During the course of the season we won’t be diving into a breakdown on three game slates that much and this is largely due to it not being an efficient use of time, but also because on the short slates we just opt into following along what I feel is going to be the best source of data/lineup building you will find anywhere for College Football all season.
I am of course referring to the Dashboard and Optimizer here at Daily Ambush and while I love the college model, it’s also something which requires at least 2-3 weeks of games for the CURRENT season to really get into form. With teams playing more cupcake games early in the season that’s even more reason for us to slightly use it for the first couple of weeks versus later in the year when it’s gonna be our most trusted source most weeks.
There are three games on Saturday and then a BIG slate starting next Thursday through Labor Day weekend.
The Week Zero Games are:
- Nebraska vs Illinois
- UCONN vs Fresno State
- Hawaii vs UCLA
Top game to stack
Hawaii vs UCLA
Sometimes in College it’s hard to ignore the higher total games on short slates because they just are what they are. That said, I will be looking to bet the under here which is opened at 70.5 and is down to 67.5 as of now, but it’s still the game to target in DFS. We have two competent Quarterbacks who are going to dominate the ownership tomorrow and are the paths to start building the CORE lineup, but do we want both? I honestly think there is an individual pivot to Adrian Martinez for Nebraska to come off the chalkiest player tommorrow in Dorian Robinson-Thompson, but no doubt we’ll want to have Chevan Cordeiro and the Hawaii passing attack IMO tomorrow. They to me are the sneaky leverage here.
- Hawaii: Cordeiro & Smart
- UCLA: Robinson-Thompson, Brown, Dulcich, Phillips
Relevant assets from the other two games
QB: Adrian Martinez (NEB)
RB: Ronnie Rivers (FRES), Markesse Step (NEB)
WR: Jalen Cropper (FRES)
CORE
QB: Chevan Cordiero
RB: Ronnie Rivers
RB: Sevion Morrison – Added — appears to be getting start.
WR: Jared Smart
Super Flex: Adrian Martinez
Game to Focus on: Hawaii vs UCLA
BETS
Nebraska -9.5
Fresno State / UConn First Half Under
Hawaii / UCLA Under 67.5