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The first week of the new college basketball season has been fantastic thus far. We had another good slate last night, thanks to low-rostered ham from Julian Reese and PJ Hall. Today’s slate is seven games and features a few teams that most people don’t know anything about, which could make things fun.   As […]

It’s hard to imagine that it’s Week 11 already, and we are going to be into the bowl season before you know it. At this stage of the season, we have a ton of info at our fingertips and are able to make highly informed decisions when it comes to our lineup construction. DVP, snap […]

It was another solid college basketball DFS slate for us Thursday as Aidan Mahaney, Emanuel Miller and Quincy Ballard did enough to cover plays that we missed on like Jameer Nelson and Koren Johnson. One thing to note is the fact that rostership has been fairly spread out which has led to us still being […]

One final tune-up slate. We have a two-gamer on tap for Friday, which will take us right into a full Saturday of college football games and DFS. Friday’s slate has a few injury situations to monitor, which we will touch on while also highlighting all of the top options at each position. Additionally, I will […]

We are off to a very nice start to the college basketball season, and I’m elated to see all of the successes shared in the FTN CBB Discord. It’s important to note that some slates will be better than others, but I can guarantee that you’ll be competitive each and every day with us. Wednesday […]

The MACtion portion of the college football week is behind us, and we now look to the upcoming two-game DFS slate that features an ACC matchup and the aptly nicknamed “Fun Belt.” In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position while also providing you a core to build around in all […]

You wanted more MACtion, and you’re going to get it with Wednesday’s three-game college football DFS slate. There are a myriad of appealing options, and there is always a high level of entertainment when it comes to MAC football. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position while also providing you […]

The first two days of the college basketball season have been great so far, as we and the entire DFS community at FTN have enjoyed winning results, aka “the green screens.” With less content being provided by other companies when it comes to college basketball and our overall knowledge of the teams/players, I am extremely […]

We cruise into Week 11 of the college football season after a wild Saturday, and things kick off with a three-game MACtion DFS slate Tuesday. There will be full coverage for each and every main slate for the entire week, so the grind isn’t stopping anytime soon. In this breakdown, I will highlight the top […]

It’s like Christmas for college basketball fans, as it’s finally opening night of the 2023-2024 season. I’m extremely excited for this year and am confident that we will be able to build on last year’s strong March finish. The DFS content offered this year will be consistent, daily coverage of each main slate along with […]

It’s been a stressful day thus far with lots of news to track. We pause the main slate tilting for a moment and take a look at the seven-game night slate offering on DraftKings. Let’s dive right in.   Quarterbacks Michael Penix, Washington ($10.6k) The Huskies-Trojans game is a surefire shootout, and there are going […]

We had a solid college football Week 9 with low-rostered DFS plays such as Audric Estime and Fernando Mendoza far exceeding value for us. As I’ve mentioned before, we have enough data available to us now to properly identify key DVP spots while also fully trusting our “line in the sand” plays. Week 10’s main […]

It’s the calm before the storm in Week 10, and we are now on the eve of big college football Saturday. There is one last weekday DFS slate left, which happens to be a two-gamer with fantasy-friendly programs. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position while also providing you with […]

Thursday’s three-game college football DFS slate is a mixed bag of playing styles, but we have far more options available to us than the previous night. In this breakdown, we will focus on our top options at each position while also providing you with a core to build around on each site. Let’s dive right […]

As expected, Tuesday night’s MACtion games were wildly fun and multiple RBs went completely ballistic. We have another two-game slate on our hands featuring MAC teams so we can expect more of the same tonight. This will be similar to last night with a heavy focus being on the various RB options available. In this […]

It’s Week 10 of the college football season, and we have our first real MACtion DFS slate. If you’ve played CFB DFS for any length of time you know how wild these MAC games can get. It’s a lot of fun when you hit on the inevitable slate-melting performance but truly heartbreaking when you land […]

It was a stressful morning, as injury news was dropping all the way up to lock, but we can now take a breath and look at the seven-game night slate on DraftKings.    In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position and provide you with a core to build around. Let’s […]

We are deep into the college football season, and we have seen a turning point when it comes to our overall edge. Going into last Saturday morning, there were a multitude of pertinent injury situations, and we were able to process those during our pre-lock DFS show. For example, the UCF rush defense is historically […]

This week’s final weekday college football DFS slate wraps up Friday with a showdown between FAU and Charlotte. These are two struggling teams that have struggled to find wins at times, but they still have some intriguing options for this format. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options for captain and utility while […]

We have another two-game college football DFS slate on tap for Thursday, featuring an ACC matchup and a pair of “Fun Belt” squads. This is an interesting slate and even though there will be plenty of overlap, I’m confident we can find a sneaky piece or two to differentiate ourselves from the crowd. In this […]

By now, we are becoming very familiar with the C-USA conference and their various teams. They’ve dominated the weekday college football DFS slates, so it’s become obvious which players we should be targeting for the most part. In this breakdown, I will highlight the top options at each position while also providing you with a […]

We had a solid Week 8 of college football DFS, and as pricing continues to adjust, our results are going to flourish. It’s full steam ahead into Week 9 with a two-game slate on tap for Tuesday. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position while also providing you with a […]

We have an interesting set of games for the college football Saturday night DFS slate on DraftKings, and it features plenty of electric fantasy options. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top plays at each position while also providing you with a core to build around. Let’s dive in.   Quarterbacks Josh Hoover, TCU […]

Week 8 of the college football season culminates with a massive slate of games on Saturday. We will be covering the main slate for both DraftKings and FanDuel in this breakdown. I will highlight my top options at each position while also providing you with a core to build around in all formats. Don’t forget […]

It’s the calm before the storm, and we have a showdown slate tonight before big Saturday. It’s been a couple of weeks since we had a featured showdown slate, but I’m confident we can end up with a ton of green screens by the end of the night.   In this breakdown, I will highlight […]

The college football grind continues with a two-game DFS slate on tap for Thursday. The four teams playing tonight have plenty of fantasy goodness within their offense and I’m looking forward to watching both of these games. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position while also providing you with a […]

We had a successful start to Week 8 of the college football season and will look to keep it going with Wednesday’s two-game DFS slate. In this breakdown, I will highlight my top plays at each position while also providing you with a core to build around in all formats. Let’s get right into it. […]

We are midway through October, and the college football season rolls into Week 8 with a gigantic number of games. The great thing about this point of the season is the fact that we have games five days a week. Tuesday brings us a three-game DFS slate with the “Fun Belt” as well as the […]

Saturday’s college football main DFS slate on DraftKings had myriad defensive-oriented games, but the seven-game night slate features far more appeal when it comes to explosive offenses. In this breakdown, I will highlight the top options at each position while also providing you with a core to build around in all formats.   Vegas Odds […]

It’s been an enjoyable week of college football, and we have done fairly well throughout these small DFS slates, but it’s time to delve into Saturday’s main event. I will be focusing on the 12-game DraftKings main slate for this breakdown but will also highlight any relevant options from the larger, FanDuel game set. In […]

We have been getting our fill of college football, with games every day since Tuesday. However, we can never get too much football, and our insatiable hunger is addressed with a tasty three-game DFS slate Friday night.  In this breakdown, I will highlight my top options at each position while setting you up with a […]

The Week 7 grind continues with a two-game college football DFS slate Thursday night that features teams that are more known to the majority of the industry. However, there is always an angle we can exploit to keep an overall edge and this breakdown will put you in a position to be competitive.  I will […]