The 150th Edition of College Football - Discussion and Pick 'Em Thread

[RINO Tom]

You know there is something special about college football when even WE (Illini fans) get excited each year, at least at the beginning.

[RINO Tom]

I'll post my picks in the next day or so, pumped for the season to start!  Quick roll call on whom everyone roots for??

I, of course, cheer for the ever-frustrating Illinois Fighting Illini.

[RINO Tom]

Will do rest later but please count Florida, Arizona and Youngstown State!

[RINO Tom]

Picks for games that have already happened:

Miami (FL) vs. #8 Florida (in Orlando, FL)
Arizona at Hawaii
Youngstown State at Samford

Picks for the remaining games:

UCLA at Cincinnati
Georgia Tech at #1 Clemson
#14 Utah at BYU ... really wanted to take BYU, but I think they lose one more in this series.
#19 Wisconsin at South Florida
UMass at Rutgers
Colorado State vs. Colorado (in Denver, CO)
Akron at ILLINOIS ... we can do this, guys!
Indiana State at Kansas
Toledo at Kentucky
Ole Miss at Memphis
South Carolina vs. North Carolina (in Charlotte, NC)
Duke vs. #2 Alabama (in Atlanta, GA)
Northwestern at #25 Stanford
Virginia Tech at Boston College
UC Davis at Cal
#3 Georgia at Vanderbilt ... gonna be in Nashville, wish I could go!
#11 Oregon vs. #16 Auburn
Virginia at Pitt
Fresno State at USC
Houston at #4 Oklahoma
#9 Notre Dame at Louisville ... unfortunately
Towson at The Citadel

So pumped for the season to really get underway!

[RINO Tom]

Yeah, just to be clear I have been tailgating and to a Vandy game while my friend was in law school there - I actually thought it wasn’t bad, a bit underrated and probably suffers compared to the conference a bit unfairly - but I would rather spend my time in Nashville, well, doing what we’ll be doing.  I’m just itchin’ for college football, is all, and I’m not sure I’ve seen a top 5-ranked team play in person in 10-13 years.

[RINO Tom]

Gettin' my picks in order now, but I believe you have Western Kentucky/FIU listed twice, and therefore there are only 24 games this week?  Just wanted to clarify, thanks!

[RINO Tom]

I know it was only Akron, but I was thoroughly impressed with the improvement Illinois showed vs. the last two years.  They are 17.5 favorites at UConn and have EMU at home after that ... again, week opponents, but I would be ecstatic at the thought of a 3-0 Illini team hosting an overrated Nebraska on the 21st.  Anyway:

Army at #7 Michigan
#21 Syracuse at Maryland
Old Dominion at Virginia Tech
UAB at Akron
West Virginia at Missouri
Vanderbilt at Purdue
South Florida at Georgia Tech
#12 Texas A&M at #1 Clemson
#25 Nebraska at Colorado
ILLINOIS at UConn
San Diego State at UCLA
Western Kentucky at FIU
#18 UCF at FAU
North Texas at SMU
BYU at Tennessee
Coastal Carolina at Kansas
#6 LSU at #9 Texas
Arkansas at Ole Miss
Miami (FL) at North Carolina
Arkansas State at UNLV
Cal at #14 Washington
#23 Stanford at USC
Oregon State at Hawaii
The Citadel at Elon
Chattanooga at Jacksonville State

[RINO Tom]

It’s UConn and all, but this is historic ... Illinois is a 20+ point favorite on the road.  Beautiful.

[RINO Tom]

Any good patriot is cheering against Michigan right now, just sayin’.

[RINO Tom]

North Carolina at Wake Forest
Kansas at Boston College
#6 Ohio State at Indiana
Pitt at #13 Penn State
Chattanooga at Tennessee
Kansas State at Mississippi State
NC State at West Virginia
#21 Maryland at Temple
Air Force at Colorado
Stanford at #17 UCF
#24 USC at BYU
Arizona State at #18 Michigan State
#19 Iowa at Iowa State ... would be pretty Iowa to lose, though, and then beat Michigan or PSU
North Texas at Cal
Idaho at Wyoming
Buffalo at Liberty
Southern Miss at Troy
#9 Florida at Kentucky
Texas State at SMU
#1 Clemson at Syracuse
TCU at Purdue
Florida State at #25 Virginia
Texas Tech at Arizona
Towson at Maine
Austin Peay at Mercer

[RINO Tom]

 Friday games ... guess you amateurs can even things up this week.

Week 4 FBS/FCS matchups:

Saturday, September 21st

#11 Michigan @ #13 Wisconsin Noon EDT FOX

#23 California @ Ole Miss Noon EDT ESPNU

Michigan State @ Northwestern Noon EDT ABC

#8 Auburn @ #17 Texas A&M 3:30 PM EDT CBS

#15 UCF @ Pitt 3:30 PM EDT ABC/ESPN2

#22 Washington @ BYU 3:30 PM EDT ABC/ESPN2

SMU @ #25 TCU 3:30 PM EDT FS1

Louisville @ Florida State 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Appalachian State @ North Carolina 3:30 PM EDT ACCNX

Central Michigan @ Miami (FL) 4 PM EDT ACCN

Kentucky @ Mississippi State 4 PM EDT SECN

South Carolina @ Missouri 4 PM EDT SECN

West Virginia @ Kansas 4:30 PM EDT ESPN+

#16 Oregon @ Stanford 7 PM EDT ESPN

Oklahoma State @ #12 Texas 7:30 PM EDT ABC

UTSA @ North Texas 7:30 PM EDT

#7 Notre Dame @ #3 Georgia 8 PM EDT CBS ... classic exposing Notre Dame game.

Nebraska @ Illinois 8 PM EDT ... Nebraska by a in' billion.

Colorado @ #24 Arizona State 10 PM EDT

UCLA @ #19 Washington State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Utah State @ San Diego State 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

FCS:

Villanova @ Towson 6 PM EDT

Northern Arizona @ Illinois State 7:30 PM EDT

I'll be busy watching one of my other teams (Cubs) play itself into irrelevance tomorrow, so I won't see the midday action.

[RINO Tom]

Shocker, Michigan is a pretender.  You’re getting a preview of Notre Dame’s fate tonight.

[RINO Tom]

Arizona State at #15 Cal
Texas Tech at #5 Oklahoma
Northwestern at #8 Wisconsin
Rutgers at #20 Michigan
Arkansas vs. #23 Texas A&M (Arlington, TX)
Kansas at TCU
Central Michigan at Western Michigan
#1 Clemson at North Carolina
Ole Miss at #2 Alabama
#18 Virginia at #10 Notre Dame ... I want to believe.
#21 USC at #17 Washington
Indiana at #25 Michigan State
Wake Forest at Boston College
Iowa State at Baylor
Minnesota at Purdue
Mississippi State at #7 Auburn
#24 Kansas State at Oklahoma State
Stanford at Oregon State
NC State at Florida State
Kentucky at South Carolina
Washington State at #19 Utah
UCLA at Arizona
Hawaii at Nevada
Montana at UC Davis
Northern Iowa at Weber State

[RINO Tom]

Week 6 FBS/FCS matchups:

Friday, October 4th

#18 UCF @ Cincinnati 8 PM EDT ESPN

New Mexico @ San Jose State 10 PM EDT CBSSN

Saturday, October 5th

#14 Iowa @ #19 Michigan Noon EDT FOX

Tulane @ Army Noon EDT CBSSN

Maryland @ Rutgers Noon EDT BTN

TCU @ Iowa State Noon EDT ESPN2

South Florida @ UConn Noon EDT CBSSN

Boston College @ Louisville 12:30 PM EDT ACCNX

Eastern Michigan @ Central Michigan 3 PM EDT ESPN+

#7 Auburn @ #10 Florida 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Baylor @ Kansas State 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2

Western Michigan @ Toledo 3:30 PM EDT ESPN+

Ball State @ Northern Illinois 3:30 PM EDT ESPN3

Arkansas State @ Georgia State 3:30 PM EDT ESPN+

Air Force @ Navy 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Virginia Tech @ Miami (FL) 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Northwestern @ Nebraska 4 PM EDT FOX

Arizona @ Colorado 4:30 PM EDT PAC12N

#25 Michigan State @ #4 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss 7:30 PM EDT SECN

California @ #13 Oregon 8 PM EDT FOX

Pittsburgh @ Duke 8 PM EDT ACCN

Oregon State @ UCLA 9 PM EDT PAC12N

FCS:

Furman @ Samford 3 PM EDT

Youngstown State @ Northern Iowa 5 PM EDT

DAMN IT, I hate the Friday games.  So stupid.

Iowa
Army
Maryland
Iowa State
South Florida
Louisville
Eastern Michigan
Auburn
Kansas State
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
Georgia State
Navy
Miami
Nebraska
Colorado
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Duke
UCLA
Samford
Northern Iowa

[RINO Tom]

Lovie shouldn’t make it back to Champaign.

[RINO Tom]

I suppose I will pick the Friday games this week...

Colorado at #13 Oregon
#6 Oklahoma vs. #11 Texas (Dallas, TX)
#23 Memphis at Temple
#1 Alabama at #24 Texas A&M
Michigan State at #8 Wisconsin
Washington State at #18 Arizona State
BYU at South Florida
San Jose State at Nevada
Texas Tech at #22 Baylor
Iowa State at West Virginia
Middle Tennessee at Florida Atlantic
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina
North Texas at Southern Miss
Fresno State at Air Force
Ole Miss at Missouri
USC at #9 Notre Dame ... but I'll gladly be wrong!
#10 Penn State at #17 Iowa
Louisville at #19 Wake Forest
Nebraska at Minnesota
Arkansas at Kentucky ... Arkansas is a sleeper here, I think...
#7 Florida at #5 LSU
Hawaii at #14 Boise State
Wyoming at San Diego State
Villanova at James Madison
Yale at Dartmouth

We should do weekend games for college basketball season when it comes around ... I'm already in that mode, lol.

[RINO Tom]

Pitt at Syracuse
#9 Florida at South Carolina
Iowa State at Texas Tech
NC State at Boston College
Toledo at Ball State
Northern Illinois at Miami (OH)
TCU at Kansas State
#12 Oregon at #25 Washington
Temple at #19 SMU
Indiana at Maryland
Duke at Virginia
North Carolina at Virginia Tech
Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech
#18 Baylor at Oklahoma State
Middle Tennessee at North Texas
#17 Arizona State at #13 Utah
Colorado at Washington State
Tulane at Memphis
#16 Michigan at #7 Penn State
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Arizona at USC
Nevada at Utah State
Air Force at Hawaii
Nicholls at Sam Houston State
Montana at Sacramento State

[RINO Tom]

#13 Wisconsin at #3 Ohio State
Miami (FL) at Pitt
San Jose State at Army
Mississippi State at Texas A&M
Illinois at Purdue ... not tryin' to jinx us.   Plus, I think we have a better chance of beating MSU, NU or possibly even Iowa than Purdue
Nevada at Wyoming
Western Kentucky at Marshall
#9 Auburn at #2 LSU
#6 Penn State at Michigan State
#15 Texas at TCU
Maryland at #17 Minnesota
Oklahoma State at #23 Iowa State
UConn at UMass
Syracuse at Florida State
Virginia at Louisville
Arizona at Stanford
Indiana at Nebraska
Tulane at Navy
Eastern Michigan at Toledo
Duke at North Carolina
UCF at Temple
#8 Notre Dame at #19 Michigan ... I hate Notre Dame, as all good Americans should
Utah State at Air Force
North Dakota State at South Dakota State
Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas

GO ILLINI!

[RINO Tom]

NC State at #23 Wake Forest
Nebraska at Purdue
Boston College at Syracuse
Buffalo at Eastern Michigan
Virginia Tech at #16 Notre Dame ... and the media will use ND's win as an excuse to start sucking them off again and vault them up to top ten status
Troy at Coastal Carolina
#8 Georgia vs. #6 Florida (Jacksonville, FL)
Miami (FL) at Florida State
#22 Kansas State at Kansas
TCU at Oklahoma State
Army at Air Force
Middle Tennessee at Charlotte
#9 Utah at Washington
FAU at Western Kentucky
Oregon State at Arizona
UAB at Tennessee
#15 SMU at Memphis
Virginia at North Carolina
#7 Oregon at USC
Colorado at UCLA
BYU at Utah State
#21 Boise State at San Jose State
Fresno State at Hawaii
Northern Iowa at Illinois State
Weber State at Sacramento State

[RINO Tom]

Really screwed up this week, lol ... go Illini!

[RINO Tom]

#15 Wisconsin @ Nebraska Noon EST BTN

#24 Indiana @ #9 Penn State Noon EST ABC

Michigan State @ #14 Michigan Noon EST FOX

TCU @ Texas Tech Noon EST ESPN2

Tulane @ Temple Noon EST ESPNU

#21 Navy @ #16 Notre Dame 2:30 PM EST NBC

Coastal Carolina @ Arkansas State 3 PM EST ESPN+

UL Monroe @ Georgia Southern 3 PM EST ESPN+

Troy @ Texas State 3 PM EST ESPN+

Kentucky @ Vanderbilt 3:30 PM EST SECN

Wake Forest @ #3 Clemson 3:30 PM EST ABC

#5 Georgia @ #13 Auburn 3:30 PM EST CBS

#22 Texas @ Iowa State 3:30 PM EST FS1

#7 Minnesota @ #23 Iowa 4 PM EST FOX

Syracuse @ Duke 4 PM EST ACCN

Wyoming @ Utah State 4 PM EST ESPNU

Stanford @ Washington State 4:30 PM EST PAC12

#10 Oklahoma @ #12 Baylor 7:30 PM EST ABC

Louisville @ NC State 7:30 PM EST ACCN

Arizona State @ Oregon State 7:30 PM EST FS1

Appalachian State @ Georgia State 7:30 PM EST ESPNU

Arizona @ #6 Oregon 10:30 PM EST ESPN

USC @ California 11 PM EST FS1

FCS:

#7 Northern Iowa @ #4 South Dakota State 3 PM EST ESPN3

#3 Weber State @ #5 Montana 3 PM EST ROOT  


GOD, I hope Notre Dame loses.

[RINO Tom]

#9 Penn State @ #2 Ohio State Noon EST FOX

Illinois @ #19 Iowa Noon EST BTN ... but I'll be wearing orange in Iowa City this weekend!

#22 Oklahoma State @ West Virginia Noon EST ESPN2

Michigan State @ Rutgers Noon EST BTN

UCF @ Tulane Noon EST CBSSN

Ball State @ Kent State Noon EST ESPN+

East Carolina @ UConn Noon EST ESPN3

Georgia Southern @ Arkansas State 3 PM EST ESPN+

#24 Texas A&M @ #4 Georgia 3:30 PM EST CBS

Texas @ #13 Baylor 3:30 PM EST FS1

#12 Michigan @ Indiana 3:30 PM EST ESPN

#21 SMU @ Navy 3:30 PM EST CBSSN

Nebraska @ Maryland 3:30 PM EST BTN

Pittsburgh @ #25 Virginia Tech 3:30 PM EST ESPN2

UCLA @ USC 3:30 PM EST ABC

Louisiana Tech @ UAB 3:30 PM EST ESPN+

Western Kentucky @ Southern Mississippi 4 PM EST ESPN+

California @ Stanford 4 PM EST PAC12

Syracuse @ Louisville 4 PM EST ACCN

Coastal Carolina @ UL Monroe 5 PM EST ESPN+

Temple @ #17 Cincinnati 7 PM EST ESPN2

Tennessee @ Missouri 7:30 PM EST SECN

Oregon State @ Washington State 9 PM EST PAC12

FCS:

Maine @ New Hampshire 1 PM EST

#5 Montana@ #10 Montana State 2 PM EST ROOT

[RINO Tom]

Texas Tech at Texas
Virginia Tech at Virginia
Toledo at Central Michigan
Iowa at Nebraska
Cincinnati at Memphis
Washington State at Washington
West Virginia at TCU
South Florida at UCF

Ohio State at Michigan
FIU at Marshall
Louisville at Kentucky
Indiana at Purdue
Wyoming at Air Force
Alabama at Auburn
Wisconsin at Minnesota
Southern Miss at FAU
Oregon State at Oregon
Georgia State at Georgia Southern
Iowa State at Kansas State
North Carolina at NC State
Florida State at Florida
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Arizona at Arizona State


Furman at Austin Peay
Kennesaw State at Wofford

[RINO Tom]

FRIDAY 12/6

Utah vs. Oregon

SATURDAY 12/7

Baylor vs. Oklahoma
Louisiana vs. Appalachian State
Miami (OH) vs. Central Michigan
UAB at FAU
Cincinnati at Memphis
Georgia vs. LSU
Hawaii at Boise State
Virginia vs. Clemson
Ohio State vs. Wisconsin

FCS PLAYOFFS

Nicholls State at North Dakota State
Illinois State at Central Arkansas
Albany at Montana State
Austin Peay at Sacramento State
Kennesaw State at Weber State
Southeastern Louisiana at Montana
Northern Iowa at South Dakota State
Monmouth at James Madison

[RINO Tom]

Army vs. #24 Navy (Philadelphia, PA)

Northern Iowa at #2 James Madison

Austin Peay at #5 Montana State

#6 Montana at #3 Weber State

Illinois State at #1 North Dakota State