# Yahoo Fantasy Football signup opened! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330 "2003-07-09T22:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/21 "2003-07-10T17:19:18Z")
Which is the “real” SDMB league this season? Is the first one really full? Is **Hugh Jass** ’s league 12-14 teams? Does it have individual defensive players (please!)? Anybody going to create one outside of Yahoo!? PS I tried checking this thread around the sametime yesterday and the servers were down ☹ ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/22 "2003-07-10T17:26:19Z")
well, I think we should have one league for the crew that faithfully stomped through at least 3 mock drafts over the past couple months. Anyone agree? ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/23 "2003-07-10T17:30:20Z")
Hugh – any objection to my doubling up? I love SDMB fantasy football. Some of the most imaginative smack talk ever. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/24 "2003-07-10T17:39:50Z")
Hugh – what’s with teh starting lineups? 2 QB 4 WR 4 RB 2 TE 1 WR/TE 1 K 2 D 2 DL 2 DB Don’t you think that’s a bit bloated? I love individual D players, but starting 13 offensive positional players seems a bit much. Where’s the agony of sitting William green the week he finally learns to play in the NFL? ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/25 "2003-07-10T18:03:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*mouthbreather \*\*\* > well, I think we should have one league for the crew that faithfully stomped through at least 3 mock drafts over the past couple months. Anyone agree? Yeah, no kidding. I can’t believe that first league is going to close its doors with only 10 teams after 36 hours to sign up. We have a core of at least 6 or 7 people that have been doing this… If neither of these leagues will accomodate that group I can always start another one. And I submit that _that_ league should be this year’s ‘official’ SDMB league, naturally. 😉 Also, somebody get in touch with **Hamlet** … I’m sure there are others that need to get in on this as well. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/26 "2003-07-10T18:06:15Z")
That’s not 2 STARTING QBs, is it? And speaking of smack talk, I just want to be in a league with **Hamlet** , who has the most creative smack ever slung! I think (in the new league) a good balance is: 1 QB 1-3 RBs 1-3 WRs (total of 4 RB/WRs) 1 TE 1 K 3 D players (any positions) Of course that depends on the scoring. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/27 "2003-07-10T18:07:42Z")
You’re right. I thought I was setting up how many you could have on a roster. I will change it to the standard 11: 1 qb 2wr 2rb 1 te 1wr/te 1k 1dl 2db My bad. Also, no objections to doubling up. The league is 14 players. I like the idea of having to dig at the bottom of the barrel for some players. I thought about making it 16 or more, but it seemed to be a bit much. Hugh P.S. Were you in my league last year? 'cause the William Green situation happened to me. I got sick of his rusing for 11 yards every week and cut him. Then he rushed for 100+ the rest of the season. Lousy fink. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/28 "2003-07-10T18:24:37Z")
I’ve never been in an SDMB league so I don’t know how you all like doing things, but would anyone be interested in a 12 team league with the default Yahoo lineup? I would start one up, but maybe someone the regulars are familiar with should be commish… Only (minor) thing I don’t like about Yahoo’s scoring is safety’s. They’re to few and far between to be worth the same as an INT. I raised it to 4 pts in my money league… ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/29 "2003-07-10T18:40:43Z")
I’m gonna be a prick and pull out of this one, Baba. I’m going to hold out until interest is solidified with the usual suspects (WL, Hamlet, Shibb, et al.). ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/30 "2003-07-10T18:53:30Z")
I keep getting timed out trying to make the following post, so needless to say I support your last post **Munch** : Personally I think **Munch** should start a league (since he performed so admirably handling the duties for the mocks). ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/31 "2003-07-10T18:54:00Z")
[Slight hijack for you overactive, pigskin-pumpin, prideful prognosticators: I am planning an Football Pool for Any Idiot. I posted a thread on it [a month or so ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=190173&highlight=pool) to gauge interest. I’m just saying this here because a) you guys might be interested and b) I’m trying to forestall someone else doing it. Not that that would be wrong. :)] ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/32 "2003-07-10T19:35:44Z")
Hugh – I’m pretty sure we were in teh same league last year. I lost in the Superbowl after gambling that Faulk would recover from his ankle injuries in time to soar. On the lineup, I would just lobby for a WR/RB instead of a WR/TE and complete freedom for any 3 defensive players. In my experience, a WR/TE when 1 TE is already required simbly becomes a third WR. How many time will you find 2 TE on a team that put up better numbers than the WR? ---
**Author:** ![Sinful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Sinful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinful)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/33 "2003-07-10T19:48:49Z")
Alright, so now we just wait? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/34 "2003-07-10T19:48:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\*I’m gonna be a prick and pull out of this one, Baba. I’m going to hold out until interest is solidified with the usual suspects (WL, Hamlet, Shibb, et al.). \*\* Aparently, I’m not a usual suspect anymore. That’s fine, the police have been using that phrase when talking about me all too much lately. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/35 "2003-07-10T19:56:16Z")
Now let me get this straight before get called stupid again, The last league I was in valued WRs over anything else. The Ant Sports mock drafts valued RBs, and some other leagues value QBs over all. Which is this? If I can get an answer, I’m in, and I’m gonna be a homer again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/36 "2003-07-10T19:58:28Z")
Weirddave, you’re an “et al.”. I’ll upgrade you if you accept my trade offer in the baseball league! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/37 "2003-07-10T20:36:08Z")
Yahoo default settings tend to favor RB, then QB, then WR. You can set it up however you like, of course. **Weirddave** , you never played in the mock drafts so you are _persona non grata_ as far as I am concerned! Just kidding. I’m still bitter from when you smoked me for second place in fantasy baseball the year before last. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/38 "2003-07-10T20:47:39Z")
Would there be any interest in a keeper league? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/39 "2003-07-10T20:52:38Z")
I am all over a keeper league…havent done one before but I have wanted to. Keep how many? I think 3 is good…any more than that and it kills the fun of the draft. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330/40 "2003-07-10T20:55:38Z")
I’d love a keeper league, but I’m very much unclear on the actual logistics of such a thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-fantasy-football-signup-opened/187330.md?page=3)