Does anybody know if there is Fantasy Basketball for the D-League somewhere on the internet?  I think it'd be pretty awesome to play, and I want to create a private league, but so far I can't find anything using Google.  So I thought maybe you guys who follow the D-League might know of a good place to create a league.  So, anybody want to help me out?  Or does Fantasy D-League just not exist?

Taking a page from what Yahoo!'s Dr. Saturday blog is doing for college football season, I'm predicting the Rams season using terms that they are using.

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The new NCAA Football game came out today, and from what I've been reading it sounds like it's fun.  However, it also sounds like it's not much different from NCAA 11 except there's actually a coaching carousel and apparently tackling and blocking are improved.  Does anybody here have the game?  Is the blocking fixed so that you can actually run the ball out of shotgun?  Can I actually pass the ball on play-action without being hit?  And does Mizzou still play at "Ferret" Field?  Basically, is it worth $60 to play or is it pretty much the same game as NCAA 11, just with improved presentation?

I have little knowledge of WNBA basketball or the players.  I do follow women's college basketball a little though, mainly just Mizzou and the nation during tournament time but I know the differences from men's to women's and the top players. 

My friend believes that the average high school varsity boys team could beat a WNBA team.  He claims that the boys team is much more athletic than the women's team, and that athleticism is enough to counter the pure basketball skill of the women.  I say if he runs a man-to-man defense a motion offense could still get good looks at the basket.  If he runs zone I believe that helps even more because athleticism is not needed to score against a 2-3 zone, just smart passes.  And the women would easily shoot out of the zone.

Defensively I think a 2-3 zone would give the women the best chance to win, because then the boys can't just use their athleticism to get to the basket, they'll need real basketball skill.

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For as poorly as Rams receivers played in Seattle, the group as a whole looks really good heading into next year.  I don't think we really need to draft anybody in April.  Although I really like Mardy Gilyard and Laurent Robinson and think they are good people who deserve a shot at the NFL, they are probably gone next year.   Gilyard failed to show any of the explosiveness that he had in college, and Robinson has consistently dropped balls and failed to get any separation in man coverage. That leaves us with Donnie Avery, Danario Alexander, Danny Amendola, and  Brandon Gibson.  Also, I would expect Devaney to resign Mark Clayton.

I would assume that everybody here on this website agrees that Avery, Clayton, and Amendola all have proven they can be good players in the NFL.  They get free passes to the next season.

I also assume that we all think Robinson and Gilyard deserve to go. 

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