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College Football Week 11 - Team of Destiny requires 3 OTs to beat 4-5 team

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Limedust

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bluemax: If I haven't said so already, I enjoy the top 10 breakdowns each week.

LosDaddie: Same for the random weekly thoughts.
 
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chuckddd

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No one in the NFL thread has visited Jerrah World, apparently. How about you guys? Any advice on where one should sit? View of the game, jumbotron or cheerleaders?
 
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thefro

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bucknuticus said:
So if Indiana can upset Wisconsin this saturday and win out the rest the way they will rep the leaders divsion.


Wtf.


FYI, they currently sit at 4-5.
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Actually Wisconsin plays both Ohio State & Penn State left, so unless they win both those games all Indiana has to do is beat Wisconsin (game is at Indiana) and Purdue (who is in freefall) and they'd go via tiebreaker.
 
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bucknuticus

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thefro said:
Actually Wisconsin plays both Ohio State & Penn State left, so unless they win both those games all Indiana has to do is beat Wisconsin (game is at Indiana) and Purdue (who is in freefall) and they'd go via tiebreaker.
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This needs to happne, then NW needs to win out and UNL needs to drop 2 more games. Boom Indiana vs NW for big ten title!
 
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ElectricBlue187

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GAF Pick'em Week 11 Games
* all games Saturday unless otherwise marked

(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 18
Louisville @ Syracuse by 10
Iowa State @ Texas by 7
Northwestern @ Michigan by 4
Missouri @ Tennessee by 10
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 7
Oregon State @ Stanford by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 12
Penn State @ Nebraska by 7
Arizona State @ USC by 4
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 7
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 7
Kansas State @ TCU by 10
Mississippi State @ LSU by 4
Utah @ Washington by 7
 
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Jeff-DSA

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(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 13
Louisville @ Syracuse by 3
Iowa State @ Texas by 10
Northwestern @ Michigan by 4
Missouri @ Tennessee by 10
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 7
Oregon State @ Stanford by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 3 (believe)
Penn State @ Nebraska by 6
Arizona State @ USC by 9
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 14
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 7
Kansas State @ TCU by 14
Mississippi State @ LSU by 13
Utah @ Washington by 10
 
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Meier

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There is no legitimate reason why FSU shouldn't roll Va Tech. I wouldn't be surprised if we lose though.. we are cursed on Thursday nights.

Edit: Should have said "wouldn't be surprised."
 
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mre

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Meier said:
There is no legitimate reason why FSU shouldn't roll Va Tech. I would be surprised if we lose though.. we are cursed on Thursday nights.
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Only if NC State is putting on VA Tech's uniforms.
 
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-NeoTB1-

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GAF Pick'em Week 11 Games
* all games Saturday unless otherwise marked

(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 14
Louisville @ Syracuse by 10
Iowa State @ Texas by 13
Northwestern @ Michigan by 7
Missouri @ Tennessee by 4
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 6
Oregon State @ Stanford by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 11
Penn State @ Nebraska by 10
Arizona State @ USC by 14
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 9
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 7
Kansas State @ TCU by 17
Mississippi State @ LSU by 10
Utah @ Washington by 8
 
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Quake1028

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Florida State by 4
Louisville by 11
Texas by 4
Michigan by 4
Tennessee by 4
North Carolina by 7
Oregon State by 4
Alabama by 11
Nebraska by 4
USC by 11
Oklahoma State by 11
Ole Miss by 4
Kansas State by 14
LSU by 4
Washington by 14
 
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Lonestar

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(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 11
Louisville @ Syracuse by 4
Iowa State @ Texas by 7
Northwestern @ Michigan by 7
Missouri @ Tennessee by 4
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 4
Oregon State @ Stanford by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 9
Penn State @ Nebraska by 4
Arizona State @ USC by 7
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 9
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 7
Kansas State @ TCU by 7
Mississippi State @ LSU by 14
Utah @ Washington by 4

Any chance on Gameday being in Tuscaloosa?
 
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andycapps

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Lonestar said:
Any chance on Gameday being in Tuscaloosa?
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Have they been there yet this year? They don't like to go places more than once but they've done it before. What other marquee games are there? If Auburn wasn't dogshit they'd probably be there this week.

GAF Pick'em Week 11 Games
(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 12
Louisville @ Syracuse by 4
Iowa State @ Texas by 10
Northwestern @ Michigan by 10
Missouri @ Tennessee by 4
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 10
Oregon State @ Stanford by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 10
Penn State @ Nebraska by 12
Arizona State @ USC by 7
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 10
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 4
Kansas State @ TCU by 10
Mississippi State @ LSU by 14
Utah @ Washington by 4

Pick for mine since TTK sucks, should have gone with Yahoo etc.

Georgia @ Auburn by 24
 
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squicken

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andycapps said:
Have they been there yet this year? They don't like to go places more than once but they've done it before. What other marquee games are there? If Auburn wasn't dogshit they'd probably be there this week.
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Oregon State-Stanford is the only other game pairing top 20 teams
 
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chaosblade

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Quick picks. Did terrible again last week I bet.

(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 14
Louisville @ Syracuse by 4
Iowa State @ Texas by 9
Northwestern @ Michigan by 7
Missouri @ Tennessee by 4
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 4
Oregon State @ Stanford by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 12
Penn State @ Nebraska by 7
Arizona State @ USC by 10
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 14
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 4
Kansas State @ TCU by 21
Mississippi State @ LSU by 10
Utah @ Washington by 7
 
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Lonestar

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andycapps said:
Have they been there yet this year? They don't like to go places more than once but they've done it before. What other marquee games are there? If Auburn wasn't dogshit they'd probably be there this week.
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Gameday was at Dallas for Alabama/Michigan and at LSU for Alabama/LSU. Have not been to Tuscaloosa.
 
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bucknuticus

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Was thnking we might get gameday for OSU/Michigan, but looking at the schedule that week is loaded.

Oregon st vs oreong, ND/USC, UF/FSU, Clemson/USCe
 
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Lonestar

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andycapps said:
Then probably so. Though I'm not sure if they'd want to be at a game that Bama's at 2 weeks in a row. I don't know where else they'd go.
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Really the best chance to have them in town this year. Ain't going to be the Iron Bowl.

So, combined with not alot of great matchups elsewhere, should get them in town, unless they decide to do one of their "small town matchups" they do every once in awhile.
 
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NewLib

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Lonestar said:
Really the best chance to have them in town this year. Ain't going to be the Iron Bowl.

So, combined with not alot of great matchups elsewhere, should get them in town, unless they decide to do one of their "small town matchups" they do every once in awhile.
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I think I saw that they are doing game day from an aircraft carrier this week
 
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Cyan

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(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 14
Louisville @ Syracuse by 4
Iowa State @ Texas by 4
Northwestern @ Michigan by 7
Missouri @ Tennessee by 4
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 10
Oregon State @ Stanford by 4
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 14
Penn State @ Nebraska by 10
Arizona State @ USC by 4
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 10
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 4
Kansas State @ TCU by 10
Mississippi State @ LSU by 10
Utah @ Washington by 4
 
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Chris R

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(THU) Florida State @ Virginia Tech by 10
Louisville @ Syracuse by 14
Iowa State @ Texas by 7
Northwestern @ Michigan by 7
Missouri @ Tennessee by 10
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina by 7
Oregon State @ Stanford by 7
Texas A&M @ Alabama by 10
Penn State @ Nebraska by 7
Arizona State @ USC by 10
West Virginia @ Oklahoma State by 10
Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss by 4
Kansas State @ TCU by 18
Mississippi State @ LSU by 10
Utah @ Washington by 7
 
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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
bucknuticus said:
Might be basketball gameday. Ohio State plays Marquette friday night on the carrier.
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I dunno. Not like ill advised playing fields haven't been a thing in the past. Remember the Northwestern game at Wrigley? When 2 feet from out of bounds was a brick wall? So they could only play in one direction.

Falling into the ocean will teach you to get your feet down in bounds
 
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AlteredBeast

Fork 'em, Sparky!
GAF Pick'em Week 11 Games
* all games Saturday unless otherwise marked

(THU) Florida State by 12
Louisville by 16
Texas by 14
Michigan by 4
Missouri by 5
North Carolina by 2
Stanford by 7
Alabama by 12
Nebraska by 14
USC by 17
Oklahoma State by 3
Vanderbilt by 9
Kansas State by 17
LSU by 21
Washington by 4
 
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andycapps

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ChiTownBuffalo said:
I dunno. Not like ill advised playing fields haven't been a thing in the past. Remember the Northwestern game at Wrigley? When 2 feet from out of bounds was a brick wall? So they could only play in one direction.

Falling into the ocean will teach you to get your feet down in bounds
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They'd have to have a fence or something. Otherwise if you accidentally overthrow a ball, it's gone.
 
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Kevtones

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Barner for Heisman lol?

In the fourth quarter, as the Ducks were grinding out the clock to hang on to a 62-51 victory, Barner had 12 carries. Which is remarkable because, in the previous eight games of the season, he had all of 10 fourth-quarter carries … total.
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The methodology: Accept that Barner's 63.3 percent of Oregon's carries at USC (38-of-60) would be the standard for a close game. Then apply that to the Ducks' total number of rushes in each game of the season, to figure how many carries Barner would have had were those all to have been close games. Having arrived at a new number of total carries for Barner in each game, apply his average yards per rush against each opponent to that particular total, and arrive at a new rushing total for that game.
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(I'm no trained statistician, so if this is flawed, let me know.)

The conclusion: Through nine games, Barner would be at 310 carries and 2,317 yards, well above LaMichael James' single-season UO record of 1,805 last season. Were the Ducks to reach the Pac-12 title game and thus play in 14 games this season, Barner would be on pace for 482 carries and 3,604 yards this year, both FBS records and a 7.47-yard average, which would make him Oregon's career rushing leader, too, at 5,460 yards.
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One of the goofy elements of this experiment is that Barner's 321 yards at USC would only be his third-highest total in the last three weeks.

Had he carried a similar workload against Arizona State on Oct. 18, he'd have run for 340 yards. And his totals against Colorado last week? Oh, just 36 carries for an FBS single-game record 416 yards.
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Obviously Oregon is sabotaging Barner's chances.
 
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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
andycapps said:
They'd have to have a fence or something. Otherwise if you accidentally overthrow a ball, it's gone.
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Depends which conference is playing.
 
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Kevtones

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Cyan said:
Yeah... no. That's insane. He had 38 carries against USC. There's absolutely no way Barner could sustain that kind of workload every week.
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True, although when you consider his worst game (56) came against Tennessee Tech - it's fair to say he could have a few hundred more yards pretty easily.


Nonetheless, Oregon's style/scheme/o-line has something to do with it but Barner has really looked GREAT lately. 321 yards on 38 carries against USC (who was 23rd in the nation against the run) is a hell of a statement.


Klein still deserves it right now for his body of work but Barner has a shot at sneaking in and stealing it with a couple more great performances. If he runs wild against Stanford (#1 in the nation against the rush), and Oregon State (#5)...
 
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LosDaddie

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I'm going to be so happy to not have political ads ruining football games anymore. :) They were just unbearable here in Central FL. Some commerical breaks were nothing but politcal ads.
 
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andycapps

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Cyan said:
These can't possibly be right. I heard they don't actually play defense out there in the West.
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Well, outside of Oregon, nobody really runs the ball in the PAC 12. So those numbers are boosted greatly from that. Stanford's top teams they've played were USC and Notre Dame who are ranked #78 and #51 in rushing offense.
 
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Karl2177

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Even though Ubben is a joke, he's predicting Iowa State to go to the Meineke Car Care Bowl against 4/5 B1G. Which of the potentially eligible teams, could be Iowa(if they beat Nebraska or Michigan lol). It would be pretty sweet to drub Iowa again in post-season play.
 
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Kevtones

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Cyan said:
These can't possibly be right. I heard they don't actually play defense out there in the West.
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Hey, the gf and I are up there on Saturday - staying in Walnut Creek of all places because the hotel prices there are half-reasonable.
 
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Cyan

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Azwethinkweiz said:
Well in their defense, I don't think anyone in the West runs the ball (except for Oregon).
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Jeff Tedford laughs at you.

Come to think of it, I think a number of Pac teams run more than pass.

*checks stats*

Yep. Oregon, obviously. And us, ASU, UCLA. Actually, it looks like the only teams that pass more than run are Arizona, USC, OSU, and Wazzu.

andycapps said:
Well, outside of Oregon, nobody really runs the ball in the PAC 12. So those numbers are boosted greatly from that. Stanford's top teams they've played were USC and Notre Dame who are ranked #78 and #51 in rushing offense.
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See above.
 
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andycapps

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Cyan said:
Jeff Tedford laughs at you.

Come to think of it, I think a number of Pac teams run more than pass.

*checks stats*

Yep. Oregon, obviously. And us, ASU, UCLA. Actually, it looks like the only teams that pass more than run are Arizona, USC, OSU, and Wazzu.



See above.
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Well Stanford does have a good defense, I'm not denying that. They have two big tests coming up with OSU and Oregon, so we'll see how they do there. UCLA also runs the ball a lot. Was just pointing out that their two ranked games thus far were against teams that don't run often.

I don't feel like digging into it too much, but Washington is averaging 131 yards per game rushing. Stanford gave up more than that in 136 yards. I'd have to look at a couple more. The Cal game was the opposite. 3 yards rushing, compared with their season average of 178/gm.
 
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