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WEEK 7

TOP 25 - Penn State Nittany Lions @ Ohio State Buckeyes

INTER CONFERENCE - Air Force Falcons @ Navy Midshipmen

INTRA CONFERENCE - Wisconsin Badgers @ Illinois Fighting Illini

RANDOM - Minnesota Golden Gophers @ Iowa Hawkeyes (Floyd of Rosedale Trophy)

BEAT THE SPREAD - Michigan Wolverines @ Michigan State Spartans (Michigan by 24.5)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - North Dakota Fighting Hawks @ Northern Iowa Panthers

TOP 25 - Ohio State Buckeyes (I wouldn't mind if both teams lost)

INTER CONFERENCE - Air Force Falcons

INTRA CONFERENCE - Wisconsin Badgers

RANDOM - Iowa Hawkeyes (Big 10 has a lot of random rivalry trophies)

BEAT THE SPREAD - NO (I'm not too good at this beat the spread deal)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - North Dakota Fighting Hawks (I met a lot of North Dakota fans couple years ago when their hockey fans invaded Nashville)

TOP 25 - Ohio State Buckeyes
I'll go with the team that actually had the balls to play VT.

INTER CONFERENCE - Air Force Falcons

INTRA CONFERENCE - Wisconsin Badgers

RANDOM - Iowa Hawkeyes
I don't know how they manage to win so much with such an abysmal PPG average.

BEAT THE SPREAD - Michigan Wolverines @ Michigan State Spartans (Michigan by 24.5) - YES
Michigan's margins of victory this season have been 27, 28, 25, 24, 38, 42, and 45.

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - North Dakota Fighting Hawks
North is part of "North Dakota". Northern is not part of Iowa.

WEEK 7

TOP 25 - Penn State Nittany Lions @ Ohio State Buckeyes - Gotta go against the grain - PSU

INTER CONFERENCE - Air Force Falcons @ Navy Midshipmen - Ugh, I have family who have served in both. Let's go Air Force because Falcon is a Marvel hero

INTRA CONFERENCE - Wisconsin Badgers @ Illinois Fighting Illini - Time to be contrary - Illinois

RANDOM - Minnesota Golden Gophers @ Iowa Hawkeyes (Floyd of Rosedale Trophy) I would go Iowa because, Hawkeye, but I need to gain some ground on you both so Gophers it is. Minnesota

BEAT THE SPREAD - Michigan Wolverines @ Michigan State Spartans (Michigan by 24.5) I'll go with the team from Michigan with the comic book hero - YES EDIT - switching to "NO"

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - North Dakota Fighting Hawks @ Northern Iowa Panthers - Again, it's opposite day so and Northern Iowa has "Panther" so Northern Iowa it is.

I am switching my Beat The Spread pick from Yes they cover to No they don't.

If Michigan isn't allowed to steal signs then I don't think they'll be able to cover. MSU actually threatened to not play the game https://www.si.com/college/2023/10/19/michigan-state-considered-skipping-michigan-game-sign-stealing-probe
. I wonder how that would have been scored?

I think that wouldbe a forfeit and I guess officially scored 2-0. I think that's how they handled Covid forfeits.

Well, I guess I'll let Tony Elliott stick around a little longer. That was the most unexpected result I have ever seen I think. Kept thinking North Carolina would pull away but they didn't seem interested. Maybe they thought they were better and didn't have to try as hard.

Sorry about your Vols, Jeremy. Thought you had it at halftime.

I saw that Virginia-UNC score and thought, well at least Howie had a good Saturday.

Vols had me worried when they only got field goals after getting into the red zone twice early. Then that first drive of the 2nd half where it was a few plays and a touchdown for Alabama, I just knew it wasn't going to go my way. Not sure if it was bad execution or the offensive play calling got too conservative in the 2nd half but Vols offense from that first drive of the game totally disappeared (especially in that awful 3rd quarter).

Much better than my Sunday.

WEEK 7

TOP 25 - Ohio State beats Penn State (Chip and I got this one)

INTER CONFERENCE - Air Force takes down Navy (we all got this one)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Wisconsin comes back late to win (Chip and I got this one, thought Illini had this one)

RANDOM - Minnesota wins (questionable fair catch call costs Iowa, Howie picked the Gophers)

BEAT THE SPREAD - Wolverines maul the Spartans by 49 (Chip was the only one to say yes after Howie 2nd guessed himself)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Northern Iowa wins (Howie's love of cats gets him points, Chip's disdain for improper directions in a team's name and my random guessing cost us)


bluedevil2002 - 310 points (270 + 40)
jbeeman85 - 280 points (250 + 30)
MoonKnight1 - 200 points (170 + 30)

WEEK 9 (seems I been numbering the weeks wrong for a bit)

TOP 25 - Duke Blue Devils @ Louisville Cardinals (not basketball)

INTER CONFERENCE - Pitt Panthers @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish (again having to use an independent)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Purdue Boilermakers @ Nebraska Cornhuskers

RANDOM - Mississippi State Bulldogs @ Auburn Tigers

BEAT THE SPREAD - Washington Huskies @ Stanford Cardinal (Washington by 26.5)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - South Dakota State Jack Rabbits @ South Dakota Coyotes

TOP 25 - Duke Blue Devils
A few years ago, my buddy and I were wishing that Duke would get a little better and not be a perennial 0-12 doormat. This is not what we meant.

INTER CONFERENCE - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

INTRA CONFERENCE - Nebraska Cornhuskers

RANDOM - Mississippi State Bulldogs

BEAT THE SPREAD - Washington Huskies @ Stanford Cardinal (Washington by 26.5) - NO

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - South Dakota State Jack Rabbits
Neither is directionally challenged, so I'll have to use other methods. Since I come from a "Tech", I feel like I lean more towards the "States" and "Techs".

TOP 25 - Louisville Cardinals

INTER CONFERENCE - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

INTRA CONFERENCE - Nebraska Cornhuskers

RANDOM - Auburn Tigers

BEAT THE SPREAD - No

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - South Dakota State Jack Rabbits

Should have known better. Just like Jeopardy, always stick with your first instinct.

About Michigan State. It's rich that they off all colleges want to complain about the ethics of others. Spartans? More like the Scandals.

Did you see the Scoreboard History Trivia SNAFU? Not a good look.

WEEK 9

TOP 25 - Duke Blue Devils @ Louisville Cardinals (not basketball) Weird. Duke

INTER CONFERENCE - Pitt Panthers @ Notre Dame Fighting Irish - I'll take the Guinness Draft. Irish

INTRA CONFERENCE - Purdue Boilermakers @ Nebraska Cornhuskers - Coin Flip - Nebraska

RANDOM - Mississippi State Bulldogs @ Auburn Tigers - Cat Team! Auburn

BEAT THE SPREAD - Washington Huskies @ Stanford Cardinal (Washington by 26.5) I'm going to say YES

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - South Dakota State Jack Rabbits @ South Dakota Coyotes - Coyotes ate a couple of my cats so Jackrabbits it is.

I finally got to go see VT play an FBS team and win! I think it's been over a decade since I've done that.

WEEK 9

TOP 25 - Louisville shuts out Duke (I was only one to take the Cardinals)

INTER CONFERENCE - Irish destroy Pitt (we all got this one)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Huskers beat the Trains (we all got this one)

RANDOM - Tigers beat the Bulldogs (Howie and I got this one)

BEAT THE SPREAD - Huskies only win by 9 (Chip and I got this one)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Jack Rabbits take down the Coyotes (we all got this one)



bluedevil2002 - 350 points (310 + 40)
jbeeman85 - 340 points (280 + 60)
MoonKnight1 - 240 points (200 + 40)

WEEK 10

TOP 25 - Alabama Crimson Tide

INTER CONFERENCE - Tennessee Volunteers

INTRA CONFERENCE - Baylor Bears

RANDOM - Southern Methodist Mustangs

BEAT THE SPREAD - NO

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Furman Paladins

Am I missing the actual Week 10 list of matchups? Although I can probably figure them all out except for the Spread.

Oops my fault. Guess I edited that post to make my picks. One moment....