2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

Haven't done the pick 'em but jumping in to say Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! It has been a miserable past 13 years as a Jayhawk fan, glad to see the team finally enjoying some success. We have a winner in Coach Leipold, hopefully we can rework his contract to ensure he stays in Lawrence a long time. Even an above-average football team would put us close to Top 10 in terms of athletic programs, making us impossible to overlook with the constant realignment talks.

You might like this article, especially the section on Kansas (41 years?)

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-schools-3-0-in-football-having-better-seasons-on-gridiron-is-rare-for-hoops-blue-bloods/

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tulane @ Houston 7 PM EDT ESPN
UTSA @ Middle Tennessee 7:30 PM EDT CBSSN
San Diego State @ Boise State 8 PM EDT FS1
#15 Washington @ UCLA 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

#18 Oklahoma @ TCU Noon EDT ABC
#7 Kentucky @ #14 Ole Miss Noon EDT ESPN
Texas Tech @ #25 Kansas State Noon EDT ESPN+
Illinois @ Wisconsin Noon EDT BTN
Oregon State @ #12 Utah 2 PM EDT PAC12
Northern Illinois @ Ball State 2 PM EDT ESPN+
#2 Alabama @ #20 Arkansas 3:30 PM EDT CBS
#9 Oklahoma State @ #16 Baylor 3:30 PM EDT FOX
#22 Wake Forest @ #23 Florida State 3:30 PM EDT ABC
Iowa State @ #26 Kansas 3:30 PM EDT ESPN2
Michigan State @ Maryland 3:30 PM EDT FS1
SMU @ UCF 3:30 PM EDT ESPNU
Miami (OH) @ Buffalo 3:30 PM EDT ESPN+
#17 Texas A&M @ Mississippi State 4 PM EDT SECN
California @ Washington State 5:30 PM EDT PAC12
Liberty @ Old Dominion 6 PM EDT ESPN+
LSU @ Auburn 7 PM EDT ESPN
#10 NC State @ #5 Clemson 7:30 PM EDT ABC
Indiana @ Nebraska 7:30 PM EDT BTN
Virginia @ Duke 7:30 PM EDT ESPN3
Stanford @ #13 Oregon 11 PM EDT FS1

[GeorgiaModerate]

SMU/UCF moved to Wednesday. I assume that’ll count for next week?

The policy we've used (for at least the last couple of years) is that if a delayed game is played later in the same week, it still counts in the original week.  If it gets delayed longer than that or canceled, it's a no-contest for the original week and may or may not show up in the game again when it gets rescheduled.  So we'll keep it on this week.  I'll do the regular score update on Sunday and then another one after SMU-UCF.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Donerail went 4-0 last night, the only one to do so.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I just got home from a hike. What has gotten into TCU??  And Illinois, for that matter?

[GeorgiaModerate]

What a gutsy call by Baylor.  They went for it on 4th & 5 from their own 29, and the result was a 71-yard TD pass!

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 5 RESULTS (preliminary)

At the moment, Dereich leads at 18-6, with Illiniwek and Terry a game behind. The SMU-UCF game was postponed until Wednesday due to the hurricane; I'll post a final update for this week on Thursday.  Only two people picked SMU and they're not among the leaders, so the results won't change much.  Full results:

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

There were four unanimous picks, all correct:

Kansas State-Texas Tech
Utah-Oregon State
Alabama-Arkansas
Clemson-NC State

There were also four games with a single dissenter:

Oklahoma-TCU (dissenter was right)
Wisconsin-Illinois (dissenter was right)
LSU-Auburn
Oregon-Stanford

The win moved Dereich into sole first place, two games ahead of Illiniwek and me.  Year to date (124 games):

89 Dereich
87 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
85 Harry
84 Terry
81 ExtremeRepublican
75 CalamityBlue, Donerail, NY Express
74 JGibson
72 Grumps
71 Thomas D
47 ultraviolet
35 Storr
12 Orwell

[GeorgiaModerate]

After Georgia's shaky performance against Missouri, Alabama has reclaimed the top spot in the AP poll by a razor-thin margin.  The Tide had 1523 points, two more than the Bulldogs, although Georgia had 28 first-place votes to 25 for Alabama.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34711544/alabama-jumps-georgia-take-no-1-spot-ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[GeorgiaModerate]

NYE, you're missing a game.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Adding Louisiana Tech over UTEP (that's the one I'm missing, right?).

Yep.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Nebraska @ Rutgers
Houston @ Memphis - Memphis isn't as good as their record, but Houston has really underachieved this year.
Colorado State @ Nevada
UNLV @ San Jose State

#17 TCU @ #19 Kansas - End of the dream
#8 Tennessee @ #25 LSU
Arkansas @ #23 Mississippi State
Texas vs Oklahoma
Louisville @ Virginia
Buffalo @ Bowling Green
Texas Tech @ #7 Oklahoma State
#11 Utah @ #18 UCLA
East Carolina @ Tulane
Kent State @ Miami (OH)
Duke @ Georgia Tech
North Carolina @ Miami (FL)
Western Kentucky @ UTSA
Wyoming @ New Mexico
UConn @ Florida International – What did we do to deserve this?
UTEP @ Louisiana Tech
#16 BYU @ Notre Dame
#20 Kansas State @ Iowa State - Toughest one to pick
Iowa @ Illinois
Florida State @ #14 NC State
Oregon State @ Stanford

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 5 RESULTS (final)

UCF beat SMU last night in a game that was delayed due to Hurricane Ian.  The adjusted scores for the week are:

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

Year to date (125 games):

90 Dereich
88 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
86 Harry
85 Terry
82 ExtremeRepublican
76 Donerail, NY Express
75 CalamityBlue, JGibson
72 Grumps, Thomas D
48 ultraviolet
35 Storr
12 Orwell

[GeorgiaModerate]

Grumps went 3-1 last night (he was the only one to pick both Houston and CSU), with a bunch of people at both 2-2 and 1-3.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Inexplicable decision by LSU to go for it on 4th down there.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 6 RESULTS

We have a new winner this week as Grumps took the top spot with 18-7, a game ahead of Calamity Blue.  The full results:

18 Grumps
17 CalamityBlue
16 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek, NY Express
15 Dereich, Donerail, ExtremeR, Terry, ultraviolet
13 Harry
12 JGibson

There were two unanimous picks this week, both correct:

Mississippi State-Arkansas
Oklahoma State-Texas Tech

There were also two games with a single dissenter.  The dissenter was wrong in both of them:

Louisville-Virginia
Louisiana Tech-UTEP

In the overall standings, Illiniwek and I picked up a game on Dereich, who now leads by a single game, while Terry moved into fourth place.  Year to date (150 games):

105 Dereich
104 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
100 Terry
99 Harry
97 ExtremeRepublican
92 CalamityBlue, NY Express
91 Donerail
90 Grumps
87 JGibson
72 Thomas D
63 ultraviolet
35 Storr
12 Orwell

[GeorgiaModerate]

Memphis @ East Carolina 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU

No pick.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Baylor @ West Virginia
#10 Penn State @ #5 Michigan
#19 Kansas @ Oklahoma - I want to believe, but I just can't bring myself to pick Kansas to win at Oklahoma.
Minnesota @ #24 Illinois
#3 Alabama @ #6 Tennessee - I might change this depending on Bryce Young's status.
#8 Oklahoma State @ #13 TCU
#15 NC State @ #18 Syracuse
Arkansas @ BYU
Northern Illinois @ Eastern Michigan
Ohio @ Western Michigan
Wisconsin @ Michigan State
Rice @ Florida Atlantic
LSU @ Florida
Arkansas State @ Southern Miss
#4 Clemson @ Florida State
#16 Mississippi State @ #22 Kentucky
Stanford @ Notre Dame
Nebraska @ Purdue
Memphis @ East Carolina
#7 USC @ #20 Utah
North Carolina @ Duke
Washington State @ Oregon State
Air Force @ UNLV
San Jose State @ Fresno State
Nevada @ Hawai'i

[GeorgiaModerate]

Kennesaw State will move up to FBS and join Conference USA in 2024.

[GeorgiaModerate]

In last night's game, West Virginia blocked a Baylor PAT and returned it all the way for 2 points, or a net 3-point swing counting the failed PAT.  West Virginia ended up winning by...3 points.

[GeorgiaModerate]

This is the first weekend since 1993 to feature at least three games between teams that were each at least 5-0, according to ESPN.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Alabama just took the lead on Tennessee 35-34, late in the 3rd quarter.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Alabama just took the lead on Tennessee 35-34, late in the 3rd quarter.

Well, there goes the SEC (and my) dreams of having three teams in the playoff. (unless of course Ole Miss loses only against Alabama the rest of the way).

Tennessee is down 1 and it's not even the 4th quarter yet.  Please tell me you won't be like this on election night.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tennessee-Bama tied at 49 with a little over 3 minutes left.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 7 RESULTS

Some wild games led to a rough week for the pick-em players, as collectively we were just barely above .500 at 164-161.  Donerail led the way with 16-9, followed by Harry and Terry at 15-10.  Full results:

16 Donerail
15 Harry, Terry
14 ExtremeR, GeorgiaModerate
13 Illiniwek
12 CalamityBlue, Dereich, JGibson
11 Grumps, Ishan, NY Express
8 ultraviolet

There was only one unanimous pick, Purdue over Nebraska, and it was correct.  There were four games with a single dissenter:

Michigan-Penn State
Eastern Michigan-Northern Illinois (dissenter was right)
Wisconsin-Michigan State (dissenter was right)
Southern Miss-Arkansas State

I took over the overall lead by a game over Dereich and Illiniwek.  Year to date (175 games):

118 GeorgiaModerate   
117 Dereich, Illiniwek   
115 Terry   
114 Harry   
111 ExtremeRepublican   
107 Donerail   
104 CalamityBlue   
103 NY Express   
101 Grumps   
99 JGibson   
72 Thomas D   
71 ultraviolet   
35 Storr   
12 Orwell   
11 Ishan   

[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.