With the early departure of Shonne Green and Donald Brown to the NFL, Ball State’s MiQuale Lewis tops our 2009 “Way Too Early” RB rankings. Lewis rushed for 1,701 yards and 22 TD’s on the season (prior to the bowl game).  Whether star QB Nate Davis stays at Ball State or opts to go pro, Lewis will surely be the focal point of the Ball State offense next fall.  With head coach Brady Hoke jumping ship to San Diego State, offensive coordinator Stan Parrish has been elevated into the top spot and should continue to run the same attack that Lewis thrived in this year.

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2009 “Way Too Early” - Fantasy QB Rankings

Media, Articles, Weekly Geek, 2009 Preseason
Posted 1/4/09 by The Geek

The 2009 college football season starts in less than 250 days!  Time to start prepping for that fantasy draft!  Okay, maybe not.  But it’s always fun to take a look ahead (or in this case, WAY AHEAD), so we present to you our “Way Too Early” 2009 fantasy QB rankings.

Houston gunslinger Case Keenum tops our QB board for 2009. Keenum (photo, Icon SMI) passed for 5,020 yards and 44 TD’s on the season, while also rushing for 225 yards and 7 TD’s.  And he was only a sophomore in 2008.  We expect him to put together another spectacular year in ‘09.

See our 2009 QB rankings after the jump...

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COMING SOON - “Way Too Early” 2009 Fantasy Rankings

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Posted 1/4/09 by The Geek

What better way to ring in 2009 than to unveil our “Way Too Early” 2009 Preseason Fantasy Rankings! 

We released our QB rankings on New Year’s Day.  The complete schedule is below.

January 1st - QB’s
January 4th - RB’s
January 5th - WR’s and TE’s




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Jimmy The Geek’s Fantastic Prognostications - BOWL EDITION

Media, Articles, Weekly Geek, Jimmy the Geek, Bowls
Posted 12/27/08 by The Geek

WEEKLY GEEK PROGNOSTICATIONS
The bowl season is here!  The Geek has consulted his magic 8-ball and made final score predictions for all 34 games.  He also highlights a “fantasy player to watch” in each contest. 

Updated Bowl Results:
Straight Up:  21-10 (68%)
Against the Spread:  14-16-1 (47%)
Pocket Protector Picks:  1-0 (100%)

Regular Season Results:
Straight Up:  95-34 (74%)
Against the Spread:  67-61-1 (52%)
Pocket Protector Picks:  11-4 (73%)

See The Geek’s Fantastic BOWL EDITION Prognostications after the jump...

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Happy Holidays from the Geek

Articles, Humor
Posted 12/24/08 by The Geek

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas!



















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Who will be announcing the bowl games?

Media, Articles, Weekly Geek, Bowls
Posted 12/23/08 by The Geek

Here’s the rundown of who will be up in the booth for each bowl game.  Pat Summerall is being pulled out of retirement to do the Cotom Bowl?  Yikes.  Pam Ward gets assigned the worst bowl game of the season - and deservedly so.  Our favorite announcing teams will be doing the Holiday and Rose Bowls, enhancing what should already be great games.  Thanks to our friends over at http://www.awfulannouncing.com for pulling together this information.

Tuesday, December 23rd
Poinsettia Bowl: 11 Texas Christian v. 9 Boise State (ESPN, 8pm)
Rece Davis, Lou Holtz, Mark May, Todd Harris

Wednesday, December 24th
Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii v. Notre Dame (ESPN, 8pm)
Dave Pasch, Andre Ware

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You wanted it, you got it!  The Zig-Zaggin’ Bo Jackson!

Articles, Weekly Geek, Bowls
Posted 12/22/08 by The Geek

We received lots of feedback regarding the picture that accompanied our Confidence Level Picks article.  Geek Nation wanted to see the ZIG-ZAGGING Bo Jackson in some live Tecmo Bowl action. 

Your wish is my command.  Above is a YouTube clip of the unstoppable digital force toying with the hapless Patriots.  Bo’s run takes up the entire first quarter of play!  And be sure to turn up the volume - the Tecmo Soundtrack is certainly worth downloading to your iPod.

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Which conference has the toughest bowl schedule?

Media, Articles, Weekly Geek, Bowls
Posted 12/21/08 by The Geek

At the end of every bowl season, the ESPN talking heads love to heap praise on whatever conference has the best bowl record.  What they fail to mention is the quality of opponent for “said” conference. 

We broke down the average computer ranking of the bowl opponents for each of the power conferences to see which, on paper, has the toughest row to hoe this bowl season.  Here is what we found...

Average computer ranking for each conference’s bowl opponents:
17.00 - SEC
17.80 - Pac-10
21.00 - Big Ten
26.57 - Big 12
38.00 - ACC
44.00 - Big East

So, what does this mean?  The SEC and Pac-10 have the toughest bowl games based on computer ranking.  The Big East and ACC have the easiest bowl schedules.  It’s just something to consider when evaluating a conference’s bowl success at the end of the day. More details after the jump...

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Bowl Game Weather Forecasts

Media, Articles, Weekly Geek, Bowls
Posted 12/19/08 by The Geek

Snow?  Rain?  Wind?  Sun? 

Sure, most bowl games are played in the sun-splashed states of Florida or California.  Other destinations are not quite as plush.  Ever been to Boise, Idaho in late December? 

What kind of weather will your top fantasy player have to deal with? 

Click here for the weather forecasts of all the bowl games.  Forecasts will be updated throughout the bowl season.













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Let’s Go Bowling - Most Entertaining Bowl Match-Ups

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Posted 12/19/08 by The Geek

by The Dawgfather
Contributor to CollegeFootballGeek.com



Nobody could entertain a crowd like “Big Ern” McCracken. With the bowl season starting this weekend, The Dawgfather has looked over the bowl schedule and compiled the ten best games to watch.

See more Bowl Game info from The Dawgfather after the jump...

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The Geek’s Bowl Picks - by Confidence Level

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Posted 12/16/08 by The Geek

Here are The Geek’s bowl game confidence picks.  34 is most confident, 1 is least confident.  Picks are straight up - NOT against the spread.

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Injury Roundup - Bowl Edition

Media, Articles, Weekly Geek, Injuries, Bowls
Posted 12/16/08 by The Geek