College Football Pick'em (Weeks 5-11)

[Rick52]

UCLA? Wha?

Anyway, results from Week 4:
Rick: 7
Freakish: 6
Velocity: 6
Yue: 9
Insane man: 6
smashbro: 5
SithLord: 7
Piano Man: 6
Quagmire: 5
Crosshair: 6
dude2444: 5
supersonic80: missed, Bye week used

I'll post this week's schedule (if you can call it one) after I split this.

Old thread (http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=507269)

Here you go, 10 more games for Week 5.

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

Another easy week, save for a couple of games.

[Freakish]

I'm from LA, and I choose to root for UCLA over 'SC, and the Bruins blew a 16-0 lead. Makes me angry.

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[Velocity]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[Scruffy]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M =P Vel
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

edit: when in doubt... go w/ the home team.

[smashbro14]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

... Rutgers and South Florida?

[Rick52]

... Rutgers and South Florida?
Hey, don't underestimate those mighty Bulls of South Florida, hot off a bowl appearance and ready to take out an untested Scarlet Knight team.

...

...yeah!

[Velocity]

Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
Seems like two mediocre Big 12 teams have Yue stumped.

[Harris]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[Insane man]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[bobaloochi]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[Rick52]

Oh yeah, these have to be in by Thursday because that's when Auburn plays South Carolina.

[Quagmire]

Well i was a couple bone head plays from having a great week last week. Need to rebound

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[Rick52]

What happened to Sonic? He disappears from the fantasy football league, now he's probably gonna miss his second week in a row here, too. dude2444, you should probably get back into the NFL pick'em too, you've missed a couple in a row there as well.

If anyone edits their picks before tomorrow's Auburn at South Carolina game, post to let me know.

Edit: SithLord and Piano Man also still need to get their picks in. From the nine of us that have picked:

-There are 6 unanimous picks (the first five games and Michigan too; I guarentee you at least one of those six teams will lose)
-Only Insame man has faith in GT upseting VT, three of us have Iowa at home to the Buckeyes, another three of us have Arizona State at home to the Ducks, and two people have A&M at home to Tech.

[Insane man]

Actually I have little faith in Georgia Tech upsetting Virginia Tech. I just figure i can't do any worse than I am doing right now.

[Jim Halpert]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (who, by the way, look suprisingly good)(at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

[The Piano Man]

#2 Auburn (at) South Carolina
#23 Rutgers (at) South Florida
Alabama (at) #5 Florida
#25 Boise State (at) Utah
Northwestern (at) Penn State
Texas Tech (at) Texas A&M
#14 Oregon (at) Arizona State
#24 Georgia Tech (at) #11 Virginia Tech
#6 Michigan (at) Minnesota
#1 Ohio State (at) #13 Iowa

I hope I'm not too late...

[Insane man]

I think you are too late the Auburn SC game started already at them time you posted that.I will bwe up to Rick though but at the least you shouldn't be given a loss for the SC game cause it already started.

[Rick52]

Yeah, missed it by a couple of hours. I'll be halfway lenient in that I'll let you still submit those but you'll receive no credit for picking Auburn because that game was already an hour or two in when you picked.

...and Auburn just barely squeaked by South Carolina.

[Insane man]

Never thought my Georgia Tech pick would have been successful. I wnated to bew the only one but SithLord23 ruined that.

[Scruffy]

Looks like Sithlord got them all right this week... Congrats. ^_^

Texas A&M = bum team of the week.

[smashbro14]

I've picked against OSU every week. That's not working out to well for me...

I'm happy with 8/10, but everyone else probably had 8 or 9 because this was an extremely boring week.

[Rick52]

I had 7/10, and that was tied for second worst this week.

Other scores:
Freakish: 9
Velocity: 9
Yue: 8
Insane man: 9
smashbro: 8
SithLord: 10 (perfect, congrats)
Piano Man: 6 (the Auburn pick was too late)
Quagmire: 8
Crosshair: 9
dude2444: 7
Sonic: Missed, 0/10 for the week

Some interesting games this week. SEC once again provides the meat.

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest (Wake Forest is 5-0, best in the ACC...)
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California (I keep picking against pugly Oregon...)

[Insane man]

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[Velocity]

Ahhhh I only missed VTech losing.

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida (It's in the Swamp...)
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC (Willingham can do it... WSU almost did.)
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech (I don't believe the hype.)
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia (QB situation in Georgia won't help 'em)
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[Scruffy]

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[smashbro14]

I'm bad at this.

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech (!!!!!!!!)
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[DynoMite]

Can I join just for the fun of it? I know I'm late but I would like to play.

[Rick52]

Can I join just for the fun of it? I know I'm late but I would like to play.
Five weeks in is a little too late. I can't put you in and start you out 0/40. However, if you still want to pick games go right ahead, just be aware that I won't record any of it.

[Quagmire]

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[Harris]

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California (I like Oregon, but I don't think they can pull this one off.)

[DynoMite]

Ok, I just want to pick. :P

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[Freakish]

#9 LSU (at) #5 Florida
#15 Clemson (at) Wake Forest
Penn State (at) Minnesota
Arkansas (at) #2 Auburn
Washington (at) #3 USC
Maryland (at) #18 Georgia Tech
#7 Texas (at) #14 Oklahoma
#23 Missouri (at) Texas Tech
#13 Tennessee (at) #10 Georgia
#11 Oregon (at) #16 California

[Rick52]

Piano Man, SithLord, dude2444, and sonic have all not picked. Given the recent spurts of forum outage the past couple of days, I can understand if they were unable to get picks in because of said outage. I can't do much to help, though, so you guys better be superswift in getting those picks in on time.

[smashbro14]

I've never been more frustrated with Maryland. We were winning the entire game, then in the 4th quarter Lance Ball fumbles it at his own 15 the second he touches it and GT takes the lead. Then we get a 67 yard pass to get down to the 5 with 1 minute left, and the offensive line decides that they don't want to block anyone anymore. We had that game in the bag and choked horribly.

[Rick52]

This was not a good week for me. I was a bad ref call away from being the only one to get Minnesota right, Arkansas with the upset (I sure know which games to pick, don't I?), and I missed on both LSU and Texas, and Tennessee is looking shaky too. I could end up just 4/10...

Edit: next week's not looking that great either in terms of marquee matchups. This is further proven by the fact that one of the games I'll have includes the Naval Academy.

[Freakish]

Not too bad, 2 wrong, I can live with that

[Rick52]

Week 5 Results:
Rick: 6 (those night games saved me)
Freakish: 8 (another strong week)
Velocity: 6
Yue: 7
Insane man: 7
smashbro: 6
SithLord: missed, bye week used
Piano Man: missed, bye week used
Quagmire: 6
Crosshair: 8 (still tied for first)
dude2444: missed, bye week used
Sonic: missed, 0/10, will be dropped if he misses this week

Week 7 games aren't as bad as I first thought. Rankings as of now. The VT-BC game is on Thursday, so picks have to be in by then.

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

[smashbro14]

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

I want to pick against OSU so bad...

[Freakish]

Hmmm...eventually either Crosshair or I have to have completely different weeks. War has just been declared

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College (subject to change, I don't trust either team)
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy (for now, I can still change this pick on Friday right?)
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon (really want to pick my Bruins but not with Olson out)
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

[Insane man]

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

[Rick52]

for now, I can still change this pick on Friday right?
Yeah. Make sure you post letting me know if you edit your post, or just post the change.

[Velocity]

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy (Navy will make it interesting though.)
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

[Quagmire]

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

**** you Auburn...u better not up set me again
So UF leap froged Michigan and USC?

[Scruffy]

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

I picked every away team this week... this pick set is doomed to fail.

[Harris]

Hmmm...eventually either Crosshair or I have to have completely different weeks. War has just been declared

If we stay tied, maybe we can use the Buffalo vs. Chicago game from the NFL Pick 'Em today as our tie breaker? :P

#22 Virginia Tech (at) Boston College
#21 Nebraska (at) Kansas State
Wake Forest (at) North Carolina State
#24 Rutgers (at) Navy
#23 Missouri (at) Texas A&M
UCLA (at) #18 Oregon
#1 Ohio State (at) Michigan State
#10 California (at) Washington State
#2 Florida (at) #11 Auburn (Tough pick.. but if Auburn can't slow down Arkansas, I don't think they can stop Florida's offense either.)
#4 Michigan (at) Penn State

[Freakish]

If we stay tied, maybe we can use the Buffalo vs. Chicago game from the NFL Pick 'Em today as our tie breaker? :P

Funny story about that, I didn't even know I picked Buffalo until I looked at the thread today. Boy am I upset I missed that one, even more upset that I picked against the Bears

[Rick52]

Funny story about that, I didn't even know I picked Buffalo until I looked at the thread today. Boy am I upset I missed that one, even more upset that I picked against the Bears
It's like something wants you to do bad in NFL Pick'em.

...I shouldn't be saying that, though, I'm the only one who doesn't have 10 right this week...

[Rick52]

I'm going to try something next week. A lot of unanimous picks this week. The same four people who missed last week missed this week too. Sonic has been dropped.

[Quagmire]

Damn it.....why did I pick VT?...oh well

[Rick52]

I should have a great heaping of ACC games from here on out. You'd have a tough time picking the favorite in those games, that's for sure.

[Rick52]

Results somewhat early:
Rick: 8
Freakish: 7
Velocity: 6
Yue: 5
Insane man: 7
smashbro: 9
Quagmire: 7
Crosshair: 7
dude/SithLord/Piano: missed, 0/10 for the week, I may drop all three of them after this week should they all miss again

Couple of notes for Week 8's games:
1) This is another bad week. Obvious from the fact that I have North Dakota State against Minnesota. WHY do I have NDSU and Minnesota? NDSU is 6-0 and is ranked 8th in I-AA right now, and Minnesota has been sucking hard lately. Granted, it's very unlikely Minnesota will lose, but hey, Colorado vs. an average Montana State turned out in the latter's favor, so you never know.
2) The ACC is my favorite conference in terms of getting me games. It's near impossible for there to be a clear favorite in two or three games every week, it seems. Though, GT-Clemson seems like a good one.
3) I'm leaving off the rankings. Probably should've done that from the start.

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota (might as well)
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

[smashbro14]

Why can't I be this good at NFL Pick 'em?

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

[Insane man]

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

[Velocity]

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh (The way they played in their game this past week...)
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

[Scruffy]

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

never again will i pick away teams...

[Freakish]

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh (They just kicked the **** out of Navy, have to pick them)
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

Changing my pick, get something different from Crosshair

[Velocity]

Rutgers kicked the sh*t out of Navy because Navy's quarterback went out on their first possession. That QB is the heart of the offense. Literally. Keep him in and that game is much closer than it ended up being.

[Harris]

Pick 'Ems hate me as of late...

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

[Quagmire]

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

[The Piano Man]

Rutgers (at) Pittsburgh
NC State (at) Maryland
Texas (at) Nebraska
Wisconsin (at) Purdue
UCLA (at) Notre Dame
North Dakota State (at) Minnesota (might as well)
Boston College (at) Florida State
Iowa (at) Michigan
Alabama (at) Tennessee
Georgia Tech (at) Clemson

Yeah, I have been too busy what with play practice, the outages (That wasn't just me?) among other things.

[Rick52]

SithLord and dude2444 still need to pick. To stay consistent, I won't drop them if they miss this week, but I will if they miss next week as well.

Pick Dist. (9 picks)
RUTG (4-5) PITT
NCST (5-4) MARY
TEX (6-3) NEB
WISC (8-1) PURD
UCLA (0-9) ND (Unanimous)
NDSU (1-8) MINN (yeah, I'm taking NDSU, why not)
BC (7-2) FSU
IOWA (0-9) MICH (Unanimous)
BAMA (0-9) TENN (Unanimous)
GT (5-4) CLEM

[Freakish]

Rick, I changed my GT-Clemson pick, just to keep you up to date

[Rick52]

Noted. Thanks and good luck.

[smashbro14]

God dammit. I could've SWORN that I picked Texas. I thought I was having an undefeated week until I discovered that I had "picked" Nebraska. Rick, stop editing my picks!

[Harris]

Watching that game, I wouldn't have been mad if Nebraska won, even though went against my pick. What a good game.

[Rick52]

Week 8 Results:
Rick: 7 (1 pt away from getting North Dakota State...)
Freakish: 8
Velocity: 7
Yue: 6
Insane man: 6
smashbro: 9
SithLord: missed, 0/10, will be dropped after this week
Piano Man: 8
Quagmire: 7
Crosshair: 9
dude2444: missed, 0/10, will be dropped after this week

I'm doing something different this week. First, here are nine games:

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech (Thursday)
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina

For the tenth game:
Pick any game (and its winner) between two teams from the following conferences:
*Mid-American (MAC)
*Western Athletic (WAC)
*Mountain West
*Conference USA
*Sun Belt
Both teams must be from one of those five conferences.
There are 18 games to choose from. Also, to spice things up, you can't pick the same game as another person. For example, the game I'm taking is:

Eastern Michigan (at) Western Michigan

So, now your game can't be EMU@WMU, so find another one. Let's see how this works out. You can get a list of Week 9's games here (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/scoreboard?w=9&c=all).

[smashbro14]

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech (I need them to win badly)
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina
UNLV (at) Utah

[Insane man]

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech (Thursday)
UTEP (at) Tulsa (Friday)
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina

[Freakish]

Goddamn, changed the Clemson game

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina

NEvada at New Mexico State

[Harris]

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina

Idaho (at) Hawaii

[Velocity]

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech (Thursday)
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri (Home field advantage)
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina

Wyoming (at) TCU

[Quagmire]

Clemson (at) Virginia Tech [I hate VT, but I hate the ACC more and what the ACC to fall apart]
Florida State (at) Maryland
Notre Dame (at) Navy
Miami FL (at) Georgia Tech
Oklahoma (at) Missouri
Georgia (at) Florida
Nebraska (at) Oklahoma State
Texas (at) Texas Tech
Tennessee (at) South Carolina

Wyoming (at) TCU

[Rick52]

Also, to spice things up, you can't pick the same game as another person.
Velocity already took Wyoming (at) TCU, Quagmire.

Also: SithLord, dude2444, Piano Man, and Yue have all yet to pick. SithLord and dude2444 are hereby dropped.

It's too late to pick Clemson/VT for PM and Yue, but they can still come up with picks for the other nine.

[Scruffy]

Well poo... I'll just take my bye this week.

[Rick52]

Results:
Rick - 6
Freakish - 7
Velocity - 6
Yue - missed, bye week used
Insane man - 6
smashbro - 8
Piano Man - missed, 0/10
Quagmire - 8 (TCU game didn't count because Velocity picked it first)
Crosshair - 6

Everyone got their 10th game right, mine was the closest with WMU beating EMU 18-15, while Crosshair found him a genuine, 68-10 blowout between Hawaii and Idaho.

This a good week for games. 12 this week, which will make a total of 100 picks for those of us who have yet to miss a week.

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday)
Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California

I'm applying the 'home teams win ACC games a lot' theory for three of those four ACC games.

[Freakish]

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday) (Doesn't matter who wins, both are gonna end up losing to Rutgers, but I don't think Louisville has a shot with all their injuries)
Missouri (at) Nebraska (This is a ****ing coinflip)
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California (I really want UCLA to win, and I'm gonna be at this game cuz I'm visiting Berkeley, but I just can't do it)

[Harris]

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday)

Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California

Rick, I changed my VT at Miami pick. Just letting you know. :)

[smashbro14]

West Virginia (at) Louisville
Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson (I told you guys my Terps would surprise this year!)
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California

[Velocity]

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday)*
Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson**
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina***
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California

*I think Louisville's defense will be too much for White and Slaton.
**Maryland is on a roll so far, and Clemson? Well, that loss to Virginia Tech hurts. A lot.
***Arkansas suffers a letdown.

[Insane man]

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday)
Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California

[Quagmire]

TCU game didn't count because Velocity picked it first)
Ah, i missed that little rule, oh well.

Doesn't matter who wins, both are gonna end up losing to Rutgers
:rotfl:

West Virginia (at) Louisville
Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California

[Scruffy]

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday)

Missouri (at) Nebraska
LSU (at) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (at) South Florida
Penn State (at) Wisconsin
Maryland (at) Clemson
Oklahoma (at) Texas A&M
Boston College (at) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (at) NC State
Arkansas (at) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (at) Miami FL
UCLA (at) California


If I do miss a week again... could you just give me the home team in every game since I'm going to do that throughout the rest of the year.

[Quagmire]

could you just give me the home team in every game since I'm going to do that throughout the rest of the year.
Kind of pointless isnt it?

[Rick52]

Piano Man is the only one yet to pick.

Pick Distribution (out of 8 picks):
West Virginia (5-3) Louisville
Missouri (0-8) Nebraska (unanimous)
LSU (2-6) Tennessee
Pittsburgh (6-2) South Florida
Penn State (1-7) Wisconsin (smashbro taking the Nittany Lions)
Maryland (2-6) Clemson
Oklahoma (5-3) Texas A&M
Boston College (6-2) Wake Forest
Georgia Tech (6-2) NC State
Arkansas (4-4) South Carolina
Virginia Tech (5-3) Miami FL
UCLA (0-8) California (unanimous)

[Velocity]

West Virginia (at) Louisville (Thursday)*

*I think Louisville's defense will be too much for White and Slaton.
Well, I called it.

I think Pittsburgh fades down the stretch. That 6-1 record has come against hardly any legitimate teams. They lose to Rutgers’ powerful defense and rushing attack. Rutgers, after putting up a valiant fight, loses to Louisville at home in a close game. Louisville and West Virginia will make for an interesting game, considering that Louisville’s defensive strategy is to blitz, blitz, and blitz some more. That could create problems for West Virginia. I think Louisville makes it through the gauntlet and finishes the season unblemished. West Virginia, after losing to Louisville, recovers enough to take down Rutgers. So in the end, Louisville ends up undefeated, West Virginia is a one-loss BCS at-large team, and Rutgers finishes with two losses. They will easily be in the top 20, but won’t make the BCS. It’ll be a banner year for the Scarlet Knights, however, and will propel them to further success under Greg Schiano.
http://bringtheblitz.com/news/163380389.shtml

[Insane man]

Please it wasn't that great of a defensive effort. You allow 540 yards it ain't defense they did cause 3 turnovers but you allow 22 yds passing which ain't that bad but the run gashed for 318 yards. Their defense needs work. Brohjm was impressive though throwing for 300 yards.

[Quagmire]

No one can stop that WVU rushing attack....any other team would get run all over, maybe not 300+ yards, but still a lot. OSU gave up like 175 yds to Wolf fo N. Ill. who doesnt have the supporting cast that Slaton does. Slaton will be a beast at the next level and i like him more than "Gods gift to the NFL" aka Reggie Bush

[Velocity]

Anyone's defense needs work. And whoever said I said Louisville would stop the rush? I just said the Cardinal D would give Rodriguez and the offense fits.

[The Piano Man]

Sorry Rick, I am gonna have to pull out. Theatre rehearsals have started where we stay till 8:30, and I am exhausted by the time I get home.

Maybe next year.

[smashbro14]

Of the finishes games, i'm 2/6...

... but Maryland is the best team in the ACC. :D

[Rick52]

These night games always kill me.

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

Ten games this week, most of which aren't too difficult to pick, save for the hope that none of these games are the 5 or so upsets that happen every week.

Louisville (at) Rutgers (Thursday)
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

[Velocity]

Louisville (at) Rutgers (Thursday)
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

This is so out of character for me... I'm picking against Miami, for Florida State and USC, and I still think Arkansas is going to suffer a letdown soon.

[Quagmire]

Louisville (at) Rutgers (Thursday)
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

[Insane man]

Louisville (at) Rutgers (Thursday) FTW chaos in the BCS. Don't ask why?
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

[smashbro14]

Louisville (at) Rutgers for the same reason as Insane Man.
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

[Harris]

Louisville (at) Rutgers
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

[Freakish]

C'mon Crosshair, you and me are fadin, we need to pick it back up

Louisville (at) Rutgers (Thursday)
Wisconsin (at) Iowa
Alabama (at) LSU
Miami FL (at) Maryland
Wake Forest (at) Florida State
South Carolina (at) Florida
Georgia (at) Auburn
Nebraska (at) Texas A&M
Tennessee (at) Arkansas
Oregon (at) USC

[Harris]

C'mon Crosshair, you and me are fadin, we need to pick it back up

It's true. These past few weeks have been really rough, and they might not get any easier. :chuckle:

[Rick52]

Everyone has picked. Well, not Yue, but he said that he'd pick home teams from here on out, so might as well count it.

Pick Distribution (8 people)
Louisville (4-4) Rutgers
Wisconsin (7-1) Iowa (Yue's taking the home team, of course)
Alabama (0-8) LSU (unanimous)
Miami FL (0-8) Maryland (unanimous like it's Miami OH v Maryland)
Wake Forest (3-5) Florida State
South Carolina (0-8) Florida (unanimous)
Georgia (0-8) Auburn (unanimous)
Nebraska (4-4) Texas A&M
Tennessee (3-5) Arkansas
Oregon (1-9) USC (Freakish taking the Ducks)

[Scruffy]

I'd like to thank you for slotting in my picks Rick but I'd like to take Miami in the Maryland game.