Week 1 Open

Ken's UCLA Bruins had a breakout season after years of struggling against a tough Pac-12. They dominated the regular season in route to a Rose Bowl win.

Voters noticed. They come into this season ranked 6th in the country, just behind the annual Pac-12 favorites, USC. If UCLA can run the table in conference play, they may only need to win one of two against Alabama and Nebraska to have a shot at a national title.

3. Can Mizzou right the ship?

After making back-to-back SEC title games, and three consecutive bowl games, Mr. Mustard's Missouri Tigers crapped the bed in 2016, blowing late leads to finish at 5-7 and miss the post-season.

It gets worse. Mizzou graduated more than half of its starters, including QB Maty Mauk, the only Tiger to start games in each of the last four seasons. Are fresh faces just what the doctor ordered? Or will a lack of experience make it that much harder for Missouri to recover from last year's debacle?

4. Fantasy Football

With only redshirt freshmen remaining from the original roster set, this is the first year that nearly every player on the field will be a CPU-generated recruit. UCLA and Mizzou, in particular, could be vulnerable after years of weak recruiting classes compared to their competition.


First Team:
C Scott Quessenberry, UCLA
LE David Busch, Nebraska
DT Dee Liner, Alabama
MLB Tim Williams, Alabama
ROLB Josh Banderas, Nebraska
CB Boaz Joseph, Nebraska
FS Anthony Fields, Missouri
SS DJ Singleton, Nebraska
K Riley Means, Nebraska
RET Ardarius Stewart, Alabama

Second Team:
HB Terrell Newby, Nebraska
LG Grant Hill, Alabama
RE Brad Golden, Nebraska (Seriously? He's still around? Wasn't he in the DPOTY running like two years ago?)
CB Nick Newman, Missouri

MeanMrMustard wrote:
2. Can UCLA break through?
Ken's UCLA Trojans

Uhhhh....

MeanMrMustard wrote:

Preseason All-Americans

First Team:
LE David Busch, Nebraska

Second Team:
RE Brad Golden, Nebraska (Seriously? He's still around? Wasn't he in the DPOTY running like two years ago?)

Actually, Busch and Golden come from the same recruiting class. I beat Pitt out for Golden, a local Nebraska boy. Then I beat Ani out for Busch, from your home turf.  I red-shirted Golden Season 2, and Busch had a great Freshman year. Season 3, Golden had an amazing year as a freshman, Busch only had a great year. Season 4, Busch dominated again. Season 5 should be...interesting. 
 

the_EDJ wrote:

MeanMrMustard wrote:
2. Can UCLA break through?
Ken's UCLA Trojans

Uhhhh....

 Oops. Had USC on my mind because I was looking up their ranking when I wrote that. Either that or I subconsciously wanted to make a Trojan pun with "break through."

Completely forgot to set my red-shirts. Frick.

I'll be streaming the Nebraska-Mizzou matchup on twitch here shortly should anyone care to watch.

Missouri can't overcome turnovers or first half deficit, and fall to Nebraska in Columbia. Despite holding Nebraska to only field goals in the second half, Mizzou failed to capitalize on opportunities.

Bobby Hale was both good and bad with 2 picks and 2 TDs for the Huskers. Mizzou threw 3 INTs on the day and did not find the end zone.

Nebraska	7	7	6	3	[size=30]23[/size]
Missouri	0	3	0	0	[size=30]3 [/size]

All games in..

Ken, you've got until tonight to get your recruiting done.

I'm gonna do it right now.