Bored's CFB Pick 'Em Results - Week 2

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Still one team left to submit picks but I'll go ahead and post this thread since both games tonight will have an impact on this week's match-ups. I'm thinking of possibly having the tiebreakers be related to the Thursday and Friday games every week (like this week) as it puts a big emphasis on getting your picks in on time and you lose out on tiebreaks if you don't get them in time.

 

Anyways here are match-up breakdowns for this week. A lot less variation in picks this week.

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T, 1-0) vs. #5 Miami (Spaceman Spiff, 1-0) – GAME OF THE WEEK

Differing Picks

 

OSU: UCLA, Georgia Tech

Mia: Illinois, Clemson

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 50/55, 270/340

 

#3 Washington State (bravesfan, 1-0) vs. #8 Kent State (JHawk, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

Wazzu: Miami, Boise State, Nebraska

KS: Florida State, Oregon State, Southern Miss

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 55/72, 0/222

 

#1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 1-0) vs. Boise State (Rob E Dangerously, 0-1)

Differing Picks

 

UVA: Oregon State, Texas A&M, Penn State, Texas

BS: Boise State, Wyoming, Boston College, Arkansas

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 31/36, 314/0

 

#4 Syracuse (Canadian Chris, 1-0) vs. Auburn (Agent of Oblivion, 1-0)

Differing Picks

 

SU: Colorado, Clemson, Penn State, Mississippi

Aub: Washington State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Alabama

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 54/36, 338/323

 

#6 Penn State (therealworldschampion, 1-0) vs. Boston College (HarleyQuinn, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

PS: UCLA, Colorado, Texas A&M

BC: Illinois, Washington State, Wyoming

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 43/46, 374/391

 

#7 Florida (Agent Bond34, 0-1) vs. Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

Fla: Oregon State, Nebraska, Illinois, Colorado, Texas A&M

Min: Boise State, Southern Miss, UCLA, Washington State, Wyoming

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 24/49, 360/410

 

#9t West Virginia (Loaded Glove, 1-0) vs. Oklahoma (Damaramu, 1-0)

Differing Picks

 

WV: Florida State, Arkansas

OK: Miami, Texas

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 45/52, 300/250

 

#9t Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 1-0) vs. Georgia (Kingofthe909, 1-0)

 

Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 1-0) vs. Michigan (Mad Dog, 1-0)

 

Differing Picks

 

ND: Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado, Penn State, Mississippi

UGA: Oregon State, Kansas State, Washington State, Boston College, Alabama

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 47/38, 333/298

 

Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Gurl, 0-1) vs. Stanford (Bored, 1-0)

 

Differing Picks

 

Ten: Oregon State, Northwestern, Boston College, Mississippi

Stan: Boise State, Arizona State, Penn State, Alabama

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 37/37, 375/261

 

Oregon (nogoodnick, 1-0) vs. Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

Ore: Florida State, Arizona State, Nebraska, Fresno State, Clemson, Penn State, Mississippi

HI: Miami, Northwestern, Southern Miss, Kansas State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Alabama

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 55/44, 350/350

 

Florida State (2GOLD, 0-1) vs. Bowling Green (“Hail” bps21, 0-1)

Differing Picks

 

FSU: Florida State, Wyoming, Clemson, Texas

BG: Miami, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, Arkansas

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 51/49, 345/0

 

UCLA (phoenixrising, 0-1) vs. LSU (teke184, 0-1)

Differing Picks

 

UCLA: Northwestern, Colorado, Clemson, Penn State

LSU: Arizona State, Washington State, Georgia Tech, Boston College

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 48/45, 325/275

 

Michigan State (Dangerous A, 1-0) vs. USC (Cartman, 0-1)

Differing Picks

 

MS: Northwestern

USC: Arizona State

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 47/48, 395/480

 

Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis, 0-1) vs. Texas (Flyboy, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

ASU: Boise State, Southern Miss, Illinois, Kansas State, Washington State, Wyoming, Boston College, Arkansas

Tex: Oregon State, Nebraska, UCLA, Fresno State, Colorado, Texas A&M, Penn State, Texas

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 45/47, 258/365

 

Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 0-1) vs. Rutgers (the pinjockey, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

MD: Boise State, Illinois, Texas A&M, Boston College

Rut: Oregon State, UCLA, Wyoming, Penn State

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 41/44, 241/400

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#3 Washington State (bravesfan, 1-0) vs. #8 Kent State (JHawk, 0-1)

 

Differing Picks

 

Wazzu: Miami, Boise State, Nebraska

KS: Florida State, Oregon State, Southern Miss

 

Tiebreaker Answers: 55/72, 0/222

 

Thankfully, it won't come down to the tiebreakers*. I had no faith in my FSU/Miami tiebreaker score.

 

 

 

 

 

*knocks on wood for good measure.

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Agent Bond34 comes closest on the FSU/Miami score with 24.

 

Useless Information (since it looks like we'll have our first forfeit)

 

-People are too damn agreeable this week: Missouri over Troy State (HA!), Wisconsin over UNLV, Michigan over Notre Dame (yikes), Ohio State over Marshall, Virginia over North Carolina, Georgia over South Carolina, Oklahoma over Houston, USC over Colorado State.

 

-Only game with any real dissagreement over who will win: Penn State over Boston College, 17-14.

 

-No one really went out on a limb this week with a big upset.

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Agent Bond34 comes closest on the FSU/Miami score with 24.

 

Useless Information (since it looks like we'll have our first forfeit)

 

-People are too damn agreeable this week: Missouri over Troy State (HA!), Wisconsin over UNLV, Michigan over Notre Dame (yikes), Ohio State over Marshall, Virginia over North Carolina, Georgia over South Carolina, Oklahoma over Houston, USC over Colorado State.

 

-Only game with any real dissagreement over who will win: Penn State over Boston College, 17-14.

 

-No one really went out on a limb this week with a big upset.

We're in the wrong part of the season for upsets IMHO... most early-season games are complete Rent-A-Wins against Southeastern North Dakota State or Sun Belt teams.

 

Give it a week or two when we get to some ones without clear-cut winners like Maryland vs. West Virginia and Florida vs. Tennessee or some potential sleeper games like Cal vs. Southern Miss, TCU vs. Texas Tech, and Arizona vs. Wisconsin.

[JHawk 0]

I could have sworn I picked Boise State since I have them marked in my notes.

 

I really need to proofread my notes.

 

But on the bright side, I can pretty much ignore the rest of the weekend since Florida State seems incapable of beating Miami anymore.

[Damaramu 0]

I could have sworn I picked Boise State since I have them marked in my notes.

 

I really need to proofread my notes.

 

But on the bright side, I can pretty much ignore the rest of the weekend since Florida State seems incapable of beating Miami anymore.

What is it with Miami? They lose about 1,000 players and they're still good. These guys just have an NFL machine pumping through that school or something.

[Fökai 0]

People are too damn agreeable this week: Missouri over Troy State (HA!), Wisconsin over UNLV, Michigan over Notre Dame (yikes), Ohio State over Marshall, Virginia over North Carolina, Georgia over South Carolina, Oklahoma over Houston, USC over Colorado State.

 

Really, how can you go against these teams this early into the season? Especially considering the teams they're playing this week aren't at their level.

 

As for the other games, it came down to "ranked team v. unranked team", so people didn't want to risk their points on an underdog that most of us are in the dark on (Troy and CSU, for example).

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People are too damn agreeable this week: Missouri over Troy State (HA!), Wisconsin over UNLV, Michigan over Notre Dame (yikes), Ohio State over Marshall, Virginia over North Carolina, Georgia over South Carolina, Oklahoma over Houston, USC over Colorado State.

 

Really, how can you go against these teams this early into the season? Especially considering the teams they're playing this week aren't at their level.

 

As for the other games, it came down to "ranked team v. unranked team", so people didn't want to risk their points on an underdog that most of us are in the dark on (Troy and CSU, for example).

I'm actually surprised Notre Dame didn't at least get a handful of votes, as I don't expect that game to suck.

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I actually knew a couple of weeks ago looking at the schedule this week we'd have a lot of agreement on picks. I did think someone might take a chance on South Carolina over Georgia. If Notre Dame had shown any signs of life last week a few probably would have picked them.

 

Now next week will be fun but we'll get into that...um next week.

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People are too damn agreeable this week: Missouri over Troy State (HA!), Wisconsin over UNLV, Michigan over Notre Dame (yikes), Ohio State over Marshall, Virginia over North Carolina, Georgia over South Carolina, Oklahoma over Houston, USC over Colorado State.

 

Really, how can you go against these teams this early into the season? Especially considering the teams they're playing this week aren't at their level.

 

As for the other games, it came down to "ranked team v. unranked team", so people didn't want to risk their points on an underdog that most of us are in the dark on (Troy and CSU, for example).

I'm actually surprised Notre Dame didn't at least get a handful of votes, as I don't expect that game to suck.

...from the ESPN.com CFB front page....

 

It's true that Notre Dame rushed for 11 yards and punted 11 times last week in losing to BYU. It's NOT true that Touchdown Jesus has lowered his arms, stuck a single fist in the air and been renamed Fourthdown Jesus.

 

Not yet.

 

It only seems like every down is fourth down these days at Notre Dame. Fourth and long. That's because even now, 16 years after the Fighting Irish won their last national title and 11 years removed from their last serious run at one, so many people seem shocked when the program struggles.

 

And there has been an inordinate amount of struggle lately. Using the selective scalpel of statistics, we can tell you that the last 15 games of Notre Dame football have been the losingest 15 games in 44 years, since the inglorious Joe Kuharich Era. The Irish are 5-10 in this stretch, with six of the losses certifiably ugly (22 points or more).

 

Notre Dame's Tyrone Willingham is just 7-11 after starting 8-0.

Thus has coach Tyrone Willingham's work in South Bend devolved, with stunning quickness, from celebrated to castigated. After an 8-0 start that seemed blessed by the divine powers often alleged to be guiding Notre Dame football, the record is a Faustian 7-11.

 

Now comes a visit from Michigan Saturday, offering either a chance to dramatically reverse course or to sink a little lower. Las Vegas seems convinced of the latter, having set the line at 13½ points -- the biggest underdog spread for the Irish since Nebraska visited in 2000.

 

If this is a just world then Willingham, in just the third year of a reported six-year contract at a school that rarely pushes out a coach before his deal is up, should be secure in his job -- no matter how bad it gets this year. The P.R. hit for bumping off your first African-American football coach faster than Gerry Faust or Bob Davie would be savage and largely deserved.

 

Notre Dame isn't Auburn, where presidents skulk around on booster planes behind the back of the head coach. The Golden Dome simply doesn't operate that way.

 

"Going into Notre Dame, Tyrone had his eyes open," said Ray Anderson, the former agent who negotiated Willingham's deal with Notre Dame and is now a vice president with the Atlanta Falcons. "He knew the pressures and expectations, and at the same time got some assurances that the appropriate patience and time would be given. ... They had some hard times before Tyrone got there. They've got to put some skins in themselves and be patient."

 

Even if patience is granted, that doesn't mean Willingham can work in a cocoon of comfort. Not after a bumpy offseason, in which the Irish recruiting efforts were largely panned, a group of boosters sent a widely publicized letter to athletic director Kevin White that was critical of the football program's leadership, and former Golden Boy Paul Hornung nearly made himself Al Campanis Jr.

 

And certainly there is no comfort when you're losing. The pressure is omnipresent at Notre Dame, where the coach's every move and mannerism are magnified to a national (and sometimes delusional) fan base.

 

Ask Faust, who once got a letter from a fan who basically accused him of excessive piety.

 

"I'm sick and tired of you making the sign of the cross on the sidelines," the fan wrote. "I'd like to see you cross the goal line more."

 

Or ask Vinny Cerrato, recruiting coordinator under Lou Holtz from 1986-91. When Cerrato became director of player personnel for the San Francisco 49ers and was put in charge of the 49ers' draft, he was asked about the pressure of being in that position.

 

"Pressure," Cerrato responded, "is when you're at Notre Dame and you lose more than two games."

 

"You've always got pressure, because expectations are so great and half the country loves you and half the country hates you," Cerrato said. "It's one of the most difficult jobs in the country. You're not a regional school, you're a national school. You've got fans from California to Maine, and they're watching and listening every week, and so you've got a lot of people either very happy or very disappointed. You've got an obligation to try to be great, because they have been in the past.

 

"Everyone looks at you different when you're at Notre Dame. You are different. Notre Dame's different than everyone else."

 

Different is good, when you're talking about your own television contract, your own priority parking space with the BCS and the clout to say no thanks to every conference in the country. But there is almost always a difficult flip side to different.

• National image, but no backyard.

"That's an extreme positive," said Utah coach Urban Meyer, a former Notre Dame assistant under Holtz and Davie who, it must be noted, has an out in his contract for the Notre Dame job. "You can go recruit anywhere in the country. Florida State can't go get a kid from Seattle, but Notre Dame can. The negative of that is that you don't have a home base in recruiting. Notre Dame has to go to Ohio and beat Ohio State, go to California and beat USC and UCLA, go to Texas and beat Texas and Texas A&M, go to Florida and beat Miami, Florida and Florida State"

 

Said Cerrato: "Everyone says it's easy to recruit at Notre Dame. No, it's easy to get in the door. In Indiana and Chicago, maybe, you're No. 1. But you go into Florida and you're probably No. 3, behind Florida or Florida State."

• Legitimate academic demands, which can shut doors that are open to others.

"It truly is one of the great places," Meyer said. "It's college football in its truest form. It's true student-athletes. You can't say that about every university. Most universities can sneak guys into certain majors -- and, if some of them succeed there, that can be good. But that doesn't happen at Notre Dame."

 

Faust: "They should never change those standards, I believe that. You've just got to work hard at it to get that quality of player, but they're out there."

 

Cerrato said that Notre Dame's academic standards should not be a recruiting drawback, as long as the school is diligent in identifying its recruiting targets up front. Wasting time on players who can't get in school does no good.

 

"You just have to make your list smaller," he said. "(Lowering the standards) is kind of a copout. Every team there that won a national championship did it with the same type of restrictions."

• A relentlessly high-profile schedule, which makes for great TV but no easy Saturdays.

You don't see the Louisiana-Monroes, Utah States and Eastern Michigans of the world on Notre Dame's schedule. Not yet, anyway. In one bow to modern reality, the school is open to softening the schedule to permit a few breathers.

 

"I think that's smart," Faust said. "I think Kevin White's on the right track."

 

But that's all in the future. Meanwhile, Michigan arrives Saturday, and the Irish are staring at their first 0-2 start since Davie started 0-3 in 2001 -- on his way out the door. Willingham is an all-world stoic, but that will be challenged as the pressure settles squarely on his shoulders for this third season under the Dome.

 

"The toughest thing is the reaction after every game," Faust said. "Nobody wants to wait until the end of the season to analyze. Let's wait and see what happens. Let's see what plays out.

 

"I really like the man. But I know what he goes through."

 

Pat Forde is a senior writer at ESPN.com. He can be reached at [email protected]

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Agent Bond34 comes closest on the FSU/Miami score with 24.

I had a gut feeling going into this, that it was gonna be low-scoring.

 

Mostly because of the QBs for both teams, neither did that good out there.

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Games decided thru Saturday's early games:

 

#9t Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) def. Georgia (Kingofthe909) by forfeit

 

#3 Washington State (bravesfan) def. #8 Kent State (JHawk)

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T) def. #5 Miami (Spaceman Spiff)

 

Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. #7 Florida (Agent Bond34)

 

Stanford (Bored) def. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Gurl)

 

USC (Cartman) def. Michigan State (Dangerous A)

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If A&M holds on to their 37-0 lead....

 

Bowling Green (“Hail” bps21) def. Florida State (2GOLD)

 

Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) def. Rutgers (the pinjockey)

 

#6 Penn State (therealworldschampion) def. Boston College (HarleyQuinn)

 

...and it seems a lot of games will be decided by Penn State/BC later tonight.

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With A&M/Wyoming and Colorado/Wazzu over here is the update list of games that are decided:

 

#9t Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) def. Georgia (Kingofthe909) by forfeit

 

#3 Washington State (bravesfan) def. #8 Kent State (JHawk)

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T) def. #5 Miami (Spaceman Spiff)

 

Minnesota (Vern Gagne) def. #7 Florida (Agent Bond34)

 

Stanford (Bored) def. Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Gurl)

 

USC (Cartman) def. Michigan State (Dangerous A)

 

#6 Penn State (therealworldschampion) def. Boston College (HarleyQuinn)

 

Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) def. Michigan (Mad Dog)

 

Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) def. Florida State (2GOLD)

 

Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) def. Rutgers (the pinjockey)

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Week 2 Final Scores

 

#2 Ohio State (Gert T) 14, #5 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 12

 

#3 Washington State (bravesfan) 11, #8 Kent State (JHawk) 10

 

#1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 12, Boise State (Rob E Dangerously) 12; Virginia wins by tiebreak

 

Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 14, #4 Syracuse (Canadian Chris) 12

 

#6 Penn State (therealworldschampion) 14, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 11

 

Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 13, #7 Florida (Agent Bond34) 12

 

Oklahoma (Damaramu) 13, #9t West Virginia (Loaded Glove) 11

 

#9t Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 14, Georgia (Kingofthe909) 0; forfeit

 

Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 14, Michigan (Mad Dog) 13

 

Stanford (Bored) 13, Tennessee (Kotzenjunge/Moist Party Gurl) 11

 

Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 14, Oregon (nogoodnick) 11

 

Bowling Green ("Hail" bps21) 12, Florida State (2GOLD) 10

 

LSU (teke184) 14, UCLA (phoenixrising) 12

 

USC (Cartman) 13, Michigan State (Dangerous A) 12

 

Texas (Flyboy) 14, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 12

 

Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 14, Rutgers (the pinjockey) 12

 

 

Conference Standings (conference record, overall record)

 

Pac-8

 

1. Hawaii (1-0, 1-1)

2. Oregon (1-1, 1-1)

3. Stanford (0-0, 2-0)

3. Washington State (0-0, 2-0)

3. USC (0-0, 1-1)

3. Arizona State (0-0, 0-2)

3. UCLA (0-0, 0-2)

8. Boise Stae (0-1, 0-2)

 

Big MAC

 

1. Notre Dame (1-0, 2-0)

1. Ohio State (1-0, 2-0)

3. Penn State (0-0, 2-0)

3. Bowling Green (0-0, 1-1)

3. Michigan State (0-0, 1-1)

3. Minnesota (0-0, 1-1)

7. Michigan (0-1, 1-1)

7. Kent State (0-1, 0-2)

 

Mid South

 

1. Alabama (1-0, 2-0)

1. Auburn (1-0, 2-0)

3. Oklahoma (0-0, 2-0)

3. LSU (0-0, 1-1)

3. Florida (0-0, 0-2)

3. Tennessee (0-0, 0-2)

7. Georgia (0-1, 1-1)

7. Texas (0-1, 1-1)

 

Big Atlantic

 

1. Maryland (1-0, 1-1)

1. Miami (1-0, 1-1)

3. Virginia (0-0, 2-0)

3. Syracuse (0-0, 1-1)

3. West Virginia (0-0, 1-1)

3. Boston College (0-0, 0-2)

7. Florida State (0-1, 0-2)

7. Rutgers (0-1, 0-2)

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BCS Top 10 thru Week 2

 

1. Ohio State (Gert T) 3.67

 

2. Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 4.67

3. Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 6.67

4t. Syracuse (Canadian Chris) 7.00

4t. Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 7.00

6. Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 8.67

7. Penn State (therealworldschampion) 9.00

8. Oklahoma (Damaramu) 10.33

9t. Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 10.67

9t. Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 10.67

[Damaramu 0]

I cracked the Top 10! Yes!

[Art Sandusky 0]

Next week, baybee. Next week. (torn on whether to pick Florida or Tennessee)

[Damaramu 0]

I remember people saying I was a pushover and guranteed win before this started. HA!