Pick 'em contest (Week 4)

[Administrator]

This week's games (all games Saturday, Sept. 20, all times EDT):
#17 Texas Tech at #16 Utah – 12:00 PM (FOX)
Syracuse at #12 Clemson – 12:00 PM (ESPN)
UAB at #15 Tennessee – 12:45 PM (SEC Network)
Oregon State at #6 Oregon – 3:00 PM
Kent State at #7 Florida State – 3:30 PM (ACC Network)
#22 Auburn at #11 Oklahoma – 3:30 PM (ABC)
Tulane at #13 Ole Miss – 3:30 PM (ESPN)
#21 Michigan at Nebraska – 3:30 PM (CBS/Paramount+)
Purdue at #24 Notre Dame – 3:30 PM (NBC/Peacock)
Temple at #18 Georgia Tech – 4:30 PM (The CW Network)
South Carolina at #23 Missouri – 7:00 PM (ESPN)
Florida at #4 Miami – 7:30 PM (ABC)
#9 Illinois at #19 Indiana – 7:30 (NBC)
Georgia State at #20 Vanderbilt – 7:30 PM (ESPNU)
SE Louisiana at #3 LSU – 7:45 PM (SEC Network)
Sam Houston at #8 Texas – 8:00 PM EDT (ESPN+)
Michigan State at #25 USC – 11:00 PM (FOX)

 

[LudicrousSpeedGO!]

Texas Tech
Clemson
Tennessee
Oregon
Florida State
Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Michigan
Notre Dame
Georgia Tech
Missouri
Miami
Indiana
Vanderbilt
LSU
Texas
USC

 

[Lazy Dave]

Utah
Clemson
Tennessee
Oregon
Florida State
Oklahoma
Ole Miss
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Georgia Tech
Missouri
Miami
Indiana
Vanderbilt
LSU
Texas
USC

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A couple interesting games this week.

Texas Tech at Utah. Haven't seen either team yet this year. Utah always has a Iowa-esqe level of toughness. Tech is a new big spender in the NIL era. Big Noon Kick means 10am kickoff. At Utah? Slight advantage Utes, but if Tech is legit I wouldn't be shocked if they won.

Auburn at Oklahoma. Arnold at Auburn now has a revenge angle, but based on what I've seen I think OU is slightly stronger. I got burnt picking against Auburn already (I think), let's do it again.

Michigan at Nebraska. Michigan is the current road betting favorite, but line is going down. Road games and true freshman don't mix. Nebraska pulls it out late in a defensive struggle.

South Carolina at Mizzou. The Beau Train keeps rolling. Sellars got knocked out in their loss to Vandy. 14-7 game when he exited. Sellars returning could make me switch this, but SC hasn't impressed this year with the returning production and hype.

Illinois at Indiana. Big 10 night game between 2 top 20 teams? This had to be a Fox picks 3rd week (Michigan/Nebraska on CBS I presume was 1st pick). IU has done IU-under-Cignetti things and ran the score up on Lil Brothers. Illinois is a bit more battle-tested, but Duke flopping vs Tulane hurts that win whereas Old Dominion got Pry fired in the Franklin Tree Bowl. I'm running with the current theme: preseason hype not carrying over. IU wins. Benefits us more if they do as well.