Rise & Grind: Friday, September 30th
Let’s get this weekend started on the right foot, with the Rise & Grind, the place where sports and fantasy collide head-on to keep you in the loop of all you need to know about the events of last night, and those happening tonight.
We’ll catch you up from yesterday, all the winners, all the losers and all the action from Major League Baseball and the National Football League. Also, we will crown the winner of our Thursday Night Football contest that aired last night on this very article. So let’s get started!
FantasyDraft RotoGrinders Member NY Experience Contest
FantasyDraft is back in Week 4 of the NFL with another great pool of prizes exclusive for RotoGrinders members!
This is a contest for RG members who signed up for FantasyDraft using one of our links and is open for new and existing players.
What’s at stake? On top of GPP cash prizes, FantasyDraft will be sending ONE Grinder along with a guest on an all-expense paid trip to the Big Apple for an NFL experience!
How To Play
1. If you haven’t already, click here to create your FantasyDraft account. If prompted, enter referred by “GRINDERS”.
2. Make a deposit on FantasyDraft. You’ll have your first deposit matched 100% (up to $600) and get a FREE one-year subscription to our FantasyDraft Incentives premium content. (Existing depositors are all set, so long as you originally signed up through a RotoGrinders link.)
3. Enter the $100,000 Run and Gun You can multi-enter if you’d like.
4. Submit your RG and FantasyDraft usernames in this Google Form
5. The highest single score will win the grand prize!
Unlike the previous contest, entrants will be competing against all fellow-RG entrants – new and existing – for the top prize! The trip is in ADDITION to the normal GPP payouts!
In the case of a tie FantasyDraft standard tie breaker rules apply.
Click here to enter the $100,000 Week 4 Run and Gun now!
The Grand Prize
Meet Boomer Esiason in NYC
This experience package will give you:
— Airfare to NYC for you and a guest
— Hotel accommodations at the Renaissance New York Midtown with its famous Rock’n Reilly’s sports bar
— $100 for transportation
— Saturday, 10/8: Lunch with Boomer at his favorite NYC Sports Bar to watch some NCAA football
— Sunday, 10/9: Head to the CBS studio to watch THE NFL Today show live and in-person
With only 1 Grand Prize up for grabs, FantasyDraft has generously sweetened the pot with some excellent signed gear by some of your favorite players!
Places 2 through 5 will get their choice (in order of finishing place) of a football, jersey, or helmet signed by one of the following players!
Drew Brees
Jordy Nelson
T.Y. Hilton
Andy Dalton
Only one prize per player – your top score will determine your placement in this contest.
Good Luck Fam!
Thursday Night Football Rise & Grind Contest
Raise of hands who watched the Miami Dolphins vs The Cincinatti Bengals game last night? One, two, three, ok so there are a few of you. Last night I challenged my readers to tell me who was gonna score the first touchdown of the game.
The person would then receive a RotoGrinders cap, that lucky human is…
tycowill757 who guessed Kenny Stills. Kenny had a huge 74 yard touchdown reception to put the ‘phins on the board on the second play of their first drive.
Congratulations to tycowill757 on your brand new RotoGrinders cap, please check your inbox in your RotoGrinders profile and follow the directions in our message.
For the rest of my beloved readers check out this awesome freeroll we made for you for this Sunday for NFL.
That’s right, more opportunities to win some RG swag.
HERES THE LINK TO THE FREEROLL
Prizes are as follows:
1st-2nd – Choice of RG Tee or Hat
2nd-5th – Deck of RG Playing Cards
Winners will be announced in Wednesday’s Rise & Grind article :)
GrindersLive Schedule: NFL & MLB
Don’t Friday’s get you all warm and fuzzy inside, especially with NFL on the horizon? That’s right Week 4 is here and is daring you to completely dominate it by watching these shows on GrindersLive. All the experts are on the edge of their seat to get you on the edge of yours, screaming at all the top plays of the week and sweeping all the money outta everyone’s pockets. There’s a lot of dead money out there, pump some blood into your lineups tonight and this weekend by starting here at 12:30 PM est.
GrindersLive
| 9/30 | Time (ET) | Hosts |
|---|---|---|
| NFL | 12:30 | TheSeige / TJ / Notorious (FD LB) |
| NFL | 2:00 | Jakz101 / BigT44 / HeadChopper (DK LB) |
| NFL | 8:00 | Dean78904 / GiantBallofOil |
| NFL | 9:00 | JeffElJefe / JmToWin / Adam Levitan |
Thursday’s Winners
It’s the last week of the Major League Baseball season and people are still winning huge bucks off the players in your player pool. Below I listed every big GPP from FanDuel, DraftKings and Fantasy Draft; see where your score landed you in all the higher dollar tournaments.
Check out all the humongous winners from last night who made the right combinations in the right circumstances.
| TOURNAMENT | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|
| NFL $350K KICKOFF SPECIAL | $350,000 |
| NFL $150K PLAY-ACTION | $150,000 |
| NFL $150K GRIDIRON | $150,000 |
| NFL GIANT $25 DOUBLE UP | $75,000 |
| NFL $75K BLITZ | $75,000 |
| $10M FANTASY FOOTBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER #44 (THU) | $68,706 |
| NFL GIANT $10 DOUBLE UP | $40,000 |
| NFL $40K PLAY-ACTION | $40,000 |
| NFL $40K GAME CHANGER | $40,000 |
| NFL $30K SLANT | $30,000 |
| NFL $25K FIRST DOWN | $25,000 |
| NFL GIANT $5 DOUBLE UP | $25,000 |
| NFL GIANT $25 DOUBLE UP | $25,000 |
| NFL $20K NICKEL | $20,000 |
| NFL $2 DOUBLE UP | $15,000 |
| NFL $50 DOUBLE UP | $15,000 |
| NFL $100 DOUBLE UP | $15,000 |
| NFL $15K FIRST DOWN | $15,000 |
| NFL $15K POWER SWEEP | $15,000 |
| MLB $115K PAYOFF PITCH | $115,000 |
| MLB $100K PERFECT GAME | $100,000 |
| MLB $100K MOONSHOT | $100,000 |
| MLB $45K WARNING TRACK | $45,000 |
| MLB $40K GOLD GLOVE | $40,000 |
| MLB $25K MOONSHOT | $25,000 |
| LB GIANT $25 DOUBLE UP | $20,000 |
| TOURNAMENT | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|
| $5,000 Run and Gun | $5,000 |
| $1,000 Spiral | $1000 |
| $2,500 Beginner First and Ten | $2500 |
| $400 Intermediate Gameday | $400 |
| *$500 Beginner First Down | $500 |
| $2000 HOME RUN | $2,000 |
| $400 Line Drive | $400 |
| $400 Long Ball | $400 |
| $200 Single | $200 |
Is there something else you’d like to see in this column? Questions or comments? Leave them below and we’d be happy to consider them. See you tomorrow!