2020 College Football Discussion and Pick 'Em Thread

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Graham Harrell is well-positioned for a head coaching job, but he might be able to do even better than Utah State. Interesting sleeper might be Troy Taylor from Sacramento State who has a ridiculous first season turnaround for a program with no history. Get out before everyone graduates? Not that I have special insights.

Gary Andersen has got to be unemployable now lol. Leaving Wisconsin has got to be one of the worst decisions ever.

[NewYorkExpress]

Graham Harrell is well-positioned for a head coaching job, but he might be able to do even better than Utah State. Interesting sleeper might be Troy Taylor from Sacramento State who has a ridiculous first season turnaround for a program with no history. Get out before everyone graduates? Not that I have special insights.

Gary Andersen has got to be unemployable now lol. Leaving Wisconsin has got to be one of the worst decisions ever.

My current thought on Utah State's vacancy is that they'll bring in a high profile assistant of some kind. My current guess is BYU Defensive Coordinator Ilasia Tuiaki or a former Head Coach somewhere else looking to rebuild his career (maybe Steve Sarkisian?)

[GeorgiaModerate]

ZAMIR WHITE!  75-yard TD run on the first play of the game for Georgia!

[GeorgiaModerate]

Well, that turned ugly.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

As a OSU fan, I am so happy to see the demise of the Michigan and Penn State seasons this year.

[Dereich]

Notre Dame are currently up 10 on Clemson. On today of all days it is only right that the Fighting Irish prevail.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Notre Dame are currently up 10 on Clemson. On today of all days it is only right that the Fighting Irish prevail.

Heading down to the wire.  Clemson up 33-26 with 3 minutes left, but the Irish have the ball at the 50 and are driving.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Notre Dame ties it at 33 with 22 seconds left.  Game of the year so far.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I think the replay officials in Clemson/ND must be getting paid by the review.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Notre Dame unilaterally declares COVID-19 completely and totally over! Congratulations! Thank you Big Joe! The Catholics did it! We just needed you in office.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Didn't think we were going to get to see a field storming this year!

(This isn't the thread for this, but this shows how over covid protocols the vast majority of society has been for months)

[NewYorkExpress]

With Clemson and Georgia losing, it's time for me to predict the College Football Playoff/New Year's Six bowls again.

Cotton Bowl: #6 Texas A&M vs #10 Oklahoma State

Peach Bowl: #7 Georgia Cincinnati vs #11 Oregon

Orange Bowl: #9 Miami (FL) vs #8 Florida

Fiesta Bowl: #5 BYU vs #12 Liberty (I'm not sure if this matchup can actually happen, but as BYU is an Independent and not affiliated to a conference in football, they may not be subject to the rules regarding Group of Five conferences...much like Notre Dame normally would be)

Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff): #1 Alabama vs #4 Clemson

Rose Bowl (College Football Playoff): #2 Ohio State vs #3 Notre Dame

[7,052,770]

Liberty is also an independent, so even if Liberty and BYU get selected for a NY6, there still has to be a G5 team in the mix.

[NewYorkExpress]

Liberty is also an independent, so even if Liberty and BYU get selected for a NY6, there still has to be a G5 team in the mix.

In that case, replace Georgia with Cincinnati.

[Never Made it to Graceland]

That's a shame. Faux Irish are the worst and least deserving fanbase in football. I guess they were lucky Clemson lost their starting QB.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 10 RESULTS

First-time player JacksonHitchcock won the week at 16-5, with Dereich and me a game behind.  Four games were postponed/canceled: Washington-Cal, Louisville-Virginia, Arizona-Utah, and Wisconsin-Purdue.  Full results:

16 JacksonHitchcock
15 Dereich, GeorgiaModerate
14 dfw, Donerail
13 ExtremeRepublican, Illiniwek, NY Express
12 JGibson

There were seven unanimous picks, all correct:

Miami-NC State
USC-Arizona State
Cincinnati-Houston
TCU-Texas Tech
Okla. State-Kansas State
Miss. State-Vanderbilt
Iowa State-Baylor

And four games with a single dissenter:

Texas-West Virginia
Northwestern-Nebraska
Penn State-Maryland (dissenter was right)
UCLA-Colorado (dissenter was right)

Year to date standings (198 games):

141 Donerail
137 dfw
136 Dereich
135 ExtremeRepublican
133 GeorgiaModerate
124 Illiniwek, NY Express
121 Jgibson
108 DINGO Joe
 16 JacksonHitchcock

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I'm actually almost in complete agreement with NYE this week. Everything seems almost set. Probably flip Clemson and Notre Dame (since Clemson will have a conference title and the victory at neutral site at full strength) and swap out Liberty for Indiana (or potentially Wisconsin/Northwestern winner?). Big Ten will get two.

Also sort of doubt that the Cowboys have what it takes not to choke this year, but they are a fine Big XII placeholder given all the doubt). Still hoping for the Cyclones.

Poor Coastal and Marshall picked the wrong year to be an undefeated G5!

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.deseret.com/sports/2020/11/7/21554638/search-for-utah-state-football-next-head-coach-jay-hill-ed-lamb-morgan-scalley-rich-rodriguez

Deseret News has some names on Utah State's coaching search.

Their list is:

Weber State Head Coach Jay Hill

Utah Defensive Coordinator Morgan Scalley

Interim Head Coach Frank Maile

BYU Special Teams Coordinator Ed Lamb

BYU Offensive Coordinator Jeff Grimes

BYU Quarterback Coach Aaron Roderick

BYU Defensive Coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki

[Terry the Fat Shark]

(apologies for being a bit later than usual)

Week 11 games

Friday, November 13th

Iowa @ Minnesota 7 PM EST FS1

Saturday, November 14th

#9 Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech Noon EST ESPN2

#10 Indiana @ Michigan State Noon EST ABC

#15 Coastal Carolina @ Troy Noon EST ESPNU

Western Carolina @ #22 Liberty Noon EST ESPN3

Wake Forest @ North Carolina Noon EST ACCN

TCU @ West Virginia Noon EST FOX

Vanderbilt @ Kentucky Noon EST SECN

Illinois @ Rutgers Noon EST BTN

Army @ Tulane Noon EST ESPN+

Penn State @ Nebraska Noon EST FS1

#2 Notre Dame @ Boston College 3:30 PM EST ABC

Colorado @ Stanford 3:30 PM EST ESPN2

Louisville @ Virginia 3:30 PM EST ACCN

#20 USC @ Arizona 3:30 PM EST FOX

Hawai'i @ San Diego State 4 PM EST

Baylor @ Texas Tech 4 PM EST FS1

Arkansas @ #6 Florida 7 PM EST ESPN

#11 Oregon @ Washington State 7 PM EST FOX

#23 Northwestern @ Purdue 7:30 PM EST BTN

California @ Arizona State 10:30 PM EST ESPN2

[NewYorkExpress]

Iowa (Minnesota is literally falling apart at the seams)

Miami (FL) (If the Hurricanes want to make the ACC Championship game, they need to win this game)

Indiana (The Hoosiers have made believers out of me)

Georgia (The Bulldogs get a nice easy opponent to recover from their loss to Florida)

Coastal Carolina

Liberty (probably the easiest pick on the board, though this does feel like a trap game, given Liberty has to go on the road to a strong NC State team and just beat a strong Virginia Tech team)

North Carolina (This one's basically a coin toss. I'm taking the home team here)

TCU (The Horned Frogs are riding high after winning back to back rivalry games against Baylor and Texas Tech. I think they win this one too)

Kentucky (Kentucky has disappointed this year, but Vanderbilt is one of the worst teams in the country)

Rutgers (Rutgers has a win and Illinois doesn't. Plus, the Scarlet Knights are playing at home)

Army (Army has had a very good season to this point)

Nebraska (Penn State has looked worse and worse with each passing game. As such this is upset pick #1.)

Notre Dame (The Fighting Irish are riding high after their huge win against Clemson and now have their biggest rivalry game of the season, the Holy War against Boston College. I think the Fighting Irish win easily)

Ohio State (The Terrapins have looked good this year, but they just aren't in Ohio State's league)

Stanford (I'm not convinced Colorado is for real yet)

Virginia (Other than beating Florida State, Louisville has looked horrible this year)

USC (The Trojans are the best team in the PAC-12 South. They should win this game)

Auburn (The Tigers are the superior team)

Alabama (In another year, this would be a compelling matchup. However, LSU has fallen apart this season)

San Diego State

Oregon (The Ducks are the best team in the PAC-12)

Purdue (I don't believe in Northwestern yet. As such, this is upset pick #2)

California

[Donerail]

Week 11

Friday, November 13th <– spooky
Iowa @ Minnesota

Saturday, November 14th
#9 Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech
#10 Indiana @ Michigan State
#12 Georgia @ Missouri
#15 Coastal Carolina @ Troy
Western Carolina @ #22 Liberty
Wake Forest @ North Carolina
TCU @ West Virginia
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky
Illinois @ Rutgers
Army @ Tulane
Penn State @ Nebraska
#2 Notre Dame @ Boston College
#3 Ohio State @ Maryland
Colorado @ STANFORD
Louisville @ Virginia
#20 USC @ Arizona
#24 Auburn @ Mississippi State
Hawai'i @ San Diego State
Baylor @ Texas Tech
#1 Alabama @ LSU
Arkansas @ #6 Florida
#11 Oregon @ Washington State
#23 Northwestern @ Purdue
California @ Arizona State

[GeorgiaModerate]

Alabama-LSU game in jeopardy, but still on for now.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Alabama-LSU game in jeopardy, but still on for now.

and postponed now

[JGibson]

Friday, November 13th

Iowa @ Minnesota 7 PM EST FS1

Saturday, November 14th

#9 Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech Noon EST ESPN2

#10 Indiana @ Michigan State Noon EST ABC

#12 Georgia @ Missouri Noon EST ESPN

#15 Coastal Carolina @ Troy Noon EST ESPNU

Western Carolina @ #22 Liberty Noon EST ESPN3

Wake Forest @ North Carolina Noon EST ACCN

TCU @ West Virginia Noon EST FOX

Vanderbilt @ Kentucky Noon EST SECN

Illinois @ Rutgers Noon EST BTN

Army @ Tulane Noon EST ESPN+

Penn State @ Nebraska Noon EST FS1

#2 Notre Dame @ Boston College 3:30 PM EST ABC

#3 Ohio State @ Maryland 3:30 PM EST BTN

Colorado @ Stanford 3:30 PM EST ESPN2

Louisville @ Virginia 3:30 PM EST ACCN

#20 USC @ Arizona 3:30 PM EST FOX

Hawai'i @ San Diego State 4 PM EST

Baylor @ Texas Tech 4 PM EST FS1

Arkansas @ #6 Florida 7 PM EST ESPN

#11 Oregon @ Washington State 7 PM EST FOX

#23 Northwestern @ Purdue 7:30 PM EST BTN

California @ Arizona State 10:30 PM EST ESPN2

[GeorgiaModerate]

The Cal-Arizona State game is in jeopardy due to contact tracing.  Also, the Memphis-Navy game (not on our list) has been postponed.