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Okay, I have to give credit to my niece, Sherri for this one - this is too funny!

-Christi, FFC

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{DRAFT} Draft Party - Ladies Style!

I came across this great post from BA Haggerty at foodmarriage.com and thought it was a great way to show how to host a draft party, have a league filled with first time members and have fun!  Enjoy!

Girls Fantasy Football Draft Party!

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 BY BA HAGGERTY · 1 COMMENT

Anyone that knows me knows that I don’t know much about football.  I was the cheerleader in grade school and high school that loved to cheer on the team, but didn’t know the difference between defense and offense (seriously, not joking).  Over the years and after marrying a sports-loving husband I have gradually picked up on things.  Now I can watch an Eagles game and understand what is going on!

Personalized Fantasy Football Wine Glass Charms

Since every guy I know plays Fantasy Football…that means all of my friends’ husbands, fiancés, and boyfriends play Fantasy Football.  And what does that mean for all of us girls?  The TV is monopolized every Sunday during football season.  And not just for one game – for the WHOLE day!  So a bunch of us girls decided to start our own Girls Fantasy Football League!!  Our #1 reason was to be able to join in the fun and have a reason to watch the other games on TV!  It will give us something to get excited about and give us a reason to root for different players!!  And since all of us are on an even playing fields in terms of understanding/not understanding Fantasy Football, I think it will be a fun time!

The Money Jar!

Our new league is rightfully named “Virgin Fantasy Girls” as it is mostly everyone’s first time playing Fantasy Football.  There are 12 of us in the league (and I’m excited to say we even have someone on the wait list for next year if anyone drops out!!)  With girly team names like “Tough Cookies” (me) and others like “Victorious Secret,” “Show Me Your TDs,” “When in Romo” and “My Husband’s Team Sucks,” we got into the spirit right away!!

Girls Fantasy Football Cake Pops

I held our draft party at my house and loved decorating for it!  I made custom Fantasy Football Wine Glass Charms by tying ribbons around wine glasses, adding a football cut out of card-stock, and personalizing them with each person’s name.  I made a Fantasy Football Money Jar by cutting out a football and tying it around a mason jar.  I also made two fun drinks: a sweet summertime sangria and cucumber water (recipe to follow later this week).  And of course, the draft party would not be complete without Pink Glitter Football Cake Pops!  (Recipe also coming later this week)

Draft Order Picking

To pick our draft order, I got little wooden footballs from the craft store and wrote the numbers 1 – 12 on them.  I then put them inside a football that has a top that opens up.  You actually push a button on the front of the football, it plays music, and then the lid opens up!  It made for a very dramatic and fun way to pick the draft order!!  Each girl got to push the button, close their eyes, let the music play, and pick their tiny football out!

Penalty Flags aka Napkins!

To get excited for the upcoming competition between us all, we did food potluck style where everyone brought their favorite game day appetizers and foods.  From homemade guacamole, salsa, pigs in a blanket, and buffalo chicken dip to pizza, meatballs, and smoked ribs…we definitely ate like queens!  Everything was severed on football shaped plates.  And I couldn’t resist putting out yellow “Penalty Flags” for napkins!!

Intimidating!

The actual drafting of the players?  A little more stressful than we thought it would be!!  We only had two minutes to pick each player online and as you get down to the wire, your computer starts beeping at you to make your pick NOW!  But once we got the hang of it, it went pretty smoothly. (And thank goodness for cheat sheets!)

Great Draft Party!

Overall, it was a successful draft party and we had a great time!  There’s some good money at stake as we each put in $50.  But really, we are most excited to have fun each week playing against each other and rooting on our players.  Can’t wait for the season to start!!!

I would also like to give my husband a special THANK YOU for his late night Fantasy Football tutoring sessions…love you!

Isn't this a great party and a great group of ladies who had fun playing fantasy?  Do you have an all girls league or are you like me and play with the boys?  Before I played, we would always host the draft so I loved planning the menu, the decor, the drinks, etc!  Who do you play with, let me know!

-Christi, FFC

http://foodmarriage.com/2013/09/girls-fantasy-football-draft-party.html#comment-85432

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{FUN} Meet Boom Herron's Uno

Daniel "Boom" Herron is an American football running back for the Indianapolis Colts. 

I am a sucker for players and their furry friends!  Here is a great story about Boom Herron and his dog, Uno...

Dan “Boom” Herron is a fun guy. Always smiling and laughing, the running back for the Indianapolis Colts is passionate about football and family. But if you really want to see his face light up, ask him about Uno.

“You want to talk about my dog?”

Named for his jersey at Ohio State (No. 1), Uno is a ten-month-old American Bully, who quickly worked his way into Herron’s life and his heart.  {read more}

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-Christi, FFC

{FUN} Ideas for Team Names...

Okay, these are fun but kind of cheesy...might be a great way to mess with peoples heads! 

Drew Brees:

1. Young Breezy

2. Get On Your Hands and Brees

3. 98 DeBrees

Jamaal Charles:

4. Jamaal of America

5. Jamaal Along The Watch Tower

6. Jamaal About Eve

7. I’m Jamaal In

8. Jamaalong Came Polly

LeSean McCoy:

9. Don’t Act So McCoy

10. To The Break of LeSean

11. LeSean the Waterfront

Adrian Peterson:

12. AP Style Guide

13. There’s an AP for that

Eddy Lacy:

14. Lacy Chabert

15. From Sea to Shining Lacy

Calvin Johnson:

16. Calvin and Cobbs (If you draft Randall Cobb as well)

17. Calvin Them Softly

18. I’ll Have What She’s Calvin

Jimmy Graham:

19. Half a Graham

20. Grahamama’s House

21. Hot Graham!

22. Green Eggs and Graham (if you draft A.J. Green as well)

Demaryius Thomas:

23. Jesus and Demaryius Chain

24. Demaryius Christmas

Marshawn Lynch:

25. The Lynchpin

26. What’s for Lynch?

27. Hedwig and the Angry Lynch

Peyton Manning:

28. The Manning of Life

29. Peytoncè

Arian Foster:

30. Foster Children

31. Foster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

32. The Foster The Furious

Aaron Rodgers:

33. Rodgers and Fumblestein (if you draft Toby Gerhart as well)

34. Running some Aarons

Wes Welker:

35. The White Welkers (if you draft Roddy White as well)

36. Welker? Barely knew her!

37. Wes Coast Hip Hop

38. Wes Side Story

39. Once Upon a Time in the Wes

Matt Forte:

40. Not My Forte

41. Forte Oz. to Freedom

42. Forte Winks

43. This is Forte

Toby Gerhart:

44. Toby or not Toby

45. Gerhart Attack

46. You Have No Gerhart

47. Gerhart of Darkness

DeMarco Murray:

48. DeMarco Polo

49. X DeMarco the Spot

Cam Newton:

50. Wham Bam Thank You Cam

51. Cam Newtons are Fruit and Cake

52. Newton’s Apple

Dez Bryant:

53. I’m Going to Deznyland!

54. I Make Dez Look Easy

Johnny Manziel:

55. Don’t Be So Manzielous

56. Buy Low, Manziel High

57. Peanut Butter and Manzielly

58. SpiderManziel, or really any superhero who ends in “man”

Tony Romo:

59. Hopeless Romontic

60. RomoCop

61. Romo and Michelle’s High School Reunion

62. Tony Romo’s, A Place for Broken Ribs

Jason Witten:

63. Witten Without You

64. A Basket of Wittens

65. The Enemy Witten

Lamar Miller:

66. Lamar the Merrier

67. It’s Miller Time!

Bishop Sankey:

68. Do the Sankey Leg

69. You Sankey My Battleship

70. Songs in the Sankey of Life

Nick Foles:

71. Foles Gold

72. Only Foles Rush In

Tyler Eifert:

73. Sorry Eiferted

74. A for Eifert

Nick Folk:

75. Go Folk Yourself

Montee Ball:

76. Canadian Montees

77. Hey, Hey! We’re the Montees!

78. MonT-Rex

79. I Came In Like A Montee Ball

So, how do you come up with your team name?  Do you like the creative ones above? I always seem to draw a blank and go with my last name (real creative right?)...let me know the cool names that are out there! 

-Christi, FFC

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