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BWW game watch on December 10th!

I've been busy tabulating results from my 1st Annual FFLibrarian Readers' Choice poll - and also doing some clean-up on my annual accuracy award given to the fantasy football expert with the most accurate preseason rankings. I run the competition in conjunction with the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) and just booked my travel and hotel (hello, Palms) for the annual FSTA conference where I'll be presenting the award - Vegas, here I come! The best part of the conference is meeting some of the faces behind the websites that I link to and I'm looking forward to reconnecting with some of the fantasy experts out there.

More news to report - I'll be hosting that game watch I mentioned at the Brooklyn Buffalo Wild Wings on Thursday, December 10th. I'd love to have as many of you attend as possible, but space is going to be limited so I'll need an RSVP from those of you who are interested in coming. We'll get the night kicked off around 8 PM or so - please e-mail me before Tuesday, December 8th at noon eastern time if you'd like to attend so I can get you on the guest list (yes, seriously, a guest list - who knew?!) and I'll send any important info your way. I'm really looking forward to this - and there might even be some more contests/giveaways for attendees. So come join in on the fun on December 10th!

Lots of links to get to today - and don't forget to get your lineups set for tonight's Jets vs Bills game.

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