College Football Fantasy (early) 9/13

Daily Fantasy Sports is the wave of the future. It's not much different than sports betting, you have to do your research, scouting, and the best part is you don't need to wager on 5-6 different games just have one or two fantasy teams is enough entertainment to keep you pumped full of adrenaline on a Saturday. This week on Draft Kings with a $50,000 salary cap here are the starting line-ups and back-ups to consider for your Early games fantasy line-up. Why trust Hacksaw Sports? Well so far 6 entries on the season and five victories including 3 of 4 in college football. Now it's time to do the scouting that will win you money. #1 QB: Clint Trickett from West Virgina on the road against Maryland. Trickett in his two starts this year lit up Alabama for 365 yards so no matter how good the Maryland defense might be Trickett has seen better. He will also be putting the ball in the air as the Mountaineers whether against a top ranked championship caliber team like the Crimson Tide or vs. Townson State last week will put up the ball with 85 passes in two games. Only question is when will Trickett's arm fall off. Trickett is great value with a $6,000 salary cap. #2 QB: Maty Mauk of Missouri faces a Central Florida team that was torched by Christian Hackenberg for 435 yards two weeks ago in Dublin, Ireland. Mauk has 8 touchdown passes on the season with two interceptions. He will be facing a tough run defense that limited Penn State on the ground to less than a 100 yards rushing and while we expect more from the SEC's Tiger's ground attack Gary Pinkel known for his aerial assaults will not neglect taking advantage of a poor CFU secondary. Mauk's only home game of the season he threw for 3 touchdowns and had less than 200 yards of total offense, expect Maty to put on a show for the home crowd in Columbia. You get what you pay for at $7,500 salary cap. back up QB: Anthony Boone, Duke University, real simple dual threat quarterback at home vs. a Charlie Weis team that is focused on offense. Kansas has yet to prove they can play football in the Charlie Weis era on the road. In the Jayhawks only game of the year they gave up better over 420 yards on 64 plays including 3 interceptions and could barely beat the lowly Southeast Missouri State Redhawks. Don't expect Boone to give up the ball at home against KU. This is a game between an ACC team that went to their conference championship winning ten games and returning a veteran QB and receiving corp. Excellent value at $7,100 and it's tough not to pick him over Maty Mauk. #1 Running Back: Alex Collins the top recruit for Arkansas travels to Texas Tech. So far the Red Raiders have been able to outscore their opponents 72-61. Giving up 61 points to the likes of sub-division Central Arkansas and last year's two win blunders from C-USA UTEP is not going to get it done against an SEC team looking to improve on a 3 win 2013 season and with Brett Bielema looking to pad the stats of his heralded freshman before rigorous conference play. So far this season Collins has three trips to the end zone all against Nichols State and a total of 199 yards including an impressive 6.8 YPC against last year's SEC champion Auburn Tigers in the opener on the road. Collins gets to prove he can play against a questionable Tech defense. Great value at $5,500. #2 Running Back: Royce Freeman a talented back up at Oregon. The #2 ranked Ducks are a 43 point favorite at home. Expect the Ducks to put the pedal to the metal and not let up on Wyoming this weekend in Eugene. Wyoming has been decent on defense holding opponents Air Force and Montana to a combined 25 points in Laramie but don't expect to get the same results from the Quack Attack who are averaging 49 points a game and getting over the 50 point mark is a thing of pride in Eugene. Freeman is winning back-up time against Thomas Tyner and look for him to be rewarded with his early season success with more playing time once starter Bryon Marshall leaves the game. Would love to have Todd Gurley here but at $5,400 look for Freeman to produce! Back-up Running back: Derrick Green (Michigan). While there are some sure-fire high priced running backs available in Thomas Rawls of Central Michigan at home who runs and catches vs. Syracuse this week, James Conner at home against Florida Atlantic University, and everyone's front runner for the Heisman at Todd Gurley on the road against South Carolina (giving up over 5 yards per carry to Texas A&M and East Carolina) my value back is Derrick Green of Michigan. Green is was a highly recruited player coming out of high school and in his sophomore year put up great numbers in week #1 against sub-division power Appalachian State and horrific numbers with the rest of his teammates last week on the road against Notre Dame. Look for Green to rebound this week and put up over 100 yards on the ground against Miami of Ohio while reaching the end zone at least once in the big house. The Wolverines are hungry for a win and a lot of scoring after being embarrassed last week in South Bend. Excellent value at $5,800. #1 Wide Receiver: Kevin White West Virginia. The Mountaineers will be throwing the ball at Maryland. Trickett is proving to be an excellent QB and Kevin White is not disappointing. He is Trickett's favorite target with 19 catches on the year including 9 for 143 and a touchdown in week 1 against Alabama! If you can score on Alabama there should be expectations to score on Maryland and great value at $5,800. #2 and #3 receivers the duo from Mizzou with Darius White and Bud Sasser. The duo has divided 14 catches between them and expect it to increase for Maty Mauk's big targets. Sasser is getting more yards while White is reaching the end zone more. There will be plenty of yards to go around against Central Florida in Columbia with this pair averaging over 40 fantasy points per game and the price is right at $4,600 and $4,300 respectively. Back up WR: Ty Montgomery is a do every thing receiver for Stanford running the ball and catching passes. He could have a huge monster first half against Army but don't expect to see much of the star receiver in the 2nd half as the Cadets are no match for the Cardinal, hefty price tag at $7,500. Devin Funchess is Devin Gardner's favorite receiver for the Michigan Wolverines and after the non-productive effort by Gardner last week in South Bend, Funchess should see more passes and more end zone. Despite a no TD effort last week Funchess still had 9 grabs for over a hundred yards. Good productivity at $6,700. Isaac Blackney, Duke; this 6'6" 225lb tight end is listed as a receiver and is reaching the end zone with 3 touchdown grabs in the first two games on nine catches. Expect Blackney to continue to have success in week #3 against Kansas and is a great value at $4,700. Starting Tight End: The most difficult position to predict with no clear cut stud tight end with a quality match-up in week #3. Leader of the pack is Gerald Christian of Louisville and the price tag reflects the value of $3,900. Other quality options if you want to upgrade the salary cap on some of your other positions look at ultra athletic Arkansas tight end and former QB AJ Derby, this could allow to bring in Todd Gurley by taking out Maty Mauk for Anthony Boone. Austin Hooper is a well targeted tight end for the Stanford Cardinal but how much playing time will he get against Army. Jake Duzey is a consistent tight end for Iowa and against in state rival expect to see him get a few more grabs. Flex: Bryon Marshall starting running back for Oregon. He should get enough points before the Duck starters are taken out in an expected blowout of Wyoming (+43). Marshall is the dual threat averaging better than 7 yards per carry and leading the Ducks in receiving. Great value at $6,800. Back-up line up QB#1 - Trickett WVU, ($6,000) at Maryland QB#2 - Anthony Boone, Duke ($7,100) vs. Kansas RB#1 - Alex Collins, Arkansas ($5,500)at Texas Tech RB#2 - Royce Freeman, Oregon ($5,400) vs. Wyoming WR#1 - Kevin White WVU, ($5,800) at Maryland WR#2 - Darius White, Missouri ($4,300) vs. Central Florida WR#3 - Isaac Blakeny, Duke ($4,700) vs. Kansas TE - AJ Derby, Arkansas ($2,500) at Texas Tech Flex - Todd Gurley, Georgia ($8,300) at South Carolina Total Cap ($49,700)