Weekly Fantasy College Football Picks for Draft Street 12/21/13

Daily Fantasy College Football Picks for Draft Street

Been jones-ing for some action ever since Championship Week? Army/Navy game not cutting it for you? Well stop your pacing and shaking, Bowl season is upon us and with it, this Saturday has the first slate of games. And because you're a fanatic, these are your storied Bowl games for this weekend. Who doesn’t love the rich history of the:

(one of these is fake)

Gildan New Mexico Bowl

Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl

Seamstresses of America Stitching Bowl

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

R + L Carriers New Orleans Bowl

Our resident NCAA expert and Draft Street CFB maven Cascarruthers makes his picks for this Saturday’s Draft Street leagues.

Quarterbacks

I’m advocating a heavy Derek Carr fade. And it isn’t just because he’s dreamy looking and I want his life. It’s because the price here just isn’t justifiable especially against a USC defense that’s handled Oregon State and other pass heavy teams. There are better, more cost effective options. Like...

Connor Halliday $14,574 - This pick is a lock. And short of them cancelling the game, Halliday makes it into every single one of my lineups. Wazzu’s game plan is basically throw, throw, throw, sometimes punt, throw, go to halftime, throw, throw and so on. I mean, Halliday threw 89 passes just in the game versus Oregon. While touchdowns always pay the day, Halliday hedges this price with his heavy volume. He may be a popular start, but you need to roll with the crowd on this one.

Keep an eye on Joe Licata $12,469 - Garret Grayson $14,423

Avoid Derek Carr $22,512

Running Backs

Javorius Allen $14,831 - Here’s to hoping you started getting Allen into your lineups at the beginning of November when he started getting the heavy reps in the USC backfield, taking over for Silas Redd and Tre Madden.  Teams can run against Fresno when they hang in the game. It’s when Carr and company start piling on the points that teams get away from the ground game. Look for Allen to get a ton of reps and find the endzone a couple times in this one.

Marcus Mason $8,631 - Though Wazzu chucks the ball all over the field, it doesn’t mean we can’t have someone from their backfield in our lineups. Mason has significant upside at this price. He catches a bunch of passes out of the backfield (great in DS’s PPR format) and gets just enough reps out of the backfield to keep him from totally bottoming out. His production is such that, to me, touchdowns are a bonus in his game. Mason is a lock.

Elijah Maguire $8,631 - This is risky, because if Terrance Broadway doesn’t play, the game could become a blowout quick. It depends on how you feel about that possibility. Broadway’s absence could mean more reps for Maguire. And if they can keep the game close, Elijah becomes a great play. But, if they’re getting killed, well teams don’t run in those situations. The risk is built into the price, but I’m rolling Maguire out there as a lock.

Keep an eye on Brandon Oliver $18,244 - Adam Muema $11,944

Avoid Kapri Bibbs $19.420 

Wide Receivers

Because Bowl games are incredibly unpredictable, and WR is the biggest feast/ famine position on the board, I’m advocating a strategy of middling your WR slots in the hopes of one paying off big time. For this reason, many of the five digit price tag WRs have me a little worried. Not because of their talent, but because I’m worried about fitting the dollars in around them.

Colin Lockett $8,390 - One quality I look for in wide receivers is to see where their “talent” lies. Is their production wrapped up completely in touchdowns, or do are they a target/reception guy. I love the latter because the touchdowns become just extra icing on the cake made of ice cream (the best kind of cake, because cake sucks but ice cream is the s@#$). i also want to see that his QB has been looking at him of late. Lockett is just such a guy.  Three of his last four games he paid this price without the TD. He has just the right kind of safety/ upside I’m looking for at this dollar value.

Mid/lower tier Wazzu WRs Vince Mayle $8,164 and below - This is your volume play. For the same reasons I love Halliday, it stands to reason that he needs dudes to huck the rock to. With these wide open offenses it’s tough to know who hits the homerun. I like starting two of these guys and hedging. Marks, though is a bit out of the price range considering his inconsistency.

Keep an eye on Isaiah Burse $13,170 -  Ryan Grant $12,070

Avoid Gabe Marks $10,584 - DaVante Adams $20,134

Tight End

Crocket Gillmore $6,510 - This is really the only viable option at this position. He is the only TE in the group with consistent production and targets. Everyone else you’re hoping to get lucky with a TD. That isn’t the worst strategy in the world, but I like taking Gillmore here for the price. He’s no Jace Amaro, but among this group, he might as well be.

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