Bored's College Football Pick 'Em - Week 10

[Art Sandusky]

Great, my win is going to rely on all those "who cares" games.

[Secret Agent]

The total score of Louisville-Pittsburgh was 62, BTW.

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So how does the tiebreaker work then? Whoever is closer without going over, or who ever is just closer, period?

[Bored]

Whoever is closer, period. This ain't the Price is Right.

[Art Sandusky]

Goooooooooooo "who cares" games! Central Florida holding on (17-3 over Houston at the half) would give me the win without having to wait to see if my Miami pick was really as dumb as the media is making it sound.

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

Heh, I'm in the same boat as you, Kotz. I need Central Florida and Miami.

[Der Kommissar]

Huge win for me this week. My team gained a two game lead in the conference with three remaining. That should hopefully mean I have a good chance of making it to the conference championship. It's too bad I was so terrible out conference though. 1-5 out of conference, 4-0 in conference. Geez, I am like the North Texas of this game.

[Cuban Linx]

Easy win for me, looks like i'll get every differing pick correct as well as the tiebreak. Of course those sort of wins tend to kill your strength of schedule, but i'll take it.

[Vern Gagne]

I need UCF to hold on and beat Houston, and V.T. to wake the f up.

 

I kind of want V.T. to lose, so we don't have to hear them bitch and complain anymore.

[AlwaysPissedOff]

Damn, I would have had a clean sweep in the differing picks if I had gone with my gut feeling on Toledo/Ohio...

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

Man, if Miami hangs on, I'd have beaten nogoodnick twice this week, one in the NFL contest and then here.

[Bored]

No point in waiting for Miami/Va Tech to end.

 

Week 10 Final Scores

 

#5 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 9, #4 LSU (teke184) 7

 

#3 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 9, #10 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 7

 

#1 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 7, Oklahoma (Damaramu) 6

 

#2 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 10, Connecticut (DragonLordKaiba) 8

 

#6 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 10, Florida International (Vitamin X) 7

 

#7 Ohio State (Gert T) 10, Illinois (Matt Young) 8

 

#8 Florida (Agent Bond34) 7, Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 7; Florida wins by tiebreak

 

#9 Penn State (therealworldschampion) 9, Buffalo (Black Widow/Angel Grace Blue) 6

 

South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 11, Nebraska (CarnivalizComing) 7

 

Tennessee (Kotzenjunge) 11, Notre Dame (Lando Griffin) 7

 

Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 10, UCLA (phoenixrising) 8

 

Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 11, Troy (Angel Grace Blue) 6

 

Stanford (Bored) 11, USC (Cartman) 9

 

Washington State (bravesfan) 9, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 7

 

San Diego State (Porter) 9, Oregon (nogoodnick) 8

 

Rutgers (the pinjockey) 8, Kent State (JHawk) 5

 

Northwestern (Kingofthe909) 9, Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 8

 

 

Conference Standings

 

Pac-8

 

1. Hawaii (4-0, 5-5)

2. Stanford (3-2, 5-5)

3. Washington State (3-3, 5-5)

3. San Diego State (2-2, 5-5)

3. UCLA (2-2, 4-6)

6. Arizona State (2-3, 5-5)

6. Oregon (2-3, 4-6)

8. USC (1-4, 4-6)

 

Big MAC

 

1. Illinois (3-1, 6-4)

2. Minnesota (4-2, 5-5)

3. Penn State (3-2, 6-4)

4. Notre Dame (3-3, 5-5)

4. Kent State (2-2, 4-6)

6. Ohio State (2-3, 6-4)

6. Northwestern (2-3, 5-5)

8. Buffalo (1-4, 1-9)

 

Mid South

 

1. Alabama (6-0, 8-2)

2. LSU (4-2, 7-3)

3. South Carolina (4-3, 7-3)

4. Florida (3-3, 6-4)

4. Texas A&M (3-3, 6-4)

6. Auburn (2-3, 6-4)

7. Nebraska (2-4, 4-6)

7. Tennessee (2-4, 4-6)

9. Oklahoma (1-5, 4-6)

 

Big Atlantic

 

1. Georgia Tech (5-1, 7-3)

2. Virginia (4-1, 5-5)

3. Syracuse (5-2, 7-3)

4. Miami (4-2, 6-4)

5. Maryland (3-3, 6-4)

6. FIU (2-4, 4-6)

6. Connecticut (2-4, 4-6)

8. Rutgers (1-4, 3-7)

9. Troy (0-5, 1-9)

[Guest]

How the fuck did I lose? ASU and Miami won.

[Bored]

Whoops. Fixed.

[Guest]

Also, I should have three conference losses instead of four. Thanks ahead of time.

[CanadianChris]

I KNEW IT. What a gutless pick of Nebraska I made.

 

At least it didn't cost me anything...

[Bored]

APO won but did it by tying for the lowest point total of a winning team this week thus they tumble in the rankings due everyone in the Top 10, who wasn't playing another Top 10 team, winning this week. So we have a new #1, who's an old #1.

 

It is an incredibly tight race for the Bored Bowl. I'd say everyone in the Top 10 still has a shot.

 

1. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 2.15

 

2. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 3.25

3. Syracuse - CanadianChris 4.55

4. Texas A&M - Secret Agent 4.75

5. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 5.35

6. Ohio State - Gert T 5.95

7. LSU - teke184 6.35

8. Penn State - therealworldschampion 7.85

9. Florida - Agent Bond34 8.3

10. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 9.3

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

Do I have a shot at a bowl?

[Bored]

You have to finish with at least seven wins to be bowl eligible, so most everyone still has a shot. This would be a good time for a reminder of the bowl alignments.

 

Meow Mix XNXX.COM Pussy Bowl: At-Large vs. At-Large

 

Out Magazine Bowl: Pac-8 #3 or Big MAC #3 vs. Mid South #3 or Big Atlantic #3

 

KFC PETA Bowl: Pac-8 #2 vs. Big Atlantic #2

 

Lucky Strikes Cigarettes Tar Bowl: Big MAC #2 vs. Mid South #2

 

Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve’s Anal Lube: Pac-8 #1/BCS at-large vs. Big MAC #1/BCS at-large

 

Jack Osbourne's Oxycotton Bowl: BCS at-large vs. BCS at-large

 

BenchWarmer Bob's Bored Bowl: BCS #1 vs. BCS #2

[iggymcfly]

Glad to see I'm back where I belong. Bored Bowl, here I come!

[Vern Gagne]

Excuse Me. Benchwarmer Bob's Bored Bowl.

 

You win it all. You get to name it next year.

[teke184]

Bored-

 

Are the conference title games still set up like last year?

 

If so, I think I've just got to win one more conference game in order to be in a winnable tie-breaker (I've beaten Florida and South Carolina, but lost to Texas A&M)

[Art Sandusky]

Man, a big win that was non-conference. I will have a winning record, dammit.

[Secret Agent]

Damn, the way this is set up I can't win the conference but I could possibly get to a BCS Bowl. That's...rather odd.

[teke184]

Damn, the way this is set up I can't win the conference but I could possibly get to a BCS Bowl. That's...rather odd.

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You're Nebraska circa 2001...

[iggymcfly]

God, what's really surprising in this kind of contest is the regression to the mean. We've got one 8-2 team, four 7-3 teams, and everyone else is 6-4 or worse.

 

Shit, in the Pac-8, every single team is either 5-5 or 4-6.

 

Basically, there's a couple entrants who apparently try to go crazy on the upsets (Troy and Buffalo), a couple that actually know what they're doing, (me and....... someone else), and for everybody else, the whole thing's a crapshoot.

 

Yes, I'm being cocky again, but fuck it. I'll just keep picking winners and then I can be as god damn cocky as I want. You want to beat me? Go ahead and try. (I just watched Goodfellas, and if that doesn't put you in a "go me, fuck the world" mood, then nothing will. Well, nothing except winning $1100 on sports bets today. Zing.)

[Secret Agent]

Where the hell you betting at?

[Damaramu]

Well I'm done. No use even picking anymore but I guess I will.

[iggymcfly]

Where the hell you betting at?

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[teke184]

God, what's really surprising in this kind of contest is the regression to the mean. We've got one 8-2 team, four 7-3 teams, and everyone else is 6-4 or worse.

 

Shit, in the Pac-8, every single team is either 5-5 or 4-6.

 

Basically, there's a couple entrants who apparently try to go crazy on the upsets (Troy and Buffalo), a couple that actually know what they're doing, (me and....... someone else), and for everybody else, the whole thing's a crapshoot.

 

Yes, I'm being cocky again, but fuck it. I'll just keep picking winners and then I can be as god damn cocky as I want. You want to beat me? Go ahead and try. (I just watched Goodfellas, and if that doesn't put you in a "go me, fuck the world" mood, then nothing will. Well, nothing except winning $1100 on sports bets today. Zing.)

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Most of the Big South is good at what they're doing...

 

The problem is we're all playing each other.

 

 

Me (#7 LSU), #5 Alabama (APO), #10 South Carolina (Cuban Lynx), #9 Florida (Agent Bond), and #4 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) are all high on pick % as well as wins for the most part, but we keep running into each other.

 

All five of us could go bowling by the end of things.