Big Ten Fantasy Football

[TruffleShuffle]

So, I'm participating in a Big Ten Fantasy Football draft this evening, and I'm wondering what other Big Ten fans think would be the top 5-10 picks in the draft. I've got my list... let's see how they match up.

[TruffleShuffle]

Apparently nobody knows anything about Big Ten football. Here's how my team turned out. I'm thrilled about it... until you see the last guy.

 

RB Albert Young, Iowa

Marcus Thigpen, Indiana

 

WR James Hardy, Indiana

Shawn Herbert, Northwestern

Marcus Randle-El

 

TE Scott Chandler, Iowa

 

K Kevin Kelly, Penn State

 

D/ST Iowa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QB Tim Brasic, Illinois :x

 

 

 

Basically, 8 QBs were taken in our 9 team league, so I figured that I'd just grab Bryan Cupito late because everyone had a QB. Then someone drafted him as a backup to John Stocco, and I was screwed. I'm almost positive that I have the best team outside of QB... it just depends if Brasic can put up respectable numbers or not.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I think you did very well with the Hawkeye reps on your team. Very, very well.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Well, Brasic has Zook, and he'll be needing to chuck the ball down the field to try to come from behind all season.

[TruffleShuffle]

I think you did very well with the Hawkeye reps on your team. Very, very well.

 

Yeah honestly, I was thrilled to death that Albert Young made it down to my first round pick, which was #6 overall. And not just because he went to my high school. I had him rated #3 overall. The first 5 picks went:

 

Troy Smith

Tyrell Sutton (those were my first two)

Drew Stanton

Drew Tate

Chad Henne

 

 

 

which left me with what was, to me, an easy pick. Iowa's defense was in round 3 of 9, which may seem way early, but remember that there are only 11 defenses to pick from, and 9 teams in the league. To me, OSU, PSU, Iowa and Michigan were by far the top 4 defenses in the league - in that order. OSU and PSU had gone off the board before me, and I wasn't willing to risk getting stuck with a Wisconsin or Minnesota. Chandler I grabbed in round 4 as the first TE taken.

 

I had a similar opinion of TE - basically, there was Chander, Tim Spaeth (Minnesota), Tyler Ecker (Michigan) and then a bunch of garbage. I was determined to get one of the top 4 defenses and one of the top 3 TEs, and I got that done.

 

I also think I got some good steals, with Randle-El in round 7 and Thigpen - a starter, albeit at Indiana - in round 8. I also got Kevin Kelly when the next 4 people after me were each planning on picking him.