Betting lines not yet posted, but I'm going with these games anyway.

Memphis @Houston (Thursday night game)
Louisville @Florida State
Oklahoma St @Texas
Temple @Army
Pitt @Duke
Boston College @Virginia
Syracuse @Miami
North Carolina @Virginia Tech
Indiana @Michigan State
UCF @Navy
Georgia Southern @UMass
Kentucky @Mississippi St
Wake Forest @Georgia Tech
USC @Notre Dame
Michigan @Penn State

First alternate:
Purdue @Rutgers

Second alternate:
BYU @East Carolina

Ten of these teams can become bowl eligible this week (Virginia, VaTech, Miami, OK State, Michigan, Michigan St, Kentucky, UCF, Memphis and Navy).

Four others can become ineligible (UNC, ECU, BYU and UMass).

And one team will get its first win of the year (Ga Southern or UMass).

As always, please PM me with your selections. Good luck to all.

(10-15-2017 02:20 PM)ken d Wrote:  My picks:

Memphis @Houston (Thursday night game)
Louisville @Florida State
Oklahoma St @Texas
Temple @Army
Pitt @Duke
Boston College @Virginia
Syracuse @Miami
North Carolina @Virginia Tech
Indiana @Michigan State
UCF @Navy
Georgia Southern @UMass
Kentucky @Mississippi St
Wake Forest @Georgia Tech
USC @Notre Dame
Michigan @Penn State

First alternate:
Purdue @Rutgers

Second alternate:
BYU @East Carolina

Houston-Memphis kicks off at 8PM tonight, so get your picks in before that to avoid an automatic loss on your first pick.

(10-17-2017 05:46 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(10-15-2017 02:20 PM)ken d Wrote:  My picks:

Memphis @Houston (Thursday night game)
Louisville @Florida State
Oklahoma St @Texas
Temple @Army
Pitt @Duke
Boston College @Virginia
Syracuse @Miami
North Carolina @Virginia Tech
Indiana @Michigan State
UCF @Navy
Georgia Southern @UMass
Kentucky @Mississippi St
Wake Forest @Georgia Tech
USC @Notre Dame
Michigan @Penn State

First alternate:
Purdue @Rutgers

Second alternate:
BYU @East Carolina

I hope that you are wrong on that ND/Southern Cal prediction, Ken, especially since I am traveling to South Bend from Baton Rouge to attend that game......

(10-19-2017 10:01 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(10-17-2017 05:46 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(10-15-2017 02:20 PM)ken d Wrote:  My picks:

Memphis @Houston (Thursday night game)
Louisville @Florida State
Oklahoma St @Texas
Temple @Army
Pitt @Duke
Boston College @Virginia
Syracuse @Miami
North Carolina @Virginia Tech
Indiana @Michigan State
UCF @Navy
Georgia Southern @UMass
Kentucky @Mississippi St
Wake Forest @Georgia Tech
USC @Notre Dame
Michigan @Penn State

First alternate:
Purdue @Rutgers

Second alternate:
BYU @East Carolina

I hope that you are wrong on that ND/Southern Cal prediction, Ken, especially since I am traveling to South Bend from Baton Rouge to attend that game......

So far, I'm the only one in the contest out there on that limb.

For the thrird week in a row, the Game Day crew seem to be copying off our paper. This week, 7 of the 9 games for their guest picker segment are also on the Pickem. Here's how we compare with the crew on those 7 games.

Team...........ESPN.....CSNbbs

UMass...........2-2........6-5
Louisville.......3-1........3-8
Miami............3-1.......10-1
UCF...............4-0.........8-3
Oklahoma St...4-0........7-4
Notre Dame....3-1........9-2
Penn State.....2-1........9-2

8 players correctly picked Memphis to upset Houston on Thursday: ChrisLords, Bigtexnole, Lenvillecards, samandrea, 4x4hokies, CollegeCard, otacon and Buckminster Fuller.

Today's underdog picks:

Louisville (3)...ChrisLords, otacon, Buckminster Fuller
Texas (4)........ken d, Lenvillecards, samandrea, otacon
Temple (3)......ChrisLords, Lenvillecards, otacon
Pitt (1)...........ken d
BC (3)............ken d, Bigtexnole, 4x4hokies
Syracuse (1)...Wilkie01
UNC (2)..........samandrea, otacon
Indiana (0)
Navy (3).........Wilkie01, 4x4hokies, otacon
Ga So (5)........Wilkie01, ChrisLords, Ole Blue, Lenvillecards, samandrea
Kentucky (2)....ChrisLords, otacon
WFU (1)..........Wilkie01
USC (2)...........ken d, samandrea
Michigan (2).....samandrea, otacon

Astute players will notice that most of the underdogs are being picked by those of us with a lot of ground to make up. The leaders seem to have gone into "prevent defense" mode. Will that prove to be too early? Today may tell us a lot.

Good luck, players!

Texas - seriously?

(10-21-2017 03:08 PM)ken d Wrote:  Texas - seriously?

I feel your pain but I have 1 other loss that I don't mind.


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What was it Danny Glover said? "I'm getting to old for this shytt."

With 12 games completed, we go into the evening session with one certainty. Bigtexnole and Buckminster Fuller will be co-winners this week. Both have lost only 2 games so far. I still have hope of joining them, in the event that Southern Cal upsets Notre Dame. In that case we will all finish at 12-3.

This will be Bigtex's 3rd win of the season, and Buckminster's 2nd. Our two leaders, 4x4hokies and CollegeCard, won't win this week, but they will both finish just one game behind the winners, so they will stay atop the season race.

Congratulations to Bigtexnole and Buckminster Fuller, winners of Week 8 with a sterling record of 13-2! Heap praise and rep points on their shoulders.

4x4hokies finished strong to stay atop the season standings, one win ahead of CollegeCard. Copmplete standings are (weekly wins in parentheses):

4x4hokies.........78 (2)
CollegeCard......77 (1)
Bigtexnole........76 (3)
Buckminster F...75 (2)
Ole Blue...........71
ken d...............70 (1)
Wilkie01...........68
Lenvillecards.....66
samandrea.......65
ChrisLords........64
gt swagger........64
otacon..............62