Fantasy Pick: Florida Atlantic

Today we look at Florida Atlantic, a team in the Sun Belt Conference. They went 5-7 last season, 4-3 in the conference, and Kentucky is head coach Howard Schnellenberger's alma mater. Florida Atlantic returns 21 starters, nine offensively and 10 on the defensive side of the ball. Last year, QB's Rusty Smith and Sean Clayton combined for 2211 yds, 11 TDs and 14 Ints. They return this year. Others returning include WR Frantz Simeon and Jason Harman who both combined for just 3 TDs last year. Rushing the ball, Charles Pierre returns to improve on his 756 yds and 5 TD performance of last season. They lost two 180 yd WR's who combined for 4 TDs and a 251 yd, one TD running back in Aaron Sanchez. Florida Atlantic is ranked 109 by Scout while Kentucky is ranked at 38. We'll see if there's a reason for that when they play. Certainly both teams return practically an entire starting defense to this year's roster.

We know what Kentucky is bringing back, so lets get to my fantasy stats,

Final Score

Kentucky 31, Florida Atlantic 13

Andre Woodson: 250 yds, 2 TDs, 20 rushing
Rafael Little: 235 yds rushing, 2 TDs, 20 receiving
Jacob Tamme: 45 receiving, TD
Keenan Burton: 85 receiving, TD
Dicky Lyons: 70 yds

DEFENSE: 13 pts allowed, 2 FR, Int, 4 sacks

Of course this year, I like Kentucky to put up points and against teams like Florida Atlantic and Kent St.- teams normally not in contention for the national title - these teams are games Kentucky has to put a whooping on when they can if they are going to beat the Florida's, Tennessee's, Georgia's, Alabama's, and LSU's of the SEC, so for that reason I predict high stats and a convincing win in consideration what Kentucky did last year and who's returning on Kentucky this season, and if they can't beat the Kent St.'s and Florida Atlantic's then Kentucky doesn't deserve any kind of SEC championship talk from Rich Brooks or anyone else (such as me) coming out of our mouths. This year it's Kentucky's chance to put Lexington on the map in college football.

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