Week 3 comes and goes, California and Kentucky remain undefeated in the Drafttek NCAA fantasy league.   Kentucky got by USC 163-143, while Cal pounded Florida State.  The Seminoles put 170 on the board, 4^th highest total of the week, but still lost by a 221-170 count.

1)      Kentucky Wildcats (3-0) – Roger Fitch remains in first after getting by USC.  Same story as last week, Fitch relied on his entire roster to contribute, but didn’t roll any 30+ point monsters.    WR’s Emmanuel Sanders (SMU 26 pts) and Blair White (Mich State 22 pts) led the way.  Fitch had 41 pt Ryan Matthews (RB Fresno State) on the bench.  Kentucky faces Oklahoma State in the DCFFL week 4 feature matchup.

2)      Cal Bears (3-0) – GM Fooch Fucillo had a monster week!  Cal Franchise RB Jahvid Best led the haul with 5 TD and 45 fantasy points.   Jerrod Johnson (QB TexAM) and Ryan Broyles (WR Oklahoma) both tacked on 35.

3)      Oklahoma State Cowboys (3-0) – would you believe that Cal’s 221 was not the high score of the week??   True – OSU piled on an unbelievable 234!   Six players scored greater than 22, with four topping the 30 mark.  West Viginia RB Noel Devine, OSU franchise WR Dez Bryant, Mizzou QB Blaine Gabbert and Minnesota WR Eric Decker scored 33, 32,32, and 31 respectively.  Would you believe that GM Brett Stott’s score coulda be higher?   NW QB Mike Kafka left 39 points on the table as starter Jevan Snead bagged “only” 22.

4)      Florida Gators (2-1) -  Justin Rauffaf moves up 3 spots by crushing Colorado by a 175-131 count.  Dale got 34 from his OleMiss Team D, and was bolstered by a trio of 20 somethings: Western Michigan QB Tim Hiller (23), West Virginia WR Jock Sanders (23) and Nebraska RB Roy Helu (21) led the way.

5)      Michigan Wolverines (2-1) -  Scoreboard Baby!  Mike Schottey edged Purdue 104-90 in a game neither deserved to win.   Schottey got 18 points from potential 1^st rounder Brandon LaFell (WR LSU), but had only two other players score > 10.  Big names CJ Spiller (RB Clemson)  and  Heisman candidate Colt McCoy (QB Texas) could only contribute 7 and 8 respectively.  But a win is a win!

6)      Penn State Nittany Lions (1-2) – GM Joe Mays finally gets on the winning track by bumping off Buffalo 156-141.   Mays had previously dropped two games despite scores of 187 and 165.  Mays relied on three big contributors: The South Florida “D” bagged 36, QB Todd Reesing (Kansas) added 30 and RB Robert Turbin (UtahSt) contributed 26.   Mays cannot be pleased with the 8 single-digit guys on his starting roster.

7)      Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-2) -  Rutgers lost by an even 100 (234-134) – GM Bill Bliss must feel like one of those Texas HS division 4  teams  that somehow gets scheduled against the USA Today top 10 opponent.     Bliss had some decent contribution, however the seemed to be playing one RB short.   Ioaw State QB Arnaud Austin tallied 25 points on 2 rushing TDs, while Stanford RB Toby Gerhart added another solid effort with 23.   High scoring Case Keenum was on the bench this week with a bye.

8)      USC Trojans (1-2) – Yours Truly became the latest victim of the Kentucy Wildcats by a 163-143 count.  Georgia Tech RB Jonathan Dwyer becomes the latest big name to go down to injury for my Trojans (Arrelious Benn the other).  Texas Tech QB Tyler Potts had a comparatively slow week with only 26 points on 420 yards passing.  Band jumper Golden Tate (WR Notre Dame) added 21.  USC faces Buffalo in week 4 in a battle of evenly matched team (Buff scored 141 in week 3).

9)      Purdue Boilermakers (1-2) – Rick “Mac” McGlothlin had a rough week, scoring only 90 points.  Georgia WR AJ Green scored a full 1/3 of Mac’s point total with 30.  A shocking lack of production at the QB position (7 total points) hurt the Boilermakers.  Aaron Opelt (Toledo QB) could produce only 5 points against Ohio State, coming to earth after bagging 50 in week 2 vs. lesser opponentry.

10)   Florida State Seminoles (1-2) – Like Penn State, GM Dale Bettinelli has suffered from a strong schedule.  Dale scored well, but ran up against the Cal buzzsaw – final score 221-170.    FSU got 20-baggers from 4 players: Hawaii WR Greg Salas (25), Alabama RB Mark Ingram (25), OkState QB Zac Robinson (24) and WesternMich WR Juan Nunez (22).  And he left points on the bench – Boise St RB Jeremy Avery counted 34 on the week.  FSU draws Rutgers in Week 4.

11)   Buffalo Bulls (1-2) – GM Rob Occhipinti lost a close one to PSU 156-141.   Ocho suffered from multiple weak contributors as 4 starters each scored less than 5 points.  The remainder of the roster produced middling results, with no monster contributors to offset the weakness from the bottom of the lineup.   The Bulls did get 20+ from two sources: Marshall RB Darius Marshall (24) and Kansas WR Dezmon Briscoe (20).

12)   Colorado Buffaloes (0-3) – Tim Hudson still looking for his first win after dropping his 3^rd loss in a row 175-131.   And things don’t get any better as Cal represents  Colorado’s  week 4 opponent.  Hudson got him some solid performances  – Ohio St QB Terelle Pryor (35 pts) and SDSU WR Vincent Brown (26).   But he will need to address the 3 goose-eggs in the starting lineup.