HAMMOND, Ind. - My friend John won tickets to the ESPN 1000 Fantasy Football Convention that took place August 28 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. I'm glad he invited me because I never participated in a live football draft so that was a good experience.
ESPN experts John Clayton (shown), Stefania Bell (shown) and Matthew Berry were on hand along with a number of ESPN local personalities like Waddle and Silvy and the afternoon saloon.
ESPN also had a lot of giveaways so I applaud them for putting together the convention.
They put together a bunch of leagues and even though they made a number of numerical mistakes that put me in a seperate league than what I was originally slated for, they pulled it off pretty smoothly considering the uncertainty about the number of people that show up.
I like the team I drafted. I thought I got out to a slow start in the first three rounds since I only had the eighth pick, but I really think I picked up some sleepers in the late rounds.
August 28 was a fantasy filled day, as my Yahoo! draft was laster that night. There I had the first pick and picked Chris Johnson. I'm also confident I put together a pretty solid team around him.
In the past I had been ant-Fantasy, but now I am on board with the belief that it only makes foootball season more exciting.
