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BCS National Title 2012 Preview: a Rematch for the Ages, LSU to wash out the Tide

Film history is littered with bad sequels to fantastic movies – Godfather, Caddyshack and The Matrix come to mind as examples of producers who didn’t know when to stop. You have no doubt seen this analogy heading in to the 2012 BCS Title Game between the LSU Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide but it […]

GoDaddy.com Bowl 2012 Preview: Two Great QBs, two 10-win teams, Huskies roll

GoDaddy.com Bowl,  Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), Mobile, Alabama Ladd Peebles Stadium- Kickoff 2100 ET (9pm) Arkansas State Sun Belt offensive player of the year Ryan Aplin is a dual threat QB passing for 3,235 yards with 18 touchdowns and running for a team-high 605 with nine scores for the Red Wolves.  ASU […]

Fiesta Bowl 2012 Preview: Cowboys and Cardinal climax of the non-rematches

Remember that all the college football bowl games are de facto exhibition games – that should not dampen your enthusiasm, in fact it is not every year that you get a matchup like the 2012 Fiesta Bowl. Glendale AZ hosts the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Stanford Cardinal on Monday January 2 at 8pm ET, […]

New Mexico Bowl Preview: Temple should rope Cowboys

Expect a close contest where both the Temple Owls and the Wyoming Cowboys want to be in this bowl and both want to win and build momentum for 2012. Somehow you have to figure that when the game is on the line, Temple’s Bernard Pierce will be the guy to pull them through. Notes: Temple […]

Idaho Potato Bowl Preview: Utah State versus Ohio Bobcats on the smurf turf

Expect the USU defense to hold Ohio in check on “Smurf Turf.” Notes: Ohio Ohio’s run defense which ranked third in the MAC, allowing 126.4 yards per game, and kept two of its last four opponents under 70. Ohio is appearing in a bowl for a third straight year for the first time in school […]

Big 10-4: B1G all about Wisconsin-Michigan State on Gameday Week 8

Saturday at 8pm starts the biggest Big Ten game of the season until December 3rd and the odd thing is we just may see Wisconsin and Michigan State playing for all the marbles in Indianapolis again for the B1G Championship. For now, my preview and also Vince invited to a deep-dive podcast on this game […]

Scout's Honor: What I am watching for Week One 2011

First let us identify your goal of week one for fantasy college football – if one fails to plan, one plans to fail. Identify game-changing free agents that can catapult you up the power rankings. Make sure your guys perform, even if in limited duty – start your best guys and worry less about trying […]

Average Draft Position (ADP) from all U-Sports drafts, Aug 25 edition

Our long standing relationship with U-Sports.com goes back to when Fantasy College Blitz started in 2005 – I remember talking with founder Nathan Karp about the copyright issues of using college football player names and his defense of those nasty NCAA “cease and desist” letters inspired me to gather up the gang to get this […]

2011 Pac 12 Fantasy "Others"

Fantasy “Others” are the positions on your roster that get very little love or attention.  Its your Tight Ends, Kickers and Defense/Special Teams.  Basically, these are usually my last three picks in the draft. However, not everyone likes to sit back and wait so here’s the best of what the Pac 12 has to offer. […]

2011 Pac 12 Fantasy WRs

Tier 1 – Top Options Juron Criner, Arizona – We expect Criner to be a tick above the next three names on the list.  All of them should tally 1,100+ yards through the air.  However, Criner will get more endzone targets and should collect about 13 TDs.  Draft him first from the Pac 12 WRs and […]