Friday, January 6, 2012 The Super Bowl will be here before you know it. To make this year’s Super Bowl Bash the most epic ever, order a 3 x 4 Super Bowl Block Pool from FantasySportsTrophies.com.
These pools are fully customizable so you can add pictures, logos or messages that all of your Bowl Bash Revelers will see. They also come with a marker pen and four removable mounting squares.
I plan on using one at this years party so should you.
LMFAO, Lupe Fiasco, Cobra Starship and Gym Class Heroes to perform at Rolling Stone’s party on Saturday, February 4, in Indianapolis
Rolling Stone announced the all-star music lineup for its Super Bowl party celebrating the 150th anniversary of BACARDI.
LMFAO, Lupe Fiasco, Cobra Starship and Gym Class Heroes will perform on Saturday, February 4, in what is sure to be one of the biggest parties of Super Bowl weekend. The Saturday party kicks off Rolling Stone’s weekend of parties at The Crane Bay, a renovated industrial warehouse located two blocks from Lucas Oil Stadium. The celebration falls on the 150th anniversary for BACARDI, and will be the culmination of the past century and a half of legendary BACARDI parties. Attendees can expect an all-VIP celebration, high-profile attendees, top-shelf cocktails, and additional surprises at what is sure to be the can’t-miss party of the weekend.
LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” has topped the charts in 19 countries and been certified multi-platinum in the United States. The Los Angeles-based duo combines hip hop and electric dance on its second album, Sorry for Party Rocking, which also features the hit single “Sexy and I Know It.”
Chicago-native Lupe Fiasco broke into the hip-hop world by performing on Kanye West’s “Touch the Sky,” which led to Jay-Z agreeing to co-executive produce Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor. The debut album was nominated for numerous awards and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Rap Album chart, and his most recent single, “The Show Goes On,” is certified double platinum. Fiasco was nominated for three GRAMMY awards this year, including Best Rap Album for LASERS, his latest release.
Dance-punk band Cobra Starship found commercial success with its 2009 album Hot Mess, which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 200. The band recently headlined tours in the United States and internationally, and its newest album, Night Shades includes the hit single “You Make Me Feel…”
Known for its blend of rock, pop and alternative hip-hop, Gym Class Heroes first broke onto the radio airwaves with their No. 1 hit, “Cupid’s Chokehold/Breakfast In America,” which set the record for holding the top spot on the Top 40 radio charts for the most consecutive weeks by a band. After scoring one of the biggest songs of 2010 with his solo smash “Billionaire (featuring Bruno Mars),” frontman Travie McCoy returned to Gym Class Heroes to release the band’s fourth Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen release, The Papercut Chronicles II, last fall. The band’s multi-platinum lead single, “Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine),” became their second No. 1 hit, with its follow-up, “Ass Back Home (feat. Neon Hitch),” already starting its ascent up the charts.
The party continues on Sunday for the ultimate Rock & Roll Tailgate, where both Super Bowl attendees and local residents will enjoy pregame festivities including music by top-selling musical guests and classic tailgate food.
Tickets are available now through The Crane Bay by calling (317) 876-3338 or going online to www.rollingstonerockweekend.com.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Administrator’s Note: From time to time, we recieve posts from people who would like to be quest bloggers on FantasyFootballBlog.net. If the guest post is up to our editorial standards, we’ll post it. So, here is our first guest blogger Kevin English.
Every NFL fan knows how hyper-popular fantasy football is during the regular season. But in recent years, postseason fantasy contests have boomed.
Some of these leagues require you to submit lineups each week leading up to the Super Bowl. Others test how well you can project games, allowing you to pick players prior to Wild Card weekend, and roll with them throughout the postseason. For example, if you pick Houston’s Arian Foster and he loses Saturday against Cincinnati, tough luck. You’ll only get one week’s worth of numbers out of him.
While a monster day from Foster certainly wouldn’t be a shock – he finished 2011 5th in rushing – the safe way to approach this format is to pick players who you believe will make the deepest postseason run.
Sounds simple enough, right?
Well, you’ll have to make decisions like this: Should I fall for Foster’s sky-high upside, and risk a one-and-done showing? Or should I pick up a safer play in, say, Pittsburgh’s Isaac Redman, a guy likely to see 15-20 touches with Rashard Mendenhall out. Oh, and he’s facing a slumping Broncos team that the Steelers should easily handle, thereby giving him a potential one game edge over Foster.
Not so simple after all.
As with any fantasy league, be sure to double and triple check scoring rules and starting requirements.
With that said, I’ll go through my top plays at each position (QB, RB, WR, TE) for leagues that require you to set a one-time lineup.
Quarterbacks
1. Drew Brees
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Tom Brady
Nothing fancy here. Brees playing in the Wild Card round against a terrible Lions secondary secures his position at #1…Rodgers and Brady – both on byes – aren’t far behind.
Running Backs
1. Ray Rice
2. Arian Foster
3. Isaac Redman
4. Darren Sproles
5. Frank Gore
With back to back 25+ touch outings to end the season, Rice will have plenty of opportunities to produce. Baltimore is primed for a Super Bowl run, too…Back to the Foster-Redman dilemma. This one is pretty much a toss up to me, but I’m leaning towards Foster’s big-play ability. He’ll be busy against the Bengals, and Andre Johnson’s presence will allow for more running room. Redman has plenty of power, but offers little playmaking talent, and will rely on a red zone TD for fantasy production. Pittsburgh’s lack of momentum and banged up roster are worrisome.
Wide Recievers
1. Marques Colston
2. Jordy Nelson
3. Victor Cruz
4. Wes Welker
5. Mike Wallace
You could make the case for Nelson at #1, despite the expected return of Greg Jennings (knee). To me, Jennings will be tough to trust after being out for about a month…I like the Giants at home over Atlanta, which explains why you won’t find Roddy White or Julio Jones cracking the top-5…Cruz is arguably the hottest WR league-wide.
Tight Ends
1. Jimmy Graham
2. Rob Gronkowski
3. Jermichael Finley
Graham is a no-brainer atop the TE ranks…Finley comes into the playoffs cold, but I think he catches fire over the next month as Green Bay makes a Super Bowl push…Hernandez is a tempting option too with 120+ yards in 2 of his last 3 games.
That’s all folks. Good luck in the postseason!
Kevin English is a blog contributor for Gold Star Games, a one-stop-shop for NFL tailgate gear and more.
