Football

My "Countdown to Cardinal Football" below is now down to 46 days. I've gotten back to checking the louisville.scout.com football blog almost daily to see if there are any major updates, etc. Football excitement is in the air.

I have two sons who have older friends in the neighborhood and this year, my sons were dragged into forming Fantasy Football teams in ESPN.com leagues created by the neighborhood kids. So I have been dragged into the league as well as they needed so many teams.

I have never done a Fantasy league before so I am a total newbie. I have to admit, ESPN's site is pretty cool. We did the LIVE Draft and I was amazed at how neat it really is. I remember co-workers in the past running these leagues and calculating everything manually using Excel and checking the paper for stats and I always thought they were crazy.

But with ESPN's site and I'm sure others', Fantasy leagues have become so easy. I look forward to seeing how the season goes. We stuck to the NFL and I don't plan to do college at this point.

Tonight I learned my starting QB, Peyton Manning, had surgery and his status is "Probable". Could be a long season already.