College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

[Illiniwek]

The committee’s job is to get the 4 best teams into the playoff. I believe they have succeeded.

[Santander]

Never watching college football again. Ohio State was robbed.

[Alabama_Indy10]

Never watching college football again. Ohio State was robbed.

Kinda like Penn State was last year?

[NewYorkExpress]

So, the scores for this week will come out after the Army/Navy game next Saturday, but in the interests of giving people enough time to make informed picks on the bowls on our schedule, Schedule for the Bowls/College Football Playoff will be released now.

December 16

New Orleans Bowl (in New Orleans)
Troy at North Texas

Las Vegas Bowl (in Las Vegas)
Boise State at Oregon

December 19

Boca Raton Bowl (in Boca Raton, Florida)
Akron at Florida Atlantic

December 20

Frisco Bowl (in Frisco, Texas)
Louisiana Tech at SMU

December 21

Gasparilla Bowl (in Saint Petersburg, Florida)
Temple at Florida International

December 22

[Bahamas Bowl (in Nassau, Bahamas)
UAB at Ohio

December 23

Birmingham Bowl (In Birmingham, Alabama)
Texas Tech at South Florida

Armed Forces Bowl (in Fort Worth)
San Diego State at Army

Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State at Toledo

December 24

Hawaii Bowl
Fresno State at Houston

December 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl (in Dallas)
Utah at West Virgini
Cactus Bowl (in Phoenix)
Kansas State at UCLA

December 27

Independence Bowl (in Shreveport)
Southern Mississippi at Florida State

Pinstripe Bowl (in New York City)
Iowa at Boston College

Foster Farms Bowl
Arizona at Purdue

Texas Bowl
Texas at Missouri

December 28

Military Bowl (in Annapolis)
Virginia at Navy

Camping World Bowl (in Orlando)
Virginia Tech at Oklahoma State

Alamo Bowl (in San Antonio)
Stanford at TCU

Holiday Bowl (in San Diego)
Washington State at Michigan State

December 29

Belk Bowl (in Charlotte)
Wake Forest at Texas A&M

Sun Bowl (in El Paso)
NC State at Arizona State

Music City Bowl (in Nashville)
Kentucky at Northwestern

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State at USC

December 30

Taxslayer Bowl (in Jacksonville)
Louisville at Mississippi State

Liberty Bowl (in Memphis)
Iowa State at Memphis

Fiesta Bowl (in Glendale, Arizona)
Washington at Penn State

Orange Bowl (in Miami)
Wisconsin at Miami(FL)

January 1

Outback Bowl (in Tampa)
Michigan at South Carolina

Peach Bowl (in Atlanta)
UCF at Auburn

Citrus Bowl (in Orlando)
Notre Dame at LSU

College Football Playoff-Rose Bowl (in Pasadena, California)
Georgia at Oklahoma

College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl (in New Orleans)
Clemson at Alabama

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (in Atlanta)
Georgia/Oklahoma winner vs Clemson/Alabama winner

[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/

[Terry the Fat Shark]

b]Schedule for the Bowls/College Football Playoff[/b] will be released now.

December 16

New Orleans Bowl (in New Orleans)
Troy at North Texas

Las Vegas Bowl (in Las Vegas)
Boise State at Oregon

December 19

Boca Raton Bowl (in Boca Raton, Florida)
Akron at Florida Atlantic

December 20

Frisco Bowl (in Frisco, Texas)
Louisiana Tech at SMU

December 21

Gasparilla Bowl (in Saint Petersburg, Florida)
Temple at Florida International

December 22

[Bahamas Bowl (in Nassau, Bahamas)
UAB at Ohio

December 23

Birmingham Bowl (In Birmingham, Alabama)
Texas Tech at South Florida

Armed Forces Bowl (in Fort Worth)
San Diego State at Army

Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State at Toledo

December 24

Hawaii Bowl
Fresno State at Houston

December 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl (in Dallas)
Utah at West Virginia
Cactus Bowl (in Phoenix)
Kansas State at UCLA

December 27

Independence Bowl (in Shreveport)
Southern Mississippi at Florida State

Pinstripe Bowl (in New York City)
Iowa at Boston College

Foster Farms Bowl
Arizona at Purdue

Texas Bowl
Texas at Missouri

December 28

Military Bowl (in Annapolis)
Virginia at Navy

Camping World Bowl (in Orlando)
Virginia Tech at Oklahoma State

Alamo Bowl (in San Antonio)
Stanford at TCU

Holiday Bowl (in San Diego)
Washington State at Michigan State

December 29

Belk Bowl (in Charlotte)
Wake Forest at Texas A&M - first time to see Jimbo?

Sun Bowl (in El Paso)
NC State at Arizona State

Music City Bowl (in Nashville)
Kentucky at Northwestern

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State at USC

December 30

Taxslayer Bowl (in Jacksonville)
Louisville at Mississippi State

Liberty Bowl (in Memphis)
Iowa State at Memphis

Fiesta Bowl (in Glendale, Arizona)
Washington at Penn State

Orange Bowl (in Miami)
Wisconsin at Miami(FL) - lol isn't this basically literally home field for Miami?

January 1

Outback Bowl (in Tampa)
Michigan at South Carolina

Peach Bowl (in Atlanta)
UCF at Auburn - hopefully this ends the "UCF got robbed" argument

Citrus Bowl (in Orlando)
Notre Dame at LSU

College Football Playoff-Rose Bowl (in Pasadena, California)
Georgia at Oklahoma

College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl (in New Orleans)
Clemson at Alabama

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (in Atlanta)
Georgia/Oklahoma winner vs Clemson/Alabama winner

Picking Oklahoma to win it all.......on another note, shouldn't we wait to pick national championship until the matchup is known for sure?

[Sirius_]

December 16

New Orleans Bowl (in New Orleans)
Troy at North Texas

Las Vegas Bowl (in Las Vegas)
Boise State at Oregon

December 19

Boca Raton Bowl (in Boca Raton, Florida)
Akron at Florida Atlantic

December 20

Frisco Bowl (in Frisco, Texas)
Louisiana Tech at SMU

December 21

Gasparilla Bowl (in Saint Petersburg, Florida)
Temple at Florida International

December 22

[Bahamas Bowl (in Nassau, Bahamas)
UAB at Ohio

December 23

Birmingham Bowl (In Birmingham, Alabama)
Texas Tech at South Florida

Armed Forces Bowl (in Fort Worth)
San Diego State at Army

Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State at Toledo

December 24

Hawaii Bowl
Fresno State at Houston

December 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl (in Dallas)
Utah at West Virginia
Cactus Bowl (in Phoenix)
Kansas State at UCLA

December 27

Independence Bowl (in Shreveport)
Southern Mississippi at Florida State

Pinstripe Bowl (in New York City)
Iowa at Boston College

Foster Farms Bowl
Arizona at Purdue

Texas Bowl
Texas at Missouri

December 28

Military Bowl (in Annapolis)
Virginia at Navy

Camping World Bowl (in Orlando)
Virginia Tech at Oklahoma State

Alamo Bowl (in San Antonio)
Stanford at TCU

Holiday Bowl (in San Diego)
Washington State at Michigan State

December 29

Belk Bowl (in Charlotte)
Wake Forest at Texas A&M

Sun Bowl (in El Paso)
NC State at Arizona State

Music City Bowl (in Nashville)
Kentucky at Northwestern

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State at USC

December 30

Taxslayer Bowl (in Jacksonville)
Louisville at Mississippi State

Liberty Bowl (in Memphis)
Iowa State at Memphis

Fiesta Bowl (in Glendale, Arizona)
Washington at Penn State

Orange Bowl (in Miami)
Wisconsin at Miami(FL)

January 1

Outback Bowl (in Tampa)
Michigan at South Carolina

Peach Bowl (in Atlanta)
UCF at Auburn

Citrus Bowl (in Orlando)
Notre Dame at LSU

College Football Playoff-Rose Bowl (in Pasadena, California)
Georgia at Oklahoma

College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl (in New Orleans)
Clemson at Alabama

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (in Atlanta)
Georgia/Oklahoma winner vs Clemson/Alabama winner

[Sirius_]

Ohio State was robbed.

[Dereich]

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/

The Arizona State press statement on his hiring was really really weird; it sounds like the ASU administration knows nothing about football and thinks they were hiring a new CEO for some kind of marketing firm or something. The full release is here, but this is what it reads like:



Oh, also, apparently Edwards doesn't know that the Arizona State mascot is the sun devils? All in all, its a very weird situation that is likely to go very very poorly.

[Dereich]

Ohio State was robbed.

I agree with you...but don't lose by 31 to a mediocre Iowa.

[NewYorkExpress]

b]Schedule for the Bowls/College Football Playoff[/b] will be released now.

December 16

New Orleans Bowl (in New Orleans)
Troy at North Texas

Las Vegas Bowl (in Las Vegas)
Boise State at Oregon

December 19

Boca Raton Bowl (in Boca Raton, Florida)
Akron at Florida Atlantic

December 20

Frisco Bowl (in Frisco, Texas)
Louisiana Tech at SMU

December 21

Gasparilla Bowl (in Saint Petersburg, Florida)
Temple at Florida International

December 22

[Bahamas Bowl (in Nassau, Bahamas)
UAB at Ohio

December 23

Birmingham Bowl (In Birmingham, Alabama)
Texas Tech at South Florida

Armed Forces Bowl (in Fort Worth)
San Diego State at Army

Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State at Toledo

December 24

Hawaii Bowl
Fresno State at Houston

December 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl (in Dallas)
Utah at West Virginia
Cactus Bowl (in Phoenix)
Kansas State at UCLA

December 27

Independence Bowl (in Shreveport)
Southern Mississippi at Florida State

Pinstripe Bowl (in New York City)
Iowa at Boston College

Foster Farms Bowl
Arizona at Purdue

Texas Bowl
Texas at Missouri

December 28

Military Bowl (in Annapolis)
Virginia at Navy

Camping World Bowl (in Orlando)
Virginia Tech at Oklahoma State

Alamo Bowl (in San Antonio)
Stanford at TCU

Holiday Bowl (in San Diego)
Washington State at Michigan State

December 29

Belk Bowl (in Charlotte)
Wake Forest at Texas A&M - first time to see Jimbo?

Sun Bowl (in El Paso)
NC State at Arizona State

Music City Bowl (in Nashville)
Kentucky at Northwestern

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State at USC

December 30

Taxslayer Bowl (in Jacksonville)
Louisville at Mississippi State

Liberty Bowl (in Memphis)
Iowa State at Memphis

Fiesta Bowl (in Glendale, Arizona)
Washington at Penn State

Orange Bowl (in Miami)
Wisconsin at Miami(FL) - lol isn't this basically literally home field for Miami?

January 1

Outback Bowl (in Tampa)
Michigan at South Carolina

Peach Bowl (in Atlanta)
UCF at Auburn - hopefully this ends the "UCF got robbed" argument

Citrus Bowl (in Orlando)
Notre Dame at LSU

College Football Playoff-Rose Bowl (in Pasadena, California)
Georgia at Oklahoma

College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl (in New Orleans)
Clemson at Alabama

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (in Atlanta)
Georgia/Oklahoma winner vs Clemson/Alabama winner

Picking Oklahoma to win it all.......on another note, shouldn't we wait to pick national championship until the matchup is known for sure?

Since you are scoring the results, you can interpret picks for the national championship game any way you wish.

Personally I think you should have to get the specific team right...but I understand if others see it differently.

[Alabama_Indy10]

UCF has named their new head coach.. Can't say that I've heard of this guy.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/12/central_florida_looks_to_sec_n.html

[NewYorkExpress]

UCF has named their new head coach.. Can't say that I've heard of this guy.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/12/central_florida_looks_to_sec_n.html

Maybe it would have made more sense to just make Randy Shannon head coach?

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Nobody wants an old washed up coach who failed. They want young blood that is exciting to recruits and players. 0% Shannon goes there with the intention of sticking.

[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

[Dereich]

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

Absolutely shameful that I fell behind and didn't post this first.

Anyway, it was a good hire! FSU's recruiting class will stop bleeding out and we're still better than Tennessee.

[Illiniwek]

Does Chip Kelly wish that he held out until now so he could go back to Oregon instead of UCLA? Does he do it anyway? Would he even want to go back at all?

[NewYorkExpress]

Does Chip Kelly wish that he held out until now so he could go back to Oregon instead of UCLA? Does he do it anyway? Would he even want to go back at all?

I'd argue playing in the Rose Bowl is a better environment for recruiting than Autzen Stadium.

In any event, UCLA really only has to worry about USC in any given year, while Oregon has to deal with Stanford, and possibly Washington or Washington State when both those teams are having good seasons.

[YE]

UCF has named their new head coach.. Can't say that I've heard of this guy.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/12/central_florida_looks_to_sec_n.html

He was Oklahoma's offensive coordinator in the early 2010's and won a natty as a QB. Only reason I knew this before hand is because I go to Oklahoma.

[Illiniwek]

Does Chip Kelly wish that he held out until now so he could go back to Oregon instead of UCLA? Does he do it anyway? Would he even want to go back at all?

I'd argue playing in the Rose Bowl is a better environment for recruiting than Autzen Stadium.

In any event, UCLA really only has to worry about USC in any given year, while Oregon has to deal with Stanford, and possibly Washington or Washington State when both those teams are having good seasons.

Great points. While I agree that the Rose Bowl is an unbelievable selling point, I also counter in pointing out that UCLA can never sell that place out. But the one thing that has to really stick out about Oregon being a better job, is that Phil Knight/Nike money and swag, plus the best-in-the-nation facilities that Knight has paid for. Chip Kelly, of all people, knows that value.

But you are right. UCLA should be a perfectly fine job for him. If he can't make the Pac-12 champ. game every other year, then he really is as overrated as they come.

[NewYorkExpress]

Bowl Schedule picks

Troy
Boise State

Florida Atlantic

SMU

Florida International

UAB

South Florida
San Diego State
Toledo

Fresno State

West Virginia
UCLA

Florida State
Boston College
Arizona
Texas

Virginia
Oklahoma State
TCU
Washington State

Texas A&M
NC State
Northwestern
USC

Louisville
Iowa State
Washington
Miami(FL)

Michigan
Auburn
Notre Dame
Georgia
Alabama

Alabama (I picked Alabama to defeat Georgia in the National Championship game, largely because Nick Saban is a better coach then Mark Richt).

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Arkansas has hired SMU HC Chad Morris to become the next head  coach at Arkansas.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/arkansas-reportedly-reaches-deal-with-smu-coach-chad-morris/

[Pragmatic Conservative]

Bowl Schedule picks

Troy
Boise State

Florida Atlantic

SMU

Florida International

UAB

South Florida
San Diego State
Toledo

Fresno State

West Virginia
UCLA

Florida State
Boston College
Arizona
Texas

Virginia
Oklahoma State
TCU
Washington State

Texas A&M
NC State
Northwestern
USC

Louisville
Iowa State
Washington
Miami(FL)

Michigan
Auburn
Notre Dame
Georgia
Alabama

Alabama (I picked Alabama to defeat Georgia in the National Championship game, largely because Nick Saban is a better coach then Mark Richt).

Mark Richt is no longer the coach of Georgia; Kirby Smart is Georgia's coach and Richt is at Miami.

[Santander]

December 16

New Orleans Bowl (in New Orleans)
Troy at North Texas

Las Vegas Bowl (in Las Vegas)
Boise State at Oregon

December 19

Boca Raton Bowl (in Boca Raton, Florida)
Akron at Florida Atlantic

December 20

Frisco Bowl (in Frisco, Texas)
Louisiana Tech at SMU

December 21

Gasparilla Bowl (in Saint Petersburg, Florida)
Temple at Florida International

December 22

Bahamas Bowl (in Nassau, Bahamas)
UAB at Ohio

December 23

Birmingham Bowl (In Birmingham, Alabama)
Texas Tech at South Florida

Armed Forces Bowl (in Fort Worth)
San Diego State at Army

Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State at Toledo

December 24

Hawaii Bowl
Fresno State at Houston

December 26

Heart of Dallas Bowl (in Dallas)
Utah at West Virginia
Cactus Bowl (in Phoenix)
Kansas State at UCLA

December 27

Independence Bowl (in Shreveport)
Southern Mississippi at Florida State

Pinstripe Bowl (in New York City)
Iowa at Boston College

Foster Farms Bowl
Arizona at Purdue

Texas Bowl
Texas at Missouri

December 28

Military Bowl (in Annapolis)
Virginia at Navy

Camping World Bowl (in Orlando)
Virginia Tech at Oklahoma State

Alamo Bowl (in San Antonio)
Stanford at TCU

Holiday Bowl (in San Diego)
Washington State at Michigan State

December 29

Belk Bowl (in Charlotte)
Wake Forest at Texas A&M

Sun Bowl (in El Paso)
NC State at Arizona State

Music City Bowl (in Nashville)
Kentucky at Northwestern

Cotton Bowl
Ohio State at USC

December 30

Taxslayer Bowl (in Jacksonville)
Louisville at Mississippi State

Liberty Bowl (in Memphis)
Iowa State at Memphis

Fiesta Bowl (in Glendale, Arizona)
Washington at Penn State

Orange Bowl (in Miami)
Wisconsin at Miami(FL)

January 1

Outback Bowl (in Tampa)
Michigan at South Carolina

Peach Bowl (in Atlanta)
UCF at Auburn

Citrus Bowl (in Orlando)
Notre Dame at LSU

College Football Playoff-Rose Bowl (in Pasadena, California)
Georgia at Oklahoma

College Football Playoff-Sugar Bowl (in New Orleans)
Clemson at Alabama

College Football Playoff National Championship Game (in Atlanta)
Georgia/Oklahoma winner vs Clemson/Alabama winner

[Alabama_Indy10]

Bowl Schedule picks

Troy
Boise State

Florida Atlantic

SMU

Florida International

UAB

South Florida
San Diego State
Toledo

Fresno State

West Virginia
UCLA

Florida State
Boston College
Arizona
Texas

Virginia
Oklahoma State
TCU
Washington State

Texas A&M
NC State
Northwestern
USC

Louisville
Iowa State
Washington
Miami(FL)

Michigan
Auburn
Notre Dame
Georgia
Alabama

Alabama (I picked Alabama to defeat Georgia in the National Championship game, largely because Nick Saban is a better coach then Mark Richt).

When did he come back?