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Mike Clay - who has written 149 posts on Fantasy Depth Chart.
Mike resides in Fleetwood, PA where he lives with his fiancee, Mandie, and two Yorkies, Sir Wiggles and Princess. He is employed as an Accountant at W.E. Yoder, Inc. (Railroad Construction, Engineering, & Design) and is originally from Pottsville, where he attended Nativity BVM High School from 1999 to 2003. He later graduated with a degree in Accounting from Kutztown University in 2007.
During his tenure at Kutztown University, Mike spent three years as the Sports Editor for The Keystone, the University’s official newspaper. He began broadcasting KU basketball, softball, and baseball in 2005 before retiring in 2009 to focus on this website. In addition, Mike is the creator and sole contributor of Kutztown University Vital Sports, which offers analysis of the aforementioned KU athletic program. Mike also spent some time as a writer for Major League Baseball website RBIMagazine.com. Over the last few years, Mike has contributed various articles to the Pottsville Republican and Charleston Gazette. In the summer of 2008, fellow-ex-RBI Magazine writer Dave Kulich joined Mike for a Kutztown University Radio show called “Sports Talk with Mike and Dave”. The show returned for a second season in May of 2009. Currently, Mike hosts the FantasyDC Blitz with Bryan Fontaine from www.RookieBlitz.com . The show airs every Thursday at 7 pm EST on the Fantasy Sports Channel (www.fsc.fm).
Mike is a huge sports fan and his favorite teams include the Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche, Miami Hurricanes, and Marshall Thundering Herd. His favorite athletes include Mark Martin, Joe Montana, Chad Pennington, Aaron Rodgers, JerMichael Finley, Andruw Jones, Lou Williams, Claude Giroux, and Rico Fata. In a given year, you are sure to find Mike at a few Eagles/Steelers games, a handful of local major league baseball games, and at least 5 NASCAR races. When not at the games, Mike enjoys them from his recliner, where he can put to use his 50” Plasma HD-TV with full surround sound. Mike is also an avid fantasy sports manager and runs competitive leagues in several sports, most notably baseball, nascar, and football.
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Posted on 07 September 2010
I promised it in last week’s Draft Strategy piece, so here it is: The RotoBowl Draft Recap. Included here is a comparison between my strategy and what actually happened on draft night, a thorough analysis of my roster, and league Power Rankings, which includes analysis of all 12 teams in the league. Strategy vs. Actual [...]
Posted on 26 August 2010
To accurately compile projections, it is important to study target distribution to each position. Below is analysis of said target distributions for each team in the AFC. A chart showing all 2008 and 2009 data is at the bottom. The chart also includes 2010 projections. Click Here to view the NFC. BLT — The Ravens [...]
Posted on 21 August 2010
To accurately compile projections, it is important to study target distribution to each position. Below is analysis of said target distributions for each team in the NFC. A chart showing all 2008 and 2009 data is at the bottom. The chart also includes 2010 projections. ARIZONA CARDINALS — The Cardinals have been one of the [...]
Posted on 11 August 2010
By popular demand, here are my 2010 Positional Rankings for Standard Scoring leagues. Also included are Kicker Rankings. Quarterbacks Kickers Tight Ends Running Backs Wide Receivers
Posted on 06 August 2010
Recently, Chet from over at Razzball had a brilliant idea to, well, here I’ll let him explain: You know how you are supposed to visualize yourself doing great things and through the magic of positive thinking you do those things? Well, that’s crap, but let’s take that crap and compost it and grow a fantasy [...]