Since it is obviously Saturday Morning I feel it is finally time to shorten the title of this series. Same great fillings in a lower-fat wrapper…today I am going with Smoked salmon with my egg burrito after an early workout. Protein in full effect.

Weather

Wow is it ugly in the Pacific Northwest – feel blessed that your Boise State Broncos were in Ruston, LA last night tearing it up rather than dealing with the nastiness on the Blue Turf. 25-foot wave off the Oregon Coast and rain-rain-rain. Luckily Oregon travels to Stanford so load up on those flying-high Ducks. Here is the full Top 25 breakdown on Weather.com.

The 30 MPH winds around the Rockies will impact the TAMU-CU game in Boulder CO and also at the highest-altitude field in the land where BYU visits Wyoming’s War Memorial. Both kickoff around 2pm ET/12pm MT so think about how this will affect stars like Jerrod Johnson and Max Hall. Fresno at Idaho is inside the Kibbie Dome so no worries tonight. As of 9am ET the wind only showed at 10MPH but it could spike. Otherwise georgeous weather so focus on the matchups.

QUICK SOCIAL COMMENTARY

News of mass shootings hit close to home this week – I had two friends in the Orlando building and thankfully neither were victims. Prayers go out to those who were victims. The point I want to drive home is that it is tough out there for a lot of Americans – almost 1 in 5 are unemployed or just given up looking for work and the worst of that stress showed itself yesterday. I ask you to do two things at the risk of allowing you your respite from the real world here in fantasy land:

• Get involved in your community through whatever means you can to help those less fortunate – the social unrest isn’t likely to get any better for awhile and if you are able to help please consider doing so. If money is a problem for you, your time and assistance at your local church or non-profit often is of more use.
• Invite a couple friends over to watch the football games – I know that they may not understand why you have so much emotionally invested in the Navy-Notre Dame Game (Dobbs-Clausen matchup should be awesome) or Arizona-Washington State (Nick Foles is hotter than McDonald coffee at QB for the Wildcats) but I know I am guilty of holing up on the weekends and imagine some of you are also. When things get tough all you have is the support of family and friends – keep them close.

OK on to the Start-sit, gratutitous glamour shot of a USC fan and the rest of the latest news after the jump.

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Great matchups all day long – get your workouts in early as one could potentially stay on the couch all day for a docket like this:

• 12:20p – Ole Miss at Auburn
• 3:30p – Florida v. Georgia
• 6p – give out Halloween candy (move couch to front porch)
• 8pm – Texas at Oklahoma State and/or USC at Oregon

Let me wrap up this week’s fantasy college football analysis in the carrot-infused tortilla (to get the seasonal orange flavor).

First off, last weeks Top Ten Plays from our friends at AthletixNation:

on to the wrap-up…
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mmmm...burrito

In Week Eight’s version of the weekly wrap of college fantasy football news, I got lots of injury updates from our boys at CFFI, links to start-sit articles and of course a tremendous breakfast burrito recipe for you to get properly fed before 12 hours of watching football (or more depending on your preference for Hawaii-Boise football or mixed martial arts).
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While Vince Mullins is on assignment for Fantasy College Blitz, once again the “Steven Sheffield of burrito-making”, Daniel Freer, will prepare this morning’s burrito.   Although Daniel has improved his burrito-making skills…mind you, it is not the burrito made by Mullins and Company…but, he does put it out a little earlier…

Of course, the big game this week (all apologies to USC@Notre Dame) is the Red River Shootout at the Texas State Fair in Dallas (Cotton Bowl) between Texas and Oklahoma.   This game may not have the “awesome” factor it had earlier in the year….with Oklahoma having two, 1-point losses coming into the game….but it will still have a huge impact on the Big XII and National Championship race. Read the rest of this entry →

Wrapping up the finest ingredients to get you ready for your fantasy college football Saturday.

mmmm...burrito

Suggested Breakfast – Eggs are always appropriate but can get a bit tired if you do not shake it up with different preparations. Check out this Chorizo con Huevos recipe (you can substitute andouille if you really want to kick up the spice). DO NOT FEAR EGGS – lots of studies call eggs a superfood despite the yolk=cholesterol myth.

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