2020 College Football Discussion and Pick 'Em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

Ohio State-Michigan game canceled.

This leaves the Buckeyes one game short of the minimum six required to play in the Big Ten championship game, although it's possible the conference could revisit that rule this week.  If they don't play, the title game will be Indiana vs. Northwestern.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Cincy-Tulsa regular season game canceled, but AAC title game between them is still on.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Indiana-Purdue is off.  And as expected, the Big Ten changed the rules to allow Ohio State into the championship game.

[GeorgiaModerate]

In the Department of Empty Gestures:

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1336824332312580097

[GeorgiaModerate]

In the Department of Empty Gestures:

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1336824332312580097

The NCAA needs to use the Death Penalty more often, quite frankly.

Baylor needs the Death Penalty, and UNC needs to have its basketball banners taken.

Penn State should have been given the death penalty. And never had their garbage program resurrected.

Yes, that too. Everyone knows Pitt is the true representative of Pennsylvania.

You mean it's not Temple?

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/MacEngelProf/status/1337104141714411531

[GeorgiaModerate]

Arizona State @ Arizona
Nevada @ San José State (in Las Vegas)

Purdue @ #12 Indiana canceled
#16 Wisconsin @ #19 Iowa
#22 Washington @ #23 Oregon
Minnesota @ Nebraska
Oregon State @ Stanford (in Corvallis, OR)
California @ Washington State
#8 Georgia @ Mizzou
Illinois @ #14 Northwestern
Houston @ Memphis
Western Michigan @ Ball State
Ohio @ Kent State canceled
#18 Coastal Carolina @ Troy
Central Michigan @ Toledo
#17 North Carolina @ #10 Miami (FL)
Navy @ Army
Michigan State @ Penn State
#7 Cincinnati @ #24 Tulsa canceled
Duke @ Florida State
Appalachian State @ Georgia Southern
#20 USC @ UCLA
Virginia @ Virginia Tech
Utah State @ Colorado State
San Diego State @ #13 BYU

[GeorgiaModerate]

Could the SEC be suspending play altogether (which might not just include football, but basketball and other winter/spring sports as well)?

No. The SEC will stop playing sports when hell freezes over. The announcement is about their new TV deal with the worldwide leader, which will make them ~$300 million a year.

And when hell freezes over, they'll just take up ice hockey.

I'm not a hockey fan (just never got into it) but the idea of, say, Alabama and Auburn playing in hockey is hilarious.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Arizona State all over Arizona; 42-0 with 5 minutes left in the first half.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Cal-Wazzu was canceled less than two hours before kickoff.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Florida trails LSU at the half, 24-17.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 15 RESULTS

Six games were canceled.  I won the week at 16-3, with three people a game behind.  Full results:

16 GeorgiaModerate
15 Dereich, Donerail, ExtremeRepublican
14 dfw
13 Dingo Joe, Illiniwek
11 NY Express

There were seven unanimous picks, all correct:

Arizona State-Arizona
Georgia-Missouri
Northwestern-Illinois
Coastal Carolina-Troy
App State-Georgia Southern
Virginia Tech-Virginia
BYU-San Diego State

And five games with a single dissenter (the dissenter was wrong in all of them):

Toledo-Central Michigan
Army-Navy
Penn State-Michigan State
Florida State-Duke
USC-UCLA

Overall it remains a tight race; dfw and Donerail are tied for the lead, but three others are within 5 games of the top.  Year to date standings:

206 dfw, Donerail
204 Dereich
202 GeorgiaModerate
201 ExtremeRepublican
178 NY Express
174 Jgibson
172 DINGO Joe
164 Illiniwek
 16 JacksonHitchcock
  1 CraneHusband

[GeorgiaModerate]

Malzahn is almost certainly going to end up as a head coach somewhere else (maybe Arizona or Illinois?)

I wonder if they could lure Tommy Tuberville out of the Senate to take the job?

dream on.

Tell him the SEC is one of the three branches of government.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Oregon replaces Washington in the Pac-12 title game.  How do we want to handle this in the pick'em?  My suggestion is to replace the current title game with it (Dereich and NY Express will need to re-pick).  Colorado-Oregon is removed from the list, obviously.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'm just now entering picks (it's been a busy week) and have a couple of questions:

Nebraska @ Rutgers

Was this game ever on the list?  Nobody else has it.

Oregon @ #15 USC 8 PM EST FOX

No pick.

[GeorgiaModerate]

UAB @ Marshall
Ball State vs Buffalo
Oregon @ #15 USC
#14 Northwestern vs #4 Ohio State
#5 Texas A&M @ Tennessee
#11 Oklahoma vs #7 Iowa State
Florida State @ Wake Forest
Washington State @ Utah
Air Force @ Army
#19 Louisiana @ #13 Coastal Carolina
#25 Missouri @ Mississippi State
Ole Miss @ LSU
#3 Clemson vs #2 Notre Dame
Minnesota @ Wisconsin
Boise State vs San Jose State
Illinois @ Penn State
Michigan State @ Maryland
#1 Alabama vs #6 Florida
#24 Tulsa @ #8 Cincinnati
Stanford @ UCLA
Arizona State @ Oregon State

[GeorgiaModerate]

People are seriously picking Illinois over Penn State?

Well, some people are still betting on Trump on Predictit.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I have always dreamed about championship weekend pairings across divisions for entire conferences. Shame COVID is killing it but I hope the Big Ten and others keep this under consideration going forward. An even better reward than most bowl games.

Everyone deserves to have a "Best 7th place game I've ever been a part of"

There's no doubt that Nebraska-Rutgers is the game the nation's been waiting for.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'm picking Rutgers and Penn St. for now.  Maybe do the rest later.

The Nebraska-Rutgers game isn't actually in the list, although you weren't the only one to pick it.

[GeorgiaModerate]

We're off to a roaring start with a total of 5 correct picks in the 3 Friday games.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Ohio State-Northwestern has been a sloppy but really entertaining game so far.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Starting to look like it's going to be a moot question anyway.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Meanwhile, the Big 12 championship is coming down to the wire!  Oklahoma leads 27-21 with a minute left, but Iowa State has the ball and is driving.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 16 RESULTS

After various cancellations and rearrangements, 18 games were played.  dfw and Donerail tied for first at 13-5, with three others a game behind.  Full results:

13 dfw, Donerail
12 Dereich, ExtremeRepublican, Illiniwek
11 Dingo Joe, GeorgiaModerate
 9 Jgibson
 6 NY Express

There were four unanimous picks:

Texas A&M-Tennessee
Wisconsin-Minnesota
Boise State-San Jose State (wrong)
Arizona State-Oregon State

And five games with a single dissenter:

USC-Oregon (dissenter was right)
Ohio State-Northwestern
Utah-Washington State
Alabama-Florida
UCLA-Stanford (dissenter was right)

There was no change at the top of the leader board; dfw and Donerail are still tied for first overall.  Year to date standings (313 games):

219 dfw, Donerail
216 Dereich
213 ExtremeRepublican, GeorgiaModerate
184 NY Express
183 DINGO Joe, Jgibson
176 Illiniwek
 16 JacksonHitchcock
  1 CraneHusband

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tennessee is out of the liberty bowl, they should let Army take their place.

Looks like that's going to happen.