In college fantasy football, Hawkeyes don't trip any triggers

No Ricky Stanzi. No Marvin McNutt, no Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, no Adam Robinson.

With 216 players drafted in (click here) Athlon Sports' mock college fantasy football draft, the only selections from the Iowa Hawkeyes were running back Jewel Hampton with the 172nd pick, and the Iowa defense with the 110th selection.

Iowa was the second defense taken, one spot after Ohio State's. No other Big Ten defense was selected of the 12 taken.

Some background: This draft is done like a fantasy football draft for NFL players, which is far, far more prevalent and wildly popular. Athlon's has 12 players drafting for 18 rounds. The categories are quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, kickers and defense/special teams. You have to have someone at every position. Then, your players' statistics are measured against your opponent's of that week via whatever scoring format is used. You get points for touchdowns, and points for yards, via passing, rushing and receiving, and various defensive categories like sacks and defensive touchdowns.

So, you're looking for big-number guys. Which is why Houston quarterback Case Keenum went first in Athlon's draft. He puts up monster numbers.

Forty-one quarterbacks were selected. One of them, at No. 120, was Iowa State's Austen Arnaud.

Stanzi wasn't drafted. His numbers from last season: 17 TD passes, 15 interceptions, 2,417 yards. He had 30 rushing yards, 0 rushing TDs. He missed two full games to injury.

Arnaud's 2009 stats: 14 TDs, 13 interceptions, 2,015 passing yards, 561 rushing yards, 8 rushing TDs in 11 games. He missed two games to injury.  

Keenum's 2009 stats: 44 TD passes, 15 INTs, 5,671 passing yards, four rushing TDs.

Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor was the only Big Ten quarterback of the 41 drafted. He went third overall. His 2009 stats: 18 TD passes, 11 INTs, 2,094 passing yards, 7 rushing TDs, 779 rushing yards.

Only 11 Big Ten individuals were snapped up. Three -- running back John Clay (15th), tight end Lance Kendricks (45th) and WR Nick Toon (124th) are Wisconsin Badgers. Penn State RB Evan Royster went 58th, Purdue WR Keith Smith was 60th. Others included Ohio State WR DeVier Posey, Indiana WR Tandon Doss, Michigan State RB Larry Caper, and Illinois RB Mikel LeShoure.

Iowa State RB Alexander Robinson went 74th. He had 1,456 receiving/rushing yards and nine touchdowns.

I think Stanzi, Johnson-Koulianos and McNutt didn't get taken because of last year's stats, not what they could do in 2010. Stanzi doesn't run for anything, and his TD-INT ratio is scary to fantasy players. Johnson-Koulianos piles up receiving yards, but had just two scoring catches last year. McNutt had eight TD catches, but there were six games last season in which he had less than 30 yards.

Adam Robinson probably wasn't grabbed because people think it's a RB-by-committe deal at Iowa. Why someone took Hampton, in that case, obviously is illogical.

Now, what does all this mean? Nothing, of course. Why?

1. Fantasy football is goofy, a time-killer to avoid thinking about wars and mudslides and Charlie Sheen.

2. In real football, your reward is wins and losses. Stanzi's W-L record as a starter last year was 10-1.

You think Colin Kaepernick or Dwight Dasher wouldn't have traded some of their 2009 stats for a 10-1?

Who are Colin and Dwight, you ask? The quarterbacks at Nevada and Middle Tennessee State, and two of the first four picks in the Athlon fantasy draft.

I don't beans about

Dwight Dasher (yet), but he's got my favorite name in college football.