College Football Week 9 - You've Got the Touch

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Subitai

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GAF Pick'em Week 9 Games
all games Saturday unless otherwise marked


(FRI) Cincinnati @ Louisville by 9
Iowa @ Northwestern by 10
NC State @ North Carolina by 10
UCLA @ Arizona State by 14
Florida vs. Georgia by 6
Texas Tech @ Kansas State by 11
USC @ Arizona by 24
Michigan State @ Wisconsin by 6
TCU @ Oklahoma State by 13
Ohio State @ Penn State by 6
Notre Dame @ Oklahoma by 5
Michigan @ Nebraska by 17
Mississippi State @ Alabama by 10
California @ Utah by 6
Oregon State @ Washington by 10
 
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Affeinvasion

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My ND sense is tingling...

I just want to point out that most of our starters are not from the north. Recruiting hasn't been a problem for a while. Player development and bad coaching were the problems. The argument was always that ND couldn't recruit defensive talent. I think Brian Kelly has shown that isn't the case.
 
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Traitor to Heaven

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GAF Pick'em Week 9 Games

(FRI) Cincinnati @ Louisville by 7
Iowa @ Northwestern by 4
NC State @ North Carolina by 10
UCLA @ Arizona State by 12
Florida vs. Georgia by 12
Texas Tech @ Kansas State by 10
USC @ Arizona by 17
Michigan State @ Wisconsin by 9
TCU @ Oklahoma State by 12
Ohio State @ Penn State by 4
Notre Dame @ Oklahoma by 10
Michigan @ Nebraska by 7
Mississippi State @ Alabama by 20
California @ Utah by 4
Oregon State @ Washington by 7
 
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(FRI) Cincinnati @ Louisville by 10
Iowa @ Northwestern by 7
NC State @ North Carolina by 10
UCLA @ Arizona State by 7
Florida vs. Georgia by 8
Texas Tech @ Kansas State by 4
USC @ Arizona by 14
Michigan State @ Wisconsin by 4
TCU @ Oklahoma State by 6
Ohio State @ Penn State by 7
Notre Dame @ Oklahoma by 7
Michigan @ Nebraska by 12
Mississippi State @ Alabama by 14
California @ Utah by 7
Oregon State @ Washington by 10
 
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Garryk

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GAF Pick'em Week 9 Games

(FRI) Cincinnati @ Louisville by 9
Iowa @ Northwestern by 14
NC State @ North Carolina by 4
UCLA @ Arizona State by 4
Florida vs. Georgia by 11
Texas Tech @ Kansas State by 10
USC @ Arizona by 13
Michigan State @ Wisconsin by 6
TCU @ Oklahoma State by 9
Ohio State @ Penn State by 14
Notre Dame @ Oklahoma by 11
Michigan @ Nebraska by 4
Mississippi State @ Alabama by 18
California @ Utah by 11
Oregon State @ Washington by 14
 
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ChiTownBuffalo

Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
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andycapps

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Just saw a video from Jax. Looks like hurricane force winds almost going on there. The game tomorrow should be interesting.
 
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chicko1983

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Just watching the Cindy Louisville game now, see they are playing for the "keg of nails" haha.

Whatever happened to Americans playing for some standard silverware or a medal? Got to love the traditional rival games but some of the prizes, like the stanford axe last week, seem a bit weird. Not sure if you can take them seriously.
 
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Affeinvasion said:
My ND sense is tingling...

I just want to point out that most of our starters are not from the north. Recruiting hasn't been a problem for a while. Player development and bad coaching were the problems. The argument was always that ND couldn't recruit defensive talent. I think Brian Kelly has shown that isn't the case.
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I love watching the old guy on espn college football live show get all excited when talking about nd. He gets really excited and I'm sure the other guy deliberate picks against them just to upset the old guy.
 
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chicko1983 said:
Just watching the Cindy Louisville game now, see they are playing for the "keg of nails" haha.

Whatever happened to Americans playing for some standard silverware or a medal? Got to love the traditional rival games but some of the prizes, like the stanford axe last week, seem a bit weird. Not sure if you can take them seriously.
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Just about all of the college rivalry trophies are based on something symbolic or shared between the two schools. Some have been around decades, some are newer, but there is nothing ever standardized about them from one rivalry to the next.
 
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Bishman

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(FRI) Cincinnati @ Louisville by 3
Iowa @ Northwestern by 5
NC State @ North Carolina by 7
UCLA @ Arizona State by 7
Florida vs. Georgia by 7
Texas Tech @ Kansas State by 10
USC @ Arizona by 7
Michigan State @ Wisconsin by 6
TCU @ Oklahoma State by 3
Ohio State @ Penn State by 1
Notre Dame @ Oklahoma by 13
Michigan @ Nebraska by 3
Mississippi State @ Alabamaby 24
California @ Utah by 1
Oregon State @ Washington by 10
 
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Balphon

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chicko1983 said:
Just watching the Cindy Louisville game now, see they are playing for the "keg of nails" haha.

Whatever happened to Americans playing for some standard silverware or a medal? Got to love the traditional rival games but some of the prizes, like the stanford axe last week, seem a bit weird. Not sure if you can take them seriously.
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Most if not all of the more bizarre rivalry game trophies date back to the first half of the 20th century or before, and thus survive purely on quaintness.
 
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MightyHealthy

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Might've been a blessing in disguise.

People have questioned the D and I think they did a damn great job of making a statement there.

And we have Teddy Icewater, we've endured a couple of bad starts but can turn it up with a TD.
 
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Cyan

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chicko1983 said:
Whatever happened to Americans playing for some standard silverware or a medal? Got to love the traditional rival games but some of the prizes, like the stanford axe last week, seem a bit weird. Not sure if you can take them seriously.
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You know nothing, Jon Snow.
 
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Ganhyun

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andycapps said:
Hey man, I don't know if you've noticed but the G in your avatar is out of proportion. So I got a high res version online and resized it. You can feel free to use it if you want. Link coming soon.

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Thanks man. In use!
 
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Cyan

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Cyan said:
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
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But Chicko, I will take pity on you, because the history of the Axe is fucking awesome.

It first showed up in San Francisco in the late 1800s, at a Cal-Stanford baseball game, where the Stanford yell leaders used it to chop up blue and gold ribbons, accompanied by a chant. "Give em the axe, the axe, the axe" etc.

At the end of the game--which Cal won, naturally--a group of Cal students ambushed the Stanford yell leaders and captured the Axe in a massive melee. There ensued a chase/relay race through the streets of San Francisco, with the Cal students aiming to get the Axe back to Berkeley, and the Stanford students, backed by the SF police, aiming to stop them.

Finally, a little ahead of the pursuers, the last guy to have the Axe stopped in a butcher shop to get the handle sawn off, and hid it under his overcoat. He headed for the ferry building to catch the ferry back across the bay to Berkeley, but found the building surrounded by the police, who were searching everyone who boarded. So he hunted up an old girlfriend, had her hide the Axe under her dress, and together they brought it back to Berkeley.

There was an interlude of several decades in which the Axe belonged to Cal, and was brought out for the rally before each Big Game. Until a group of dastardly Stanford students stole it from an armored car, in a plot involving fake cameras, tear gas, and shenanigans with the operator of the Dumbarton Bridge.

Yeah.

A little after that, it became the official trophy of the Big Game.
 
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