ARIZONA -31
Arizona has one early weakness at o-line but shouldn't be too much a factor vs UTSA. RB Nick Wilson is a bell cow and could be on the sidelines early. Wouldn't be shocked to see 160-2 in just a half of football. Zona is deep and talented at WR with Jones, Phillips, Grant, Griffey (out) and Richards. Anu at QB should be better as a Sophmore and maybe even has some fire under him to get going quick vs UTSA after a weak performance last year vs them. UTSA is depleted and lost a bunch of players (mainly) defense! I see no real weapons on offense and the Zona defense is stout. Would be shocked if UTSA score more than 13. May get ugly quick and Zona may pour it on with the run game late with 2nd stringers.
MINNESOTA +17.5
This game ha potential to be an upset in Minny. Gophers are a bit boring on offense but do bring back some meat and potatoes up front on the o-line. Figure the typical ground n pound style and clock control will come into play. Potential at RB with Edwards and Williams to go along with Leidner at QB who should run 10-15 times and sprinkle in 20 pass attempts. Not much at WR for the gophers but they throw very little anyhow. Defense should be solid with the back 7 and 2 very underrated CB's. D-line has a few holes but plenty of experience on the defense to give TCU some possible trouble with 2 CB's who can maybe lock up in man vs TCU WR's and free up some extra zone coverage with the LB's and keep a Spy on Boykin. RB Green may have a big game if they pound him inside vs the gophers front 4.
TCU is loaded at offense returning 10 starters. O-line is solid and RB Green should pound the rock and do some damage with some receptions. QB Boykins is a dual threat but may be without a few targets at WR. WR Gray is out but Ty Sla should fill in easily. Doctson is gimpy which leaves Listenbee to maybe be the man vs the Gophers. Small but speedy, Listenbee has big play potential. Defense may be in a world of hurt up front. Lots of players gone from the front 7 and returning sack man Mcfarland looks to be scratched for the game along with Raymond at CB. Gophers may be able to use the strength of the running game to keep it close and maybe pull a shocker. HC Patterson is a solid defensive mind though so TCU may be loaded back up on defense once again. Going with the Gophers at home...
FIU +14.5
In what could turn into an ugly and sloppy low scoring game, FIU leans on the run and has a solid defense with plenty of talent returning with the front 7. A bit weak in the secondary though unless some new players step up early. FIU has some talent at RB with Gardner and will mix in Samuel a bit. O-line is experienced and they do have a nice piece at TE in Smith who can work the field and was QB McGoughs favorite target last year under center for his 2nd year now. SMITH is a good play in any DFS with TE always a hard position to find production with the exception of Jace Amaro 2 years ago (Just FYI for DFS). Not a team that will throw much as they seem to run the 1 back sets. Nothing stands out from last year at WR so I will assume it's more ground n pound clock control for FIU.
UCF has QB Holman back but depleted with 4 WR's gone. Unless they have some talent stepping up quickly at WR, Holmon may struggle in the first game. O-line is experienced as well as the RB position with Stanback healthy. I could only expect they use the run and experienced O-line to get things going vs FIU. Defense took a hit with the entire secondary gone. Still some talent there with new faces though. Front 7 should be OK with the D-line being the strength. Both teams seem to have the same strengths and weakness on both sides of the ball. UCF should have the better talent to fill the departed holes easier than FIU but being the 1st game it may be a slow field position type game to start. Give the advantage to FIU a bit in what has potential to be a low scoring game as long as the crazy unpredictable turnovers don't come into play too much.
OHIO -7
Bobcats have the Meat up front. Return all 5 hogs and now sophmore RB AJ may shine more in the 1 back system (nice DFS play week 1). Ohio may run the same drill flip flopping QB's in Sprague and Vick. Both can run but didn't do much passing last year. Not much at WR except some size but Ohio is a run heavy team anyway. The line may be too much for Idaho and AJ may run wild. Defense has experience and some play makers. Again the size up front 7 may be too much for Idaho in the ground game even though they want to be a pass happy team at times it seems from last year. Ohio has some potential at LB and may be a bit more aggressive on Def this year if the secondary is healthy and up to speed.
Idaho gets QB Linehan back and gets Epps back at WR as their biggest threat possibly. Should expect Idaho to come out throwing it around a good amount but not sold on the run game with Penny and the O-line vs Ohio front 7. Idaho Defense is meh! Too much size up front for Ohio with the run heavy offense imo. If Vick plays the entire game at QB, his legs should have potential to open up some big plays. If Idaho gets in tune with the pass heavy offense they may be able to expose Ohio with a speedy up tempo play in the back 4. Have to think too much strength in the trenches with Ohio though even on the road vs Idaho week 1 in a rematch from last year.
Arizona has one early weakness at o-line but shouldn't be too much a factor vs UTSA. RB Nick Wilson is a bell cow and could be on the sidelines early. Wouldn't be shocked to see 160-2 in just a half of football. Zona is deep and talented at WR with Jones, Phillips, Grant, Griffey (out) and Richards. Anu at QB should be better as a Sophmore and maybe even has some fire under him to get going quick vs UTSA after a weak performance last year vs them. UTSA is depleted and lost a bunch of players (mainly) defense! I see no real weapons on offense and the Zona defense is stout. Would be shocked if UTSA score more than 13. May get ugly quick and Zona may pour it on with the run game late with 2nd stringers.
MINNESOTA +17.5
This game ha potential to be an upset in Minny. Gophers are a bit boring on offense but do bring back some meat and potatoes up front on the o-line. Figure the typical ground n pound style and clock control will come into play. Potential at RB with Edwards and Williams to go along with Leidner at QB who should run 10-15 times and sprinkle in 20 pass attempts. Not much at WR for the gophers but they throw very little anyhow. Defense should be solid with the back 7 and 2 very underrated CB's. D-line has a few holes but plenty of experience on the defense to give TCU some possible trouble with 2 CB's who can maybe lock up in man vs TCU WR's and free up some extra zone coverage with the LB's and keep a Spy on Boykin. RB Green may have a big game if they pound him inside vs the gophers front 4.
TCU is loaded at offense returning 10 starters. O-line is solid and RB Green should pound the rock and do some damage with some receptions. QB Boykins is a dual threat but may be without a few targets at WR. WR Gray is out but Ty Sla should fill in easily. Doctson is gimpy which leaves Listenbee to maybe be the man vs the Gophers. Small but speedy, Listenbee has big play potential. Defense may be in a world of hurt up front. Lots of players gone from the front 7 and returning sack man Mcfarland looks to be scratched for the game along with Raymond at CB. Gophers may be able to use the strength of the running game to keep it close and maybe pull a shocker. HC Patterson is a solid defensive mind though so TCU may be loaded back up on defense once again. Going with the Gophers at home...
FIU +14.5
In what could turn into an ugly and sloppy low scoring game, FIU leans on the run and has a solid defense with plenty of talent returning with the front 7. A bit weak in the secondary though unless some new players step up early. FIU has some talent at RB with Gardner and will mix in Samuel a bit. O-line is experienced and they do have a nice piece at TE in Smith who can work the field and was QB McGoughs favorite target last year under center for his 2nd year now. SMITH is a good play in any DFS with TE always a hard position to find production with the exception of Jace Amaro 2 years ago (Just FYI for DFS). Not a team that will throw much as they seem to run the 1 back sets. Nothing stands out from last year at WR so I will assume it's more ground n pound clock control for FIU.
UCF has QB Holman back but depleted with 4 WR's gone. Unless they have some talent stepping up quickly at WR, Holmon may struggle in the first game. O-line is experienced as well as the RB position with Stanback healthy. I could only expect they use the run and experienced O-line to get things going vs FIU. Defense took a hit with the entire secondary gone. Still some talent there with new faces though. Front 7 should be OK with the D-line being the strength. Both teams seem to have the same strengths and weakness on both sides of the ball. UCF should have the better talent to fill the departed holes easier than FIU but being the 1st game it may be a slow field position type game to start. Give the advantage to FIU a bit in what has potential to be a low scoring game as long as the crazy unpredictable turnovers don't come into play too much.
OHIO -7
Bobcats have the Meat up front. Return all 5 hogs and now sophmore RB AJ may shine more in the 1 back system (nice DFS play week 1). Ohio may run the same drill flip flopping QB's in Sprague and Vick. Both can run but didn't do much passing last year. Not much at WR except some size but Ohio is a run heavy team anyway. The line may be too much for Idaho and AJ may run wild. Defense has experience and some play makers. Again the size up front 7 may be too much for Idaho in the ground game even though they want to be a pass happy team at times it seems from last year. Ohio has some potential at LB and may be a bit more aggressive on Def this year if the secondary is healthy and up to speed.
Idaho gets QB Linehan back and gets Epps back at WR as their biggest threat possibly. Should expect Idaho to come out throwing it around a good amount but not sold on the run game with Penny and the O-line vs Ohio front 7. Idaho Defense is meh! Too much size up front for Ohio with the run heavy offense imo. If Vick plays the entire game at QB, his legs should have potential to open up some big plays. If Idaho gets in tune with the pass heavy offense they may be able to expose Ohio with a speedy up tempo play in the back 4. Have to think too much strength in the trenches with Ohio though even on the road vs Idaho week 1 in a rematch from last year.
