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Fantasy football rankings, waiver-wire targets, start/sit calls, and pick’em strategy — fresh analysis every week from the DaqsPickEm crew.
Team Recaps
UTSA 16, Rice 14: The Defense Showed Up. The Offense Vanished.
A week after a 59-point shootout, UTSA won the American opener on 16 first-half points and no more. The Roadrunners are 4-1 and 1-0 in league play — and we need to talk about that second half.
Team Recaps
Oklahoma-Georgia Rewind: 35 Minutes of Possession, 28 Points Down
The Sooners controlled the clock in Athens and still got buried. A week later, the box score is uglier than the final — and Texas is next in Norman.
Team Recaps
#10 Emporia State Grinds to 5-0: 34-22 Over Missouri Western, Powered by Three Takeaways and a Third-Quarter Shutout
The Hornets won the turnover battle 3-0 and the third quarter 3-0 while getting outgained by 114 yards. 5-0 heading to Missouri Southern — and UCO is coming.
🔥 HOT Team Recaps
Rewinding Gilmer 49, Sunnyvale 28 With Pleasant Grove On Deck
A week after holding Sunnyvale to 28, Gilmer sits 4-1 heading into the Pleasant Grove district opener. The defense left a receipt. Now it needs a trend.
Week 4 Start/Sit
Week 4 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: Trust The Volume, Fade The Vibes
Jeremiyah Love and Michael Wilson are rolling in Arizona, Tyler Shough and Marcus Mariota are live streamers, and Tre Tucker and Woody Marks belong on your bench.
Week 4 Pick'em
NFL Week 4 2026 Pick'em Preview: The Locks, The Traps, and Our Model's Bold Call
Which favorites to trust, which schedule traps the experts are calling out, and the contrarian upset our v2-oracle model is pounding the table on before Thursday night.
🔥 HOT Week 4 Waiver Wire
Week 4 Waiver Wire: Ollie Gordon, Braelon Allen And Two Backfields That Just Flipped
De'Von Achane is on IR and Breece Hall is out, so two backfields just changed hands. Plus Michael Wilson's 17-target day, Kenyon Sadiq, and the streamers worth a claim.
🔥 HOT ITFFL
The First-Month Audit: What a 1-3 ITFFL Start Really Means
Eight of twelve teams make the ITFFL playoffs and the cut line has been 6-8 five seasons running. A quarter of the way in, your record is telling you far less than you think.
Team Recaps
UTSA 59, Colorado State 45: The Offense Answered. The Defense Didn't.
Owen McCown threw for 303 and three scores at the Alamodome as UTSA bounced back from Austin. But 45 points to a 2-2 Mountain West team is its own conversation.
🔥 HOT Team Recaps
Oklahoma Falls at Georgia 41-13: The Turnovers Told the Story
The Sooners moved the ball, held it for 35 minutes and lost by 28 in Athens. Four turnovers tell most of the story; the run game tells the rest.
Team Recaps
Gilmer 49, Sunnyvale 28: The Preview Said Hold Them Under 30. They Did.
The Buckeyes closed non-district play 4-1 with a home win over a 4-0 Sunnyvale team that came in averaging 45 a game. Zade Taylor missed one throw all night. The defense finally showed up, and it did not happen by accident.
Previews
Gilmer vs. Sunnyvale: Hold Them Under 30 or We Own It
The Buckeyes drew a line at 30 points allowed after Sulphur Springs. Sunnyvale — the team that ended the 17-year playoff streak — is here to test it.
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