The 150th Edition of College Football - Discussion and Pick 'Em Thread

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Ole Miss just lost in a way only Ole Miss can lol

What happened?  I'm watching another game.

They got down to 1st and goal down 28-20 with 1 minute left, then they kept trying to run the ball (they didn't have any timeouts lol), they might have gotten in on 3rd and goal but officials said no td (didn't review though), Ole Miss couldn't stop the clock though, they tried to run it in on 4th and goal and were stopped, clock then ran out, lol

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Not looking good folks, warned it could be an upset

[Terry the Fat Shark]

[Terry the Fat Shark]

so long to UCF's streak!

[Terry the Fat Shark]

and finally Miami (FL) almost lost to Central Michigan, so I was right to predict they'd suck against them at least, albeit not totally right lol

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Am I the only one who picked Illinois? Illinois is up 21-7 rn over Nebraska....

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Stupid Illinois lol, well Nebraska nearly lost to Illinois, I had several close calls today but my pick em is ruinedddd

[Terry the Fat Shark]

UCLA has scored 29 unanswered points to make it 49-46 Wazzu lol, still 13 mins left in the 4th

[Terry the Fat Shark]

UCLA leads 60-56 with 7 mins left on a punt return TD I'm dead lmao

[Terry the Fat Shark]

UCLA wins!!! 32 point comeback!!! UCLA wins 67-63

[Terry the Fat Shark]

[Terry the Fat Shark]

UCLA wins!!! 32 point comeback!!! UCLA wins 67-63

Your QB throws 9 TD passes and still loses.  Only a Mike Leach team could do that.  Great final quarter to watch.

yeah rip the collective pick ems in here though lmao

[Terry the Fat Shark]

took some risks but I have no regrets because I had a feeling they'd all be closer than the odds expected

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Had to eliminate some games including like Nebraska-Ohio State because I ended up with 28, but I think most of us know who is gonna win that one anyways so.....

Week 5 FBS/FCS matchups:

Friday, September 27th:

Arizona State @ #15 California 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Saturday, September 28th:

Texas Tech @ #5 Oklahoma Noon EDT FOX

Northwestern @ #8 Wisconsin Noon EDT ABC

Rutgers @ #20 Michigan Noon EDT BTN

#23 Texas A&M @ Arkansas Noon EDT ESPN

Kansas @ TCU Noon EDT FS1

Central Michigan @ Western Michigan Noon EDT CBSSN

#1 Clemson @ North Carolina 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Ole Miss @ #2 Alabama 3:30 PM EDT CBS

#18 Virginia @ #10 Notre Dame 3:30 PM EDT NBC

#21 USC @ #17 Washington 3:30 PM EDT FOX

Indiana @ #25 Michigan State 3:30 PM EDT BTN

Wake Forest @ Boston College 3:30 PM EDT ACCN

Iowa State @ Baylor 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Minnesota @ Purdue 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2

Mississippi State @ #7 Auburn 7 PM EDT ESPN

#24 Kansas State @ Oklahoma State 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Stanford @ Oregon State 7 PM EDT PAC12

NC State @ Florida State 7:30 PM EDT ACCN

Kentucky @ South Carolina 7:30 PM EDT SECN

Washington State @ #19 Utah 10 PM EDT FS1

UCLA @ Arizona 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Hawai’i @ Nevada 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

FCS:

Montana @ UC Davis 4 PM EDT ROOT

Northern Iowa @ Weber State 8 PM EDT

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Wow. American Conference football between two teams that may not see a bowl this year* is such a treat on a Thursday night. Who would've guessed?

*Yes, Tulane will probably beat one or both of the service academies to get a bowl bid, but I am holding out hope.

I think the AAC is going to be down this year compared to the last few.  UCF for one isn't as good as their ranking would indicate (although I still believe they'll beat Pitt).  

clip

I must have been using data that was from earlier than Week 4. I still had my unsaved spreadsheet up from where I sorted the data so I plugged in the new "SP+" published this morning straight from the new source. Navy did not play this week, but the numbers LOVE Navy all of a sudden [+15.8 Y:Y], so I guess I may have been right that they looked oddly low. Memphis, SMU and Tulane also made big jumps last week with Houston being the only big decline - even Temple only dropped by 0.9 despite my awful projection of improvement. The new conference average ranking is 0.65, a move of +3.69 from last year's final!

For the record, the ACC is 4.55, or 2.64 without Clemson so about 2 points higher. Just by kicking out UConn, the American will jump to 2.85 though!

In summary: the AAC without its worst team is a hair better than the ACC without its best team.  I can believe that.

I wouldn't normally consider the latter, but it is indeed less than a year away from happening Big East! Big East! Big East!

wait what

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Wow. American Conference football between two teams that may not see a bowl this year* is such a treat on a Thursday night. Who would've guessed?

*Yes, Tulane will probably beat one or both of the service academies to get a bowl bid, but I am holding out hope.

I think the AAC is going to be down this year compared to the last few.  UCF for one isn't as good as their ranking would indicate (although I still believe they'll beat Pitt).  

clip

I must have been using data that was from earlier than Week 4. I still had my unsaved spreadsheet up from where I sorted the data so I plugged in the new "SP+" published this morning straight from the new source. Navy did not play this week, but the numbers LOVE Navy all of a sudden [+15.8 Y:Y], so I guess I may have been right that they looked oddly low. Memphis, SMU and Tulane also made big jumps last week with Houston being the only big decline - even Temple only dropped by 0.9 despite my awful projection of improvement. The new conference average ranking is 0.65, a move of +3.69 from last year's final!

For the record, the ACC is 4.55, or 2.64 without Clemson so about 2 points higher. Just by kicking out UConn, the American will jump to 2.85 though!

In summary: the AAC without its worst team is a hair better than the ACC without its best team.  I can believe that.

I wouldn't normally consider the latter, but it is indeed less than a year away from happening Big East! Big East! Big East!

wait what

UConn is kicked out of the American at year-end in order to rejoin the Big East for basketball and all other sports. They intend to be an independent following the UMass model of taking $2 million paydays from the SEC powers each year.

Oh I thought you meant Clemson would leave the ACC

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Week 5 FBS/FCS matchups:

Friday, September 27th:

Arizona State @ #15 California 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Saturday, September 28th:

Texas Tech @ #5 Oklahoma Noon EDT FOX

Northwestern @ #8 Wisconsin Noon EDT ABC

Rutgers @ #20 Michigan Noon EDT BTN

#23 Texas A&M @ Arkansas Noon EDT ESPN

Kansas @ TCU Noon EDT FS1

Central Michigan @ Western Michigan Noon EDT CBSSN

#1 Clemson @ North Carolina 3:30 PM EDT ABC will a legend be born?

Ole Miss @ #2 Alabama 3:30 PM EDT CBS

#18 Virginia @ #10 Notre Dame3:30 PM EDT NBC

#21 USC @ #17 Washington 3:30 PM EDT FOX

Indiana @ #25 Michigan State 3:30 PM EDT BTN

Wake Forest @ Boston College 3:30 PM EDT ACCN

Iowa State @ Baylor 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Minnesota @ Purdue 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2

Mississippi State @ #7 Auburn 7 PM EDT ESPN

#24 Kansas State @ Oklahoma State 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Stanford @ Oregon State 7 PM EDT PAC12

NC State @ Florida State 7:30 PM EDT ACCN

Kentucky @ South Carolina 7:30 PM EDT SECN

Washington State @ #19 Utah 10 PM EDT FS1

UCLA @ Arizona 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Hawai’i @ Nevada 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

FCS:

Montana @ UC Davis 4 PM EDT ROOT

Northern Iowa @ Weber State 8 PM EDT

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Arizona State @ Cal
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma
Northwestern @ Wisconsin
Rutgers @ Michigan
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
Kansas @ TCU
Central Michigan @ Western Michigan
Clemson @ UNC
Ole Miss @ Alabama
UVA @ Notre Dame
USC @ Washington
Indiana @ Michigan State
Wake Forest @ Boston College
Iowa State @ Baylor
Minnesota @ Purdue
Mississippi State @ Auburn
Kansas State @ Oklahoma State
Stanford @ Oregon State
NC State @ Florida State
Kentucky @ South Carolina
Washington State @ Utah
UCLA @ Arizona
Hawai’i @ Nevada

Montana @ UC Davis
Northern Iowa @ Weber State

My home team bias might be getting out of hand.

tbf I put mostly easy games (easy because all of the ranked teams are at home mostly lol) so it makes sense. There really weren't a ton of competitive games to choose from this week. In 2 weeks there will be a tonnn of competitive games but I wont be on here Saturday or Sunday so I will have to do things ahead of time lol

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Nice knowing you, Justin Fuente. Move over Coach Pruitt. There's a new #1 on the hot seat.

What happened to Fuente?

Virginia tech getting destroyed by Duke

[Terry the Fat Shark]

I will never understand the Pac 12....

[Terry the Fat Shark]

It doesn't matter how bad Arkansas is, TAMU always struggles with them lol

[Terry the Fat Shark]

TAMU escapes....barely

[Terry the Fat Shark]

For one beautiful moment, we had this!

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Ole miss leads 10-7 now

[Terry the Fat Shark]

When Baylor wins....we all lose