College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

[Pragmatic Conservative]

August 26

Oregon State

Ohio State


September 1

 Colorado

Washington



September 2

Iowa

 Texas

 North Carolina

South Carolina

Michigan

Northwestern

Alabama

LSU


September 3

Texas A&M

Virginia Tech


September 4

Tennessee

[Pragmatic Conservative]

September 9

Cincinnati @ Michigan

Louisville @ North Carolina

Pittsburgh @Penn State

Indiana @ Virginia

TCU @ Arkansas

Nebraska @ Oregon

Hawaii @ UCLA

Auburn @ Clemson

South Carolina @ Missouri

Oklahoma @ Ohio State

Georgia @ Notre Dame

Stanford @ USC

Minnesota @ Oregon State

Utah @ BYU

Boise State @ Washington State

Houston @ Arizona

San Diego State @ Arizona State

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Air Force at Michgan

Oklahoma State at Pittsburgh

Baylor at Duke

Clemson at Louisville

Wisconsin at BYU

Tennessee at Florida

SMU at TCU

Purdue at Missouri

Oregon State at Washington State

Colorado State at Alabama

LSU at Mississippi State

Kansas State at Vanderbilt

Kentucky at South Carolina

Arizona State at Texas Tech

Texas at USC

Stanford at San Diego State

Mississippi at California

[Pragmatic Conservative]

September 21

 South Florida


September 22

Boise State

Utah

September 23

Florida State

Texas Tech

Texas A&M

Ohio

 Maryland

Alabama

USC

Oklahoma State

 Miami(FL)

Duke

South Carolina

Cincinnati

Michigan

 LSU

Georgia

 Iowa

Florida

Memphis

 Michigan State

Washington

UCLA

[Pragmatic Conservative]

September 28

Texas 


September 29

Miami(FL) 

Illinois

USC


September 30
 Penn State

Oklahoma State

 Oregon

 Stanford

  Michigan State

 Minnesota

  Wisconsin

  Florida

Houston 

  NC State

  Tennessee

Florida State 

  Kentucky

 Notre Dame

Mississippi State 

Marshall

  UCF

 Texas A&M

Clemson 
 
 Alabama

Northern Illinois

Colorado

[Pragmatic Conservative]

October 5

NC State


October 6

Memphis

Boise State

October 7

Washington

Washington State 

 Clemson

 Oklahoma

Penn State 

Georgia 

 Auburn

 Toledo
 
Iowa

Duke 

FIU

TCU

Miami(FL) 

 Florida

Notre Dame 

Navy

 Purdue

 Ohio State

 South Carolina

Colorado State

 Houston

 Texas

Alabama 

  Michigan

Wisconsin 

 Colorado

UCF 

Stanford

[Pragmatic Conservative]

October 13

Clemson 

Washington State


October 14

Alabama

Auburn

 Miami(FL)

Texas A&M

Florida State

Michigan

TCU

Texas Tech

 Mississippi State

South Carolina

 Army

 Marshall

Oklahoma

 Wisconsin

Virginia 

Northwestern 

Vanderbilt 

Toledo

Navy 

 Utah State

UT San Antonio 

Tulane

Ohio State
 
 South Florida


 USC

Michigan State

Arizona
 
San Diego State

Washington 

Stanford

[Pragmatic Conservative]

October 19

 Arkansas State

Memphis

October 20

Marshall

Colorado State


October 21

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

South Florida

Georgia Tech

LSU

 Wisconsin

Texas Tech

Iowa

Army

Florida State

Toledo

Virginia

Eastern Michigan

 Alabama

Miami(FL)

Michigan State

UCF

Minnesota

UCLA

Mississippi State

North Texas

 Penn State

Notre Dame

Arizona

Boise State

San Diego State

Washington State

[Pragmatic Conservative]

October 26

Georgia State

Stanford


October 27

Memphis

Florida State


October 28

 Akron

Wisconsin

Oklahoma State

 Michigan

Arkansas

Louisville

Virginia

California

 Marshall

Kansas State

Colorado State

Penn State

Georgia

TCU

Washington

Notre Dame

Michigan State

Indiana

South Florida

 South Carolina

Florida Atlantic

Utah

Iowa

 Southern Mississippi

Texas A&M

 Virginia Tech

 Purdue

New Mexico

Tennessee

Clemson

Oklahoma

Arizona

Arizona State

San Diego State

[Pragmatic Conservative]

McElwain, current two-time SEC East champ, fired at Florida for performance...while Butch Jones still has a job...lol.

First word is that Dan Mullen, Mike Norvell (Memphis HC), Scott Frost, and (obligatory at this point) Chip Kelly are the main targets. I've heard multiple sources mentioning Norvell and Mullen, so I'd assume they're the top targets.

Tennessee is apparently discussing Jones immediate future with the program as of right now.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

October 31
 Ohio


November 1

  Western Michigan

November 2

 Toledo

Navy 


November 3

 Florida Atlantic

  Utah


November 4

Penn State 

Ohio State 

Clemson

Virginia Tech 

 Washington

Stanford 

South Florida 

UCF 

Arizona 

  Arizona State

  Michigan

Wisconsin 

 Texas A&M
 
 Purdue

Kansas State 
 
 Vanderbilt

Baylor 

Syracuse

Georgia Tech 

Appalachian State

  Georgia

 Notre Dame

Iowa State 

Maryland

Army 

Northwestern 

Oklahoma 

  Kentucky

Colorado State 

UT San Antonio 

  TCU

Southern Mississippi 

 Alabama

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Toledo 
Central Michigan

I will get up the rest of my picks later today

[Pragmatic Conservative]

I posted November 8th before yesterday’s games started.

November 9

Pittsburgh

November 10

Temple

Washington

November 11

Georgia

Alabama

Clemson

TCU

Iowa State

Virginia Tech

Boston College

Washington State

Louisville

Wake Forest

Arizona State

Indiana

Minnesota

Ohio State

Penn State

LSU

Mississippi

Army

Wisconsin

Michigan

West Virginia

Navy

USC

Kentucky

Marshall

UAB

Northwestern

Missouri

Notre Dame

Boise State




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[Pragmatic Conservative]

If I am allowed to change my pick for games that have yet to kick off please change it to Oklahoma from TCU.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Scores for this week will be posted by myself or DFW tomorrow.

Also, a housekeeping notice. We Will be including bowls and the playoff, so stay tuned for that.

Schedule for Week Twelve (once again, it's an early start, so be warned)

November 14

Ohio

November 15

Northern Illinois

November 17

Western Kentucky

New Mexico

November 18

TCU

Wisconsin

USC

Michigan State

Penn State

Oklahoma State

Mississippi State

Iowa

Northwestern

Texas A&M

West Virginia

Arizona

Stanford

Indiana

UCF

Memphis

Virginia Tech

Fresno State

Georgia

Notre Dame

Georgia Tech

Louisville

Florida

Army

LSU

Florida Atlantic

Marshall

NC State

Missouri

Boise State

[Pragmatic Conservative]

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

[Pragmatic Conservative]

November 23


 Mississippi State

November 24


Northern Illinois 

Toledo

Miami(FL) 

Navy 

Buffalo

 UCF

Iowa 

Virginia Tech 

Texas

November 25


Alabama

Oklahoma

Wisconsin 

Georgia

 Stanford

Penn State

 Washington

Michigan State 

Northwestern 

Arizona 

Colorado 

Iowa State 

Tulane 

Ohio State 

Purdue

Louisville 

Florida State

Boston College 

 Wake Forest

Appalachian State
 
Marshall

Old Dominion 

Arkansas State 

NC State

Boise State

Tennessee

 Oregon

Clemson

LSU

 UT San Antonio

Hawaii

 Utah State

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Jim Mora has been fired by UCLA

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21472304/ucla-bruins-fire-head-coach-jim-mora-six-seasons

[Pragmatic Conservative]

With Baker Mayfield benched against West Virginia, I am switching my pick from the Sooners to the Mountaineers.

He’s not benched. He’s just not starting.

Half a game of Mayfield just isn't enough for me to justify taking Oklahoma against a good West Virginia squad...remember they also lost to Iowa State at home.

West Virginia won’t have their staring QB Will Grier either  for the game.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Schedule for Championship Week

House note-we are doing bowls, so after the College Football Playoff is announced, pay attention for the schedule of which bowls are being picked.

December 1

PAC-12 Championship Game (in Santa Clara, California)

USC


December 2

AAC Championship Game
UCF

Conference USA Championship Game

 Florida Atlantic

Big Twelve Championship Game (in Arlington, Texas)

 Oklahoma

SEC Championship Game (in Atlanta)

 Auburn

Mountain West Championship Game

Fresno State 

ACC Championship Game (in Charlotte)

Miami(FL)

Big Ten Championship Game (in Indianapolis)

Wisconsin


December 9

Army

[Pragmatic Conservative]

So who do you have in your final four I have
1.Clemson
2. Oklahoma
3. Georgia
4. Alabama
———————-
5. Ohio State
6. Auburn
7. Wisconsin

[Pragmatic Conservative]

A terrible night of football. The college football rich got richer and the poor stayed poor. The only positive is that one of Bama or Ohio State won't make the playoff...though even that is sour since Bama Jr. will be in.

Agreed though I personally hope Ohio State gets instead; because I actually kind of like Urban Meyer and I am tired of Bama almost always playing for a championship.

[Pragmatic Conservative]

I think Alabama should be in using Ohio State's precedent from last year. No conference championship. Also, I remember the argument last year against Penn State when people said something like "no team who got beat by 20+ points should be considered for the playoff." You can't just overlook a 31 point beat down by a 7-5 team. If Alabama had lost by 31 to a similar 7-5 team (Texas A&M) they would have been out of the discussion a while ago.

Without that win against Oklahoma then I think the committee seriously considers Penn State. Alabama has no top 15 wins while Ohio State will probably have two top 10 wins. Sure the losses are bad but I think the quality wins should factor significantly into the equation; Alabama struggles down the stretch and weak schedule should probably leave them out but we’ll see (personally I think they will get in even if Ohio State probably should get in over Alabama.)

[Pragmatic Conservative]

So Arizona State has officially hired former NFL head coach  Herm Edwards as their next head coach.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/arizona-state-names-herm-edwards-coach-announces-new-nfl-approach-to-program/

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Willie Taggart hired by FSU.

https://www.tomahawknation.com/florida-state-football-fsu-noles/2017/12/5/16725180/willie-taggart-florida-state-hired-head-coach-sources-oregon-recruiting-usf