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FANTASY

Sports Fanatics play Fantasy SF-2

Is it all about winning?

When you think about Fantasy Sports generally one of two things come to mind.  You are either looking forward to winning your league championship, or looking forward to winning some cold hard cash.

Gambling has always had it’s place in Fantasy Sports.   At it’s heart playing Fantasy Sports is gambling.  Each player you pick needs to not only play well, but also avoid injury, and be given ample opportunity to succeed.

I absolutely love Fantasy Football.  When drafting a team it isn’t about just picking the best statistical player.  What you are really attempting to do is draft Players who will exceed their previous couple of years performance.  In the case of rookies you are speculating on their immediate impact.  That’s what it takes to win your league.  Analyzing each Player’s peak potential, and then selecting the right combination of players that actually come close to reaching, or better yet exceeding it.  I’ve been doing exactly that quite successfully for years.

Fantasy Golf is still quite new to me.  I haven’t played a seasonal format yet but will in 2018.  Currently I just play individual PGA tour events.  I factor in each Player’s previous performance at the course, their recent form, the overall strength of the field, and key statistical areas depending on the course layout.  When choosing a roster of Golfers based on salary cap, such as on Draft Kings.  I usually avoid the highest value players. Instead I assemble a core group of second, and third tier players I expect will make the cut.  The only exception to this strategy is events with a particularly weak field.  In that case I’ll invest in one of the favourites.  I’ve had minimal success so far, but learning while playing has definitely been fun.  If you’ve had some success playing Fantasy Golf?  I’d like to hear about it, and what deciding factor led to your selections.

It’s still a couple of months before I begin drafting my Fantasy Football teams.  In the meantime I’ll be discussing Fantasy Golf each week.  It’s actually Sunday of the U.S. Open as I’m writing this.  My balanced roster is performing quite well.  I have Matt Kuchar, Tommy Fleetwood, Brendan Steele, Martin Laird, and Satoshi Kodaira still playing.  D.J., Rory, and Day all missing the cut was probably terrible for the networks, but it probably guaranteed me a win in my pool.  Quite a few of my friends asked me who I thought had the best chance of winning the Open.  I told them either D.J., or Sergio Garcia.  Day hasn’t truly been in top form this year, and I didn’t think Rory was fully recovered from injury.  I still expected all of them to make the cut though.  Well all of them except Day.  Just goes to show you how unpredictable Golf can be.

So how about we try to develop a system that actually does predict Golf?

Fantasy Sports is all about winning after all!

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FANTASY

Sports Fanatics play Fantasy SF-1

It started in high school.

A friend of mine organized a Pick the weekly winners league for NFL football.  He’d print out a list of all the week’s games, and make a copy for each person playing.  It cost $10 to play each week.  You picked whoever you thought would win each game, and as a tie breaker you predicted what the Monday night game score would be.  There was enough of us playing that if you won just once during the season. Then you were covered for the whole season and then some.  I played for three years in his League and my worst Season I won twice.  High school ended and I really missed that league.  I was able to start a few leagues of my own at different places I worked but never had enough players to make it worthwhile.

Then organized Fantasy Sports came and I was hooked.  The NFL weekly structure is King when it comes to Fantasy.  Every other Sport is seriously hindered by their schedules.  As an addicted Golfer I play Fantasy Golf as well.  Although It doesn’t lend itself well to seasonal leagues. It is great for weekly one off tournaments though.  Thankfully Golf only has a one month off season so there will be plenty to discuss year round.  During football season though be ready to hear my opinion on absolutely everything.  I’ve been running a Keeper league on NFL.com for quite a few years now, and it’s as competitive as any league I’ve ever played in including Champions leagues.  I plan on running a second league specifically for Blog subscribers so if you think you know Fantasy football.  I challenge you to step up.  Sign up as a VIP subscriber on my Home page entering Fantasy in the subject line.  Then message me through my Contact us page with FF2017 in the subject line, and tell me why you should be selected to compete in the Fantasy football Cobelife league.  The League will be Free to enter, but there will be prizes.

If you have a passion for Fantasy football or Golf then you are going to love the articles, and open debates I’ll have on Cobe Life.  I’m also an avid Soccer fan but will limit my articles to World Cup, or Euro Cup events.

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FISHING

The Right Angle RA-1 Shore fishing

My passion for fishing began as a child.  I grew up in the Caledon hills.  An area Northwest of Toronto.  Surrounded by rivers, and ponds of all sizes a short walk away.  The thrill of reeling in a fish was addictive.  Like most kids I started out with a simple rod and reel, a worm, and a hook.  It wasn’t long before I graduated to spinners, a better rod and reel, and my ability to cast to specific points on a river or pond was something to brag about.

I began fishing from shore, and it’s still my favourite way.  I have fished from a boat in Freshwater Lakes, and Deep Seas.  Still nothing compares to searching for some remote River or Lake access, and working your way along the bank until you locate a potentially great spot.  Sure I’ve caught some of my largest fish from a boat.  I’d rather hook a 3 pound Bass from shore, than a 5 pound Bass from a boat.  Reeling in a decent game fish from shore has an added sense of satisfaction.  You can’t properly fish more than 100 feet of shoreline in one day in most cases when shore fishing.  You could easily fish 5 times that in the same time period by boat.  Knowing that going in makes you appreciate each catch that much more.

Quite a few years passed where life just got in the way of Fishing.  Luckily for me the woman I would eventually marry picked up a rod for the first time at my parents place.  I tied on an old Panther Martin and showed her how to properly cast. A few casts later in the pond behind my parents house, and she hooked a little Brook Trout.  That’s all it took for my fishing drought to end.  Not only do I get to enjoy one of my favourite pastimes, but my wife complains if we don’t get out and go fishing often.  I can feel the Collective wave of jealousy that just hit me.

In this Blog I will share some of our stories, great fishing spots, product reviews, and my advice to enjoying fishing on a budget.  I am a Blogger after all.  Expendable income is practically an oxymoron to me.

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GOLF

My Golf story Starting from Scratch SS-1

So it begins

The ongoing quest to becoming a better Golfer.  Follow my journey from total hack to hopefully one day becoming a Scratch Golfer.  Learn from the mistakes I make, and pick up a few helpful hints along the way.  Read product reviews from a beginner’s perspective, and get a better understanding if those products can actually benefit you.  Explore courses that aren’t designed to give professionals a challenge, but are actually fun to play for Beginners like you and I.

First of all a little tidbit about me.  I am a true fan of anything I choose to pursue.  That is to say that I am fanatical about it.  My friends usually consider me the foremost authority on any subject I take interest in.  Whenever I get into something new I research the subject obsessively.  I scour the internet, books, magazines, videos, and speak with anyone I can that’s considered educated on the subject.  In most cases a few months of research is enough time for me to gain a sufficient amount of wisdom on the subject.

Not so with Golf.

 After reading a ridiculous number of reviews. Watching an endless number of videos.  Subscribing to the Golf channel.  Then visiting every store within a 50 mile radius that has even the slightest connection to Golf.  I finally realized something. Product reviews, swing instruction, and even general interest stories about Golf target everyone except true Beginners.  To make matters worse, I’m a lefty.  99% of the videos online like to pretend that lefties don’t exist.  Well we do damn it.  Actually two of the guys I play with most are Lefties as well.  Needless to say that we will be posting some videos of our own.

It’s the lack of Beginner perspective that ultimately motivated me to begin this Blog.  Any instruction I provide will be given in the most simple of terms.  Product reviews will be based on their  usefulness to a Beginner.  Plus I’ll share some of my more hilarious stories along the way.