Archive for the ‘Defense’ Category

too bad about that loss to the Beavers for your BCS Title Game chances, but on the positive side the USC defense will likely filet the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl. While Southern Cal again takes the top spot in all three of our defensive categories, the North Texas Mean Green were thisclose [...]

Some fantasy leagues have their championship week starting Wednesday, some leagues have already crowned their season winner – regardless we will keep you up to date with the latest defense rankings as we also stare down some amazing games on tap with national title implications. First off, #1 USC slipped a little bit – they [...]

The USC Trojans continue their dominance over all college football offenses by crushing Cal 17-3 this weekend, and they continue to lead the nation in all the categories that make up our exclusive BlitzIndex defense rankings (Yards per play, Yards per point and points per game). This weeks version is different for three reasons: I [...]

Lots of discussion on the nets and on the TV about schedule strength in relation to the BCS standings – would an undefeated Penn State and its weak BigTen slate eclipse a one-loss SEC team like Florida, or a slightly blemished Big 12 team? A more interesting question – see how little love the computers [...]

Fantasy playoffs, Florida plays Georgia, and Texas and Texas Tech butt headsĀ  – this weekend is shaping up to be a very important one for the college football landscape. Last week had many high scoring games and as a result there was some shuffling around in our weekly defense rankings. USC remains in the top [...]

North Texas linebackers only hope to lay the wood like the ref in the South Carolina- LSU game… I guess he got the call from Buffalo Wild Wings…*ding*. Our exclusive defense rankings are below, and we have a new #2 and the same old #120 (remember you can sort the columns to make it easier [...]

Some very interesting matchups this week that you can exploit via the BlitzIndex, either on the waiver wires, kicker adds or in your lineup choices – or you could just make up your entire team of whomever plays North Texas defense. To paraphrase my friend Jeff “Pontius” Pilate, “(Mean Green)’s a special kind of bad”. [...]

Halfway home to the fantasy playoffs, and I must admit it is nice to see the old BI giving us some early signals of which defensive matchups you should avoid for your starting lineup. Minnesota, last year ranking in the 100s overall, now is a legit force (#46 BI, #21 nationally in yards per point [...]