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WEEK 10

TOP 25 - Louisiana State Tigers @ Alabama Crimson Tide

INTER CONFERENCE - Connecticut Huskies @ Tennessee Volunteers (only game between two FBS that is not independent)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Houston Cougars @ Baylor Bears

RANDOM - Southern Methodist Mustangs @ Rice Owls (Battle for Mayor's Cup)

BEAT THE SPREAD - California Golden Bears @ Oregon Ducks (Oregon by 23.5)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Furman Paladins @ Chattanooga Mocs (Battle for first place of Southern Conference)

Oh dang, It's Saturday morning!

WEEK 10

TOP 25 - Louisiana State Tigers @ Alabama Crimson Tide - Don't like Saban - going LSU

INTER CONFERENCE - Connecticut Huskies @ Tennessee Volunteers -At least I'll get one Tennessee game right this week.

INTRA CONFERENCE - Houston Cougars @ Baylor Bears - A Cougar is a cat. Houston

RANDOM - Southern Methodist Mustangs @ Rice Owls (Battle for Mayor's Cup) I'll take a Rice Bowl with beef and veggies.

BEAT THE SPREAD - California Golden Bears @ Oregon Ducks (Oregon by 23.5) I'm gonna say YES

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Furman Paladins @ Chattanooga Mocs (Battle for first place of Southern Conference) Paladin is a Marvel character and I still don't know what a Moc is so taking Furman.

I know it doesn't count but Bonus Pick I'm going with Louisville to beat the Turkey's!

TOP 25 - Alabama Crimson Tide
I'd prefer LSU, but that wish rarely comes true for me.

INTER CONFERENCE - Tennessee Volunteers

INTRA CONFERENCE - Baylor Bears

RANDOM - Southern Methodist Mustangs

BEAT THE SPREAD - California Golden Bears @ Oregon Ducks (Oregon by 23.5) YES

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Furman Paladins

I have posted my weekly breakdown of the conference races:
https://cfarena.blogspot.com/2023/11/2023-week-10-wrap-up.html

For our favorite teams....

Tennessee can win the SEC East if they win out and Georgia loses out (they play each other on 11/18).
But a Georgia win or Tennessee loss knocks them out.

Over in the ACC, FSU has already clinched a spot in the championship game, so everyone else is just trying to get the #2 seed.

VT has a little better than a snowball's chance in hell, but only if they win out and Louisville loses out.

uva is already out of contention, but they hold quite a bit of power on Thursday night, since they play Louisville. A Louisville win would eliminate almost every other ACC team from contention.

*The big asterisk with the ACC is UNC right now. They are the only team in contention that doesn't play Louisville, so there's no head-to-head tiebreakers in play. The quickest way to wrap up the ACC would be Louisville over uva and Duke over UNC this coming weekend.

Pretty neat site, I am going to have to read through some of it.

One note, a Champions of Life page..... as a lifelong Tennessee fan, that invokes a bunch of different emotions. A funny idea and interesting to see though. I notice my Vols have blown multiple chances at reclaiming the crown.....stupid Butch with his catchphrases, brick by brick

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TOP 25 - Stinking Alabama wins (Chip and I both got this one)

INTER CONFERENCE - Vols win (we all got this one)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Houston goes for two in OT and wins (Howie was the lone wolf here)

RANDOM - Mustangs take down the Owls (Chip and I got this one)

BEAT THE SPREAD - Ducks win by 44 (Chip and Howie both said yes)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Furman wins (we all got this one)


bluedevil2002 - 400 points (350 + 50)
jbeeman85 - 380 points (340 + 40)
MoonKnight1 - 280 points (240 + 40)

I first learned it had to do with the shoe, Moccasins.
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bring-back-the-shoe

Looking it up, it started out having to do with a section of the Tennessee River.
Apparently it now is a shortened version of Mockingbird (Tennessee's state bird).
https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2016/03/whered-all-those-ncaa-school-mascots.html

WEEK 11

TOP 25 - Michigan Wolverines @ Penn State Nittany Lions (weird how Big 10 main game is at Noon ET and SEC the "noon game" is said by many with disgust)

INTER CONFERENCE - Old Dominion Monarchs @ Liberty Flames (scraping barrel finding these)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Ole Miss Rebels @ Georgia Bulldogs

RANDOM - Maryland Terrapins @ Nebraska Cornhuskers

BEAT THE SPREAD - Michigan State Spartans @ Ohio State Buckeyes (Ohio State by 30.5)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Fordham Rams @ Lafayette Leopards (couple of those random 15 or 16 seeds in NCAA Basketball Tournament)

TOP 25 - Michigan Wolverines

INTER CONFERENCE - Old Dominion Monarchs
The lesser of two evils in the state.

INTRA CONFERENCE - Georgia Bulldogs

RANDOM - Nebraska Cornhuskers

BEAT THE SPREAD - Michigan State Spartans @ Ohio State Buckeyes (Ohio State by 30.5) - YES

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Fordham Rams



Fox figured out that their best ratings come in the noon slot, so they ran with it. They couldn't put too many Pac-12 games there, so it's mostly Big Ten and Big 12. And also, the Big Ten hates night games late in the season anyway because it's usually so cold at a lot of their stadiums.

TOP 25 - Michigan Wolverines

INTER CONFERENCE - Liberty Flames

INTRA CONFERENCE - Georgia Bulldogs

RANDOM - Nebraska Cornhuskers

BEAT THE SPREAD - YES

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Lafayette Leopards

WEEK 11

TOP 25 - Michigan Wolverines @ Penn State Nittany Lions - Dang I don;t like Harbaugh so Penn State it is

INTER CONFERENCE - Old Dominion Monarchs @ Liberty Flames - Flames are undefeated but haven't played anybody good. Still I'll go with Liberty

INTRA CONFERENCE - Ole Miss Rebels @ Georgia Bulldogs - It would be funny if Georgia lost but I don't think they will. Dogs

RANDOM - Maryland Terrapins @ Nebraska Cornhuskers - I think turtles eat corn husks so Maryland

BEAT THE SPREAD - Michigan State Spartans @ Ohio State Buckeyes (Ohio State by 30.5) - Should be easy. YES

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Fordham Rams @ Lafayette Leopards - Last I checked Leopards are cats. Lafayette

Well, Louisville's win last night closed the book on any ACC team other than UNC trying to get that #2 spot in the ACCCG.

Louisville will clinch that spot if they win their final conference game, or UNC loses any game.

If Louisville loses and UNC wins out and both are 6-2, then we'd have to go down a list of tiebreakers. (Those two don't play each other this season.)

Louisville has already beaten all of the other ACC with 2 conference losses, so they hold all tiebreakers.

The ACC and SEC have both set their championship games -- https://cfarena.blogspot.com/2023/11/2023-week-11-wrap-up.html

Turns out that UNC was knocked out of contention before they even played last night due to the Miami loss. Yeah, I figured out the tiebreakers.

I might have made some mistakes on the tiebreakers -- apparently VT still has a 0.4% chance of going to the championship game.
I figured out that scenario, but I can't figure out what scenario allows UNC to get to the title game, even though they have a 3.1% chance of getting there.

https://cfarena.blogspot.com/2023/11/2023-week-11-12-acc-update.html

That's some pretty deep tiebreakers involved there. Looking at this article, it involves some strength of schedule craziness:
https://keepingitheel.com/2023/11/11/unc-football-can-tar-heels-make-acc-championship/

WEEK 11

TOP 25 - Wolverines run every single play (of the 2nd half anyway) to beat Penn State (Chip and I got this one)

INTER CONFERENCE - Flames defeat the Monarchs (Howie and I got this one)

INTRA CONFERENCE - Bulldogs beat Kiffin (we all got this one right)

RANDOM - Terrapins take down the Cornhuskers (Howie was the only one to take the Turtles)

BEAT THE SPREAD - Buckeyes win by 35 (we all said YES)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Lafayette wins (Howie and I picked the Leopards)


bluedevil2002 - 430 points (400 + 30)
jbeeman85 - 430 points (380 + 50)
MoonKnight1 - 330 points (280 + 50)

WEEK 12

TOP 25 - Washington Huskies @ Oregon State Beavers

INTER CONFERENCE - New Mexico State Aggies @ Auburn Tigers

INTRA CONFERENCE - Kansas State Wildcats @ Kansas Jayhawks (Sunflower Showdown)

RANDOM - Michigan State Spartans @ Indiana Hoosiers (two schools ready for basketball to start)

BEAT THE SPREAD - Oklahoma Sooners @ Brigham Young Cougars (Oklahoma by 24.5)

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Harvard Crimson @ Yale Bulldogs (The Game)

TOP 25 - Washington Huskies

INTER CONFERENCE - Auburn Tigers

INTRA CONFERENCE - Kansas Jayhawks

RANDOM - Indiana Hoosiers

BEAT THE SPREAD - NO

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Harvard Crimson

I was looking at that article when I was re-evaluating the championship options. Unfortunately, it was written before Saturday's games, and the scenario that they were laying out (requiring Miami to win) didn't play out.

Because of that, I can't figure out how UNC still has a chance, but it has to involve a bunch of different ACC teams going 4-4 in conference, and somehow getting placed in a way that Miami comes out ahead of Georgia Tech, even though GT has the head-to-head tiebreaker.

My buddy went through some tiebreakers and ended up with one scenario that creates an endless loop of tiebreakers. Basically, trying to figure out the tiebreaker between UNC and Louisville, you have to break all of the ties of the 4-4 teams in the middle, but one of the steps takes you right back to UNC and Louisville.

This is why I prefer conferences to have divisions.

TOP 25 - Washington Huskies

INTER CONFERENCE - New Mexico State Aggies
The NMS coach is Jerry Kill, who was an coaching advisor at VT during the Fuente years. Actually, it was the 7 weeks that the team didn't suck in 2019, so his impact was noticeable. There's also a story that he accused our former OC of not being able to analyze film and almost got in a fist fight. (Ya'll probably remember my Fire Corn mantra in 2021.)
Meanwhile, Auburn is coached by Hugh Freeze, and I've got several reasons to not like him.

INTRA CONFERENCE - Kansas State Wildcats

RANDOM - Indiana Hoosiers

BEAT THE SPREAD - Oklahoma Sooners @ Brigham Young Cougars (Oklahoma by 24.5) - NO

FCS GAME OF THE WEEK - Yale Bulldogs