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I know nobody won it last year, but did anyone end up close at all?HapSmo19 wrote:OK, let's try this again cuz there's no real chance of anybody picking it and there's no college ball thread yet.
Oregon and TCU huh? Whatta maroon!HapSmo19 wrote:You came closest. You picked Oregon and TCU for 8 and they finished with 5.
You're right, I won't. If I do though, I'm running to the lottery store. (To buy a lottery?)HapSmo19 wrote:If you pick it right(which you won't) I'll gift it to whoever you want.
You never know. Florida on the other hand....rockfist wrote:Someone will invariably comment on picking the Badgers to be #1 or #2 as folly...
As a new member of the Big Televewelve, I had to pick a team from the old Big Twelve and the new Big Twelve. Plus, Barry Alvarez was a Husker.rockfist wrote:I have really only been following the Big Ten so far. Oh and the girls in South Bend. I'll have to study up on the rest of the conferences. Write this down...if the girls turn it over five times (as they did in week 1 & 2) against Sparty they will be lucky to keep it within 24 points.
My honest opinion is that Nebraska is not going to be very good this year. Well, that's not quite right...they'll be good, but they won't be as good as Nebraska fans are used to seeing. I don't think they'll be as good as last year. Frankly, our glorified-running back throws like a seven-year-old girl. Runs like the wind, but big damn deal...against a real team, he's honestly a liability. It annoys me that they've stuck with him (to the point that backup QBs with serious upside have left the program).rockfist wrote:Nebraska fans are driving up the price of the tickets to that opening game...I've heard although I have not verified it I could get about $1,000 or more for mine, which would just about cover the donation for the year, just not the face value. But I think we will be using them. Tough game for both teams...they could've given you Indiana at home or something...not saying Nebraska won't win...just saying opening on the road at Madison is not the easiest draw...and I think most other fans of teams in the conference would agree.
Wisconsin's passing game is much improved from last year, but the offensive line is not as good...when Oregon State had nine in the box we couldn't run...last year we ran on almost anybody no matter what they put in the box.Woodruff wrote:My honest opinion is that Nebraska is not going to be very good this year. Well, that's not quite right...they'll be good, but they won't be as good as Nebraska fans are used to seeing. I don't think they'll be as good as last year. Frankly, our glorified-running back throws like a seven-year-old girl. Runs like the wind, but big damn deal...against a real team, he's honestly a liability. It annoys me that they've stuck with him (to the point that backup QBs with serious upside have left the program).rockfist wrote:Nebraska fans are driving up the price of the tickets to that opening game...I've heard although I have not verified it I could get about $1,000 or more for mine, which would just about cover the donation for the year, just not the face value. But I think we will be using them. Tough game for both teams...they could've given you Indiana at home or something...not saying Nebraska won't win...just saying opening on the road at Madison is not the easiest draw...and I think most other fans of teams in the conference would agree.
I think Wisconsin will win easily enough (not an easy game, but by the end it won't be a nail-biter).
As far as the price goes, that doesn't surprise me at all...Nebraska fans travel like no other, in my opinion.
I don't believe TCU's going to be up to the level that they've been in recent years. I believe the slide downward begins this year. Boise State thumps them.oVo wrote:Boise State is the current #4 and faces one of their two remaining big challenges this week with Toledo, the other being TCU later on.
Georgia has kept within viewing distance of two good teams but I still want to see them correct some mistakes they have been making consistently for the last 3-4 years.oVo wrote:LSU/Oklahoma = 5
Looking at the College Football schedules I can see either LSU or Alabama representing the SEC in this season's National Championship game. Boise State is the current #4 and faces one of their two remaining big challenges this week with Toledo, the other being TCU later on.
Week 3 has some nice matchups:
#1 Oklahoma @ #5 Florida State
#3 LSU @ #25 Mississippi State
#4 Boise State @ Toledo
#7 Wisconsin @ Northern Illinois UW won last year 28-20
Navy @ #10 South Carolina
Washington @ #11 Nebraska
#15 Michigan State @ Notre Dame Irish could very well start out 0-4 this year
Tennessee @ #16 Florida
#17 Ohio State @ Miami
#18 West Virginia @ Maryland
#21 Auburn @ Clemson
#22 Arizona State @ Illinois
#23 Texas @ UCLA
a few weekend cupcakes
North Texas @ #2 Alabama
UL-Monroe @ #23 TCU
SFA @ #19 Baylor
Coastal Carolina @ Georgia
Best 0-2 Teams might be:
Georgia
ECU
Notre Dame
Maxleod wrote:Not strike, he's the only one with a functioning brain.
Maxleod wrote:Not strike, he's the only one with a functioning brain.