College football

[O Really]

No opinion from Billy regarding "#12" Texas A&M opening with Texas State?

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No opinion from Billy regarding "#12" Texas A&M opening with Texas State?

Thursday games don't appear in our pool. I would have taken Texas State plus the points, don't know if the spread was more or less than the 34 point final.

@#21 Iowa St is playing FBS Northern Iowa in Ames. Offline for us and no one took a wild chance on Northern Iowa. They're in the 3rd OT. Trivia: Steve King represents Ames, the only Iowa Repug in the House out of 4. I suspect that Ames did not support him, though. I have a warm place in my heart for it. My dog and I got rescued hitchhiking cross country in a snowstorm by a stoner student, spent the night in his dorm suite.

Edit: #21 Iowa St just won, but they still may drop out of the rankings.

33.5 point underdog is 0-0 with 'Bama after 1 quarter, already a big moral victory for Duke, looking good for me.

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Crap, my fault for gloating.

[billy.pilgrim]

No opinion from Billy regarding "#12" Texas A&M opening with Texas State?

?

[Vrede too]

No opinion from Billy regarding "#12" Texas A&M opening with Texas State?

?

It's a comment on your (and my) distaste for slacker schedules.

Go:

#19 Wisconsin -13 -12.5 @South Florida Won 49-0.
South Alabama +36 @#24 Nebraska Only lost by 14, 10 of 19 got it wrong.
Duke +35 +33.5 @#2 Alabama, 12 of 19 got it right.
@#25 Stanford -6.5 Northwestern Oh my FSM, Stanford hanging on for the 3 point win, sacked the NW QB, fumble rolled into the end zone, Stanford TD to beat the spread with 20 seconds left. A fumble recovery in the field of play would have just led to kneel downs. 12 of 19 had their hearts broken.


On paper the best game of the week:
#11 Oregon +3.5 @#16 Auburn Big Damn Plain Blue PMS Tigers 10 of 19 picked Auburn despite the spread. Duck opening drive: 75 yards for TD! Then Auburn 3 and out, and an OR punt run back into Auburn territory.

Winner automatically becomes part of the playoff discussion. Go Ducks!

I'm tied for 3rd, just 1 point out of the lead.

Lowly GA St beats TN 38-30, great for the rest of the SEC, except that also beating TN won't count for much.

Edit: 18 point underdog @Liberty got skunked 24-0 by #22 Syracuse. would make me smile even if I didn't bet on it. I'm now tied for 2nd, just 1 point out of the lead.

[O Really]

UNC is undefeated this season.

(Big whoop - I just wanted to see what it would be like to write that)

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UNC is undefeated this season.

(Big whoop - I just wanted to see what it would be like to write that)

How humiliating for South Carolina. That Clemson game at season's end will be a snoozer.

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Always strikes me as a little strange that lower ranked Auburn is picked so often against a higher ranked opponent.

Crap, but exciting. That's why, AP voters are idiots. Congrats.

GA > Vandy also hurt me. I'm knocked out of 1st, can still be in a 4-way tie for 2nd place money.

[billy.pilgrim]

Squeak


but actually the 2nd time we have had an offense come from behind with less than 9 seconds left - the other time was Oregon in 2011.

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That’s the most excitement NC has had in a long while.
It will all end 9/28, if not before.

[Vrede too]

It's actually a 5-way tie for 2nd place money that I can manage. I need both:
Houston +23.5 @#4 Oklahoma, 1930 tonight
#9 Notre Dame -20 @Louisville, 2000 Monday night

15 weeks at $5/week = $75
$15 for the season pot
$90 total buy-in

19 players = $95 pot per week
1st, 65% = $61.75
2nd, 35% = $33.25

5-way tie for second = $6.65, yippee!

[O Really]

Squeak


but actually the 2nd time we have had an offense come from behind with less than 9 seconds left - the other time was Oregon in 2011.

They ain't askeered of no ducks.

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Disney's Donald

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Squeak

but actually the 2nd time we have had an offense come from behind with less than 9 seconds left - the other time was Oregon in 2011.

They ain't askeered of no ducks.

They were a little askeered for 59 min, 51 sec.

[Vrede too]

It's actually a 5-way tie for 2nd place money that I can manage. I need both:
Houston +23.5 @#4 Oklahoma, 1930 tonight
#9 Notre Dame -20 @Louisville, 2000 Monday night

There is no 3rd place prize. I’m 10-4 in online games. Many weeks that would be good enough to be leading.

Oklahoma led by 25 twice, ut-oh. 49-31 final score, whew .

Maybe it was a different team, but I seem to remember a dominating OK offense and shaky defense last year, too. I'll hope they're vulnerable this year.

Go Irish, show me the money!

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Georgia State

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Anyone see the Mary-land game crowd?

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It's actually a 5-way tie for 2nd place money that I can manage. I need:
#9 Notre Dame -20 @Louisville, 2000 Monday night

2nd, 35% = $33.25

5-way tie for second = $6.65, yippee!

My bad, if Notre Dame beats the spread it will be a 6-way tie for second = $5.54.

[Vrede too]

Notre Dame won . . . by 18, grrrr. I already had big plans for that $5.54, a 54 cent net. 10-5 and only 2 players better is still pretty good for the week, decent start for the season-contest.

[billy.pilgrim]

Interesting. This from Brett McMurphy

"My @AP_Top25 ballot:

1-Clemson 2-UGA 3-Alabama 4-Auburn 5-OU 6-Mich 7-OhSt 8-LSU 9-NotreDame 10-Utah 11-A&M 12-UF 13-Texas 14-PennSt 15-Wash 16-Wis 17-Ore 18-MissSt 19-MichSt 20-Memphis 21-Va 22-BoiseSt 23-Iowa 24-Neb 25-WashSt"


He's no Ohio State/urban fan.