2020 College Football Discussion and Pick 'Em Thread

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Week 7 games:

Friday, October 16th

#17 SMU @ Tulane 6 PM EDT ESPN

#15 BYU @ Houston 9:30 PM EDT ESPN

Saturday, October 17th

Pittsburgh @ #13 Miami (FL) Noon EDT ACCN

#14 Auburn @ South Carolina Noon EDT ESPN

Kentucky @ #18 Tennessee Noon EDT SECN

Navy @ East Carolina Noon EDT ESPN+

Texas State @ South Alabama Noon EDT ESPNU

South Florida @ Temple Noon EDT ESPN+

Liberty @ Syracuse Noon EDT ACCNX

Kansas @ West Virginia Noon EDT

Army @ UTSA 1:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Western Kentucky @ UAB 1:30 PM EDT

Louisville @ Notre Dame 2:30 PM EDT NBC

Duke @ NC State 3:30 PM EDT ACCNX

UCF @ Memphis 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Ole Miss @ Arkansas 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2

#11 Texas A&M @ Mississippi State 4:00 PM EDT SECN

Virginia @ Wake Forest 4 PM EDT ACCN

Marshall @ Louisiana Tech 6 PM EDT CBSSN

#3 Georgia @ #2 Alabama 7:30 PM EDT CBS

Boston College @ #23 Virginia Tech 8 PM EDT ACCN

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This Bama-Georgia game is shaping up to be an instant classic, but I have a flight I have to leave for before the crack of dawn tomorrow.  I just feel like, if I go to sleep, something insane is going to happen that I'll miss!

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Illinois @ #14 Wisconsin
Louisiana @ UAB

Nebraska @ #5 Ohio State
#23 NC State @ #14 North Carolina
Kansas @ #20 Kansas State
Georgia Southern @ #25 Coastal Carolina
Auburn @ Ole Miss
Oklahoma @ TCU
Temple @ Memphis
Florida State @ Louisville
Tulane @ UCF
#3 Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh
#17 Iowa State @ #6 Oklahoma State
#8 Penn State @ Indiana
#19 Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest
Baylor @ Texas
Iowa @ Purdue
Kentucky @ Missouri
South Carolina @ LSU
Utah State @ Boise State
Wyoming @ Nevada
#18 Michigan @ #21 Minnesota
Hawaii @ Fresno State
#9 Cincinnati @ #16 SMU
Air Force @ San Jose State

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Once again, Auburn benefits from a horrible non-call from the officials.

Auburn might be the luckiest football team in the nation year after year.  Except in that last BCS Championship Game when they couldn't catch a break in the second half.

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Saturday, October 31st

#5 Georgia @ Kentucky Noon EDT SECN

Memphis @ #7 Cincinnati Noon EDT ESPN

Michigan State @ #13 Michigan Noon EDT FOX

#16 Kansas State @ West Virginia Noon EDT ESPN2

#20 Coastal Carolina @ Georgia State Noon EDT ESPNU

Purdue @ Illinois Noon EDT BTN

UCF @ Houston 2 PM EDT ESPN+

Troy @ Arkansas State 3 PM EDT ESPN3

#17 Indiana @ Rutgers 3:30 PM EDT BTN

UAB @ Louisiana Tech 3:30 PM EDT

TCU @ Baylor 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2

LSU @ Auburn 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Northwestern @ Iowa 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Texas @ #6 Oklahoma State 4 PM EDT FOX

Ole Miss @ Vanderbilt 4 PM EDT SECN

Virginia Tech @ Louisville 4 PM EDT ACCN

#3 Ohio State @ #18 Penn State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

Arkansas @ #8 Texas A&M 7:30 PM EDT SECN

Missouri @ #10 Florida 7:30 PM EDT SECN ALT

Navy @ #22 SMU 7:30 PM EDT ESPN2

#24 Oklahoma @ Texas Tech 8 PM EDT FOX

San Diego State @ Utah State 9:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Nevada @ UNLV 10:30 PM EDT FS1

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I had a theory a couple election cycles ago that fans of teams who won right before the election would be happy and ever so slightly more likely to vote for the incumbent party.  I remember watching CFB on November 3, 2012 and rooting against every team who played in a swing state.  We're so polarized now, though, that, even if this effect is real, it would be so negligible now as to be non-existent.

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#11 Miami @ NC State
#9 BYU @ #21 Boise State

#23 Michigan @ #13 Indiana
Arizona State @ #20 Southern Cal
West Virginia @ #22 Texas
#25 Liberty @ Virginia Tech
Nebraska @ Northwestern
Michigan State @ Iowa
#8 Florida vs #5 Georgia
Houston @ #6 Cincinnati
Purdue @ #10 Wisconsin
Maryland @ Penn State
Minnesota @ Illinois
Texas Tech @ TCU
#14 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State
Arizona @ Utah
Vanderbilt @ Mississippi State
Baylor @ #17 Iowa State
UCLA @ Colorado
#1 Clemson @ #4 Notre Dame
Stanford @ #12 Oregon
Tennessee @ Arkansas
Louisville @ Virginia
Washington State @ Oregon State
Washington @ Cal

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Didn't think we were going to get to see a field storming this year!

(This isn't the thread for this, but this shows how over covid protocols the vast majority of society has been for months)

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#9 Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech
#10 Indiana @ Michigan State
#12 Georgia @ Missouri postponed
#15 Coastal Carolina @ Troy
Western Carolina @ #22 Liberty
Wake Forest @ North Carolina
TCU @ West Virginia
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky
Illinois @ Rutgers
Army @ Tulane
Penn State @ Nebraska
#2 Notre Dame @ Boston College
#3 Ohio State @ Maryland canceled
Colorado @ Stanford
Louisville @ Virginia
#20 USC @ Arizona
#24 Auburn @ Mississippi State postponed
Hawai'i @ San Diego State
Baylor @ Texas Tech
#1 Alabama @ LSU postponed
Arkansas @ #6 Florida
#11 Oregon @ Washington State
#23 Northwestern @ Purdue
California @ Arizona State

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#9 Indiana @ #3 Ohio State Noon EST FOX

Appalachian State @ #15 Coastal Carolina Noon EST ESPN2

Illinois @ Nebraska Noon EST BTN

East Carolina @ Temple Noon EST ESPN+

LSU @ Arkansas Noon EST SECN

Georgia Southern @ Army Noon EST CBSSN

Ole Miss @ #5 Texas A&M 3:30 PM EST CBS

#7 Cincinnati @ UCF 3:30 PM EST ESPN

#10 Wisconsin @ #19 Northwestern 3:30 PM EST ABC

California @ Oregon State 3:30 PM EST FS1

San Diego State @ Nevada 3:30 PM EST CBSSN

Iowa @ Penn State 3:30 PM EST

Kansas State @ #17 Iowa State 4 PM EST FOX

Virginia Tech @ Pittsburgh 4 PM EST ACCN

Georgia State @ South Alabama 4 PM EST ESPNU

San Jose State @ Fresno State 7 PM EST CBSSN

#14 Oklahoma State @ #18 Oklahoma 7:30 PM EST ABC

#21 Liberty @ NC State 7:30 PM EST ESPN3

Missouri @ South Carolina 7:30 PM EST SECN ALT

Michigan @ Rutgers 7:30 PM EST BTN

Arizona @ Washington 8 PM EST FOX

#20 USC @ Utah 10:30 PM EST ESPN

Washington State @ Stanford 11 PM EST FS1

Boise State @ Hawai'i 11 PM EST CBSSN

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Week 13 games

Friday, November 27th

#15 Iowa State @ #20 Texas Noon EST ABC

Nebraska @ Iowa 1 PM EST ABC

#2 Notre Dame @ #25 North Carolina 3:30 PM EST ABC

UCF @ South Florida 3:30 PM EST ESPN

Stanford @ California 4 PM EST FOX

#9 Oregon @ Oregon State 7 PM EST ESPN

Saturday, November 28th

Maryland @ #12 Indiana Noon EST ESPN2

Penn State @ Michigan Noon EST ABC

Kent State @ Buffalo Noon EST CBSSN

Ball State @ Toledo Noon EST ESPN3

Georgia Southern @ Georgia State Noon EST ESPN3

#22 Auburn @ #1 Alabama 3:30 PM EST CBS

Pittsburgh @ #4 Clemson 3:30 PM EST ESPN

Mississippi State @ Ole Miss 4 PM EST SECN

San Jose State @ Boise State 4 PM EST FOX

Rutgers @ Purdue 4 PM EST FS1

LSU @ #5 Texas A&M 7 PM EST ESPN

Arizona @ UCLA 8 PM EST FOX

Troy @ Appalachian State 8 PM EST ESPNU

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The Civil War (or whatever they're calling it now, but it's always the Civil War, just like the WLOCP is always the WLOCP) was insane tonight!

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My Commodores are getting more attention today than we've gotten in years

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The most Vandy football thing ever is to have a player ready to make history but never give her a chance to score by never getting into field goal range (yes, I know she had a kickoff, but I wanted to see her have a chance to kick an extra point or field goal).

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The most Vandy football thing ever is to have a player ready to make history but never give her a chance to score by never getting into field goal range (yes, I know she had a kickoff, but I wanted to see her have a chance to kick an extra point or field goal).

And then coaches get fired

Mason should have been fired last year

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Vandy-Georgia canceled, not so much because of covid, but because Vandy has had so many players leave the program in recent weeks that even a small number of injuries or covid cases/contact traced players brings Vandy below the SEC's threshold.

This is downright embarrassing, but maybe slightly less embarrassing than what would have happened on the field.

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App State for tonight

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App State for tonight

Saturday, December 5th

#5 Texas A&M @ #22 Auburn Noon EST ESPN

West Virginia @ #13 Iowa State TBD

#17 Texas @ Kansas State TBD

#23 Oklahoma State @ TCU TBD

Ball State @ Central Michigan TBD

Fresno State @ Nevada TBD

Penn State @ Rutgers TBD

Boston College @ Virginia TBD

Miami (FL) @ Duke TBD

South Carolina @ Kentucky TBD

Arkansas @ Missouri TBD

#4 Ohio State @ Michigan State Noon EST ABC

Memphis @ Tulane Noon EST ESPN+

Nebraska @ Purdue Noon EST BTN

Bowling Green @ Akron 2 PM EST ESPN3

Eastern Michigan @ Western Michigan 2 PM EST ESPN+

#12 Indiana @ #16 Wisconsin 3:30 PM EST ABC

Buffalo @ Ohio 3:30 PM EST CBSSN

Florida Atlantic @ Georgia Southern 6 PM EST ESPN3

Sunday, December 6th

Washington State @ #18 USC 9:00 PM EST FS1

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If BYU loses, they should fall out of the top 25. There's nothing about their resume that makes me think they would even be .500 in the SEC.

Honestly, the problem with a year like this is that rankings are close to impossible without much crossover between the conferences.  I suspect that a SEC team that goes 5-5 is actually a Top 25 team, but I have no way to prove that, as the SEC is existing in an insular universe this year.

The same issue happened in the MLB this year.  They made East, Central, and West pods that had no overlap.  The top 2 from each division go in automatically (fair), and then there were 2 wild cards in each league.  The Central pod happened to have the most parity of all the pods (plus a few absolutely terrible teams), so the Central divisions claimed 3 of the 4 wild cards.  So, the Central got 7 teams in, the East got 4, and the West got 5.  The Central teams went on to go 0-7 in the first round of the playoffs.  If I were a team in the East or West who just missed the playoffs, I would be pointing out that fact (the counterpoint is that they expanded the playoffs, so those same teams would have missed in a normal year).

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Arizona State and Nevada for tonight

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Arizona State and Nevada for tonight

Saturday, December 12th

#16 Wisconsin @ #19 Iowa TBD

Minnesota @ Nebraska TBD

Stanford @ Oregon State TBD

California @ Washington State TBD

#8 Georgia @ Mizzou Noon EST SECN

Illinois @ #14 Northwestern Noon EST ESPN2

Houston @ Memphis Noon EST ESPN+

Western Michigan @ Ball State Noon EST ESPN+

#18 Coastal Carolina @ Troy 3 PM EST ESPN+

Central Michigan @ Toledo 3 PM EST ESPN3

#17 North Carolina @ #10 Miami (FL) 3:30 PM EST ABC

Navy @ Army 3:30 PM EST CBS

Michigan State @ Penn State 3:30 PM EST ESPN

Duke @ Florida State 4 PM EST ACCN

Appalachian State @ Georgia Southern 6 PM EST ESPN3

#20 USC @ UCLA 7:30 PM EST ABC

Virginia @ Virginia Tech 8 PM EST ACCN

Utah State @ Colorado State 9:30 PM EST CBSSN

San Diego State @ #13 BYU 10 PM EST ESPN2

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Sarah Fuller just kicked an extra point to become the first woman to score in a Power 5 game

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Vanderbilt-Georgia cancelled

Mercifully for this team.  But, the bigger Vandy news is that we have hired a coach.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30521916/vanderbilt-names-clark-lea-new-head-football-coach

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Friday, December 18th

Conference USA Championship Game
UAB @ Marshall 7 PM EST CBSSN

MAC Championship Game at Ford Field in Detroit, MI
Ball State vs Buffalo 7:30 PM EST ESPN

Pac 12 Championship Game
Oregon @ #15 USC 8 PM EST FOX

Saturday, December 19th

Big Ten Championship Game at Lucas Oil Field Stadium in Indianapolis, IN
#14 Northwestern vs #4 Ohio State Noon EST FOX

#5 Texas A&M @ Tennessee Noon EST ESPN

Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX
#11 Oklahoma vs #7 Iowa State Noon EST ABC

Florida State @ Wake Forest Noon EST ACCN

Washington State @ Utah 1:30 PM EST FS1

Air Force @ Army 3 PM EST CBSSN

Sun Belt Championship Game
#19 Louisiana @ #13 Coastal Carolina 3:30 PM EST ESPN

#25 Missouri @ Mississippi State 3:30 PM EST SECN ALT

Ole Miss @ LSU 3:30 PM EST SECN

ACC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC
#3 Clemson vs #2 Notre Dame 4 PM EST ABC

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 4 PM EST BTN

Mountain West Championship Game at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV
Boise State vs San Jose State 4:15 PM EST FOX

Illinois @ Penn State 5:30 PM EST FS1

Michigan State @ Maryland 7:30 PM EST BTN

SEC Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA
#1 Alabama vs #6 Florida 8 PM EST CBS

American Athletic Conference Championship Game
#24 Tulsa @ #8 Cincinnati 8 PM EST ABC

Stanford @ UCLA 8 PM EST ESPN2

Arizona State @ Oregon State 10:30 PM EST ESPN

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Liberty vs #12 Coastal Carolina
South Carolina vs UAB
#19 Louisiana vs UTSA
Western Kentucky vs Georgia State
#21 Oklahoma State vs #18 Miami (FL)
#20 Texas vs Colorado
Wake Forest vs Wisconsin
Iowa vs Missouri
#6 Oklahoma vs #7 Florida
Tulsa vs Mississippi State
Ball State vs #22 San José State
West Virginia vs Army
Arkansas vs TCU
#8 Cincinnati vs #9 Georgia
Auburn vs#14 Northwestern
#4 Notre Dame vs #1 Alabama
#3 Ohio State vs #2 Clemson
#23 North Carolina State vs Kentucky
Ole Miss vs #11 Indiana
#25 Oregon vs #10 Iowa State
#5 Texas A&M vs #13 North Carolina