Crimson Red Sports

Thursday
7:30 PM   Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech   

Saturday
12:00 PM   No. 11 Oklahoma State at West Virginia   ESPN
12:00 PM   No. 12 South Carolina at UCF      ABC   
12:00 PM   No. 16 Miami (FL) at South Florida   ESPNU
12:00 PM   Southern Methodist at TCU   FOX Sports 1
3:30 PM   Wake Forest at No. 3 Clemson   ESPNU
3:30 PM   No. 6 LSU at No. 9 Georgia   CBS   
3:30 PM   No. 8 Florida State at Boston College   ABC/ESPNU
3:30 PM   No. 14 Oklahoma at No. 22 Notre Dame   NBC
6:30 PM   No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama    ESPN   
7:00 PM   No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas   ESPN2
7:00 PM   Arizona at No. 17 Washington     FOX      
7:00 PM   No. 19 Florida at Kentucky  ESPNU
8:00 PM   No. 24 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State   ABC
10:00 PM   No. 5 Stanford at Washington State  ESPN
10:30 PM   USC at No. 23 Arizona State  ESPN2

My 2 cents. I don't think WVU should be in the poll again this year. And with FL having lost their QB, and UK sucking, this one is not worthy of us. The Clemson and FSU games feature worthy ranked teams but unworthy opponents - same for UWash/AZ. And VT/GT, in the slide-rule bowl, is too inconsequential. As for SMU and TCU, it's just too much Tejas for a guy to stand.

I agree mostly.  I think the Thursday night game is interesting and would like to keep it.  I think you only had 9 games?

Yes, I did over slash. Well then, I agree that having a Thursday game is generally fun, and it's not an awful game.

These are my recommendations.


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I'm not seeing a line on the Miami v. South Florida game.  South Florida is awful this year (0-3) so we should strike that game.

I'm also not seeing a line on the TAMU v. Arkansas game -- if one comes out it should be fairly high.  None on OK St v. WV either.

These would be 10 potential games and existing lines:

Thursday
7:30 PM   Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech     7 points

Saturday
12:00 PM   No. 12 South Carolina at UCF      ABC   7.5 points
3:30 PM   No. 6 LSU at No. 9 Georgia   CBS   3 points
3:30 PM   No. 14 Oklahoma at No. 22 Notre Dame   NBC  3 points
6:30 PM   No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama    ESPN     16.5 points
7:00 PM   No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas   ESPN2  ?
7:00 PM   Arizona at No. 17 Washington     FOX    7 points
8:00 PM   No. 24 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State   ABC  7.5 points
10:00 PM   No. 5 Stanford at Washington State  ESPN   9.5 points
10:30 PM   USC at No. 23 Arizona State  ESPN2  7 points

Maybe wait for more definite lines to come out.

I'm not seeing a line on OK St. v. WV.  I'm thinking this should be a blowout though.

Otherwise, everyone seems mostly in agreement.  Might still keep the Arizona v. Washington game.

3 point line on TAMU v. Arky? 

Must be a typo.

covers has it at 10< http://www.covers.com/sports/ncf/ncf_lines.aspx

What's the line on the Arizona/Washington game? I was going to include them but I changed it to the Arkansas game.

I agree with MD on his green card. There are some interesting games this week that don't mean anything to us but in the long run it could turn the rankings on their head.  :clap:  :rofl: RTR!

Appears to be 7 points.

How bout we grab that game too, and get rid of OK St. V. WV (blown out by Maryland, line this week is 21 points)

thanks

Sounds good to me. I liked the Ariz/Wash. game but talked myself out of it. I didn't know the line was so close. Sounds like a good game. Go for it.


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Are we set with these 10 games?

Thursday
7:30 PM   Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech     7 points

Saturday
12:00 PM   No. 12 South Carolina at UCF      ABC   7.5 points
3:30 PM   No. 6 LSU at No. 9 Georgia   CBS   3 points
3:30 PM   No. 14 Oklahoma at No. 22 Notre Dame   NBC  3 points
6:30 PM   No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama    ESPN     16.5 points
7:00 PM   No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas   ESPN2  10 points
7:00 PM   Arizona at No. 17 Washington     FOX    7 points
8:00 PM   No. 24 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State   ABC  7.5 points
10:00 PM   No. 5 Stanford at Washington State  ESPN   9.5 points
10:30 PM   USC at No. 23 Arizona State  ESPN2  7 points

It is a little PAC12 heavy (3 games).  We could pick up another SEC game instead:

7:00 PM   No. 19 Florida at Kentucky  ESPNU  14 points
(does anyone believe that Florida doesn't cover?)

I think I would rather have another SEC game than the Pac-whatever, even if it is a miss-match. The others look good.

:lol:

Yeah, I know a lot of posters feel that way.  Others are trying to make it as challenging as possible.  (Picking Arizona v. Washington versus picking Florida at Kentucky).

Probably best to put it to a vote.

I prefer the best matchups whether it's Pac-12, Big Ten, or the SEC. I think the UK/Florida game will be a dog. I'm for Washington/Arizona.

 :clap:

Arizona v. Washington is winning in the vote.   Voting closing soon.

Thursday
7:30 PM   Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech     7 points

Saturday
12:00 PM   No. 12 South Carolina at UCF      ABC   7.5 points
3:30 PM   No. 6 LSU at No. 9 Georgia   CBS   3 points
3:30 PM   No. 14 Oklahoma at No. 22 Notre Dame   NBC  3 points
6:30 PM   No. 21 Ole Miss at No. 1 Alabama    ESPN     16.5 points
7:00 PM   No. 10 Texas A&M at Arkansas   ESPN2  10 points
7:00 PM   Arizona at No. 17 Washington     FOX    7 points
8:00 PM   No. 24 Wisconsin at No. 4 Ohio State   ABC  7.5 points
10:00 PM   No. 5 Stanford at Washington State  ESPN   9.5 points
10:30 PM   USC at No. 23 Arizona State  ESPN2  7 points

I am having trouble finding a line for Texas A&M.  What is up with that?

My guess is the Arkansas starting QB is out. He got hurt two weeks ago against So Miss diving into the end zone for a score.

My sentiments as well.

I'm not sure that there is a reliable line.  bama57 posted a link which cited a carbonsports line, but I could not find the game on carbon sports, although it had numerous other games listed.  This site also quotes a 13 point line from the Las Vegas Hilton, which does not post their lines online.  That one is slightly more reasonable.

Might have to go with Florida v. Kentucky instead.  

What about ECU v. UNC, or Cal v. Oregon instead?

Games are posted.  I went with UF v. Kentucky since that was our other alternate.

Georgia favored over LSU ? Someone sniffing glue or on meth?


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Georgia is getting the 3 point home advantage.

Les is loving that!

This is the only feel good part Georgia will have this week. You know this is plastered every where the players can see it. RTR!

Thank you Coach.

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Tough picks.  Thanks, SC.   :wave:

Congrats to the winners last night. I as usual start off losing. Yes sir as somebody stated we together I know can hold up this totem pole. RTR!

Last week you were 5-1 early Saturday, Preacher.  Hardly a bad start, even if you missed Thursday.

 :-*

 :ty: it is kind of ya to mention me.  :clap:, RTR!

1-0 after one game. It is all downhill from here.  :facepalm:

 :wave: Right there with you, Preacher.

Same here. I have a good Thursday record. Saturday not so much.

Little Wall-E seems to be collecting the A&M & Arkansas data for the Florida/Kentucky game in the pick'em contest.

You know I was just wondering how in the world Kentucky scored 33 points on Florida.  :lol:

I must have put in the wrong game ID.

I know what happened now.  I originally had that game as aTm v. Arky but I couldn't find a line.  So I changed it to UF v UK, but I forgot to change WALL-E over to the new game.

It is fixed now though with the correct final score.

I almost changed my USCe pick last night because of so many "experts" calling for the upset alert.  >:(

So far that is the only one I missed.

Wow, I got within 11 yards of the total yardage. I guess everyone gets lucky once in a blue moon.  :lol2:

Congrats to Bamaphile for a perfect week.

Congrats to MD and SC, bamaphil and bamadave for near misses.

Congrats to Bamaphile on the undefeated record!  #+

Out of curiosity, anyone know why the winner of the UGA-Who game wasn't listed?

It was a push (tie). UGA won by 3 and the line was LSU +3.

My second one loss performance of the season.  But... If I hadn't forgotten to enter picks before the Thursday game I probably would have had two.

  #+

I changed two games -- both were wrong.

I have one worse than that.  I cheered at the game when Alabama got the safety.
Then this morning I saw that I'd marked Ole Miss on my picks.   :dunno: 
My handwritten scorecard that I took to the game showed that I'd chosen Alabama.  Guess I screwed up the selection.
 :wall:

I think I've spent a maximum of thirty seconds on picks each week and haven't changed any after I made the initial picks. 

I cheered the safety even though I knew I picked Ole Miss. 

Congrats to the entire leader board. Those are some impressive numbers! Bamaphile at 9-0!!!

Week 5 has been finalized and the following winners have been awarded e-creds:

Bamaphile +26
Marshal Dillon +25
SUPERCOACH +24
bamaphil +23
BamaDave +22
cbbama99 +21
BamaFanInACCLand +20
roll tide roll +19
BAMADCHAMPSHIPS +18
Leroy +17
bama57 +16
pmull +15
ricky023 +14
Chechem +13
Leewillie +12
ALTideUp +11
Bandit +10
bama87 +10
Sqwig +10
KoKoPuf +10
XBAMA +10
Hannibal Lecter, MD +10
Jamos +10
Catch Prothro +10
Merk +10
td57 +10
2Stater +10

Click here to view the full results for Week 5 (http://www.crimsonredsports.com/index.php?action=pickem;sa=showwinners;contest=3;round=5)

Gotcha.

Congrats to all the winners. Well done. I picked three wrong and I did 2 of them for a reason, just trust me. lol, RTR!

I got lightning in a bottle, y'all.  That's never happened before, and may never happen again.   :lol2:  Listening to some talking heads did some very good things for me this week, though. 

I should have listened to the ones putting USCe on upset alert.  >:(

I'm still the totem pole holder upper. :worship:

:lol:

Well, yeah, that too.  :lol2: :lol2:

 #+, you are doing a fantastic job.  :wave: anytime you need help I am sure I will be within hollering distance.  :clap: RTR!

 :lol: Thanks, Preacher, I appreciate the encouragement.

Excellent job by some of you!!! #+

I was doing real good job with my picks until they played the first game Thursday night. :dunno:

Weren't those same guys saying Florida at Kentucky would be close?

:lol:  True.
The one game that turned out to be as close as the predictions was LSU at UGA.

I'm sorry, guys, I forgot to congratulate the winners. When you're at the bottom, it's hard to see that far up.  #+

What's the formula for determining overall leaders?  Best and worst weeks thrown out?

Just worst two dropped I think.

Right.  That way if someone misses a week or two throughout the season they still have a chance.  If you play every week you get a couple of mulligans.

Just like 2's golf game!

Just like my pickems. I need something thrown out every week. rofl, RTR!

Even my golf game is not as bad as my pick 'ems.  :lol2: