College Football - Live Thread - Week Six

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[MikefromOhio]

Week Six – College Football

Week Five was a fun week if you were a Buckeye fan. The weekend started out with Auburn getting a severe test at South Carolina in the super tough SEC. Ohio State went to Iowa and dismantled the Hawkeyes. USC was pushed by Washington State and Florida received a good push by Alabama. This week features the Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma and another great match up in the SEC when LSU visits Florida in the Swamp.

As always, all rankings are from the ESPN.com Scoreboard page. The betting lines (used sorely for the basis of predictions) are from Yahoo.com. I will list any games of interest (FReepmail me if you want your team included and I will include them from here on out) and any other games listed in my Yahoo league. I have a new feature this week. In each game that I do not have any confidence, or any game that I think a team could have an unexpected struggle, I will post a picture of a landmine for illustration.

Saturday, October 7th, 2006 – 3:30 PM on CBS

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(9) LSU (-2) at (5) Florida

LSU and Florida will meet in the first of what should be a month of absolutely great games in the SEC. This will be the first of 3 top 10 opponents that Florida will see in a 3 week span. For LSU this is all about building momentum and staying in the SEC West race. One loss does not eliminate them from contention for the BCS Championship game. This game is at the Swamp and it will be a very LOUD game. LSU has been there and done that and that will be the difference. Florida cannot start slowly like they did against Alabama to have any shot in this one but they are also possibly having to play this game without DeShawn Winn, their starting Tailback. All of this equals an LSU win I think.

LSU 20 – Florida 14

Saturday, October 7th, 2006 – 3:30 PM on ABC



(7) Texas (-5.5) at (14) Oklahoma

In this game there is a young Quarterback for Texas, and a defense for Oklahoma looking to show that during the bye week, they were able to plug some of the holes. Being that Texas and Oklahoma both already have one loss, a loss here not only knocks one out of the National Title hunt, but also puts the loser a game back of the winner in the Big XII South. Texas has the edge in this game. They are the more experienced team, and they have the better defense. Rivalry games like this are fun to pick, because you can be so often wrong on a game by game basis. Anyway, I think Texas wins this game by a TD.

Texas 27 – Oklahoma 20

Wednesday October 4th, 2006 (ESPN2 Wednesday Night Game)

UCF at Marshall (-3.5)

This game is the battle of the cannon Fodder. UCF was killed by Florida while Marshall was a punching bag for Kansas State, Tennessee and West Virginia. This game should be relatively close with the home team getting the edge.

Marshall 27 – UCF 17

Thursday October 5th, 2006 (ESPN Thursday Night Game)

(17) Florida State (-10.5) at NC State

No way no how does NC State sneak up on Florida State. Right? RIGHT? Actually I think Florida State will make a commitment to running the ball and will win this game by 2 or 3 TDs.

FSU 33 – NC State 14

Thursday October 5th, 2006

TCU at Utah (-3)

TCU is looking to get back on track after being beaten by BYU. Utah was destroyed by Boise St. last week. This is TCU’s game to lose, they are the better team.

TCU 26 – Utah 13

Friday October 6th, 2006 (ESPN2 Friday Night Game)

(8) Louisville (-33) at Middle Tennessee St.

Louisville will annihilate Middle Tennessee. Nothing else needs to be said.

Louisville 56 - Middle TN ST 3

Saturday October 7th 30th 2006 (in ranking order)

Bowling Green at (1) Ohio State (-34.5)

Ohio State 45 – Bowling Green 7

Arkansas at (2) Auburn (-16.5)

Auburn 34 – Arkansas 10

Washington at (3) USC (-20.5)

USC 27 – Washington 13

(4) West Virginia (-26.5) at Mississippi St.

WVU 34 – Miss St. 6

Michigan State at (6) Michigan (-17)

Michigan 44 – Michigan State 20

(13)Tennessee (-2.5) at (10) UGA

Tennessee 18 - UGA 7

(11) Oregon at (16) Cal (-5.5)

Cal 34 – Oregon 24

Stanford at (12) Notre Dame (-31.5)

Notre Dame 53 – Stanford 10

Wake Forest at (15) Clemson (-16.5)

Clemson 45 – Wake Forest 19

Maryland at (18) Georgia Tech (-13.5)

Georgia Tech 35 – Maryland 10

Purdue at (19) Iowa (-11)

Iowa 33 – Purdue 24

LA Tech at (20) Boise St. (-35)

Boise St 55 – La Tech 17

(21) Virginia Tech BYE

(22) Nebraska (-7) at Iowa St.

Nebraska 24 – Iowa St. 10

(23) Missouri at Texas Tech (-4)

Missouri 30 – Texas Tech 27

(24) Rutgers BYE

(25) Boston College BYE

BY REQUEST

Wyoming (-1.5) at New Mexico (Mountain West Conference)

This game has all the makings of both a shootout OR a clunker, I’m not entirely sure. I think it’s a bit ludicrous to favor a BAD Wyoming team over an average New Mexico team when New Mexico is at home.

UNM 24 – Wyoming 20

I did a bit better with my picks this past week. I was 17-2 Straight Up and 13-5-1 Against the Spread.

88-14 Straight UP
61-38-3 Against the Spread

[aft_lizard]

I am not surprised, Mangino may have found his offense last week against Nebraska.

[scott says]

Looking forward to the Texas Tech /Missouri game? Its should be a good one.

[aft_lizard]

Go big Mo!

[hispanarepublicana]

Looking forward to the Texas Tech /Missouri game? Its should be a good one.

Yes, and it's our homecoming. Most Red Raider fans are still riding a high from beating A&M at College Station last week.

[catholicfreeper]

I know this is looking ahead but hell why that. That is what makes the first halfs of football so exciting . You can dream

In case of a 3 way tie between Auburn, Ark, and LSU in the SEC west:
From the SEC Web site
SEC Divisional Tie-Breaker


In the event of a tie for the division championship, the following procedures will be used to break all ties to determine the SEC Football Championship Game representative. All Conference versus Conference Games (both division and non-division) will be counted in the Conference Standings.

A. TWO-TEAM TIE

Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
Records of the tied teams within the division.
Head-to-head competition vs. the team within the division with the best overall record (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
Overall record vs. all common non-divisional opponents.
Combined record vs. all common non-divisional teams.
Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game.



B. THREE (OR MORE) TEAM TIE

(Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie-breaker format.)
Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams.
Record of the tied teams within the division.
Head-to-head competition vs. the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
Overall record vs. non-division teams.
Combined record vs. all common non-divisional teams.
Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the SEC Championship Game.

[scott says]

Are you going to the game?

[DarthVader]

John L Smith is toast!

[catholicfreeper]

True, Only USC is allowed unimpressive wins. I forgot about that rule lol

[aft_lizard]

SO all of those unimpressive wins for USC don't count?

[hispanarepublicana]

Yes, if I can ever figure out what to wear.

[Richard Kimball]

Mike, thanks for these sports posts. As they said on South Park during the World of Warcraft episode, "wow, you must have no life at all."

Seriously, I know this takes a lot of time, and you are very good with your picks. 13-5 against the spread is very good. Picking straight up in college isn't AS tough, because there are so many games like the Ohio State game this week, where the Buckeyes could all get killed on the way to the game and fans could throw their helmets on the field and they'd still win. However, there are some serious "land mines" this week. Hope you're right on Texas/OU. As a Longhorn, though, I still have a lot of respect for how much OU has cleaned up their program since the Switzer years.

[scott says]

Yes, if I can ever figure out what to wear.

Uh-uh...sounds like a crisis. Hope you have fun at the game. :)

[catholicfreeper]

This Arky/Auburn Game is getting interesting fast. That Ark team first half appears not to be a fluke

[Richard Kimball]

Wish I could say the same about A&M/Kansas. Man, the Aggies have some players, but they SUCK at execution. Their coach had better be worrying about his job. This game is not about athleticism, it's about preparation and A&M mistakes.

[scott says]

Upset Alerts-

Auburn -10
Arkansas - 24
Late in the 3rd

Clemson - 3
Wake Forest - 17
beg of 4th quarter

[CFC__VRWC]

This Arky/Auburn Game is getting interesting fast. That Ark team first half appears not to be a fluke

This one could be THE upset of the week. Arkansas' looking very strong.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Wear Red silly..... ;^)

[aft_lizard]

Wow did you see that trick play by Ark?