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on forever. Then football finally starts up http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-anthony-miller-jersey , and before you know it, the season’s half over. Crazy how time flies.Anyway, since Jeff’s still out of town, I figured I’d just combine the Fantasy Football Forum article with the WCG Fantasy Tournament 2nd Quarter Recap. One, because it just seemed more efficient, and two, because I’m busy and/or lazy, and just didn’t want to write multiple articles. Sue me.For anyone unfamiliar, the WCG Fantasy Tournament is a 60 person tournament we hold every year. It is comprised of five 12 team divisions which operate independently. They each have a regular season, a 6 team play-off, and an eventual champion. However, the team that scores the most points in the championship games, wins the tournament Womens Sherrick McManis Jersey , bragging rights, and the fabulous prizes listed at the bottom of this article!Now that we’re all caught up, let’s take a look at the current standings as of Week 8:click for full sizeI wrote 4 weeks ago that all the divisions were pretty competitive. That still mostly holds true, but we are starting to see some separation, both at the top and at the bottom of each division. Still though, as the saying goes: anything that can happen, can also happen in reverse. So if you’re sitting at the bottom of your division, hang in there! And if you’re at the top, don’t get complacent!Top Scoring TeamsTJGobig (Kwit’n Iggy Smith It) - 1189Bear0811 (Maserati Monsters) - 1119NjBearsFan51 (no team name) - 1058lemaster (Cohen the Distance) - 1039GentlemanHalas (12 Angry Bears) - 1036Beer Down1 (Danny’s Coffee House) - 1024Lester Wiltfong (no team name) - 1022TrubiskyandWhiskey (no team name) - 1017jcneall (Sweet Butkus) - 1004daniwah (Peanut Tillman No Jam) – 1002jukethelesser (Mitch Betta Have My Money) – 1002Through 8 weeks, we’ve got 11 teams who’ve scored more than 1000 points. That’s an average of at least 125 points per game. That’s a really nice start for all these teams, and points to how competitive this tournament has been so far. There is no one team that seems to be running away with things. Now, not all these teams are leading their divisions (it is a weekly match up tournament after all), but they do have to be considered among the favorites to win the tournament due to their respective team’s high scoring potential.Odds and endsWhen last we checked (week 4) Charles Leno Jersey , there were 19 teams that had yet to spend a single cent of their FAAB budget on waiver wire acquisitions. Through 8 weeks, that number has dropped to 13. Of course, that doesn’t mean they haven’t been active on the wire, they just haven’t bid any FAAB yet.Again, back in week 4, we only had a single team that had blown through their entire FAAB budget (Sandbag85). Well, he’s got company now as 4 other teams have joined him in the poor house. Hope you all got something good, cause you’re behind the 8-ball from here on out!One thing that I will saw I’m disappointing in, is the shear number of teams that don’t have a team name!There are 20 teams, a full 1⁄3 of the tournament (!) that have unnamed teams.I honestly don’t even know what to say about that.It’s just...Also, as a quick reminder, these are again the fabulous prizes everyone is competing for:Division Champions get a sticker with their Division logo:The overall Tournament Champion gets a custom illustrated shirt:Great first half everyone, and good luck to all heading into the second! And as this post also serves as your Week 9 Fantasy Football Forum http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-joel-iyiegbuniwe-jersey , feel free to sound off in the comments!Whether it be to ask for sit/start advice, or just to shoot the breeze about the fake sport we all love so much.Regular Fantasy Football Forum articles will return next week.Bear Down everyone!Jeff Berckes is the Fantasy Football writer for Windy City Gridiron, co-hosts the podcast Bears Over Beers, and can be found on twitter @gridironborn.WhiskeyRanger is a freelance graphic artist and Windy City Gridiron Contributor at not-so-large.You can find him on twitter @WhiskeyRanger29. The schedule will be out tomorrow, so until then, let’s speculate"The NFL schedule will be released tomorrow.The Chicago Bears followed up that announcement with the news that single-game tickets will go on sale immediately after at 8:30 p.m. CT: We already know that the Bears will open their centennial season against Green Bay on Thursday, Sept. 5 but the rest of the schedule will be unveiled on the NFL Network and ESPN at 8 p.m. leaked throughout the day Wednesday.The Bears, coming off their best season in eight seasons and one of the expected contenders for Super Bowl LIV, will likely be on prime-time a lot.I know many Bears fans prefer those comfortable and familiar noon Central kick offs, but that isn’t the reality when the team is good and filled with eight returning Pro-Bowlers and league-wide stars such as Khalil Mack and Eddie Jackson.The Bears will likely have the maximum number of prime-time games, although some will likely be subject to flex scheduling, as well as the network “protection” they can place on certain games to save them from being flexed.Last year ten teams had five prime-time games scheduled when the schedule was released.Since we already know one, I will take a look at four more possible prime-time match ups and just for you-know-what and giggles I’ll take a stab at whether it will be a Thursday Womens Nick Kwiatkoski Jersey , Sunday or Monday night match up.vs. Dallas CowboysThis is easy to predict. Five of the last six meetings between these squads came in prime-time and the Cowboys are always a favorite of the prime-time schedule makers. With both teams coming off playoff appearances this has Sunday Night Football written all over it.vs. Kansas City ChiefsThis one is a little tricky. I could see this one being coveted for a 3:25 p.m. CT kick off on CBS with Jim Nantz and Tony Romo calling the action but I think seeing Matt Nagy go against his mentor Andy Reid, as well as 2017 NFL Draft picks Mitchell Trubisky and Patrick Mahomes duke it out is too good not to put on prime-time. This would be a hyped Monday Night Football game in late October or November.at L.A. RamsLast season’s Week 14 meeting was a clash of the NFL’s elite and ended up being a tough, hard-nosed old school football game in a cold Chicago. I think there is enough national curiosity to see how the Bears would’ve fared in LA in the postseason and now see if the Rams can compete against a very elite defense after having a dud Super Bowl against the Patriots. This is a great Sunday Night Football match.at Philadelphia EaglesThree of the last four regular season meetings between these teams occurred in prime-time, save for the dismal John Fox-led squad against the rolling Carson Wentz squad in 2017. It nearly goes back to four of five if you consider the 3:25 p.m. slot as primetime games, since those regularly end up the most-watched games of the NFL weekend. With a close playoff loss hanging over the Bears and questions about if Carson Wentz can get it done for Philly, this game has enough intrigue to be a Monday night game.Other options: The Bears have played on Thanksgiving three of the past five seasons (2014, 2015 and 2018) so it isn’t out of the realm that they would end up playing at Detroit again or against another opponent in the late slot.The Bears and Vikings have met in prime-time in each of the last three seasons. The question is, do the schedule makers want to put Kirk Cousins back into prime-time after watching him wilt so much under the lights? It’s certainly possible, because the Vikings are in ‘win-now or else’ mode and should still be a good team.The Saints and Bears have played two of their last five meetings in prime-time and haven’t met in prime-time since 2014. This would be a good match up at Soldier Field on a Thursday or Sunday night.Finally, the Bears and Giants have a long and storied history. I don’t think there are enough expectations for New York to justify giving them a coveted Monday or Sunday night slot against Chicago, but I could see an early season Thursday night game.How many prime-time games do you think the Bears will have? Which opponents will it be?