Rivalries

Every week in the fantasy football season matters.  One win or loss can change an owners outlook on the season, driving them to make rash decisions, drop underperforming stars, or desperate trades (right Napes?).  Some wins and losses carry more weight than others, such as Colin's demise against Ghastin and the infamous help he received from a certain man in stripes.  After these ego boosting or deflating games, we circle the calander on the day our heartbreaking losses can be avenged or our titles of fantasy dominance can be defended. 

As fantasy team owners, we do not look at the players that we play against each week.  We look at the other owners that we play against.  When we start Peyton Manning and he throws for 389 yards and four TDs, we don't tweet our opposing quarterback and say "You got owned, bitch"...we gloat on the match up page, text real time updates to our opponent, or pick up the phone and give the sorry sap who started Kyle Orton the verbal thrashing he deserves.

Over the years, these shit talking activities turn into rivalries.  Now that the Sea General Napes Fantasy Football League is going into it's fourth season, we have some real rivalries brewing that promise to make this season the best to date.

After posting this pic of Jensen and Napes' girl, a new rivalry might be born...

First up is everyone's favorite giant and defending champion, Jensen.  He's made a name for himself and everyone circles the week they play the big guy.  That doesn't mean that he doesn't circle a few weeks on the calander as well...

Cheadle: Cheadle and Jensen's rivalry goes back to the dorms in Ackley-Schilling where they started their own head to head league that pitted their fantasy football knowledge against each other every single week.  The Commish has yet to make a run in the Sea General Napes FFL, but his skills have been proven in college basketball year after year.  The week that Chea and Jensen play has been officially labled as "Clash of the Gurus."

Colin:  Brother vs. brother always makes for an interesting matchup.  Colin has shown flashes of brilliance after learning the game from his Guru older brother, but Jensen's experience always seems to rise to the top.  By following the (exact) same draft strategy, the brothers promise to field competative teams that will make for at least one, if not multiple, exciting matchups in the 2011 season. 

PBody:  After picking each others brain every day in the summer prior to the 2008 fantasy football season, PBody and Jensen formed a mutual respect for each others fantasy football views, strategies, and opinions.  This bond created a rivalry that borders between "friendly" and "STOP STEALING MY DRAFT PICKS YOU DICK!"

Stay tuned for more in-depth analysis and previews of the rivalries of the Sea General Napes Fantasy Football League.

***Thank you to Colin for mapping out the content for this article***