FanNation - The Republic of Sport

February 22nd 2009

     Staff: YODA, Oilers: NHI

Season 2 ......

THE WEEKLY RECAP

"I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give it up. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football. And I have 20-20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee." 

- Jay Leno

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Zing Chase Standings

This past week's leaders: (February 16 to 22nd)

1. Foosball
2. Baun-ded
3. Lakers
4. Moondizzle / Goodell (Tie)
   
5. Agrippa
6. NickB23
7. CCC

February's Leaders

1. Foosball
2. LGP
3. Baun-ded
4. NickB23
5. Redwing
6. Bigalke/ CCC (Tie)
   
7. Agrippa / Moondizzle (Tie)
   
8. Roberts#1 / Lakers (Tie)
   

1. LGP
2. Redwing
3. Foosball
4. Moondizzle
5. Porkins
   
6. Baun-ded
7. NickB23
8. Gu3
9. Pimp David
   
10. Southern Discomfort
11. Bigalke
12. CCC
13. Agrippa
14. Dyhard
15. Travis31
16. Roberts
17. Frank
18. Confucius
19. Lakers
20. Goodell
21. MadMaxTalbot
22. Lanceuppercut
23. Fizz
24. Armchair Probowler
    

Avatars of the Week:

An entirely random selection this week:

Oso - who doesn't like polar bears?

Fizz - vintage airplane

Gruden - Constance is a cutie

MandMs  - no comment required!

Moondizzle - simply hideous!

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Throwdown Milestones:

Congratulations to the following members of the TD Community:

   Goodell - 600 TD wins

   Peachy - 400 TD wins

   Joe Dew - 275 TD wins

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Throwdowns of the Week

The League of Distinguished TDers tourney is producing some excellent TDs:

First Ballot Football Hall of Fame Picks - Dyhard vs. Outlaw

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NFL Rookie Salaries - should there be a more strict cap? - Lana vs. Bigalke

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Are sacks an overrated statistic? - Fizz vs. NickB

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Top 2 football LBs - Agrippa vs. jbfpack

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Blogs of the Week

Ultimate 12-man Basketball Roster - by 0x

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UFC95 Preview - by Pimp David, featuring RobertMenn

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Comment Zing of the Week

Fizz: Oh crap...shes Canadian too!?!?!?!?! I swear...they are taking over the site!!!

Oso: Fret not. Just throw a puck in the middle of the room and watch 'em duke it out.   

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Announcements

The Best Vets on FanNation Group (BVOF) announces its forthcoming BVOF World Heavyweight Title Belt.  Visit the group blog HERE.

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BVOF Founder, SportFan, announced his retirement from FN with effect from February 22nd and handed leadership of the group to Pitt Panther and Redwing.  Read SF's retirement blog HERE.

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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.