Another week, another weekend of college football. Last week, four of us got nine out of ten games correct. It was a cake walk with all the top teams playing pushovers. Not this week. There is a possible preview of the final championship game with #7 Oregon visiting #5 Michigan State. And BYU hosts Boise State, after the now-famous Hail Mary pass by a substitute quarterback got BYU the win over Nebraska, at Lincoln! Have fun with this one, folks. Just make your picks by game-time Saturday, which is 10:30 AM EDT, when South Florida visits Florida State.
Remember the rules: Pick the winners of all ten games, and the final score of the tie breaker, which this week was chosen by Tychicus, who was the winner last week.
1. Florida State
2. Army
3. Iowa State
4. Tennessee
5. Kentucky
6. Michigan State
7. Air Force
8. Boise State (keepin’ Mum happy)
9. Arizona
10. UT-San Antonio 21-7
Chas’ wild guesses:
Seminoles
Army
Iowa (a toss up says it)
Tennessee Vols beat them Sooners
Gamecocks beat the Wildcats
Michigan State
Air Force
Bois State. That’s what Mumsee says, and I believe it..
Arizona
Kansas State 21, UT-SA 0
I think I can make a connection to almost every game this time.
South Florida @ #11 Florida State – We passed by the South Florida campus in Sarasota last month. Beautiful campus, right next to the Ringling museum. But a nice campus is not enough for the football team to overcome the Seminoles. FSU wins this one.
Army @ Connecticut – We visited the UConn campus while visiting friends in Storrs. Nice place. I’ve seen the West Point campus from the freeway. Beautiful surroundings. But this is football, and the Husky fans will have to put up with a loss. Army takes the game.
Iowa @ Iowa State – Two family connections here. One sister-in-law graduated from ISU. A brother-in-law got his degree at Iowa. I’ve spent time at both Iowa City and Ames. I think the Cyclones (ISU) beat their cross-state rivals this time.
#19 Oklahoma @ # 23 Tennessee – I went to a Bible conference just down the road from the Norman campus. Big stadium. Football is a religion there. But their “god” cannot overcome the Volunteers this time. Tennessee in an upset.
Kentucky @ South Carolina – No connection here, other than Chas. South Carolina, mainly because I don’t think of football with Kentucky. basketball is their strength.
#7 Oregon @ # 5 Michigan State – Not been to either school. I don’t care for Oregon. Spartans “down” the Ducks.
San Jose State @ Air Force – The Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs is one of the most beautiful campuses anywhere. The “chapel” is more like a cathedral, with its marvelous pipe organ. And the high altitude would be hard on the low-altitude Californians. Air Force flies away with this one.
#20 Boise State @ BYU – Substitute QB got lucky last week. Boise State Broncos gallop over the Cougars.
#22 Arizona @ Nevada – If you’re ever in Tucson, go to the U of A campus. It’s beautiful. And it would be a major gamble to say the Wildcats fall this week. Arizona wins.
Tie Breaker: Kansas State @ UT- San Antonio – I’ve been to Manhattan, but not the KSU campus. And I would like to visit San Antonio some day. I don’t like Texas teams, though, so KSU wins 35-31.
Mumsee picked without waiting for Tychicus? And she picked the exact same score I did in the tie breaker. Well, I’ll change my score to KSU 42-31, so she doesn’t have to change hers.
Janice- It’s not so much Texas schools as Texas. Growing up in Arizona, the only Texans I knew were arrogant snobs who looked down their noses at those of us form the lesser regions of the Wild West. At least, that was my perception. But now I know better Texans, but still dislike most things Texan.
Mumsee- The idea of a tie breaker is to differentiate between two otherwise identical entries. So I didn’t figure the rules would have to specify that.
And thus, we have all the legalese in contests and sweepstakes.
Who needs the tie-breaker? Unless I read something wrong (and that has happened before) IBNO wins with 8 correct. The others had 7 or fewer. FSU vs BC it is!
Details: IBNO 8
Kim 7
Chas and Mumsee 6
Peter, Tychicus and Janice 5
kbells and AJ 4
Game Scores:
FSU 34 USF 14
UConn 22 Army 17
Iowa 31 ISU 17
OU 31 Tenn 24 (2OT)
Ky 26 So Car 22
MSU 31 Ore 28
Air Force 37 SJSU 16
BYU 35 BSU 24
Ariz 44 Nev 20
KSU 30 UTSA 3
Wandering Views 
Florida State
GO ARMY!
Iowa State
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Michigan State
San Jose State
Boise State
Arizona
UT-San Antonio 31-20
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1. Florida State
2. Army
3. Iowa State
4. Tennessee
5. Kentucky
6. Michigan State
7. Air Force
8. Boise State (keepin’ Mum happy)
9. Arizona
10. UT-San Antonio 21-7
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Florida
Army
Iowa State
Tennessee
South Carolina
Oregon
Air Force
Boise
Arizona
Kansas State 28-21
I know little about most of these teams. so wild guesses all around.
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Chas’ wild guesses:
Seminoles
Army
Iowa (a toss up says it)
Tennessee Vols beat them Sooners
Gamecocks beat the Wildcats
Michigan State
Air Force
Bois State. That’s what Mumsee says, and I believe it..
Arizona
Kansas State 21, UT-SA 0
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What? No Tychicus? I will be back with my calls later.
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I think I can make a connection to almost every game this time.
South Florida @ #11 Florida State – We passed by the South Florida campus in Sarasota last month. Beautiful campus, right next to the Ringling museum. But a nice campus is not enough for the football team to overcome the Seminoles. FSU wins this one.
Army @ Connecticut – We visited the UConn campus while visiting friends in Storrs. Nice place. I’ve seen the West Point campus from the freeway. Beautiful surroundings. But this is football, and the Husky fans will have to put up with a loss. Army takes the game.
Iowa @ Iowa State – Two family connections here. One sister-in-law graduated from ISU. A brother-in-law got his degree at Iowa. I’ve spent time at both Iowa City and Ames. I think the Cyclones (ISU) beat their cross-state rivals this time.
#19 Oklahoma @ # 23 Tennessee – I went to a Bible conference just down the road from the Norman campus. Big stadium. Football is a religion there. But their “god” cannot overcome the Volunteers this time. Tennessee in an upset.
Kentucky @ South Carolina – No connection here, other than Chas. South Carolina, mainly because I don’t think of football with Kentucky. basketball is their strength.
#7 Oregon @ # 5 Michigan State – Not been to either school. I don’t care for Oregon. Spartans “down” the Ducks.
San Jose State @ Air Force – The Air Force Academy outside Colorado Springs is one of the most beautiful campuses anywhere. The “chapel” is more like a cathedral, with its marvelous pipe organ. And the high altitude would be hard on the low-altitude Californians. Air Force flies away with this one.
#20 Boise State @ BYU – Substitute QB got lucky last week. Boise State Broncos gallop over the Cougars.
#22 Arizona @ Nevada – If you’re ever in Tucson, go to the U of A campus. It’s beautiful. And it would be a major gamble to say the Wildcats fall this week. Arizona wins.
Tie Breaker: Kansas State @ UT- San Antonio – I’ve been to Manhattan, but not the KSU campus. And I would like to visit San Antonio some day. I don’t like Texas teams, though, so KSU wins 35-31.
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Kbells- Which Florida team, South or State?
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Florida State
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Peter, why do you not like TX teams?
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South Florida
Army
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Oregon
Air Force
Boise
Arizona
Kansas State 35-31
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Mumsee picked without waiting for Tychicus? And she picked the exact same score I did in the tie breaker. Well, I’ll change my score to KSU 42-31, so she doesn’t have to change hers.
Janice- It’s not so much Texas schools as Texas. Growing up in Arizona, the only Texans I knew were arrogant snobs who looked down their noses at those of us form the lesser regions of the Wild West. At least, that was my perception. But now I know better Texans, but still dislike most things Texan.
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1 Florida State
2 Army
3 Iowa
4 Tennessee
5 South Carolina
6 Michigan State
7 Air Force
8 BYU
9 Arizona
10 Tie Breaker: Kansas State
Pick winner and final score. 56 to 10
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Hey y’all!
FSU…of course!
UConn
ISU
OK is ok!
Kentucky…sorry Chas…they didn’t even deserve last weeks win
SPARTY!!!!
AF
Boise State
AZ
KSU…49-20
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Kim, Kim, Kim, Kim, Kim……
By the way, the rules do not stipulate one must pick a unique score.
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Some very tough calls this week – a lot of “pick ’ems”…
FSU
UConn
Iowa
Tenn
SC
Mich St.
SJ St.
BYU
Nevada
UTSA 24-21
Should be a fun weekend!
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Mumsee- The idea of a tie breaker is to differentiate between two otherwise identical entries. So I didn’t figure the rules would have to specify that.
And thus, we have all the legalese in contests and sweepstakes.
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Oops. Looks like I got them all wrong….
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Mumsee: Maybe not – a lot of these games are totally up for grabs…
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Which is why I picked these games so that it wouldn’t be as easy.
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I see Tychicus doesn’t like either mumsee’s nor my schools. 😦
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😦
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Thank you…thank you very much!!! As soon as Peter makes it official you can figure your tiebreaker score for Friday night FSU vs. Boston College…
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Who needs the tie-breaker? Unless I read something wrong (and that has happened before) IBNO wins with 8 correct. The others had 7 or fewer. FSU vs BC it is!
Details: IBNO 8
Kim 7
Chas and Mumsee 6
Peter, Tychicus and Janice 5
kbells and AJ 4
Game Scores:
FSU 34 USF 14
UConn 22 Army 17
Iowa 31 ISU 17
OU 31 Tenn 24 (2OT)
Ky 26 So Car 22
MSU 31 Ore 28
Air Force 37 SJSU 16
BYU 35 BSU 24
Ariz 44 Nev 20
KSU 30 UTSA 3
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