) Round 3
-8 Michael Turner (Atl - RB) Keeper
-105 Fred Jackson (Buf - RB) Round 2
-316 Tashard Choice (Dal - RB) Round 17
-161 Dexter McCluster (KC - WR,RB) Round 6
-36 Reggie Wayne (Ind - WR) Keeper
-49 Dwayne Bowe (KC - WR) Keeper
-92 Dez Bryant (Dal - WR) Round 1
-133 Malcom Floyd (SD - WR) Round 4
-245 Joshua Cribbs (Cle - WR) Round 12
-273 Jordy Nelson (GB - WR) Round 14
-301 Anthony Armstrong (Was - WR) Round 16
-204 Rob Gronkowski (NE - TE) Round 9
-344 Ryan Succop (KC - K) Round 19
-176 Ndamukong Suh (Det - DT) Round 7
-189 Julius Peppers (Chi - DE) Round 8
-217 Charles Johnson (Car - DE) Round 10
-64 Jerod Mayo (NE - LB) Keeper
-148 Jon Beason (Car - LB) Round 5
-288 Terrell Suggs (Bal - LB) Round 15
-232 Bryant McFadden (Pit - CB) Round 11
-329 Asante Samuel (Phi - CB) Round 18
-77 Eric Berry (KC - S) Keeper
-260 Patrick Chung (NE - S) Round 13

This team is pretty good. I had actually worked out a trade in the off season to get Michael Vick, but the commissioner vetoes the deal at the last minute. I was upset but it seems to have worked out so far.

My next draft was with my fraternity brothers. I am the commissionaire of the league and I try to be as dirty as I can (Just kidding but that does not prevent everyone from thinking that).This league is a PPR league and I had the number 1 draft pick overall. Now what I find interesting is I never expected to have the number 1 draft pick. So I ended up rating Michael Vick number 1. I was listening to Matthew Berry of ESPN and was sold on Vick as a number 1 player overall. However, when the draft started I could not do it and ended up drafting Adrian Peterson from Minnesota as the top pick.

-72 Josh Freeman (TB - QB) Round 6
-97 Sam Bradford (Stl - QB) Round 9
-1 Adrian Peterson (Min -RB) Round 1
-49 Fred Jackson (Buf - RB) Round 5
-25 Peyton Hillis (Cle - RB) Round 3
-169 LaRod Stephens-Howling (Ari - RB) Round 15
-192 Dexter McCluster (KC - RB) Round 16
-24 Greg Jennings (GB - WR) Round 2
-48 Dez Bryant (Dal - WR) Round 4
-96 Steve Smith (Car - WR) Round 8
-120 Johnny Knox (Chi -WR) Round 10
-145 Robert Meachem (NO -WR) Round 13
-73 Brandon Pettigrew (Det - TE) Round 7
-144 Zach Miller (Sea - TE) Round 12
-121 Chicago (Chi -Def) Round 11
-168 Detroit (Det - Def) Round 14
-193 Billy Cundiff (Bal - K) Round 17

Overall I really like this team. I was sniped once during this draft and Tom Brady went with the second to last pick of the second round. But besides that I felt my draft was excellent. This team should compete on game days.

And finally there is my league that I have the live draft every year. This league is fun and when we have the draft everyone has a good time. But honestly I hate setting this up. I spend too much time making sure everything is correct by players drafted and it’s hard to focus on my draft and team. Not to mention EVERY year it seems like it is impossible to get everyone in one place at one time for the draft. Last year took the cake when two people just completely forgot about the draft and did not even show. Truthfully I almost did not do the league this year because I am really sick and tired of the problems with draft day. I almost made it a free league and was just going to tell people to draft on line. This league is the only one I am in for money and it was an auction draft. Basically you can get any player you want but you have to be willing to spend the money. The Salary cap was set at $400 and this league is another points per reception league.

Michael Vick (Phi - QB) $80
Peyton Manning (Ind - QB) $45
Maurice Jones-Drew (Jac - RB) $75
Frank Gore (SF - RB) $55
Ryan Grant (GB - RB) $20
Daniel Thomas (Mia - RB) $13
LaDainian Tomlinson (NYJ - RB) $8
Willis McGahee (Den - RB) $4
Delone Carter (Ind - RB) $4
Mario Manningham (NYG - WR) $30
Mike Sims-Walker (StL - WR) $14
Braylon Edwards (SF - WR) $20
Deion Branch (NE - WR) $7
Anthony Armstrong (Was - WR) $1
Zach Miller (Sea - TE) $9
Jared Cook (Ten - TE) $4
Josh Brown (StL - K) $1
Detroit (Det - DEF) $10

I started too really like this team as I was drafting. I was thrilled to have Vick and Manning until 2 days after the draft the Colts announce Manning is having maybe season ending back surgery. My Running Backs are not bad at all but Wide Receivers are horrible. I cringe every time I look at my wide receivers. I know what I did wrong and I was too patient for the position when I should have spent money to get a star. I have a feeling I will not be walking away with the championship this season.

In the end it will be a fun season and I can not wait until Thursday night for the Packers and Saints. Go Packers!!!!!!!