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Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesDebuting our NFL Fantasy coverage with Fantasy Quants
Thursday, July 31st, 2008As if the news of mainstream media getting on board the fantasy college football bandwagon was not enough excitement, today is the day that Fantasy College Blitz and Jeff Boyer of Fantasy Quants debut our 2008 NFL Fantasy coverage.
The brief description that follows serves as a “white paper” or user guide to Jeff’s rankings and [...]
Notes From the Margins v4
Thursday, July 31st, 2008In this week’s edition, we identify the snubbing of Josh Freeman of Kansas State by the Davey O’Brien Award committee (and the bizarre inclusion of Notre Dame sophomore quarterback, Jimmy Clausen by that same committee).
We also discover that Wisconsin’s Lance Smith has been suspended from the team yet again.
And we get to cry [...]
CBS changes the face of fantasy college football
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Yep, no more “Florida QB” or “Boise State RB” - a mainstream media outlet has finally stepped up with individual player names for fantasy college football.
CBS Sports debuted its new offering on Tuesday to the delight of many while making others wonder what took so long. As I have wondered aloud often, how can the [...]
Our Forum getting some love at Ning
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008If you haven’t visited the new Forum yet, we highly encourage you to do so to interact and collaborate with other fantasy college football fanatics.
We built the Forum upon the Ning platform (Ning means peace in Mandarin, FYI) and their main blog just highlighted it over the weekend.
As a reminder, not only is there a [...]
SEC Preview: Alabama Crimson Tide
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008After signing Nick Saban with much fanfare, Alabama ended up crapping out to the tune of the exact same regular season record as the previous season… only this time they beat Arkansas and lost to UL-Monroe. I’m not going to lie - last year filled me with an incredibly high level of glee over [...]
BlitzRadio v4.6 - Introducing Will Carroll Podcast
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008We welcome Will Carroll, the fantasy sports Injury Expert, to the staff at Fantasy College Blitz.
Each week Will mines his network of medical contacts to get the inside information you need to make the best fantasy college football roster selections possible - and those results are exclusively presented here in his weekly Triage Time piece.
John [...]
Triage Time: Kicking Things Off
Monday, July 28th, 2008The same advantages you get by understanding injuries in the NFL are available now here at FCB. In fact, there could be more of an advantage since the gap from starter to replacement is often huge at even the biggest, deepest programs. Experience counts as well, so knowing who could play, who will [...]
BRIGHAM YOUNG COUGARS (Extended Preview)
Sunday, July 27th, 2008We crank up the Fantasy College Blitz Time Machine to return to the 1970’s and 1980’s…when the most happening offense in college football was based in Provo, Utah.
Wait…forget that time machine stuff. The 2008 Brigham Young University Cougars may be as proficient as any of those legendary offenses. Definitely, the 2008 version will be the most [...]
