2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

Storr, you left four games unpicked.

[Storr]

Storr, you left four games unpicked.

Thanks, edited.

[GeorgiaModerate]

REMINDER: the first games are this coming Saturday, August 27, so get your picks in if you're interested!

[NewYorkExpress]

Nick Saban is getting a new contract that once again will make him the highest paid coach in college football.

In an offseason with several new colossal coaching contracts, Alabama football coach Nick Saban appears set to join the group with an updated deal.

The compensation committee for the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees will vote in a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday for the "consideration of athletic employment contracts at UA" including Saban, Athletics Director Greg Byrne, new gymnastics coach Ashley Johnston and men's basketball assistant Antoine Pettway.

The new deal for Saban comes after Georgia coach Kirby Smart received an extension in July that moved him ahead of Saban as the highest-paid public-school coach in the country. Smart is set to make $10.25 million in 2022 on base salary and supplemental compensation. That will increase over time.

In the updated contract, Saban would make $9.9 million in base salary, talent fee and completion benefit.


The talent fee grows each year, moving the total to $11.5 million in base salary and talent fee in the 2028 contract year.

[JGibson]

Saturday, August 27th


Nebraska vs Northwestern at Avira Stadium in Dublin, Ireland 12:30 PM EDT FOX

North Texas @ UTEP 9 PM EDT

Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Thursday, September 1st

West Virginia @ #17 Pittsburgh 7 PM EDT ESPN

Penn State @ Purdue 8 PM EDT FOX

Friday, September 2nd

Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1

TCU @ Colorado 10 PM EDT ESPN

Saturday, September 3rd

Rutgers @ Boston College Noon EDT ACCN

North Carolina @ Appalachian State Noon EDT ESPNU

NC State @ East Carolina Noon EDT ESPN

#23 Cincinnati @ #19 Arkansas 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

#11 Oregon vs #3 Georgia at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Arizona @ San Diego State 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Tulsa @ Wyoming 3:30 PM EDT FS1

#24 Houston @ UTSA 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Texas State @ Nevada 5:30 PM EDT

#7 Utah @ Florida 7 PM EDT ESPN

Army @ Coastal Carolina 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Liberty @ Southern Miss 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Memphis @ Mississippi State 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU

#5 Notre Dame @ #2 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

SMU @ North Texas 7:30 PM EDT

Louisville @ Syracuse 8 PM EDT ACCN

Boise State @ Oregon State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Sunday, September 4th

Florida State @ LSU 7:30 PM EDT ABC

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Week 1

Saturday, August 27th

Nebraska vs Northwestern at Avira Stadium in Dublin, Ireland 12:30 PM EDT FOX

North Texas @ UTEP 9 PM EDT

Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Thursday, September 1st

West Virginia @ #17 Pittsburgh 7 PM EDT ESPN

Penn State @ Purdue 8 PM EDT FOX

Friday, September 2nd

Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1

TCU @ Colorado 10 PM EDT ESPN

Saturday, September 3rd

Rutgers @ Boston College Noon EDT ACCN

North Carolina @ Appalachian State Noon EDT ESPNU

NC State @ East Carolina Noon EDT ESPN

#23 Cincinnati @ #19 Arkansas 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

#11 Oregon vs #3 Georgia at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Arizona @ San Diego State 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Tulsa @ Wyoming 3:30 PM EDT FS1

#24 Houston @ UTSA 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Texas State @ Nevada 5:30 PM EDT

#7 Utah @ Florida 7 PM EDT ESPN

Army @ Coastal Carolina 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Liberty @ Southern Miss 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Memphis @ Mississippi State 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU

#5 Notre Dame @ #2 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

SMU @ North Texas 7:30 PM EDT

Louisville @ Syracuse 8 PM EDT ACCN

Boise State @ Oregon State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Sunday, September 4th

Florida State @ LSU 7:30 PM EDT ABC

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Side Note: I said it's FSU @ LSU, it's actually Florida State "vs" LSU at the Superdome in New Orleans, LA

[NewYorkExpress]

I'm switching my pick in the Notre Dame/Ohio State game to Ohio State.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1

Double pick.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1

Double pick.

Both teams are so bad I am predicting a 0-0 tie

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[100% pro-life no matter what]

Week 1

Saturday, August 27th

Nebraska vs Northwestern at Avira Stadium in Dublin, Ireland 12:30 PM EDT FOX

North Texas @ UTEP 9 PM EDT

Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN  ANCHOR DOWN

Thursday, September 1st

West Virginia @ #17 Pittsburgh 7 PM EDT ESPN

Penn State @ Purdue 8 PM EDT FOX

Friday, September 2nd

Illinois @ Indiana 8 PM EDT FS1

TCU @ Colorado 10 PM EDT ESPN

Saturday, September 3rd

Rutgers @ Boston College Noon EDT ACCN

North Carolina @ Appalachian State Noon EDT ESPNU

NC State @ East Carolina Noon EDT ESPN

#23 Cincinnati @ #19 Arkansas 3:30 PM EDT ESPN

#11 Oregon vs #3 Georgia at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA 3:30 PM EDT ABC

Arizona @ San Diego State 3:30 PM EDT CBS

Tulsa @ Wyoming 3:30 PM EDT FS1

#24 Houston @ UTSA 3:30 PM EDT CBSSN

Texas State @ Nevada 5:30 PM EDT

#7 Utah @ Florida 7 PM EDT ESPN

Army @ Coastal Carolina 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Liberty @ Southern Miss 7 PM EDT ESPN+

Memphis @ Mississippi State 7:30 PM EDT ESPNU

#5 Notre Dame @ #2 Ohio State 7:30 PM EDT ABC

SMU @ North Texas 7:30 PM EDT

Louisville @ Syracuse 8 PM EDT ACCN

Boise State @ Oregon State 10:30 PM EDT ESPN

Sunday, September 4th

Florida State @ LSU 7:30 PM EDT ABC

[7,052,770]

Nebraska vs Northwestern at Avira Stadium in Dublin, Ireland 12:30 PM EDT FOX

North Texas @ UTEP 9 PM EDT

Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

I'll pick the rest later

[Thomas D]

Saturday, August 27th

Nebraska vs Northwestern at Avira Stadium in Dublin, Ireland 12:30 PM EDT FOX

North Texas @ UTEP 9 PM EDT

Vanderbilt @ Hawai'i 10:30 PM EDT CBSSN

[7,052,770]

If Vanderbilt loses tonight do they go 0-12?

[Thomas D]

They play Elon next week, who I've never heard of, so that could be a win.

[NewYorkExpress]

Early upset alert! Heading into halftime, Northwestern leads Nebraska 17-14.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Early upset alert! Heading into halftime, Northwestern leads Nebraska 17-14.

Wait for the mail ballots to be counted.

[7,052,770]

Demography is destiny when it comes to Nebraska, who will never return to Elite status.

[NewYorkExpress]

Demography is destiny when it comes to Nebraska, who will never return to Elite status.

Scott Frost probably needs to at least get the Cornhuskers to a bowl game to avoid getting fired. Getting to a better game than the Quick Lane Bowl is probably recommended too (so, something like the Pinstripe Bowl if Nebraska fans want to be slightly realistic, the Rose Bowl for pie-in-sky hopes, as the Big Ten West is very much wide open, with pretty much anyone in that division capable of facing presumably Ohio State for the title, and with Ohio State almost certainly going to the playoff barring something going very wrong, that means the Big Ten West winner will be going to the Rose Bowl, most likely.)

[NewYorkExpress]

Northwestern pulls off the upset, beats Nebraska 31-28.

Was this Scott Frost's final game as Nebraska head coach?

[Dereich]

Northwestern pulls off the upset, beats Nebraska 31-28.

Was this Scott Frost's final game as Nebraska head coach?

No.

[DINGO Joe]

https://twitter.com/Amie_Just/status/1563575389016190977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ct...

Yeah, I guess Frost felt he had to make a "statement" about the new season by going for an onside kick after taking the 28-17 lead, unfortunately the statement was that things are the same as last season.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Not even I saw that type of a performance for Vandy coming.  Do I dare adjust my expectations to like 5-7?

[Orwell]

Not even I saw that type of a performance for Vandy coming.  Do I dare adjust my expectations to like 5-7?

Up against a bottom of the pack G5 team, don't put too much on week 0 results.

[GeorgiaModerate]

I was the only one who managed a wonderful 0-3 yesterday.  Everyone else was 2-1 or 1-2.