I think a better topic is can the inappropriately ranked #10 at one point this season Canes save their season by beating VA Tech and confuse the awful Coastal side of the ACC even more.
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I think a better topic is can the inappropriately ranked #10 at one point this season Canes save their season by beating VA Tech and confuse the awful Coastal side of the ACC even more.
bucknuticus
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Texas season in a gif
I keep wondering why Washington has a lower win out chance than both Michigan and Ohio State(and they play each other!)... Then I remember #Pac12AfterDark
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This week we talk about Ohio State surviving Camp Randall, Alabama boat racing Tennessee, etc.
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This week we talk about Ohio State surviving Camp Randall, Alabama boat racing Tennessee, etc.
Game of the Week - Texas A&M @ Alabama
Turd of the Week - Michigan State and Maryland
We discuss Westworld, Andy's non-toaster PC, Atlanta, Big Papa Goooo, and Mike still sucking at Madden.
Purple Cheeto
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Will firing his crappy assistants save Jim Mora's job at UCLA or is he already toast?
Why can't Pac-12 teams keep their QBs healthy?
Is Oregon's swoon a 1 year aberration or the start of their return to normalcy? Is the real reason for it that the rest of the landscape figured out the Hurry up No Huddle and Helfrich is in over his head or is it something more sinister?
Which desperate second tier school will hire Les Miles and be disappointed?
Same question but Lane Kiffin instead.
Jabrill Peppers, Heisman Candidate or recruiting site hype monster?
Will you be the special guest guest?
Purple Cheeto
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I don't get off work until 9pm EST so unless I can Skype in I dunno how I'd manage that.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
BYU over Boise St by 6, in my opinion. I will be out all night at the arcade, so will probably miss the game, but am posting it here for posterity.
perfectchaos007
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I really hope the new NX doesn't suck. I'm way more hyped for that reveal in the morning than I am for whoever Texas plays on Saturday. KSU I think?.
sf2fanatic
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Does BYU have one of the hardest schedule so far this year?
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
So far, its gotta be around there
Arizona, Utah, UCLA, Michigan St, Toledo, West Virginia, and Mississippi St.
Pac-12, B1G, and SEC victories. Not too shabby. Would love to see them get one on Boise St, which could put them ranked, unless a bunch more 3-loss SEC teams (or future 4-loss) get in instead, lol.
Shh surprise. Someone else.
The dark side of CFB, IMO. Lot of top programs have numerous confirmed players with CTE.
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GoldenEye 007
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IT'S
CIVIL
ConFLiCT
WEEK
OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH Yeahhhhhhhhhh!
superdeluxe
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Go Dawgs.
prediction, UW won't cover the spread of 38.
prediction, UW won't cover the spread of 38.
Purple Cheeto
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That would be quite mediocre!
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Wtf, I don't even understand these numbers
perfectchaos007
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The pac12 plays nine conference games just like all of the top tier conferences
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
eh that's bullshit though because of Title IX --- football HAS to support a bunch of women's sports.
Purple Cheeto
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These are conference records, not overall records. The projections say that Colorado is going to go 4-1 against a slate of Arizona, Stanford, UCLA, Utah and Wazzu while USC is going to go 2-2 vs Cal, Oregon, UW and UCLA.
Not knowing how the system works it is hard to agree with those projections fully.
Here's the projections for this weeks games: http://www.bcftoys.com/2016-game-projections/
sf2fanatic
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They can easily be 6-0. But all those losses by less than 7 are brutal.
Yeah, seeing their remaining games listed out it's hard to agree. I'd say the Buffs beat Zona and UCLA and the other three are toss-ups.
USC I'd say 3-1. Cal might be tough if it's up there but USC could win that game and it wouldn't shock me.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
kinda, it's really just the schedule too and the 95+% win chances that Michigan has in almost every game. Illinois, MSU, Maryland, and Indiana should be easy wins for Michigan (Indiana surprises me at 97.7% chance of FPI, that defense is pretty good). Iowa is nearly 90%.
I mean, Michigan under FPI right now is currently like probably mid 80% chance of being unbeaten when they get to the tOSU game
Ohio State doesn't have quite as high numbers, more 95%, with an 84% game at PSU and 89% game vs Nebraska.
Both of those schools are highly favored to be unbeaten when they play, but only one of them will win and that game is a coin toss right now.
Meanwhile, Washington isn't as heavily favored in several games (WSU=70%, USC=79%... it's only real slam dunks are ASU=93% and Oregon Lite = 98%) - but it also doesn't have a 50/50 game left.
So more possibly "surprise" games where that Pac12AfterDark affect could happen. But also toss up clash of the titan game left either.
perfectchaos007
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UCF v. UCONN. The best forced rivalry in all of CFB!
bucknuticus
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NO FPI QUOTING ALLOWED IN THIS THREAD.
Azwethinkweiz
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FPI is tried and true, friend!
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
I don't believe in FPI in general, though the win percentages per game and then cumulative win out chances aren't too far off
I wish Vegas had moneylines for games several weeks out even if just for informational purposes as their algorithms are the ones that are really good.
They could just as easily be 1-5 though as well
I dunno. I'm fond of Maryland being a bunch of assholes to Penn State to make themselves hated by PSU's fanbase.
DorkLord54
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I just realized that Eastern has a higher chance of making a bowl game this season than State does. Makes me both sad and happy at the same time.
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I wonder how much ESPN hates that Miami and VT have choked as of late.
Just 2 weeks ago they probably thought they had a huge Thursday night marquee matchup. LoL
Just 2 weeks ago they probably thought they had a huge Thursday night marquee matchup. LoL
sf2fanatic
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True. Too many nail biters
Googly Eyes Dog
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Could Chip Kelly go back to Oregon? Is that possible? He belongs there.
They excel at that tho. HEY WE MATTER!!!!!! AND FUCK YOU *throws battery at player*
So Duke takes on mighty Bye State University this weekend, they are expected to pull out a close one despite WR#1 and the punter for the season.
Blue skies ahead.
Sometimes I'm reminded that Duke is still sort of new to this era of modern football. I mean they try and sometime you get the awesome old school devil helmet they wore in the Pinstripe Bowl
And other times you get this
SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!
And other times you get this
SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I don't miss them. I'm happy they fucked right off to the B1G.
Really? I've had PSU fans tell me otherwise.
Purple Cheeto
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What good would that do? He wasn't an exceptional recruiter and he's become an incredibly uncreative and predictable play caller in the NFL. Chip the innovator
Also Oregon's problem is their defense, not their offense. And their defense was rarely good with Chip at the helm.
Oregon's problem (aside from the fact that they bought success instead of building it, which means they don't understand how to maintain it) is that they don't really do anything special anymore.
Lots of teams run hurry-up spread offenses.
Lots of teams have 1000000 uniform combos.
Lots of teams have lavish facilities.
Lots of teams run hurry-up spread offenses.
Lots of teams have 1000000 uniform combos.
Lots of teams have lavish facilities.
bucknuticus
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So they can go back to being paper tigers who crumpled anytime they played real defenses?
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This!
Oregon was special with the offense and Nike stuff. Now everyone runs spread or hurry up. Everyone has Nike or UA unis. Everyone has fancy new facilities even without Nike money.
Yet Oregon lacks any built in advantages. They aren't USC, UCLA, Washington, or Stanford.
That being said they can have some great years with the way recruiting can be a roll of the dice. Oregon fans need to understand what they had those few years being a national power and champ contender. That won't be easily replicated anytime soon.
chaosblade
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How was he in place to catch that block? That was nuts.