Week 12

SEC Games:
DATE AWAY HOME GAME INFO
11/17 - 12:00 PM The Citadel at (1) Alabama SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 12:00 PM Idaho at (13) Florida ESPNU
11/17 - 12:00 PM Mid Tennessee at (17) Kentucky SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 12:00 PM Arkansas at (21) Miss St ESPN
11/17 - 3:30 PM Missouri at Tennessee CBS
11/17 - 4:00 PM UMass at (5) Georgia SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 4:00 PM Liberty at Auburn SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 7:00 PM UAB at Texas A&M ESPN2
11/17 - 7:30 PM Rice at (7) LSU ESPNU
11/17 - 7:30 PM Ole Miss at Vanderbilt SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 7:30 PM Chattanooga at South Carolina SEC NETWORK

Playoff Implicated Games:
11/17 - 12:00 PM (10) Ohio State at Maryland ABC
11/17 - 2:30 PM (12) Syracuse at (3) Notre Dame NBC *
11/17 - 3:30 PM (9) West Virginia at Oklahoma State ABC
11/17 - 4:00 PM Indiana at (4) Michigan FS1
11/17 - 7:00 PM Duke at (2) Clemson ESPN
11/17 - 7:30 PM Kansas at (6) Oklahoma FOX
11/17 - 8:00 PM (24) Cincinnati at (11) UCF ABC
11/17 - 10:30 PM Arizona at (8) Washington State ESPN

* played at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

Not the most exciting subset of SEC pick ‘ems so I included some other games that’ll help determine who will make it into the final four

Week 12

SEC Games:
DATE AWAY HOME GAME INFO
11/17 - 12:00 PM The Citadel at (1) Alabama SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 12:00 PM Idaho at (13) Florida ESPNU
11/17 - 12:00 PM Mid Tennessee at (17) Kentucky SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 12:00 PM Arkansas at (21) Miss St ESPN
11/17 - 3:30 PM Missouri at Tennessee CBS
11/17 - 4:00 PM UMass at (5) Georgia SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 4:00 PM Liberty at Auburn SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 7:00 PM UAB at Texas A&M ESPN2
11/17 - 7:30 PM Rice at (7) LSU ESPNU
11/17 - 7:30 PM Ole Miss at Vanderbilt SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 7:30 PM Chattanooga at South Carolina SEC NETWORK

Playoff Implicated Games:
11/17 - 12:00 PM (10) Ohio State at Maryland ABC
11/17 - 2:30 PM (12) Syracuse at (3) Notre Dame NBC *
11/17 - 3:30 PM (9) West Virginia at Oklahoma State ABC
11/17 - 4:00 PM Indiana at (4) Michigan FS1
11/17 - 7:00 PM Duke at (2) Clemson ESPN
11/17 - 7:30 PM Kansas at (6) Oklahoma FOX
11/17 - 8:00 PM (24) Cincinnati at (11) UCF ABC
11/17 - 10:30 PM Arizona at (8) Washington State ESPN

* played at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

MSU just too much for Arkansas down in cowbell hell
Tennessee is in fine form and handles Mizzou
Ole Miss takes care of Vanderbilt

Syracuse embarrass the Irish in Yankee stadium even more so that the Irish’s uniform designer has this week
West Virginia barely over OSU. Will Grier for Heisman type of Percy
Cincy will scare UCF, but not for three quarters
The pirate steers the ship clear towards an important PAC-12 CCG

(11-16-2018 01:52 AM)murrdcu Wrote:  Week 12

SEC Games:
DATE AWAY HOME GAME INFO
11/17 - 12:00 PM The Citadel at (1) Alabama SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 12:00 PM Idaho at (13) Florida ESPNU
11/17 - 12:00 PM Mid Tennessee at (17) Kentucky SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 12:00 PM Arkansas at (21) Miss St ESPN
11/17 - 3:30 PM Missouri at Tennessee CBS
11/17 - 4:00 PM UMass at (5) Georgia SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 4:00 PM Liberty at Auburn SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 7:00 PM UAB at Texas A&M ESPN2
11/17 - 7:30 PM Rice at (7) LSU ESPNU
11/17 - 7:30 PM Ole Miss at Vanderbilt SEC NETWORK
11/17 - 7:30 PM Chattanooga at South Carolina SEC NETWORK

Playoff Implicated Games:
11/17 - 12:00 PM (10) Ohio State at Maryland ABC
11/17 - 2:30 PM (12) Syracuse at (3) Notre Dame NBC *
11/17 - 3:30 PM (9) West Virginia at Oklahoma State ABC
11/17 - 4:00 PM Indiana at (4) Michigan FS1
11/17 - 7:00 PM Duke at (2) Clemson ESPN
11/17 - 7:30 PM Kansas at (6) Oklahoma FOX
11/17 - 8:00 PM (24) Cincinnati at (11) UCF ABC
11/17 - 10:30 PM Arizona at (8) Washington State ESPN

* played at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

I'm keeping an eye on that Notre Dame/Syracuse game.

With ND in playoff contention, there's a lot of potential shakeups if they lose and I think the Irish are very beatable. There's another lose-able game next week against USC, but this could be an interesting environment for them in NYC.

Syracuse could pull off the upset. If the game was in the Carrier Done, I'd give the edge to Syracuse. May give it to them anyway.

A lot of teams are hoping Syracuse pulls off the victory in the Bronx. Hopefully the crowd is 40% Orange.

West Virginia is the most likely contender to lose this weekend. Oklahoma State went toe to toe against OU in classic bedlam game this year.

Washington State should handle a .500 Arizona team at home.

(11-16-2018 04:37 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Syracuse could pull off the upset. If the game was in the Carrier Done, I'd give the edge to Syracuse. May give it to them anyway.

I was off on this one. I really thought this game would have been considerably closer. ND wearing pinstripe uniforms in the Bronx was certainly making a statement.

(11-17-2018 08:49 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  

(11-16-2018 04:37 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Syracuse could pull off the upset. If the game was in the Carrier Done, I'd give the edge to Syracuse. May give it to them anyway.

I was off on this one. I really thought this game would have been considerably closer. ND wearing pinstripe uniforms in the Bronx was certainly making a statement.

Those uniforms were worse than I could have ever imagined, but the team played well.

(11-17-2018 11:46 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 08:49 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  

(11-16-2018 04:37 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Syracuse could pull off the upset. If the game was in the Carrier Done, I'd give the edge to Syracuse. May give it to them anyway.

I was off on this one. I really thought this game would have been considerably closer. ND wearing pinstripe uniforms in the Bronx was certainly making a statement.

Those uniforms were worse than I could have ever imagined, but the team played well.

If nobody in the top four loses next weekend, ND will probably get Clemson in a semi-final playoff game. I'd expect ND would prefer a re-match game with Michigan, assuming they make it. The Irish don't want Alabama either, perhaps showing them they don't belong in this format.

ND has Southern Cal yet to get there. Southern Cal just lost to UCLA, whose had a rough year also. With no conference championship game to face, ND appears to have the easiest remaining path to the playoffs.

I believe in conference play and conference championship games. ND has basically free schedule pickings outside of 5 rotating games with ACC schools; and there is no Clemson to deal with during the regular season this year.

(11-18-2018 10:58 AM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 11:46 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 08:49 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  

(11-16-2018 04:37 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Syracuse could pull off the upset. If the game was in the Carrier Done, I'd give the edge to Syracuse. May give it to them anyway.

I was off on this one. I really thought this game would have been considerably closer. ND wearing pinstripe uniforms in the Bronx was certainly making a statement.

Those uniforms were worse than I could have ever imagined, but the team played well.

If nobody in the top four loses next weekend, ND will probably get Clemson in a semi-final playoff game. I'd expect ND would prefer a re-match game with Michigan, assuming they make it. The Irish don't want Alabama either, perhaps showing them they don't belong in this format.

ND has Southern Cal yet to get there. Southern Cal just lost to UCLA, whose had a rough year also. With no conference championship game to face, ND appears to have the easiest remaining path to the playoffs.

I believe in conference play and conference championship games. ND has basically free schedule pickings outside of 5 rotating games with ACC schools; and there is no Clemson to deal with during the regular season this year.

Exactly! And as it turns out their whole season was in their first game and first games are the game in a season when anything might happen and often does. N.D.'s schedule included Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and Navy. That's 3 wins one can usually count on. It's just their bad luck that Stanford and USC were both very sub par this year. Syracuse was overrated and merely exposed by the N.D. game.

Frankly I hope they have to play Clemson. It would be even better for them if they were exposed by Clemson, or if they were proven by Clemson as it would be a de facto ACC championship game.

The potential victim in this year's CFP considerations may prove to be Washington State. They lost their only game on a bad call at the end of a game. They appear to only be getting stronger, and if they handily beat Washington I'd say they should be worthy of consideration. It's possible that the Big 10 is the weakest conference this year but we won't know until the CFP if they make it. O.S.U. was drubbed by Purdue, a team Missouri beat in West Lafayette. Michigan struggled yesterday with Indiana. If Michigan beats Ohio State, and Northwestern beats Michigan and West Virginia beats Oklahoma, ESPN and the CFP committee will have to put WSU in. So that's what I pulling for now. I have nothing against OU but they have no defense. Ohio State isn't a complete team either and who knows what Michigan has or doesn't have. I'm comfortable with N.D. if they are undefeated, but would prefer they face Clemson first. It just seems fitting. This is yet another year when the BCS system would have prove just as effective.

(11-18-2018 12:20 PM)JRsec Wrote:  

(11-18-2018 10:58 AM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 11:46 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(11-17-2018 08:49 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  

(11-16-2018 04:37 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Syracuse could pull off the upset. If the game was in the Carrier Done, I'd give the edge to Syracuse. May give it to them anyway.

I was off on this one. I really thought this game would have been considerably closer. ND wearing pinstripe uniforms in the Bronx was certainly making a statement.

Those uniforms were worse than I could have ever imagined, but the team played well.

If nobody in the top four loses next weekend, ND will probably get Clemson in a semi-final playoff game. I'd expect ND would prefer a re-match game with Michigan, assuming they make it. The Irish don't want Alabama either, perhaps showing them they don't belong in this format.

ND has Southern Cal yet to get there. Southern Cal just lost to UCLA, whose had a rough year also. With no conference championship game to face, ND appears to have the easiest remaining path to the playoffs.

I believe in conference play and conference championship games. ND has basically free schedule pickings outside of 5 rotating games with ACC schools; and there is no Clemson to deal with during the regular season this year.

Exactly! And as it turns out their whole season was in their first game and first games are the game in a season when anything might happen and often does. N.D.'s schedule included Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and Navy. That's 3 wins one can usually count on. It's just their bad luck that Stanford and USC were both very sub par this year. Syracuse was overrated and merely exposed by the N.D. game.

Frankly I hope they have to play Clemson. It would be even better for them if they were exposed by Clemson, or if they were proven by Clemson as it would be a de facto ACC championship game.

The potential victim in this year's CFP considerations may prove to be Washington State. They lost their only game on a bad call at the end of a game. They appear to only be getting stronger, and if they handily beat Washington I'd say they should be worthy of consideration. It's possible that the Big 10 is the weakest conference this year but we won't know until the CFP if they make it. O.S.U. was drubbed by Purdue, a team Missouri beat in West Lafayette. Michigan struggled yesterday with Indiana. If Michigan beats Ohio State, and Northwestern beats Michigan and West Virginia beats Oklahoma, ESPN and the CFP committee will have to put WSU in. So that's what I pulling for now. I have nothing against OU but they have no defense. Ohio State isn't a complete team either and who knows what Michigan has or doesn't have. I'm comfortable with N.D. if they are undefeated, but would prefer they face Clemson first. It just seems fitting. This is yet another year when the BCS system would have prove just as effective.

I read that last line as "there are only 2 teams worthy of the championship this year". Last year it was Alabama and Georgia, but for 2 years before that - and again this year - it looks like Alabama and Clemson.

I'm not sure anyone saw that Ohio State/Oregon thing coming in week 13.