Chasing the Natty: A College Fantasy Football Podcast · Jared Palmgren and Nate Marchese

Week 8 Reaction and Waiver Wire Pickups - Episode 251 - Chasing the Natty: A CFF Show

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Joe Fognano threw for 362 yards, four touchdowns, and added a fifth score on the ground against Boston College.

1. Chasing the Natty covers Week 8 reaction and waiver-wire pickups for the 2025 college football season. 2. Jared Palmgren hosts the episode and frames the show around college fantasy football roster management. 3. The episode is for identifying last-minute additions before playoff pushes and Week 9 byes. 4. Jared says Week 8 has passed, but the waiver wire is now "the hardest" it will be all season. 5. He argues that late-season role changes are rare unless an injury alters a depth chart. 6. He says the show will be shorter because many candidates were already discussed on earlier episodes. 7. He also says the "waiver wire traps" segment is being cut for the rest of the year. 8. The first featured player review is Bryson Washington of Baylor. 9. Jared says Washington is still returning from injury and is seeing a split workload with Knighton and Michael Turner. 10. He rates Washington a six on a one-to-10 freak-out scale and says the bench decision depends on his health. 11. The second player review is Mario Craver of Texas A&M. 12. Jared cites Craver's scoring line moving from 28.2, 19.9, and 30.2 early to 5.4 and 8.7 more recently. 13. He says Texas A&M still scored 45 points while Craver managed six fantasy points. 14. Jared describes Craver as still usable, but more boom-bust than his early-season start suggested. 15. For quarterbacks, Jared opens with Bear Bachmeier of BYU as a steady floor play. 16. He says Bachmeier is QB16 on the season and has reached at least 20 fantasy points almost every week. 17. Jared then highlights Joe Fognano of UConn after a 362-yard, four-touchdown passing day against Boston College. 18. He closes the quarterback group with Cale Helm of Army, who has 39 rushing attempts in one game and eight rushing touchdowns across three games. 19. The tone is practical, roster-focused, and stats-heavy, with short bursts of banter and repeated reminders about byes and availability. 20. College fantasy football managers chasing stable QB floors and RB volume should pay attention; managers wanting deep narrative analysis should skip it.

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