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Week 6 Schedule
(all times eastern. games featuring AP ranked teams in bold)

Thursday, October 3
7:30 PM Texas at Iowa State
7:30 PM Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe
10:00 PM No. 12 UCLA at Utah

Friday, October 4
8:00 PM Brigham Young at Utah State
9:00 PM Nevada at San Diego State

Saturday, October 5
11:30 AM Air Force at Navy
12:00 PM No. 7 Louisville at Temple
12:00 PM No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State
12:00 PM No. 20 Texas Tech at Kansas
12:00 PM Penn State at Indiana
12:00 PM Illinois at Nebraska
12:00 PM Ball State at Virginia
12:00 PM Eastern Michigan at Buffalo
12:00 PM Michigan State at Iowa
12:00 PM Rutgers at Southern Methodist
12:21 PM Georgia State at No. 1 Alabama
12:30 PM North Carolina at Virginia Tech
1:00 PM Army at Boston College
1:00 PM Central Michigan at Miami (OH)
1:00 PM South Alabama at Troy
2:00 PM UTSA at Marshall
2:00 PM Ohio at Akron
3:00 PM Florida Atlantic at UAB
3:00 PM Western Michigan at Toledo
3:30 PM No. 3 Clemson at Syracuse
3:30 PM No. 6 Georgia at Tennessee
3:30 PM Georgia Tech at No. 14 Miami (FL)
3:30 PM Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan
3:30 PM Kansas State at No. 21 Oklahoma State
3:30 PM North Carolina State at Wake Forest
3:30 PM Massachusetts at Bowling Green
3:30 PM Rice at Tulsa
3:30 PM Northern Illinois at Kent State
3:30 PM East Carolina at Middle Tennessee
3:30 PM North Texas at Tulane
4:00 PM Washington State at California
4:00 PM Florida International at Southern Miss
4:30 PM UCF at Memphis
5:00 PM No. 23 Fresno State at Idaho
6:00 PM No. 2 Oregon at Colorado
6:00 PM Liberty at Old Dominion
7:00 PM No. 10 LSU at Mississippi State
7:00 PM TCU at No. 11 Oklahoma
7:00 PM Arkansas at No. 18 Florida
7:00 PM No. 24 Ole Miss at Auburn
7:00 PM Cincinnati at South Florida
7:00 PM New Mexico State at New Mexico
7:00 PM Texas State at Louisiana-Lafayette
7:30 PM Kentucky at No. 13 South Carolina
7:30 PM No. 22 Arizona State vs. Notre Dame*
7:30 PM Missouri at Vanderbilt
7:30 PM Louisiana Tech at UTEP
8:00 PM No. 4 Ohio State at No. 16 Northwestern
8:00 PM West Virginia at No. 17 Baylor
10:30 PM No. 15 Washington at No. 5 Stanford

Sunday, October 6
12:00 AM San Jose State at Hawaii
​

 

[timetokill]

GAF Pick'em Week 5 Results

Rank -- Score User ( Last Pts / Last Picks ) [ Last Bonus ]
1 -- 55 StrikerObi ( 15 / 11 ) [ 4 ]
2 -- 54 caliblue15 ( 14 / 11 ) [ 3 ]
3 -- 52 chaosblade ( 11 / 8 ) [ 3 ]
4 -- 51 Talon ( 17 / 12 ) [ 4 ]
4 -- 51 Jeff-DSA ( 11 / 10 ) [ 1 ]
6 -- 50 perfectchaos007 ( 15 / 11 ) [ 4 ]
6 -- 50 Enfinit ( 13 / 10 ) [ 3 ]
6 -- 50 AntoneM ( 12 / 9 ) [ 3 ]
6 -- 50 KingGondo ( 11 / 10 ) [ 1 ]
10 -- 49 bluemax ( 13 / 11 ) [ 2 ]
10 -- 49 ConfusingJazz ( 12 / 10 ) [ 2 ]
12 -- 48 Monroeski ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
12 -- 48 mcgruber ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
14 -- 47 Cyan ( 14 / 11 ) [ 3 ]
14 -- 47 Jhriad ( 10 / 9 ) [ 1 ]
14 -- 47 Gloomfire ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
17 -- 46 LostInNoise ( 16 / 11 ) [ 5 ]
17 -- 46 cdyhybrid ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
17 -- 46 bucknuticus ( 10 / 10 ) [ 0 ]
17 -- 46 MrJames ( 8 / 8 ) [ 0 ]
21 -- 45 Bishman ( 13 / 10 ) [ 3 ]
21 -- 45 Pristine_Condition ( 13 / 10 ) [ 3 ]
21 -- 45 truly101 ( 12 / 10 ) [ 2 ]
21 -- 45 Draxal ( 11 / 8 ) [ 3 ]
21 -- 45 andycapps ( 10 / 10 ) [ 0 ]
21 -- 45 StoOgE ( 9 / 8 ) [ 1 ]
27 -- 44 Jay Sosa ( 14 / 10 ) [ 4 ]
27 -- 44 GodfatherX ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
27 -- 44 bachikarn ( 9 / 9 ) [ 0 ]
27 -- 44 Schlep ( 8 / 8 ) [ 0 ]
27 -- 44 Draconian ( 7 / 7 ) [ 0 ]
32 -- 43 Mac the Knife ( 12 / 9 ) [ 3 ]
32 -- 43 Schmitty ( 9 / 7 ) [ 2 ]
34 -- 42 tokkun ( 12 / 10 ) [ 2 ]
34 -- 42 cashman ( 10 / 9 ) [ 1 ]
34 -- 42 chicko1983 ( 10 / 9 ) [ 1 ]
34 -- 42 Traitor to Heaven ( 9 / 9 ) [ 0 ]
38 -- 41 desh ( 12 / 10 ) [ 2 ]
38 -- 41 ag-my001 ( 11 / 10 ) [ 1 ]
38 -- 41 Subitai ( 9 / 8 ) [ 1 ]
41 -- 40 zyxwvu4321 ( 14 / 11 ) [ 3 ]
41 -- 40 Lonestar ( 11 / 10 ) [ 1 ]
41 -- 40 GoldenEye 007 ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
44 -- 39 Westonian ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
44 -- 39 razielim ( 10 / 9 ) [ 1 ]
46 -- 38 pxleyes ( 11 / 9 ) [ 2 ]
46 -- 38 rhfb ( 10 / 9 ) [ 1 ]
46 -- 38 Affeinvasion ( 9 / 8 ) [ 1 ]
49 -- 37 sf2fanatic ( 8 / 8 ) [ 0 ]
50 -- 36 JCX ( 8 / 8 ) [ 0 ]
50 -- 36 Garryk ( 8 / 8 ) [ 0 ]
52 -- 34 mre ( 6 / 6 ) [ 0 ]
53 -- 31 outlawedprod ( 10 / 9 ) [ 1 ]
54 -- 30 NewLib ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
55 -- 29 xeris ( 8 / 8 ) [ 0 ]
55 -- 29 Skiesofwonder ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
57 -- 26 Battlezone ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
58 -- 21 jamesinclair ( 9 / 7 ) [ 2 ]
59 -- 17 BertramCooper ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
59 -- 17 Dr.Horrible ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
61 -- 15 I Push Fat Kids ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
62 -- 14 CriginsMcJuggs ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
63 -- 11 Talka ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
64 -- 10 eBay Huckster ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
64 -- 10 Authoritative Shark ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
66 -- 7 hiryu2015 ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
67 -- 5 LosDaddie ( 0 / 0 ) [ 0 ]
​

Week 5 High Score: 17 by Talon
Most Overall Picks: 12 by Talon PERFECT!
Most MoV Picks: 5 by LostInNoise




GAF Pick'em Week 6 Games

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by X
Mayrland @ Florida State by X
Penn State @ Indiana by X
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by X
Michigan State @ Iowa by X
Minnesota @ Michigan by X
Washington State @ California by X
Ole Miss @ Auburn by X
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by X
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by X
Ohio State @ Northwestern by X
Washington @ Stanford by X

 

[cashman]

Good bye Dodds

GAF Pick'em Week 6 Games

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 10
Mayrland @ Florida State by 17
Penn State @ Indiana by 7
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 4
Michigan State @ Iowa by 4
Minnesota @ Michigan by 14
Washington State @ California by 6
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 10
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 10
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 11
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 17
Washington @ Stanford by 6

 

[zyxwvu4321]

Texas couldn't let USC have too much of a head start at luring in Nick Saban Jack Del Rio.

 

[Cornballer]

Not quite sure what to expect from the Cal - Washington State game this week. Cal's still missing half of their defensive starters and McCain was dismissed from the team this week. Also, I don't know how well Goff will bounce back from being benched on Saturday.

 

[Lonestar]

"He battled me," Haden said. "… He really battled and made it very difficult. We had a very honest discussion for 45 minutes. At the end of the day, I felt the decision had to be made."

Pat Haden about Kiffikens.

:jnc

 

[cdyhybrid]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 10
Mayrland @ Florida State by 14
Penn State @ Indiana by 10
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 4
Michigan State @ Iowa by 4
Minnesota @ Michigan by 8
Washington State @ California by 4
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 4
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 4
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 4
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 17
Washington @ Stanford by 4

 

[timetokill]

Best case: a shootout. Ending in a loss.

You guys are gonna win easily. Lock of the week.

Everybody beats Wazzu.

 

[Lonestar]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 11
Mayrland @ Florida State by 6
Penn State @ Indiana by 6
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 4
Michigan State @ Iowa by 11
Minnesota @ Michigan by 11
Washington State @ California by 4
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 6
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 4
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 4
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 6
Washington @ Stanford by 11


Bonus: Alabama doesn't cover the 54 point spread on Georgia A&M Tech NW State.

 

[mre]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 14
Mayrland @ Florida State by 21
Penn State @ Indiana by 7
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 4
Michigan State @ Iowa by 14
Minnesota @ Michigan by 14
Washington State @ California by 14
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 7
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 10
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 10
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 14
Washington @ Stanford by 10

 

[pxleyes]

Going to be a good week. Night game with plenty of time to drink good beer and cook good food.

 

[Schmitty]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 10
Mayrland @ Florida State by 10 i'll leave it misspelled
Penn State @ Indiana by 10
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 14
Michigan State @ Iowa by 4
Minnesota @ Michigan by 13
Washington State @ California by 4
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 7
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 6
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 8
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 4 upset special?
Washington @ Stanford by 7 if it was home for wash I'd pick them

 

[StoOgE]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 10
Mayrland @ Florida State by 4
Penn State @ Indiana by 7
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 14
Michigan State @ Iowa by 7
Minnesota @ Michigan by 3
Washington State @ California by 3
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 4
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by the power of Blaine Gabbart (4)
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 3
Ohio State @ Northwestern by eleventy billion (21)
Washington @ Stanford by 7

 

[StoOgE]

Pat Haden about Kiffikens.

:jnc

I like to imagine that battle was something like the end of Rocky V.

 

[squicken]

So long DeLoss. Thanks for bungling realignment

 

[StoOgE]

So long DeLoss. Thanks for bungling realignment

Anyone want to buy a gently worn cable network?

Spoiler

Sounds like DeLoss has cancer or something else really bad by the insiders. He's been a great AD. Tons of success in his tenure... just that every program fell on its face late in his career

 

[squicken]

Spoiler

Sounds like DeLoss has cancer or something else really bad by the insiders. He's been a great AD. Tons of success in his tenure... just that every program fell on its face late in his career

Well that sucks.

Hard to argue his success as an AD. My complaints are with him as a conference power broker

 

[cdyhybrid]

So long DeLoss. Thanks for bungling realignment

RIP MDC

 

[JHall]

Go Gators!

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Man, I wanted to make a joke about not having lost in two weeks, but that Dodds news is really depressing.

 

[perfectchaos007]

So Texas plays on Thursday and its not Thanksgiving Thursday? How far have we fallen to be relegated to a Thursday game so we'll get some real national exposure?

I work late Thursday so I won't be able to watch the game. Thanks Deloss!

 

[Enfinit]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 6
Mayrland @ Florida State by 17
Penn State @ Indiana by 7
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 10
Michigan State @ Iowa by 3
Minnesota @ Michigan by 17
Washington State @ California by 3
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 1
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 3
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 7
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 10
Washington @ Stanford by 7

Really tempted to put Washington over Stanford and Northwestern over Ohio State, but I don't have the balls to do it. Northwestern is gonna upset.

I feel sorry for knocking Maryland out of the rankings the one week they're in it. Go Noles!

 

[sf2fanatic]

Trap game for us at Utah. Last time we went up there we got smashed..

 

[Westonian]

GAF Pick'em Week 6 Games

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 13
Mayrland @ Florida State by 7
Penn State @ Indiana by 4
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 13
Michigan State @ Iowa by 6
Minnesota @ Michigan by 7
Washington State @ California by 7
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 6
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 4
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 10
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 14
Washington @ Stanford by 7

Saved for later.

 

[Talon]

I don't think even Clever and I will be picking Northwestern.

 

[Chris R]

Good Bye ND, won't miss ya!

GAF Pick'em Week 6 Games

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 7
Mayrland @ Florida State by 21
Penn State @ Indiana by 4
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 10
Michigan State @ Iowa by 7
Minnesota @ Michigan by 14
Washington State @ California by 4
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 7
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 10
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 10
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 14
Washington @ Stanford by 14

(Will update before the game on Thursday)

 

[perfectchaos007]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 10
Maryland @ Florida State by 17
Penn State @ Indiana by 6
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 9
Michigan State @ Iowa by 4
Minnesota @ Michigan by 7
Washington State @ California by 9
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 10
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 14
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 9
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 10
Washington @ Stanford by 12

 

[cashman]

You wouldn't be able to anyway. Or is this one on a national network?

Can't have road games on LHN

 

[Pristine_Condition]

Reserving my spot for later...


Meanwhile, STADIUM PORN:

Stripe Out The Jones (Season Home Opener vs. SFA):

Celebrate Cotton White Out (vs. TX St.)

 

[jakncoke]

12:00 PM Penn State at Indiana

Go Penn St

 

[ConfusingJazz]

(THU) UCLA by 10
Florida State by 12
Penn State by 4
Virginia Tech by 10
Iowa by 4
Michigan by 10
Washington State by 4
Ole Miss by 10
Vanderbilt by 4
Arizona State by 4
Ohio State by 20
Stanford by 20

 

[bucknuticus]

People picking us by more than 7-10 are insane. This game scares the shit out of me, we play like garbage in Evanston at night.

 

[ag-my001]

I heard four different ESPN talking heads mention Sumlin as the #1 coach for USC in the space of half an hour today. Given their ability to shape CFB, and Sumlin's history of bailing on a successful team, I think he might actually do it. I just hope he finishes this season before being too distracted, like when he couldn't be bothered to win the CCG at Houston and get a BCS bowl.

 

[cdyhybrid]

What's the connection between Sumlin and USC? Or is he just the hottest name so he automatically gets associated with any big job?

 

[GoldenEye 007]

I heard four different ESPN talking heads mention Sumlin as the #1 coach for USC in the space of half an hour today. Given their ability to shape CFB, and Sumlin's history of bailing on a successful team, I think he might actually do it. I just hope he finishes this season before being too distracted, like when he couldn't be bothered to win the CCG at Houston and get a BCS bowl.

That was so fucked up. Lost a lot of respect for him when you could clearly see he had one foot out the door before the game.

 

[Pristine_Condition]

I heard four different ESPN talking heads mention Sumlin as the #1 coach for USC in the space of half an hour today. Given their ability to shape CFB, and Sumlin's history of bailing on a successful team, I think he might actually do it. I just hope he finishes this season before being too distracted, like when he couldn't be bothered to win the CCG at Houston and get a BCS bowl.

It's interesting.

Sumlin doesn't really have a track record of sticking around too long, true...but I always had him pegged as a guy who ultimately wants to get to the NFL. I'm not sure which job actually gets him closer to that goal. USC being smack in the middle of one of the biggest media markets sure is appealing, but so is the coverage you get being in the SEC SEC.

I think he'd take the USC job if offered with the right terms, but I really believe he's further down their list--maybe 4th tops. No slight on Sumlin--he's super-hot right now, but there's just so many good, qualified candidates WITH SoCal ties, that I think they look at those guys first.

 

[ag-my001]

Yeah, I'd say if he was in Year 3 or 4 he'd probably bail, but after Year 2 would be a bit ridiculous. I expect a big contract extension from A&M (did he get one after last year?) coming down the pipe soon.

Out of curiosity, how long was Kiffin at UT before heading west?

 

[cashman]

Yeah, I'd say if he was in Year 3 or 4 he'd probably bail, but after Year 2 would be a bit ridiculous. I expect a big contract extension from A&M (did he get one after last year?) coming down the pipe soon.

Out of curiosity, how long was Kiffin at UT before heading west?

One year

 

[StoOgE]

I heard four different ESPN talking heads mention Sumlin as the #1 coach for USC in the space of half an hour today. Given their ability to shape CFB, and Sumlin's history of bailing on a successful team, I think he might actually do it. I just hope he finishes this season before being too distracted, like when he couldn't be bothered to win the CCG at Houston and get a BCS bowl.

I think he's gone.

JFF is done after this year, may as well get out before a slip in productivity

 

[Draxal]

I think Petersen is very much in play. Sanctions are over at USC, and Boise isn't the same without Kellen Moore.

 

[ag-my001]

I think he's gone.

JFF is done after this year, may as well get out before a slip in productivity

I had thought of this. It's entirely possible that A&M goes from the top-tier of the conference down to the middle without Manziel, and that drop, for whatever reason, would hurt Sumlin's future prospects. Then the question becomes who replaces Sumlin, and are they a spread-oriented coach that would fit with our current recruiting.

Coaching Carousel: Hours of fun for the whole fanbase!

 

[StoOgE]

I had thought of this. It's entirely possible that A&M goes from the top-tier of the conference down to the middle without Manziel, and that drop, for whatever reason, would hurt Sumlin's future prospects. Then the question becomes who replaces Sumlin, and are they a spread-oriented coach that would fit with our current recruiting.

Coaching Carousel: Hours of fun for the whole fanbase!

Well, your defense is horrid. Without an offense like you have now you would have lost several other games this season.

So the question he has to answer is how much of the offense is JFF and how much is the system. He knows that answer better than we do.

If the answer is JFF accounts for 30% plus of the offense? Jump now before the gig is up.

Unless his plan is to sit at A&M for the next 10 years, but I think pretty much everyone thinks he has NFL aspirations. USC seems a good place to make the jump to NFL.

 

[Talon]

People picking us by more than 7-10 are insane. This game scares the shit out of me, we play like garbage in Evanston at night.

...you've played there at night once, unless my memory is screwy.

 

[bucknuticus]

...you've played there at night once, unless my memory is screwy.

02 and 04 so at least twice both we struggled a lot and lose the one.

 

[Karakand]

Leaving after two years is no longer really considered shocking. Especially when it's a low- or mid-tier school.

The passion and energy of the SEC are constantly flowing in to TAMU though.

 

[mre]

k

:jnc

Beat me to making that joke.

Edit: you have to give me some credit, though. I went so far as to pick Ole Miss last week.

 

[bachikarn]

(THU) UCLA @ Utah by 14
Mayrland @ Florida State by 4
Penn State @ Indiana by 14
North Carolina @ Virginia Tech by 4
Michigan State @ Iowa by 4
Minnesota @ Michigan by 7
Washington State @ California by 4
Ole Miss @ Auburn by 4
Missouri @ Vanderbilt by 4
Arizona State vs Notre Dame by 4
Ohio State @ Northwestern by 7
Washington @ Stanford by 7

 

[StoOgE]

I went so far as to pick Ole Miss last week.

I did too!

 

[Lonestar]

I heard four different ESPN talking heads mention Sumlin as the #1 coach for USC in the space of half an hour today. Given their ability to shape CFB, and Sumlin's history of bailing on a successful team, I think he might actually do it. I just hope he finishes this season before being too distracted, like when he couldn't be bothered to win the CCG at Houston and get a BCS bowl.

Wonder if he, or anyone else, will feign heart problems, to get out of coaching at their current school.

 

[jjasper]

Apparently we are wearing the gray uniforms on Saturday. Brilliant move by the marketing department. This way when people are filling through the channels during the afternoon games and they see UGA beating the shit out of some team in gray they will change the channel and notice it is us.