Tracking our B1G fantasy teams: Week 4

Josh Moyer, ESPN Staff WriterSep 18, 2014, 04:30 PM ET
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Could The Trombone Shorties’ fantasy league dominance be going the way of the Big Ten?

Well, not quite yet. Adam Rittenberg still has a big lead, but he nose-dived this past week as he was just one point from having the worst showing out of all of us. That felt so good to type. Let me reiterate: We’re coming for you, Shorties.

Your results this week:

Massive Attack (Austin Ward): 140

Legendary Leaders (Brian Bennett): 139

Coal Crackers (Josh Moyer): 118

Trombone Shorties (Adam Rittenberg): 82

Sherman Tanks (Mitch Sherman): 81

And the overall standings:

Trombone Shorties: 415

Massive Attack: 367

Legendary Leaders: 345

Coal Crackers: 313

Sherman Tanks: 258

Again, our waiver wire is of the utmost importance since we all only have one bench spot. That makes for some interesting weekly moves. Here’s a look at this week’s:

Sherman adds Michigan State WR Tony Lippett and drops Rutgers WR Leonte Carroo

Moyer adds Michigan State defense and drops Penn State defense

Bennett adds Wisconsin RB Corey Clement and drops Illinois WR Martize Barr

Ward adds Illinois WR Martize Barr and drops Ohio State WR Devin Smith

Rittenberg adds Rutgers WR Leonte Carroo and drops Purdue QB Danny Etling

Sherman adds Purdue QB Danny Etling and drops Penn State RB Zach Zwinak

Moyer adds Michigan State kickers and drops Michigan kickers

Bennett adds Penn State defense and drops Michigan defense

Ward adds Wisconsin QB Tanner McEvoy and drops Rutgers QB Gary Nova

Rittenberg adds Minnesota defense and drops Iowa defense

Sherman adds Rutgers QB Gary Nova and drops Purdue QB Danny Etling

Ward adds Northwestern defense and drops Ohio State defense

Rittenberg adds Wisconsin kickers and drops Ohio State kickers

Waiver-wire overview: Boy, that was a confusing – and entertaining – wavier-wire for us. A lot of different players changed hands. Sherman dropped Carroo, and Rittenberg scooped him up. I dropped Penn State’s defense, and Bennett picked it up. And Bennett dropped Martize Barr, and Ward couldn’t resist a potential upgrade. On top of all that, Etling might’ve played the most interesting role this week: Rittenberg dropped him, then Sherman picked him up and then Sherman dropped him again when Nova became available. Ward gambled a bit by picking up McEvoy (over keeping Nova), but he liked the matchup against Bowling Green’s defense. We’ll have to see if anyone regrets their moves this week because there were quite a few of them.

The Trombone Shorties (Rittenberg)

Nebraska QB Tommy Armstrong

Michigan State QB Connor Cook

Nebraska RB Ameer Abdullah

Rutgers RB Paul James

Rutgers WR Leonte Carroo

Penn State TE Jesse James

Wisconsin kickers

Minnesota defense

Bench: Michigan WR Devin Funchess (questionable vs. EMU)

Massive Attack (Ward)

Wisconsin QB Tanner McEvoy