Here they are folks, the ten games for which you will predict the outcome. There are some major games, and one Division 2 game I threw in for fun. You see, it’s homecoming week at my alma mater Truman State. So while the big guys at Mizzou try to improve in the SEC by beating the Bulldogs from Georgia, 90 miles to the North the Bulldogs of Truman will try to improve in the GVC against the Cardinals. Karen picked the tie breaker game, which is also the Pillow Fight of the Week. Two 1-4 teams play in the Big Easy.
So, happy guessing to you. Remember, guess the winner of all ten games, as well as the score in the tie breaker.
1. #2 Auburn @ #3 Mississippi State 2. #13 Georgia @ #23 Mizzou 3. Texas @ #11 Oklahoma 4. #12 Oregon @ #18 UCLA 5. USC @ #10 Arizona 6. Rice @ Army 7. VMI @ Navy 8. Penn State @ Michigan 9. William Jewel College (2-3) @ Truman State (4-1) 10. Tie Breaker: UConn @ Tulane
Miss St
GA – like the tigers but they won’t stop the running attack
OK – UT can’t handle them
Oregon…holding nose
USC – luck nruns out…sorry Peter L.
Rice
Navy
Penn State…kind of a who cares at this point?
Truman State – William Jewell gave us fits when I was at Graceland in the 80’s
Tulane 42 – 31
Chas’ wild guesses. He really doesn’t have a horse in this race.
Gamecocks should trounce Furman. It isn’t fair, but it’s a state law.
And Michigan State should beat Purdue.
Auburn. though I kinda hope Miss St wins.
Georgia, likely will take the eastern division.
Oklahoma
UCLA
Arizona
Army
Navy
Penn State
William Jewell
Tulane 14-3
Mumsee- There is no Boise State game because “your team” isn’t playing this week.
My picks:
1. Mississippi State – They’re pumped and at home again.
2. Mizzou – Tigers at home usually do well, especially when Conference rankings are on the line.
3. Oklahoma – In the Red River Battle, I’d sooner be a Sooner than longhorn.
4. Oregon – The Ducks are out for a win after last week’s disaster.
5. Arizona – No reason to say why. Bear Down Arizona!
6. Rice – Based on a more balances offense. But I could be wrong.
7. Navy – I didn’t even realize the Virginia Military Institute had a football program.
8. Michigan – Odd that neither team is in the Top 25. That will still be true for Penn St.
9. Truman State (4-1) – Truman used to be in the toughest Division 2 conference, and had .500 seasons, Now they play in an easier conference and do well.
TB UConn 14 Tulane 13
Technically it’s Reorganized Latter Day Saint…now the Community of Christ. That’s not the Mormons…
Honestly, I went because of some family ties but I was not a very good student, had no real motivation, and it ended up being a bad fit…the field house there is named after my great uncle…check out a picture of the architecture sometime…it’s called the Eugene Closson Center
In case I’m not too late.
Miss. st. – I don’t like orange
Georgia – cute doggie
Oklahoma – I don’t like orange
UCLA – that green is ugly.
Arizona – that blue looks nice with the red
Army – can’t go wrong with basic black
Navy – navy is one of my favorite colors
Penn. St.- I don’t like yellow
Truman – I like Harry Truman
U Conn – cute doggie. 24-14
I want to change my guess on Georgia/Mizzou.
Mizzou!
I just read in the paper that Georgia has suspended Gurley for some NCAA offense.
Georgia without Gurley is going to be like South Carolina without Clowney.
I have not checked all the scores, but for those who originally had Georgia and asked to switch, I will give you the Georgia win. People around here are not surprised at Mizzou’s bad play, as there is talk that the coach is going to retire and hasn’t had good recruiting the last couple of years. So it sounds like Mizzou is going to be at the bottom for a while until things settle down. (I.e.- last year’s team was the last good one for a while.)
Oh, and Truman State blew a 17 point lead and lost 21-17. 😦
The results are in: IBNO wins!. He had 8 correct, even though he was way off on his tie breaker.
Other scores: Mumsee and TRW 7; Aj and myself 6; Chas, Ricky, Tychicus and Janice 5; kbells 4.
IBNO- tell me your choice for next week’s tie breaker game. You can even make it your alma mater, if you wish, since we had one Div 2 game this week.
For the record, here are the final scores of the games:
Mississippi State 38 – Auburn 23
Georgia 34 – Mizzou (I’d rather not admit) 0
Oklahoma 31 – Texas 26
Oregon 42 – UCLA 30
USC 28 – Arizona 26 😦
Rice 41 – Army 21
Navy 51 – VMI 14
Michigan 18 – Penn State 13
William Jewel College 21 – Truman State 17
Tulane 12 – UConn 3
The law of probabilities gives you five. Not much to gloat about here.
At least the Gamecocks didn’t lose. They sat out the week.
They play Furman next week.
Okay, so doing actual research didn’t work. The pretty color method didn’t work. Time to try the cute quarterback method. The research will be difficult but I will just have to deal with it.
Wandering Views 
Mississippi State
Georgia
Oklahoma
Oregon
Arizona
Army
Navy
Michigan
Truman State
UConn 21-14
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Miss St
GA – like the tigers but they won’t stop the running attack
OK – UT can’t handle them
Oregon…holding nose
USC – luck nruns out…sorry Peter L.
Rice
Navy
Penn State…kind of a who cares at this point?
Truman State – William Jewell gave us fits when I was at Graceland in the 80’s
Tulane 42 – 31
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Chas’ wild guesses. He really doesn’t have a horse in this race.
Gamecocks should trounce Furman. It isn’t fair, but it’s a state law.
And Michigan State should beat Purdue.
Auburn. though I kinda hope Miss St wins.
Georgia, likely will take the eastern division.
Oklahoma
UCLA
Arizona
Army
Navy
Penn State
William Jewell
Tulane 14-3
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Mumsee- There is no Boise State game because “your team” isn’t playing this week.
My picks:
1. Mississippi State – They’re pumped and at home again.
2. Mizzou – Tigers at home usually do well, especially when Conference rankings are on the line.
3. Oklahoma – In the Red River Battle, I’d sooner be a Sooner than longhorn.
4. Oregon – The Ducks are out for a win after last week’s disaster.
5. Arizona – No reason to say why. Bear Down Arizona!
6. Rice – Based on a more balances offense. But I could be wrong.
7. Navy – I didn’t even realize the Virginia Military Institute had a football program.
8. Michigan – Odd that neither team is in the Top 25. That will still be true for Penn St.
9. Truman State (4-1) – Truman used to be in the toughest Division 2 conference, and had .500 seasons, Now they play in an easier conference and do well.
TB UConn 14 Tulane 13
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So, IBNO- You went to the Mormon College of Iowa? What’d you think of it?
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Technically it’s Reorganized Latter Day Saint…now the Community of Christ. That’s not the Mormons…
Honestly, I went because of some family ties but I was not a very good student, had no real motivation, and it ended up being a bad fit…the field house there is named after my great uncle…check out a picture of the architecture sometime…it’s called the Eugene Closson Center
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I always thought it was Mormon. Oh, well. Interesting your ties to two of the states I am in a lot.
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Miss
Geo
Ok
Ore
Ariz
Arm
Nav
Penn
WJ
Tulane 13-6
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These are mine:
Auburn
Georgia
OU
UCLA
USC
Rice
Navy
Penn State
Truman State
Conn. 24-7
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Here are TRW’s picks:
Auburn
Georgia
OU
Oregon
USC
Rice
Navy
Penn State
William Jewell (a high school classmate played there)
Conn. 28-17
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Peter…I found out that they added my Great Aunt Judy’s name to the Closson Center as well…she was 106 1/2 years old when she died…
There’s a link to pictures here: http://hcap.artstor.org/cgi-bin/library?a=d&d=p718
It looks like a covered wagon…
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Miss St.
Ga.
UT
UCLA
Az.
Rice
Navy
Michigan
TS
UConn 17-14
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TRW just heard about the Todd Gurley suspension, and is questioning his Georgia pick.
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When is the deadline?
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In case I’m not too late.
Miss. st. – I don’t like orange
Georgia – cute doggie
Oklahoma – I don’t like orange
UCLA – that green is ugly.
Arizona – that blue looks nice with the red
Army – can’t go wrong with basic black
Navy – navy is one of my favorite colors
Penn. St.- I don’t like yellow
Truman – I like Harry Truman
U Conn – cute doggie. 24-14
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I want to change my guess on Georgia/Mizzou.
Mizzou!
I just read in the paper that Georgia has suspended Gurley for some NCAA offense.
Georgia without Gurley is going to be like South Carolina without Clowney.
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If we are allowed to…I want to change mine as well. Mizzou at home will win with Gurley out
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TRW is sticking with his selection of Georgia.
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The Mizzou change is acceptable, even if Gurly plays. (I wonder what kind of teasing he gets about that name.)
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Late entry, but hope it is not too late!
1. Miss State
2. GA
3. TX
4.Oregon
5. Arizona
6 Army
7. Navy
8. Penn
9. Truman
10. Tulane 21-7
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No, Janice. I forgot to mention that the deadline is noon tomorrow.
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Make that Saturday Oct 11 at noon, since tomorrow never comes.
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Peter @ 2:16
For a guy that big, the population of people who will tease him to his face is small indeed.
😉
Maybe some linemen. I doubt it.
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Can I take back my switch away from Georgia vote?
You can’t beat Georgia if you throw three interceptions, on your side of the field yet!
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Wow – Texas outgained OU 482 yards to 232 yards.
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Mumsee beat me on the tiebreaker…should have stuck with Georgia…
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I have not checked all the scores, but for those who originally had Georgia and asked to switch, I will give you the Georgia win. People around here are not surprised at Mizzou’s bad play, as there is talk that the coach is going to retire and hasn’t had good recruiting the last couple of years. So it sounds like Mizzou is going to be at the bottom for a while until things settle down. (I.e.- last year’s team was the last good one for a while.)
Oh, and Truman State blew a 17 point lead and lost 21-17. 😦
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The results are in: IBNO wins!. He had 8 correct, even though he was way off on his tie breaker.
Other scores: Mumsee and TRW 7; Aj and myself 6; Chas, Ricky, Tychicus and Janice 5; kbells 4.
IBNO- tell me your choice for next week’s tie breaker game. You can even make it your alma mater, if you wish, since we had one Div 2 game this week.
For the record, here are the final scores of the games:
Mississippi State 38 – Auburn 23
Georgia 34 – Mizzou (I’d rather not admit) 0
Oklahoma 31 – Texas 26
Oregon 42 – UCLA 30
USC 28 – Arizona 26 😦
Rice 41 – Army 21
Navy 51 – VMI 14
Michigan 18 – Penn State 13
William Jewel College 21 – Truman State 17
Tulane 12 – UConn 3
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Also, here are the current overall standings:
Cumulative: pts | #weeks
AJ 48 | 7
Ricky 45 | 7
Chas 41 | 7
IBNO 41 | 7
Mois 40 | 7
Tychicus 32 | 5
TRW-AG 31 | 5
kbells 27 | 5
Janice 27 | 5
Mumsee 21 | 7
Ibno jr 12 | 2
Michelle 7 | 1
Karen 7 | 1
Kim 6 | 1
Kevin 4 | 1
Cheryl 4 | 1
The last couple of weeks hurt Ricky, so AJ has taken over the lead.
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The law of probabilities gives you five. Not much to gloat about here.
At least the Gamecocks didn’t lose. They sat out the week.
They play Furman next week.
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Okay, so doing actual research didn’t work. The pretty color method didn’t work. Time to try the cute quarterback method. The research will be difficult but I will just have to deal with it.
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