College football

[billy.pilgrim]

Clemson looks beatable

Go Heels

So close.

If Clemson stays #1 it's BS. It should drop below all undefeated top 10 teams.

Shoulda gone for the tie.

Of course the idiots at ESPN who refuse to allow enough time for the overlapping games prevented me from seeing the first minutes, but it looks like Boobee scored on our first play and he may have taken out their mascot.

[Vrede too]

At least 1 of the TV talking heads says that Auburn should be #1 if it wins this evening.

I supported going for 2. An analyst said, paraphrased: "More time gives the Clemson talent advantage more time to shine."

My top 3 picks for today's afternoon games

... the Colonel Rebel Brown Bear Land Sharks and the Tar Heeled Rammin Goats

Go Heels

Nice sentiment, but I warn you, they'll break your heart. Because that's what they do.

Go 'Heels +26.5. 14 out of 19 picked Clemson, my biggest oddball pick of the day.

Not sure who "Colonel Rebel Brown Bear Land Sharks" is - Mississippi vs @(2)Alabama? Good luck, the spread is 37.5. 13 out of 19 picked Alabama, tied for my 2nd biggest oddball pick of the day with Mississippi St +10.5 @(7)Auburn....

I hope your heart ain't broken, O Really, that was amazing.

billy.pilgrim, thanks for your support.

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@N. Carolina +26.5 (1)Clemson, just like Nov 2020 Blue > Orange.
Yes .
@(17)Washington -10 (21)USC, knock it back out of the rankings.
Yes, by 4 points . Congrats, O Reallys.
@(10)Notre Dame -12.5 (18)Virginia (4-0). Not sure about this one, an unbeaten Virginia trouncing Clemson in the ACC championship would be a beautiful thing. I may let the final Vegas swing, no matter how small, decide for me. Opinions?
Again, I posted (since deleted) that I'd switched based on Vegas, again I forgot to actually make the switch - 3 weeks in a row now - again it worked out. Notre Dame beat the spread by 2.5 .

@(25)Michigan St barely beat 14-point underdog Indiana on a FG with 5 seconds left, may get knocked out of the rankings .

I'm on a 7-0 run, 8-4, in a 3-way tie for 1st!

[billy.pilgrim]

We are about to kick off
Again

6 minutes into the game
I think we have had 6, maybe 7 offensive plays
2 scoring drives 2 plays or less

21 to zero

And you went with State

[Vrede too]

We are about to kick off
Again

6 minutes into the game
I think we have had 6, maybe 7 offensive plays
2 scoring drives 2 plays or less

21 to zero

And you went with State

Auburn beating the 10.5-point spread means that the best I can do is tie for 1st.

Not sorry, my oddball underdog picks got me this far.

[Vrede too]

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Connecticut +42 +43.5 @(22)UCF, won't run up the score like SEC teams do .

Q2 10:06, CONN 0 - UCF 42

I guess it's not running up the score if you're barely into the 2nd quarter, but still. Losing this one will also mean that my best possible is a tie for 1st.

[Vrede too]

It was 56-0 in the 3rd, but UCF 56, CONN 21. I was right, honorable sports. That put me into just a 2-way tie for 1st.

OH St 48, NEB 7
AUB 56, MSST 23 Congrats.
OKST 26, KSU 13
9-1 run, I’m in a 2-way tie for 2nd, 1 out of the lead.

If Washington St +5 @(19)Utah, I’m in a 3-way tie for 1st , $31.67. If Utah beats the spread I’m in a 3-way tie for 2nd, $11.08.

$$$!

NE has a CB named Dicaprio Bootle, named for Leo. That's crazy. Who keeps a name like Bootle?

Edit: Yep $11.08. 10-6 on the day. The winner is 12-4, SiL is 5-11. I'm tied for season 4th, 4 points out of the lead.

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... All Pac 12 teams have 1 or more losses, no playoffs for any of them? ...

(23)Texas A&M barely beat 23 point underdog @Arkansas by 4 thanks to a 4th down dropped pass at the goal line. Clemson's sole "quality" win is looking worse and worse.

Clemson looks beatable

Go Heels

So close.

If Clemson stays #1 it's BS. It should drop below all undefeated top 10 teams.

At least 1 of the TV talking heads says that Auburn should be #1 if it wins this evening....

AP Rankings

1 Alabama (5-0)
2 Clemson (5-0) Bullshit, should be #8.
3 Georgia (4-0)
4 Ohio State (5-0) Okay, but without enthusiasm.
5 LSU (4-0) Okay, but without enthusiasm.
6 Oklahoma (4-0)
7 Auburn (5-0) Was #7. No opinion, but I would have been okay with it if it skipped some teams.
8 Wisconsin (4-0) Go Badgers!
9 Notre Dame (3-1) Okay, but without enthusiasm.
10 Florida (5-0) Okay, but without enthusiasm.
11 Texas (3-1) Okay.
12 Penn State (4-0) Ugh.
13 Oregon (3-1) Hang in there.
14 Iowa (4-0) Playoffs if they win out in the Big 10.
15 Washington (4-1) Up from #17 .
16 Boise State (4-0) Playoffs!
17 Utah (4-1)
18 UCF (4-1) Moving back up from #22 after demolishing powerhouse CT .
19 Michigan (3-1) That huge loss to WI really hurt it.
20 Arizona State (4-1)
21 Oklahoma State (4-1)
22 Wake Forest (5-0) As good as Clemson, head-to-head 11/16. Go Demon Deacons, words I've never uttered before.
23 Virginia (4-1)
24 SMU (5-0)
25 Michigan State (4-1)
25 Texas A&M (3-2) Tied with the gymnast molesters. This justifies Clemson's #2?!

[Vrede too]

Just 3 games between ranked teams this week, 3 games with a single digit spread.

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Undefeated (14)Iowa +5.5 @(19)Michigan. Playoffs baby.
@Texas Tech +8.5 (21)Oklahoma St. Knock it out of the rankings.
(11)Texas -10 @West Virginia.
Undefeated @(10)Florida +3 undefeated (7)Auburn. Big test for both, winner could jump into playoff position, best game of the weekend.
@(9)Notre Dame -45 Bowling Green. Compassionate Catholics or Bowling Green Massacre. Thoughts?
Undefeated @(4)Ohio St -20.5 (25)Michigan St. Knock it out of the rankings.
(15)Washington -14 @Stanford. Everyone’s beating up Stanford this year.

[billy.pilgrim]

Clemson looks beatable

Go Heels

So close.

If Clemson stays #1 it's BS. It should drop below all undefeated top 10 teams.

https://247sports.com/college/clemson/A ... 136336589/


This may be the only voter who believes that a team that gets a lucky win over an unranked team, that had just been beat by another unranked team, doesn't belong in the top 5.

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https://247sports.com/college/clemson/A ... 136336589/

This may be the only voter who believes that a team that gets a lucky win over an unranked team, that had just been beat by another unranked team, doesn't belong in the top 5.

Great minds . . .

2 Clemson (5-0) Bullshit, should be #8.

Full disclosure: I've since revised my opinion. Clemson should be #10, last of the top ten undefeateds or even somewhere below undefeated #12 Penn State and undefeated #14 Iowa.

Hell, maybe even below #16 Boise State (4-0) .

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Were offline games on Mon, not sure why:

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@(13)Oregon -17.5 California.
Hmmm, I like Oregon (3-1) a bit more and support whichever team is doing better. However, dropping Cal (4-1) all the way from #15 to unranked after it lost a close game to now #20 AZ St (4-1) seems extreme, as does the 17.5 point spread. Cal only lost to (15)Washington by a point, and Oregon only beat weak Stanford (2-3) by 15 on 9/21. Your thoughts?

(16)Boise St (4-0) -23.5 @UNLV. Playoffs baby!

[billy.pilgrim]

Were offline games on Mon, not sure why:

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@(13)Oregon -17.5 California.
Hmmm, I like Oregon (3-1) a bit more and support whichever team is doing better. However, dropping Cal (4-1) all the way from #15 to unranked after it lost a close game to now #20 AZ St (4-1) seems extreme, as does the 17.5 point spread. Cal only lost to (15)Washington by a point, and Oregon only beat weak Stanford (2-3) by 15 on 9/21. Your thoughts?

(16)Boise St (4-0) -23.5 @UNLV. Playoffs baby!

I've only seen one game by any one of the referenced teams. Too much to watch.

Auburn at Florida

Your thoughts?

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I've only seen one game by any one of the referenced teams. Too much to watch.

Which game was that?

Auburn at Florida

Your thoughts?

Funny you ask. I was just thinking that I almost never have the pretension that I know more than Vegas, except that I sometimes question when a team will stop running up the score in a blowout. I'm often wrong, like Auburn vs Kent St , sometimes correct like UCF vs CT. So, I bet on what I want to see happen. If I switch to Cal +17.5, it'll be a very rare exception to my norm.

#7 Auburn (5-0) is favored by 3 vs #10 Florida (5-0). That's saying that Auburn is the better team by 6 if we account for the traditional 3-point home field advantage Florida has. I have no reason to dispute that and I'm taking Florida plus the 3 just because.

[billy.pilgrim]

I've only seen one game by any one of the referenced teams. Too much to watch.

Which game was that?

Auburn at Florida

Your thoughts?

Funny you ask. I was just thinking that I almost never have the pretension that I know more than Vegas, except that I sometimes question when a team will stop running up the score in a blowout. I'm often wrong, like Auburn vs Kent St , sometimes correct like UCF vs CT. So, I bet on what I want to see happen. If I switch to Cal +17.5, it'll be a very rare exception to my norm.

#7 Auburn (5-0) is favored by 3 vs #10 Florida (5-0). That's saying that Auburn is the better team by 6 if we account for the traditional 3-point home field advantage Florida has. I have no reason to dispute that and I'm taking Florida plus the 3 just because.

Oregon vs Auburn

and I watched a few minutes of the Stanford ucf game

[Vrede too]

Just 3 games between ranked teams this week, 3 games with a single digit spread.

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Undefeated (14)Iowa +5.5 +3.5 @(19)Michigan. Playoffs baby.
@Texas Tech +8.5 +10 (21)Oklahoma St. Knock it out of the rankings.
(11)Texas -10 -11 @West Virginia.
Undefeated @(10)Florida +3 undefeated (7)Auburn. Big test for both, winner could jump into playoff position, best game of the weekend.
@(9)Notre Dame -45 -45.5 Bowling Green. That makes a lot more sense . Compassionate Catholics or Bowling Green Massacre. Thoughts?
Undefeated @(4)Ohio St -20.5 -19.5 (tie 25)Michigan St. Knock it out of the rankings.
@(13)Oregon -17.5 California.
Hmmm, I like Oregon (3-1) a bit more and support whichever team is doing better. However, dropping Cal (4-1) all the way from #15 to unranked after it lost a close game to now #20 AZ St (4-1) seems extreme, as does the 17.5 point spread. Cal only lost to (15)Washington by a point, and Oregon only beat weak Stanford (2-3) by 15 on 9/21. Your thoughts?
(16)Boise St (4-0) -23.5 -22 @UNLV. Playoffs baby!
(15)Washington -14 -16.5 @Stanford. Everyone’s beating up Stanford this year.

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...
Auburn at Florida

Your thoughts?

Students and staff at the University of Florida slam 'ignorant and shameful' decision by student body to use $50,000 in student fees to pay Donald Trump Jr. and Kim Guilfoyle for a speaking engagement

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Undefeated @(10)Florida +3 undefeated (7)Auburn. Big test for both, winner could jump into playoff position, best game of the weekend.

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(7)Auburn -3 @(10)Florida.

WDE.

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Vegas spreads.

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Added: (18)UCF Offline @Cincinnati, Fri 10/04 08:00 PM ET. The Vegas spread is UCF -3.5. This may be one of those rare games where players that pick the Offline underdog steal a win.
Undefeated (14)Iowa +5.5 +3.5 @(19)Michigan. Playoffs baby.
Yahoo: @(8)Wisconsin -36.5 Kent St
Vegas: -35
I switched to Kent St. They should just drop games where the spread is more than 30. We're not assessing relative strength anymore, but rather when the favorite will stop being an asshole.
@Texas Tech +8.5 +10 (21)Oklahoma St. Knock it out of the rankings.
(11)Texas -10 -11 @West Virginia.
Undefeated @(10)Florida +3 undefeated (7)Auburn. Big test for both, winner could jump into playoff position, best game of the weekend.
(7)Auburn -3 @(10)Florida.
@(9)Notre Dame -45 -45.5 Bowling Green. That makes a lot more sense . Compassionate Catholics or Bowling Green Massacre. Thoughts? No change in Vegas. I'm going with compassionate Catholics.
Bowling Green +45.5 @(9)Notre Dame.
Undefeated @(4)Ohio St -20.5 -19.5 (tie 25)Michigan St. Knock it out of the rankings.
@(13)Oregon -17.5 California.
Hmmm, I like Oregon (3-1) a bit more and support whichever team is doing better. However, dropping Cal (4-1) all the way from #15 to unranked after it lost a close game to now #20 AZ St (4-1) seems extreme, as does the 17.5 point spread. Cal only lost to (15)Washington by a point, and Oregon only beat weak Stanford (2-3) by 15 on 9/21. Your thoughts? I decided to let the Vegas wiggle decide for me. Vegas now says Oregon -18, so I'm sticking with Oregon.
(16)Boise St (4-0) -23.5 -22 @UNLV. Playoffs baby!
(15)Washington -14 -16.5 @Stanford. Everyone’s beating up Stanford this year.

TN is playing Florida today in Florida; I've been drinking early today.

TN is playing (3)Georgia @Tennessee Sat 10/05 07:00 PM ET. Are you drinking yet? It's Offline for us, so I sadly picked Georgia. The Vegas spread is Georgia -24.5.

Next week unranked MS St, then (1)Bama on 10/19 .

[neoplacebo]

Vegas spreads.

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Added: (18)UCF Offline @Cincinnati, Fri 10/04 08:00 PM ET. The Vegas spread is UCF -3.5. This may be one of those rare games where players that pick the Offline underdog steal a win.
Undefeated (14)Iowa +5.5 +3.5 @(19)Michigan. Playoffs baby.
Yahoo: @(8)Wisconsin -36.5 Kent St
Vegas: -35
I switched to Kent St. They should just drop games where the spread is more than 30. We're not assessing relative strength anymore, but rather when the favorite will stop being an asshole.
@Texas Tech +8.5 +10 (21)Oklahoma St. Knock it out of the rankings.
(11)Texas -10 -11 @West Virginia.
Undefeated @(10)Florida +3 undefeated (7)Auburn. Big test for both, winner could jump into playoff position, best game of the weekend.
(7)Auburn -3 @(10)Florida.
@(9)Notre Dame -45 -45.5 Bowling Green. That makes a lot more sense . Compassionate Catholics or Bowling Green Massacre. Thoughts? No change in Vegas. I'm going with compassionate Catholics.
Bowling Green +45.5 @(9)Notre Dame.
Undefeated @(4)Ohio St -20.5 -19.5 (tie 25)Michigan St. Knock it out of the rankings.
@(13)Oregon -17.5 California.
Hmmm, I like Oregon (3-1) a bit more and support whichever team is doing better. However, dropping Cal (4-1) all the way from #15 to unranked after it lost a close game to now #20 AZ St (4-1) seems extreme, as does the 17.5 point spread. Cal only lost to (15)Washington by a point, and Oregon only beat weak Stanford (2-3) by 15 on 9/21. Your thoughts? I decided to let the Vegas wiggle decide for me. Vegas now says Oregon -18, so I'm sticking with Oregon.
(16)Boise St (4-0) -23.5 -22 @UNLV. Playoffs baby!
(15)Washington -14 -16.5 @Stanford. Everyone’s beating up Stanford this year.

TN is playing Florida today in Florida; I've been drinking early today.

TN is playing (3)Georgia @Tennessee Sat 10/05 07:00 PM ET. Are you drinking yet? It's Offline for us, so I sadly picked Georgia. The Vegas spread is Georgia -24.5.

Next week unranked MS St, then (1)Bama on 10/19 .

-24.5? I suppose I might as well start drinking now. Football is not being good to me; TN used to have a good team a couple of decades ago. If I were a juvenile moron I could pronounce this "fake news" but I would know deep down it's true. sad

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Added: (18)UCF Offline @Cincinnati, Fri 10/04 08:00 PM ET. The Vegas spread is UCF -3.5. This may be one of those rare games where players that pick the Offline underdog steal a win.

Cincinnati by 3, but only 1 of us picked it. I might have if I was ambivalent about the two teams. I don't think many of us check Vegas. No major bowl for UCF this year.

[billy.pilgrim]

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Added: (18)UCF Offline @Cincinnati, Fri 10/04 08:00 PM ET. The Vegas spread is UCF -3.5. This may be one of those rare games where players that pick the Offline underdog steal a win.

Cincinnati by 3, but only 1 of us picked it. I might have if I was ambivalent about the two teams. I don't think many of us check Vegas. No major bowl for UCF this year.

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