2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

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Even if Alabama comes back (likely), I think you'd have to say Georgia is the #1 team in the country at this moment

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It's always the weeks that don't feature the top 10 or top 15 matchups that end up like this

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Indiana trailing Idaho 10-0 at halftime!

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AP poll should be something tomorrow, I think Georgia for sure deserves #1

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I told you all, Scott Frost would get fired this week.

https://twitter.com/Huskers/status/1569013971415351298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwc...

My guesses as to Scott Frost's eventual replacement as Nebraska Head Coach.

Baylor Head Coach Dave Aranda
Coastal Carolina Head Coach Jamey Chadwell
Former Florida Head Coach Dan Mullen
Alabama Offensive Coordinator Bill O'Brien

Why would Aranda go from Baylor where he is a hero (even if they fall out of the top 25) to Nebraska where the expectation is 10+ win seasons despite the reality these days?

[Terry the Fat Shark]

I told you all, Scott Frost would get fired this week.

https://twitter.com/Huskers/status/1569013971415351298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwc...
My guesses as to Scott Frost's eventual replacement as Nebraska Head Coach.

Baylor Head Coach Dave Aranda
Coastal Carolina Head Coach Jamey Chadwell
Former Florida Head Coach Dan Mullen
Alabama Offensive Coordinator Bill O'Brien

Why would Aranda go from Baylor where he is a hero (even if they fall out of the top 25) to Nebraska where the expectation is 10+ win seasons despite the reality these days?

Nebraska's still a more prestigious program, they play in a better conference (especially since the Big Twelve is losing Texas and Oklahoma), which will be great for recruiting, and he'd be in the weaker division in said conference. Division titles at Nebraska are still possible.

I would actually argue it's even better for Baylor that TX and OU are leaving the conference (mainly OU) because it makes it much easier to win the conference. Especially with the upcoming top 12 playoff where you clinch a spot by being one of the best 6 conference winners.

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Week 3

Friday, September 16th

Florida State @ Louisville 7:30 PM EDT ESPN

Air Force @ Wyoming 8 PM EDT CBSSN

Saturday, September 17th

#6 Oklahoma @ Nebraska Noon EDT FOX

Villanova @ Army Noon EDT CBSSN

Purdue @ Syracuse Noon EDT ESPN2

Cincinatti @ Miami (OH) Noon EDT ESPNU

Western Kentucky @ Indiana Noon EDT BTN

California @ Notre Dame 2:30 PM EDT NBC/Peacock

UNT @ UNLV 3 PM EDT

#12 BYU @ #25 Oregon 3:30 PM EDT FOX

#22 Penn State @ Auburn 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Vanderbilt @ Northern Illinois 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Troy @ Appalachian State 3:30 PM EDT ESPN+

Kansas @ Houston 4 PM EDT ESPNU

Mississippi State @ LSU 6 PM EDT ESPN

Arkansas State @ Memphis 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Texas Tech @ #16 NC State 7 PM EDT ESPN2

#11 Michigan State @ Washington 7:30 PM EDT ABC

SMU @ Maryland 7:30 PM EDT FS1

UCF @ Florida Atlantic 7:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Louisiana @ Rice 7:30 PM EDT ESPN+

UTSA @ #21 Texas 8 PM EDT LHN

UTEP @ New Mexico 8 PM EDT

#13 Miami (FL) @ #24 Texas A&M 9 PM EDT ESPN

Fresno State @ #7 USC 10:30 PM EDT FOX

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Oklahoma (Why is this here? Nebraska was already heavy underdogs, and their situation is even worse after firing Scott Frost. I would have gone with Old Dominion at Virginia instead.)

Bruh...you talk about Nebraska still being prestigious but ignore the fact that this used to be a huge rivalry? Sad!

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Oklahoma (Why is this here? Nebraska was already heavy underdogs, and their situation is even worse after firing Scott Frost. I would have gone with Old Dominion at Virginia instead.)

Bruh...you talk about Nebraska still being prestigious but ignore the fact that this used to be a huge rivalry? Sad!

We've ignored huge rivalry games before. In fact, we ignore the Egg Bowl every year, and that's usually more competitive than this game will be.

You say that, but people also expected OU to blow out Nebraska last year and it didn't happen. Also we only ignore the egg bowl usually because we try to avoid Thursday games (though we haven't always avoided the egg bowl)

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Week 3

Friday, September 16th

Florida State @ Louisville 7:30 PM EDT ESPN

Air Force @ Wyoming 8 PM EDT CBSSN

Saturday, September 17th

#6 Oklahoma @ Nebraska Noon EDT FOX

Villanova @ Army Noon EDT CBSSN

Purdue @ Syracuse Noon EDT ESPN2

Cincinatti @ Miami (OH) Noon EDT ESPNU

Western Kentucky @ Indiana Noon EDT BTN

California @ Notre Dame 2:30 PM EDT NBC/Peacock

UNT @ UNLV 3 PM EDT

#12 BYU @ #25 Oregon 3:30 PM EDT FOX

#22 Penn State @ Auburn 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Vanderbilt @ Northern Illinois 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Troy @ Appalachian State 3:30 PM EDT ESPN+

Kansas @ Houston 4 PM EDT ESPNU

Mississippi State @ LSU 6 PM EDT ESPN

Arkansas State @ Memphis 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Texas Tech @ #16 NC State 7 PM EDT ESPN2

#11 Michigan State @ Washington 7:30 PM EDT ABC

SMU @ Maryland 7:30 PM EDT FS1

UCF @ Florida Atlantic 7:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Louisiana @ Rice 7:30 PM EDT ESPN+

UTSA @ #21 Texas 8 PM EDT LHN

UTEP @ New Mexico 8 PM EDT

#13 Miami (FL) @ #24 Texas A&M 9 PM EDT ESPN

Fresno State @ #7 USC 10:30 PM EDT FOX

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Morning slate is a dud as expected

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Time to begin talking up Liberty for the College Football Playoff?

With four minutes to go in the third quarter, Liberty leads #19 Wake Forest 23-20.

Assuming they win this, the Flames still have games against BYU, Arkansas and Virginia Tech.

Sweep those, and they should make the playoff easily.

Are you trolling

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Time to begin talking about Washington for the College Football Playoff?

They are currently up over #11 Michigan State 29-8 at halftime and are 2-0

They play a bunch of weak teams and only have to play Oregon and would be 12-0 entering the Pac 12 Championship game

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My playoff picks

Fiesta: #1 Missouri State vs #4 Washington

Peach: #2 Wake Forest vs #3 Kansas

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Upset Alert: #10 Arkansas beats (projected) #1 Missouri State

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UF is currently making a complete fool of itself; keep playing like this and I'll have to stop treating the FSU game as an easy UF win.

Of course it's not an easy win, FSU is a playoff contender given they are 3-0, unless of course Nebraska hires Mike Norvell as the Big Ten West is easier to win than the Atlantic Division. However, I could also see FSU hiring Urban Meyer if that happens and going 15-0

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Upset Alert: #10 Arkansas beats (projected) #1 Missouri State

Missouri State may be (projected) #1 in the FCS (because that's what division they play in).

If Missouri State had won, the SEC probably would've invited Missouri State with an instant invite and kicked Missouri out so they could have the better Missouri

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UF is currently making a complete fool of itself; keep playing like this and I'll have to stop treating the FSU game as an easy UF win.

Of course it's not an easy win, FSU is a playoff contender given they are 3-0, unless of course Nebraska hires Mike Norvell as the Big Ten West is easier to win than the Atlantic Division. However, I could also see FSU hiring Urban Meyer if that happens and going 15-0

Norvell isn't going to Nebraska, and I don't think Urban Meyer is going to Nebraska (or Florida State if Norvell leaves). Meyer would want a job that's set up for him to win immediately (so Alabama if Saban retires, Clemson if Dabo Swinney gets a offer from the NFL he can't refuse, a return to Ohio State if Ryan Day gets an offer from the NFL he can't refuse, or Michigan if Jim Harbaugh decides to return to the NFL or is fired. Either is plausible).

What about UCLA if Chip Kelly is fired

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https://twitter.com/ScooterMagruder/status/1571331874236305408

With the new developments of Missouri State losing and USF sadly being knocked out of contention (they were #5 in my projections)

#1 Florida vs #4 Washington

#2 Wake Forest vs #3 Kansas

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Full rankings:

1. Florida
2. Wake Forest
3. Kansas
4. Washington
5. Tulane
6. TCU
7. Florida State
8. Indiana
9. Maryland
10. Arkansas

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First time I've seen Kansas get votes in a while

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Week 4

Thursday, September 22nd

West Virginia @ Virginia Tech 7:30 PM EDT ESPN

Coastal Carolina @ Georgia State 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU

Saturday, September 24th

TCU @ SMU Noon EDT ESPNU

#5 Clemson @ #21 Wake Forest Noon EDT ABC

#17 Baylor @ Iowa State Noon EDT ESPN2

Duke @ Kansas Noon EDT FS1

#20 Florida @ #11 Tennessee 3:30 PM EDT CBS

#22 Texas @ Texas Tech 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Notre Dame @ North Carolina 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Minnesota @ Michigan State 3:30 PM EDT BTN

Toledo @ San Diego State 3:30 PM EDT FS1

#15 Oregon @ Washington State 4 PM EDT FOX

Arizona @ California 5:30 PM EDT PAC12

Arkansas State @ Old Dominion 6 PM EDT ESPN+

#10 Arkansas @ #23 Texas A&M 7 PM EDT ESPN

UNLV @ Utah State 7 PM EDT CBSSN

Marshall @ Troy 7 PM EDT NFL Network

Wisconsin @ #3 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

Miami (OH) @ Northwestern 7:30 PM EDT BTN

Kansas State @ #6 Oklahoma 8 PM EDT FOX

Hawai'i @ New Mexico State 8 PM EDT

#7 USC @ Oregon State 9:30 PM EDT PAC12

#13 Utah @ Arizona State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Stanford @ #18 Washington 10:30 PM EDT FS1

Western Michigan @ San Jose State 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

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Herm Edwards out at Arizona State

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Adding picks of Tennessee, Texas, and Hawaii, since I apparently forgot those games writing up my list (I think the Thursday games shocked me a bit, We haven't formally had those in years).

It's because we don't have a NFL Pick em this year

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Week 4

Thursday, September 22nd

West Virginia @ Virginia Tech 7:30 PM EDT ESPN

Coastal Carolina @ Georgia State 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU

Saturday, September 24th

TCU @ SMU Noon EDT ESPNU

#5 Clemson @ #21 Wake Forest Noon EDT ABC

#17 Baylor @ Iowa State Noon EDT ESPN2

Duke @ Kansas Noon EDT FS1

#20 Florida @ #11 Tennessee 3:30 PM EDT CBS

#22 Texas @ Texas Tech 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

Notre Dame @ North Carolina 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Minnesota @ Michigan State 3:30 PM EDT BTN

Toledo @ San Diego State 3:30 PM EDT FS1

#15 Oregon @ Washington State 4 PM EDT FOX

Arizona @ California 5:30 PM EDT PAC12

Arkansas State @ Old Dominion 6 PM EDT ESPN+

#10 Arkansas @ #23 Texas A&M 7 PM EDT ESPN

UNLV @ Utah State 7 PM EDT CBSSN

Marshall @ Troy 7 PM EDT NFL Network

Wisconsin @ #3 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

Miami (OH) @ Northwestern 7:30 PM EDT BTN

Kansas State @ #6 Oklahoma 8 PM EDT FOX

Hawai'i @ New Mexico State 8 PM EDT

#7 USC @ Oregon State 9:30 PM EDT PAC12

#13 Utah @ Arizona State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Stanford @ #18 Washington 10:30 PM EDT FS1

Western Michigan @ San Jose State 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN