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Last year saw the defending champ put together one of the most impressive seasons we've seen in the history of our young league, 12-2 and the title belt.  He wasn't shy about the title either bantering all year long, running his mouth like his lips don't fit.  He wasn't any different this offseason getting more outspoken in emails and trying to stall the league draft for days.  Why?  Because he's the defending league champion and some owners are quietly talking behind his back about how it's quickly gone to his head.  Others outside the league have also noticed the change and have started calling him Lane Kifflin.  Regardless of how others feel about him, he is the champion until January this year and has a chance to repeat.. maybe.

QB:  He's got bodies galore at this position with 5 on the roster, only 3, however, could help his team this year.  Masoli, as we've all heard, happened to plead guilty to theft AND then they found marijuana on him a few months later.  Awesome.  Cincy's Zach Callaros played well for Tony Pike last year, but it'll be interesting to see if he is the same without Brian Kelly and Mardy Gilyard.  Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden takes over a high powered offense for Zac Robinson.  Don't forget, however, they lost all world WR Dez Bryant and one of their RB's from last year. 

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This team is the only team in the entire league with a team name.  I'm not making this up, the rest of the teams are sorted by their owner/coach, but not the self proclaimed Minnesota State Screaming Eagles.  So, what does this squad have in common with the rest of the state?  A:  They're losers.  Year in and year out.. even when they're close, they really aren't.  Brian managed to win 4 games last year.. in 14.  That means he also managed to lose double digit games which can be difficult to do in fantasy sports.  So, without further ado, lets take a look at this bottom feeder.

QB:  BJ Daniels is a dual threat star in the making down in South Florida.. just ask FSU.  Dayne Crist is the man tabbed to lead the spread offense that Brian Kelly features at Notre Dame and Aaron Murray is the future down in Georgia.  This COULD be a solid position for the Eagles this year.  Daniels can play big given the right matchup and Crist will have every opportunity to produce against a not so tough Notre Dame schedule.  Don't forget what Tony Pike did in that offense the past few seasons. 

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Perrins may or may not be a manager for a highly ranked D1 program.. thankfully this league is for fun only because I went through that same manager training and remember that managers are actually considered team members (except tutoring, bowl gifts and any other way the program can hold them down) and subject to NCAA rules.  Therefore, if this were a money league there is both risk and reward involved, so he would be under that umbrella.  There is both risk and reward involved.. it's called pridge, but the NCAA doesn't care about that.  They also don't care about the recruiting violations that John Calipari breaks at every school he's been at or that their newest hot recruit from the Chicago area said they asked for something like $100,000 to play there... Kentucky only mad because they went to the press about it.  Regardless, Perrins is coming off a major year.. for him at 7-6ish.  He's already talking big when he texted me and told me, "I have the best skill position players in the league."  Whoa, easy turbo, you also have the biggest sense of overconfidence in the league.  That's like saying that Kuma's Corner has the best burgers in the nation.  While it COULD be true, there is just no way to prove it.

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T-Razzie Dazzie had a chance years back to field a monster line up, but for whatever reason.. he just can't keep his team healthy and focused.  Sometimes, they're a tad soft.. sometimes a bit unlucky and at other times.. T-Raz can't put his foot down and control the locker room, apparently, they don't listen to him as well as his girlfriend does; he's having a hard time handling that.  8-6 was the record last year, but it was a disappointing season considering he had Sam Bradford and ended the season with Tim Tebow.  Could this year.. finally be the year he puts it all together?

QB:  Jacory "Pinball" Harris leads the squad.. I'm not calling him a armed robber or arsonist; I'm just saying he reminds me of Pinball Parker.  That's a good thing, folks.  He also has Russell Wilson, an underrated QB at NC State.  T-Raz has solid players at the QB position where he can pick up 250+ yard games and a few TD's each week with the right start.  

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Scuba takes over for a depleted roster inherited from the Big Mattbowski.  Mattbowski didn't leave much in the will, in fact, some people think that it's like having a long lost relative die and hoping there is something for you in the will.. only to find out that you're left with debt.  Scuba's roster is coming off a 4-9 season including a beat down loss in their bowl game.  Not shockingly, Scuba's roster is full of Michigan players whom The Big Mattbowski loved... perhaps, that's why they were so bad last year.

QB:  Ryan Mallett is clearly the most talented player on the team and the only shot week in and week out that Scuba has to win.  The rest of his QB's appear to be non-factors like Tate Forcier and Tajih Boyd.  Neither appears to be a starter for their teams and Blake Bell certainly won't start down in Oklahoma. 

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The first NCAA college preview for our 10 team league will take a gander at Slick Willy's line up.  Ol' Slick Willy, a future Wisconsin Badger athletic booster, is the league's only 2 time champion.  Pretty crazy, since the league is going into it's 3rd season.  Willy hit a HR by drafting Tim Tebow, who led him to the promised land.. no, not the Garden of Eden, the championship the first 2 years.  Last year, Willy knew he had to reload and shipped Tebow for younger players and draft picks.  (Willy's God fearing fans took to him at a service in a foreign country.)  Coming off a 6-8 season, he'll be looking to right the ship and get back into title contention so he doesn't flame out early in his coaching career.

QB:  Josh Nesbitt and Andrew Luck lead the charge.  Nesbitt is a bit different because he's basically a RB that lines up at QB.  Have you ever seen this guy throw?  Andrew Luck, however, can throw.  He's supposedly a lock for the NFL 1st round right now because of his skills.  We'll see if this translates to any college fantasy success.. remember, Stanford lost Toby Gerhart and his 828 carries from last year.

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1.  Ndamakuong Suh should be the number 1 pick in the 2010 NFL draft.  The ability to control the middle is being lost with rush ends and the 3-4.  Pressure up the middle against the run and pass is still the most effective start to an NFL defense.  QB's can step up to avoid the rush on the outside, but there is no substitute for having a C/G pushed back into his lap.

2.  You cannot convince me that Tim Tebow is an NFL QB.  I don't think that he has the footwork, touch or understands how to move through his progressions.  His biggest "asset".. his legs will not worry NFL defenses at all.  He's not explosive and could not take that pounding day in and day out.  He's a good story, but not a legit prospect.

3.  Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball will not lose a home game this year.. with or without Jon Leuer.  Trevon Hughes and Jordan Taylor can play.  Somehow, they've managed to win 2 games they've had no business winning because of mad offensive struggles (Michigan and Penn State).  A win is a win.. especially without your leading scorer.

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Seeing how today is my first day of " training" for the Green Bay Marathon, I thought it would be fitting to announce that my work with MDA is just getting started! The site has been up for awhile, but I wanted to wait for a few weeks before I sent it out for a few different reasons. Mainly, I wanted to make sure that I would have the mental toughness to gut through actually doing this and secondly that my knee would be able to hold up after the injury I suffered through. Okay, maybe it wasn't that bad, but I'll bet it was close.

Lets not get lost on minor details, because I am happy to announce and to post my link from MDA to help raise them money and awareness to fight this terrible disease by running the Green Bay Marathon on May 16, 2010. If you just click right HERE you will be taken to my donation page provided by MDA. There you can see a few different things, including an amazing picture of my blazing speed on the road way at the Green Bay Half-Marathon in 2009. (Don't worry, I plan on changing this to a picture of Kelton and myself. It's a solid picture that I took one day in his photography course while he was taking a test.) More important than that amazing running form, however, is the huge flashing red box that says, "Click Here." Clicking on that will take you to the donation page for MDA and tell you a little about the cost:

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Here we are at the second week of the NFL playoffs again, which brings up the same question every year.  Is it better for teams that have clinched first-round byes and playoff seeds to rest their players at the end of the regular season, or play them to keep on a roll going into the playoffs?  Lets look at both sides of the issue.

The reason why most NFL teams decide to rest their players is simple; players cannot get hurt when they are on the sidelines.  They worry that their "star" players might get twisted knees, turf toes, concussions, or any of the myriad of unfortunately common NFL injuries.  Its the same reason most teams do not play those same players during most of the pre-season.  Seems like a simple enough approach, but lost in that explanation is the other primary benefit of resting your starters.  Their backups get real-time game experience.  Any player has the same chance of getting hurt during the playoffs as he does during any other game of the season.  If your top quarterback goes down early in game one of the playoffs, the more reps his backup has not just in practice but against live opponents the better off your team will be.  The only time to give those second-string quarterbacks, third-string running backs, fifth receivers, etc that experience without jeopardizing your playoff position is to play them while resting your starters at the end of the regular season.  Your team will be better prepared if the unthinkable happens during the most crucial game of the year.

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Heisman runner-up Toby Gerhart will leave Stanford for the prospects of the upcoming NFL Draft.  He had one year of remaining eligibility due to an injury-shortened 2007.  Many Stanford fans had hoped he might return to play one last year with outstanding freshman quarterback Andrew Luck, possibly building on the success the team had this past season.  Although his decision might not be the most popular, it was the right one for him to make for several reasons.

Gerhart will have his degree in management science and engineering prior to the next college season.  Although some students will stay on campus and enroll in a graduate program to complete their athletic eligibility, very few of them have NFL potential.  Unless he plans to complete a master's program he would essentially be taking garbage classes and wasting his time just to fulfill the NCAA 'Amateur' status.  The college atmosphere might be fun and games, but he would still have to go to class and make some effort or risk NCAA sanctions.  If he truly did want to pursue higher education, there will be plenty of time for that after his body is no longer in peak condition.

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