College Football pick'em 2017- Gameplay and scoring thread

[7,052,770]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat Vanderbilt.

[Del Tachi]

Despite the fact that Athens is only an hour away, UGA has a hard time finding its way to Atlanta.  With the East being as volatile this year as any, I'm not ready to call UGA a favorite (especially when I think they're still very over-ranked) and I think Florida and Kentucky will be surprises.  However, if I had to guess:

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat lose to Vanderbilt Florida.

Which would likely mean a 12-1 Mississippi State and an 11-1 Alabama (neither of which would be a Conference champion) would have solid arguments to go to the Playoff. 


Anyway, my picks for week 4:

September 21
Temple at South Florida

September 22
Virginia at Boise State
Utah at Arizona

September 23
NC State at Florida State
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
UCF at Maryland
Alabama at Vanderbilt
USC at California
TCU at Oklahoma State
Toledo at Miami (FL)
Duke at UNC
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at LSU
Mississippi State at Georgia
Penn State at Iowa
Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Washington at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford

[NewYorkExpress]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat Vanderbilt.

Honestly, unless Alabama loses to Auburn they're going to win the SEC West...and I find it hard to believe they lose the SEC title game against Georgia/Florida/Kentucky.

[7,052,770]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat lose to Vanderbilt Florida.

Which would likely mean a 12-1 Mississippi State and an 11-1 Alabama (neither of which would be a Conference champion) would have solid arguments to go to the Playoff. 

If we beat Georgia, Auburn, Alabama (!) and everyone else on our schedule, and then turn around and lose to Florida of all teams, I would blow a gasket. 

On the other hand, it would be classic Mississippi State.

[Alabama_Indy10]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat lose to Vanderbilt Florida.

Which would likely mean a 12-1 Mississippi State and an 11-1 Alabama (neither of which would be a Conference champion) would have solid arguments to go to the Playoff. 

If we beat Georgia, Auburn, Alabama (!) and everyone else on our schedule, and then turn around and lose to Florida of all teams, I would blow a gasket. 

On the other hand, it would be classic Mississippi State.

I believe Mississippi State is one of if not the greatest threat to Alabama in the SEC West

[Del Tachi]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat lose to Vanderbilt Florida.

Which would likely mean a 12-1 Mississippi State and an 11-1 Alabama (neither of which would be a Conference champion) would have solid arguments to go to the Playoff.

If we beat Georgia, Auburn, Alabama (!) and everyone else on our schedule, and then turn around and lose to Florida of all teams, I would blow a gasket. 

On the other hand, it would be classic Mississippi State.

Yes it would be, which is why it is my current prediction haha

Also, I moved to Athens last month.  So I'm very excited to be a Mississippi State fan going into this week.

[SATW]

I know it's late, but I wanna join in

September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas (gosh, both are awful, but I'll go w/ Arkansas)

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

[NewYorkExpress]

I know it's late, but I wanna join in

September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas (gosh, both are awful, but I'll go w/ Arkansas)

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

Of course... We're getting new players left and right this week.

[Illiniwek]

September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

[Dereich]

September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State  (T C U   E X P O S E D)

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia (Kirby Smart is a mediocre Saban-clone and Dan Mullen is a very good coach. When in doubt go with the good coach. Also, Georgia against all odds loses the division in the Cocktail Party and order in maintained in the universe.)

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky (This is the toughest one to me. I think Kentucky is underrated and will be pretty good this year, but 30 games in a row worth of history tell me Florida...If Kentucky wins it'll be by running the defense down and scoring in the 4th after the Florida defense gets tired while Florida has no points)

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State (blegh, I don't want ND and I bet they'll play like crap but I'm just not ready to believe in Sparty again after last year)

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

[JGibson]

September 21
Temple at South Florida

September 22
Virginia at Boise State
Utah at Arizona


September 23
NC State at Florida State
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
UCF at Maryland
Alabama at Vanderbilt
USC at California
TCU at Oklahoma State
Toledo at Miami(FL)
Duke at North Carolina
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at LSU
Mississippi State at Georgia
Penn State at Iowa
Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Washington at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

September 21
Temple at South Florida

September 22
Virginia at Boise State
Utah at Arizona


September 23
NC State at Florida State - Not ready to pick NC State on the road, but this is the type of game they'd show up for.
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan - eh, Ohio is probably slightly better, but EMU needs the game much more given the strength of their division. Gotta protect your house.
UCF at Maryland
Alabama at Vanderbilt
USC at California - no sense in picking an upset if only bae will be gaining on me. We'll probably cheer for one though!
TCU at Oklahoma State
Toledo at Miami(FL)
Duke at North Carolina - Would love to see UNC back on track, but there are too many obvious holes to pick them even at home.
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at LSU
Mississippi State at Georgia
Penn State at Iowa
Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis - SIU is terrible...
Notre Dame at Michigan State - the one game I did switch on during the week. Notre Dame's offense is probably too legitimate and MSU still needs a bit to fully rebuild - let's hope for a better result though!
Washington at Colorado - Another upset I want to believe in, but Colorado's offense is not the same with Montez in there - it was quite obvious last year, and it has not been better this year. Hope the crowd brings their best.
UCLA at Stanford

[Pragmatic Conservative]

September 21

 South Florida


September 22

Boise State

Utah

September 23

Florida State

Texas Tech

Texas A&M

Ohio

 Maryland

Alabama

USC

Oklahoma State

 Miami(FL)

Duke

South Carolina

Cincinnati

Michigan

 LSU

Georgia

 Iowa

Florida

Memphis

 Michigan State

Washington

UCLA

[ltomlinson31]

September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

[RINO Tom]

Temple at #21 South Florida
Virginia at Boise State
#23 Utah at Arizona
NC State at #12 Florida State
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
UCF at Maryland
#1 Alabama at Vanderbilt
#5 USC at Cal
#16 TCU at #6 Oklahoma State
Toledo at #14 Miami (FL)
Duke at North Carolina
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
#8 Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at #25 LSU
#17 Mississippi State at #11 Georgia
#4 Penn State at Iowa
#20 Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis
Notre Dame at Michigan State
#7 Washington at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford

[Donerail]

September 21
Temple at South Florida

September 22
Virginia at Boise State
Utah at Arizona

September 23
NC State at Florida State
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
UCF at Maryland
Alabama at Vanderbilt
USC at California
TCU at Oklahoma State
Toledo at Miami(FL)
Duke at North Carolina
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at LSU
Mississippi State at Georgia
Penn State at Iowa
Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Washington at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford

[Alabama_Indy10]

September 21
Temple at South Florida

September 22
Virginia at Boise State
Utah at Arizona

September 23
NC State at Florida State
Texas Tech at Houston
Texas A&M at Arkansas
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
UCF at Maryland
Alabama at Vanderbilt
USC at California
TCU at Oklahoma State
Toledo at Miami(FL)
Duke at North Carolina
Louisiana Tech at South Carolina
Cincinnati at Navy
Michigan at Purdue
Syracuse at LSU
Mississippi State at Georgia
Penn State at Iowa
Florida at Kentucky
Southern Illinois at Memphis
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Washington at Colorado
UCLA at Stanford

[100% pro-life no matter what]

September 21

Temple at South Florida


September 22

Virginia at Boise State

Utah at Arizona


September 23

NC State at Florida State

Texas Tech at Houston

Texas A&M at Arkansas

Ohio at Eastern Michigan

UCF at Maryland

Alabama at Vanderbilt (I would love to be wrong here- I'm in the mood to storm a field)

USC at California

TCU at Oklahoma State

Toledo at Miami(FL)

Duke at North Carolina

Louisiana Tech at South Carolina

Cincinnati at Navy

Michigan at Purdue

Syracuse at LSU

Mississippi State at Georgia

Penn State at Iowa

Florida at Kentucky

Southern Illinois at Memphis

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Washington at Colorado

UCLA at Stanford

[100% pro-life no matter what]

No way is Georgia beating Alabama in the SEC Championship game.

Yeah, Kentucky will beat Alabama.

No, Mississippi State will beat Vanderbilt.

Honestly, unless Alabama loses to Auburn they're going to win the SEC West...and I find it hard to believe they lose the SEC title game against Georgia/Florida/Kentucky.

I'm picking Alabama over Vandy in the SEC Championship Game right now, but (apart from poor Mizzou), the East is wide open.

[heatcharger]

Already more wins for UVA than last year

I really hope we get to a bowl game. Maybe we could beat VT as well (okay, probably not).

[Terry the Fat Shark]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NewYorkExpress]

I know it's early, but here is the Schedule for Week Five (if anyone's still interested, of course)

September 28

Texas at Iowa State


September 29

Miami(FL) at Duke

Nebraska at Illinois

USC at Washington State


September 30

Indiana at Penn State

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

California at Oregon

Arizona State at Stanford

Iowa at Michigan State

Maryland at Minnesota

Northwestern at Wisconsin

Vanderbilt at Florida

Houston at Temple

Syracuse at NC State

Georgia at Tennessee

Florida State at Wake Forest

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami(OH) at Notre Dame

Mississippi State at Auburn

Marshall at Cincinnati

Memphis at UCF

South Carolina at Texas A&M

Clemson at Virginia Tech

Mississippi at Alabama

Northern Illinois at San Diego State

Colorado at UCLA

[Santander]

September 28

Texas at Iowa State


September 29

Miami(FL) at Duke

Nebraska at Illinois

USC at Washington State


September 30

Indiana at Penn State

Oklahoma State at Texas Tech

California at Oregon

Arizona State at Stanford

Iowa at Michigan State

Maryland at Minnesota

Northwestern at Wisconsin

Vanderbilt at Florida

Houston at Temple

Syracuse at NC State

Georgia at Tennessee

Florida State at Wake Forest

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky

Miami(OH) at Notre Dame

Mississippi State at Auburn

Marshall at Cincinnati

Memphis at UCF

South Carolina at Texas A&M

Clemson at Virginia Tech

Mississippi at Alabama

Northern Illinois at San Diego State

Colorado at UCLA

[NewYorkExpress]

Scores after Week Four

Ltomlinson31 53 wins

Alabama_Indy10 52 wins

Progressive Democrat 52 wins

Sprouts 51 wins

RINO Tom 50 wins

SJoyce 50 wins

NYE 50 wins

Extreme Republican 50 wins

Dereich 48 wins

JGibson 47 wins

Santander 45 wins

Del Tachi 42 wins

Illinwek 42 wins

Dfwlibertylover 29 wins

Sunrise Around The World 17 wins

Tmthforu94 13 wins

BirchBayh2020 11 wins

CMB222 10 wins

Rjjr77 10 wins

Please let me know where your scores stand, so I can update this scoresheet.

[NewYorkExpress]

Iowa State

Miami(FL)

Illinois

USC


Penn State

Oklahoma State

California

Arizona State

Iowa

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Florida

Houston

NC State

Tennessee

Wake Forest

Kentucky

Notre Dame

Auburn

Cincinnati

UCF

South Carolina

Clemson

Alabama

San Diego State

Colorado