2021 College Football Discussion and Pick'em Thread

[Santander]

Just love to see that this is not going to be an Ohio State year. AND it serves as a reminder that the PAC 12 actually exists.

Was a throwback to the days when the Pac-12 was a top 2 conference(before Oregon fell post Mariota and Stanford fell as well)

The Pac-12 was like the 4th-best conference lol.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Just love to see that this is not going to be an Ohio State year. AND it serves as a reminder that the PAC 12 actually exists.

Was a throwback to the days when the Pac-12 was a top 2 conference(before Oregon fell post Mariota and Stanford fell as well)

The Pac-12 was like the 4th-best conference lol.

Uh what , in 2012 it literally had two teams win BCS Bowl Games and finish in the top 10, and in 2010 they literally had two terms finish in the top 4. From  2003-2015 with the exception of Ohio state the Pac 10/12 used to own the Big 10 in big matches over and and over again .

[GeorgiaModerate]

I got curious about the Pac-12's standing and looked at post-season conference rankings going back to 2014 (when I got tired of it) from various sources (there's no single source that did every year).  Here are the results; you be the judge.

2020 (Bleacher Report):

1. SEC
2. Big 10
3. Big 12
4. ACC
5. Pac-12
6. Sun Belt
7. AAC
8. MAC
9. MWC
10. CUSA

2019 (CBS Sports):

1. SEC
2. Big 10
3. Big 12
4. Pac-12
5. AAC
6. ACC
7. MWC
8. Sun Belt
9. C-USA
10. MAC

2018 (CBS Sports):

1. SEC
2. Big 10
3. Big 12
4. Pac-12
5. ACC
6. AAC
7. MWC
8. Sun Belt
9. MAC
10. C-USA

2017 (CBS Sports):

1. SEC
2. Big 10
3. Big 12
4. Pac-12
5. ACC
6. AAC
7. MWC
8. C-USA
9. MAC
10. Sun Belt

2016 (CBS Sports):

1. Big 10
2. Pac-12
3. ACC
4. SEC
5. Big 12
6. AAC
7. MWC
8. MAC
9. C-USA
10. Sun Belt

2015 (USA Today):

1. SEC
2. Pac-12
3. Big 10
4. ACC
5. Big 12
6. AAC
7. MWC
8. MAC
9. C-USA
10. Sun Belt

2014 (Bleacher Report):

1. SEC
2. Pac-12
3. Big 12
4. ACC
5. Big 10
6. MWC
7. AAC
8. C-USA
9. MAC
10. Sun Belt

[NewYorkExpress]

Upset Alert!

Midway through the Second Quarter, Arkansas leads #15 Texas 13-0.

[NewYorkExpress]

I don't think anyone mentioned it earlier, but #10 Iowa won the Cy-Hawk trophy easily, defeating #9 Iowa State 27-17.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Upset Alert!

Midway through the Second Quarter, Arkansas leads #15 Texas 13-0.

That would be a mild upset, I guess, but Arkansas is a lot better than they have been the last few years.  I couldn't quite bring myself to pick Arkansas, but that was very much expected to be a competitive game.

[NewYorkExpress]

Another possible upset in the cards.

Appalachian State leads #22 Miami (FL) 14-12 at the half.

[NewYorkExpress]

I'm starting to wonder, the way Texas is playing against Arkansas, if the players/coaching staff are opposed to the decision to join the SEC?

[Suburbia]

It was a lot of patriotism today in College Football.......

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/watch-entire-army-navy-and-air-force-football-teams-run-onto-field-carrying-american-flags-to-honor-9-11-anniversary/

[Illiniwek]

Oh no, I can't believe I missed the picks this week. Well, last minute:

Utah
USC
Oregon State

[Never Made it to Graceland]

It was a lot of patriotism today in College Football.......

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/watch-entire-army-navy-and-air-force-football-teams-run-onto-field-carrying-american-flags-to-honor-9-11-anniversary/

Terrific. Doesn't justify the hundreds of thousands we blow per student at those "schools." Shut them down.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

I'm starting to wonder, the way Texas is playing against Arkansas, if the players/coaching staff are opposed to the decision to join the SEC?

No, they just suck that badly.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

I'm starting to wonder, the way Texas is playing against Arkansas, if the players/coaching staff are opposed to the decision to join the SEC?

Nobody would intentionally lose games for reasons like that.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wild offensive shootout in Jonesboro, Ark. as Memphis built a big lead and held off a furious Arkansas State comeback to win 55-50.

[Santander]

And people laughed when I said the Aggies would play the Lobos close.

I took Vandy and BYU moneyline too, which is the last action of the night for me. Illinois blew my 5-team parlay, unfortunately. I knew they were bad, but not this bad. Would've paid $7500.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Florida State just lost to Jacksonville State on one of the most poorly defended Hail Mary attempts I've ever seen

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1436902199037149184

[Dereich]

Sigh. My expectations for the year were low and yet I'm still being disappointed.

[Pink Panther]

Florida State just lost to Jacksonville State on one of the most poorly defended Hail Mary attempts I've ever seen

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1436902199037149184

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFFF

[Terry the Fat Shark]

BYU is about to beat Utah for the first time since 2009 and got a Big 12 invite on Friday....

Meanwhile USC is losing to Stanford 42-13

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Florida State just lost to Jacksonville State on one of the most poorly defended Hail Mary attempts I've ever seen

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1436902199037149184

The Faux Irish almost lost to this team last week.

Today, they almost lost to Toledo.

Why are they a top 10 team again?

[7,052,770]

Florida State just lost to Jacksonville State on one of the most poorly defended Hail Mary attempts I've ever seen

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1436902199037149184

The Faux Irish almost lost to this team last week.

Today, they almost lost to Toledo.

Why are they a top 10 team again?

College football tradition dictates that Notre Dame, Michigam, and Texas must start out the year drastically overrated.

Tennessee used to be in that group too and it looks like pollsters finally learned their lesson after all those years, so maybe there is still hope.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Florida State just lost to Jacksonville State on one of the most poorly defended Hail Mary attempts I've ever seen

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1436902199037149184

The Faux Irish almost lost to this team last week.

Today, they almost lost to Toledo.

Why are they a top 10 team again?

College football tradition dictates that Notre Dame, Michigam, and Texas must start out the year drastically overrated.

Tennessee used to be in that group too and it looks like pollsters finally learned their lesson after all those years, so maybe there is still hope.

Notre Dame does have that one year every five years or so where they go 12-0 against a questionable schedule and then get blown out in the BCS or CFP.

[DINGO Joe]

It was a lot of patriotism today in College Football.......

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/watch-entire-army-navy-and-air-force-football-teams-run-onto-field-carrying-american-flags-to-honor-9-11-anniversary/

https://twitter.com/DannyWQAM/status/1436835559264202759

USA! USA! USA!

[NewYorkExpress]

It was a lot of patriotism today in College Football.......

https://www.mediaite.com/sports/watch-entire-army-navy-and-air-force-football-teams-run-onto-field-carrying-american-flags-to-honor-9-11-anniversary/

https://twitter.com/DannyWQAM/status/1436835559264202759
USA! USA! USA!

That cat just lost eight of it's nine lives.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 2 RESULTS

We only had 7 players this week.  Donerail took first at 18-7, a game ahead of Dereich and myself.  Full results:

18 Donerail
17 Dereich, GeorgiaModerate
16 ExtremeRepublican, NY Express, Terry
12 JGibson

There were 11 unanimous picks:

Army-Western Kentucky
Ohio State-Oregon (wrong)
Oklahoma State-Tulsa
Notre Dame-Toledo
Texas A&M-Colorado
Nebraska-Buffalo
TCU-Cal
Colorado State-Vandy (wrong)
Utah-BYU (wrong)
USC-Stanford (wrong)
Oregon State-Hawaii

There were 8 games with a single dissenter (asterisk means the dissenter was right):

Virginia-Illinois
FAU-Georgia Southern
Houston-Rice
Miami (FL)-App State
Texas-Arkansas (*)
SMU-North Texas
Kentucky-Missouri
Michigan-Washington

Year-to-date standings (50 games):

33 Dereich, Donerail, ExtremeRepublican
31 GeorgiaModerate, NY Express
30 Terry
24 Jgibson
15 Illiniwek
12 Orwell
2 Dingo Joe