Author: Zachary Espinoza

It’s officially Week 3 of the 2022 college football season and boy, oh boy has it been a wild season already. Shakeups, dropdowns, and drama have filled the AP’s top-25 polls for the last two weeks. Confusingly, Georgia just moved up to the number one slot, over the Crimson Tide, whom they beat last year for the championship title. This move has fans everywhere scratching their heads as to why they weren’t ranked number one overall already. Amongst this chaos from the AP poll voting, one conference systematically knocked the traditional “Power Five” schools out of alignment. Of course, we…

Week 1 of fantasy football is officially in the books. Overreactions from managers will occur across the board — there is no denying it. In fact, it is intrinsic to the game’s nature. This will lead to many fantasy football trades this week. Trading can either be the best thing to happen to your team… or the worst. However, when thinking about the prospects of a potential trade, there are important things a manager must consider. Below, we will discuss the two most important aspects of fantasy football trades: how to make them versus how to judge trade offers. How…

With the 2022 NFL regular season on the horizon, fantasy football managers everywhere will divulge themselves into research as to which players are worthy prospects for their team. Now, with the prominence of PPR formatted leagues, wide receivers have dominated the drafts. However, running backs still take up two starting positions on any given team. With the seemingly shrinking influx of elite RBs, managers have to make the tough choices of selecting one player over another. Below, we have a truly tough matchup for these three RBs, two of them coming from the same team. “Start,” means they have the…

In 2018, Texas State made Jake Spavital the new head coach in the hopes of breathing life into the dismal prospects for the university’s flagship athletic program. It’s no secret Texas State football hasn’t had much success. Their only claim to fame was over three decades ago when they won two national championships, mind you, at the FCS level. However, the success they hoped to bring has yet to surface. In fact, since entering the FBS level, they lost for the first time to an FCS school last year under his leadership. His current record is at 9-27, and that’s…

The 2022 NFL season draws nearer, but there are multiple questions left unanswered for fantasy football managers everywhere. In a league with a plethora of wide receivers and even fewer elite quarterbacks, this fantasy football ADP battle will pit two great receivers with two of the few elite quarterbacks against each other, as we decide which fantasy WR is a better value — Courtland Sutton or Chris Godwin. Value for this fantasy football ADP battle is based on PPR data from Fantasy Football Calculator. Read below to find out if you should draft Courtland Sutton or Chris Godwin in your…

Fantasy Football is about what players can produce on the field: yards, receptions and touchdowns. But as the game has evolved to become more advanced. Fantasy football should adapt along with it as well. In real life, franchises go through an extensive interview process to see which players are trustworthy, worth their investment, or “model citizens.” However, while some players have particular abilities that lend themselves to having their undesirable characteristics overlooked, you shouldn’t turn a blind eye to that as a fantasy manager.  Why You Should Care About a Player’s Reputation in Fantasy Football It seems that more and…

Tight ends have largely been undervalued in fantasy football. Outside of a premier group of tight ends, this position group can largely screw over players who don’t capitalize on picking the best of the bunch. Whereas most tiers of different position groups are fluid from season to season, it is significantly harder to switch between the tiers for tight ends. With the recent trend towards a pass-heavy NFL, tight ends have received more and more attention in the passing game. The TE position has gotten increasingly more important because of this. In fact, most fantasy football rankings have the highest…