NMAFFL Super Bowl

[Scott McKee]

As the NFL enters week 16 of their regular season the NMA Fantasy Football league prepares for its inagural Super Bowl.  Joe Dolan's Veider Bomb! squares off with my Niagara River Skunks for supremacy of imaginary football, as do hundreds of thousands of similar leagues in gridiron cyberspace.

Unlike the NFL our league hasn't been covered to death by media outlets like ESPN, the NFL Network, the Home and Shopping Network, the Des Moines Plain Dealer and the Psychic Hotline. I am sure there are some in our club who don't yet have a favorite NMA fantasy football team as I'm sure there are many more among you who weren't aware the NMA even has a fantasy football league.  With that in my mind I'd though I'd give you a few reasons to root for my team this week:

1. My boys started the season 0-3. Thanks to their determination, my fearless leadership and the golden arm of Patrick Mahomes we stand on the precipice of greatness in the inagural NMA Super Bowl, much like the immortals Bart Starr and Vince Lombardi did some 51 years ago. Starr, Lombardi, Mahomes and McKee... Sounds good, right? Canton, here I come!

2. I am amazingly, stupendously humble.

3. I have a much better singing voice than Joe Dolan.

4. I am also a better dancer.

5. Skunks are cute, provided they are not spraying you. DON'T MAKE ME SPRAY YOU!!!

Best of luck, Joe. Whoever wins, at least our first Super Bowl champion will be a handsome devil...

[Joe Dolan]

I like Scott's 5 reasons why you should vote for him.  I will definitely need a little time to give you my 5 reasons, so I will be adding a different reason each day until the weekly matchups start (Saturday).

Reason #1 (the pity reason) why you should be rooting for me:

I am pretty sure my ears are crooked.  No matter what I try, my hat always looks a little "offset" on my head.  It has to be because of my ears, right?

--Joe

[Scott McKee]

So you're playing the physical deformities card? Oh, it's on Dolan! It is on! ;)

[Joe Dolan]

Reason #2 (actual football talk) why you should be rooting for me:

I was not proud of my draft this year.  Actually, I expected to finish the season in last place.  I was fortunate to find some great pickups throughout the season and played a fun game of "pick the best defense for the week" all year long.  I thought I was sitting very strong coming into playoff season, but have since lost three of my top starting team...my starting TE as well as my top 2 RBs.

So, losing three of my top weapons, how did I make it to the finals?  Well, I saw the determination created from having Kobe Bryant come talk to the Cleveland Browns, so decided to try it with my teams.  We invited the Bart Starr/Vince Lombardi of Fantasy Football to talk. Yup, that is right...The future Hall of Famer, Scott McKee came to talk to our team!  What a hype man.  I think he could persuade a sloth into winning the next NYC Marathon.  Well, my team has been pumped up and ready to play ever since.  It will be interesting to see how they do now that they are competing against the legend that motivated them to win throughout the playoffs.  It should be a great match!

--Joe

[Scott McKee]

Say, uh, Joe? I just noticed the check for my speech is post-dated 3018? What the heck?!

[Joe Dolan]

With the amount we had to spend on free agencies this year, 3018 is when we will be profitable again and have enough to pay you...just hold tight!

Scott McKee said:

Say, uh, Joe? I just noticed the check for my speech is post-dated 3018? What the heck?!

[Joe Dolan]

Reason #3 (team name):

My team name is Veider Bomb.  Where did it come from?  I told Cullen (The Candy Man) awhile back that I hope someday he creates a color that he will name the Veider Bomb...a play of his last name and the old school Big Van Vader's finishing move (Vader Bomb).  We still do not have a bait named that, but created some awesome fans of my team!  Don't you want to cheer for the same team that these awesome guys are cheering for???

Or would you rather be cheering for a team named after this?

[Scott McKee]

"We're pretty sure the posterior view of Big Van Vader isn't the most scenic vista either."

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[Scott Kitchen]

Joe, 

Is that first picture of Scott with a goatee?

[John Pensyl]

Joe Dolan is really making some great points here. Above and beyond and I'm about ready to buy a team Jersey and start my tailgate party!

[Scott McKee]

Joe is a charmer!  With that said, keep in mind the Niagara River Skunks are Flowers' favorite team. Who says skunks aren't adorable?

 

[Joe Dolan]

Reason #4 (prevention):

Stop the presses, stop the presses!  Rumor has it that Scott has ordered the sound bit of an announcer saying "Ladies and Gentlemen.  Introducing your 2018 Fantasy Football Champion...Scooooooott McKeeeeeeeeeeee!"  He is planning on playing this audio bit every time he enters the meeting hall for all of next year.  Help me stop this by cheering for team Veider Bomb so we all do not have to endure this!

[John Jarosz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6eQ78HCGEA

and make sure your sound is turned up ALL THE WAY!