College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

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Too late to jump into this for week 3?

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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

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September 21

Temple at South Florida - Given, think it could be closer than expected though


September 22

Virginia at Boise State - Boise State almost beat Washington State and would've if they knew how to manage time

Utah at Arizona
- gut says Arizona, think it could be a close one

September 23

NC State at Florida State - FSU isn't at tip top shape but meh

Texas Tech at Houston - eh kind of a hard one, I think TTU will pull it out

Texas A&M at Arkansas - Another hard one, after watching TCU - Arkansas I think A&M narrowly wins it

Ohio at Eastern Michigan - no comment

UCF at Maryland - Maryland is the best they have been in a while this year

Alabama at Vanderbilt - Sorry ER Vanderbilt is good this year but not that good

USC at California - I want to believe in the upset but nah

TCU at Oklahoma State (UPSET!!!) Yes I'm a TCU  fan for those who don't know, I feel great about this game

Toledo at Miami(FL) - Miami (FL) is going to be good this year

Duke at North Carolina - Duke narrowly wins it IMO

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina - OK Dereich, you think South Carolina will win this one at least, right?

Cincinnati at Navy - All of the military teams are great this year

Michigan at Purdue - I hate Michigan but you know how it goes

Syracuse at LSU - Easy pick I think, LSU wins

Mississippi State at Georgia - Georgia will win the SEC East and maybe even the SEC, yes I said it.

Penn State at Iowa - History and all but not from an Iowa that beat UNT 31-14

Florida at Kentucky - Florida isn't that great this year but it's Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis - Memphis is good, dont know much about Southern Illinois

Notre Dame at Michigan State - Fire Brian Kelly please

Washington at Colorado - Pretty obvious one I think

UCLA at Stanford - RIP Stanford this week but UCLA is even more overrated than Stanford is

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Scores after Week Four

Ltomlinson31 53 wins

Alabama_Indy10 52 wins

Progressive Democrat 52 wins

Sprouts 51 wins

RINO Tom 50 wins

SJoyce 50 wins

NYE 50 wins

Extreme Republican 50 wins

Dereich 48 wins

JGibson 47 wins

Santander 45 wins

Del Tachi 42 wins

Illinwek 42 wins

Dfwlibertylover 25 wins

Sunrise Around The World 17 wins

Tmthforu94 13 wins

BirchBayh2020 11 wins

CMB222 10 wins

Rjjr77 10 wins

Smilo updated the spreadsheet, I'm at 29 now

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September 28

Texas at Iowa State - Iowa State has vastly improved vs last year.... Texas has not


September 29

Miami(FL) at Duke - hmmm, Duke looks good but I still like Miami (FL)

Nebraska at Illinois - Illinois isn't all that good, but Nebraska is worse IMHO

USC at Washington State - Upset! Upset! Upset! USC has looked like trash against every team they have played, I think this will be the first real time they are challenged.


September 30

Indiana at Penn State - easy pick

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech - Oklahoma State will win, BUT, it'll be a close shootout, maybe even close enough for Texas Tech to become ranked in the AP poll

California at Oregon - California wins gut feeling

Arizona State at Stanford - another gut feeling upset

Iowa at Michigan State - Michigan State looked awful vs Notre Dame, Iowa looks to be recuperating some

Maryland at Minnesota - aw Maryland I wanted you to upset everyone and win the big 10, oh well, it was always a long shot, at least you stopped the Texas hype

Northwestern at Wisconsin - Wisconsin for Big 10 West winner and maybe Big 10 winner!

Vanderbilt at Florida - aw Florida, Vandy will win

Houston at Temple - Houston is not as good this year but it's still Temple

Syracuse at NC State - meh

Georgia at Tennessee - Georgia continues its climb to the top of the SEC East, maybe even setting up its chances of winning the SEC (some people are starting to jump on my suggestive bandwagon now!)

Florida State at Wake Forest - Florida State finally wins a game, yay Dereich

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky - upset central because one of the Michigans always loves to ruin dreams

Miami(OH) at Notre Dame - easy pick, Notre Dame

Mississippi State at Auburn - upset according to the odds but pretty evenly matched

Marshall at Cincinnati - easy Cincy win

Memphis at UCF - close one, but memphis

South Carolina at Texas A&M - A&M is maybe getting better, regardless South Carolina has been poor

Clemson at Virginia Tech - I want to believe, but I don't.

Mississippi at Alabama - new coach at ole miss this year, not happening this time.

Northern Illinois at San Diego State - yay SDSU rise

Colorado at UCLA - could be close but Colorado is good in this matchup

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Since troll picks worked out so well for dfw last week, I will copy his great form.

September 28
Texas at Iowa State


September 29
Miami(FL) at Duke

Nebraska at Illinois

USC at Washington State


September 30
Indiana at Penn State

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

California at Oregon

Arizona State at Stanford

Iowa at Michigan State - Michigan State looked awful vs Notre Dame, Iowa looks to be recuperating some

Maryland at Minnesota

Northwestern at Wisconsin

Vanderbilt at Florida

Houston at Temple

Syracuse at NC State - classic NC State terrible game potential! but MTSU dropped me off the SU bandwagon hard.

Georgia at Tennessee

Florida State at Wake Forest - Things don't happen unless someone is here to dream big

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami(OH) at Notre Dame

Mississippi State at Auburn - had Auburn pre-season in spite of ranking the Bulldogs higher, but I'll change it up.

Marshall at Cincinnati

Memphis at UCF - toughie!!

South Carolina at Texas A&M

Clemson at Virginia Tech - dream big!

Mississippi at Alabama

Northern Illinois at San Diego State

Colorado at UCLA

Excuse me! They were not troll picks, they just went against the conventional wisdom, which is generally what happens in CFB!

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October 5

Louisville at NC State
- This is a tough one, I just think NC State is better this year.

October 6

Memphis at Connecticut - If Memphis loses to Uconn they are in deep trouble lol

Boise State at BYU - Boise State needs to rebound quickly


October 7

California at Washington - yeah....not picking Cal again

Washington State at Oregon - I don't know why this one is so close in the odds

Wake Forest at Clemson - if you lose to FSU, you are losing to Clemson...

Iowa State at Oklahoma - Sad!

Penn State at Northwestern - also Sad!

Georgia at Vanderbilt - Georgia continues its route to winning the SEC East

Mississippi at Auburn - member when Ole Miss lost to Alabama 66-3? I mean yesterday.

Eastern Michigan at Toledo - I still like Eastern Michigan.

Illinois at Iowa - if Nebraska beat Illinois, Iowa should too....

Duke at Virginia - Duke should win in a close one

Florida International at Middle Tennessee - don't know about either of these too much

West Virginia at TCU
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Miami(FL) at Florida State - should be close, but I think Miami will prevail

LSU at Florida - LSU? more like LOLose

Notre Dame at North Carolina - no explanation needed I think

Air Force at Navy - great matchup!

Minnesota at Purdue - interesting one, Minnesota should get an easy win I think

Maryland at Ohio State - I hope Maryland upsets

Arkansas at South Carolina - both aren't that good but meh 50/50

Colorado State at Utah State - I think Colorado State is better.

SMU at Houston - Upset! SMU has been on fire

Kansas State at Texas - Texas seems to be getting their rhythm back.

Alabama at Texas A&M - did you know some SEC people think A&M will win this?

Michigan State at Michigan - close Michigan win

Wisconsin at Nebraska - Wisconsin will win easily

Arizona at Colorado - dont let me down this time pls

UCF at Cincinnati - UCF is finally ranked!

Stanford at Utah - should be a close win for Stanford.

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Also given that I like the format I post in, I will be helping Smilo update the spreadsheet starting now so he can focus on the math part

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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.

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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

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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.

ah, well nothing changed from before

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Everybody through Alabama Indy is in, I will be updating games live as they end so the standings will automatically update through each game https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FpeynaJSSJRZ4kzJbI4IajmB9NSI2_lVd5bhz_0gvDY/edit?usp=sharing (in the data part) you can still post picks and all and I will update as they come in. I assume NYE will post standings on Sunday, if not I can.

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October 13

Clemson at Syracuse - Well NYE picked Cal, I actually think Syracuse for the upset, just my gut feeling no real evidence to back this up stats wise obviously

Washington State at California - Meanwhile I think Wazzu stays consistent


October 14

Arkansas at Alabama - lol easy win

Auburn at LSU - LSU showed signs of life but not this time

Georgia Tech at Miami(FL) - the playoff dream stays alive

Texas A&M at Florida - A&M is improving quickly this season

Florida State at Duke - might be close, but I do think FSU gets the win

Michigan at Indiana - Michigan is struggling lately but not that much

TCU at Kansas State -

Texas Tech at West Virginia - sorry Sunrise, Texas Tech has been impressing me, still think WVU should be ranked, though.

BYU at Mississippi State - I think Mississippi State should be able to win this one.

South Carolina at Tennessee - When trash meets trash, Butch is desperate.

Eastern Michigan at Army - Army continues to roll.

Old Dominion at Marshall - Old Dominion with the impressive wins lately.

Oklahoma at Texas (in Dallas) - maybe prior to Iowa State win, but OU wont let Texas win this one.

Purdue at Wisconsin - the playoff dream continues

Virginia at North Carolina - RIP

Northwestern at Maryland - should be a close one

Vanderbilt at Mississippi - slight edge to Vandy

Toledo at Central Michigan - one of the Michigan's will beat Toledo surely

Navy at Memphis - Military teams stronk

Wyoming at Utah State - Utah state is just better.

UT San Antonio at North Texas - the real in state showdown to me

Tulane at Florida International - Tulane destroyed Tulsa last week

Ohio State at Nebraska - pls upset Nebraska

Cincinnati at South Florida - pretty straightforward

Utah at USC - could be close but I think USC will have it
 
Michigan State at Minnesota - could go down to the final plays but Michigan State has it imo

UCLA at Arizona - Arizona has this one I think

Boise State at San Diego State - SDSU continues their win streak!

Washington at Arizona State - pls upset Arizona State

Oregon at Stanford - Pac 12 after dark chaos

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thanks everyone

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whelp looks like NYE will be right about Cal too lol

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Here are the standings after this crazy week, I will note despite all of the insane upsets, every one of them had at least 1 of us picking the upset. I believe the one unanimous game (alabama) was quite clear.

Standings:
Progressive Democrat   117   72.2%
ltomlinson   114   72.2%
Illiniwek   114   70.4%   
Dereich   111   68.9%   
Extreme Republican   111   68.5%   
Sprouts Farmers Market   111   68.5%   
Alabama Indy     110   67.9%
Santander   108   66.7%   
RINO Tom   107   66.0%   
New York Express   105   64.8%   
JGibson   101   63.1%   
dfwlibertylover   82   63.1%   
tmth4u   78   69.0%
Sunrise Around the World   77   68.1%   
Birch Bayh 2020   71   68.3%
Del Tachi   61   74.4%   

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October 19

Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas State - Don't know much about sun belt, picking on standings.

Memphis at Houston - Memphis is looking good but Houston has better potential IMO


October 20

Marshall at Middle Tennessee - Marshall on gut

Colorado State at New Mexico - Should be a close one, going with New Mexico at home.


October 21

Oklahoma at Kansas State - Could be closer than expected

Oklahoma State at Texas - Another close one, I think OK State is hungry for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game, Bedlam may decide which of the Oklahoma's gets into said game

South Florida at Tulane - eh fairly standard pick

Wake Forest at Georgia Tech - Miles between these teams

LSU at Mississippi - Don't expect a blowout but LSU has the momentum

Maryland at Wisconsin - Another one that could be surprisingly close

Iowa State at Texas Tech - Despite the 2 losses, Tech is a very good team.

Iowa at Northwestern - Iowa should win this one fairly easily IMO

Temple at Army - Army continues to roll

Louisville at Florida State - should be close, FSU favored at home though

Akron at Toledo - Picking against Toledo always burns me.

Boston College at Virginia - Virginia just looks like the better team

Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan - All of the Michigan's have let me down at some point.

Tennessee at Alabama - ah this would be a good upset but you know how it is.

Syracuse at Miami(FL)
- If Syracuse happens to win this, they will have single handedly substantially lowered the ACC's playoff hopes and increased the Pac 12's hopes....

Indiana at Michigan State - Michigan State continues with momentum

UCF at Navy - could be a close one

Illinois at Minnesota - lol Illinois lost to Rutgers

Oregon at UCLA - UCLA by a bit

Kentucky at Mississippi State - another close one with Mississippi State winning due to being at home.

North Texas at Florida Atlantic - prove me wrong UNT but I think Kiffin has this one

Michigan at Penn State - again, please prove me wrong

USC at Notre Dame - wow, I hate both of these teams. Notre Dame wins another close one.

Arizona at California - I could see Arizona winning this but I think California can capitalize on their momentum.

Wyoming at Boise State - Boise State has momentum and is at home.

Fresno State at San Diego State - Rebound after a stinging loss

Colorado at Washington State  - again, upset potential but I don't think Wazzu will let it happen at home.

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I'm running a little behind on the spreadsheet but rest assured, it shall be updated.

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Should note updates to the spreadsheet will be suspended until late tonight, I'm going to TCU-Kansas!

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Schedule for Week Nine.

October 26

South Alabama at Georgia State - gut feeling, odds are very close

Stanford at Oregon State - This would be a fun upset but nah


October 27

Tulane at Memphis - Memphis keeps up its slow climb up the top 25

Florida State at Boston College - dont let me down anymore FSU


October 28

Buffalo at Akron - lets hope for another giant OT battle

Wisconsin at Illinois - lol, if wisconsin somehow loses this Penn State is secured

Oklahoma State at West Virginia - mainly going off how both played against TCU and what I saw

Rutgers at Michigan - Michigan wants to be on the comeback

Arkansas at Mississippi - Surely Arkansas will win at least one in conference game

Louisville at Wake Forest - one person will carry Louisville to victory, again

Virginia at Pittsburgh - Pitt is ok I guess but Virginia will win

California at Colorado
- This could actually be competitive
Florida International at Marshall - lol

Kansas State at Kansas - could be closer than expected tbh

Air Force at Colorado State - watch for another magical comeback win

Penn State at Ohio State - tbh I think Ohio State is overrated

Georgia at Florida (in Jacksonville) - Georgia continues its ride to the SEC East title

TCU at Iowa State -

UCLA at Washington - This would be another fun upset but I don't think Rosen has it in him

NC State at Notre Dame - I hate the fighting irish, but.....

Michigan State at Northwestern - I don't think Michigan State is overrated

Indiana at Maryland - oof

Houston at South Florida - I think South Florida comes off with a narrow win.

Vanderbilt at South Carolina - Vandy, Sad!

Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky - Kiffin keeps going?

Utah at Oregon - mainly because Oregon is at home

Minnesota at Iowa - Iowa is slacking

UAB at Southern Mississippi - I don't know a ton about this one

Mississippi State at Texas A&M - Fun fact: A&M is now ranked on the Coaches poll

Duke at Virginia Tech - Virginia tech is still decent

Nebraska at Purdue - This will be close and not in a good way

New Mexico at Wyoming - Wyoming has been doing well

Tennessee at Kentucky - RIP Butch

Georgia Tech at Clemson - hoping for the upset but I don't see it this week

Texas Tech at Oklahoma - eh kind of a wishcasting guess but I think Texas Tech shocks

Washington State at Arizona - effectively ending Wazzu hype for good

USC at Arizona State
- and sending USC off the top 25 charts
San Diego State at Hawai'i - sorry Hawaii love you but

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Wisconsin at Illinois - lol, if wisconsin somehow loses this Penn State is secured

Penn State is on the other side of the division, so this does nothing really, if they lose to WI somehow it destroys them anyways. Personally I think WI will lose to MI and then either PS or Ohio in the Big 10 title game so meh, loved to be proved wrong.

It means Penn State has nothing to worry about in the Big 10 Championship game

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Yes I will bet against it Remember when you said Georgia winning the SEC was impossible though

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I'm going to bed early so last 3 games are pending, I will update when I wake up.

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San Diego state wasn't on so add 1 to all but jgibson