Fantasy football over: Now what are we supposed to do?

If there’s one thing that all men, jocks and nerds (football fans or not) do that women will face-palm at, it’s fantasy football: Dungeons and Dragons for those who love the National Football League.

Of course we’ve all succumbed to the game. Why? Because it’s freaking addicting. Many a student has wasted way too much time on the school computers checking player stats.

UCCS students enjoyed this year’s fantasy season – except for the losing streaks.

Freshman Jesse Fenton, geography major and owner of the “I Can’t Believe It’s not BAMF” fantasy team enjoyed his fantasy season—to an extent.

“I like Fantasy Football, but the unpredictability makes it very stressful,” said Jesse. When asked about how his season went, horrible was the only word to describe it. Jesse’s favorite players were Jason Witten and Marshawn Lynch.

“Just not Michael Vick. And I hated having Dwayne Bowe and Steven Jackson… And once again Michael Vick,” said Jesse.

Jesse’s strategy was to watch which teams were doing poorly and start players he had who were competing against these struggling teams. Jesse also battled injuries this season, as if fate were playing against his fantasy team.

“The worst, though, is overpowered quarterbacks, which leads to overpowered teams,” said Jesse.

Freshman Jonathan Ferguson, owner of the fantasy team “Jarod is not BAMF” had a bittersweet season, just like his favorite team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (it should be noted that Jarod was in fact the owner of the FBAMF league).

Jonathan was not so sure if he had fun with his fantasy season.

“It depends on how my players do, but I took fourth out of ten with a 4-9 record,” said Jonathan.

His favorite players were Fred Jackson (before he got injured), Cam Newton and Ryan Matthews while he held a strong dislike for Tony Gonzalez and Roddy White. Jonathan’s strategy was to put in the players with the best projections possible.

“The most frustrating parts of the season were the injuries or players who didn’t perform to their potential and then when you finally benched them they played well. And losing by five points or less definitely sucked.”

Through the time wasted in fantasy football, participants did at least acquire some knowledge in the process. They learned that most teams’ first round pick Chris Johnson, who promised to be the ultimate point scorer, was a fluke this season.

They quickly learned just how bad the Cowboys’ entire team could choke when they needed to score.

But most importantly, they learned that if they’re taking their fantasy teams more seriously than the actual National Football League, it’s time to go play outside.