College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

[RINO Tom]

Week one isn't overly interesting, but I think we should include some Illini games given our large Land of Lincoln population on this board.  Also, sidenote: Colorado/CSU is actually a neutral site game in Denver.

SATURDAY 8/26
Oregon State at Colorado State
Ohio State at Indiana

FRIDAY 9/1
Colorado State vs. Colorado (Denver, CO)
Washington at Rutgers

SATURDAY 9/2
Wyoming at Iowa
Maryland at Texas
Cal at North Carolina
NC State vs. South Carolina (Charlotte, NC)
Michigan vs. Florida (Arlington, TX)
Nevada at Northwestern
Florida State vs. Alabama (Atlanta, GA)
BYU vs. LSU (Houston, TX)

SUNDAY 9/3
Texas A&M at UCLA
West Virginia vs. Virginia Tech (Landover, MD)

MONDAY 9/4
Tennessee at Georgia Tech

[RINO Tom]

UNDEFEATED

[RINO Tom]

Boooom, first place.

Cincinnati at #8 Michigan

#17 Louisville at North Carolina

Pittsburgh at #4 Penn State

Indiana at Virginia

#23 TCU at Arkansas

Nebraska at Oregon

Hawaii at UCLA

#13 Auburn at #3 Clemson

South Carolina at Missouri

#5 Oklahoma at #2 Ohio State

#15 Georgia at #21 Notre Dame

#14 Stanford at #4 USC

Minnesota at Oregon State

Utah at BYU

Boise State at #20 Washington State

Houston at Arizona

San Diego State at Arizona State

[RINO Tom]

Boooom, first place.

Cincinnati at #7 Michigan

#18 Louisville at North Carolina

Pittsburgh at #5 Penn State

Indiana at Virginia

TCU at Arkansas

Nebraska at Oregon

Hawaii at UCLA

#12 Auburn at #3 Clemson

South Carolina at Missouri

#6 Oklahoma at #2 Ohio State

#15 Georgia at #21 Notre Dame

#11 Stanford at #4 USC

Minnesota at Oregon State

#23 Utah at BYU

Boise State at #22 Washington State

Houston at Arizona

San Diego State at Arizona State

The polls haven't come out yet, where are you getting these rankings?

I just used this article so that it could give me some reference and was going to edit it later.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/tomorrows-top-25-today-michigan-moves-into-the-top-10-as-florida-state-falls/

[RINO Tom]

Air Force at #7 Michigan

#9 Oklahoma State at Pitt

Baylor at Duke

#3 Clemson at #14 Louisville

#10 Wisconsin at BYU

#23 Tennessee at #24 Florida

SMU at #20 TCU

Purdue at Missouri

Oregon State at #21 Washington State

Colorado State at #1 Alabama

#12 LSU at Mississippi State

#18 Kansas State at Vanderbilt

Kentucky at South Carolina

Arizona State at Texas Tech

Texas at #4 USC

#19 Stanford at San Diego State

Ole Miss at Cal

Also ... the Illini will take down #22 South Florida.

[RINO Tom]

Air Force at #7 Michigan

#9 Oklahoma State at Pitt

Baylor at Duke

#3 Clemson at #14 Louisville

#10 Wisconsin at BYU

#23 Tennessee at #24 Florida

SMU at #20 TCU

Purdue at Missouri

Oregon State at #21 Washington State

Colorado State at #1 Alabama

#12 LSU at Mississippi State

#18 Kansas State at Vanderbilt

Kentucky at South Carolina

Arizona State at Texas Tech

Texas at #4 USC

#19 Stanford at San Diego State

Ole Miss at Cal

Also ... the Illini will take down #22 South Florida.

You're lucky I'm not counting that pick.

GO AHEAD, BRO!

[RINO Tom]

Temple at #21 South Florida
Virginia at Boise State
#23 Utah at Arizona
NC State at #12 Florida State
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
UCF at Maryland
#1 Alabama at Vanderbilt
#5 USC at Cal
#16 TCU at #6 Oklahoma State
Toledo at #14 Miami (FL)
Duke at North Carolina
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
#8 Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at #25 LSU
#17 Mississippi State at #11 Georgia
#4 Penn State at Iowa
#20 Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis
Notre Dame at Michigan State
#7 Washington at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford

[RINO Tom]

Thursday 9/28

Texas at Iowa State

Friday 9/29

#14 Miami (FL) at Duke

Nebraska at Illinois ... love my Illini, it's a night game and Nebraska doesn't look good at ALL.  Hey, if Northern can beat them in Lincoln, I don't see why we couldn't in Chambana.

#5 USC at #16 Washington State

Saturday 9/30

Indiana at #4 Penn State

#15 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

California at Oregon

Arizona State at Stanford

Iowa at Michigan State

Maryland at Minnesota

Northwestern at #10 Wisconsin

Vanderbilt at #21 Florida

Houston at Temple

Syracuse at NC State

#7 Georgia at Tennessee

Florida State at Wake Forest

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami (OH) at #22 Notre Dame

#24 Mississippi State at #13 Auburn

Marshall at Cincinnati

Memphis at UCF

South Carolina at Texas A&M

#2 Clemson at #12 Virginia Tech

Ole Miss at #1 Alabama

Northern Illinois at #19 San Diego State

Colorado at UCLA

Go Illini!

[RINO Tom]

Thursday 9/28

Texas at Iowa State

Friday 9/29

#14 Miami (FL) at Duke

Nebraska at Illinois ... love my Illini, it's a night game and Nebraska doesn't look good at ALL.  Hey, if Northern can beat them in Lincoln, I don't see why we couldn't in Chambana.

#5 USC at #16 Washington State

Saturday 9/30

Indiana at #4 Penn State

#15 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

California at Oregon

Arizona State at Stanford

Iowa at Michigan State

Maryland at Minnesota

Northwestern at #10 Wisconsin

Vanderbilt at #21 Florida

Houston at Temple

Syracuse at NC State

#7 Georgia at Tennessee

Florida State at Wake Forest

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami (OH) at #22 Notre Dame

#24 Mississippi State at #13 Auburn

Marshall at Cincinnati

Memphis at UCF

South Carolina at Texas A&M

#2 Clemson at #12 Virginia Tech

Ole Miss at #1 Alabama

Northern Illinois at #19 San Diego State

Colorado at UCLA

Go Illini!

I'm just going to assume you can't make up your mind between Cal and Oregon.

LOL, sorry.  Also, hope there are no Louisville fans in this thread, because you guys are ED.

[RINO Tom]

WEEK SIX
Thursday 9/5
#17 Louisville at NC State

Friday 9/6
Memphis at UConn
Boise State at BYU

Saturday 10/7
Cal at #9 Washington
#11 Washington State at Oregon
Wake Forest at #2 Clemson
Iowa State at #3 Oklahoma
#4 Penn State at Northwestern
#5 Georgia at Vanderbilt
Ole Miss at #12 Auburn
Eastern Michigan at Toledo

Illinois at Iowa ... going to be our best tailgate of the year because everyone loves to come over and give me shlt, LOL.  It's that awkward weekend where I introduce my girlfriend to my mom, which I was always terrible at, and that will be made worse by an absolute skull pounding by the Hawkeyes.  I will be blacked out by 3:00 pm.

Duke at Virginia
FIU at Middle Tennessee
West Virginia at #8 TCU
#13 Miami (FL) at Florida State
LSU at #21 Florida
#21 Notre Dame at North Carolina ... I hate picking Notre Dame, but UNC is horrible.
Air Force at Navy
Minnesota at Purdue
Maryland at #10 Ohio State
Arkansas at South Carolina
Colorado State at Utah State
SMU at Houston
Kansas State at Texas
#1 Alabama at Texas A&M
Michigan State at #7 Michigan
#9 Wisconsin at Nebraska
Arizona at Colorado
UCF at Cincinnati
Stanford at #20 Utah

[RINO Tom]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FpeynaJSSJRZ4kzJbI4IajmB9NSI2_lVd5bhz_0gvDY/edit?usp=sharing yes everyone please keep up just in case, I am pretty good at data input and the formulas are all in place but always safe to check.

Nooooo, now I can't check the standings at work!

[RINO Tom]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FpeynaJSSJRZ4kzJbI4IajmB9NSI2_lVd5bhz_0gvDY/edit?usp=sharing yes everyone please keep up just in case, I am pretty good at data input and the formulas are all in place but always safe to check.

Nooooo, now I can't check the standings at work!

why? I update it even more frequently than Smilo did

Nothing Google (besides the search engine) will open on our computers.  Gmail, Google Docs, etc.

[RINO Tom]

The Illini have switched starting QBs, so my prediction is now ... Iowa.

[RINO Tom]

FRIDAY 10/13
#2 Clemson at Syracuse
#5 Washington State at Cal

SATURDAY 10/14
Arkansas at #1 Alabama
#10 Auburn at LSU
Georgia Tech at #11 Miami (FL)
Texas A&M at Florida
Florida State at Duke
#17 Michigan at Indiana
#6 TCU at Kansas State
#24 Texas Tech at West Virginia
BYU at Mississippi State
South Carolina at Tennessee
Eastern Michigan at Army
Old Dominion at Marshall
#12 Oklahoma vs. Texas (Dallas, TX)
Purdue at #7 Wisconsin
Virginia at North Carolina
Northwestern at Maryland
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss
Toledo at Central Michigan
#25 Navy at Memphis
Wyoming at Utah State
UT-San Antonio at North Texas
Tulane at FIU
#9 Ohio State at Nebraska
Cincinnati at #18 South Florida
Utah at #13 USC
#21 Michigan State at Minnesota
UCLA at Arizona
Boise State at #19 San Diego State
#5 Washington at Arizona State
Oregon at #23 Stanford

[RINO Tom]

I'll take the lumps on the Thursday games ... been a crazy week:

Friday 10/20
Marshall at Middle Tennessee
Colorado State at New Mexico

Saturday 10/21
#9 Oklahoma at Kansas State
#10 Oklahoma State at Texas
#16 South Florida at Tulane
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech
#24 LSU at Ole Miss
Maryland at #5 Wisconsin
Iowa State at Texas Tech
Iowa at Northwestern
Temple at Army
Louisville at Florida State
Akron at Toledo
Boston College at Virginia
Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan
Tennessee at #1 Alabama
Syracuse at #8 Miami(FL)
Indiana at Michigan State
UCF at Navy
ILLINOIS at Minnesota ...  it, why not?  I-L-L!
Oregon at UCLA
Kentucky at Mississippi State
North Texas at Florida Atlantic
#19 Michigan at #2 Penn State
#11 USC at #13 Notre Dame
Arizona at Cal
Wyoming at Boise State
Fresno State at San Diego State
Colorado at #15 Washington State

EDIT before the 11:00 am game ... MSU will beat Indiana.

[RINO Tom]

Guess I'm playin' for fun now ... completely missed last week, LOL.

TUESDAY 10/31
Miami (OH) at Ohio

WEDNESDAY 11/1
Central Michigan at Western Michigan

THURSDAY 11/2
Northern Illinois at Toledo
Navy at Temple

FRIDAY 11/3
Marshall at Florida Atlantic
UCLA at Utah

SATURDAY 11/4
#7 Penn State at #24 Michigan State
#3 Ohio State at Iowa
#6 Clemson at #20 NC State
#13 Virginia Tech at #9 Miami (FL)
Oregon at #12 Washington
#18 Stanford at #25 Washington State
South Florida at UConn
#15 UCF at SMU
Arizona at #17 USC
Colorado at Arizona State
Minnesota at Michigan
#4 Wisconsin at Indiana
#16 Auburn at Texas A&M
ILLINOIS at Purdue
Kansas State at Texas Tech
Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Baylor at Kansas
Syracuse at Florida State
Georgia Tech at Virginia
Appalachian State at Louisiana-Monroe
South Carolina at Georgia
Wake Forest at #5 Notre Dame
#14 Iowa State at West Virginia
Maryland at Rutgers
Army at Air Force
Northwestern at Nebraska
#8 Oklahoma at #11 Oklahoma State
Ole Miss at Kentucky
Colorado State at Wyoming
UT-San Antonio at FIU
Texas at #10 TCU
Southern Miss at Tennessee
#19 LSU at #1 Alabama

[RINO Tom]

Week Ten

Wisconsin at Indiana - big upset pick of the week, Indiana stuns at home

This is my favorite pick.

It would be like Appalachian State defeating Michigan. Indiana has been basically an FCS team for a good two decades now at least.

#FakeNews. At least for the last 5 years, IU has been a mid-tier B1G team. Their statistical profile over the same time frame suggests a team in the 60th percentile of all FBS teams, or roughly top 50 (see http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa). rutger is a much worse team.

What's amusing about this statement is that Indiana is 1-2 against Rutgers.

And Illinois basketball swept Northwestern last year.  So what?  NU was clearly better.

[RINO Tom]

Well, Iowa City was certainly a shltshow on Saturday!

Wednesday 11/8
Toledo at Ohio
Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan

Thursday 11/9
North Carolina at Pittsburgh

Friday 11/10
Temple at Cincinnati
#9 Washington at Stanford

Saturday 11/11
#2 Georgia at #10 Auburn
#1 Alabama at #18 Mississippi State
Florida State at #4 Clemson
#8 TCU at #5 Oklahoma
#12 Oklahoma State at #24 Iowa State
#17 Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech
NC State at Boston College
#19 Washington State at Utah
Virginia at Louisville
Wake Forest at Syracuse
Arizona State at UCLA
Indiana at Illinois
Nebraska at Minnesota
#13 Michigan State at #11 Ohio State
Rutgers at #16 Penn State
Arkansas at LSU
Louisiana-Lafayette at Ole Miss
Duke at Army
#25 Iowa at #6 Wisconsin ... I'll be there!
#21 Michigan at Maryland
#23 West Virginia at Kansas State
SMU at Navy
#15 USC at Colorado
Kentucky at Vanderbilt
Western Kentucky at Marshall
UAB at UT-San Antonio
Purdue at Northwestern
Tennessee at Missouri
#3 Notre Dame at #7 Miami (FL)
Boise State at Colorado State

[RINO Tom]

TUESDAY 11/14
Ohio at Akron

WEDNESDAY 11/15
Western Michigan at Northern Illinois

FRIDAY 11/17
Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky
UNLV at New Mexico

SATURDAY 11/18
#11 TCU at Texas Tech
#19 Michigan at #5 Wisconsin
UCLA at #12 USC
Maryland at #22 Michigan State
Nebraska at #13 Penn State
Kansas State at #10 Oklahoma State
#17 Mississippi State at Arkansas
Purdue at Iowa
Minnesota at Northwestern
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Texas at #24 West Virginia
Arizona at Oregon
Cal at #20 Stanford
Rutgers at Indiana
#14 UCF at Temple
SMU at #18 Memphis
Pitt at Virginia Tech
Fresno State at Wyoming
Kentucky at #7 Georgia
Navy at #9 Notre Dame
Georgia Tech at Duke
Syracuse at Louisville
UAB at Florida
Army at North Texas
#21 LSU at Tennessee
FIU at Florida Atlantic
Marshall at UT-San Antonio
#25 NC State at Wake Forest
Missouri at Vanderbilt
Air Force at Boise State

[RINO Tom]

#11 TCU at Texas Tech
#17 Mississippi State at Arkansas
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
Arizona at Oregon
Missouri at Vanderbilt

lol.

Yeah, those picks are absurd.

LOL, the only way I can possibly make up ground at this point is by picking some upsets that no one else picks, so ... why the  not??

[RINO Tom]

Well so far RINO Tom  strategy of picking against the group consensus in a number of games is working as Akron beat Ohio.

Muahaha

[RINO Tom]

And in other news, Illinois has set a Big Ten record!

41-point underdogs at Ohio State, haha.