February 1st 2009

     Staff: YODA, Oilers: NHI

Season 2 ......

THE WEEKLY RECAP

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I can assure them it's much more serious than that."

- Bill Shankly (September 2, 1913 - September 29, 1981)

"The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel - these are the things that endure and these are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events that occasion them."

"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." 

- Vince Lombardi (June 11, 1913 - September 3, 1970)

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Avatars of the Week:

1.   Oso - Ice Ice Ouch

2.   Foosball

3.   Moondizzle

4.   Gruden is a Grandpa (many congratulations from the Zing Foundation)

Avatars of the Week: Super Bowl!

jbfpack, LGP, NickB23, GM,Gu3, Cassidy, Carolinagirl, Ox, The Cereal Killer

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Throwdown Milestones:

Congratulations to the following members of the TD Community:

  Hyped - 150 TD Wins

   Confucius - 125 TD wins

   GoatHCW - 100 TD wins

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BLOGs of the Week

(Please click on the links in red where applicable)

Dear Fannation Staff by Porkins. An open letter to the managers and employees of the FanNation expressing the feelings of many users about the lack of consistent moderation on the site.  

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Chasing the Calendar Grand Slam by Bigalke. Can Rafael Nadal achieve what only five other players before him have managed to do?

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HOF Letter to Shannon Sharpe by wtnelson.

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A Super Bowl Wish .... by DCSportsNut

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Not for the faint of heart - Who Said Goalies Can't Fight?  by Foosball

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Throwdowns of the Week

Does baseball need cheerleaders?  See what HighwayCrossingFrog and CCC have to say - LINK

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Gu3 claims he never wears pants. Redwing19 begs to differ - LINK

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Welcome Back ......

The Zing Foundation is glad to welcome two valued members of the Zingers Group back to FanNation after an enforced absence:

  Agrippa      AND       Fizz _________________________________________________________________________________

Super Bowl XLIII

                          

                        Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Arizona Cardinals, February 1st 2009

And the Vince Lombardi trophy goes to ..........

The Pittsburgh Steelers - congratulations to them.

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Forthcoming Events on FanNation

The BVOF (Best Vets on FanNation) Group will be holding its Glory Day commencing February 8th. Look out for some quality TDs and blogs from some of FanNation's finest. Visit the blog to find out more.  The group homepage can be found HERE.

The League of Distinghished TDers Tourney is due to commence February 16.  Further information on the latest group blog. The group homepage can be found HERE

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FanNation **** of the Week

This week saw the return, and swift deletion once again, of bconngemini. Still hating on soccer, he has now also turned his attention to hockey, which will do him no favours with this site's PUCKHEADS!

Also still in action posting TDs with no arguments is Thurman Merman (the former Dwight Dumps on U).

New Kid on the D Bag Block this week was Klocke1212. Challenged Porkins (top of the TD leaderboard with a 92% win percentage) to a TD where his opening "argument" was "You suck at throwing down". (Porkins response earned him #1 spot on last Thursday's Zing list.)  In addition he started TDs with the titles of "I am definitely way sexier than you and could rape you in a fight" and "Michael Vick is innocent and is the best". He has since had his account removed, to which we say, good riddance!

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ZING-LIST SUBMISSIONS:

The submission board is HERE. Your help in finding good TD Zings is much appreciated, and self-submissions are welcome.