2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

It's just about that time again!  College football (with your defending champion Georgia Bulldogs) starts up again on August 27.  Terry the Fat Shark and I will be running a weekly pick'em game with the same rules as last year; these will be posted before the first game.

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Pick'em game rules

The game will run weekly through the college football season, including the bowl games and playoff.  Terry will post each week's slate of games in this thread.  There will usually be 25 games (schedule permitting) and may include some FCS games.

Make your picks by replying in this thread one or more times; don’t send them by PM to either him or me.  You can either copy the list of games and bold your predicted winners, or just post your list of winners. 

If bolding your winners, games with zero or both teams bolded will not be counted.  If listing your winners, slight errors in team names will be counted if the intent is unambiguous.  For example, in a Georgia Tech vs Florida State game, writing “Florida” would be counted as a pick of Florida State, but “Georgia State” would not be counted.  I (or anyone) may point out such errors so you have a chance to correct them, but this is not guaranteed to happen – ultimately, you’re responsible for getting your picks posted correctly.

Your pick for a game must be posted before the official start time for that game.  This is a hard cutoff.  You can change any of your picks by making a subsequent post, as long as it's before the game start time.  Please post a new reply for any changes; just editing your original post is easy for me to miss and could also raise timestamp questions. 

You don’t have to post your whole list at once.  For example, in a week with Friday and Saturday games, you could optionally post only the Friday game picks by Friday, and then follow up with the Saturday games on Saturday morning.  Or if you forget and miss the Friday games, you can still post picks for Saturday's games.

If a game is canceled or postponed for weather or some other reason: if it's just delayed within its originally scheduled week, it remains on the list for that week.  If it's pushed to a later week or delayed indefinitely, it becomes a "no contest" for the original week.  If it's rescheduled and comes up again on a later week's pick'em list, that's considered a new game and you'll need to pick it again; the original pick will not carry over.

Each correct pick is worth one point.  After all of the week’s games are complete (usually on Sunday morning) I’ll post the results for that week and the year-to-date standings.

[GeorgiaModerate]

NYE, you're missing Tulsa-Wyoming.

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SMU @ North Texas 7:30 PM EDT

No pick.

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Nebraska vs Northwestern at Avira Stadium in Dublin, Ireland 12:30 PM EDT FOX
North Texas @ UTEP 9 PM EDT
Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

West Virginia @ #17 Pittsburgh 7 PM EDT ESPN
Penn State @ Purdue 8 PM EDT FOX

Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1
TCU @ Colorado 10 PM EDT ESPN

Rutgers @ Boston College Noon EDT ACCN
North Carolina @ Appalachian State Noon EDT ESPNU
NC State @ East Carolina Noon EDT ESPN
#23 Cincinnati @ #19 Arkansas 3:30 PM EDT ESPN
#11 Oregon vs #3 Georgia at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA 3:30 PM EDT ABC
Arizona @ San Diego State 3:30 PM EDT CBS
Tulsa @ Wyoming 3:30 PM EDT FS1
#24 Houston @ UTSA 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN 
Texas State @ Nevada 5:30 PM EDT
#7 Utah @ Florida 7 PM EDT ESPN
Army @ Coastal Carolina 7 PM EDT ESPN+
Liberty @ Southern Miss 7 PM EDT ESPN+
Memphis @ Mississippi State 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU
#5 Notre Dame @ #2 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC
SMU @ North Texas 7:30 PM EDT
Louisville @ Syracuse 8 PM EDT ACCN
Boise State @ Oregon State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Florida State @ LSU 7:30 PM EDT ABC

[GeorgiaModerate]

Storr, you left four games unpicked.

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REMINDER: the first games are this coming Saturday, August 27, so get your picks in if you're interested!

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Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1

Double pick.

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Early upset alert! Heading into halftime, Northwestern leads Nebraska 17-14.

Wait for the mail ballots to be counted.

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I was the only one who managed a wonderful 0-3 yesterday.  Everyone else was 2-1 or 1-2.

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I wondered if anyone was going to pick UTSA.  They were pretty good last year and this could be a trap game for Houston.

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Grumps, three games in your list are unpicked.

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Something really odd going on tonight, as Akron is struggling to put away St. Francis (PA) of the FCS, leading 17-16 after three quarters despite being a 17 point favorite.

This game is now in OT tied at 23.

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Harry, you didn't pick Army-Coastal Carolina.

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Someone teach Jeff Brohm clock management for Allah's sake


Also what's everyones pick em score right now I'm 3-2, I picked Vandy, PSU, and Pitt right. Got Nebraska vs Northwestern and UTEP vs. North Texas wrong.

Five people are 4-1, while I'm bringing up the rear at 1-4.

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https://twitter.com/aadelsonESPN/status/1565866863116034048

It's going to be one of those years, isn't it?

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Iowa leads South Dakota State 5-3 early in the fourth quarter.

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In a wild one, App State scored with 31 seconds left to cut their deficit to 56-55 against North Carolina.  They went for 2 and had a receiver wide open in the end zone, but the QB overthrew him.

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UNC and NC State both survive upsets by 1 point.....

Maybe not...UNC ran back the onside kick for a TD!  And there's still some time left...

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UNC and NC State both survive upsets by 1 point.....

Maybe not...UNC ran back the onside kick for a TD!  And there's still some time left...

App State has scored ANOTHER TD with 9 seconds left and has a 2-pointer pending for the tie...currently 63-61.  App State has scored 40 points (so far) in the fourth quarter.

EDIT: the 2-point try failed as the QB was stopped at the 1.  UNC will win 63-61.

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Oregon and Utah lose while Arizona wins...never change, Pac-12.

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Sunday, September 4th

Florida State @ LSU 7:30 PM EDT ABC

You guys wait to the last second just to mess with me, don't you...

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LSU looks atrocious.

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WEEK 1 RESULTS

Dereich was the sole winner at 19-6, with three people a game behind.  The full results:

19 Dereich
18 ExtremeRepublican, Harry, Storr
17 Illiniwek, Terry
16 GeorgiaModerate, JGibson
15 CalamityBlue, NY Express
14 Donerail, Thomas D
12 Grumps, Orwell

There was one unanimous pick (Mississippi State over Memphis) and it was correct.  There were five games with a single dissenter; the dissenter was wrong in all of them:

Pitt-West Virginia
TCU-Colorado
Georgia-Oregon
Nevada-Texas State
Ohio State-Notre Dame

[GeorgiaModerate]

Georgia Tech just hanging around against #4 Clemson. It's currently 17-10 Clemson, as the third quarter reaches it's conclusion.

I root against Tech on principle, but I’ll admit I’d LMAO if they beat Clemson.