'Hard Knocks' is back!

'Hard Knocks' is back and that means I'm Hosting at Afterbuzz TV with our Football fans, Christina, Stef, and new Host, Frank this season while we talk all about the Houston Texans!  J.J. Watt, originally from Wisconsin, went to school at UW-Madison is clearly the stand-out on the team but it's exciting to see new additions and other big players continuing to make plays during the pre-season and I think under the Coaching of Bill O'Brien, it's a strong team to contend with!

Hosting at Afterbuzz TV with Christina, Stef, and Frank for Week 1 of 'Hard Knocks'

The fact that we get to talk about Football for nearly an hour already excites me but when you add that insider perspective behind the scenes at training camp, you really reel me in!  With the addition of some awesome players and a very New England heavy team, including Coaches. I believe the Texans will make it to the play-offs this season.  Their schedule this season looks good and if their wide receivers and running backs come in confident, Hoyer will make contact, and lead his offensive team well.  He's got Cecil Shorts coming from Jacksonville, DeAndre Hopkins who is currently listed as their number one receiver while Freddy Blue is listed as their number one running back.  With the plays that Chris Polk was making during last week's pre-season game, I think he'll be coming in and potentially start depending on how well Blue does.  Jaelon Strong also showed promise as a Rookie wide receiver so we'll just have to see what happens in the upcoming weeks.  J.J. is always such a leader, and there's no doubt that their defense with Vince Wilfork, Brian Cushing, and Rahim Moore, their line is going to be massive, and I'm really liking Charles James at cornerback and jumping in at running back as well.  During the show we haven't seen too much of special teams so I'll be interested in seeing who will be taking that starting position returning punts!

I was able to Lead Host during Week Two of 'Hard Knocks' so that was very exciting since we just started doing a 'Hard Knocks' show at Afterbuzz last year.  I started watching Football with my Mom at a very young age, always cheering the Packers on, and my Mom put me on the Packers Season Ticket Waiting List when I was nine years old.  I'm still waiting and it seems like it's going to be quite some time before I even see an opportunity for those tickets.  I started Cheerleading and took camps in Middle School and was on our High School and then Winona State's Cheerleading Team all throughout college.  When you're a Cheerleader, you're literally right in the action so I got used to knowing what was going on and what each of the positions had to do in order to win or lose a game.  I miss being right on the sidelines when I go and see Football games nowadays.  

Week Two of 'Hard Knocks' coming to ya from Afterbuzz TV

Needless to say, I've been interested in Football ever since I was a little girl and getting to Host our 'Hard Knocks' Aftershow at Afterbuzz TV is a dream come true!  The perks of doing this show are the insights we get into the team as well as other teams.  Finding out who will be starting or playing back-up is very beneficial when I get ready to draft for my Fantasy Football Team.  I'll start doing Mock Drafts next week and figuring out where and when I can draft certain players and more than likely I'll pick up a Texan or two since I'm on the Houston train...or should I say, Wisconsinite Watt Train!

I'm looking forward to an exciting Football Season and all I can say is, Go Pack Go!  And Aaron Rodgers...you'll always be my favorite <3

Football Season is Back!

As soon as the Superbowl is over I look forward to August when Pre-Season Football begins, which means Regular Season is just around the corner.  It also means Fantasy Football is back, and my love/hate relationship with that enticing little game.

I've been a Packer Fan for as long as I can remember, not to mention, I've been on the Green Bay Packer Ticket Waiting List since I was 9 years old.  Originally, my brother and I, were told we would get the tickets when we were about 50 years old, well, that number has changed and we hope to see those tickets in our lifetime.  Who can blame Packer Fans for still going to all the games because we are an amazing and loveable team, led by my all-time favorite Packer draft pick, Aaron Rodgers!  Every week I look forward to watching my Packer game, whether I'm working at the bar and cheering along with my team, or at home on the couch, with a Bloody Mary and some Football treats, or sipping a beer at my favorite Sports Bar, there's nothing like watching my favorite game of the week!

Go Pack Go!

Fantasy Football has been around for a long time, and while this is my 3rd consecutive year playing, I was initially talked into Fantasy Football when I had first moved out to LA 8 years ago by my friend, Tim Gage, (miss you all the time, and won't forget the incredible experience of working on 'The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told' with you and some of the most memorable people of my acting career) but didn't do so well that year because I didn't quite understand the game.  Well, the past 2 years have been good and bad; my first year I got 3rd place, while last year, I came in nearly bottom of the barrel.  This year, I'm in the middle, but it's only the 3rd week, and hopefully I'll move back up towards the top after Monday night's game and because each team in our league has an awesome Super Team thanks to a No Auto-Draft League.

I do have a love/hate relationship with Fantasy Football.  Who doesn't get excited about a little healthy competition between friends, cheering on players and wanting them to succeed but I can't tell you how frustrating it is, week to week, relying on specific players to win your match-up.  For instance, I have Victor Cruz on my team and in the first week he scored over 30 points while last week he scored almost 13, which is still awesome, but Eli Manning still manages to ruin my game because I have to worry about how well he's going to play and he's completely unreliable.  That brought a loss for me last week considering my opponent had Denver's defense who brought in 23 points (scoring an extra 10 points above their projections) against the Giant's offense in Manning Bowl.  I blame it all on Eli.  Yet, for some reason, I love playing and get excited about watching all the Football games throughout the week, and keeping track of my scores on the Stat Tracker!

I'm so happy that Football is back in full effect!  So if you can't figure out which team to cheer for, why not pick our team, the Packers, as they are the only team who's owned by the fans; and there's nothing like being at a Packer Game in the middle of December, while it's negative 10 degrees outside!  You have to do it once in your life :)