I’m a HUGE football fan. My husband and I are season ticket holders at the University of Michigan, and on Sundays I spend my time cheering on the Cincinnati Bengals and whoever is on my Fantasy Football team. My husband’s parents have a lake house in Michigan so we usually go up there on Friday and spend a few nights, then travel back on Sunday. We try our best to be home by 1pm kickoff but we don’t always make it. I’m known to be pretty competitve in my fantasy leagues, but sometimes when I’m traveling so much it makes it hard to stay up to date on player news and lineup changes, and sometimes I have to rely on the radio or my phone to keep tabs on the play by play of my favorite teams if I’m on the road. Here are my Top 5 Apps that I’m relying on heavily for football season. And yes, my phone wallpaper IS an up close shot of french fries. 
#5 – ESPN FFL/NFL Fantasy Football (my Fantasy Football League Platforms)
I use both the ESPN FFL and NFL Fantasy Football apps because I’m in two different leagues and each league has a different platform. Whatever your league platform is, I HIGHLY recommend downloading the app. It saves you a lot of headaches and frustration, especially when it is 12:50pm and you realize you haven’t set a lineup yet and the lineups lock in 10 minutes. Some apps even have a Genius feature or Guru feature where computers will analyze your lineup and alert you if you have a player on your bench that is more likely to get you points than someone in your existing lineup. I ALWAYS enable push notifications on these apps because it can alert you to last minute injuries or other news that you need to know as a fantasy owner.
#4 – RotoWire Fantasy News Center
I love reading RotoWire.com during the football season, so naturally I love their app which just saves me a step from typing it into my phone’s browser. With this app I can easily get information on fantasy my football players such as the status of their injuries (limited, probable, doubtful, etc.) and I can even get a more in-depth analysis from the RotoWire writers about whether or not they think that particular player should be started or placed on my bench.
#3 – FanDuel
FanDuel is a fantasy football league that changes every single week. Basically you load money into your account and then you enter into a 1-week league for a certain buy-in ranging from $1, $2, $5, $10, and more. I only play $5 or less leagues. Once you buy into a league, you get a set amount of fake salary dollars, and with those salary dollars you have to draft a QB, RBs, WRs, etc. to fill out your lineup. Each player is assigned a certain dollar amount, and you can’t go over your salary limit. If you want to splurge for a super valuable QB for example, you might have to choose a less desirable WR or RB. You compete against other people and once all of the games are over, if you place in a certain placement then you win a financial prize – sometimes you get your money back and sometimes you make a little bit of a profit. I REALLY love FanDuel when my regular fantasy football teams aren’t doing so hot.
#2 – ESPN Radio
I don’t like to use a ton of data while traveling, so streaming a game is out of the question (unless it is a SUPER important game I suppose). I don’t mind listening to the games, but sometimes I have trouble finding the game I want on the radio. That is where the ESPN Radio app comes in handy. This app is especially handy when trying to find a game that isn’t being played close to where you are. For example, if I have a lot of players in a game happening in Florida but there isn’t a team from Ohio playing in that game, there is a very slim chance the game will be on any of the stations here in Ohio – so the ESPN Radio app helps me catch all of the action!
#1 – Twitter
In my opinion, Twitter is still the easiest, quickest, and most reliable way to get up to the minute news on a certain player or team. You can either follow your favorite teams or reporters, or you can easily search using hashtags. I usually do #playername to see if anything pops up about an injury or if they’re favored in the matchup of the day. Twitter gives you the info that you need without a lot of fluff. Reporters use Twitter more and more to break urgent news. especially in regards to injury. Plus it is fun to get engaged with other people who are watching the same games or listening to the same games.
What are some of YOUR top apps for football season?