2021 College Football Discussion and Pick'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'm admittedly biased, but it would be hard to convince me right now that Georgia isn't the best team in the country.

The same Georgia team that beat a mediocre Clemson team by all of seven points?

In a game that really wasn't as close as the score might suggest?  A game that was a season opener on the road in one of the most hostile stadiums in the country?  And the team that today beat the #8 team 37-0?  Yes, that team.

[Santander]

I'm admittedly biased, but it would be hard to convince me right now that Georgia isn't the best team in the country.

The same Georgia team that beat a mediocre Clemson team by all of seven points?

In a game that really wasn't as close as the score might suggest?  A game that was a season opener on the road in one of the most hostile stadiums in the country?  And the team that today beat the #8 team 37-0?  Yes, that team.

Nobody really thought Arkansas was a top 10 team. Still, shutting out an SEC team not called Vandy is an excellent win.

[Хahar 🤔]

I'm admittedly biased, but it would be hard to convince me right now that Georgia isn't the best team in the country.

The same Georgia team that beat a mediocre Clemson team by all of seven points?

In a game that really wasn't as close as the score might suggest?  A game that was a season opener on the road in one of the most hostile stadiums in the country?  And the team that today beat the #8 team 37-0?  Yes, that team.

I was unaware that the Carolina Panthers' home stadium in Charlotte is one of the most hostile stadiums in the country.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I'm admittedly biased, but it would be hard to convince me right now that Georgia isn't the best team in the country.

The same Georgia team that beat a mediocre Clemson team by all of seven points?

In a game that really wasn't as close as the score might suggest?  A game that was a season opener on the road in one of the most hostile stadiums in the country?  And the team that today beat the #8 team 37-0?  Yes, that team.

I was unaware that the Carolina Panthers' home stadium in Charlotte is one of the most hostile stadiums in the country.

Oops, fair enough.  I had forgotten that it wasn't a true road game.

[Хahar 🤔]

Anyway, Arkansas is a nice story and all, but there's a reason that they were projected to finish second to last in the SEC West. Until I have reason to think otherwise, I'm going to say that the best team in the country is Alabama.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Does anyone have a picture of the "We Want Vandy" sign that a Mizzou fan held up?

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Does anyone have a picture of the "We Want Vandy" sign that a Mizzou fan held up?

https://twitter.com/nocontextcfb/status/1444382938586435592/photo/1

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Faux Irish finally get the loss they deserve, and it wasn't particularly close.

[NewYorkExpress]

Early picks for the playoff (as of week five, with not all week five games having been completed):

Peach: #12 BYU vs #8 Notre Dame
Fiesta: #9 Wake Forest vs #5 Iowa
Rose: #7 Ohio State vs  #6 Oregon
Sugar: #8 Oklahoma State vs #10 Florida

Orange: #1 Alabama vs #4 Georgia

Peach: #2 Penn State vs. #3 Cincinnati

[Dereich]

FSU does not go winless and I can finally stop holding my breath.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Stanford-Oregon going to OT after the Cardinal score on an untimed down with no time left, after a PI call in the end zone on 4th and goal.  Oregon has tried very hard to give this game away, and they might succeed.

[Dereich]

Very excited to see how the committee twists itself around to keep Cincinnati out of the playoff.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Very excited to see how the committee twists itself around to keep Cincinnati out of the playoff.

Cincinnati's chances just got a bit better as the Pac-12 once again cannibalizes itself.

[Dereich]

Down goes the PAC-12!

[Terry the Fat Shark]

I HATE THE PAC 12

[Donerail]

BLASTED OFF FIREBALL, RUSHED THE FIELD, FUCK THE DUCKS, STANFORD TO THE RSOE BOWL!!!

[GeorgiaModerate]

So far JGibson is making up for last week; he's at 14-4, followed by a five-way tie at 11-7.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

[GeorgiaModerate]

Kentucky makes a goal-line stand at the end to hold off Florida, 20-13.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Clemson and Boston College tied 13-13 in the 3rd quarter, this is why I included it in pick em, Clemson remains vastly overrated lol

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Boston College almost beat Clemson as they were all the way down to the Clemson 11 with less than a minute left, but fumbled the snap, sad!

[DINGO Joe]

Poor UConn, so close and yet....

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Mesmerizing day for the FCS top 10. What a great way to cap it off with a near game-winning touchdown pass from #4 Montana's freshman back-up QB coming in cold but near won't do it! #6 EWU storms their beautiful field!

#1 Sam Houston got a late touchdown to narrowly defeat their chief rival, 21-20. Shocking that it was this close.
#3 James Madison snuck past #21 New Hampshire in a sneaky road game, 23-21. With how weak Delaware and Rhode Island have looked against inferior competition, this may very well set up James Madison hosting the de facto conference title game next week.
#5 North Dakota State definitely hasn't looked like their old dynasty, but they narrowly held off the sudden power shift to #10 North Dakota a little longer with an ugly road win, 16-10.

#12 UC-Davis was given a surprising fright but ultimately prevailed. That's five great backup tv games once the FBS headliners disappointed!

#9 Jacksonville State also got embarrassed, but I think everyone knows this team should not be in the top 25 and is only here thanks to the Seminoles' brain lapse.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 5 RESULTS

JGibson bounced back to win the week at 17-8, a game ahead of New York Express.  Full results:

17 JGibson
16 NY Express
15 Donerail
14 Dereich, GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek, Terry
13 Dingo Joe
12 ExtremeRepublican

There were 5 unanimous picks:

Alabama-Ole Miss
Northern Illinois-Eastern Michigan (skipped by one player)
Oregon-Stanford (wrong)
Oklahoma-Kansas State
UCLA-Arizona State (wrong)

And 4 games with a single dissenter; the dissenter was wrong on all but Minnesota:

Iowa-Maryland
Georgia-Arkansas
Michigan-Wisconsin
Purdue-Minnesota

Donerail has pulled into a tie with Dereich for the overall lead.  Year to date (125 games):

77 Dereich, Donerail
75 NY Express
74 Terry
73 GeorgiaModerate
70 ExtremeRepublican
64 JGibson
58 Illiniwek
47 Dingo Joe
12 Orwell

Some trivia: ,

- The winning score has been 17 or 18 every week so far
- Every week has had a sole winner (no ties for first)
- There have been no repeat winners

[Alben Barkley]

If Kentucky isn’t not only ranked, but ranked in the top 10 after this, we riot. We just shut down a Florida team that came within 2 points of beating Bama!

Although FiveThirtyEight’s ELO respects us at least; it now has us as the fifth best team in the country. Fake news journalists just can’t accept the fact that this is a VERY different Kentucky now though!