2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

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Louisville @ UCF 7:30 PM EDT ESPN2
#1 Alabama @ Texas Noon EDT FOX
South Carolina @ #19 Arkansas Noon EDT ESPN
Missouri @ Kansas State Noon EDT ESPN2
Duke @ Northwestern Noon EDT FS1
UTSA @ Army Noon EDT CBSSN
Western Michigan @ Ball State 2 PM EDT ESPN+
Tennessee @ #17 Pittsburgh 3:30 PM EDT ABC
Washington State @ #18 Wisconsin 3:30 PM EDT FOX
Colorado @ Air Force 3:30 PM EDT CBS
Memphis @ Navy 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN
#24 Houston @ Texas Tech 4 PM EDT FS1
Iowa State @ Iowa 4 PM EDT BTN
Virginia @ Illinois 4 PM EDT ESPNU
Kansas @ West Virginia 6 PM EDT ESPN+
Old Dominion @ East Carolina 6 PM EDT ESPN+
UAB @ Liberty 6 PM EDT ESPN+
#20 Kentucky @ Florida 7 PM EDT ESPN
Arizona State @ #12 Oklahoma State 7:30 PM EDT ESPN2
#14 USC @ Stanford 7:30 PM EDT ABC
Boston College @ Virginia Tech 8 PM EDT ACCN
New Mexico State @ UTEP 9 PM EDT ESPN+
#10 Baylor @ #25 BYU 10:15 PM EDT ESPN
Oregon State @ Fresno State 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN
Mississippi State @ Arizona 11 PM EDT FS1

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I should probably point out that at first glance next week doesn't look great either, schedule wise.

Miami (FL)/Texas A&M is far and away the best game on the schedule.

LOL what? BYU Baylor? Bama texas? UK vs UF? Tenn Pitt?

..at first glance next week doesn't look great either...

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Nice to see that the refs aren't letting the Alabama DBs get away with murder, for once.

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Texas leads Alabama 13-10 with 6 minutes left in the third quarter, and really it should be by more.

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Georgia State leads North Carolina 28-21 late in the 3rd.

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What a game!

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UTSA comes back from a 28-14 deficit to beat Army 41-38 in OT.

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Halftime score: Marshall 9, Notre Dame 7.

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It's going to be one of those years, isn't it?

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Wisconsin, which everyone picked, just lost at home to Washington State.  Meanwhile, #6 Texas A&M is on the verge of losing at home to Appalachian State.

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Tennessee-Pitt and Houston-Texas Tech both in OT.

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It's still early, but Georgia Southern is beating Nebraska 14-7.

Will Scott Frost be fired if Nebraska loses this one?

If they do lose, you might finally be right on one of those predictions.

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Damn, I was gonna pick Kansas and talked myself out of it at the last second. Lance Leipold is a great coach.

It's not over.  West Virginia just tied it with 35 seconds left.  But certainly a surprising performance from Kansas.

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Damn, I was gonna pick Kansas and talked myself out of it at the last second. Lance Leipold is a great coach.

It's not over.  West Virginia just tied it with 35 seconds left.  But certainly a surprising performance from Kansas.

It's over.

https://twitter.com/KU_Football/status/1568777531813236736

Weird; ESPN is showing at 42-42 end of 4th.  But I've seen them make mistakes before.

When was the last time Kansas won a road conference game?

EDIT: ESPN's scoreboard is running way behind, obviously.

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Florida's play calling is...different.

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I don't think I did very well on the pick-em this week...

The laptop with the spreadsheet has been put to bed, but IIRC you were about 3 games off the lead last time I checked. 

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WEEK 2 RESULTS

A wild Saturday resulted in a 3-way tie between Harry, Illiniwek, and me at 18-7.  Dereich and Storr were a game behind.  The full results:

18 GeorgiaModerate, Harry, Illiniwek
17 Dereich, Storr
16 ExtremeRepublican, Grumps, Terry
15 CalamityBlue, Donerail, JGibson, NY Express
13 Thomas D

There were four unanimous picks:

Alabama-Texas
Arkansas-South Carolina
Wisconsin-Washington State (wrong)
Oklahoma State-Arizona State

And five picks with a single dissenter:

Northwestern-Duke (dissenter was right)
Western Michigan-Ball State
West Virginia-Kansas (dissenter was right)
East Carolina-Old Dominion
USC-Stanford (*cough* homer *cough*)

Overall, the shared win moved Harry into a tie for first with Dereich.  Year to date (50 games):

36 Dereich, Harry
35 Illiniwek, Storr
34 ExtremeRepublican, GeorgiaModerate
33 Terry
31 JGibson
30 CalamityBlue, NY Express
29 Donerail
28 Grumps
27 Thomas D
12 Orwell

As always, if you think there's a mistake in your score, let me know.

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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!

Indeed, Oklahoma-Nebraska used to be the game of the year in the Big 8, and one of the top games nationally.  I still remember the 1971 "Game of the Century" between the #1 Huskers and #2 Sooners, one of the greatest games I've ever seen.

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Is there no NFL Pick'em this year?

There's a big one on AAD (see post from Adam Griffin here) so it seemed unnecessary to have a separate one here.

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NY Express: you're missing two games.

Dereich: you're missing one game.

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Yep, you're both good now.

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Florida State @ Louisville
Air Force @ Wyoming
Oklahoma @ Nebraska
Villanova @ Army
Purdue @ Syracuse
Cincinnati @ Miami (OH)
Western Kentucky @ Indiana
California @ Notre Dame
UNT @ UNLV
BYU @ Oregon
Penn State @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ Northern Illinois
Troy @ Appalachian State
Kansas @ Houston
Mississippi State @ LSU
Arkansas State @ Memphis
Texas Tech @ NC State
Michigan State @ Washington
SMU @ Maryland
UCF @ Florida Atlantic
Louisiana @ Rice
UTSA @ Texas
UTEP @ New Mexico
Miami (FL) @ Texas A&M
Fresno State @ USC

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So much for Air Force being a NY6 contender.

Honestly though, I should have remembered to pick the Craig Bohl team at home. My slip-up there.

Grumps was the only one to pick Wyoming.

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Georgia up 24-0 at the half at South Carolina.

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UCLA holds off South Alabama 32-31 on a field goal as time ran out.