NEWS & STATS

Fantasy Cup College Lineup Edge: Week 10

By Don VanDemark

November 4, 2009 12:20 PM ET

Every Wednesday, we'll release this article aimed at helping you start your best lineup for the week in the Fantasy Cup Challenge.

Byes

Ball State
Boston College
Central Michigan
Marshall
Mississippi State
New Mexico State
Ohio
Rutgers
South Florida
Southern Miss
Texas Tech
Toledo

Significant Suspensions and Injuries

Todd Reesing (QB, Kansas) was replaced towards the end of the loss to Texas Tech and there are rumors that he has a groin injury that is hampering his motion. He will start this week against Kansas State but there are better choices than to mess with someone who's not at 100 percent.

Austen Arnaud (QB, Iowa State) missed his second straight game last week but has been cleared for this Saturday's game against Oklahoma State. While Arnaud's yards on the ground make him interesting, he doesn't score enough to warrant consideration right now.

Dan LeFevour (QB, Central Michigan) left Saturday's game early with migraines. While he has been on a tear recently, it's hard to recommend sticking with someone affected by migraines, which can linger.

Roy Helu Jr. (RB, Nebraska) is still hampered by a shoulder injury and has only averaged six carries the last two games. Until you see him back at 15-20 carries a game, it's best to avoid him.

T.Y. Hilton (WR, Florida International) played Saturday against Louisiana-Lafayette but was not in long enough to record a single catch. Until he's back at his dominating self, something we've seen very rarely this season, look elsewhere.

Mike Williams (WR, Syracuse) has left the Syracuse football team. This is not a surprise for a kid who has been suspended multiple times. But it was an interesting choice with four games left as it can't help his draft positioning. Wonder where Deion's hand is in this poor decision.

Aaron Pettrey (K, Ohio State) is out for the year after tearing his MCL.

Early Games

It's important to make sure you have your lineups submitted before these games if you have players who play in them.

* Virginia Tech at East Carolina (Thursday)
* Miami (OH) at Temple (Thursday)
* Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois (Thursday)
* Boise State at Louisiana Tech (Friday)

Stock Review

Buy

Case Keenum, QB, Houston - This is for those who followed the advice last week and went with LeFevour over Keenum. Time to put Keenum back in the lineup and leave him there.

Max Hall, QB, BYU - With the bye week over, it's time to grab Max Hall again. He only has one week under 40 points; everyone else in this tier is more variable than that.

Dexter McCluster, WR, Ole Miss - We listed McCluster as a Hold last week but with 22 caries for 186 yards last weekend, it's time to go ahead and make sure he's on your team, especially with this week's matchup against Northern Arizona.

Hold

Jahvid Best/Jacquizz Rodgers, RBs, California/Oregon State - These two will face off this week and both teams have decent rush defenses. It may be a week to give Noel Devine a look.

Dezmon Briscoe, WR, Kansas - With Reesing struggling a bit, Briscoe's numbers might be a bit risky to count on. With Golden Tate as an option, it may be best to go that way.

Sell

Kris Adams, WR, UTEP - If you haven't already, divorce yourself from Adams. HE and the entire UTEP offense have been completely unreliable this year.

Review of my teams in Fanball's Fantasy Cup

The Frozen Draft team seems to have settled around an average of 350th as it plunged again this week. Potts and Decker are off the team now and being replaced by Max Hall and Golden Tate. The team is now in 378th place (up 2 spots) and is comprised of:

QB: Case Keenum - Houston
QB: Taylor Potts - Texas Tech
RB: Jahvid Best - Cal
RB: Toby Gerhart - Stanford
RB: Ryan Mathews - Fresno State
RB: Mark Ingram - Alabama
WR: Golden Tate - Notre Dame
WR: Tyron Carrier - Houston
WR: Kris Adams - UTEP
WR: Bryan Anderson - Central Michigan
K: Philip Welch - Wisconsin
K: Dan Bailey - Oklahoma State

The other team is where I'm free to make as many transactions as I want and really should be the way everyone should expect to play Fantasy Cup. With my disastrous move to sit Keenum and play LeFevour, this team moved down 7 spots to 248th place.

QB: Dan LeFevour - Central Michigan
QB: Max Hall - BYU
RB: Jacquizz Rodgers - Oregon State
RB: Chris Brown - Oklahoma
RB: Ryan Mathews - Fresno State
RB: Roy Helu Jr. - Nebraska
WR: Golden Tate - Notre Dame
WR: James Rodgers - Oregon State
WR: Antonio Brown - Central Michigan
WR: Mike Williams - Syracuse
K: Philip Welch - Wisconsin
K: Hunter Lawrence - Texas

This week is mostly about getting the main starters back in:

1. Ok, the hunch on LeFevour failed miserably. Time to go back to Keenum.
2. Put Jimmy Clausen in for Max Hall since he's on a bye.
3. Put Gerhart and Ingram back in for Brown and Helu now that the bye weeks are gone.
4. Swap out Antonio Brown and put in Dexter McCluster who appears to have taken over the starting tailback job at Ole Miss.