Saturday,
July 14
| by Richard Cirminiello, Staff Writer |
The
Best Kept Secret in Fantasy Sports
(Reprinted
from July, 2000)
Richard
Cirminiello
When I tell friends that I enjoy
playing college fantasy football (or is it fantasy college
football?), I often get the kind of look that’s reserved for
difficult calculus questions. For some reason, this still surprises and disappoints me.
If it were 1988 and all we had was rotisserie baseball
and a smattering of fantasy football leagues, I’d be a lot
more understanding. However,
this is the year 2000, a new millennium and all that other
stuff. People are
playing fantasy golf, fantasy NASCAR and fantasy bowling, for
all I know! And
yet, college football, arguably the most exciting game in
America, has only attracted a small following of dedicated
fantasy players throughout the country.
So small, in fact, that when I find another college
fantasy player, we embrace each other, shed a few tears and
then begin discussing sleepers for the upcoming season.
I have a few theories why college
football has become the orphan child of fantasy sports.
Today, however, I’d like to accentuate the positive
and point out why every college football fan should consider
playing this exciting game.
I want to be as inclusive as the new Republican Party.
It doesn’t matter if you’re an SEC fan, a BIG 10
backer or a Division I-AA fanatic.
We’ve opened up our arms and we’d like you to join
our small fraternity. You
can start a league with your friends or join on the web at
sites like cffl.com,
where they love their college football about as much as I do.
Whatever your choice, start playing and begin spreading
the word. College
fantasy football is a blast and it can only get bigger.
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By the way, can someone let me know if
Earl Anthony is still on the Pro Bowlers Tour? I was thinking
of taking him in the first round this year.
Below are some reasons why I love
college fantasy football and why you might want to join me in
this crusade.
#1 12
hours of non-stop action-What could make a Saturday of
college football even better? How about having a rooting
interest in the Duke-Maryland game at noon and then checking
the final stats of the Oregon-Arizona game well after
midnight. We’re
talking more than 12 hours of fantasy football here, my
friend. With the
NFL, you’re lucky if you get 7.
#2 Name
Dropping-Everyone knows the NFL.
You, on the other hand, will be a master of this
year’s college talent pool. Imagine how impressed your friends will be when you correctly
pronounce Marques Tuiasosopo or are able to sing all of the
words to Hail to the Victors.
Believe me, knowing that Randy Moss will be tough to
stop this year is not going to impress anyone.
#3 Turnover
Each Year-One of the most exciting aspects of this game
is the turnover of talent.
It never gets stale and you can rest assured that each
season will be bring a whole new group of talent to be
researched. Digging
deep for sleepers is still one of the best aspects of any
fantasy game.
#4 Amateurs-I
know they’re prone to some indiscretions, but isn’t just
easier to root for a college kid than some multi-millionaire
whose been in and out of trouble with the law?
I always found it difficult to draft Michael Irvin for
this very reason.
#5 Challenging-I’m
not suggesting that NFL fantasy football isn’t tough. Lord knows, I took my share of beatings in the past.
College football, however, is on a whole different
level. It
requires much more research with a lot less information
available on the web (good luck finding a good cheat sheet).
It mostly requires your own skill and insight which
makes a victory that much sweeter.
#6 Scoring,
Scoring, Scoring-What’s a fantasy game without a ton
of points? In college football, defensive struggles are not
the norm and you can count on 50 point games at least a couple
of times each year. Get ready to dance when one of your backs goes for 300 yards
and 5 tds. It’s
often wild and wacky which just adds to the excitement of
college fantasy football.
#7 Head
Start on the NFL-If you insist on staying in
traditional fantasy football leagues, just think how prepared
you’ll be when the new draftees enter the NFL.
It’ll be like you were scouting these guys 3 or 4
years in advance. That
has to count for something.
Doesn’t it?
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