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South Florida Florida State Virginia Louisville Alabama Tennessee AZ State USC ND BYU
Feels weird picking USC over Stanford. Guess Barkley has to beat them eventually. Wouldn't mind being wrong though, as even post Luck I'm rooting for them.
Also the one game a year where I pick against Michigan State out of loyalty to the Fighting Irish. I generally don't do well when this happen.
Hardest one to decide though was AZ State / Mizzou. I went with AZ State because of their defense. But it's a night game at home for Mizzou, which is a huge advantage.
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Busy week and I'm running out of time so here are my picks sans commentary.
Week 3 Rutgers @ South Florida - THURS- South Florida Wake Forest @ Florida State- FSU Virginia @ Georgia Tech- GA Tech North Carolina @ Louisville- Louisville Alabama @ Arkansas- 'Bama Florida @ Tennessee- Tenn Arizona State @ Missouri- Mizzou USC @ Stanford- USC Notre Dame @ Michigan State ~ Michigan State BYU @ Utah- Utah
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Damn, I hate Big East games! Never any rhyme or reason as to who wins, except that it's never who I pick! May as well do a flippin' coin toss next time...
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Some good games this weekend and some surprising results as well. Georgia Tech absolutely manhandled a really good Virginia team; Pitt ran over #13 VaTech; after beating Arkansas last week in an overtime shoot out, Louisiana Monroe forced Auburn into overtime as well but lost on a missed field goal; North Carolina was down 36-7 at the half but came storming back only to lose 39-34; Western Kentucky out of the Sunbelt Conf beat Kentucky (btw LA-Monroe is also a Sunbelt team); and the pre-season consensus National Championship contender Southern California lost Stanford.
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Here's this weeks results and overall totals so far. The race to the championship has tightened up! Congrats to Dev who tied for first place this week!
Cobie 4 of 10 = 40% (Season ~ 18 of 30 = 60%) Lardy 5 of 10 = 50% (Season ~ 17 of 30 = 57%) Vee 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 17 of 30 = 57%) Legiontracker 5 of 10 = 50% (Season ~ 18 of 30 = 60%) Rick 5 of 10 = 50% (Season ~ 17 of 30 = 57%) Dev-Em 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 15 of 30 = 50%)
Good luck picking next weeks winners!
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On a side note, I've always had a fondness for teams with unique nicknames like the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana Lafayette. Some others I really enjoy are:
UAB (Alabama Birmingham) Blazers Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (what's a seawolf? ) Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks SUNY Albany Great Danes Boston University Terriers Cal State Northridge Matadores Carnegie Mellon Tartans Central Missouri Mules (lol) Chaminade Silverswords Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Dayton Flyers Erskine College Flying Fleet Franklin & Marshall Diplomats Furman Paladins Georgetown Hoyas Idaho Vandals Marshall Thundering Herd Maryland Terrapins Missouri-KC Kangaroos University of New England, Maine Nor'easters Pepperdine University Waves Pittsburg State University (Kansas) Gorillas Ramapo Roadrunners Richmond Spiders Saint Louis University Billikens University of San Diego Toreros Southern Illinois University Carbondale Salukis Tufts University Jumbos UC Irvine Anteaters UC San Diego Tritons UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Valparaiso University Crusaders
and I think my two favorites of all... Delaware Blue Hens and Akron Zips
Of course, there are plenty of others but these are schools or teams I've had contact with in one way or another and have always enjoyed the uniqueness of their names.
PS: As I was putting the list together I noticed that many of them are from the Carolinas and California. It seems schools in those states take more interest in finding something new and original when naming themselves as opposed to sharing a nickname with dozens of other schools. Props to them for making college sports so interesting and varied.
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And here are the games to consider this coming week. Please note the first game is on FRI night! Make sure to get your picks posted in time.
Week 4 Baylor @ Louisiana Monroe ~ FRI Virginia @ TCU Temple @ Penn State Missouri @ South Carolina California @ USC Rutgers @ Arkansas Michigan @ Notre Dame Kansas State @ Oklahoma Clemson @ Florida State Arizona @ Oregon
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And here are this weeks polls for you review.
AP Top 25 1 Alabama (58) 2 LSU (2) 3 Oregon 4 Florida St. 5 Georgia 6 Oklahoma 7 South Carolina 8 West Virginia 9 Stanford 10 Clemson 11 Notre Dame 12 Texas 13 USC 14 Florida 15 Kansas St. 16 Ohio St. 17 TCU 18 Michigan 19 UCLA 20 Louisville 21 Michigan St. 22 Arizona 23 Mississippi St. 24 Boise St. 25 Nebraska
USA Today/Coaches Polling
1 Alabama (54) 2 LSU (5) 3 Oregon 4 Florida St. 5 Oklahoma 6 Georgia 7 West Virginia 8 South Carolina 9 Clemson 10 Texas 11 Stanford 12 USC 13 Kansas St. 14 Florida 15 Notre Dame 16 TCU 17 Michigan 18 Louisville 19 UCLA 20 Michigan St. 21 Arizona 22 Nebraska 23 Mississippi St. 24 Wisconsin 25 Oklahoma St.
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