It’s hard to believe the college football season kicks off this weekend. I’ll be weighing in tomorrow with my SEC picks. But today I’m still basking in the glow of two fantasy football drafts last night. I thought I’d post my teams and let you dissect them and tell me how I did.

My first draft was in a pretty shallow league (8 teams), so my team looks pretty stacked. That said, I thought I had a great draft in this league. I picked 4th, so I was perfectly wedged right in the middle of the pack without a long time in between picks. Here’s my team, aptly named Bubonic Rising:
QB – Peyton Manning
WR – Chad Johnson
WR – Larry Fitzgerald
RB – Frank Gore
RB – Clinton Portis
TE – Tony Gonzalez
W/R – Marshawn Lynch
K – Stephen Gostkowski
DEF – Denver
Bench – Tony Romo
Bench – Carnell Williams
Bench – Kellen Winslow
Bench – Plaxico Burress
Bench – Mark Clayton (Bal)
Bench – Dallas

I went in pretty much assuming I’d take two RBs with my first two picks. But after RBs were taken with the first 12 picks, I couldn’t pass up Peyton after he fell to me halfway through the second round. I had Johnson and Fitzgerald ranked as 2 of the top 5 wideouts, so I’m feeling good there. I’m not sold on Portis, but I stole Lynch in the late rounds and I hedged my bet with Cadillac. All in all, I’m feeling pretty good about Bubonic.

My second draft (hosted by Scott) was deeper (10 teams), although a couple of teams made some head-scratching moves (Tom Brady taken second overall? A kicker in the 7th round?), leaving plenty of talent for me to scoop up. Here’s my squad, the Denim Polecats:
QB – Matt Hasselbeck
WR – Terrell Owens
WR – Braylon Edwards
WR – Bernard Berrian
RB – Rudi Johnson
RB – Willie Parker
TE – Kellen Winslow
W/T – Mark Clayton (Bal)
W/R – Cedric Benson
K – Josh Brown
DEF – Pittsburgh
Bench – Adrian Peterson
Bench – LaMont Jordan
Bench – Joey Galloway
Bench – Ben Roethlisberger
Bench – Rueben Droughns
Bench – David Martin
Bench – Minnesota

I had the 9th pick in this draft, which wasn’t ideal, but I was still able to draft two RBs with Johnson and Parker with my first two picks. I was hoping a top WR would fall to me in Round 3. Even though I can’t stand him, T.O. was the only upper echelon wideout left on the board, so I took him. Cedric Benson was a steal in Round 4, giving me 3 solid RBs. The rest of my team is fairly pedestrian, but I drafted Peterson, Droughns and Jordan with the hopes of trading one or more for help at WR or QB.

Of course, all of this is just a precursor to the A&NY draft on Thursday. Best start your draft prep now, girls, cuz I’m ready!

Your thoughts on Bubonic Rising or the Denim Polecats?