NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: WEEK 3

Tell you the truth, folks. I saw 14, maybe 15 very good games this week. A bitch to whittle them down. But here we go. Another Thursday nighter(this is getting redundant) so again, Thursday by 5:00 EDT. And once again...good, fuckin' luck! Those of you not in the pool, feel free to play. See how you do against the fucking experts. Here we go:
Thursday
Georgia Tech +4 @ Miami(Fla)
Saturday
Tennessee +27.5 @ Florida
Nebraska +3 @ Virginia Tech
Utah +4 @ Oregon
Cincinnati +2 @ Oregon State
California -14 @ Minnesota
Florida State +6 @ BYU
West Virginia +5.5 @ Auburn


There you go. FYI. Games that didn't make the cut but feel free to choose for fun. Michigan State +11.5 @ Notre Dame.... Boise State -10 @ Fresno State.....
Texas Tech +17 @ Texas.. Kansas State +10.5 @ UCLA ... Georgia -1 @ Arkansas... USC -23 @ Washington........ Arizona +5.5 @ Iowa

to get his ass kicked!

:D

I must think. Oh, yeah. Fuck Tennessee!

We had our first push, push, in the bush. Vandy and LSU. So, go with the flow.
happyiowan 10-5 (3-4-1)
JoMarch 10-5 (4-3-1)
JonLP24 9-6 (5-2-1)
Capt.America 8-7 (4-3-1)
RT Atlanta 8-7 (4-3-1)
Condem 7-8 (3-4-1)
brendan 6-9 (3-4-1)
fishnfla 5-10 (3-4-1)
fishwax 5-10 (3-4-1)
a la izquierda 5-10 (dnp)

Any mistakes. You know the drill.

:P

Tougher.

<learns nothing>
<blindly plunges forward into the abyss full of regret, self loathing>

GaTech
Gators
VaTech
Oregon
OregonSt
Cal
BYU
WVU

EDIT to add: fishwax is not a sockpuppet of mine nor vice versa

:spray:

Also, I'm not sure how to post the pics of tailgating from last week.

Here goes:

Miami
'Baiters
VA Tech
Utah
Oregon State
Cal
F. State
Auburn

Extra credit: IOWA! Go Hawkeyes.

I'll get happyiowan to give you instructions. Cellphone?

...did you take the pics from your cellphone? You'll need Photobucket amongst other things. happyiowan will explain. She's at work, now.

Miami (of Florida, not Ohio)
Florida (just to beat the vols!)
Nebraska
Utah
Oregon State
Minnesota
BYU
WVU

The Amish
Boise State

Thanks!

Good to see you here.

The "U". I'm sure well see them again in the pool. Death march, I say. Those first four games. I give them credit. I hope they run the table on them. I think it's quite possible.

GT crushed us last year---ran all over us.

This game is the litmus test to see if improvements have been made. Defense is still big time suspect---offense---well---I think we finally have a QB that can score some points.

I think you'll win handily.

I'll be watching at home w/ the family. :thumbsup:

In Oxford. Not far from Dayton. The Coach's Cradle if I'm not mistaken. Schembechler and Hayes? No?

You ever been to Oxford? Its probably the nicest little college town I've ever been in. I briefly considered going to school there.:)

I hear it's beautiful. Dayton was a full time experience. Got close, though. As a frat prank when I was pledging we were dumped not far from Oxford after being tied in the trunk...after consuming a bottle of MadDog. Luckily, one of the guys I was with could hotwire a car. So we got back to Dayton. This was in the days just after Animal House. Those crazy frat days. There's a town called Eaton not far from Dayton. The saying went, " I don't know if I'm datin' a girl from Eaton or...." well, you know.

I thought Bo was a disciple and assistant coach for Woody at OSU. He could have been a coach at Miami.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Schembechler

Miami (but go Wreck)
UT ('cause I'm silly)
Huskers (met Tom Osborne when I was in fifth grade)
Oregon (I'm a fan of waterfowl in general)
Oregon State (Cincinnati?)
Minnesota (I'm not mentioning any names, but in my house there is a root for the Big 10 rule)
BYU (saints forgive me)
Auburn (easy! War damn eagle)

bonus round - ND (booo), Boise State (better on the Smurf Turf, but still...), Texas (I like the little finger thingie), UCLA (no reason), Dawgs ('cause I'm stupid), Huskies (they're steadily improving), and my Hawks (I do live here).

Canes

Gators

Hokies

Ducks

The Beaver

Gophers

Semi-holes

War Eagle!!1! :thumbsup:

Georgia Tech
Florida
Virginia Tech
Utah
Cincinnati (Tough one as I really like both teams, I give the edge to the Bearcats based on the nice looking uniforms)
California
Florida St(Don't like both teams but dislike BYU far more)
Auburn

-------Fun picks--------
Michigan St
Boise St (Normally I'd root for Fresno St but I have to root for 1 team to go undefeated from the WAC and Fresno St is no longer eligible)
Texas Tech
Arkansas
USC
Iowa of course. Arizona is one of my least favorite teams in sports.

I'm joking.

Okay, my picks this week are:
Miami
Tennessee (I hate the gators and their cupcake schedule)
Nebraska
Oregon
Cincy
Cal
FSU
Auburn

I'm stoke to see the Texas-Tech game. Should be a good one, in light of the garbage first half Texas played last week.

maybe this week, I can remove some of the emotions from my previous weeks' pics:

Miami(Fla) - Tech let off the gas and had to pull one out of their arses to beat Clemson; Miami should be ready, but hope they dont suffer a let down.

Florida - me thinks Urban Crier is going to "name his score" against Lane Kiffin

Virginia Tech - I dont care for either, but go with the home team

Oregon - is the sucker-punching RB still on the team?

Oregon State - Beavers!

Minnesota

BYU - send Diddy Bowden to the retirement line

Auburn - War Damn Eagle! Chizik and the Malzahn-O keep the offensive freight train steaming along the tracks again this week (would love to see a 3rd 500+ yard offensive performance in a row with Tate and McCaleb each getting over 100yds on the ground again for the 3rd week in a row).

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Just for fun:

Michigan State

Fresno State.....

Texas Tech

UCLA ...

Arkansas...

Southern Cal.....

Arizona

Okay, here are my picks.

Georgia Tech +4 @ Miami(Fla) ---> Miami
Tennessee +27.5 @ Florida ----> Florida
Nebraska +3 @ Virginia Tech ---> Virginia Tech
Utah +4 @ Oregon ---> Oregon
Cincinnati +2 @ Oregon State ---> Cincinnati
California -14 @ Minnesota ----> Minnesota
Florida State +6 @ BYU ----> Florida State
West Virginia +5.5 @ Auburn ---> Auburn

Utah and Oregon will be interesting. I like Oregon and Utah hasn't really played anyone yet. It'll be interesting to see what happens in that one.

I must have been on crack when I made that pick. <shakes head>

Oh, well. It's out there now. I have to live with it.

Come on, FSU.

Thursday
Georgia Tech +4 @ Miami(Fla) -- Ga Tech

Saturday
Tennessee +27.5 @ Florida -- Florida*
Nebraska +3 @ Virginia Tech -- Va Tech
Utah +4 @ Oregon -- Oregon
Cincinnati +2 @ Oregon State -- Cincinnasty**
California -14 @ Minnesota -- Cal
Florida State +6 @ BYU -- Bye You (BYU)
West Virginia +5.5 @ Auburn -- West Virginia***

Just for funs
Northwestern @ Syracuse -- Orangemen****
Connecticut @ Baylor - Baylor*****

* - Just an aside, am I one of the few people here who actually likes Tim Tebow?
** - Can't stand them, but I gotta see some Big East teams get higher up in the rankings.
*** - Ditto above.
**** - I actually like Syracuse and want them to do very well.
***** - I also like UConn (in football, not basketball), and I go to all the home games.

"Just an aside, am I one of the few people here who actually likes Tim Tebow?"
You must have spent 5 minutes with him, and he made you a better person. :puke: Me, I'm afraid his giant head might explode and dirty my clothes.

Georgia Tech
Florida
Virginia Tech
Utah
Oregon State
California
BYU
Auburn

The "U"
Florida
Tech
Oregon
Oregon State
Minnesota
FSU
Auburn


For fun - ND , Fresno, Texas, UCLA, Arkansas, My Hawks.

Tennesse, VA Tech, Utah, Oregon State, Cal, BYU, Auburn.

I really think Florida is going to put a whooping on them. You remember what the Pats did to teams that accused them of cheating a couple of years ago? Just like that...

They do have Florida as real heavy favorites and if I wasn't picking based on who I want to see win and actually use my head I'd take Tennessee to lose within 27 pts.

But I do think that it might be a 30-40 point differential.

...I still think Tenn will get a couple quick ones at the end to narrow the score after it's a hopeless cause.

Yeah, I can't see how Tenn can win, but 27 is a lot, and in blowouts, the losing team always gets a few freebies at the end to narrow the score.

And I can't wait for the Jets thumping!

LOL- Rex Ryan is just as bad as his dad I think...Why doesn't he just say "Bring it on!!" :rofl:

...that's longer than any sentence he has ever spoken or written.

:evilgrin:

And the Jet's D was really good last week. I believe he was the mastermind of the Raven's D for all those years.

starting, specifically against the Pats...the disease is spreading within the whole team apparently.

He said he came here to win and the only thing he said was the Pats have a better QB and better coach but he is not here to kiss Belichick's wins. Nothing out of the ordinary I'd expect any coach to say. You have to be confident in your ability to win.

...it was a stupid comment to say the least...he wasn't being asked about the Pats, but specifically threw their name in.

just to know the context of the question asked and how he answered it. I say it was something I'd want my coach to say, "I came here to win". Besides I love most coaches for their sense of humor, however I never hear Wisenhut say anything funny. Anyways it may appear that I'm taking sides and I am, I want the Jets to win but don't worry. Whenever the Pats play an NFC team I root for them as well as all AFC teams when they play an NFC opponent. It helps the Cardinals whenever an AFC team beats a NFC foe.

Well, at least you're not rooting for them because Favor is still with them!

by New York's "other" team!!

:rofl:

But I get the impression he trash talks quite a bit.

Ya back in or week by week?

Ryan Mallet, a transfer from Michigan, (thankyou Rodriguez) Saturday night against Georgia on ESPN.

the Texas-Texas Tech game doesn't shake me up. Not feelin' it.

Now we go to State College. A big one.

and another win for the Pac 10 over the Big 10.

first quarter, but a win is a win.
USC in two weeks!