You are either in one of 2 boats: you have Case Keenum, Patrick Edwards, and Montee Ball and have crushed your league this season, your team is set and you arent looking to tinker with what got you here….or you eeked in as the last seed and you have a team that is all smoke and mirrors, you are still looking for the right starts and those sneaky plays to keep you playing one more weekend. And there is nothing like the weak defenses of Conference USA to help you get wins in November.
QB:
Dominique Davis, ECU vs UTEP — UTEP has no chance of slowing down this Pirate attack. The only downside here for Davis is that the UTEP offense doesnt keep pace and ECU goes into clock-drain mode a little early. RB Reggie Bullock is also out for this game, which further boosts the stock of Davis who has had 3 rushing TDs the last 2 games in the absence of Bullock.
GJ Kinne, Tulsa vs Marshall — UCF held Kinne in check last week, Marhsall will not be able to fare so well. UCF aside, he has been on fire since the BYE completing 67% of his passes and the rushing attempts have come back as well with 54 in the last 4 games. Read the rest of this entry →
You may have heard Case Keenum (right, Houston Chronicle) threw 9 TD last night in the rain against Rice .
Case Keenum: "Let's see, 9TD is 36 pts, and 500 yds is 25...ballgame!" (Houston Chronicle)
Only thing more odd is that Rice stayed in man zero coverage the whole freaking game. Phenomenal, and they are supposed to be smart at Rice. You did start Keenum, right?
The rest of C-USA…
QB Dominique Davis, ECU vs Tulane — Davis absolutely shredded Navy last week. True, Navy was short 3 defensive starters in the back-7, but you dont set the NCAA record for consecutive completions by being lucky, even against backups. I think is safe to assume Davis has resumed MUST START status. Tulane has no hope of slowing down this attack this week. Read the rest of this entry →
Can QB Dominique Davis shine his fantasy star in conference play? (Icon SMI)
QB:
If you haven’t heard, ECU’s Dominique Davis perplexing stat line of last week was not because he left the game due to injury. He was flat out benched after throwing his 3rd pick, making for a very Garcia-like 8 INT in only 10 quarters. HC Ruffin McNeal has since come out and stated that Davis is still the unquestioned QB, so don’t worry too much (but then again, don’t they always say that?) In truth, the game was already well out of hand, and the benching was probably just a cold glass of water to the face, because Davis definitely seems to have sleepwalking through portions of this season. The good news, Memphis is up this week, and they cant stop anyone. The bad news, although they cannot consistently stop the pass, they aren’t too shabby at picking them off every once in a while, with 7 on the year so far, good enough for a middle-of-the-national-pack ranking in that regard. But at the end of the day, Davis could throw 3 1st half picks and the game would still be very winnable, so I would expect him to play all game no matter what. And that benching might have been just what he needed to finally cut down on the INTs this season. Read the rest of this entry →
Fantasy heavyweights Case Keenum and Dominique Davis face off head-2-head as ECU travels to Houston. I believe the O/U on total passing yards for this one is somewhere in the 900 yard range. Keenum has been razor sharp thus far while the only knock on Davis has been the INTs.
Elsewhere, QB Taylor McHaruge should be in for a nice day as Rice takes on hapless Memphis.
Speaking of Memphis, they seem to have found a QB that works in freshman Taylor Reed. Memphis plays catchup from the opening kick almost every week, so he might not be a bad pickup this year and is almost certainly a keeper prospect that ought to be worth a look with the no-huddle roots the Tigers are sowing now hopefully taking hold and paying some dividends in 2012. Read the rest of this entry →
