***College Football Pool: Week 2***

[Condem]

An incredible weekend. 2 pushes and four or five games within 2 points of the spread. Which means we were all mediocre, right?? Wrong 'em, boyo.
If my math is correct, we got ourselves a ringer. Awesome job. Standings to follow. Now, for Week 2. Some serious standout games. But it was tough finding 12 of them. Another Thursday night tilt, so get them in before kickoff. Damn. Ain't this fun!?!?

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force
Penn State +11 @ Alabama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee
Stanford -8 @ UCLA
Virginia +18 @ USC

[Condem]

1. Standings after Week One:

Era Veteran 9-1
GusBob 6-4
MadinMD 6-4
Auggie 6-4
Jon LP 6-4
Fishwax 6-4
Charlie&Algernon 5-5
RedBear 5-5
MadBadger 5-5
JoeyBee 5-5
a la izquierda 5-5
Scurrilous 5-5
LiberalDog 5-5
Happyiowan 5-5
Enuegii 4-6
Condem 4-6
Brendan 3-7
Lazarus 3-7
Capt.America 2-8

Correct me if I have erred. Please.

[happyiowan]

2. There has to be a mistake!!

No way Era Vet went 9-1! Ringer indeed!

[era veteran]

12. Ringer from Kentucky! Thank-you! Finally getting

football respect. Since I'm typing let me get these early season fuck-you(s) out of the way. Fuck Tenn, nothing sucks like a big orange. , Fuck Florida, stick that gator chop shit., Fuck South Carolina, and the ol' ball sack coach ( my kind of prick though)., And assorted FU's to the rest of the SEC but a special FU to Kentucky's schedule ; WKU, Akron, & Charleston Southern , Southern??? Who the hell is that? I guess we do play in the toughest division in the toughest conference in any sport , but Charl Southern. No respect there. New week coming, I just got home from work and will pick later. Happyiowan, don't worry I haven't won anything in my life but I'm still trying.

[happyiowan]

28. Kentucky?!

I have to tell you how happy I am you don't seem to hate Georgia as much as some of the other SEC teams. I think I hate Tennessee more than all the rest of them, too! I remember in the good old days when Spurrier was at Florida and he always said, "You can't spell Citrus (as in the chump bowl game) without UT." 9-1 is an impressive start. You've got my attention!

[era veteran]

35. The first game I ever went to was Vince Dooley's first game

as the Bulldogs Coach. Augusta boy then. Spurrier was killer funny and an asshole. I was at KY's last win over the orange... in 1984,in Knoxville, Damn we got to beat them this year. It looks like everybody else will.

[MadBadger]

3. Week 2:

Auburn
GA Tech
South Carolina
FSU
Iowa
Michigan
OSU
BYU
Alabama
Oregon
UCLA
USC

[Condem]

5. Fuck, Badge.

You're faster than Jon LP. I dig it. From the heart.

[MadBadger]

8. I was on posting my O's Gloating, might as well post my picks.

[happyiowan]

6. There's a badger if ever I saw one....

right back into the fray.

[Liberal_Dog]

4. My Picks

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State-----Auburn

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas-----Georgia Tech
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina-----South Carolina
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma-----Florida State(ouch)
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa-----Iowa
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame-----Notre Dame
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State-----Ohio State
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force-----BYU
Penn State +11 @ Alabama-----Alabama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee-----Tennessee
Stanford -8 @ UCLA-----UCLA
Virginia +18 @ USC-----Virginia

A lot of good games this week. Can't wait til Saturday.

[Condem]

7. A lot of games OFF, Lib.

More cupcake games than Week One.

[happyiowan]

9. I'm getting whiplash

from quick entries. Both 5-5, I guess that means the Badger and the Dog are glass half-full types!

[Condem]

10. I have to rub it in , Auggie. The NFL Pool, struggling to get some entries.

Meanwhile, the College Pool is the fucking hottest thing in the land. Just a great game. NOTHING comes close.

[Auggie]

39. Just noticed this post

NFL is up to 16 so far.

You'll get no argument from me -- college football is a great game. And it has coeds.

[enuegii]

11. A point here, a couple of points there, and I would have been sneaking up

on mediocrity. Let's try again:

Auburn
Kansas
Georgia
Oklahoma
Iowa
Michigan
Ohio State
Air Force
Alabama
Oregon
Stanford
Virginia

[brendan120678]

13. Should I give up now? Nah, I'll stick with it...

Mississippi State
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Iowa
Notre Dame
Miami(Fla)
Air Force
Alabama
Tennessee
Stanford
USC

[Bluzmann57]

14. And away we go

Auburn
Ga. Tech
Georgia
Florida St. points people.
Iowa State. The Hawks should win the game but 13.5 pts. is a lot in a rivalry game.
Notre Dame. Still not convinced either team is good.
Ohio State. They may trounce Miami just to prove a point.
BYU
Penn. St. Once again, points.
Tennessee. See above
UCLA
Virginia

[Redbear]

15. Week 2

Auburn
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Florida State
Iowa State
Michigan
Miami(Fla)
BYU
Penn State
Oregon
UCLA
Virginia

[charlie and algernon]

16. Let's do this

Auburn
GA Tech
South Carolina
Florida State
Iowa
Notre Dame
Ohio State
BYU
Penn State
Tennessee
UCLA
USC

[Auggie]

17. Totally clueless (and tied for second) picks:

Mississippi State
Kansas
Georgia
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Michigan
Ohio State
BYU
Alabama
Tennessee
Stanford
USC

[lazarus]

18. I told you I would suck at this

:hi:

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State - Auburn

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas - Georgia Tech
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina - South Carolina
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa - Iowa State
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame - Michigan
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State - Ohio State
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force - Air Force
Penn State +11 @ Alabama - Alabama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee - Oregon
Stanford -8 @ UCLA - UCLA
Virginia +18 @ USC - USC

Honestly, and this is kind of embarrassing, I don't know how the point spread thing works. Anybody care to explain it?

[Condem]

19. Simple, lazarus.

Sort of like added weight in horse racing. Take the FSU-Oklahoma game. Whatever FSU finishes with, add 8.5 points to it. Say the final score is 24-17. Add that 8.5 back and FSU "wins" 25.5-24. So if you think that FSU will come within 8.5 points of the Sooners, take FSU. If you think Oklahoma will 'cover' that margin, or win by more than the spread, take OU. Got it?

[lazarus]

24. okay

what does it mean when someone says they'll "take the points"? I never understood that, either.

I think I'm going to redo my entry now.


:hi:

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State - Auburn

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas - Kansas
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina - South Carolina
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma - FSU
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa - Iowa
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame - Michigan
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State - Miami
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force - Air Force
Penn State +11 @ Alabama - Alabama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee - Oregon
Stanford -8 @ UCLA - UCLA
Virginia +18 @ USC - USC

[Condem]

25. "I'll take the points"....

...could mean this: With Mark Ingram out of the Alabama-PSU game, a Nittany Lion fan may say "I'll take those 11 points all day long". Now Auggie and I do our spreads a little different. He capitalizes the home team. I always list the home team last. Hence, the plusses and minuses.

[JonLP24]

26. Your threads are always confusing to me

with the + and - thing. I can never tell who the favorite is but I can usually make a good guess on who the favorite is based on how good the team is (imo) and who they are playing. For example (I think) you have Iowa as favorites over Iowa State simply because Iowa was 11-2 last year and seem to be an overall more talented team. Plus there is no way in hell anyone would make Iowa State an 13.5 favorite. :)

[happyiowan]

29. You think his threads are confusing?!

You should see how he organizes the CDs.

[Condem]

32. Yeah. Fuckin' alphabetical order.

How tough is that?????

[happyiowan]

33. Don't get me started....

All anybody reading along needs to know is that beyond alphabetical it gets way more complicated.

[Condem]

30. That's because my spreads come from the Cayman Islands. Not Vegas. They know more offshore!!

A perfect example is the Auburn-Mississippi State game tomorrow night, Jon. It's being played in Starkville. Yet, Auburn is the favorite. So you have to subtract 2.5 from Auburn. What's a home advantage worth? 4 to 5 points? Maybe a TD? Says to me, supposedly Auburn is a tough team to be favored on the road.

[GusBob]

20. 88 Super Power, on one

ready, <break>

Running the double wing this year. power smash mouth stuff

MissState
GaTech
Georgia
Okla
Iowa
Mich
Ohio State
BYU
Alabama
Tenn
UCLA
USC

[JonLP24]

21. Ok

Auburn
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Florida State
Iowa
Michigan
Miami
Air Force!!!
Penn State
Tennessee
Stanford
USC

[a la izquierda]

22. Alrighty then...my boys sure sucked it up last week.

Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State (Auburn)
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas (GaTech)
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina (Georgia)
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma (OOOOOHHHHklahoma better win)
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa (Iowa)
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame (Michigan)
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State (Miami)
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force (BYU)
Penn State +11 @ Alabama (Alabama)
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee (Oregon)
Stanford -8 @ UCLA (Stanford)
Virginia +18 @ USC (USC)

[madinmaryland]

23. Here goes...

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State --> Miss. State

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas --> Kansas
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina --> South Carolina
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma --> Oklahoma
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa --> Iowa
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame --> (two teams that I hate - mim holds his nose) Michigan
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State --> Ohio State
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force --> BYU
Penn State +11 @ Alabama --> Penn State
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee --> Tennessee
Stanford -8 @ UCLA --> Stanford
Virginia +18 @ USC --> Virginia (because Kiffin is a **ck)

[happyiowan]

27. Yay Mad!

I was a little afraid you wouldn't be back for week two. Is that bad to say?

[Condem]

31. Joey's the one I worry about staying focused.

The ND-Michigan game is too hard on him.

[madinmaryland]

36. Yeah. Joey and his Amish are concerning.

Had to go with the Big Ten over the Amish.

[happyiowan]

34. It's all up from here...

Auburn (War damn eagle)
GA Tech (Wreck 'em)
Georgia (woof, woof, woof, woof)
FSU (I'm silly)
Iowa (against all odds on that stupid spread)
Michigan (ouch! That one hurt)
OSU (double ouch)
BYU (yuck - triple ouch)
Penn State (surprise!)
Oregon (shitty angel-wing uniforms and all)
UCLA (can't bring myself to give a damn)
UVA ('cause they don't start their super-choke 'til the end of the season)

[era veteran]

37. From the bluegrass gridiron sage/ will probably be chump

this week. Good luck everybody, I work Saturdays until 4:00. Probably go see UK-WKU @ 7:30, got a local TV blackout it looks like. Go Cats
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State ----MSU


Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas------Georgia Tech
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina-------Georgia
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma-----Oklahoma
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa----------Iowa
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame------Michigan
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State-------Miami
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force----------Air Force
Penn State +11 @ Alabama--------Alabama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee--------Oregon
Stanford -8 @ UCLA--------------UCLA
Virginia +18 @ USC--------------USC
BTW Nothing sucks like a big orange. Starting to think that BYU v Air Force is looking like a game between religious institutions.

[Condem]

38. Some BIG spreads...

Auburn
GT
Georgia
FSU
Iowa State
ND
Miami
Air Force
PSU
Tennessee
UCLA
USC

[Capt. America]

40. I believe I came in last place last year. I clearly cannot play spreads well.

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State --------War Eagle

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas -----------Buzzzzzzz Yellowjackets
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina ------------Mark Richt comeback tour? unlikely, Dogs
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma ----------Oklahoma where the wind goes whipping...
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa ---------------Hawkeye state of mind, for happyiowan
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame -------------Team Jesus smites Team Evil...Domers
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State ------------OH-IO, OH-IO, OH-IO!!!!!
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force --------------Team Joseph Smith
Penn State +11 @ Alabama --------------Penn State defense gets really tired, really fast, 'Bama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee --------------Quack Attack!
Stanford -8 @ UCLA --------------Go Trees!
Virginia +18 @ USC --------------Jefferson rolls in his grave, Trojans slay Cavaliers

[fishwax]

41. my picks

Auburn
Georgia Tech
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Iowa
Michigan
Miami
BYU
Alabama
Oregon
Stanford
Virginia


Great weekend of football on the way! :woohoo:

[Scurrilous]

42. My picks:

Thursday, September 9
Auburn -2.5 @ Mississippi State - Auburn

Saturday, September 11
Georgia Tech -12.5 @ Kansas - Kansas
Georgia +2 @ South Carolina - Georgia
Florida State +8.5 @ Oklahoma - FSU
Iowa State +13.5 @ Iowa - Iowa
Michigan +4.5 @ Notre Dame - Michigan
Miami(Fla)+9.5 @ Ohio State - Ohio State (reverse jinx GO CANES!!)
BYU pick 'em @ Air Force - BYU
Penn State +11 @ Alabama - Alabama
Oregon -13.5 @ Tennessee - Tenn.
Stanford -8 @ UCLA - UCLA
Virginia +18 @ USC - USC