After writing down every wideout in the country on an index card then sorting them out into tranches, I was smacked upside the head by two observations.

This list, especially the Top Ten, is pretty safe with no discernible reaches. Also lots of small “waterbug” wideouts, certainly much more than I am used to ranking highly.

I have a rule of thumb to focus on WRs over six feet and 200 pounds and darned if there are only three of those build in my top 12, and the only one in my top ten leads it off…

1. Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech

The Bentley of fantasy college football pass catchers. It wouldn’t surprise me to see him eclipse lat year’s numbers and maybe even join Nevada’s Trevor Insley (1999) and D3 Westminster’s Scott Pingel (1998) as the only collegiate receivers to get 2000 yards in a season. Then Drew Smith told me that of the 17 WRs to amass 200 fantasy points and returned the next year, only two scored 200 the next year. Keep an eye out for our point-counterpoint on the Crab soon.

2. Chris Williams, New Mexico State

A healthy CW, a third-year starter at QB and WAC defenses should get this little man among the statistical big boys. Remember his 1400-12TD in 2006? Here he comes again.

3. Jarett Dillard, Rice

One of the most exciting WR in this game for the last two years, and I am really looking forward to the Week One Friday prime time matchup between Rice and the new SMU. Owls passing game should be lethal this year as CUSA continues to excel at two things: offense, and waiting to play offense.

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Before even posting this early bird cheatsheet to my colleagues/experts/nags here at the FC Blitz, I took an email beating that I had left Louisville’s Hunter Cantwell off the list. I responded, “Actually, he isn’t even in my Top 50,” which led to more picking on me. Know how I shut them up? “Remember I am the one that said Sam Keller would underperform everyone’s expectations in 2007″.

Discussion over.

I take pride in my cheatsheets, I know they set the tone for the entire site and I also pride myself that I take an unconventional view.

There are some big names missing from this Top 21, and there are names new to the casual college football fan – it isn’t an NFL Draft cheatsheet, nor a Maxwell Trophy cheatsheet, it is a fantasy cheatsheet. Recognize.

So with that I present my Top 21 QB for 2008. Descriptions and a MUCH longer list to come…

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