Orange Crush(ed)

Red Scare: Trey
Veon Henderson (Greg) was the game's high scorer with 25 points.

College Football Playoff Round 1: 

Ohio State 42, Tennessee 17

Who would have thought that despite how non-competitive the first game of the playoff was with Notre Dame-Indiana that it would be the closest contest of the first round at 27-17?

Kneel before Zod (or Emeka Egbuka in this case)

Ohio State showed there is life after Michigan and abruptly got down to business "straight clowning" Tennessee as the kids used to say. The Buckeyes put babies inside the Vols against their will all night long - and that's the nicest I can say it.

There were a number of stars for OSU but QB Will Howard (Greg), WR Jeremiah Smith (JD) and RB TreyVeon Henderson (Greg) led the way.

Howard put up 311 through the air with 37 rushing yards and passed for 2 TDs. Henderson added 134 total yards and two touchdowns on get this - on 14 touches (10 carries, 4 catches). 

Smith totaled 103 receiving yards and two TDs.

Also we had another star running back too banged up to play that tried to give it a go and failed miserably with Vols RB Dylan Sampson (Chip) who had two carries for six yards and one catch for two joining Team Mafah for disappointment.

Scoring

OSU RB TreyVeon Henderson (Greg) 25 points

OSU WR Jeremiah Smith (JD) 24

OSU QB Will Howard (Greg) 21.5

OSU RB Quinshon Judkins (Greg) 16

OSU WR Emeka Egbuka (Chip) 8

Tenn. WR Don'te Thornton Jr. (Dave) 1

OSU WR Carnell Tate (Chip) 1

Tenn. RB Dylan Sampson (Chip) 0

Texas Toast

Blue blew by you: Ex-Team Pat RB Jaydon Blue had the biggest performance of the game which NO TEAM GOT TO USE. Curses!!

 College Football Playoff Round 1: 

Texas 38, Clemson 24

Orange you glad we had points? This CFB game had the old-school scoring feel to it with big names making big plays with plenty of offense like we'd have in the olden days of our fantasy bowl games. In the end Texas had too much firepower despite heroics by Clemson QB Cade Klubnik who had arguably the best QB performance of anybody from the first round.

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But we gotta start with Texas RB Jaydon Blue, a former Team Patrick (ex-Pat get it?) draft pick that he dropped on a whim that put up the biggest scoring performance of the day - 177 total yards and 2 touchdowns - although part of that was due to fellow Texas RB Tre Wisner getting hurt and leaving the game early. 

Klubnik (Team Dave) put on a show for Clemson with 336 yards and 3 TD passes despite the Tigers playing short-handed. RB Phil Mafah (JD) was playing hurt and re-aggravated it only touching the ball four times in a bad break for fantasy and reality fortunes.

Scoring

Texas RB Jaydon Blue (nobody) 28 points

Clemson QB Cade Klubnik (Dave) 24

Texas RB Tre Wisner (Dave) 23

Texas TE Gunnar Helm (Dave) 13

Clemson WR Antonio Williams (Chip) 12

Clemson TE Jake Briningstool (Chip) 6

Texas WR Matthew Golden (Greg) 4 

Texas WR Ryan Wingo (Patrick) 3

Clemson RB Phil Mafah (JD) 2

Texas WR DeAndre Moore (Patrick) 0

Kaytron Bomb

Team Patrick RB Kaytron Allen breaks 'em off somethin' proper

College Football Playoff Round 1: 

Penn State 38, SMU 10

SMU at Penn St. reminded me of the annual MAC sacrifice at the altar of the Big 10 early every season - usually about Week 2 or 3. An overmatched mid-major looking team completely outclassed, with plenty of the damage self-inflicted.

The Nittany Lions scored its first two touchdowns from pick-6s off Kevin Jennings, then the running game took over, and then the SMU tears. It was almost enough to make PSU seem likable. Almost.

Team Patrick running backs Kaytron Allen had 98 yards total with two touchdowns and Nicholas Singleton 97 total with one TD to lead all scorers.

Scoring

PSU RB Kaytron Allen (Patrick) 21 points

PSU RB Nicholas Singleton (Patrick) 15

SMU WR Roderick Daniels (JD) 12 

SMU RB Brashard Smith (Chip) 8

SMU QB Kevin Jennings (Chip) 8

PSU QB Drew Allar (Patrick) 5.5

PSU WR Harrison Wallace (Dave) 4

PSU TE Tyler Warren (Patrick) 3

Hoosier Daddy? ND.

Love is all you need: Jeremiyah Love scores from deep for Team Chip.

College Football Playoff Round 1: 

Notre Dame 27, Indiana 17

Don't be fooled by the final score, it was never that close. After Kurtis Rourke's second throw of the game for an interception followed one play later by Jeremiyah "Love Hurts" 98-yard streak down the sideline for a TD it was essentially over.

The "Life of Riley" Leonard led all scorers with 20.5 with one TD passing and running each. Rourke led Indiana, but a timid game plan with lots of first down runs and odd punts didn't help things. Credit to the ABC announcer with "This is a kind of a duck of a game" in the third quarter right after a poor toss from Rourke. Yep.

Top scorers

ND QB Riley Leonard (David) 20.5 points

ND RB Jeremiyah Love (Chip) 18 points

Indy QB Kurtis Rourke (JD) 16.5 points

Indy WR Omar Cooper (Greg) 8 points

Indy WR Elijah Saratt (David) 8 points

Indy RB Justice Ellison (JD) 4 points

Indy RB Ty Son Lawton (Chip) 4 points

TRANSACTION: Team Patrick drops QB Quinn Ewers (Texas) and picks up QB Gunner Stockton, Georgia. 

Rosters (LFG!)

 

Team Patrick's TE Tyler Warren in Technicolor

Here are the rosters - sorry they are a little late - I've been laid low with the latest cold going around.

Also Team David is picking up Tenn. WR Donte' Thornton, Jr. because Arizona State WR Jordan Tyson is injured and out. 

Team Patrick is dropping WR Bond, Texas and picking up WR Omari Evans, Penn St. because Bond is doubtful to play. He is also going to drop RB Blue of Texas for RB Kaytron Allen, Penn St. (just because he wants to).

ALSO: If a player you drafted does not play because of injury or suspension, etc., DO NOT DESPAIR. Let me know what replacement you would like to have instead before game time for the new player you want, kicks off.

ROSTERS

Team Patrick

QB Gunner Stockton, Georgia (vs. ND 1/1)

QB Drew Allar, Penn St. (vs. SMU 12/21)

RB Nick Singleton, Penn St. (vs. SMU 12/21)

RB Trevor Etienne, Georgia (vs. ND 1/1)

RB Kaytron Allen, Penn St. (vs SMU 12/21)

WR Omari Evans, Penn St. (vs SMU 12/21)

WR Dillon Bell, Georgia (vs. ND 1/1)

WR DeAndre Moore, Texas (vs. Clem 12/21)

WR Ryan Wingo, Texas (vs. Clem 12/21)

TE Tyler Warren, Penn St. (vs. SMU 12/21)

Team Chip

QB Kevin Jennings, SMU (vs. PSU 12/21)

QB Maddux Madsen, Boise St. (vs. SMU/PSU 12/31)

RB Brashard Smith, SMU (vs. PSU 12/21)

RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame (vs. Ind. 12/20)

RB Ty Son Lawton, Indiana (vs. ND 12/20)

WR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio St. (vs. Tenn. 12/21)

WR Antonio Williams, Clemson (vs. Texas 12/21)

WR Traeshon Holden, Oregon (vs. Tenn./OSU 12/21)

WR Carnell Tate, Ohio St. (vs. Tenn. 12/21)

TE Jake Briningstool, Clemson (vs. Texas 12/21)

Team JD

QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon (vs. Tenn/OSU 1/1)

QB Kurtis Rourke, Indiana (vs. ND 12/20)

RB Dylan Sampson, Tenn. (vs. Ohio St. 12/21)

RB Justice Ellison, Indiana (vs. ND 12/20)

RB Phil Mafah, Clemson (vs. Texas 12/21)

WR Jeremiah Smith, Ohio St. (vs. Tenn. 12/21)

WR Tez Johnson, Oregon (vs. OSU/Tenn. 1/1)

WR Cameron Camper, Boise St. (vs. SMU/PSU 12/31)

WR Rodrick Daniels, SMU (vs. PSU 12/21)

TE Matt Lauter, Boise St. (vs. SMU/PSU 12/31)

Team Greg

QB Will Howard, Ohio St. (vs. Tenn. 1/1)

QB Sam Leavitt, Arizona St. (vs Clem/Texas 1/1)

RB Jordan James, Oregon (vs. OSU/Tenn 1/1)

RB Quinshon Judkins, Ohio St. (vs Tenn. 1/1)

RB Trevyonne Henderson, Ohio St. (vs Tenn. 1/1)

WR Matthew Golden, Texas (vs. Clem 12/21)

WR Arian Smith, Georgia (vs. Ind/ND 1/1) 

WR Evan Stewart, Oregon (vs. OSU/Tenn 1/1)

WR Omar Cooper, Ind. (vs. ND 12/20)

TE Terrance Ferguson, Oregon (vs. OSU/Tenn 1/1)

Team David

QB Riley Leonard, Notre Dame (vs. Ind. 12/20)

QB Cade Klubnik, Clemson (vs Texas 12/21)

RB Ashton Jeanty, Boise St. (vs SMU/PSU 12/31)

RB Cam Skattebo, Arizona St. (vs Texas/Clem 1/1)

RB Tre Wisner, Texas (vs Clem 12/21)

WR Donte' Thornton, Jr., Tenn  (vs. Ohio St. 12/21)

WR Dominic Lovett, Georgia (vs. ND/Ind. 1/1)

WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana (vs ND 12/20)

WR Harrison Wallace III, Penn St. (vs SMU 12/21)

TE Gunnar Helm, Texas (vs Clemson 12/21)

DRAFT LISTS

GENTLEMEN, here are some arranged positional draft lists organized loosely by stats.

These are the stat leaders from all 12 playoff games. But a word to the wise - please do your own homework. If someone was drafted by you and is injured it is ON YOU to pick a replacement that wasn't drafted. Everyone's rosters will be available on this site, so you'll know who is rostered. 

Also this list does not include No. 2 or 3 runningbacks if they didn't at least post more than 300 yards this season, same with No. 3-5 receivers. There are some second RBs or third WRs from the same team listed here, if they put up numbers and are a part of the offense. 

And, this goes with doing your own homework - if you want to pick someone not included here, cool. Just make sure they are playing for one of the 12 playoff teams.

QBs  (2 per team)

Dillon Gabriel, Oregon, Passing 3,558 / 28 TDs 6 INT / Rushing 192 yards-7 TDs  

Carson Beck, Georgia, Passing 3,485 / 28 TDs 12 INT / Rushing 71-1 TDs

Riley Leonard , ND Passing 2,092 / 16 TD 5 INT / Rushing 721/ 14 TDs

Kevin Jennings, SMU Passing 3,050 . 22 TD 8 INT / Rushing 379-5 TDs

Will Howard, Ohio St. Passing 2,860 27 TDs 8 INT / Rushing 131-7 TDs

Drew Allar, Penn St Passing 2,894, 21 TD 7 INT / Rushing 279-6 TDs

Kurtis Rourke, Indiana Passing 2,827 / 27 TD 4 INT / Rushing -25 / 2 TDs

Quinn Ewers, Texas, 2,665 / 25 TDs 9 INT / Rushing -62-1 TD

Sam Leavitt, Ariz St. Passing 2,663 24 TDs 5 INT / Rushing 383-5 TDs

Maddux Madsen, Boise St. Passing 2,714 22 TDs 3 INT / Rushing 224-5 TDs

Nico Iamaleava, Tenn. Passing 2,512 19 TD 5 INT / Rushing 311-1 TDs

RBs  (3 per team)

Ashton Jeanty, Boise St. 2,497 yards-29 TDs / Rec 20-116-1 TD

Cam Skattebo, Ariz. St. Rushing 1,568 yards-19 TDs / Rec. 37-506-3 TDs

Dylan Sampson, Tenn. Rushing 1,485 yards -22 TDs / Rec. 19-141-0 TDs

Jordan James, Oregon, Rushing 1,253 yards-15 TDs / Rec 24-202-0

Brashard Smith, SMU Rushing 1,270 yards-14 TDs / Rec: 35-303-4 TDs

Jeremiyah Love, ND Rushing 949 yards-14 TDs / Rec: 22-206-2 TDs

Quintrevion Wisner, Texas Rushing 863 yards-3 TDs / Rec: 32-229-1 TDs

Nicholas Singleton, Penn St Rushing 838 yards-8 TDs / Rec: 37-355-5 TDs

Kaytron Allen, Penn St. Rushing 822 yards-6 TDs / Rec: 15-119-2 TDs

Justice Ellison, Indiana Rushing 811 yards-10 TDs / Rec: 11-84-0 TDs

Quinshon Judkins, Ohio St. Rushing 805 yards-8 TDs / Rec 15-109-1 TDs

TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio St. Rushing 751 yards-6 TDs / Rec 19-135-0 TDs

Jadarian Price, ND Rushing 651 yards 7 TDs / Rec: 3-2-0 TDs

Nate Frazier, Georgia, Rushing 634 yards-8 TDs / Rec: 10-68-0 TDs

Jaydon Blue, Texas, Rushing 564 yards-6 TDs / Rec: 34-267-4 TDs

Noah Whittington, Oregon, Rushing 537 yards-5 TDs / Rec 18-106-2 TDs 

Ty Son Lawton, Indiana Rushing 634 yards-12 TDs / Rec: 11-114-0 TDs

Trevor Etienne, Georgia, Rushing 571 yards-9 TDs / Rec: 28-168-0 TDs

WRs  (4 per team)

Jordyn Tyson, Ariz St. 75-1,101-10 TDs

Jeremiah Smith, Ohio St. 57-934-10 TDs

Tez Johnson, Oregon, 78-866-10 TDs

Elijah Sarratt, Indiana, 49-890-8 TDs

Cameron Camper, Boise St. 55-837-4 TDs

Arian Smith, Georgia, 47-750-4 TDs

Emeka Egbuka, Ohio St. 60-743-9 TDs

Matthew Golden, Texas, 47-738-8 TDs

Dont'e Thornton Jr., Tenn. 25-647-6

Harrison Wallace III, Penn St. 39-638-4 TDs

Evan Stewart, Oregon, 48-613-5 TDs

Traeshon Holden, Oregon, 38-602-3 TDs

Roderick Daniels Jr., SMU, 38-599-3 TDs

Carnell Tate, Ohio St. 41-583-4 TDs

Omar Cooper Jr, Indiana, 27-571-6 TDs

Dominic Lovett, Georgia, 56-571-6 TDs

Isaiah Bond, Texas, 33-532-5 TDs

Key'Shawn Smith, SMU, 31-512-5

Latrell Caples , Boise St. 34-443-5 TDs

Dillon Bell, Georgia, 37-433-4 TDs

Bru McCoy, Tenn. 35-432-2

Beaux Collins, ND, 34-427-2 TDs

Ke'Shawn Williams , Indiana, 34-403-5 TDs

DeAndre Moore Jr., Texas, 31-387-6 TDs

Jordan Hudson, SMU 35-382-5 TDs

Squirrel White, Tenn. 33-364-2 TDs

Omari Evans, Penn St. 19-360-4 TDs

Jaden Greathouse ND, 26-345-1 TDs

Xavier Guillory, Ariz St. 19-320-5 TDs

TEs  (1 per team)

Tyler Warren, Penn St. 88-1062-6 TDs

Gunnar Helm, Texas, 49-611-5 TDs

Terrance Ferguson, Oregon, 38-520-3 TDs

Matt Lauter, Boise St. 43-523-6 TDs

RJ Maryland, SMU, 24-359-4 TDs

Lawson Luckie, Georgia, 24-348-3 TDs

Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon, 23-298-2 TDs

Miles Kitselman, Tenn. 21-296-4 TDs

Chamon Metayer, Ariz St. 29-290-5 TDs

Mitchell Evans, ND, 29-272-3 TDs

Zach Horton, Indiana, 20-182-4 TDs

Gee Scott Jr., Ohio St. 16-150-2 TDs

Draft Time: 

The draft order and cost and chit-chat will take place at 7:30 Sunday, Dec. 15 using Messenger and the 10-round draft should be going in earnest by 8 p.m. 

WE ARE SO F*CKING BACK

My friends, it has been many moons, two presidential terms, and almost a decade that has brought us here.

A 12-team field - not too big, not too small but for now at least, just right. It means we'll have smaller rosters and a few less team owners, but I think we'll be okay. 

Things looked bleak in recent years - despite the 4-team format, stars opted out of bowl games and everything kind of seemed pointless from a fantasy football point of view - no pun intended.

With 12 teams it means star players available that will be on the field for the bowl games. Although you may have a couple players going against each other in the first round, we will again be totaling up points scored for the entire bracket through the championship. 

Less players per team means less points, but there is a remedy - a tweak in scoring. 

SCORING

1 point per 10 yards rushing/receiving and 1.5 points every 40 yards passing. TDs will be 6, Passing TDs will be 4 and 2-point rushes, catches and passes all worth 2.

TEAM OWNERS

We could go as large as 6 but for this maiden voyage, I am thinking 5 is right - Chip, J.D., Greg, Patrick and myself. Also this works with the available players with 10 man rosters each. 

ROSTERS

Positions 2 QBs, 3 RBs, 4 WRs, and 1 TE per team. 10 Rounds total.  The reason for tight ends? Why not. I am still anti-kicker for this format and it gives us another variant for points without going too deep into the receiver pool which is already stretched thin, if you figure 2 to 3 receivers per team and 12 playoff teams total. Which is between 24 to 36 usable guys. Instead of adding TEs to the WR mix, why not do a one position deal and see how it works.

Plus it takes us to a nice round number of 10 guys per team.

DRAFT

Stay tuned - we need to get it done soon. Sunday night could be an option but I'm home by 8:30 week nights. I would like to do it on Facebook Messenger. Patrick can be on the phone with me.

SCHEDULE OF GAMES: 

Keeping score so far...

FINAL

1) Patrick 305 w/ 0 left
2) Chip 246
3) Dave H. 228 (T)
3) George 228 (T)
5) David K 191
6) JD 161


Team Patrick 305 w/ 0 left

QB Flowers, USF  35

QB Fitzgerald, Miss. St  21

QB Watson, Clemson 23

QB Dobbs, Tennessee  33

QB Evans, Va. Tech 28

QB Trubisky, N. Carolina 14

QB Hill, TCU  18

RB Matthews, Mid. Tenn St.  11

RB Guice, LSU 19

RB Samuel, Ohio St. 5

RB J. Thomas, Temple  1

RB J. Williams, Utah  19

RB Craft, LA Tech  3

RB Mills, Ga. Tech 14

RB T. Williams, Baylor  5

WR James, Mid. Tenn. St.  14

WR Carr, Northwestern  2

WR Gallup, Colorado St. 23

WR J. Washington, Ok-St. 14

WR Adams, USF  3

Team Chip 246

QB Rudolph Okl. St. 17

QB Mayfield, Okl. 14

QB Ferguson, Memphis 21

QB Mullens, S. Miss  14

QB Evans, Tulsa 23

QB D. Washington, Old Dominion  13

QB J. Thomas, Ga. Tech 10

RB Wales, W. Ky 34

RB Pumphery, San Diego St. 13

RB Ito, S. Miss  25

RB Gipson, New Mexico 9

RB R. Jones, USC 8

RB Davidson, Army  8

RB Hill, U-M  6

RB Mixon, Oklahoma 21

WR Ross, Miss. St.  2

WR Smith-Shuster, USC 12

WR Sperbeck, Boise St.  3

WR Kirk, Texas A&M  4

WR Pascal, Old Dominion  9

Team George 228

QB Higgins, LA Tech  32

QB Terrell, WMU 12

QB Hurts, Alabama 3

QB Ertz, K-State  22

QB Kaaya, Miami  19

QB Smith, Baylor  18

QB Liufau, Colorado  10

RB Lawry, Old Dominion  7

RB Weber, Ohio St. 1

RB Franklin, WMU 4

RB D. Smith, U-M  2

RB Armstead, Temple 0

RB Perine, Okl. 10

RB Chunn, Troy  20

RB Kamara, Tennessee  3

WR Westbrook, Okl. 9

WR C. Davis, WMU 9

WR T. Taylor, LA Tech  24

WR Lucas, Tulsa 22

WR Darboh, U-M  3

Team JD 161

QB L. Jackson, Louisville 4

QB Browning, Washington 5

QB Rypien, Boise St.  10

QB Silvers, Troy  8

QB Knight, Texas A&M  17

QB Darnold, USC 27

QB Peterman, Pitt. 15

RB B. Hill, Wyoming 11

RB Flanders, Tulsa 11

RB Conner, Pitt  1

RB Mack, USF  3

RB Gallman, Clemson 10

RB R. Williams, Arkansas  1

RB Wilson, N. Texas 18

RB Penny, San Diego St. 0

WR Ross, Washington 1

WR Marks, Wash. St.  1

WR Pettis, Washington 7

WR Wilson, Boise St.  10

WR Fields, Colorado  1

Team David K 191

QB Falk, Wash. St.  9

QB Allen, Wyoming 12

QB M. White, W. Ky 17

QB G. Ward, Houston  11

QB Howard, W. Va.  12

QB Johnson, Kentucky 15

QB Williams, Utah  4

RB Hunt, Toledo 19

RB Clement, Wisconsin 10

RB Brewer, Tulsa 5

RB Gaskin, Washington 3

RB Walton, Miami  2

RB Dayes, NC State 3

RB Webb, Vanderbilt  12

RB Chubb, Georgia  13

WR Taylor, W. Ky  13

WR Norris, W. Ky 9

WR M. Williams, Clemson 4

WR Gentry, Wyoming 17

WR Gibson, W. Va. 1

Team Dave H  228

QB Woodside, Toledo  12

QB Barrett, Ohio St. 3

QB McSorely, Penn St. 24

QB Speight, U-M 7

QB Sturm, UTSA  10

QB Rush, CMU 6

QB Roback, EMU  14

RB McNichols, Boise St.  3

RB Cook, FSU  16

RB Moore, App. St. 1

RB Barkley, Penn St. 30

RB Pettway, Auburn 5

RB Lindsay, Colorado  8

RB Daniels, Iowa 2

RB McVey, Air Force 2

WR Henderson, LA Tech  18

WR Miller, Memphis  25

WR Cannon, Baylor  24

WR Roberts, Toledo 6

WR Atkinson, Tulsa 12

A lil' bit of Ypsi in the Bahamas

Bahamas Bowl Review

Old Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20

To the surprise of everyone, EMU actually competed. Old Dominion won its first FBS bowl title in a game with bland stats before an empty stadium. 

But at least the Eagles (wearing their traditional gray and white uniforms) got free Popeye's.

(Chip) QB Washington, ODU 13

(Chip) WR Pascal, ODU 9

(George) RB Lawry, ODU  7

(Dave H) QB Roback, EMU 14

Taylor-made for points

Armed Forces Bowl Review
Louisiana Tech 48, Navy 45

LA Tech combo QB Ryan Higgins and WR Trent Taylor went H.A.M. against Navy, standing for "hard as a mutha-f....." as the kids say.

Higgins passed for 400+ yards with four scoring passes and one rushing TD for the Bulldogs while favorite target Taylor piled up 230 yards and two scores.  Carlos Henderson had half the yards but added a pair of scores on highlight-reel grabs.

Nobody owned the Navy QB Zach Abby who cranked out 23 points.

(George) QB Higgins, LA Tech 28 points
(George) WR Taylor, LA Tech 24
(Dave H) WR Henderson, LA Tech 18