Welcome to Week One of College Football’s 2014 Season! As most of you know, this is the year with the first ever college football playoff (fuck off, FCS).
Now, instead of competing for this:
everyone is competing for this:
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Instead of having geeks in basements choosing who plays for the national championship, now we’ll have suits in board rooms deciding whether or Notre Dame’s 3 or 4 losses are enough to keep them out of the playoffs. I think we all know the answer to that one.
Now, before we at the season ahead of us, let’s take a quick look back at the important events that occurred this offseason.
Important Events this Offseason:
First up for Knightro and the Golden Citroknights: Penn State. Can UCF overcome the loss of the best QB it has ever seen? Only time will tell.
Coaches Poll
Now, last, but not least, the reason why you guys all give a shit about these threads: TTK’s Pick ‘em.
2014 CFB GAF Pick'em!
The pick'em returns, and this year the rules are the same as last year, but I'll post 'em again anyway.
Congrats again to StrikerObi for last year's victory!
Here are the rules:
GAF Pick'em Week 1 Games
(all games Saturday unless otherwise marked)
(THU) Texas A&M @ South Carolina by X
(THU) Boise State @ Ole Miss by X
(THU) Rutgers @ Washington State by X
(FRI) Colorado State vs Colorado by X
Penn State vs UCF by X
West Virginia vs Alabama by X
California @ Northwestern by X
Clemson @ Georgia by X
Fresno State @ USC by X
Florida State vs Oklahoma State by X
Wisconsin vs LSU by X
(MON) Miami @ Louisville by X
Also, don't forget to give Buck your picks for conference champions:
Now, instead of competing for this:

everyone is competing for this:

Instead of having geeks in basements choosing who plays for the national championship, now we’ll have suits in board rooms deciding whether or Notre Dame’s 3 or 4 losses are enough to keep them out of the playoffs. I think we all know the answer to that one.
Now, before we at the season ahead of us, let’s take a quick look back at the important events that occurred this offseason.
Important Events this Offseason:
Looking forward to the 2014 season, we’ll be introducing a new feature to the CFB-GAF threads. Each week we’ll watch UCF as it attempts to earn a seat in the playoffs.January 6, 2014: FSU defeats Auburn.
January 12, 2014: UCF not invited to join a real conference.
February 5, 2014: Signing day. UCF signs a Top 60 class!
February 29, 2014: UCF still in the American Conference.
March 18, 2014: The ACC still not interested in UCF.
April 1, 2014: UCF invited to join the SEC!
May 7, 2014: No conference realignment news for UCF.
July 1, 2014: Maryland and Rutgers join the B1G; Louisville joins the ACC.
August 7, 2014: NCAA Board votes to fuck over UCF.
August 15, 2014: Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins denies rumors that UCF has been invited to a “Power 5” Conference.
First up for Knightro and the Golden Citroknights: Penn State. Can UCF overcome the loss of the best QB it has ever seen? Only time will tell.
Week 1 notable games:
AP Top 25Thursday, August 28
No. 21 Texas A&M at No. 9 South Carolina
Boise State vs. No. 18 Ole Miss
Temple at Vanderbilt
Rutgers at Washington State
Weber State at No. 19 Arizona State
Saturday, August 30
Penn State vs. UCF
No. 5 Ohio State at Navy
No. 7 UCLA at Virginia
Tennessee-Martin at Kentucky
West Virginia vs. No. 2 Alabama
Rice at No. 17 Notre Dame
Florida Atlantic at No. 22 Nebraska
South Dakota State at No. 24 Missouri
Arkansas at No. 6 Auburn
UC Davis at No. 11 Stanford
No. 16 Clemson at No. 12 Georgia
Liberty at No. 23 North Carolina
Louisiana Tech at No. 4 Oklahoma
Savannah State at Middle Tennessee
Austin Peay at Memphis
Stephen F. Austin at No. 20 Kansas State
Fresno State at No. 15 USC
No. 1 Florida State vs. Oklahoma State
No. 14 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 LSU
South Dakota at No. 3 Oregon
No. 25 Washington at Hawaii
Sunday, August 31
SMU at No. 10 Baylor
Monday, September 1
Miami (FL) at Louisville
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida State (57) 0-0 1496
2 Alabama (1) 0-0 1361
3 Oregon (1) 0-0 1334
4 Oklahoma (1) 0-0 1324
5 Ohio State 0-0 1207
6 Auburn 0-0 1198
7 UCLA 0-0 1106
8 Michigan State 0-0 1080
9 South Carolina 0-0 1015
10 Baylor 0-0 966
11 Stanford 0-0 885
12 Georgia 0-0 843
13 LSU 0-0 776
14 Wisconsin 0-0 637
15 USC 0-0 626
16 Clemson 0-0 536
17 Notre Dame 0-0 445
18 Ole Miss 0-0 424
19 Arizona State 0-0 357
20 Kansas State 0-0 242
21 Texas A&M 0-0 238
22 Nebraska 0-0 226
23 North Carolina 0-0 194
24 Missouri 0-0 134
25 Washington 0-0 130
Others receiving votes: UCF 94, Florida 87, Texas 86, Duke 71, Iowa 68, Louisville 48, Marshall 41, Oklahoma State 37, Virginia Tech 26, TCU 23, Mississippi State 22, Michigan 19, Texas Tech 19, Miami (FL) 16, Cincinnati 15, Boise State 10, Oregon State 10, Northwestern 8, BYU 8, Penn State 5, Vanderbilt 2, Navy 2, Nevada 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Utah State 1
Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida State (56) 0-0 1543
2 Alabama 0-0 1455
3 Oklahoma (3) 0-0 1382
4 Oregon (1) 0-0 1314
5 Auburn 0-0 1271
6 Ohio State (1) 0-0 1267
7 UCLA 0-0 1085
8 Michigan State 0-0 1050
9 South Carolina (1) 0-0 1009
10 Baylor 0-0 965
11 Stanford 0-0 955
12 Georgia 0-0 905
13 LSU 0-0 833
14 Wisconsin 0-0 654
15 USC 0-0 627
16 Clemson 0-0 535
17 Notre Dame 0-0 509
18 Arizona State 0-0 358
19 Ole Miss 0-0 346
20 Texas A&M 0-0 266
21 Kansas State 0-0 257
22 Nebraska 0-0 228
23 North Carolina 0-0 175
24 Texas 0-0 143
25 Washington 0-0 142
Others receiving votes: Missouri 126, Florida 122, UCF 102, Mississippi State 74, Oklahoma State 56, TCU 54, Michigan 53, Iowa 49, Miami (FL) 45, Duke 41, Louisville 32, Marshall 27, BYU 18, Boise State 13, Virginia Tech 12, Louisiana-Lafayette 12, Texas Tech 8, Cincinnati 6, Minnesota 6, Northwestern 5, Fresno State 4, Oregon State 4, Houston 2, Georgia Tech 2, Arkansas 1, Arizona 1, Northern Illinois 1
Now, last, but not least, the reason why you guys all give a shit about these threads: TTK’s Pick ‘em.
2014 CFB GAF Pick'em!
The pick'em returns, and this year the rules are the same as last year, but I'll post 'em again anyway.
Congrats again to StrikerObi for last year's victory!
Here are the rules:
- 12 games will be selected by me each week
- Players pick a winner for each game and how much they think they will win by (margin of victory)
- You can get up to 2 points per game: 1 point for picking the winning team, and another point if your margin of victory prediction is within 3 of the actual margin of victory
- You can get 1 additional bonus point in a week if you pick every game correctly (not including MoV)
- Maximum of 25 points each week
- Each player's lowest week will be automatically dropped
- Anybody can play, just post your picks!
- Some games come earlier than Saturday. Make sure to get your picks in on time.
- Are you a ban-risk? PM me your email address and I'll keep up with you if you get banned so that you can still get your picks in on time.
- You have until the time the games start each week to get your picks in. Don't try and cheat by putting your picks after the games have started. Be cool.
GAF Pick'em Week 1 Games
(all games Saturday unless otherwise marked)
(THU) Texas A&M @ South Carolina by X
(THU) Boise State @ Ole Miss by X
(THU) Rutgers @ Washington State by X
(FRI) Colorado State vs Colorado by X
Penn State vs UCF by X
West Virginia vs Alabama by X
California @ Northwestern by X
Clemson @ Georgia by X
Fresno State @ USC by X
Florida State vs Oklahoma State by X
Wisconsin vs LSU by X
(MON) Miami @ Louisville by X
Also, don't forget to give Buck your picks for conference champions:
Good luck!Here we go, scoring will work as the following. Each division winner correct is 1 points, conf champ winner selection is 2 points.
Here's the part I'm unsure of, feedback wanted:
First 4 playoff games picked correctly 3 points, final two picked 5 points, champion 7 points. Seedings will not matter for points (unless we feel it should)
Sounds good? Fill em out! Can PM or post them up here, will post them up on google docs again:
-ACC:
Coastal:
Atlantic:
-B1G:
East:
West:
-Big 12:
-American:
-Pac 12:
North:
South:
-SEC:
East:
West:
Playoff Semis:
1:
2:
3:
4:
Finals:
1:
2:
Champion:
