Made in the Shade

 FINAL SCORING

Congrats Chip Shade (and by proxy, JD) for an epic points run in the College Fantasy Bowl.

Totals:

1 Team Chip 276.5 points

2 Team JD 210.5 points

3 Team Patrick 154 points

4 Team Greg 151 points

5 Team Dave 135 points

Mendoza Line (of excellence)

College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T

Indiana 27, Miami 21

The Hoosiers are national champs and the title game produced some big moments and more importantly a few solid fantasy performances.

Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza (Team Patrick) was used a bit like a game manager at times, but had a clutch touchdown run. 

On the opposite side, Miami put up some big performances, led by RB Mark Fletcher's 24 points which helped seal the win for Team Chip.

Scoring

Miami RB Mark Fletcher Jr. (Chip) 24 points

Miami WR Malachi Toney (JD) 18 points

Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza (Patrick) 12 points

Miami QB Carson Beck (Chip) 11.5 points

Indiana WR Omar Cooper (Chip) 7 points

Indiana RB Roman Hemby (Greg) 6 points

Miami WR CJ Daniels (Dave) 6 points

Indiana WR Elijah Sarratt (Dave) 2 points

Indiana RB Khobie Martin (Chip) 0 points

SCOREBOARD

 LEADERS

Congrats to Chip early ...

Chip 234 points with Miami QB Beck and RB Fletcher left

JD 192.5 with Miami WR Toney left

Greg 145.5 with Indy RB Hemby left

Patrick 142.5 with Indy QB Mendoza left

Dave 127 with Indy WR Sarratt and Miami WR Daniels left

Duck Hunt

 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

Indiana 56, Oregon 22

The heavyweight QB fight everyone was anticipating was so bad, Dante Moore is staying in school, rather than come out and be the second overall pick.

Indiana went Duck-hunting and used a 21-0 second quarter to blow open a 14-7 Hoosiers lead after the first quarter.

IU QB Fernando Mendoza (Patrick) used the precision of a surgeon with five touchdown passes, scoring a game-high 28 points, despite not needing many yards.

The Hoosiers are chasing history - with plenty of Fantasy College Bowl investments at play.

Scoring

Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza (Patrick) 28 points

Indiana WR Elijah Sarratt, (Dave) 19 points

Oregon QB Dante Moore (Chip) 14.5 points

Indiana WR Omar Cooper (Chip) 7 points

Oregon WR Jeremiah McClellan (Patrick) 6 points

Indiana RB Roman Hemby (Greg) 5 points

Indiana RB Khobie Martin (Chip) 4 points

Oregon WR Malik Benson (Chip) 2 points

Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq (Patrick) 2 points

Oregon WR Dakorien Moore (Patrick) 2 points

Oregon RB Jordon Davison (Patrick) 0 points

Oregon RB Noah Whittington (Patrick) 0 points

Miami Nice

 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl

Miami 31, Ole Miss 27

Hurricanes QB Carson Beck scrambled for a touchdown with 18 seconds left and Miami is aiming for its first championship since 2001.

Team Chip's QB scored a game-high 23 points adding two TD passes to go with his game-winning run.

Scoring:

Miami QB Carson Beck (Chip) 23 points

Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy (Greg) 16 points

Miami WR Malachi Toney (JD) 15 points

Miami RB Mark Fletcher, Jr (Chip) 13 points

Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss (JD) 12 points 

Ole Miss WR De'Zhaun Stribling (JD) 7 points

Ole Miss WR Harrison Wallace III (Dave) 4 points

Miami WR CJ Daniels (Dave) 2 points

Ole Miss WR Deuce Alexander (Patrick) 0 points

How Sweet It Is

 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl

Ole Miss 39, Georgia 34

There's been some rough low-scoring games with few first downs and fewer points this playoff - but this was not one of them.

Kinetic end-to-end action between Ole Miss and Georgia made for a Sugar Bowl classic.

Over 800 yards offense was churned out, with four players posting more than 20 points each and 46 first downs combined.

Both QBs shined with Georgia's Gunnar Stockton getting a game-high 25.5 points for Team JD, which also got another gem from the Rebels' Trinidad Chambliss - shout-out Ferris State.

Scoring

Georgia QB Gunnar Stockton (JD) 25.5 points

Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss (JD) 24.5 points

Ole Miss RB Kewan Lacy (Greg) 23 points

Ole Miss WR Harrison Wallace III (Dave) 23 points

Ole Miss WR De'Zhaun Stribling (JD) 12 points

Georgia WR Zachariah Branch (JD) 12 points

Georgia RB Nate Frazier (Greg) 12 points

Ole Miss WR Deuce Alexander (Patrick) 1 point

Georgia WR Noah Thomas (JD) 0 points

Hoosier Daddy?

 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential

Indiana 38, Alabama 3

Is it just me, or is watching the Indiana program renaissance like living in an NCAA football video game simulation where you take a downtrodden team and make them a dominant force - then stay, refusing to jump to a bigger program?

It reminds me of playing NCAA 14 on the PS3, seriously.

Top-seed Indiana (which feels weird to say and stranger to type) took Alabama to the woodshed in what can only be explained as an upside-down result that a few years ago you would expect the score reversed.

Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza (Patrick, pictured) posted a game-high 19 points passing for three touchdowns.

Scoring

QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana (Patrick) 19 points

RB Kaelon Blak, Indiana (JD) 17 points

RB Roman Hemby, Indiana (Greg) 14 points

WR Omar Cooper, Indiana (Chip) 10 points

WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana (Dave) 10 points

RB Khobie Martin, Indiana (Chip) 1 point

WR Germie Bernard, Alabama (Chip) 6

WR Ryan Williams, Alabama (Greg) 5

QB Ty Simpson, Alabama (Dave) 2.5 points

RB Jam Miller, Alabama (Dave) 0 points

WR Isiah Horton, Alabama (Dave) 1 point

WR Germie Bernard, Alabama (Chip) 6 points

WR Ryan Williams, Alabama (Greg) 5

Duck Off, Texas Tech

 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl

Oregon 23, Texas Tech 0

Welp, that was a waste of time. The Ducks didn't play that good offensively, but thanks to the D - they didn't have to. 

The Red Raiders had four turnovers and were outgained by 100 yards while getting doubled up on time of possession (38 minutes to 22). 

Running back Jordon Davison (Chip, pictured) led the way with 56 total yards and two touchdowns. The Ducks had problems of their own, going 4-for-19 on third downs - but 4-for-8 on fourth downs.

Scoring

Oregon RB Jordon Davison (Patrick) 17 points

RB J' Koby Williams, Texas Tech (JD) 9 points

Oregon QB Dante Moore (Chip) 6.5 points

Oregon WR Malik Benson (Chip) 5 points

Oregon RB Noah Whittington (Patrick) 4 points

RB Cam Dickey, Texas Tech (Chip) 3 points

Oregon TE Kenyon Sadiq (Patrick) 2 points

Oregon WR Dakorien Moore (Patrick) 2 points

WR Reggie Virgil, Texas Tech (Greg) 2 points

Oregon WR Jeremiah McClellan (Patrick) 1 point

QB Behren Morton, Texas Tech (Dave) 0 points

WR Caleb Douglas, Texas Tech (Greg) 0 points

Hurricane Warning

College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Miami 24, Ohio State 14

The game wasn't special with big numbers - but the result was. 

Ding-Dong the Scarlet and Grey witch is dead - thanks in part to some great coaching by Matt Patricia on the defensive side.

The defending champion Buckeyes fell behind 14-0 and despite a second-half rally, could not dig out of the hole.

Miami was led by RB Mark Fletcher, Jr. (Team Chip) with 115 total yards and a touchdown, but other than that, the 'Canes offensive numbers remained pretty modest.

The Ohio State side offered better numbers with WR Jeremiah Smith (Team Dave) the standout, posting 157 yards and a TD on seven catches.

Scoring

Ohio State WR Jeremiah Smith (Dave) 21 points

Miami RB Mark Fletcher, Jr. (Chip) 17 points

Ohio State RB Bo Jackson (Dave) 11 points

Miami QB Carson Beck (Chip) 10.5 points

Ohio State QB Julian Sayin (Greg) 10.5 points

Ohio State RB CJ Donaldson (Dave) 6 points

Miami WR CJ Daniels (Dave) 4 points

Ohio State WR Carnell Tate (Greg) 3 points

Miami WR Malachi Toney (JD) 2 points

Point leaders

 

Team Chip and star receiver Malik Benson are running away with the college bowl - thus far.

Hello all, on the eve of 2026 - here are the scoring leaders so far ....

1 Chip 105.5

2 Patrick 58.5

3 JD  56.5

4 Greg 50

5 Dave 23.5

And now the schedule ramps up! See below: