Fantasy Football Party With Anthony Maggio & Bo Mitchell

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. So make the best of this test and don’t ask why. It’s not a question, but a lesson learned in time. It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right. We hope you had the time of your life. We certainly did. Starting way back in August, Tres Amigos los Fantasia Futbol Fiesta have been bringing you witty banter, prescient insight, and actionable directives to help you reach this point: your fantasy football title match. Or maybe the third-place game, or the Toilet Bowl, or you’ve been reduced to attempting to fatten up that DFS bankroll; hey, 60 percent of the time it works every time. But it hasn’t been for lack of trying. We challenge you to find a fantasy football podcast that so painstakingly pairs intelligent analysis with juvenile humor. Where else will you get a breakdown of both the Maginot Line and the Vikings backfield? Why not toss back a Lift Bridge Tan Van or the weekly Grain Belt Premi

With the penultimate week of any self-respecting fantasy football season upon us, the three wise men who make up The Fantasy Football Party convened once again at JL Beers to quaff ales, break hearts, and make podcast magic. With witty repartee snapping like Mike Evans’ hamstring, Tres Hombres los Futbol Fiesta Fantasia shared fantasy playoff and DFS regrets to help you the listener avoid similar fates. Delivering gut feelings from guts in far better shape than Calvin Ridley’s (Narrator: round is a shape), our beloved party-goers delivered actionable advice designed to fatten your wallet. And, like Marvin Jones’ ankle, they gave out… only in this case it was lineups jam-packed with players more than half of you could theoretically pick up and put to good use this week. You had Magsh hip-hopping on the Raheem Mostert locomotive while laying the groundwork for a “Christmas Vacation” reprise (not a remake, a continuation). You had Bo building a gritty, gutty, and sneaky-fast wide receiver corps for his 50/50 t

For most of the fantasy football playing masses the regular season is in the rear view, which means you’re thinking playoffs… or boning up on DFS strategies. And who better to bone up with than Tres Amigos los Fiesta de Futbol Fantasia? (Narrator: Come again? You know I don't speak Spanish. In English, please.) No can do, compadre, not in the week so critical Bono skipped ten numbers just to shout it. Your beloved Party-goers were in rare form as they delivered your weekly dose of immediate regrets (fantasy football versions), disseminated actionable information in the longest “Whatever” segment of the season, and shut down the party with 50/50 lineups so jaw-dropping that four out of five dentists surveyed recommended a big wad of Trident to hold your mandible back in place. Plus, 2V played everyone’s favorite new Twitter game, “Things You Can Say on a Fantasy Football Podcast or During Sex” and did it with a vigor not seen since Dirk Diggler’s heyday; Magsh got so worked up he had to edit out bad langua

With the Mayflower pulling into port and the turkey hole properly brined and ready for a good stuffing, the Fantasy Football Party bumped up a day so as to accommodate for Friendsgiving Wednesday, family travel, and this week’s Minnesota Snowpocalypse. That’s right, Los Fiesta del Futbol el Amigos Tres sacrificed their own Tuesday night plans for you, the listener, to bring you all the critical fantasy football news you crave to treat your fantasy team like a healthy slice of Grandma Dodo’s pecan pie and your league like your gaping yaw of a mouth. Yes, your beloved Party-goers braved the weather and the triskaidekaphobia (Narrator: That’s fear of Week 13, if you don’t have your thesaurus handy) to bring you your weekly dose of immediate regrets (non-Sam Darnold version), rosters full of guys at least half of the general populous deems unworthy, and so much news our own Bo Burgundy had to call in Veronica Corningstone for reinforcements. (Narrator: Was Tits McGee on vacation?) Plus, Magsh peeled off the c

Fantasy football podcasts are cheaper by the dozen, but there’s no question you get more than your money’s worth when the Fantasy Football Party podcast drops anchor in Week 12 to float your collective boat with everything you need to treat your league like Rep. Eric Swalwell treats his tighty whiteys. Or boxers. We don’t judge. They may have smelt it or they could have dealt it, but there’s no denying Tres Amigos los Futbol de Fiesta brought all of the funk to the Week 12 episode, diving headfirst into the deep end of your free agent pool without benefit of a lifejacket and ripping through all the pertinent news so fast only a skid mark roughly the size of Boba Marjonovic’s nose remains. (Narrator: That’s two sentences, if you’re scoring at home. Or even if you’re by yourself.) As with anything involving this trio there were regrets, plus actionable intel and lineups built from the dregs of NFL society (talent-wise, no reflection on any with upstanding moral fortitude) along with beer analysis augmented b

The NFL, not unlike Spinal Tap’s top-of-the-line audio output, goes to 11. And then some, of course, but this week it stops just a few ear-splitting decibels north of 10 as fantasy footballers emerge from the 2019 Byepocalypse to see what condition their team’s condition is in. And just like every stinkin’ week before this one, your beloved Tres Amigos de Fiesta Los Fantasia Futbol laid down sick beats to jam past the hammer, anvil, and stirrup and through the audio canal into your cerebral cortex like a Q-Tip gone horribly, horribly awry. That means there were the usual regrets—with bonus non-regrets and pre-regrets to really capture the moment; enough news to bleed “60 Minutes” right into “Murder, She Wrote”, from load management to healthy scratches to what might constitute an unhealthy scratch; and 50/50 teams that have been working more than 60 percent of the time but not quite every time. Plus, Bo double-dipped work with news and actionable analysis while matching his mood with a beverage much darke

It was only fitting that as the Fantasy Football Party raged on into double-digit weeks, the show’s live studio audience crept steadily towards double digits as well—giving the Week 10 edition of the podcast a “filmed before a studio audience” not seen since the invention of the laugh track. Feeding off the frenzied energy supplied by dueling fan club bases (Herman the German and some sort of combo retirement/bachelorette party), Tres Amigos de Futbol Fiesta brought down the house with a dazzling array of immediate regrets (thanks for nothing, Mitch Trubisky and every single Jet), relevant news (the short version: every quarterback you want is injured or on the bye), and 50/50 lineups scraped from the dregs of the NFL and churned into pure fantasy gold. There were, of course, the usual forays off the beaten path, covering topics from the hopped and malted beverages the hosts were sampling to JL Beers’ delectable breakfast sandwiches to the legal restrictions with regard to trademarking words that already ex

Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand (Narrator: Midnight? Maybe try shorter shows for a change.) Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood (Especially if your Halloween handout is devoid of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, 100 Grand bars, or blue Tootsie Rolls.) And whosoever shall be found Without the soul for getting down (Not to be confused with Beowulf Minshew Jr. the Third or Philip Rivers, both of whom have outstanding mustaches and clearly possess the soul for getting down.) Must stand and face the hounds of hell And rot inside a corpse’s shell (Speaking of Joe Flacco, should you actually consider picking up Brandon Allen or Ryan Finley?) The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years (That’s 400 centuries of fantasy football wisdom, brought down from the mountains by Bo who tells us: know your league’s trade deadline) And grizzly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to share your doom (No, it’s just Sam Darnold; he’s in town t

If there’s one thing the Fantasy Football Party podcast is known for, it’s the show’s staunch support of the morals and principles that guide this great land, such as honesty and integrity and freedom of speech. If there’s two things the Fantasy Football Party podcast is known for, it’s all that stuff above and brilliant, insightful fantasy football analysis delivered in an engaging, witty manner over tasty adult beverages. But lets focus on that first part for just a second. What if, during the course of events of a podcast, someone with questionably legitimate authority deleted from the record important conversations. Not “Watergate tapes” important or even “Ukrainian quid pro quo” important; more like “Kenny Stills is a great play WHEN Will Fuller gets hurt” or “Now that I’m done being Sticky let’s dive into a Belching Beaver” important. (Narrator: In other words, not very important at all.) Okay, we’ll leave the political correctness for the wonks and pundits. Well, except for tres Futbol Fiesta Fant

Living up to the longtime show motto, “Always Longer Than You Expect”, the Fantasy Football Party delivered at least a minute of bonus content in Week 7—largely because they had so much to tell you. Moe Greene’s out at the Tropicana, my brothers Mike and Fredo have moved in, and that doesn’t even scratch the surface of the reams of news that threatened to crush Bo’s Channel SKOR news desk under the weight of thousands of dead trees. But more than just news regurgitation, Tres Fiesta Futbol Fantasia Hombres speculated and analyzed, packaging everything you need to treat your league like FOX News treats facts into bite-sized digestible nuggets your brain will consume with a gusto not seen since Monday night’s officiating crew hit the cheese bar on Aaron Rodgers’ dime. Of course, the podcast would not be complete without the usual shenanigans: Bo returning Jacoby Brissett to his rightful place on a 50/50 roster, an overly caffeinated Magsh smashing the sound drops, 2V providing actionable advice during the “

With the NFL back in foggy olde London Town this week it’s only apropos the Fantasy Football Party offer a tip of the bowler to Charles Dickens with the Week 6 show in that it was a tale of two cities. Depending on your perspective, the best of times encompassed the first half of the show when children were present and typical innuendo was kept to a bare minimum—except, of course, for 2V’s Morning Wood. Narrator: it’s a beer. Seriously. That left the rest of the show for the worst of times which, if we’re being honest, is pretty much par for the course. I mean, if you entered into this podcast with great expectations you may find yourself in an Uriah Heep of trouble. Narrator: I see what you did there. Stay classy. In between 90s musical references—Babes in Toyland’s “Sweet 69” came on just after we wrapped up the headphone cords, honest to God—Tres Hombres Los Fantasia Futbol Fiesta shared personal DFS tragedies and how you the listener can avoid them as part of a historic episode that broke the 60 m

The fantasy football season thundered past the quarter pole, leaving preseason prognostications in the dust as fantasy teams across this great land thunder towards a championship season of historical proportions. And that’s why the Fantasy Football Party is here, at JL Beers, every Wednesday evening: to arm you with the knowledge required to make every other squad in your league look like a collection of undrafted small school JV practice squaders. To wit: the Week 5 rager of a Fantasy Football Party touched on last week’s missteps and how you the listener can avoid them; ingested copious amounts of news from the Channel Skor news desk and ran them through our collective fantasy livers to drop a refined and knowledgeable take on the flat surface of your choice; and constructed 50/50 lineups so glorious that future generations will build shrines to their fantasy greatness. Yes, in less time than it takes to watch 60 minutes plus the first two segments of Murder She Wrote, 2V wrapped his gullet around a Big

If you’re into four-play, the Week 4 edition of the Fantasy Football Party brought the funk. For starters, Los Trio de Amigos Fiesta Futbol swelled to a quad with the inclusion of standup comic/podcast host Andy Keenan—the original No-G. Still not satiated? A trip down fantasy memory lane yielded not only historic fantasy football advice but a glimpse into the childhood passions of your amiable hosts, running the gamut from Paris Hilton to Carrie Underwood to Valerie Bertanelli to Phyllis Diller. But wait; there’s more. Skating a mere nine minutes over the self-imposed 60 minute threshold (Narrator: nice!), your benevolent resident experts touched ever-so-gently on injury news, wistfully regretted misguided DFS decisions, and came up with a cache of players available to plug the holes in your lineup or save you some cash (and win you a toaster) in your DFS endeavors. And there was a hearty dollop of the usual shenanigans: Magsh celebrated the anniversary of his beard and his marriage, Bo consoled himsel

If it’s Week 3 in the NFL that means we’ve had two games of evidence to overreact to. And rest assured Tres Futbol Fiesta Amigos did not disappoint in that endeavor. There were regrets centered around the Chiefs and their opponents, multiple side-eyes cast at the growing number of wounded quarterbacks, and a Q&A segment with the guy who brings us beers detailing his fantasy squad’s wide receiver issues. Don’t worry, there was enough actionable information to go around. Plus, Tres Piel de Cerdo Partido Hombres did the thang with regards to the Jets and Saints long-term prospects, Lamar Jackson’s trade value in uno-quarterback leagues, and the ageless wonder that is Larry Fitzgerald Junior. Yep, the Party-goers spent DFS dollars ’til they were broke, backed Magsh when he introduced the kicker/defense tandem of a sidewinding swashbuckler named Matt Gay/Packer defense, and dug into their sack of tricks to trot out any Cowboy with a pulse for a fantasy start against the rotting carcass that is the Miami D

With an entire week of evidence to sort through the Fantasy Football Party was up to its old tricks, separating fact from fiction and TV from reality as they set the table for Week 2 shenanigans. Of course, given the depth of knowledge the Party-goers possess, compressing the show into the time/space confines of Andy Rooney’s favorite time frame is… well… dang near impossible. Yes, we’ve discovered our official tagline. The Fantasy Football Party: Always Longer Than You Expect. To achieve said length, Tres Futbol Fiesta Amigos professed their immediate regrets, shared their rummage-sale finds in 50/50, and talked about… whatever. Literally. That meant Bo contemplated bailing on Corey Davis and peed in the Fish Tank, Magsh broke down the breaking down of the Steelers and tried to quit Jameis Winston (Narrator: He couldn’t), and 2V professed his tainted love for Chris Thompson while filling you in on the man, the myth, the legend and one of only four quarterbacks to post a perfect Week 1 passer rating in

The vow was to slice and dice the format to rein in the Bohemoth (and the Magshemoth and 2Vmoth, for that matter). The intention was to give the Fantasy Football Party a… what’s that called, a Columbian? Anywho, we’re shaving that bad boy down under an hour. And one show into the new plan, we’re happy to say it worked! Narrator: I wish you weren’t a liar. Less is more. Day is night. Up is down and wrong is right. And yet somehow the Week 1 edition of the FF Party is still stuffed to the proverbial gills with everything required to beat up your league and take down your DFS contest of choice (though obviously we hope your choice is Fantasy Draft). If it’s Hump Day that means Tres Futbol Amigos gathered at JL Beers in Burnsville for the weekly assortment of hopped-up beverages, witty repartee, and the sharpest fantasy football analysis this side of OJ Simpson. Narrator: I see what you did there. With the sands trickling through the hour glass, your second-favorite trio of fantasy football intellects sh

Move over Usain Bolt! The Fantasy Football Party-Goers broke several land-speed records—not to mention a dozen or so glasses and a couple of hearts along the way—as their second preseason episode clocked in at less time than it takes Morley Safer and Andy Rooney to fill that precious space between the end of the Cowboys game and the start of “Murder, She Wrote”. But do not despair, it’s still jam-packed with all the fantasy goodness you’ve come to know, love, and expect from these three amigos. As is their Wednesday night habit Bo, Magsh, and 2V gathered at JL Beers in Burnsville to trade barbs, toss back malted beverages, and dispense more fantasy football wisdom. Our beloved party-goers touched on the pertinent news of the day, addressed some early-season favorable schedules—and those that may be decidedly less so—and filled in the blanks on your 2019 fantasy football Mad Libs. Plus, Bo grabbed Chubb (despite 2V’s negative assessment of Cleveland’s crumbling offensive line), Magsh took a Duke (

They’re ba-aack! Neither rain nor snow nor dark of night—nor, apparently, court-mandated public service or multiple restraining orders—could keep the Fantasy Football Party podcast from its appointed rounds. Bo, Magsh, and 2V gathered at JL Beers in Burnsville to set the table for the 2019 season with the usual assortment of immediate regrets, fantasy football analysis, and juvenile humor. The party-goers broke down pertinent offseason news, shared their sleepers and busts, and generally provided the blueprint for dominating whatever fantasy league dares host you. Plus, Bo scatted all over a certain highly ranked running back; Magsh kept his DiMaggio-esque streak of ripping Eric Ebron alive; and 2V penned an ode to Jimmy GQ entirely independent of his roguish good looks or pheremonic charisma. All that packed into the one podcast you can’t afford to skip, lest you fail miserably at fantasy football and ultimately at life and are banned to a desert-like existence surviving on insects and poisonous shrubber

Mistakes were made. But recording The Fantasy Football Party podcast at Union 32 this season was definitely not one of them. The Party-goers closed out the 2017 fantasy season with a bang as a capacity crowd played cornhole, gobbled bourbon sriracha wings and put a serious dent in the fermented grain supply. Let that marinate in your visuals as you listen to Magsh break down the numbers, 2V turn back the clock to the days when Antonio Gates and Danny Woodhead were fantasy-relevant, and Bo collect enough regrets to name an all-Regrets team--with full bench and taxi squad. Plus there was a 50/50 draft, championship-week news, and a prolonged discussion about how if Elijah Penny was a nickel back in a dime defense playing a quarter of the time. Oh, and Blake Borles is football's equivalent of the dulcet tones of liquid silk on late-night FM radio. If that doesn't make sense, give the pod a listen and it will all become crystal clear. Or at least cubic zirconium clear. Cue Huey Lewis, it's a Week 16 extravaganza

A scheduling conflict--who knew the Abacus Appreciation Society had meetings?--forced the Fantasy Football Party on the road to parts unknown, but the guys weren't about to leave you high and dry in the fantasy playoffs. So Magsh arrived by horseback and 2V ferried over from south of the border (okay, it was Taco John's) to break down all the fantasy news that was fit to print in Week 15. You had Magsh suffering through multiple issues with his tight ends, Bo failing to pull out Latavius Murray, and 2V wishing he had held on to Rod Smith just a little bit longer. Plus there was another 50/50 draft (spoiler alert: Magsh cheats), an in-depth discussion of the guy from the State Farm commercials (no, not the one with pretty hair, the other one), and of course there were depressed expectations to go around. It's all building towards next week's season-ending extravaganza at Union 32, but much like the Fast and the Furious series you can't understand the later episodes if you don't listen to this one first. Have a