2022 College Football Discussion & Pick'em Thread

[Santander]

O-H!

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 12 RESULTS

ExtremeRepublican took first with 19-5, two games ahead of Harry.  There were only 24 games this week because the Coastal Carolina-Virginia game was canceled.  Full results:

19 ExtremeRepublican
17 Harry
16 Dereich, GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
15 NY Express
14 Donerail, JGibson, Terry
13 Grumps, ultraviolet

There were three unanimous picks, all correct:

Kansas State-West Virginia
Texas-Kansas
LSU-UAB

There were also three games with a single dissenter:

Liberty-Virginia Tech (dissenter was right)
Oregon State-Arizona State
Texas State-Arkansas State

Illiniwek remains in the overall lead by two games, but there's now a 3-way tie for third place.  Year to date (299 games):

196 Illiniwek
194 GeorgiaModerate
191 Dereich, ExtremeRepublican, Harry
187 Donerail
185 Terry
174 Grumps
170 JGibson
166 NY Express
144 ultraviolet
117 CalamityBlue
86 Thomas D
54 Storr
37 Ishan
12 Orwell

[7,052,770]

So which SEC West school will be coached by Deion Sanders next year??

[NewYorkExpress]

So which SEC West school will be coached by Deion Sanders next year??

Auburn would be the most likely one, unless Nick Saban decides to retire for some reason.

It just costs too much money for Texas A&M to fire Jimbo. They're stuck with him.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Week 13

Thursday, November 24th

Mississippi State @ #14 Ole Miss 7 PM EST ESPN

Friday, November 25th

#21 Tulane @ #25 Cincinnati Noon EST ABC

Baylor @ Texas Noon EST ESPN

Central Michigan @ Eastern Michigan Noon EST CBSSN

Arizona State @ Arizona 3 PM EST FS1

#24 NC State @ #13 North Carolina 3:30 PM EST ABC

Arkansas @ Missouri 3:30 PM EST CBS

Nebraska @ Iowa 4 PM EST BTN

#16 UCLA @ California 4:30 PM EST FOX

Florida @ #19 Florida State 7:30 PM EST ABC

Saturday, November 26th

#3 Michigan @ #2 Ohio State Noon EST FOX

West Virginia @ #22 Oklahoma State Noon EST ESPN2

Louisville @ Kentucky 3 PM EST SECN

Auburn @ #8 Alabama 3:30 PM EST CBS

#12 Oregon @ #23 Oregon State 3:30 PM EST ABC

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 3:30 PM EST ESPN

Wake Forest @ Duke 3:30 PM EST ACCN

Memphis @ SMU 3:30 PM EST

Louisiana @ Texas State 5 PM EST ESPN+

#6 LSU @ Texas A&M 7 PM EST ESPN

#18 Notre Dame @ #7 USC 7:30 PM EST ABC

Oklahoma @ Texas Tech 7:30 PM EST FS1

#17 Washington @ Washington State 10:30 PM EST ESPN

BYU @ Stanford 11 PM EST FS1

[NewYorkExpress]

Ole Miss (I would pick Mississippi State here, given Ole Miss has already been eliminated from SEC West contention, but finishing ahead of Alabama might still get them a Cotton Bowl bid against the Tulane/Cincinnati winner).

Cincnnati (Luke Fickell just has too good of a track record in big games like this to say that the Bearcats will lose this one)
Texas
Eastern Michigan
Arizona
North Carolina (Well, this was more interesting a week ago)
Arkansas
Iowa
UCLA
Florida State (Florida might regret firing Dan Mullen now?)
Virginia

Ohio State (winner goes to the playoff. Depending on what happens to TCU and USC, so does the loser?)
West Virginia (What has happened to football in the state of Oklahoma this season? Bedlam was horrible to watch)
Kentucky
Alabama (Can a two-loss Alabama team that didn't win it's division sneak into the playoff? They have a better case than a one-loss Michigan/Ohio State, or a one-loss TCU...)
Oregon State (Oregon's slim PAC-12 title hopes are dead and buried after this one. Are you ready for USC/Washington in the PAC-12 title game?)
Minnesota (Maybe firing Paul Chryst was a mistake, Wisconsin?)
Duke
SMU
Louisiana
Notre Dame (USC needs the win to stay in the playoff hunt, but Notre Dame is better than any PAC-12 foe they could face, except maybe Oregon)
Texas Tech (Again, what has happened to football in Oklahoma this season?)
Washington
Stanford (Donerail, this one's for you)
LSU (Sadly, Jimbo costs too much money to fire).

[Dereich]

Thursday, November 24th

Mississippi State @ #14 Ole Miss 7 PM EST ESPN

Friday, November 25th

#21 Tulane @ #25 Cincinnati Noon EST ABC

Baylor @ Texas Noon EST ESPN

Central Michigan @ Eastern Michigan Noon EST CBSSN

Arizona State @ Arizona 3 PM EST FS1

#24 NC State @ #13 North Carolina 3:30 PM EST ABC

Arkansas @ Missouri 3:30 PM EST CBS

Nebraska @ Iowa 4 PM EST BTN

#16 UCLA @ California 4:30 PM EST FOX

Florida @ #19 Florida State 7:30 PM EST ABC

Virginia @ Virginia Tech TBD

Saturday, November 26th

#3 Michigan @ #2 Ohio State Noon EST FOX Manifesting this into being. My only actual football reason for thinking it could be possible is that Ohio State had some trouble with teams that tried to be physical like Northwestern and Maryland

West Virginia @ #22 Oklahoma State Noon EST ESPN2

Louisville @ Kentucky 3 PM EST SECN The more Louisville and Satterfield hate each other, the better Louisville plays. They're unstoppable

Auburn @ #8 Alabama 3:30 PM EST CBS

#12 Oregon @ #23 Oregon State 3:30 PM EST ABC

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 3:30 PM EST ESPN

Wake Forest @ Duke 3:30 PM EST ACCN

Memphis @ SMU 3:30 PM EST

Louisiana @ Texas State 5 PM EST ESPN+

#6 LSU @ Texas A&M 7 PM EST ESPN

#18 Notre Dame @ #7 USC 7:30 PM EST ABC My only reason for this pick is that I think something somewhere will step in to keep the Pac12 out of the playoffs and this is as good a thing as any.

Oklahoma @ Texas Tech 7:30 PM EST FS1

#17 Washington @ Washington State 10:30 PM EST ESPN

BYU @ Stanford 11 PM EST FS1

[7,052,770]

Anyone picking Ole Miss Thursday is literally picking Germany to win WWII.

[NewYorkExpress]

Anyone picking Ole Miss Thursday is literally picking Germany to win WWII.

I'm pretty sure calling us Nazis because we didn't pick your team in a meaningless pick'em is a personal attack that violates the terms of service on this forum.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Week 13

Mississippi State @ #14 Ole Miss 7 PM EST ESPN

Friday, November 25th

#21 Tulane @ #25 Cincinnati Noon EST ABC

Baylor @ Texas Noon EST ESPN

Central Michigan @ Eastern Michigan Noon EST CBSSN

Arizona State @ Arizona 3 PM EST FS1

#24 NC State @ #13 North Carolina 3:30 PM EST ABC

Arkansas @ Missouri 3:30 PM EST CBS

Nebraska @ Iowa 4 PM EST BTN

#16 UCLA @ California 4:30 PM EST FOX

Florida @ #19 Florida State 7:30 PM EST ABC

Virgnia @ Virginia Tech TBD

#3 Michigan @ #2 Ohio State Noon EST FOX

West Virginia @ #22 Oklahoma State Noon EST ESPN2

Louisville @ Kentucky 3 PM EST SECN

Auburn @ #8 Alabama 3:30 PM EST CBS

#12 Oregon @ #23 Oregon State 3:30 PM EST ABC

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 3:30 PM EST ESPN

Wake Forest @ Duke 3:30 PM EST ACCN

Memphis @ SMU 3:30 PM EST

Louisiana @ Texas State 5 PM EST ESPN+

#6 LSU @ Texas A&M 7 PM EST ESPN

#18 Notre Dame @ #7 USC 7:30 PM EST ABC

Oklahoma @ Texas Tech 7:30 PM EST FS1

#17 Washington @ Washington State 10:30 PM EST ESPN

BYU @ Stanford 11 PM EST FS1

[Illiniwek]

Being in Ann Arbor on Saturday to see Illinois hold the lead for most of the 4th Quarter only to give it up with less than a minute to go has had me feeling the most extreme emotions. I am beyond proud that we held our own as an 18 point underdog that no one gave us a shot in, which bodes well for the future of the program. But at the same time I am growing more and more disappointed that we had a top 5 all time program win in our hands and basically willingly gave it away. It could have been so special...

[Dereich]

Anyone picking Ole Miss Thursday is literally picking Germany to win WWII.

I'm pretty sure calling us Nazis because we didn't pick your team in a meaningless pick'em is a personal attack that violates the terms of service on this forum.

What he said is not a personal attack, I promise.

[NewYorkExpress]

Deion Sanders is reportedly in talks with both Colorado and South Florida for their head coaching vacancies.

[7,052,770]

Deion Sanders is reportedly in talks with both Colorado and South Florida for their head coaching vacancies.

He can do better that those 2...

[GeorgiaModerate]

Deion Sanders is reportedly in talks with both Colorado and South Florida for their head coaching vacancies.

He can do better that those 2...

Pretty much anywhere is better than South Florida.

[7,052,770]

Deion Sanders is reportedly in talks with both Colorado and South Florida for their head coaching vacancies.

He can do better that those 2...

Pretty much anywhere is better than South Florida.

I would expect Deion to be in the mix for Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State, if and when any of those jobs come open. He's not leaving Jackson State for a G5 job.

[NewYorkExpress]

The Virginia/Virginia Tech game has officially been canceled.

[Illiniwek]

Deion Sanders is reportedly in talks with both Colorado and South Florida for their head coaching vacancies.

He can do better that those 2...

Pretty much anywhere is better than South Florida.

I would expect Deion to be in the mix for Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State, if and when any of those jobs come open. He's not leaving Jackson State for a G5 job.

It would seem very silly for him to take Colorado or USF because yeah I'm sure he could get a job like Ole Miss or something at that level if he is just a tad patient. He obviously doesn't need an incremental step up to USF just for the money. So why burn the good graces he's earned by coaching an HBCU by taking a bad AAC job?

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Virginia Virginia Tech cancelled, should we replace it?

[Illiniwek]

Virginia Virginia Tech cancelled, should we replace it?

A few options:

Michigan State-Penn State
Kansas-Kansas State
Purdue-Indiana

[GeorgiaModerate]

Virginia Virginia Tech cancelled, should we replace it?

A few options:

Michigan State-Penn State
Kansas-Kansas State
Purdue-Indiana

I suspect everyone would pick Penn State in the first game, so if there's a replacement it should be one of the others.

[Dereich]

I tend to believe the current rumors that Lane Kiffin is planning to leave Ole Miss for Auburn, even if Lane is currently making fun of them.

I'm going to change my prediction from Ole Miss to Mississippi State

[7,052,770]

I tend to believe the current rumors that Lane Kiffin is planning to leave Ole Miss for Auburn, even if Lane is currently making fun of them.

I'm going to change my prediction from Ole Miss to Mississippi State

You're a good man, as good as the Italians were when they switched sides in WWII. It's not too late for the rest of you!

[NewYorkExpress]

Virginia Virginia Tech cancelled, should we replace it?

A few options:

Michigan State-Penn State
Kansas-Kansas State
Purdue-Indiana

I don't know why Kansas/Kansas State wasn't already included.

[NewYorkExpress]

The new playoff rankings are in:

1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. TCU
5. LSU
6. USC
7. Alabama
8. Clemson
9. Oregon
10. Tennessee
11. Penn State
12. Kansas State
13. Washington
14. Utah
15. Notre Dame
16. Florida State
17. North Carolina
18. UCLA
19. Tulane
20. Ole Miss
21. Oregon State
22. UCF
23. Texas
24. Cincinnati
25. Louisville