KC's Weekend Review 10/1
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What a nuts weekend that was huh fellas? Lots of good games and exciting finishes in both CFB and NFL contests (actual and DFS related). I’m sitting here scouring my brain for where to start this inaugural Weekend Review and I’m having a difficult time finding the perfect opening topic.
I guess since I’m the author I can take this thing where I want it to go, so lets begin with totally non-DFS related choke artists, the U.S. Ryder Cup Team. While most of you were watching Saints/Packers or Broncos/Raiders, I was tuned in to the disgrace that was golf. I honestly cannot believe that the U.S. couldn’t find it in them to win a measly 5 matches on Sunday. Bunch of bums… much like a few NFL running backs to whom I will say my piece later.
Now that I’ve vented on that, lets get straight into the sport-by-sport reports:
MLB
Actual News
The biggest drama yet to commence this MLB season is taking place as we speak in the MLB East. With the addition of the 2nd wildcard team, and subsequent one-game playoff, it is essential this year more than ever to win your division. Well the Orioles and Yankees are all tied up prior to play on Monday Evening. I can’t wait to see if Schowalter’s boys can upstage the mighty Yanks and send them to a one-game do-or-die, all-or-nothing game against the other darling team of 2012, the Oakland As. In case you were wondering the payroll differential in that matchup would be $200mil to $55mil. Talk about your true underdog story…
DFS News
If you read the preview I wrote Thursday night, you should be well aware that we had some MLB qualifiers running industry-wide for big-time NFL tournaments. Well right after I wrapped up writing, I hopped on DraftKings. And you know what I did? Went ahead and won an MLB qualifier for next weeks big $50k Fall NFL Tourney. That should add some validity to this article eh? The MLB season runs for another few days, so hop on the different sites and see if you can’t manage to ‘Stack your Way’ into a big NFL tournament. If I can do it, you surely can too.
College Football
Actual News
So how I could I talk about anything besides that Baylor / WVU game right? That thing really lived up to the hype. After a total of 133 points, 19 TDs, and 1,500 yds were racked up during the awe-inspiring offensive performance by both sides on Saturday Afternoon, only one thought remains in my mind come Monday… You can hand the Heisman Trophy to Geno Smith at the end of September now can’t you? The guy has now amassed 20 TDs / 0 INTs on his way to a 4-0 start in which no team has even come close to slowing him or the Mountaineers down offensively. They get the Longhorns next, but I somehow don’t see that being a bump in the road for the guy who has looked unstoppable to this point.
DFS News
For those of you not all that familiar with the DFS lingo, let me introduce to you a term called ‘fringing.’ This is a GPP (guaranteed prize pool) and 50-50 large field term used to describe finishing just outside the money. The ‘heartbreak hotel’, ‘1st loser’, ‘not quite enough’ or simply ‘The Cam’ as I call it, is not a position where you want to find yourself consistently in this industry. But I managed to stake my claim on that spot over-and-over again by the end of Saturday Night. Here are some guys who helped and hurt my teams this weekend:
GUYS THAT HURT
- Donnell Kirkwood – RB – (MINN) – I gave you this guy as a pick in the preview and for that I apologize. I guess the Iowa DEF is still a force to be reckoned with, or at least they looked like it vs. the run on Saturday.
- Dion Sims – TE – (MICH ST.) – Thought he was as sure thing as there was at the TE spot for 5-7 catches and 60 yds. Guess I was wrong. He put up a whopping 2 catches for 36 yds. and left me at a disadvantage in most matchups vs. guys who paid far less at the position. Be on the lookout for a price decrease this week for Sims though, because I’m still convinced he is the class of the position.
GUYS THAT HELPED
- Matthew Tucker – RB – (TCU) – Gave this guy to you in my picks and I had him almost everywhere. Problem was that so did almost everyone else. I’d say 75%+ on DraftStreet were rockin’ this guy. A solid foundation for what was a shaky day.
- Rashad Greene – WR – (FLA ST.) – I’m gonna be honest with you guys here. I had him picked out when I wrote the preview last week. But I was too scared to give him to you. At only $56k on DailyJoust he was an absolute steal considering his hype to start the season down in Seminole Nation. But his lack of production thus far prevented me from recommending him to the masses. Well after 71 yds receiving and a rushing score, I can now say 2 things. 1) I wish I would have spoken up, and 2) I wish I would have had the stones to play him more. Ah well, live and learn.
The big industry news in CFB is all over the forums as Draftkings has announced a big time $10k College Football Tournament next Saturday. No one in the industry has even come close to launching a CFB GPP of this size…
You smell that boys and girls? That’s Overlay City brewing…
NFL
Actual News
The Saints are 0-4. But they were oh so close to knocking off the Pack in Lambeau after another questionable call from the zebras went against the CheeseHeads. It’s a good thing they came out on top or else we might have had our first ever riot in the state of Wisconsin. Can you imagine the slaughtered cows and…and… wait what else is in Wisconsin? Anyway…
In other news, the Cardinals are 4-0 to the surprise of everyone. They have no reliable QB but they still are finding ways to win football games. That’s like the exact opposite of Who Dat Nation.
We also saw the Patriots play another sloppy 2 ½ quarters before turning on the afterburners to close out the Bills. This may be the Broncos Fan in me talking but I think every NFL fan should be excited to see Peyton and Broncos travel to Foxboro next week to meet Bradys Boys. Should be a fun one.(Editor’s Note: Good luck Denver)
DFS News
Well it looks like we may see our first non-Vegas Party Attendee take down the $10 qualifier in FanDuel’s FFFC this week. I don’t see any names I know towards the top. I guess a few ‘no-namers’ have to make to Vegas to bring up the rear when the time comes.
I’m not sure about the rest of you, but I got some really poor play from the RB position this week. And now that I sit and think about it, they all came in the form of guys referred to by their initials.
MJD (Maurice Jones-Drew), DMC (Darren McFadden) and BJGE (BenJarvus Green-Ellis) if you guys are listening, you are all dead to me. All three of you had plus matchups this week and shit the bed. None of you will be on my teams next week. Well except maybe McFadden, he seems to be the syphilis-riddled woman I just can’t say no to. No matter how much damage he does to me.
I’d give you some more stuff on NFL but I’m still steaming with anger. I didn’t win anywhere and there is nothing inside me but hatred. Hopefully next week I can bring a little more positivity to the pro pigskin.
But anyway, that’s all I got…See you all at in a few days when its preview time again.