The Rise of Romano

If you're bored with fantasy football talk, we'll see you later. If you want to watch me eat a huge slice of humble pie, oh please, read on:

It's said one of the toughest things in sports is to beat the same team three times in the same season (baseball not included). But perhaps even tougher: Don't be an idiot.

The Aaron Brooks All Stars were led by an idiot, and fell to the Harley Riders, 94-86 this weekend. So sad.

You can draft well, dominate for months, and then get stupid. Worried about the weather, the All Stars sat Matt Hasselbeck and started Phil Rivers. Hasselbeck went for 10 points, and we were feeling like that was a good move. Until Rivers finished with -1. Do the math. Rivers could have gone for 100 yards and a TD and no horrible picks, and wouldn't be having this discussion.

That said, the Harley Riders pulled off the masterstroke. With stud TE Ben Watson out, Romano went to Desmond Clark (I guy I swear I tried to pluck off the wire earlier this year and was denied -- maybe by Romano) off the free agency list. The guy goes for 24 points (120-something yards, two TDs). Did Romano see that coming? I think not, but he got lucky. And that's that.

So, Romano goes on to the finals. We'll just try to play out the string and lead the league next week and win some bonus, um, points to soothe our battered psyche and pride.

Real Fitchburg stuff later. If we can stop crying.