Tony Franklin

The recent hire by Middle Tennessee of former Auburn and Troy OC Tony Franklin (photo, thanks, John Clay Sports) should pique the interest of every fantasy college football player for 2009.

Although Franklin was dumped by Auburn during the 2008 season, and subject to a lot of criticism for the offensive woes of the Tigers, do not base Franklin’s short time at Auburn in his ability or inability to run an offense.  There were, obviously, other reasons for the lack of success on The Plains in 2008…and AU soon sent head coach Tommy Tuberville packing as well.

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Over the next few weeks we will be rolling out the team needs break-down as teams start looking at free agents and the NFL Draft.  We will start with the AFC East today with a new division coming out every 3-5 days.

Buffalo Bills

Top 3 Needs:

- Outside Linebacker

- Tight End

- Defensive End

Buffalo fans had high hopes for the 2008 season and found quite a treat in seeing the team kick off the year with a 5-1 start.  The Bills struggled during the last two-thirds of their schedule, however, and finished out 2008 by going 2-8 in their remaining games, with a non-existing pass rush a significant contributing factor.  Angelo Crowell looked early on to be a major factor when it came to blitzing opposing quarterbacks from the outsider linebacker position, particularly considering the support he was receiving from a healthy Paul Posluszny and the acquisition of Kawika Mitchell from the Kansas City Chiefs in the preseason.  Crowell, however, suffered a season-ending injury to his knee and Buffalo could not find a suitable replacement for the veteran’s experience and consistent production.  With the

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The following are links to some articles highlighting the recruiting hordes from the major fantasy college football programs (pasted from my delicious feed).

Rivals.com Football Recruiting – Top five impact freshmen

wait, both Ole Miss and Mississippi State on the Top 25? My eyes are deceiving me, no?

Four teams could claim top recruiting class

LSU, Alabama, Ohio State and USC. The top recruits in LSU’s class include 6-foot-3 Rueben Randle of Bastrop, LA rated as the No. 1 wide receiver and QB Russell Shepard of Houston – Bloomberg.com: North American

Gators have small but impressive recruiting class

I saw DeBose and Jelani Jenkins at the Under Armour HS All-AMerican Game, I was very impressed by both. DeBose could be the freshman fantasy player of the year – St. Petersburg Times

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