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This blog is for the members of the Old Glory Insurance League! Since the season is over this will let us continue our league and smack talk as we head into the offseason and prepare for next year!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

You only have 21 hours to save the world...

Hello League,
I think it's great that the league has decided to "pick out of a hat" for the upcoming fantasy league draft. We are all beginning on a clean slate this season, and I feel that a completely random draft is the correct direction to go in because of the spontaneous results it may yield (although it may create more corrupt animosity). We, as a league, do not wish to send our league representative to Guantanamo Bay... again. As the hours of voting are winding down realize that, as a league, we have made the right, justified, virtuous, and uncorrupt decision to "pick out of a hat" to reveal the drafting order. Keep in mind that anyone who violates the very moral OGIL principles (which there are none of, just joking =-) ) will be severely punished and will be ousted to Guantanamo Bay. Thanks.
Blog soon,
The NYIs

Saturday, February 20, 2010

THE OGIL BLITZ!!! New York... the most interesting place to play!

Welcome to the OGIL BLITZ!!! Only the OGIL BLITZ!!! has this news! Today we have a special edition sitdown with NYIs' owner Chris G.

"In 2010, New York will be the best and most interesting place to play in the OGIL" said the now sophomore OGIL owner. He's confident that the NYIs' second year will be even more interesting than their first. This reporter asked him how this could be done when the first year was already so interesting. The NYIs-ian replied, "It's very tricky... We will build on the successes of our first year and fix what we need to fix." This reporter also questioned the NYIs-ian about how important continuity would be this upcoming season. "What kind of question is that!? Continuity is what killed the NYIs last season. We need to get better in that department or we will go all the way down... to the toilet bowl. We don't want to end up there after such a promising first season."

Well, there you have it, from the owner himself, the NYIs will create more buzz in the coming weeks and you can bet that New York is the place to play in 2010.

-I'm Mr. Blank from THE OGIL BLITZ!!! Thank you for reading.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Who Dat WOW and Mmmm Mmmm Good

So WOW...the Who Dat SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!  Glad I'm not actually a betting man; I'd of lost a bunch of money.  What a great game, but the I thought the commercials were sub par.

However, what WAS Mmm Mmmm delicious were the latest confections from Mrs. Commish!

Check them out and stop drooling!

-The Commish

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Super Bowl Prop Betting

For many folks the Super Bowl is many things and each seem to have their favorite part of the day:

some like the commercials

some like drinkin beers

some like eating a bunch

some like the game

and I love the prop bets!!!  My guesses are in parenthesis...

Coin Toss(Colts), Total Kickoffs (over 9), Team to Commit 1st Penalty(Saints), team to score last in the 1st half (Saints), what will the score be..td or field goal (FG)?, will there be a safety (no), How many times will Pete Townshend do a windmill on the guitar at half time (over 7), how many times will CBS cut to shots of Archie Manning and/or Kim Kardashian (6 for Archie and 2 for Kim), how many times will the announcers mention Hurricane Katrina,(3) what color will be the gatorade bath (orange), Bush running yards (42) or Odom points/rebounds/assists (16/8/3 = 26).

-The Commish

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Answer to NYI's

Great post Mr. Blank.  I loved your analysis of the OGIL rivalries. 

However, I think you forgot one:

The Bison v. Turner and Hooch

The two worst teams in the league will be battling for the title of most stinky!

-The Commish

Thursday, February 4, 2010

...And there will be blood

Hello League,
I just wanted to write a short post about some of the key rivalries that I believe will play a key role in the 2010 OGIL season.

The Mayhem and the Pa thetics- This one's obvious, Family Jewels Champ vs #2.

The Pa thetics and the Central Pa Turds- The thetics kept the Turds out of the championship game and for that the Turds are angry. Revenge... might be coming!!!
The Mayhem and the NYIs- The NYIs want redemption after the sorrowful defeat they suffered at the hands of the Mayhem. Key matchup in '010 season.
The NYIs and the Central Pa Turds- The NYIs lost to the Turds in the inaugural Dos Equis Bowl game. Team Dos Equis was really unhappy about that. Also, the fact that the Turds were the only team able to defeat the NYIs twice in the regular season is interesting and remarkable.
BWR Wildcats and Hawk Hill Ben- These two teams constantly battled each other, even when they had nothing left to give. Look for this rivalry in '010.
Priority Stampeders and Turner & Hooch- This was a rivalry that I noticed, that really flew under the radar. These two teams played to the best of their abilities and certainly did not disappoint. Look for this sleeper rivalry.

This report was collaborated in part by:
The NYIs & THE OGIL BLITZ's Mr. Blank

SuperBowl

Hello League,
Well, let's get right down to it. My picks for the Super Bowl-- I think that the Colts will find a way to beat the Saints (42 to 38). I have to point out that the Saints almost lost their last game. Think about it, the Vikings were turning the ball over constantly, yet Favre and the Fumbling Fools stayed in the game 'till the last play in O.T. So, I think that Peyton Manning will be able to follow through and deliver a big win for the Indianappolis organization. Sorry to the Whodat nation, but there is definitely and undoubtedly an upside to both of these franchises.
Blog soon,
-NYIs

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Updated line from the Commish

League,

So we are only a few days away from the Super Bowl...I'm hittin you with a quick post to update the betting line.  I've weighted the fact that Dwight Freeney is going to likely be out.  Therefore, I value freeney's impact on the ability to pressure Brees and make him deliver to his WR's before they can get seperation.  We saw all season the NO WR's were great unless they were trying to make a play in traffic.  if they get hit in the mouth they soften.  They are most effective when they get seperation; if any of them get time they ALL get seperation.  So if Brees has more time the WR's can get more seperation and therefore hit a lot more big plays.

So I'm dropping my line from favoring the Colts by +11.5 to +7.  The Vegas line is sitting around 4.5 or 5 but I think it's at least a touchdown favorite.

I enjoyed NYI's post on this past year and i echo his praise of our league members; however, I pity him if he truly thinks I won't dominate him again next year!

Stay tuned for more updates before the big game including my take on prop betting...as if anyof you care...C'mon - i'm just trying to get more of you to write.  Look at this garbage I'm printing...it doesn;t even make sense.  Someone save me and start posting something interesting (The NYI's are excluded from that last statement; they're doing a great job).

-The Commish