By JIMMY D / Fantasy Sports

What’s the buzz with Jimmy’s new buzz?

Jimmy was having a bad week even before he decided to shave his head.
All Jimmy’s handicapping pals told him Clemson was overrated and would lose at Virginia Tech. Did Jimmy listen? Nope.

Hear that flushing sound? That was Jimmy’s money, down the old toilet.
Todd Bertuzzi’s back gave out and now he’s un-tradeable. And Jimmy caught a mysterious, energy-sapping bug.

But it was that reality injection called cancer, which is attacking Jimmy’s friends and sister-in-law which was the crappy icing on a lousy-tasting cake and convinced him to buzz the fuzz on his scalp.

Fortunately for anyone seeking a good giggle at Jimmy’s expense, this process has been saved for posterity and can be seen at www.JimmyDSports.com.
Why record these 20 minutes of sheer, shear pain? Well, Jimmy figured it might generate a few bucks for a cancer-related charity of Greg or Michelle’s choosing. [ see the video now ]

And you should know the shaver was malfunctioning and was not being used properly by Mrs. Jimmy. And the razor she brought to complete the task was the dullest thing to come along since George W. Bush.

You don’t have to pay to witness the Jimmy Mohawk cut taking shape. Or to giggle at the dangling apostrophe of hair Mrs. Jimmy left atop his forehead before shaving him to the bone.

But, there is a donation link on the page and you’ll feel so bad for Jimmy at the end of the video that rewarding some charity with $10 or $20 should be the first thing on your mind.

Other than how devilishly handsome Jimmy remains, even shorn like a sheep.
So, check it out. It’s for a good cause (and not just to see Jimmy humiliated). And keep the kiddies away from it or turn down the volume, as Jimmy squeaks the occasional bad word when the pain becomes unbearable. Click here to see it.

Clever and stupid

Often, there’s a fine line between winning and losing. Just like there is often a fine line – as the erstwhile David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap would remind us - between clever and stupid.

So, when Jimmy snatched the Buffalo defense off the waiver wire in his head-to-head pool last week and pegged them to have a big game against Green Bay, that was clever.

When Jimmy forgot to put the Bills defense onto is active roster and left Seattle there, that was stupid.

Fortunately, Jimmy’s opponent had a lousy week (he had four New England Patriots and Tom Brady’s four picks gave him -4 fantasy points), so he won the week anyway.

But succeeding in spite of stupidity is small consolation and not the hallmark of a fantasy champion. Count on luck some of the time, count on research and smarts most of the time.

QB trouble

By quarterback trouble, Jimmy means trouble for incumbent starters who are getting their butts booted out of a job.

It also presents some issues for fantasy GMs trying to decide who to start and who to bench.

Exhibit A: David Garrard, Jaguars. He subs for injured Byron Leftwich in Philly and wins. He subs for maybe-injured Leftwich against Tennessee and throws for three TDs. Now with the whispers growing into audible shouts that Garrard is the better man for the job and with Leftwich now supposedly healthy, what happens?
Contracts and politics don’t always permit the right thing to happen, but if I owned Leftwich, I would be waiver scouring and trade seeking right now.

Exhibit B: Joey Harrington. OK, so it wasn’t pretty, but a win on the road against a 7-0 team is always a thing of beauty. Where does that leave Daunte Culpepper? Permanently doubtful on the injury report is Jimmy’s guess.

Exhibit C: Damon Huard. Nobody gave him or the Chiefs much of a chance when Trent Green went down with that wicked concussion in Week 1. With Green getting close, Huard has started playing well, as his three TD passes Sunday against the Rams proves. KC has quietly won five of six.

Exhibit D: Bruce Gradkowski. With Chris Simms now officially done for the year, the rookie from Toledo can continue his maturation as the Buc pivot. He threw a pair of scores in the Tampa loss to the Saints.

Exhibit E: Tony Romo. Sounds like a pizza franchise, but he is new franchise dude in Dallas, now that Drew Bledsoe played himself out of the job. Coach Parcells likes him. What else do you need to know? He threw nearly 300 yards and two scores in the Cowboys bizarre loss to Washington.

Stay busy, stay lucky and stay on the www.JimmyDSports.com website long enough to check out Jimmy’s shave.

And drop a few pesos if you have some to spare.

JimmyD