Finks League has been around for 28 years now, which seems stunning that many of you have been a part of my Thanksgiving/Fantasy Football celebration for nearly that long. We are the Thanksgiving family celebration that never has to gather together because we are linked by fantasy football.
I might be like you, but a major part of my Thanksgiving is watching three NFL football games that day to see how my Finks League starters are doing that day. Good thing I rarely have any Lions players on my team and I leave key Cowboys players for Stan Goff's roster.
Today, my Akron Tiremakers such as WR Cooper DAL is a COVID scratch and RB Kamara NO is still out with a knee injury. He is killing me, Smalls. After my Thanksgiving meal with the in-laws, I will need to decide whether I am using RB Ingram NO -- or not -- for this evening's game against the Bills.
My poor Saints. No QB Winston and no RB Kamara have added up to a stinky offense and three consecutive losses.
I am grateful today for RB Taylor IND (pictured above), who scored 37 of the Eggers' 88 points in Week 11. That has to be some kind of Player of the Week record, if only I kept Player of the Week records. I only started honoring P.O.W.s when I was thinking of a way of increasing space on one of the many websites I have experimented with lately.
Taylor and Dah Commish both attended Wisconsin. I graduated in 1988. I don't think Taylor has yet, but as a fellow Badger it has been fun to keep track of our former Bucky rushers when they reach the NFL. My UW Twitter feed last week shared a picture of RB Gordon DEN attending the Nebraska-UW game on his bye week. Too bad I am easily out-bid in each Finks League auction for their services to begin the season.
Playing Finks League makes me follow my ex-Badgers even more.
Web page note: I am hoping Google has finally left my Finks League home page alone, though it is revised with a partial picture of my alma mater's high school football field instead of the Superdome as a background picture. Since many of you are long time Chicagoland prep sports journalists, you may already know that Glenbard West's Duchon Field ranks as the most beautiful site to watch a high school football game in the state.
I remember it was included in a USA Today Top 10 ranking for high school football fields in the nation more than 25 years ago. The No. 1 choice was a high school in the Bay Area located right on the water. When you looked out beyond the end zone, you would see Alcatraz Island. Hard to top that one.
I never played football for the Hitters. My younger brother did. I attended all the home games, especially when we won the state championship in my senior year. As a student, there were some beautiful days when I would eat my lunch in the stands of Duchon Field while one of the maintenance guys mowed the field. The cafeteria is behind the school overlooking the football field. Everyday I bought a chocolate milk for $1 or maybe it was $1.25. Beautiful view, great weather and likely a bag of Fritoes and a Little Debbie Swiss Cake roll in my paper bag. That's a perfect meal for me.
Oh yeah. My mother-in-law's stuffing is pretty perfect today as well. I hope you are all doing well. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Finks owners and your families.
