Robert Jurney Is The 2008 NFBC Overall Champion

Tom Kessenich · Post by **Tom Kessenich** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:06 am

Congratulations to Robert Jurney for finishing first in the NFBC this year. Robert has been with us since 2005 in both baseball and football. This was a great race to the finish with several teams in the hunt vying for the $100,000 grand prize. Robert's team emerged with the title, making him the fifth different overall champion in our event's history.

Congratulations again to Robert. We'll have more on his championship season in the days and weeks to come.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:21 am

Congratulations Robert as you made a steady climb down the stretch run before finally taking hold of the overall title during the last two weeks. Great job as this was definitely one of the closest overall races in our five years, won by another classy champion who has been a dedicated NFBC member since 2005. CONGRATS and get ready for being on the cover of our next Fantasy Sports Magazine!!

Cowboy Joe · Post by **Cowboy Joe** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:35 am

Nice job Robert and congrats to all the overall and league winners.

Joe Sambito · Post by **Joe Sambito** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:47 am

Job well done!

-Welcome to Stevieland

DiamondKing · Post by **DiamondKing** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:32 am

Nice to see the title go to such a good guy.I think I need a week off.Next week we can start the new season

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Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:37 am

Robert - Awesome job. What was the secret to your success this year (as opposed to last year)?

bjoak · Post by **bjoak** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:23 am

Great work, Bobby! All the way from 389th in the first few weeks to 1st in the end. Amazing. I told the folks back in the fun league about your accomplishment.

eddiejag · Post by **eddiejag** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:25 am

Robert great job , only the few get this feeling .

Kind of like winning the Heisman.Your in this special club for life. great job.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:35 am

Congratulations BobbyJ

Bobby J · Post by **Bobby J** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:06 am

Thanks everyone, what a roller coaster year as Brian stated in his post. Got as low as 389 in week 2 to first in week 25. Last year was just an absolute disaster, starting with my first 2 picks of Tex and Haf. Counted on 80 plus homers and got about 60, if that. Mark, I think you can agree, there are 3 things during the season, luck at the draft, luck of the league draw and free agent pickups. I think all 3 count just about the same, all 3 are extremely important in their own way. I really learned from alot of my mistakes from last year

headhunters · Post by **headhunters** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:52 am

congrats. 389 to 1st. are you just a prescient guy or did you put that moniker in after the 1st few weeks?

SluggoJD · Post by **SluggoJD** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:33 am

Congratulations Robert, and let this be a lesson to anyone who gives up on their team early on...it ain't over 'til it's over...

Oh, and there's no crying in baseball either.

So are you going to Disneyland?

John

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:04 am

Congrats Bobby! Tried, but could'nt hold on.

Da bears · Post by **Da bears** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:28 am

Great job Bobby! Enjoy the $$$$.

Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:43 am

Originally posted by Da bears:

Great job Bobby! Enjoy the $$$$. bobby - da bears has some creative ways on how you can spend your money...Fisher-style!!!!!!!!!!

Bobby J · Post by **Bobby J** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:45 am

I have a wife and 5 kids, I think the money is already spent

Da bears · Post by **Da bears** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:05 am

Originally posted by Gordon Gekko:

quote:Originally posted by Da bears:

Great job Bobby! Enjoy the $$$$. bobby - da bears has some creative ways on how you can spend your money...Fisher-style!!!!!!!!!!

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Gordon Gekko · Post by **Gordon Gekko** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:07 am

bobby - with the season over, do u think u can get more than 5 hours a sleep a night now?

Hard Heads · Post by **Hard Heads** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:24 am

Congrats Bobby J on a great year! Can't wait for March already!!!

Terry H · Post by **Terry H** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:12 pm

Congratulations Bobby J on your memorable season.

Enjoy the year ahead. Some of the things to look forward to.

By the end of the month you'll receive a letter from from Krause Publications, Inc., that will contain a check with your name on it and the check will have six digits to the left of the decimal point. Just guessing but I doubt that to many people ever get to experience that. You'll want to hold off cashing it right away as you'll want to show it off a little bit. Plan on taking it to the bank when you do deposit it as I'm told ATM machines won't take deposits of that amount.

In November the large check that you hold for your magazine cover picture will arrive. I suggest keeping that prominently displayed throughout the next year as anytime your wife complains that you're spending too much time with your fantasy baseball, you can just point to that check. Guaranteed to at least temporarily keep her quiet. I'll have to let you know next year if this works in year two.

In January one day you'll go to your mailbox and you'll get the thrill of having a magazine arrive with your picture on the cover of it. That might not sound like that big of a deal but I guarantee when it happens it will be an exciting moment.

Then next March at the draft make sure your hands are clean as you will shake hands with more people than you even imagined. You'll get far more congratulations than you are getting now on message boards, pm's and e-mails.

And if you go to Las Vegas you may even get the pleasure of having Brady Tinker call you Champ all weekend. And he doesn't even call any of the Dallas Cowboys that.

And if someone is insensitive enough to suggest that you were just lucky .... So What!

You Are The Champ!!!

Terry Haney

Fat Tub of Goo

2008 285th Place

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:16 pm

Nice Terry. Great post!!

Bobby J · Post by **Bobby J** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:01 pm

Thanks Terry, that was a great post, the time table of events was a great help, because of course the wife is asking when the check will get here. Talking to some friends today about the big cardboard check, does it fold up or it is in a 3 ft by 6 ft box. I thought my picture being on one of the pages of the mag when I won a league 2 years ago was a big deal, I am sure the experience will just blow me away. My Vegas trips are for fun, hard to find enough time in a weekend to do the drafts and find enough time for the poker tables, so Chicago will be my home for drafting for the foreseeable future.

FFBL23 · Post by **FFBL23** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:32 pm

Bobby, congratulations man. I remember walking around the Chicago draft room back in March and looking at all the teams like the most of us do after the drafts conclude. As I walked around the room, there was a certain team that caught my eye. That team had Pujols and Cabrera fall to them along with some other nice value picks. I told myself that was a team that really scared me. As the season moved along I forgot about your team. As the Quahogs and I were battling it out during August and early September, I could see you in the rear view mirror. I then remebered your team as I looked at the roster. Even though I was still leading with two weeks to go, I knew all along that you had the best team. I wish I didn't lose Quentin and Kinsler and them maybe we could have had a battle for the ages, but your championship was well deserved, you clearly had the best team. Enjoy the perks that come with being the man.

Kevin

LONG GONE · Post by **LONG GONE** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:52 pm

Great Job Bobby! You are the best owner of 2008.

Terry nice post champ!

Bobby J · Post by **Bobby J** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:32 am

Thanks again everyone. Kevin, that is usually a curse when you love your team after the draft but I did feel I was in a good position with a little luck during the season. Players just kept falling to me and I had to change on the fly. Manny in the 4th, Guillen in the 5th, Bay in the 8th and Damon in the 12th to name a few. I thought we were absolutely stacked hitting and that end up being the weaker of the 2. Pitching really over exceeded our expectations. Getting Cliff Lee in week 2 did not hurt either