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Our fantasy football experiment is now officially in full swing. We drafted eight teams into our NFL fantasy football league, consisting of nothing but players from the Big Ten, SEC, Pac-10 and Big 12. After one week of action, the Big Ten is the winner.
| Big Ten team #1 | 78 |
| Big Ten team #2 | 69 |
| Total Big Ten points | 147 |
| Pac 10 team #1 | 61 |
| Pac 10 team #2 | 82 |
| Total Pac 10 points | 143 |
| Big 12 team #1 | 86 |
| Big 12 team #2 | 48 |
| Total Big 12 points | 134 |
| SEC team #1 | 62 |
| SEC team #2 | 70 |
| Total SEC points | 132 |
Quarterback play is what gave the Big Ten their big first week. Drew Brees scored 48 points all by himself, and Tom Brady added 25.
Individually, the Big 12 team #1 scored the most points, thanks to a 37-point outburst by Adrian Peterson.
Thus far, only a few roster changes are evident. Antwaan Randle El scored 9 points, but they don’t count because he was benched. Next week, he might get the start over Ted Ginn (2 points) of Lee Evans (2 points).
We got a good first look at every team, and the most obvious hole is clear – the Big 12 has no quarterbacks that will get any playing time in the NFL. If any B-12 QBs were playing, that conference would be a force.
September 15th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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September 15th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Adrian Peterson is an absolute monster. That Big 12 team will be tough to beat if he stays healthy all year…even without a quarterback.
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September 16th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
(Pretending to be an SEC slappy)
This contest is BS, because the strength of the SEC is their famous SPEED…wait, I meant DEFENSE. How can you only compare the best offensive players (and what they do) in the NFL with no regard to the defense and call it a true comparison of the conferences?
(Ok, I’m done being the slappy now…)
Wow, sorry, that was the typical SEC slappy forgetting what his argument was before he starts it.
The question does merit some discussion though. However, you can use his argument against him, saying that those stellar SEC defenses should better prepare offensive skill players for the NFL defenses that they will face. Thus, the conferences with the best defenses will still be shown in the BBC Challenge.
Plus, the only way you could track defenses is to create your own fantasy league where you have defensive players. Then you need to create formulas for tackles, sacks, pass break ups, interceptions, fumbles caused, fumble recoveries…(and any other stat you wish to track). Then you need to track those stats yourself…and because you have jobs that don’t involve getting paid as a NFL statistician, you need to decide to keep your job (or track those stats and get fired…it’s up to you guys).
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