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UC's Fry informs fantasy football fans

08-23-2007 · EurekAlert!

It's fantasy football season! And just in time for the frenzy, Assistant Professor Michael Fry and student Andrew Lundberg have published their results. It amounts to this: you have a set of choices that people can make. All you really want to know -- in fantasy and in real drafts -- is what set of players is not going to be available when your turn comes up.

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