College Football Pick'em

[Rick52]

College Football Pick'em. Don't worry, you don't have to pick the winners of 50+ games a week, including that all-important matchup between Louisiana-Lafayette and North Texas. You also don't have to worry about games like Ohio State vs. Indiana; yeah you know Ohio State's going to win, but then you'd have to figure out whether the Buckeyes are gonna cover the spread. None of that here.

For every week including the few Conference Championships, I'll list a bunch of top to mid-tier college football games, games featuring known teams, and games that can go either way. Most weeks it'll be around 10 games or so.


Standings after Season (before bye weeks are applied)
Crosshair.........100/140 71.4%
Freakish...........99/140 70.7%
Quagmire...........93/140 66.4%
smashbro14.........93/140 66.4%
Insane man.........92/140 65.7%
Rick52.............91/140 65.0%
*Velocity(1).......79/128 61.7%
*Yue...............76/130 58.5%

Standings after Season (AFTER bye weeks are applied)
Crosshair..........93/128 72.7%
Freakish...........93/128 72.7%
smashbro14.........87/128 68.0%
Quagmire...........88/130 67.7%
Insane man.........86/128 67.2%
Rick52.............87/130 67.0%
Velocity...........79/128 61.7%
Yue................76/130 58.5%

* denotes bye week used
(#) number of weeks missed after using bye week

[Rick52]

Results:
Rick: 8
Freakish: 8
Velocity: 5
Yue: 5
Insane man: 8
smashbro: 7
Quagmire: 6
Crosshair: 6

Not a good week for games other than the big one, evident from my using two mediocre in-state rivalries as games. As such, I'm making the big one worth a tiny bit more.

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh (Thursday)
Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC
Michigan (at) Ohio State
*Michigan (at) Ohio State is worth 2 points*

Old thread (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=512490)

[Harris]

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh

Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC
Michigan (at) Ohio State

[Velocity]

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh (Thursday)
Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC
Michigan (at) Ohio State

[smashbro14]

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College (3 MORE WINS!)
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC (Heh)
Michigan (at) Ohio State (I would have picked Michigan if it was at Michigan)

I need more home teams...

[Insane man]

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh (Thursday)
Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC
Michigan (at) Ohio State

[Freakish]

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC (my UCLA genes refuse to let me pick 'SC)
Michigan (at) Ohio State (my dad is gonna kill me for making this pick, but I have to)

[Quagmire]

West Virginia (at) Pittsburgh (Thursday)
Virginia Tech (at) Wake Forest
South Florida (at) Louisville
Maryland (at) Boston College
Auburn (at) Alabama
Kansas State (at) Kansas
Washington (at) Washington State
California (at) USC
Michigan (at) Ohio State

[Rick52]

Assuming Yue's going all home teams again, everyone has picked:

West Virginia (7-1) Pittsburgh (Yue picking Pitt by default)
Virginia Tech (2-6) Wake Forest
South Florida (0-8) Louisville (you all know the Bulls are gonna win now, right?)
Maryland (5-3) Boston College
Auburn (7-1) Alabama (Yue taking the Tide by default)
Kansas State (7-1) Kansas (same here)
Washington (2-6) Washington State
California (3-5) Southern California
Michigan (2-6) Ohio State

[Quagmire]

South Florida (0-8) Louisville (you all know the Bulls are gonna win now, right?)
Nope, its at UofL, UofL is 0-2 at USF, thats next year when we lose to them

[Freakish]

I know I'm cutting it extremely close, but I'm gonna change my pick for Wake to picking V. Tech

[Rick52]

Results:
Rick: 4 (I've been sucking hard lately)
Freakish: 5
Velocity: 6
Yue: 6
Insane man: 7
smashbro: 6
Quagmire: 7
Crosshair: 7

There's only two weeks left in college football's regular season. Twelve games this week, most of which are pretty good or at least interesting.

Boston College (at) Miami FL (Thursday)*
Texas A&M (at) Texas (Friday)
LSU (at) Arkansas (Friday)
Louisville (at) Pittsburgh
Florida (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Clemson
Kentucky (at) Tennessee**
Georgia Tech (at) Georgia
Boise State (at) Nevada***
Wake Forest (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) USC
Purdue (at) Hawaii

*Can you believe that if Miami loses this game, they won't be bowl eligible (being 5-7 and all?)
**Kentucky is somehow 7-4. Tennessee is 8-3. Huh?
***8-3 Nevada is Boise State's last obstacle to the BCS
Also: I came really close to putting in North Carolina v Duke, but decided against it.

[Insane man]

Boston College (at) Miami FL (Thursday)*
Texas A&M (at) Texas (Friday)
LSU (at) Arkansas (Friday)
Louisville (at) Pittsburgh
Florida (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Clemson
Kentucky (at) Tennessee**
Georgia Tech (at) Georgia
Boise State (at) Nevada***
Wake Forest (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) USC
Purdue (at) Hawaii

[smashbro14]

Boston College (at) Miami FL (Please god)
Texas A&M (at) Texas
LSU (at) Arkansas
Louisville (at) Pittsburgh
Florida (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Clemson
Kentucky (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Georgia
Boise State (at) Nevada
Wake Forest (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) USC
Purdue (at) Hawaii

[Harris]

Boston College (at) Miami FL (Thursday)

Texas A&M (at) Texas (Friday)
LSU (at) Arkansas (Friday)

Louisville (at) Pittsburgh
Florida (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Clemson
Kentucky (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Georgia
Boise State (at) Nevada
Wake Forest (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) USC (Why does it seem like USC never has an away game?)
Purdue (at) Hawaii

[Freakish]

Boston College (at) Miami FL (Thursday)*
Texas A&M (at) Texas (Friday)
LSU (at) Arkansas (Friday)
Louisville (at) Pittsburgh
Florida (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Clemson
Kentucky (at) Tennessee**
Georgia Tech (at) Georgia
Boise State (at) Nevada***
Wake Forest (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) USC
Purdue (at) Hawaii

[Quagmire]

Boston College (at) Miami FL (Thursday)*...I hate BC and out on a limb
Texas A&M (at) Texas (Friday)
LSU (at) Arkansas (Friday)
Louisville (at) Pittsburgh
Florida (at) Florida State..out on a limb, i hate UF
South Carolina (at) Clemson
Kentucky (at) Tennessee** UK has played no one OOC other than UofL, they played like 2 or 3 D1AA teams
Georgia Tech (at) Georgia...if u lose to both UK and Vandy in the same year u should drop football
Boise State (at) Nevada*** please let Boise lose
Wake Forest (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) USC
Purdue (at) Hawaii why the hell r we picking this game

[Rick52]

why the hell r we picking this game
1) Hawaii is ranked 25th in the AP Poll.
2) Purdue has 8 wins
3) I needed a 12th game because 11 games is really uneven.

[Quagmire]

****...didnt know hawaii was ranked...nor do i care, but okey dokey

[Rick52]

Velocity and Yue have yet to pick, though I guess I can assume Yue's going all home again.

[Rick52]

Week 13 Results:
Rick: 6
Freakish: 7
Velocity: missed, bye week used
Yue: 4
Insane man: 6
smashbro: 7
Quagmire: 7
Crosshair: 7

If it wasn't for the five conference championships, this would be a very bad week for games (there's only 17 games total). It's so bad I almost gave everyone a free point by putting in Army v Navy, but decided against it.

Also, this is the final week. The Bowl Games will be made open to the public, but if any of you take part in the Bowl Game pick'em, you'll hold a tiebreaker over everyone else just by being part of this game throughout the entire year.

Lastly, after this week, the six of us still with a bye week can figure out which week to drop to try and bolster our %.

Central Michigan (at) Ohio (Th., MAC Championship Game)
Southern Miss (at) Houston (Fr., CUSA Championship Game)
Rutgers (at) West Virginia
Wake Forest (at) Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game)
USC (at) UCLA
Arkansas (at) Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma (Big XII Championship Game)
Oregon State (at) Hawaii

I can't win as it is, so I'm making picks based on personal preference (like getting Michigan in the title game)

[Insane man]

Central Michigan (at) Ohio (Th., MAC Championship Game)
Southern Miss (at) Houston (Fr., CUSA Championship Game)
Rutgers (at) West Virginia
Wake Forest (at) Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game)
USC (at) UCLA
Arkansas (at) Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma (Big XII Championship Game)
Oregon State (at) Hawaii

[smashbro14]

Central Michigan (at) Ohio (Th., MAC Championship Game)
Southern Miss (at) Houston (Fr., CUSA Championship Game)
Rutgers (at) West Virginia
Wake Forest (at) Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game)
USC (at) UCLA
Arkansas (at) Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma (Big XII Championship Game)
Oregon State (at) Hawaii

[Harris]

Central Michigan (at) Ohio (Th., MAC Championship Game)
Southern Miss (at) Houston (Fr., CUSA Championship Game)
Rutgers (at) West Virginia
Wake Forest (at) Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game)
USC (at) UCLA
Arkansas (at) Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma (Big XII Championship Game)
Oregon State (at) Hawaii

[Freakish]

Central Michigan (at) Ohio (Th., MAC Championship Game)
Southern Miss (at) Houston (Fr., CUSA Championship Game)
Rutgers (at) West Virginia
Wake Forest (at) Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game)
USC (at) UCLA (god, I hope UCLA wins now)
Arkansas (at) Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma (Big XII Championship Game)
Oregon State (at) Hawaii

[Quagmire]

Central Michigan (at) Ohio (Th., MAC Championship Game) cant pick Central Mich b/c of that ****ty play they ran against BC
Southern Miss (at) Houston (Fr., CUSA Championship Game)
Rutgers (at) West Virginia
Wake Forest (at) Georgia Tech (ACC Championship Game)
USC (at) UCLA
Arkansas (at) Florida (SEC Championship Game)
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma (Big XII Championship Game)
Oregon State (at) Hawaii

[Rick52]

Velocity and Yue haven't picked. I've slotted in the "home teams" again for Yue though technically 5 of the 8 games don't have real home teams.

Pick Dist.
Central Mich. (4-3) Ohio
So. Miss (0-7) Houston (unanimous, wow)
Rutgers (0-7) West Virginia (unanimous)
Wake Forest (3-4) Georgia Tech
USC (5-2) UCLA
Hogs (2-5) Gators
Nebraska (0-7) Oklahoma (unanimous)
Oregon State (2-5) Hawaii

[Freakish]

Changing my Arkansas - Florida pick

[Rick52]

Results:
Rick: 7
Freakish: 5
Velocity: missed, 0/8
Yue: 5
Insane man: 5
smashbro: 4
Quagmire: 5
Crosshair: 5

Excluding Yue and Velocity, the rest of us have not used our bye week. So, it will be applied to your worst week %-wise.

Rick: Week 12 (4/10)
Freakish: Week 10 (6/12)
Insane man: Week 13 (6/12)
smashbro: Week 10 (6/12)
Quagmire: Week 4 (5/10)
Crosshair: Week 10 (7/12)

I'll start up the Bowl Game thread later this week.

[Freakish]

Ok, Crosshair looks like we're gonna have to have a cage match to the death to decide the winner here. No other option

[Harris]

Wow. Great minds think alike I guess. :)

[Quagmire]

hey rick, do u know off the top of ur head about how many players we started with?

[Rick52]

We started with twelve people.