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Michigan and MSU both won today...too bad they were not on the list.

well, I'm just suckin' at my college picks so far this year.

so, I have espn on to see how bad I did this week and there was an Oregon clip. Last week she saw them and said "I didn't know Sprite sponsored a football team" after seeing their uniforms. So, she sees them tonight when I point them out and says

"Oooh, now with the power of Limon!"


I love my wife.

Yesterday was a crazy, wild ride with some huge disappointments for me and some enormous surprises as well. Let's get to the results for the week...

Cobie 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 14 of 20 = 70%)
Lardy 4 of 10 = 40% (Season ~ 12 of 20 = 60%)
Vee 3 of 10 = 30% (Season ~ 11 of 20 = 55%)
Legiontracker 7 of 10 = 70% (Season ~ 13 of 20 = 65%)
Rick 6 of 10 = 60% (Season ~ 12 of 20 = 60%)
Dev-Em 4 of 10 = 40% (Season ~ 9 of 20 = 45%)

Good luck picking next weeks winners!

WOO! Cementing the bottom spot already.

Some comments on yesterdays games:

1) Kansas State v Miami ~ As I feared our defense in general and our secondary in particular wasn't up to the task. Yesterday demonstrated just how far we have to go before we return to the top of the game. Many Miami fans obviously had overly high expectations for a team that lost large percentage of its experienced players last year. This years team is composed of 65 freshman, red shirt freshman, and sophomores (12) and only 20 juniors and seniors. The younguns, or Baby Canes as I call the 65, make up more that half of the starting lineup

Yesterday put their extreme lack of experience on display. It was painful to watch at times, particularly on defense where they were being manhandled by those huge Kansas farmboys. And yet, as bad as the final tally makes it seem, they didn't play poorly, they were simply overmatched. I was very happy to see their positive attitudes and determination. They never gave up and played hard until the final second ticked off the clock. As a fan, you really can't ask for more than that.

It's going to be a long, difficult year for the Baby Canes but they will continue to improve under the tutelage of an incredible coaching staff. I expect them to be much improved by the end of the season. The next few years could be lots of fun with this group once their game experience begins to rival their talent level

2) All of the other games were incredibly fun to watch. As I suspected most were a great deal more competitive than the pundits were expecting. Maryland, Florida, Georgia, & Notre Dame all had hard fought wins. Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Auburn, and North Carolina were all upset. All in all it made for a fun, exciting, and sometimes shocking, weekend of college football.

3) I can't not mention some other truly surprising games. Louisiana - Monroe, an FCS team, upset #8 Arkansas. Utah State beat Utah of the Pac 12, Sacramento State, another FCS team, beat Colorado of the Pac 12, Iowa State beat Iowa, Arizona State beat Illinois, and Oregon State beat Wisconsin. This was really Upset Weekend 2012.

***EDIT ~ I forgot Louisiana Monroe moved up to 1A last year and joined the Sun Belt Conference. Still...as an opponent for #8 Arkansas? Should have bee a breeze for the almighty SEC.

Careful Dev! Lardy and I are giving you a run for the money!

And here are the games to consider for next week. Tough to come up with ten good match ups this week. Still seem to have lots of cream puffs on these schedules and it seems the off weeks have started. Please note that the first game is on Thursday night. Make sure to get your selections posted before game time.

Week 3
Rutgers @ South Florida - THURS
Wake Forest @ Florida State
Virginia @ Georgia Tech
North Carolina @ Louisville
Alabama @ Arkansas
Florida @ Tennessee
Arizona State @ Missouri
USC @ Stanford
Notre Dame @ Michigan State
BYU @ Utah

Week 3
South Florida - THURS
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Stanford
Michigan State (I think this is one of States more important games)
Utah

And the latest polls have been released. Lots of movement as one would expect.

AP Top 25

1.Alabama (48)
2.USC (8)
3.LSU (4)
4.Oregon
5.Oklahoma
5.Florida St.
7.Georgia
8.South Carolina
9.West Virginia
10.Michigan St.
11.Clemson
12.Ohio St.
13.Virginia Tech
14.Texas
15.Kansas St.
16.TCU
17.Michigan
18.Florida
19.Louisville
20.Notre Dame
21.Stanford
22.UCLA
23.Tennessee
24.Arizona
25.BYU

USA Today

Alabama (42)
LSU (5)
USC (11)
Oregon (1)
Oklahoma
Florida St.
Georgia
West Virginia
South Carolina
Michigan St.
Clemson
Texas
Virginia Tech
Kansas St.
TCU
Stanford
Florida
Michigan
Notre Dame
Louisville
Arkansas
Wisconsin
UCLA
Nebraska
Arizona

My Cocks is up!

^ somebody turn the water hose on this guy.

Week 3
South Florida
Wake Forest
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Alabama
Tennessee
Arizona State
USC
Notre Dame
Utah

Week 3
Rutgers @ South Florida - THURS- SF
Wake Forest @ Florida State- FS
Virginia @ Georgia Tech- GT
North Carolina @ Louisville- NC
Alabama @ Arkansas- ALA
Florida @ Tennessee- Tenn
Arizona State @ Missouri- Miss
USC @ Stanford- USC
Notre Dame @ Michigan State ND
BYU @ Utah- BYU

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.

South Florida
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Alabama
Tennessee
Missouri
USC
Michigan State
BYU

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

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...

Great day of games so far.

Ohio State / Cal was an exciting, terrific game!

Uconn beat Maryland--happy to see it.

Tennessee had a true heart breaker. I felt they had it...and then it slipped through their fingers.

Meanwhile ND started off as a disaster but they're pulling out a good one. Just need to hang on here.

Likewise, Stanford is stepping up at the same time and sipping a lot people. I picked USC but I'd like to see them do it.

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.

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!

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.

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

Wow are my choices tanking so far. What the hell is up in college football?

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.