2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

New AP Poll out:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Tennessee
5. Clemson
6. Alabama
7. Ole Miss
8. TCU
9. Oregon'
10. UCLA
11. Oklahoma State
12. USC
13. Wake Forest
14. Syracuse
15. Utah
16. Penn State
17. Kansas State
18. Kentucky
19. Cincinnati
20. Illinois
21. Texas
22. North Carolina
23. NC State
24. Mississippi State
25. Tulane

That's the coaches poll.  Michigan and Tennessee are swapped in the AP poll.

ESPN seems to only have the coaches poll listed on their site at the moment then.

Are you looking at https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings ?  If so, try refreshing your browser.  I see both polls there.

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Clemson (Syracuse is good, but not this good)
Cincinnati
Baylor
Indiana
Buffalo
Ball State
Ohio
Texas Tech
Louisiana Tech
UCLA
Texas (Is Texas back? This is the Longhorn's chance to prove it)
Tulane
BYU
Purdue
UTSA
Stanford
Mississippi State (Calling for a Mike Leach upset of a demoralized Crimson Tide team)
Boise State
Texas A&M
UCF
TCU
Wyoming

You're missing three games.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Adding picks of Florida Atlantic and UTEP.

I can't figure out what the third missing game is. If you'd tell me, that would be appreciated.

That's a couple of interesting picks.  They're playing each other.

The three games are Ole Miss-LSU, FAU-UTEP, and Southern Miss-Texas State.  If you'd copy the original list and bold your winners instead of just stating them, this would happen less often.

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#14 Syracuse @ #5 Clemson Noon EDT ABC - I might pick Syracuse if it was there, but not in Death Valley.
#21 Cincinnati @ SMU Noon EDT ESPN
Kansas @ Baylor Noon EDT ESPN2
Indiana @ Rutgers Noon EDT ESPNU
Toledo @ Buffalo 1 PM EDT ESPN+
Eastern Michigan @ Ball State 2 PM EDT ESPN+
Northern Illinois @ Ohio 2 PM EDT ESPN+
West Virginia @ Texas Tech 3 PM EDT FOX/FS1
Rice @ Louisiana Tech 3 PM EDT ESPN+ - Toughest game to pick
#7 Ole Miss @ LSU 3:30 PM EDT CBS - 2nd toughest game to pick
#9 UCLA @ #10 Oregon 3:30 PM EDTFOX/FS1
#20 Texas @ #11 Oklahoma State 3:30 PM EDT ABC
Memphis @ #25 Tulane 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2
BYU @ Liberty 3:30 PM EDT ESPNU
Purdue @ Wisconsin 3:30 PM EDT ESPN
North Texas @ UTSA 3:30 PM EDT
Arizona State @ Stanford 4 PM EDT PAC12
Florida Atlantic @ UTEP 4 PM EDT ESPN+
Southern Miss @ Texas State 5 PM EDT ESPN+
#24 Mississippi State @ #6 Alabama 7 PM EDT ESPN - Sorry, Harry.
Boise State @ Air Force 7 PM EDT CBSSN
Texas A&M @ South Carolina 7:30 PM EDT SECN
UCF @ East Carolina 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU
#17 Kansas State @ #8 TCU 8 PM EDT FOX/FS1
Utah State @ Wyoming 9:45 PM EDT

[GeorgiaModerate]

Changing my prediction to Texas over Oklahoma State.

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Upset Alert!!!

With just over four minutes to go in the first half, #14 Syracuse leads #5 Clemson 14-7.

21-10 at halftime.  Syracuse looks really good, hard as that may be to believe.

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Harry is 5-0 so far.  Everyone else is 4-1 or 3-2.

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I really need to lean to stop second-guessing my picks.

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WEEK 8 RESULTS

There's another first-time winner this week as ultraviolet finished at 19-6, a game ahead of Grumps and Harry.  Full results:

19 ultraviolet
18 Grumps, Harry
16 Donerail, Terry
15 Dereich, GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
14 ExtremeR, Thomas D
13 CalamityBlue, JGibson, NY Express
12 Ishan

There were two unanimous picks (Clemson over Syracuse and TCU over Kansas State) and both were correct.  There were three games with a single dissenter:

Ball State-Eastern Michigan (dissenter was right)
Tulane-Memphis
Wyoming-Utah State

The overall standings are getting very tight at the top.  I'm still in the lead, but Dereich, Harry, and Illiniwek are just a game back with Terry a game behind them.  Year to date (200 games):

133 GeorgiaModerate
132 Dereich, Harry, Illiniwek
131 Terry
125 ExtremeRepublican
123 Donerail
119 Grumps
117 CalamityBlue
116 NY Express
112 JGibson
90 ultraviolet
86 Thomas D
35 Storr
23 Ishan
12 Orwell

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Cincinnati (With Coastal Carolina's loss two weeks ago, the Bearcats are the overwhelming favorites to make it back to the New Year's Six)

I think Tulane will have something to say about it.

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#15 Utah @ Washington State 10 PM EDT FS1

East Carolina @ BYU 8 PM EDT ESPN2

#7 TCU @ West Virginia Noon EDT ESPN
#2 Ohio State @ #13 Penn State Noon EDT FOX
Notre Dame @ #16 Syracuse Noon EDT ABC
Arkansas @ Auburn Noon EDT SECN
Oklahoma @ Iowa State Noon EDT FS1
Miami (FL) @ Virginia 12:30 PM EDT ESPN3
Old Dominion @ Georgia State 3 PM EDT ESPN+
Florida vs #1 Georgia at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, FL 3:30 PM EDT CBS
#9 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State 3:30 PM EDT FOX
#13 Wake Forest @ Louisville 3:30 PM EDT ACCN
#17 Illinois @ Nebraska 3:30 PM EDT ABC
#20 Cincinnati @ UCF 3:30 PM EDT ESPN
New Mexico State @ UMass 3:30 PM EDT ESPN3   Seriously?
SMU @ Tulsa 3:30 PM EDT ESPN+
Missouri @ #25 South Carolina 4 PM EDT SECN
#19 Kentucky @ #3 Tennessee 7 PM EDT ESPN
Coastal Carolina @ Marshall 7 PM EDT NFLN
UAB @ Florida Atlantic 7 PM EDT CBSSN
Michigan State @ #4 Michigan 7:30 PM EDT ABC
#15 Ole Miss @ Texas A&M 7:30 PM EDT SECN
Baylor @ Texas Tech 7:30 PM EDT ESPN2
Pittsburgh @ #21 North Carolina 8 PM EDT ACCN
San Diego State @ Fresno State 10:30 PM EDT

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Week 9

Thursday, October 27th
#15 Utah @ Washington State

Friday, October 28th
East Carolina @ BYU

Saturday, October 29th
#7 TCU @ West Virginia
#2 Ohio State @ #13 Penn State
Notre Dame @ #16 Syracuse
Arkansas @ Auburn
Oklahoma @ Iowa State
Miami (FL) @ Virginia
Old Dominion @ Georgia State
Florida vs #1 Georgia
#9 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State
#13 Wake Forest @ Louisville
#17 Illinois @ Nebraska
#20 Cincinnati @ UCF
New Mexico State @ UMass
SMU @ Tulsa
Missouri @ #25 South Carolina
#19 Kentucky @ #3 Tennessee
Coastal Carolina @ Marshall
UAB @ Florida Atlantic
Michigan State @ #4 Michigan
#15 Ole Miss @ Texas A&M
Baylor @ Texas Tech
Pitt @ #21 North Carolina
Stanford @ UCLA
San Diego State @ Fresno State

Well, we know whose picks you used as a template.

(Stanford-UCLA isn't in the pick'em; Donerail included it because he's a Stanford homer.)

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NC State scores 19 unanswered points to turn back Virgina Tech's upset bid 22-21.

Another jinx brought to you by NYE

That does seem to be my MO this season.

I'm feeling very happy that you picked Tennessee to beat Georgia next week.

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Tight race in the pick'em so far.  Donerail and ER are 12-5, followed by a bunch of people at 11-6.

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WEEK 9 RESULTS

There was yet another new winner this week as JGibson took first with 19-6, a game ahead of Donerail.  Full results:

19 JGibson
18 Donerail
17 Grumps
16 ExtremeRepublican, GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
15 Dereich
14 Ishan
13 Harry, NY Express, Terry, ultraviolet

Oddly, there were no games with a single dissenter, but there were a whopping seven unanimous picks:

Utah-Washington State (two players didn't get picks in for this one)
TCU-West Virginia
Ohio State-Penn State
Georgia-Florida
South Carolina-Missouri (wrong)
Michigan-Michigan State
Fresno State-San Diego State

Overall, I continued clinging to a one-game lead over Illiniwek.  Year to date (225 games):

149 GeorgiaModerate
148 Illiniwek
147 Dereich
145 Harry
144 Terry
141 Donerail, ExtremeRepublican
136 Grumps
131 JGibson
129 NY Express
117 CalamityBlue
103 ultraviolet
86 Thomas D
37 Ishan
35 Storr
12 Orwell

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tennessee vs. Georgia will be the 25th time the AP #1 and #2 teams have met in a regular season game, and the 53rd time including postseason games.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Week 10

Saturday, October 30th

Check your calendar.

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The Michigan player got his ass beat learned not to f around or there’d be consequences.

The MSU players involved are the ones who will see some consequences.  They've been suspended and the police are investigating with the possibility of criminal charges being filed.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Some really tough games this week.  I'd like to thank Terry for NOT including UMass-Uconn this year.

Air Force vs Army
#19 Tulane @ Tulsa
Kentucky @ Missouri
Florida @ Texas A&M
Iowa @ Purdue
Georgia Tech @ Virginia Tech
South Florida @ Temple - I hate to pick a 1-7 team on the road, but Temple is just awful.
Marshall @ Old Dominion
Baylor @ Oklahoma
Middle Tennessee @ Louisiana Tech
#2 Tennessee @ #1 Georgia - My wife refuses to watch this or any other game involving Tennessee.  She still has PTSD from the game where they beat us on a last-second Hail Mary a few years ago.
#18 Oklahoma State @ Kansas
#22 Syracuse @ Pittsburgh - Not sure why Pitt is favored in this one.
#25 UCF @ Memphis
Washington State @ Stanford
West Virginia @ Iowa State
Troy @ Louisiana
#6 Alabama @ #15 LSU
Texas @ #13 Kansas State
UNLV @ San Diego State
Houston @ SMU
#5 Clemson @ Notre Dame
James Madison @ Louisville
Florida State @ Miami (FL)
#20 Wake Forest @ #21 NC State

This may be the first time I've ever picked more road than home teams.

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Keep trying.  It's in there somewhere.

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That may be the best punt I've ever seen.  The UGA punter just made a 75-yard coffin-corner kick that rolled out at the Tennessee 1.

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Total cop-out by replay officials on what looked like a clear safety against Tennessee, but they let the call stand that it was advanced just out of the end zone.

EDIT: Karma strikes!  After the Tennessee punt, UGA uncorked a TD pass on the first play from scrimmage.

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Houston and SMU have scored 91 points...in the first half.

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SMU & Houston is 70-56 with 7 minutes left. The D1/FBS record for total points is 137.

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SMU leads Houston 77-63, breaking the D1 total points record (and more than the total of their last basketball game!)