Slap the Sign Staff College Fantasy Football Draft!

College Fantasy Football is now a thing, and the Slap The Sign staff recently had its league draft.

Earlier this year, Yahoo Sports announced that they would make College Fantasy Football (CFF) leagues available on their site for the upcoming season. A few weeks ago, we gave you a breakdown of where some Notre Dame players were ranked in relation to other players in the Power Five conferences.

Well, all that talk inspired the staff here at Slap the Sign to set up a CFF league of our own. None of the writers had ever played CFF before. Most of us, though, did have experience playing NFL Fantasy Football in the past and know college football pretty well. The one exception was Mychal Hunter –our college basketball guru — who is not exactly a college football expert. He claims, however, to be a fantasy football veteran and champ.

We’ll hear from him later.

Ten of us joined the league and the draft date was set. Here is a brief summary of how our draft went…

The first round of the draft saw five running backs, four quarterbacks, and a wide receiver selected. The first three players off the board all play for PAC-12 teams. Surprisingly, only one of the ten players drafted in the first round plays in the SEC.

Stanford’s Bryce Love was drafted by Connor McJunkin with the first overall pick. We’ll have to wait and see if Connor starts Love on September 29th when Stanford heads to South Bend to play Notre Dame.

The next 2018 Irish opponent selected in our draft was Florida State running back Cam Akers. He was drafted by J.P. Scott with the 27th overall pick. The Seminoles will have to brave the cold South Bend weather when they enter Notre Dame Stadium on November 10th. They will also have to dodge any stray marshmallows flying from student section on Senior Day.

We skip ahead to the eighth round of the draft to see the first Notre Dame player selected. Wide receiver Chase Claypool was taken by Carlee North with the 73rd overall pick. In a league made up entirely of Irish fans, I was very surprised to see seven rounds pass before a Notre Dame player was selected.

Excellent self-control, team.

Brandon Wimbush (10th round) was the next to be selected. He was followed by Alize Mack (12th round), the Notre Dame Defense (13th round), and Justin Yoon (14th round). All four of those picks were made by J.P. Scott.

What a homer.

After the draft concluded, everyone felt relatively good about their newly constructed rosters. Well, almost everyone. I had a chance to do a quick Q&A with the Fantasy Football rookie, Mychal Hunter. Enjoy.

Jack: On a scale of 1-10, what was your confidence level going into the draft?

Mychal: -15. I knew the name of the first player I took. The BC running back, whose name I can’t seem to remember now. That’s it.

J: On a scale of 1-10, how did you feel after the draft concluded?

M: I felt great. My projected stats looked solid. I had a great stack. Then I saw that my opponent in week one is favored by 20 points.

J: I noticed you chose not to draft a kicker. Would you care to share your reasoning there?

M: I put a kicker in my queue and went to auto-draft for the last two picks and somehow screwed that up. It’s OK, though. I needed that seventh receiver.

J: Are you mad that you weren’t able to draft any Notre Dame players?

M: I am not mad. I did not want to exploit any of their statistics for my own personal gain when they blow out Michigan.

J: What are your predictions on what place you will finish in or league this year?

M: I deserve to finish last. My preparation for this draft was to save an article on the top 300 players in CFB this year and to drink three glasses of bourbon. However, I think I’m gonna win it all.