He plays oufielder for a perennial nationally-ranked baseball program….he rushed for the most yards in California high school football history….he took 21 credit hours of classes this fall semester….he darn near won the Heisman Trophy….

That “he” is Stanford running back Toby Gerhart….who also is our Fantasy College Blitz – Pac 10 Fantasy Player of the Year….repeating the same honor from last season (FCB 2008 Pac 10 Fantasy Player of the Year).

Gerhart (photo, thanks SportsIllustrated.com), a senior from Norco, CA (Norco HS) led the Cardinal with over 1500 yards rushing and 23 rushing TDs (stats quoted are through November 21st games).  Gerhart, who also had nearly 200 yards receiving, was the top fantasy running back, nationally, in 2009.

Joining Gerhart on the Pac 10 All-Fantasy Team are….. Read the rest of this entry →

Oregon coaching legend Mike Bellotti has resigned to become athletic director at the school, and offensive whiz Chip Kelly will take over control of the football program.

From a fantasy college football perspective this changes very little of the Duck fortunes – the recent offense has been the Chip Kelly offense, and we can expect to see the same wide open attack to which we’ve grown accustomed.

Bellotti’s departure after 14 years at the helm does signal the end of an era, one that saw the Ducks rise to national prominence.

[from CFFI]

also:

All-Bellotti Team {Register Guard}

Oregonian says Kelly won’t go it alone {OregonLive}

Oregon QB Justin Roper (pictured, thanks IconSMI) may have almost lost his head on this play, but he moves ahead (no pun intended) of Nathan Costa on the Ducks depth chart (at least for the opener Saturday vs Washington).

Roper, who had a brilliant performance in last season’s Sun Bowl game, gets the call to start Saturday as Costa is still struggling with a knee injury.

Other QB news to note:

SAN JOSE STATE:

After some good showings in recent scrimmages, Myles Eden will be the starter on opening day when the Spartans face UC-Davis. The Spartan QB situation was hard to predict, as Cal transfer Kyle Reed, along with Sean Flynn and Jordan LaSecla, in the mix. Eden could be a good free-agent/supplemental pick-up as SJSU has a fine WR corps led by Kevin Jurovich and David Richmond – and, they play in the WAC.