Don't laugh. What could be more consumpty than live fantasy football stats sent to your phone via text message?
The West Coast is useful for many things, like eternal sunshine and animatronic dinosaurs, but very, very bad for football fans. I like to sleep in a little on the weekends, and fall asleep to a late game in the Pacific timezone. Nothing doing. Indianapolis is doomed to 1:00 kickoffs on CBS, meaning not only do I only see the national games (thank you, Colts, for playing well enough to rate more than a handful of night games a year), even when they're on TV it conflicts with the farmers' market, brunch, walks of shame, you name it.
Enter NFL Mobile. It's only available to Sprint customers, but it's absolutely the best feature they offer--and it's free if you already have a data plan (who doesn't?). There are customizable alerts by conference, by team, and by player, which can be further narrowed down into quarters, scores, and injuries. I can't see my boys in blue every Sunday, but I can hop on the subway and bop down to Hollywood & Vine without worrying about missing any action--big play replays are also available, although you need a smartphone to get anything out of it. My favorite feature, the fantasy tracker, also keeps me from needing to shell out for premium stat tracking on Yahoo--you can plug in your entire roster in their surprisingly non-pesky interface, and get alerts for only those players. A little simple math and I know exactly where I am in the standings without spending a sunny California Sunday in front of the laptop peering at a pirated Slingbox stream from Taipei.
NFL Mobile | Sprint | Free with data plan
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