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Coming This Summer: Buffalo Bulls Fantasy Draft

By Tim Riordan
One of the first UB teams, the lack of records going back to the 1800's may keep these lads out of the pool.
One of the first UB teams, the lack of records going back to the 1800's may keep these lads out of the pool.

So how do you get through the summer? Summer can be an awful time for college sports fans, especially fans of mid major teams. Sure some of the Olympic sports are in full swing but most fans are just waiting for kickoff. Heck if a punter at Alabama gets a splinter it's likely to get some mention on ESPN but if a Mid Majors Quarterback breaks his leg you are lucky if they even tweet about it.

In an effort to survive the almost 90 days left until UB goes to Georgia the fine members of Bull Run's "fan stampede" have decided to play a little fantasy football, History Channel style.

This ties into Conrad's summer special "99 for 99", a countdown of UB 99 greatest, or most noteworthy moments.

Six of our seven regular contributors will draft a fantasy team consisting of any player who has ever suited up for the Bulls (or the Bison). After we pick our teams we will square up against each other in a round robin set of PR contest. The top four go into a playoff. The winners prize? well we're not really stocked up on magic beans so they will have to settle for shaming the rest of us as the summer wears on.

Position Players
QB 1
RB 1
WR 2
TE 1
Kicker 1
Flex 1
Defense 1

The Teams:

Were going to go with a pretty standard set up for fantasy football. Each team must have a Quarterback, Running Back, Wide receiver, Tight End, Kicker, and Defense. They will also have one 'flex back' that can be a Running Back, Wide Receiver, or Tight End.

Draft Order:

A random draft has been set up with nine rounds. That is enough to pick each position, plus one more player. There is a bounus, uniform, round where each team will pick their historical visage.

While there will be an informal draft pool the teams are not bound by it. They may pick from any UB Football player from the 1890's through today.

Head to Head "Games":

A head to head game will involve two teams each picking a captain represent them. They will make a case why their star is better and why he makes their team is better. They may pick their Quarterback but they can also mention the receivers eh would trow to, or his part in the running game.

The community can then vote on which team has the better captain.

Every player can be used only once during the regular season and then the two top teams will face off in a final involving any of their 'top 4' players

Drafting starts Saturday, please feel free to follow along and tell us how we're wrong ;)

Draft Pool:

Quarterbacks:

RK NAME TO AT CM % YDS TD INT Y/A Rating
1 Tracy LaTona 1950 131 68 51.91% 977 11 4 7.5 136.40
2 Gordon Bukaty 1960 212 95 44.81% 1950 25 18 8.1 135.60
3 Drew Willy 2008 1321 849 64.27 8748 52 30 6.6 128.34
5 Chad Salisbury 1998 287 154 53.66 2058 15 13 7.2 122.08
6 Joe Kubisty 1956 160 78 48.75% 1076 12 13 6.7 118.90
7 Denny Mason 1968 158 89 56.33% 1124 5 12 7.1 115.20
8 Don Gilbert 1964 123 60 48.78% 869 8 15 6.8 112.60
9 Cliff Scott 1994 1101 555 50.41 7578 43 58 6.9 110.58
10 Jerry Davis 2010 313 150 47.92 1898 17 16 6.1 106.56
11 Tony Paoli 2006 118 64 54.24 769 2 6 6.5 104.40
12 John Mings 1987 142 75 52.82 855 3 5 6.0 103.32
13 Joe Freedy 2001 1008 522 51.79 5912 32 44 5.9 102.80
14 Erik Rusin 1999 89 38 42.70 499 5 4 5.6 99.34
15 Frank Reilly 1990 697 325 46.63 4246 27 45 6.1 97.67
16 John Stofa 1963 332 148 44.58% 2133 14 27 6.4 96.20
17 P.J. Piskorik 2004 295 146 49.49 1440 8 11 4.9 91.99
18 Mark Taylor 1996 544 248 45.59 3143 10 34 5.8 87.69
19 Donald Holland* 1951 131* 64* 50.20 669* 2* 6* 5.1 87.63*
20 Randall Secky 2004 684 324 47.37 3154 13 22 4.6 85.94

Note: (Donald Holland) Except for his completion percentage I only have passing numbers from 1951, he did lead the team in rushing 2 years putting up 697 yards on 153 for 11 touchdowns

Running Backs (Rushing Stats)

RK NAME Final Yr ATT YDS TD Y/A
1 James Starks 2008 698 3140 34 4.5
2 Alan Bell 1992 682 3022 21 4.4
3 Anthony Swan 1996 586 2448 20 4.2
4 Branden Oliver 2011 408 1655 13 4.1
5 Lee Jones 1967 414 1570 29 3.8
6 Willie Evans 1959 245 1559 9 6.4
7 Derrick Gordon 2001 347 1528 9 4.4
8 Joe Zelmanski 1970 340 1326 17 3.9
9 Josh Roth 1999 283 1325 11 4.7
10 Todd Pace 1996 317 1324 5 4.2
11 Steven King 2006 315 1309 18 4.2
12 Ray Hobson 1991 301 1298 16 4.3
13 Marquis Dwarte 2002 283 1206 7 4.3
14 Brandon Thermilus 2010 274 1199 14 4.4
15 John Hartman 1990 179 952 9 5.3
16 Jared Patterson 2006 246 926 12 3.8
17 Aaron Leeper 2002 235 917 10 3.9
18 O.D. Underwood 1987 209 873 8 4.2
19 Dave Rath 1988 171 760 5 4.4
20 Mario Henry 2009 174 737 4 4.2

Running Backs, Receiving Numbers

1 James Starks 2008 127 898 3 7.10
2 Branden Oliver 2011 43 457 0 10.60
3 Anthony Swan 1996 48 435 0 9.10
4 Alan Bell 1992 48 335 3 7.00
5 Ray Hobson 1991 35 323 2 9.20
6 Bobby Jones 1990 28 311 4 11.10
7 Brandon Thermilus 2010 35 310 2 8.90
8 Eric Polanski 1992 24 291 3 12.10
9 John Hartman 1990 28 279 0 10.00
10 Steven King 2006 44 264 0 6.00
11 Derek Wicks 1994 25 225 1 9.00

Honorable Mention:

Ed Malanowicz 1929 has Longest Run in UB history

Lou Corriere owns the UB Single Game Scoring record in 1947

Raymond Weser I only have one year os stats, he had 597 yard on 84 carries and 6 Touchdowns

Richard Doll mish mash of stats: in 1955 he had 9TD's (12 career), in 1956 he ran for 307 yards and 3 scores on 61 carries and cought 11 passes for 145 yards and one score.


Receivers

RK NAME TO REC YDS TD Y/A
1 Naaman Roosevelt 2009 268 3551 28 13.30
2 Drew Haddad 1999 173 2351 13 13.60
3 Brett Hamlin 2009 185 2190 8 11.80
4 Rusty Knapp 1993 129 2105 8 16.30
5 Andre Forde 2002 125 1775 15 14.20
6 Chaz Ahmed 1990 109 1703 10 15.60
7 Kali Watkins 1998 82 1442 12 17.60
8 Ernest Jackson 2008 116 1403 11 12.10
9 Marcus Rivers 2011 117 1351 8 11.50
10 Doc Smith 1993 65 1216 12 18.70
11 Dick Ashley 1968 83 1188 13 14.31
12 Matt Knueven 2004 84 1126 6 13.40
13 Alex Neutz 2011 69 1055 8 15.30
14 Paul Lang 1969 56 928 4 16.60
15 Keith Warren 1996 53 820 2 15.50
16 Terrance Breaux 2007 57 800 4 14.00
17 Jamie Gasparre 1996 48 783 10 16.30
18 Terrell Jackson 2011 84 783 3 9.30
19 Maurice Bradford 2002 50 750 4 15.00
20 Joe Cassata 1988 47 703 3 15.00
21 Ed Young 2011 49 591 7 12.10
22 Bryant Traylor 1989 45 584 4 13.00
23 Anthony Scott 1994 43 574 4 13.30
24 Zeke Mckine 2001 38 528 2 13.90
25 Dahnel Singfield 2000 33 485 4 14.70
26 Kris Green 1993 33 473 1 14.30
27 Edmond Gicewicz* 1951 37 468 14 12.65
28 Evan Wallace 2006 32 453 3 14.20
29 Mark Schmidt 1987 23 383 3 16.70
30 Willie Ford 1994 21 352 3 16.80

Honroable Mention Robert Adams: In 1959 adams had 11 receptions for 194 yards and 6 scores

* Gicewicz stats are from 1950 and 51 only

Tightends

RK NAME Last REC YDS TD Y/A
1 Chad Upshaw 2006 94 972 7 10.3
2 Chad Bartoszek 2002 93 855 6 9.2
3 Jesse Rack 2009 68 843 9 12.4
4 Chris Behan 1994 78 788 2 10.10
5 Lou Anastasi 1989 44 698 3 15.9
6 Brandon Shaughnessy 2000 41 446 0 10.9
7 Brian Watson 2006 27 232 0 8.6
8 Brian Miller 2004 16 153 2 9.6
9 John Hartman 1987 10 115 0 11.5
10 Bryan Kisabeth 2008 6 108 1 18
11 Robert Yealu 2006 6 97 0 16.2
12 Alex Dennison 2011 5 75 1 15
13 Jimmy Gordon 2011 5 44 0 8.8
14 Kyle Brey 2009 8 43 0 5.4
15 Aaron Connacher 2011 6 34 0 5.7
16 Michael Marr 2009 3 31 0 10.3
17 Jason Smalarz 2002 1 8 0 8

Kickers

Field Goals Last FGM FGA PCT Long
A.J. Principe 2011 44 61 72.13% 49
Dallas Pelz 2003 35 48 72.92% 54
Gerald Carlson 1996 28 52
Mark Mozrall 1994 22 51
Tom McLaughlin 1991 20
Scott Keller 2000 19
Bernie Weber 1983 12 52
Steve Pawluk 1979 11
Bob Embow 1968 10
Patrick Clarke 2011 6 6 100.00% 49

Defenses

Year Yards Running Passing TD Ints PPG
1898 4.1
1942 6.5
1947 8.8
1959 31 10.3
1981 2,915 1,408 1,507 7 16.8
1983 1,406 25 15.0
1984 2,717 1298 1,419 7 14.0
1985 2,949 1265 1245 5 20.6
1986 1,224 26 16.6
1988 1,245 23.7
1989 7 21.7

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