Footballguys Staff Bio: Matt Waldman
Age: 39
Birthplace: Westover AFB, home of the B-52 and the Hercules.
Education: University of Georgia, BA English
Occupation: Writer: magazine, web, and commercial copy.
Hometown: Athens, Ga.
Family: Married October 16, 2009 and my family includes a 17-year-old whose aspiration is world domination, a small cattery, and Stitch.
Years playing fantasy football: Thirteen and I still compete in my first league. It has evolved since the days of scoring the match ups with newspaper box scores at the local bar.
Years writing about fantasy football: Six years writing and three showcase league championships.
Favorite FBG feature: The new, Rate my Team app. Take one-part magic eight ball; three-parts Doug Drinen's brain; and one-part FBGs fantasy expertise, and you have a five-star app that's versatile and fun.
Organized football experience: Not much, but don't tell my ankles that after 13 years of daily games.
Favorite NFL team: The Cleveland Browns before the town and Art Modell lost their minds. I've been a Tennessee Titans fan since Modell took the team to Baltimore.
Favorite college team: The Georgia Bulldogs and my first college team ('88-'91) the Miami Hurricanes.
Favorite fan moment: That split-second before Jeremiah Castille stripped Earnest Byner. Good thing for the Broncos I wasn't there, Denver was 0-6 when I went to Mile High with my dad, including a playoff loss.
Favorite player of all time: Earnest Byner edges Steve McNair by a yard.
NFL rule(s) I would change if I could: Overtime - the one aspect of the game college football got right.
Favorite movie(s): Million Dollar Baby, Out of Africa, L.A. Confidential, Good Will Hunting, and Jaws.
Favorite musical genres/albums/artists: John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Kenny Garrett, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Roy Hargrove, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Living Color, Cassandra Wilson, Melissa Etheridge, Bird, Basie, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, Sara Vaughn, and the three elements (EWF).
What I read: Regularly: New York Times web site; Weekly: Flagpole Magazine; Books: Fiction and non-fiction (fave authors - Toni Morrison, Wally Lamb, Cormac McCarthy, and Al Franken); Highly Recommended: The China Study (Google title and Tony Gonzalez)
Hobbies: used to have some before fantasy football: pick-up basketball; racquetball; yoga; and cooking.
Favorite TV show(s): August-November) the NFL on CBS, FOX, NBC, and ESPN; (November-April) College football on TIVO; (May-August): Previous season's NFL games. World's Deadliest Warrior.
Least favorite household chore: Anything that has to do with the yard.
Dream job: Jazz saxophonist and novelist.
Quote: "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." - Sir Ken Robinson
