May we humbly suggest an alternative?

For the first time in my life, myself and 11 of my friends are starting a college fantasy football league. We will only choose from teams in the SEC, ACC and either the Big Ten/Pac-10/Big 12. Traditional scoring as with most NFL fantasy leagues will be the rule. That being said, if you had the first pick in our draft, who do you go with?
–Jim, Gainesville, Ga.

I know fantasy football scoring tends to put greater importance on running backs, but I would still draft Texas Tech QB Graham Harrell for the inevitable, PlayStation numbers he will put up. (And I think it goes without saying that anyone fortunate enough to have the No. 1 pick in an all-Division I-A league should not waste two seconds before selecting Hawaii’s Colt Brennan). If you do the math and decide a running back is still your best option, then choose either Ray Rice or Mike Hart (because they’re more traditional work-horses than McFadden or Steve Slaton).

This might be good advice; we’re not sure. The more important point is that Jim & co. feel forced to limit the conferences they draft from because of the staggering size of the player pool otherwise. Our question to them is, why not pursue a more elegant solution?