You've decided on the settings for your league and have it all ready to go, but what do you do next? After deciding on how many members you want to have in it, you need to recruit them to fill out your league. Rounding up your friends and the college football fans you know to play is the best option to fill out your league, but make sure they are committed to playing in the league. Otherwise, you will end up with a league full of stale owners, which will probably make for a long and boring season. Any players you invite to the league need to know the settings up front and as an owner, you need to let them know that college fantasy football is just like pro fantasy football, but you may have more players to keep up with.
When the league members are all rounded up - it's time to think about the draft. When preparing for the draft, the owner should try and set up a date that works for all players in the league. Setting a date for a couple of weeks in advance is the best route to take, as it will give everyone in the league a chance to research and plan to have that time for the draft.
Preparing for the draft is a task that any player or owner should give plenty of time to. If you use a league where all 119 teams are involved, there is a lot of ground to cover. A BCS only league doesn't have the large amount of players, but still requires a lot of time. Research should start in the spring when teams release their spring prospectus. You could research and prepare year round, but this is the prime time to get started. Reading the spring guides and looking at the stats from the previous year is a good way to start your preparation. Additionally, you will want to stay on top of the recent college football news. There's nothing more disappointing taking a player in the draft only to found out he's no longer on the team.
It's always good to do your own research and to make your own rankings based upon your feelings of players. However, as you can see by the panel of experts gathered in this blog, there are plenty of choices to look at for another opinion.
Preparing for the draft is probably the most important aspect of the league after you have it set up. It's impossible to show up for the draft with no research and end up winning your league!
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