One change: the deadline this week is Thursday, Oct.2 @ 10:30PM EDT/7:30 PDT, when the tie breaker game is played in Oregon.
So, here are your choices:
1. #6 Texas A&M @ #12 Mississippi State – ESPN says this game and the next have Mississippians hoping they will “showcase a positive image of the state.” Unless the two Mississippi teams lose by huge margins.
2. #3 Alabama @ #11 Ole Miss
3. #14 Stanford @ #9 Notre Dame – I think this is the only top 25 game between teams not in the same conference. Look for a good game.
4. #4 Oklahoma @ #25 TCU – This one may be more exciting than the annual Red River game between Oklahoma and that other team from Texas.
5. Navy @ Air Force – The first battle of the big three military schools. Who will win?
6. Boise State @ Nevada – I have to include this one now that a certain Idahoan has joined the fun.
7. #19 Nebraska @ #10 Michigan State – This one is the big game in the B1G 10 this week.
8. Purdue @ Illinois – This one is the Pillow Fight of the B1G 10. Chas’ alma mater has a good chance of winning this one.
9. Pillow Fight: UMass (0-5) @ Miami, Ohio (0-5) – The real question is, which of these teams can overcome mediocrity?
10. Tie Breaker Arizona @ #2 Oregon – I get to pick the tie breaker this week. I know, my team doesn’t stand a chance.
Okay, I know next-to-nothing about football, & I usually ignore this post, but I decided to throw in some guesses, just to see how well – or poorly – I do.
Texas – because Lee was stationed there for a while when he was in the Air Force, & because Ricky Weaver would want me to. 🙂
Alabama – in honor of our Kim.
Notre Dame – because Lee’s uncle went there.
Oklahoma – because I like the musical.
Air Force – see Texas above.
Go Boise! – in honor of Mumsee.
Michigan – because it is near Wisconsin, where I lived for a while, & graduated from high school.
Purdue – because Chas has mentioned going there. I think. Or am I mistaken on that?
Ohio – because I lived there for several years, during much of my growing up. (Although, I could have gone for UMass, as Lee’s family is from the Boston area.)
Tie breaker: Arizona – in honor of Peter. Score? 27 – 20.
Thanks for the honor, Karen. Arizona pulling off such an upset would make my weekend.
My picks:
Miss St – I rarely go for a Texas team
Ala – Too easy, i know, but Ole Miss could surprise us.
Stanford – ND is another one of those teams.
Oklahoma – See above
GO Navy!
Boise St.
Michigan St – I have never liked Nebraska. Back in the day they ruled the Big 8 and 12 and seemed to be favored by the refs, especially when Mizzou was about to beat them.
Purdue
Miami OH
Oregon 45-14 – Yes, I am being realistic in saying my favorite team cannot possibly beat the #2 team in nation on that team’s home turf.
Chas’ Wild Guesses
Mississippi State
“Bama
Fighting Irish
Oklahoma You always have to bet that way.
Air Force -Though I kinda doubt it.
Boise
Michigan State
Purdue ??????
Miami
Oregon 21-0
Bonus: Gamecocks 21 – Wildcats 7
My first choice was 35-17, but since that was taken and my brain was tired of numbers, I settled on the puny zero. It isn’t a reflection on yout team, but instead speaks of my brain being too tired to think of possible football scores. Zero is a no-brainer. 😉
It’s possible to get any final score but 1 in football. Teams can get 1 point for an point after touchdown, but not just 1 point without anything else.
Mumsee and Karen in the lead! If I have to miss on a pick, that would be the one I would want to miss. I can’t stand the perennially overrated ducklings…
In the interest of not seeming like a hypocrite…I am firmly convinced that my Seminoles are also way overrated this year. I do think that if they run the table they should have the chance to defend their title. but they aren’t playing like a number 1 team…
Well, Mumsee, so far you are in the lead as your tie breaker score was 6, while Karen was 8. Let’s see how you two do the rest of the way. However, if someone else has more correct, that person wins, regardless of the tie breaker.
I know it makes me a sexist pig to say this.
But it seems strange to hear a woman calling a football game.
But the Boilers lead the Illiani 38/27. That’s worth it.
Wow. What a weekend for upsets. Arizona knocks off #2 Oregon on Thursday. Today, #3 Alabama and #4 Oklahoma fell. Because of those upsets, no one will have a score higher than 7 this week. No, anonymous (I think you are kbells), you don’t have zero correct. The lowest score so far is 1. As of now, three people have 5 correct: Chas, Tychicus and Karen, with two games to go. I think we can now say that Karen is the winner, since she is the only one of those three to get the tie breaker, and all three chose the same teams in the remaining games (Boise St vs Nevada and Nebraska vs Michigan St.).
So, Chas, not only did a woman beat us, but she admitted that she usually ignores this post. Beginners luck? We’ll see if she tries again next week.
kbells- Maybe I’ll try that method, too. I think we who follow college football forget that any team can win on any given day, even a 24 point underdog (like Arizona was this week).
😦 Football is a stupid game!
When you score 38 points, You’re supposed to win!
I think KBells is correct. It’s Obama’s fault.
Is Kbells1 the same Kbells we all know and love (except during football season)?
Final results:
MSU 48 TAMU 31
OleMiss 23 Bama 17
ND 17 Stan 14
TCU 37 OU 33
AirForce 30 Navy 21
Boise 51 Nevada 46 (Were they playing basketball?)
MichSU 27 Neb 22
Purdue 38 Ill 27
Miami 42 Umass 41
Ariz 31 Ore 24
Our results: (All those upsets upset some of our applecarts.)
7 correct: karen, Chas & Tychicus. Karen wins since she is the only one of these to get the tie breaker game winner.
5 correct: Mumsee, IBNO, Janice and Peter L
4 correct: AJ
3 correct: kbells
2 correct: both Weavers
Wandering Views 
Texas A+M
Alabama
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Navy
Boise State
Michigan State
Purdue
UMASS
Oregon 42-10
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Texas A&M
Bama
Stanford
Oklahoma
Navy
Boise
Mich. St.
Illinois
Miami, OH
Oregon 35-17
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Okay, I know next-to-nothing about football, & I usually ignore this post, but I decided to throw in some guesses, just to see how well – or poorly – I do.
Texas – because Lee was stationed there for a while when he was in the Air Force, & because Ricky Weaver would want me to. 🙂
Alabama – in honor of our Kim.
Notre Dame – because Lee’s uncle went there.
Oklahoma – because I like the musical.
Air Force – see Texas above.
Go Boise! – in honor of Mumsee.
Michigan – because it is near Wisconsin, where I lived for a while, & graduated from high school.
Purdue – because Chas has mentioned going there. I think. Or am I mistaken on that?
Ohio – because I lived there for several years, during much of my growing up. (Although, I could have gone for UMass, as Lee’s family is from the Boston area.)
Tie breaker: Arizona – in honor of Peter. Score? 27 – 20.
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Thanks for the honor, Karen. Arizona pulling off such an upset would make my weekend.
My picks:
Miss St – I rarely go for a Texas team
Ala – Too easy, i know, but Ole Miss could surprise us.
Stanford – ND is another one of those teams.
Oklahoma – See above
GO Navy!
Boise St.
Michigan St – I have never liked Nebraska. Back in the day they ruled the Big 8 and 12 and seemed to be favored by the refs, especially when Mizzou was about to beat them.
Purdue
Miami OH
Oregon 45-14 – Yes, I am being realistic in saying my favorite team cannot possibly beat the #2 team in nation on that team’s home turf.
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Chas’ Wild Guesses
Mississippi State
“Bama
Fighting Irish
Oklahoma You always have to bet that way.
Air Force -Though I kinda doubt it.
Boise
Michigan State
Purdue ??????
Miami
Oregon 21-0
Bonus: Gamecocks 21 – Wildcats 7
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Have to do better this week…
Miss St
Ole Miss – yep…it’s gonna happen
ND
OK
Navy
Nevada
Sparty
Illinois
Miami, OH – gotta go with the Red Hawks
Oregon 49-23
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TAMU
Ole Miss
Stanford
TCU
AF
BS
Mich St.
Purdue
Miami O
Oregon 37-23
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After much careful thought and deliberation:
Texas
Alabama
Notre Dame
TCU
Navy
Boise
Michigan
Illinois
Mass
Arizona 31-30
Though I should not really enter after winning last time and all. Really ought to leave it to you all.
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TRW says:
Texas A&M
Alabama
Stanford
Oklahoma
Air Force
Boise St.
Nebraska
Illinois
Massachusetts
Oregon 42-14
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Thank you for the kind words, Karen O. Good luck to you.
Here are my picks:
Texas A&M
Alabama
Stanford
Oklahoma
Navy
Nevada
Michigan State
Illinois
Miami
Oregon 45-24
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1. TX
2. AL
3. Notre Dame
4. Oklahoma
5. Navy
6.Boise
7. Michigan
8. Perdue
9. Ohio
10. Ore Gon’ Wild 35-0
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Without looking, I had picked exactly as Kbells picked. I then changed the tie breaker score to make it different from hers.
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It’s bad enough that my team will most likely lose to Oregon, but 35-0? Ouch!
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My first choice was 35-17, but since that was taken and my brain was tired of numbers, I settled on the puny zero. It isn’t a reflection on yout team, but instead speaks of my brain being too tired to think of possible football scores. Zero is a no-brainer. 😉
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It’s possible to get any final score but 1 in football. Teams can get 1 point for an point after touchdown, but not just 1 point without anything else.
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Mumsee and Karen in the lead! If I have to miss on a pick, that would be the one I would want to miss. I can’t stand the perennially overrated ducklings…
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Agreed, INBO. The Ducks and a few other schools are overrated and occasionally prove it. Ohio State comes to mind.
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In the interest of not seeming like a hypocrite…I am firmly convinced that my Seminoles are also way overrated this year. I do think that if they run the table they should have the chance to defend their title. but they aren’t playing like a number 1 team…
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Well, Mumsee, so far you are in the lead as your tie breaker score was 6, while Karen was 8. Let’s see how you two do the rest of the way. However, if someone else has more correct, that person wins, regardless of the tie breaker.
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I know it makes me a sexist pig to say this.
But it seems strange to hear a woman calling a football game.
But the Boilers lead the Illiani 38/27. That’s worth it.
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I may actually have gotten every game wrong. 😦
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Wow. What a weekend for upsets. Arizona knocks off #2 Oregon on Thursday. Today, #3 Alabama and #4 Oklahoma fell. Because of those upsets, no one will have a score higher than 7 this week. No, anonymous (I think you are kbells), you don’t have zero correct. The lowest score so far is 1. As of now, three people have 5 correct: Chas, Tychicus and Karen, with two games to go. I think we can now say that Karen is the winner, since she is the only one of those three to get the tie breaker, and all three chose the same teams in the remaining games (Boise St vs Nevada and Nebraska vs Michigan St.).
So, Chas, not only did a woman beat us, but she admitted that she usually ignores this post. Beginners luck? We’ll see if she tries again next week.
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Seriously? A bunch of random guesses wins? That’s funny!
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I hate football. I blame Ray Rice….and Obama.
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I did research. I’m going back to picking the teams with the prettiest colors or the cutest quarterback.
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kbells- Maybe I’ll try that method, too. I think we who follow college football forget that any team can win on any given day, even a 24 point underdog (like Arizona was this week).
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Peter, I’d be interested to know which quarterbacks you find cute. 🙂
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😦 Football is a stupid game!
When you score 38 points, You’re supposed to win!
I think KBells is correct. It’s Obama’s fault.
Is Kbells1 the same Kbells we all know and love (except during football season)?
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kbells- My grandson is cute, and he looks like he could be a quarterback, even if he is only 3.
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Y’all don’t love me during football season? Oh well. Part of the heavy burden of being a Bama fan. 🙂
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Final results:
MSU 48 TAMU 31
OleMiss 23 Bama 17
ND 17 Stan 14
TCU 37 OU 33
AirForce 30 Navy 21
Boise 51 Nevada 46 (Were they playing basketball?)
MichSU 27 Neb 22
Purdue 38 Ill 27
Miami 42 Umass 41
Ariz 31 Ore 24
Our results: (All those upsets upset some of our applecarts.)
7 correct: karen, Chas & Tychicus. Karen wins since she is the only one of these to get the tie breaker game winner.
5 correct: Mumsee, IBNO, Janice and Peter L
4 correct: AJ
3 correct: kbells
2 correct: both Weavers
So Karen gets to pick the tie breaker game for this weekend. You can find the schedule here: http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule/_/week/7
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Okay, I pick Connecticut @ Tulane.
I can’t believe I won, with my random picks. 🙂
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Karen, the results of last Saturday’s games defied the odds. Several top ten teams lost to underdogs.
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I guess that made it my week, then. 🙂
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well, of course they were playing basketball, isn’t that what everybody was playing?
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