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Underwood For FIVEsman

We had our second 5-0 winner of the season this week as Underwood For Heisman nailed all 5 games this week and did so with at least 4.5 points to spare in each game. He had Duke in the late game as well but didn't have to sweat much after halftime as the Blue Devils laid waste to the theory of 'late night body clock' and overcame injuries to take down Cal in convincing fashion. Here's hoping Underwood For Heisman had some real dollars on a few of those picks as well with both Florida and App State coming out as straight up winners despite being underdogs. We're back to $168 at stake next week!

THANK YOU to everyone for being flexible on the new picks submission page/form. I received no complaints so I'll take that as a win!

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - SEASON

23: Illinois Fighting Illini (16-7)
15: Michigan Wolverines (5-10)
14: Oregon Ducks (6-8)
13: Iowa State Cyclones (13)
11: BYU Cougars (4-7), Georgia Bulldogs (2-9)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 5

34.5: Pitt Panthers (-6.5) beat Boston College 48-7 (Hoffmania, Underwood For Heisman)
29.5: UCLA Bruins (+24.5) beat Penn State 42-37 (Hoffmania, I'll Make Arrangements)
22.5: Old Dominion Monarchs (-17.5) beat Coastal Carolina 47-7 (Run the Damn Ball!, Wizard)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 5

-21.5: Sam Houston Bearkats (+5.5) lost to New Mexico 10-37 (Gone in 60 Saquons, U Dub Dub); Cal Golden Bears (+2.5) lost to Duke 21-45 (Skol, Wake Up The Echoes)
-18.5: Tulsa Golden Hurricane (+19.5) lost to Memphis 7-45 (Two Rules of CFB)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

49.5: Week 3 Indiana Hoosiers (-3.5) beat Illinois 63-10 (Run The Damn Ball!)
46.5: Week 3 San Diego State Aztecs (+12.5) beat Cal 34-0 (Two Rules of CFB)
40.5: Week 2 New Mexico Lobos (+15.5) beat UCLA 35-10 (No Problem)
38.5: Week 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-4.5) beat Arkansas 56-13 (Chadillac, Go Irish!!, No Problem, Rema's Papa)
37.5: Week 1 Oregon Ducks (-28.5) beat Oklahoma State 66-3 (Ashbury Jukes)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-49.5: Week 3 Illinois Fighting Illini (+3.5) lost to Indiana 10-63 (7 teams)
-46.5: Week 3 Cal Golden Bears (-12.5) lost to San Diego State 0-34 (F'em Bucky)
-40.5: Week 2 UCLA Bruins (-15.5) lost to New Mexico 10-35 (Hoffmania)
-38.5: Week 4 Arkansas Razorbacks (+4.5) lost to Notre Dame 13-56 (Morningstar Lemonades)
-33.5: Week 3 South Alabama Jaguars (-15.5) lost to Coastal Carolina 20-38 (Never A Doubt, Wizard)

BAD BEAT SEASON IN FULL SWING

Look, I know this result wouldn't have given me a 5-0 week, (That ship sailed on Friday when I took Iowa State out of my picks and put TCU in) but HO-LEEEEE... just go down man! Count to 4 and go down! Throw it out of bounds... hit the mascot in the nose.... something else! Anything else! Clock management by coaches in college football and the NFL never cease to disappoint me, and further solidify my argument that coaches don't watch as much football as fans do. Sure they watch endless hours of game tape, but they aren't watching the flow of games. Understanding replays, clock management and scenarios. I'm with Larry David on this one. If it were my full-time job I could successfully call offensive plays and manage the clock for a D1/pro team. I couldn't design the plays, instruct technique, or anything like that. But you build the playbook and give me 40 hours a week, and we'll never waste a timeout.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - SEASON

19: Illinois Fighting Illini (12-7)
14: Oregon Ducks (6-8)
9: Georgia Bulldogs (0-9), Iowa State Cyclones (3-6), Kansas Jayhawks (2-7)
8: Clemson Tigers (0-8), Houston Cougars (4-4), Michigan Wolverines (5-3), Oklahoma Sooners (8-0), Vanderbilt Commodores (7-1), West Virginia Mountaineers (2-6)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 4

38.5: Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-4.5) beat Arkansas 56-13 (Chadillac, Go Irish!!, No Problem, Rema's Papa)
23.5: Utah Utes (-10.5) beat West Virginia 48-14 (Run the damn ball!, U Dub Dub)
19.5: Iowa State Cyclones (-5.5) beat Arizona 39-14 (Billy Kehl, Morningstar Lemonades, Never A Doubt)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 4

-38.5: Arkansas Razorbacks (+4.5) lost to Notre Dame 13-56 (Morningstar Lemonades)
-21.5: Colorado State Rams (-4.5) lost to Washington State 3-20 (Run the damn ball!)
-19.5: Arizona Wildcats (+5.5) lost to Iowa State 14-39 (Skol)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

49.5: Week 3 Indiana Hoosiers (-3.5) beat Illinois 63-10 (Run The Damn Ball!)
46.5: Week 3 San Diego State Aztecs (+12.5) beat Cal 34-0 (Two Rules of CFB)
40.5: Week 2 New Mexico Lobos (+15.5) beat UCLA 35-10 (No Problem)
38.5: Week 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (-4.5) beat Arkansas 56-13 (Chadillac, Go Irish!!, No Problem, Rema's Papa)
37.5: Week 1 Oregon Ducks (-28.5) beat Oklahoma State 66-3 (Ashbury Jukes)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-49.5: Week 3 Illinois Fighting Illini (+3.5) lost to Indiana 10-63 (7 teams)
-46.5: Week 3 Cal Golden Bears (-12.5) lost to San Diego State 0-34 (F'em Bucky)
-40.5: Week 2 UCLA Bruins (-15.5) lost to New Mexico 10-35 (Hoffmania)
-38.5: Week 4 Arkansas Razorbacks (+4.5) lost to Notre Dame 13-56 (Morningstar Lemonades)
-33.5: Week 3 South Alabama Jaguars (-15.5) lost to Coastal Carolina 20-38 (Never A Doubt, Wizard)

EARLY SEASON STRUGGLES

There are about as many fans in the picture to the left of this paragraph as there have been league-wide wins so far this year. Yes it's early, but this has been one of the worst 3-week stretches as an overall league in the 6 years we've run this pool. I blame NIL, the transfer portal, climate change, Sesame Street, and some how I know Dr. Claw is involved I just haven't figured out how yet.

We do have a bit of history this week though! Indiana's victory over Illinois is now both the most lopsided winning selection of all-time AND the most lopsided losing selection of all-time with score differential versus the spread of 49.5 points. This narrowly beat out the previous record of 49 from Week 2 in 2024 when Notre Dame beat Purdue 66-7.

Let's get things going for Week 4 and beyond boys!

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - SEASON

15: Illinois Fighting Illini (8-7)
9: Oregon Ducks (1-8)
8: Clemson Tigers (0-8), Michigan Wolverines (5-3), Oklahoma Sooners (8-0), West Virginia Mountaineers (2-6)
7: Vanderbilt Commodores (7-0)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 3

49.5: Indiana Hoosiers (-3.5) beat Illinois 63-10 (Run The Damn Ball!) NEW ALL-TIME RECORD
46.5: San Diego State Aztecs (+12.5) beat Cal 34-0 (Two Rules of CFB)
30.5: Syracuse Orange (+17.5) beat Clemson 34-21 (Gone in 60 Saqons)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 3

-49.5: Illinois Fighting Illini (+3.5) lost to Indiana 10-63 (7 teams) NEW ALL-TIME REOCRD
-46.5: Cal Golden Bears (-12.5) lost to San Diego State 0-34 (F'em Bucky)
-33.5: South Alabama Jaguars (-15.5) lost to Coastal Carolina 20-38 (Never A Doubt, Wizard)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

49.5: Week 3 Indiana Hoosiers (-3.5) beat Illinois 63-10 (Run The Damn Ball!)
46.5: Week 3 San Diego State Aztecs (+12.5) beat Cal 34-0 (Two Rules of CFB)
40.5: Week 2 New Mexico Lobos (+15.5) beat UCLA 35-10 (No Problem)
37.5: Week 1 Oregon Ducks (-28.5) beat Oklahoma State 66-3 (Ashbury Jukes)
32.5: Week 2 Michigan Wolverines (-27.5) beat Central Michigan 63-3 (Go Irish!!)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-49.5: Week 3 Illinois Fighting Illini (+3.5) lost to Indiana 10-63 (7 teams)
-46.5: Week 3 Cal Golden Bears (-12.5) lost to San Diego State 0-34 (F'em Bucky)
-40.5: Week 2 UCLA Bruins (-15.5) lost to New Mexico 10-35 (Hoffmania)
-33.5: Week 3 South Alabama Jaguars (-15.5) lost to Coastal Carolina 20-38 (Never A Doubt, Wizard)
-32.5: Week 2 Central Michigan Chippewas (+27.5) lost to Michigan 63-3 (I'll Make Arrangements)

SATURDAY RAGRETS

My favorite part of Saturday usually hits around 1:30 when I get back from coaching flag football to see the scoreboard and immediately regret (at least) one of my picks. It's a tale as old as time and one that I now is coming each week. There were some very entertaining games again this week. Tennessee - Georgia was exactly what you want to see in a college football game in which you don't have a dog in the fight. Back-and-forth. Down to the wire. Rivalry. Passion. Perfection.

That was also the only buzzer beater game that happened on Saturday between two ranked teams. There certainly wasn't any other game that ended on a poor defensive showing that allowed a road team to get a victory. Nope. Can't think of one. Didn't see anything else remotely like that.

EDIT: In my sadness and regret I completely missed shouting out Run the Damn Ball! as our first 5-0 winner of the season. Well done! The weekly pot will reset to $168 this week.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - SEASON

8: Illinois Fighting Illini (8-0)
7: Clemson Tigers (0-7)
6: Iowa State Cyclones (6-0), LSU Tigers (5-1), Oregon Ducks (1-5), West Virginia Mountaineers (2-4)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 2

40.5: New Mexico Lobos (+15.5) beat UCLA 35-10 (No Problem)
32.5: Michigan Wolverines (-27.5) beat Central Michigan 63-3 (Go Irish!!)
30.5: East Carolina Pirates (-7.5) beat Coastal Carolina 38-0 (Never A Doubt, Run the Damn Ball!)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - WEEK 2

-40.5: UCLA Bruins (-15.5) lost to New Mexico 10-35 (Hoffmania)
-32.5: Central Michigan Chippewas (+27.5) lost to Michigan 63-3 (I'll Make Arrangements)
-26.5: Virginia Tech Hokies (-7.5) lost to Old Dominion 26-45 (Hoffmania, Morningstar Lemonades)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

40.5: Week 2 New Mexico Lobos (+15.5) beat UCLA 35-10 (No Problem)
37.5: Week 1 Oregon Ducks (-28.5) beat Oklahoma State 66-3 (Ashbury Jukes)
32.5: Week 2 Michigan Wolverines (-27.5) beat Central Michigan 63-3 (Go Irish!!)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-40.5: Week 2 UCLA Bruins (-15.5) lost to New Mexico 10-35 (Hoffmania)
-32.5: Week 2 Central Michigan Chippewas (+27.5) lost to Michigan 63-3 (I'll Make Arrangements)
-26.5: Week 2 Virginia Tech Hokies (-7.5) lost to Old Dominion 26-45 (Hoffmania, Morningstar Lemonades)

YOU HAD ME AT GRAMATICA

Congratulations College Football, you have recaptured my heart. After all the NIL, transfer portal, super conference non-sense of the last few years, I must admit I was beginning to wane a bit. The Irish making the Natty last year helped, but fatigue was beginning to set it. And now two weeks in......I am in love all over again.

We nearly opened with a 5-0 winner, but I'll Make Arrangements put his faith in DJ Lagway and was burned by a young man who I will now refer to henceforth as Cinnamon Babka. I sounded just like Jerry in the bakery only I was saying, "there's another Gramatica?" And this one takes no backseat to any other Gramatica, even managing to keep his knee in tact after booting the game winner.

IMPORTANT NOTES

Please double check your scores and results. Early in the year there are more likely to be mistakes in the data. Your patience and understanding is appreciated.
The text reminders hit a bit of a snag and not everyone got a text last week. I'm working on it.
There was an early glitch in the live scoreboard which was rectified midday and should be good going forward. We'll continue to tweak and improve. Please send any feedback you have positive or negative on the new layout.
We have 21 participants this year so the weekly pot will be $168. Season long record payouts will be: 1st Place: $327.60; 2nd Place: $163.80; 3rd Place: $ 54.60

BACK FOR MORE

Welcome to the 2025 Pick 'em Season. Here's hoping everyone gets off to a better start than Alabama or North Carolina.

Take a minute to review the RULES if you need to and let me know if there are any questions.

Good luck and Happy Football!

Don't Have 'Em, Don't Leave 'Em

Doubts that is. Because as Never A Doubt showed us this year, there is no point in ever having a doubt and he certainly didn't leave one. He pulled the full sweep in Week 13. Having already clinched the season long title, he logged 4 more victories to cement himself in Pick 'em Pool history with an all-time best .708 winning percentage. Those victories allowed him to pull even further ahead of the field in cumulative points and with nobody going 5-0 in Weeks 12 or 13, his 8 total wins over that two week stretch was enough to give him that pot as well.

Thank you all for another successful Pick 'em Pool Season! PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO COMPLETE THE YEAR END SURVEY. This will help guide how we run things in the future.

NEVER A DOUBT CLINCHES 2024 CROWN

Congratulations to our friend Curt (Never a Doubt) on clinching the 2024 NCAA Pick 'em Crown. There's a good chance he takes the sweep of points versus the spread as well, but we'll have to let Week 13 play out before we can make that determination. Never A Doubt has a date with destiny as well. With 1 point (either one win or two ties) in Week 13, he will secure the best single-season winning percentage in league history. That record dates back to the pool's first year 2021, when Brian (Maize & Brew) wen 41-21-2 for a winning percentage of 65.6%. Last Year Mike (Go Gophers) went 42-22-1 which was good for a 65.4% clip.

We have a two-week sized pot this week. If nobody goes 5-0, the winnings will be split amongst the highest placed teams for Weeks 12+13 COMBINED.

O-H- Cha Ching!

If you have been sleeping or busy before 3pm on Saturdays for the last month you haven't seen much of the Ohio State Buckeyes because Fox has decided they are only allowed to play in the Big Noon games this season. That was enough to piss off the Buckeyes of the Pick 'em Pool though into bringing home a 5-win week and a 3-week long pot. They rode the wave of underdogs this week with Missouri, Nebraska, Wake Forest, and Wisconsin keeping things close while not winning. All in the name of the game. Well done Buckeyes!

Not Great Bob!

We continue to struggle as a group. A slight improvement over Week 9, but we are still well below the .500 mark on a week-to-week basis. At the top of the standings there are 5 teams with a realistic shot at the season-long title. Never A Doubt has a 2.5 game lead over Dog Pound and a 4 game lead over Two Rules of CFB with 3 weeks to go. Rema's Papa and U Dub Dub remain within a longshot's reach of the top at 6.5 GB.

On the plus side of things, our ineptitude has grown the weekly pot to a season-high of $668 for Week 11, so even if you have not been doing well....even if you have forgotten to turn in picks...even if your point total against the spread is lower than a snail's ballsack, you can come out a winner for the season.

Yikes.

Much like a good percentage of the Top 25, we had a terrible week. I blame myself for giving the false confidence and showing our previous Week 9 success. Instead we had the highest count of zero win weeks (including my own) with a whopping 6 nothing burgers! It was by far our worst week of the season as a league with just 48 total wins.

This was music to the ears of those at the top of the standings, Never A Doubt in particular who had another great week with 4 wins and a +83 against the spread.

Dog Attacks Again

It was a big week for cats on the actual college football playing fields with the Panthers of Pitt, Cougars of BYU/Washington State, Nittany Lions of Penn State, and Wildcats of Kansas State all bringing home victories. In our pool though the dogs reign supreme again, as for the second time this season Dog Pound notched a 5-0 week. After opening the season with a perfect 5-0 week Dog Pound is showing exactly what this pool is about...ups and downs. The net spreads have not been kind to him the last few weeks but that did not dampen his resolve and we should see him vying for the top spots all season long.

Close Calls Mark Week 7

As a league, we had our 2nd lowest win total since Week 1. That didn't stop Dog Pound, F 'Em Bucky, Never A Doubt, and Rema's Papa from coming real close to reaching the Pick 'em 5-win summit. The most agonizing miss has to go to Never A Doubt who lost their last game of the week by just a half point. Making matters worse is that he was a victim of the early week line. Had the closing line been on the board he would have covered by a half point. So goes the world of college football picks and his agony is your gain with the pool for this week doubling to $448.

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

A flat-out incredible week of college football top to bottom. I missed most of it as I was enjoying some golf on Saturday so you can all credit my lack of viewing ability for the fantastic viewing. I'll be hunkered down next Saturday so be ready for a snooze fest of games.

He's not even halfway through his rookie season in the College Football Pick 'em, but that didn't stop Go Irish from notching his first 5-0 winning week of his career. No doubt he was sweating out the Boise State-Hawaii results. As we all know a win is a win is a win. Well done sir!

Week 5 Piledrive

This week was one to be remembered for sure. Upsets abound, fields beings stormed, and goalposts being carried down city streets. As college football fans, I encourage you to soak this one in because I don't know how many more we will see. Not that upsets won't happen or that college kids won't storm a field from time-to-time, but rather that these weekends will no longer mean as much to the landscape of the postseason. The Athletic's headline on Sunday morning was "Does this stunning upset even matter?" And the fact is, probably not. I will embrace the changes, but I don't have to like them. Now kindly get off my lawn.

Congrats to Billy Kehl on his second career 5 win week! This 5-win performance has also put Billy into the top spot for all-time Pick 'em Pool wins at 121.

A Week To Fo(u)rget

A couple of close calls with some 4 game winners last week, but in the end we had our 2nd week without a winner so far this season, which bumps up this week's pot to $448.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

24: Michigan Wolverines
15: Auburn Tigers, Iowa Hawkeyes
14: Alabama Crimson Tide
13: Illinois Fighting Illini, Kansas State Wildcats
12: Oklahoma State Cowboys

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Week 4

41.5: UNLV (-3.5) beat Fresno State 59-14 (Two Rules of CFB)
41.5: Colorado (+14.5) beat UCF 48-21 (F 'em Bucky, JB Forever!!)
35.5: James Madison (-20.5) beat Ball State 63-7 (U Dub Dub)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Week 4

-41.5: Fresno State (+3.5) lost to UNLV 14-59 (U Dub Dub)
-41.5: UCF (-14.5) lost to Colorado 21-48 (Rema's Papa)
-25.5: Utah (-12.5) lost to Arizona 10-23 (Bearfoot Blocking & Tackling, Go Irish, RBlake42)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

49 Week 2 Notre Dame (-10) beat Purdue 66-7 (Billy Kehl, Stage 5 Clinger) (All-Time Biggest Win v Spread in Pool History. Previous Record 46.5 in 2022 Wk 12 South Carolina (+21.5) over Tennessee 63-38)
42.5 Week 1 FIU (+6.5) beat Central Michigan 52-16 (Never A Doubt)
41.5 UNLV (-3.5) beat Fresno State 59-14 (Two Rules of CFB)
41.5 Colorado (+14.5) beat UCF 48-21 (F 'em Bucky, JB Forever!!)
36.5 Week 1 Texas State (-2.5) beat UTSA 49-10 (Dog Pound, Jane From Accounting)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-49 Week 2 Purdue (+10) lost to Notre Dame 7-66 (Buckeyes, Rema's Papa, Transfer Portal Disaster) (All-time Worst Lost v Spread in Pool History. Previous Record -46.5 in 2022 Week 9. Oklahoma State (+1.5) lost to Kansas St 48-0)
-42.5 Week 1 Central Michigan (-6.5) lost to FIU 16-52 (Go Irish)
-41.5: Fresno State (+3.5) lost to UNLV 14-59 (U Dub Dub)
-41.5: UCF (-14.5) lost to Colorado 21-48 (Rema's Papa)
-36.5 Week 1 UTSA (+2.5) lost to Texas State 10-49 (U Dub Dub)

A Trifecta of Winners For Week 3

Congratulations to Bearfoot Blocking & Tackling, Maize & Brew, and Never A Doubt for their 5-0 weeks! They'll be splitting the $440 pot for Week 3. This is the third career 5-0 week for Maize & Brew, the second for Bearfoot Blocking & Tackling, and first for Never A Doubt. As a group we had a 60% winning percentage this week, setting an all-time league record with 85 collective wins.

If you want to relive any of your past glory days in the Pick 'em pool, check out the All-Time Database, with a record of every selection ever made! I'll continue to update and expand on the info in the database.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

16: Michigan Wolverines
15: Iowa Hawkeyes
11: Auburn Tigers
10: Alabama Crimson Tide, Boston College Eagles, Oregon State Beavers, Texas Longhorns

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Week 3

36: BYU Cougars (+7) beat Kansas State 38-9 (Jane From Accounting, Never A Doubt)
30.5: James Madison Dukes (+10.5) beat UNC 70-50 (Dog Pount, Never A Doubt)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Week 3

-36: Kansas State Wildcats (-7) lost to BYU 9-38 (JB Forever!!, Rema's Papa, Who Knew)
-26.5: TCU Horned Frogs (-2.5) lost to SMU 66-42 (Rema's Papa)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

49 Week 2 Notre Dame (-10) beat Purdue 66-7 (Billy Kehl, Stage 5 Clinger)
42.5 Week 1 FIU (+6.5) beat Central Michigan 52-16 (Never A Doubt)
36.5 Week 1 Texas State (-2.5) beat UTSA 49-10 (Dog Pound, Jane From Accounting)
33.5 Week 1 Tennessee (-7.5) beat NC State 51-10 (5 Teams)
30.5 Week 1 NIU (+28.5) beat Notre Dame 16-14 (4 Teams); Week 3 James Madison Dukes (+10.5) beat UNC 70-50 (Dog Pount, Never A Doubt)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-49 Week 2 Purdue (+10) lost to Notre Dame 7-66 (Buckeyes, Rema's Papa, Transfer Portal Disaster)
-42.5 Week 1 Central Michigan (-6.5) lost to FIU 16-52 (Go Irish)
-36.5 Week 1 UTSA (+2.5) lost to Texas State 10-49 (U Dub Dub)
-36 Week 3 Kansas State Wildcats (-7) lost to BYU 9-38 (JB Forever!!, Rema's Papa, Who Knew)
-35.5 Week 2 North Texas (+9.5) lost to Texas Tech 21-66 (Go Irish); Week 2 Mississippi St (-11.5) lost to Toledo 17-41 (Chadillac)

CFB Is Already Drunk

Before we get into the Week 2 recap, a couple of quick notes. The API I used changed some of the team names which caused a temporary glitch in how games were showing up (i.e. Miami (FL) was changed to just Miami). Thank you for bringing those to my attention. I've got a good paper trail on all picks that come in so we can always go back to clean anything up. Please keep an eye on things these first few weeks as mistakes can happen, but I do my best to double check everything before I post.

Another reminder to check the Weekly Games list for the lines. If it's not listed there the game does not exist in terms of this pool and will count as a loss and a -10 point result vs the spread.

Speaking of against the spread, the first two weeks have delivered on some absolutely bananas ATS results. This is why we all love college football. Last year there were 5 games all season with +40 ATS or better, we already have two this season. I should have some time later this week to compile some historical data so stay tuned.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

10: Alabama, Michigan
9: Iowa
7: Auburn, Oregon State, Pittsburgh
6: Colorado, Florida State, Kansas, South Carolina, Texas, Texas State

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Week 2

49 Week 2 Notre Dame (-10) beat Purdue 66-7 (Billy Kehl, Stage 5 Clinger)
27 Week 2 Buffalo (-4) beat UMass 34-2 (JB Forever!!, Maize & Brew, WIZARD)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Week 2

-49 Week 2 Purdue (+10) lost to Notre Dame 7-66 (Buckeyes, Rema's Papa, Transfer Portal Disaster)
-35.5 Week 2 North Texas (+9.5) lost to Texas Tech 21-66 (Go Irish)
-35.5 Week 2 Mississippi St (-11.5) lost to Toledo 17-41 (Chadillac)
-26 Week 2 UCLA (+3) lost to Indiana 13-42 (Boomer, Jane From Accounting, Stage 5 Clinger, Transfer Portal Disaster)

BEST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

49 Week 2 Notre Dame (-10) beat Purdue 66-7 (Billy Kehl, Stage 5 Clinger)
42.5 Week 1 FIU (+6.5) beat Central Michigan 52-16 (Never A Doubt)
36.5 Week 1 Texas State (-2.5) beat UTSA 49-10 (Dog Pound, Jane From Accounting)
33.5 Week 1 Tennessee (-7.5) beat NC State 51-10 (5 Teams)
30.5 Week 1 NIU (+28.5) beat Notre Dame 16-14 (4 Teams)

WORST GAMES AGAINST THE SPREAD - Season

-49 Week 2 Purdue (+10) lost to Notre Dame 7-66 (Buckeyes, Rema's Papa, Transfer Portal Disaster)
-42.5 Week 1 Central Michigan (-6.5) lost to FIU 16-52 (Go Irish)
-36.5 Week 1 UTSA (+2.5) lost to Texas State 10-49 (U Dub Dub)
-35.5 Week 2 North Texas (+9.5) lost to Texas Tech 21-66 (Go Irish)
-35.5 Week 2 Mississippi St (-11.5) lost to Toledo 17-41 (Chadillac)

Day of the Dogs

Sports are dumb. The transfer portal is dumb. College football is dumb. Everything is meaningless.

QUICK NOTE: Check the Weekly Lines List. IF A GAME IS NOT LISTED ON MY PAGE IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION. If you would like to pick a game that is not listed, please reach out via email or text and send me where you saw the line.

Ok ok ok.... fine. I'll press on. On the actual field the Huskies of NIU kicked off the Day of the Dogs with a win in South Bend, led by a bunch of veteran O-linemen from the great state of Wisconsin. Good on them. They earned it.

Speaking of earning it, The Dog Pound came out as the first 5-0 winner of 2024! Jane From Accounting and Never A Doubt also had strong 4-1 starts this week. Dog Pound and Jane both were more than +80 ATS. That may be some kind of record. I've been thinking about getting a historical database together for this pool. If/when that ever happens I'll fill you all in on that nugget. I'm sure you'll be on the edge of your seats until then.

WE ARE BACK!!!

Brian Kelly's team has lost a marquee matchup, which means college football is officially back!

Lines for this week will go up no later than Noon CT on Wednesday this week. In future weeks they will go up on Tuesday.

If you need to, take a moment to review the RULES and bookmark the PICK SUBMISSION PAGE and LEAGUE SCOREBOARD pages.

Two additional participants have joined since my initial email. Weekly and yearly prizes have been updated.

Kickoff Is Right Around The Corner

PICKS WILL BEGIN WITH GAMES ON SEPTEMBER 5

GOPHERS GET THE SWEEP

First off, congrats to Seventeen Eights for his 5-0 week to close out the year. Despite all of our best efforts Go Gophers was not to be denied this year taking 1st in the overall standings and the best total versus the spread. A 65% winning percentage is unreal and I hope that Go Gophers took Vegas/Oneida/Poto to task as much as he took us to the cleaners.

Another year is in the books and I cannot thank you all enough for your participation. I will continue to work on enhancements to the site and scoreboard going into next season. Thank you for your feedback. On the midseason survey we had a 100% response rate for intent to participate next season. We will look to add more folks as well. I have not done a bowl pool in the past, but may put something together this year if we have enough interest....so stay tuned!

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

43: Alabama Crimson Tide
39: Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan Wolverines
37: Colorado Buffaloes
34: Florida State Seminoles
33: Kansas Jayhawks

Best Single Game Results vs. Spread

46: Week 7 Arizona (+8) beat Washington State 44-6 (Rema's Papa)
45: Week 11 UCF (+3) beat Oklahoma State 45-3 (Hurts So Good)
44.5: Week 12 New Mexico State (+23.5) beat Auburn 31-10 (Hurts So Good)
41: Week 10 Utah (-11) beat Arizona State 55-3 (Bear-It-Up, Jim Smasal, Never A Doubt, Seventeen Eights)
38: Week 1 Oklahoma (-35) beat Arkansas State 73-0 (Billy Kehl)
37.5: Week 12 Washington State (-4.5) beat Colorado 56-14 (Jane From Accounting)
36: Week 6 Northern Illinois (-5) beat Akron 55-14 (Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
35.5: Week 8 SMU (-19.5) beat Temple 55-0 (U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)

Worst Single Game Results vs. Spread

-46: Week 7 Washington State (-8) lost to Arizona 44-6 (Chadillac)
-45: Week 11 Oklahoma State (-3) lost to UCF 45-3 (Joe Hexom, Seventeen Eights, U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)
-44.5: Week 7 South Florida (-2.5) lost to Florida Atlantic 56-14 (Chadillac & Harbaugh the Hamburgler); Week 12 Auburn (-23.5) lost to New Mexico State 31-10 (Fight On)
-41: Week 10 Arizona State (+11) lost to Utah 55-3 (Billy Kehl)
-41: Week 11 Arkansas (-3) lost to Auburn 48-10 (Hurts So Good)
-37.5: Week 13 Texas Tech (+12.5) lost to Texas 57-7 (Fight On)
-35: Week 8 Tulsa (-3) lost to Rice 42-10 (Eric8535); Week 13 Virginia (+3) lost to Virginia Tech 55-17 (Dan Storch, Never A Doubt)

LEAGUE STATS - SEASON

131 different teams were selected this year. 94 teams were selected at least 5 times.
Home teams were selected 52% of the time
Favorites were selected 60% of the time
The league winning percentage for the year ended at 50.2%
League total versus the spread was 561

BILLY BILLY BILLY BILLY

Congrats to Billy Kehl for his 5-0 week to get into the black for the season!

The pot is up to $200 for the week. NOTE: If we do not see a 5-0 winner this week, the top finishers will split the pot.

We've got Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday games! They are posted on the Weekly Lines page. As always, you must submit your picks prior to kickoff and can leave the additional slots empty until you select the rest of your games. There is a lot going on this week so be sure to get your picks in on time!

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

As we head into the final week of the season, let me just say thank you, thank you, and thank you for your participation this year. In the survey earlier in the season we had a 100% response rate that you want to participate next year, and I look forward to improving the experience even more for everyone involved.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

39: Alabama Crimson Tide
37: Colorado Buffaloes
34: Michigan Wolverines
33: Iowa Hawkeyes
32: Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Best Single Game Results vs. Spread

46: Week 7 Arizona (+8) beat Washington State 44-6 (Rema's Papa)
45: Week 11 UCF (+3) beat Oklahoma State 45-3 (Hurts So Good)
44.5: Week 12 New Mexico State (+23.5) beat Auburn 31-10 (Hurts So Good)
41: Week 10 Utah (-11) beat Arizona State 55-3 (Bear-It-Up, Jim Smasal, Never A Doubt, Seventeen Eights)
38: Week 1 Oklahoma (-35) beat Arkansas State 73-0 (Billy Kehl)
37.5: Week 12 Washington State (-4.5) beat Colorado 56-14 (Jane From Accounting)
36: Week 6 Northern Illinois (-5) beat Akron 55-14 (Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
35.5: Week 8 SMU (-19.5) beat Temple 55-0 (U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)

Worst Single Game Results vs. Spread

-46: Week 7 Washington State (-8) lost to Arizona 44-6 (Chadillac)
-45: Week 11 Oklahoma State (-3) lost to UCF 45-3 (Joe Hexom, Seventeen Eights, U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)
-44.5: Week 7 South Florida (-2.5) lost to Florida Atlantic 56-14 (Chadillac & Harbaugh the Hamburgler); Week 12 Auburn (-23.5) lost to New Mexico State 31-10 (Fight On)
-41: Week 10 Arizona State (+11) lost to Utah 55-3 (Billy Kehl)
-41: Week 11 Arkansas (-3) lost to Auburn 48-10 (Hurts So Good)
-35: Week 8 Tulsa (-3) lost to Rice 42-10 (Eric8535)

CHAOS LEADS TO NO WINNER THIS WEEK

No winner this week, and there were some WILD spread scores to boot. Absolute anarchy in the spread totals. See Below: Hurts So Good had a +45 spread win with UCF and a -41 point loss with Arkansas.

Go Gophers remains clear of the field by a wide margin. Looks like we're all playing for a weekly win and/or 2nd place.

The pot is up to $400 for the week. NOTE: If we do not see a 5-0 winner in the final week(s) of the season. The pot will go to the best record during the stretch of no winners. i.e. Weeks 11-13.

We've got Tuesday games! They are posted on the Weekly Lines page. As always, you must submit your picks prior to kickoff and can leave the additional slots empty until you select the rest of your games.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

39: Alabama Crimson Tide
37: Colorado Buffaloes
31: Kansas Jayhawks, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
29: Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines
28: Utah Utes
27: Iowa Hawkeyes, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions

Best Single Game Results vs. Spread

46: Week 7 Arizona (+8) beat Washington State 44-6 (Rema's Papa)
45: Week 11 UCF (+3) beat Oklahoma State 45-3 (Hurts So Good)
41: Week 10 Utah (-11) beat Arizona State 55-3 (Bear-It-Up, Jim Smasal, Never A Doubt, Seventeen Eights)
38: Week 1 Oklahoma (-35) beat Arkansas State 73-0 (Billy Kehl)
36: Week 6 Northern Illinois (-5) beat Akron 55-14 (Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
35.5: Week 8 SMU (-19.5) beat Temple 55-0 (U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)

Worst Single Game Results vs. Spread

-46: Week 7 Washington State (-8) lost to Arizona 44-6 (Chadillac)
-45: Week 11 Oklahoma State (-3) lost to UCF 45-3 (Joe Hexom, Seventeen Eights, U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)
-44.5: Week 7 South Florida (-2.5) lost to Florida Atlantic 56-14 (Chadillac & Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
-41: Week 10 Arizona State (+11) lost to Utah 55-3 (Billy Kehl)
-41: Week 11 Arkansas (-3) lost to Auburn 48-10 (Hurts So Good)
-35: Week 8 Tulsa (-3) lost to Rice 42-10 (Eric8535)

JOE COOL GETS WIN #2

Joe Hexom got his 2nd 5-0 week of the season, and remains in 2nd place for the season behind Go Gophers with 3 weeks to go. Joe's gone 16-3-1 in the last 4 weeks.

The pot is at the usual $200 for the week.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

36: Alabama Crimson Tide, Colorado Buffaloes
31: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
27: Florida State Seminoles, Utah Utes
26: Ohio State Buckeyes
25: Iowa Hawkeyes, Oklahoma Sooners

Best Single Game Results vs. Spread

46: Week 7 Arizona (+8) beat Washington State 44-6 (Rema's Papa)
41: Week 10 Utah (-11) beat Arizona State 55-3 (Bear-It-Up, Jim Smasal, Never A Doubt, Seventeen Eights)
38: Week 1 Oklahoma (-35) beat Arkansas State 73-0 (Billy Kehl)
36: Week 6 Northern Illinois (-5) beat Akron 55-14 (Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
35.5: Week 8 SMU (-19.5) beat Temple 55-0 (U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)

Worst Single Game Results vs. Spread

-46: Week 7 Washington State (-8) lost to Arizona 44-6 (Chadillac)
-44.5: Week 7 South Florida (-2.5) lost to Florida Atlantic 56-14 (Chadillac & Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
-41: Week 10 Arizona State (+11) lost to Utah 55-3 (Billy Kehl)
-35: Week 8 Tulsa (-3) lost to Rice 42-10 (Eric8535)

SKI-U-MAH

Go Gophers got his 2nd 5-0 week of the season, and further widened himself from the pack. His .700 winning percentage for the year only makes me hope that he's got a betting service on the side because he should be raking in some serious dough. For that reason, we feature a Gopher in today's headline, and it was easy to pick the one from the coach in 1884, not the one in 2023 because I think we can all objectively agree that he's a giant tool.

The pot is at the usual $200 for the week.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

35: Colorado Buffaloes
32 Alabama Crimson Tide
26: Florida State Seminoles
25: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
24: Iowa Hawkeyes, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners
23: Penn State Nittany Lions, Utah Utes, Washington State Cougars
22: Wisconsin Badgers

FUN FACTS!

As a league we choose a favorite 60% of the time.

When picking a favorite the total winning percentage is 0.562 (368-285-19). For underdogs it's 0.455 (191-230-12).

127 NCAA teams have been selected so far this season. 8 teams have been selected at least twice and have not seen a loss vs the spread (Arizona (4-0), Arkansas St (2-0), Bowling Green (2-0), Georgia Southern (2-0), James Madison (4-0), Nevada (2-0), Northwestern (3-0), Stanford (3-0).

10 teams have been selected at least twice and have not seen a win vs the spread (Akron (0-2), Army (0-6), Hawai'i (0-6) Houston (0-7), MTSU (0-4), Sam Houston State (0-2), Temple (0-3) Vanderbilt (0-2). Then there's these two.........

USC has been selected FIFTEEN times and are 0-15 ATS. Illinois has been selected EIGHTEEN times and is a giant donut hole for 18! That's right 0-18 vs the spread.

Best Single Game Results vs. Spread

46: Week 7 Arizona (+8) beat Washington State 44-6 (Rema's Papa)
38: Week 1 Oklahoma (-35) beat Arkansas State 73-0 (Billy Kehl)
36: Week 6 Northern Illinois (-5) beat Akron 55-14 (Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
35.5: Week 8 SMU (-19.5) beat Temple 55-0 (U Dub Dub Rub In a Tub)

Worst Single Game Results vs. Spread

-46: Week 7 Washington State (-8) lost to Arizona 44-6 (Chadillac)
-44.5: Week 7 South Florida (-2.5) lost to Florida Atlantic 56-14 (Chadillac & Harbaugh the Hamburgler)
-35: Week 8 Tulsa (-3) lost to Rice 42-10 (Eric8535)

HOW MANY EIGHTS?!

The league was under .500 this week, but that didn't stop Seventeen Eights from going 5-0 and taking home a solo win. Go Gophers was saddled with the painful 4-0-1 moniker this week. Don't feel too bad for him though, as he currently leads both the overall standings and the Total vs. Spread categories with 5 weeks to go in the season.

The pot is at the usual $200 for the week.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

32: Alabama Crimson Tide, Colorado Buffaloes
24: Florida State Seminoles, Iowa Hawkeyes
23: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Penn State Nittany Lions
21: Oklahoma Sooners, Washington State Cougars
20: Michigan Wolverines, Wisconsin Badgers

WINNERS ARE EVERYWHERE

Boomer XCS, Glenn Egnarski, Joe Hexom, and Rema's Papa all hit for our first ever FOUR-TEAM 5-0 week. Overall this was the league's best ever week as a group (0.608 win pct). The only other week that has gotten to the .600 win total was Week 13 of 2021.

The pot is at the usual $200 for the week.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

32: Colorado Buffaloes
27: Alabama Crimson Tide
22: Florida State Seminoles, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
19: Washington State Cougars
18: Iowa Hawkeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions

JANE FROM ACCOUNTING CASHES IN

Jane From Accounting cashes in as this season's first multi-week pot winner. For those tracking on the scoreboard the USC-Arizona game was a head-to-head battle of 4-0 teams with Jane going up against The Ripon Warriors. Did either or both hedge their bets? Who could say?

The pot is back down to the usual $200 for the week.

We've got Tuesday games! They are posted on the Weekly Lines page. As always, you must submit your picks prior to kickoff and can leave the additiona slots empty until you select the rest of your games.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

31: Colorado Buffaloes
24: Alabama Crimson Tide
22: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
19: Florida State Seminoles
18: Washington State Cougars

FIRST WEEK WITHOUT A WINNER

Well it was bound to happen at some point. Even a group of college football experts such as us were destined to miss having a 5-0 winner for at least one week. So we like Coach Prime will have to check the luggage we brought and push forward to next week.

NOTE: I will be traveling this weekend so my responses/updates may be delayed.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

23: Colorado Buffaloes
18: Florida State Seminoles
13: Penn State Nittany Lions, Utah Utes, Wisconsin Badgers
12: Alabama Crimson Tide, Washington State Cougars

A LEAGUE OF GENIUSES

The run continues! Congrats to Go Gophers and Two Rules of CFB for their 5-0 Week 3 performances. Last week's slate wasn't the most exciting going in, but there were a number of good games. That isn't the best omen heading into Week 4 because the schedule is an absolute banger! This is a true 'forget you have a family Saturday,' and I hope you can all take in a whole lot of it.

We appreciate the understanding on the continued kinks we are working out on the Live Scoreboard.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

18: Colorado Buffaloes
12: Penn State Nittany Lions
10: Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida State Seminoles

TWO MORE WINNERS?!

Apparently everyone spent the offseason watching tape and running simulation models. We had two more 5-0 winners this week! Congrats to Chadillac and U Dub Dub Rub In A Tub on their successful picking this week. Clearly we should all be hosting all the college football related talk shows in the world.

We appreciate the understanding on the continued kinks we are working out on the Live Scoreboard.

REMINDER

Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

MOST POPULAR SELECTIONS - Season

11: Colorado Buffaloes
9: Utah Utes, Washington State Cougars
8: Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida State Seminoles, Tulane Green Wave

WEEK 1 SEES THREE 5-0 WINNERS

In the two previous seasons of this pool we have only had 7 total 5-0 weeks (albeit with fewer participants), and this week alone we had THREE 5-0 teams in the pool. Congrats to 4 Jack, Bear-It-Up, and Wake Up The Echoes on a stellar start to the season. Billy Kehl sits atop the Points vs Spread standings with an impressive +72 point showing in Week 1.

Hopefully you all were able to follow along on the Live Scoreboard page, which we are working to upgrade as the season goes along.

HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS

We are locked in at 25 participants for the season. The Weekly Pot will be $200 (plus any applicable rollover) to be split amongst any 5-0 winners each week. The season long Win-Loss winner(s) and best Points vs Spread winner(s) will each receive $325. There will be no tiebreakers for those categories so any prizes will be split amongst the winners.
Please check the GAME LINES page BEFORE submitting your picks. If a game does not appear on that page, there is not an official line for the game. This week I was able to catch a few before kickoff. That will not be the case every week. Several of you did the right thing and contacted me BEFORE submitting your picks to clarify/add lines. Thank you to those that did so. To those that did not, that will count as a loss in the future.

WEEK 1 HAS ARRIVED

If you have specific questions or issues, you can email me directly. We should land somewhere between 22-24 participants this year. Once confirmed I will post the prizes and payouts.

We have some new people so I will recap some of the ground rules. (Full rules can be found on the RULES PAGE of the site).

GAME LINES will be posted on the site sometime on Tuesday evening each week. If you would like to pick any Tuesday - Thursday games, those picks must be submitted prior to kickoff of that game. You can enter EMPTY/TBD selections for your other teams if you have not yet determined all 5 of your selections for the week.

PICKS SUBMITTED AFTER 10:59am Central on Saturdays will NOT count. So get them in before 11am Central on Saturdays. Picks must be submitted via the Google Form on the site's PICKS SUBMISSION PAGE

NEW THIS YEAR: There will be a LIVE SCOREBOARD on the site! It's not fancy and future enhancements are coming but you'll be able to see all players Win/Loss (completed games), Lead/Trail (in progress games), and number of games not started. The scoreboard will go live around 11am on Saturdays. I'm sure there will be a kink or two to iron out early on, your understanding is appreciated in advance.

LEADER PUKES ON SHOES HEADING INTO FINAL WEEK

Here we are in the final week of the 2022 Pick 'em season! I may need to change my name to Wake Up The Vandevelde. Going into Week 12, Wake Up The Echoes had a 2 game lead over the closest competitor. Going into Week 13, Super Mariota Brothers now has a 0.5 game lead over Boomer XCS and Wake Up The Echoes. #NotThatTricky and The Dog Pound are just 1.5 games behind with one week to go. Quite a finish we've got on our hands!

Week 12 Most Popular Selections

8: TCU Horned Frogs
7: Oklahoma State Cowboys
4: Oregon Ducks
3: Arkansas Razorbacks, Kansas Jayhawks, Liberty Flames, Michigan Wolverines, Navy Midshipmen, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ole Miss Rebels, UConn Huskies, USC Trojans, Utah State Aggies

MONEY & PRIZES

WEEK 13 PRIZES

Last Week's Winner: None

This Week's 5-0 Pot: $525

"SPRINT FINISH" The weekly prize pool will be awarded to the winningest team(s) over the "no win" period. For example, if nobody goes 5-0 in the last three weeks, the $525 prize will be awarded to the team with the best total record in Weeks 11-13.

SPRINT STANDINGS (Week 11 - 13)

7.5: Bill Kehl
7: Boomer XCS
7: Kubly
7: Super Mariota Brothers
7: The Dog Pound
6: Two Rules of CFB
6: U Dub Dub Rub In A Tub
5.5: Phil Bush

DOWN THE STRETCH WE COME!

Two weeks to go in what has been another successful and exciting year. It may be two weeks early, but I want to thank each of you for participating. I hope that you'll all be back next season and we can even add a few more faces.

Week 11 Most Popular Selections

9: TCU Horned Frogs
4: Baylor Bears, Illinois Fighting Illini
3: Appalachian State Moutaineers, Auburn Tigers, Louisville Cardinals, Penn State Nittany Lions, Pitt Panthers, Tulane Green Wave

WE HAVE A WINNER

As a group, Week 10 was our worst of the season with a successful pick rate of just 33.3%. That didn't stop Two Rules of CFB from becoming our second 5-0 picker of the season. Congrats to Two Rules on taking home the $700 prize bucket.

We've only got 3 weeks left in the season! REMINDER: The weekly prize pool will be awarded to the winningest team(s) over the "no win" period. For example, if nobody goes 5-0 in the next three weeks, the $525 prize will be awarded to the team with the best total record in Weeks 11-13.

Week 10 Most Popular Selections

10: Clemson Tigers (I've never been so happy to have gotten a game wrong)
7: Tennessee Volunteers
6: Kansas State Wildcats
4: Missouri Tigers

Does It Get Better Than October

For my money October is the best time of year for sports. Every Saturday is full of fantastic college football rivalries and traditional matchups, the NFL is getting going, MLB Playoffs, start of the NBA & NHL, and you can get out and play some fall golf. Nothing on the sports calendar provides as much wall-to-wall action as October does, so let's enjoy the last bit of the best sports month of the year!

Week 8 Most Selected Teams

7: Penn State Nittany Lions
6: Oklahoma State Cowboys, UCLA Bruins, Purdue Boilermakers
4: BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Ole Miss Rebels, TCU Horned Frogs

Most Selected Teams This Season

19: Florida Gators, Penn State Nittany Lions, USC Trojans
18: Alabama Crimson Tide, BYU Cougars, LSU Tigers
17: Clemson Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, UCLA Bruins
16: Kansas Jayhawks, Michigan Wolverines, Utah Utes

CINDERELLA STORY

Some may call it more of a "blind squirrel" scenario, but after selecting just 3 total winners in the previous four weeks Kubly became our first 5-0 picker of the season to take home the pool's first ever four-figure prize. In a bold move, he chose all night games, leaving the suspense until late into the crisp evening air. Congrats to Kubly!

Week 6 Most Popular Selections

4: Air Force Falcons, Michigan State Spartans, UCLA Bruins
3: Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Florida Gators, Iowa Hawkeyes, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Memphis Tigers, Nevada Wolf Pack, North Carolina Tar Heels, Northwestern Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans, Utah Utes

FOUR FIGURE PAYOUT

Apologies for the lack of a lead story this week. I'll be better going forward. The bottom line this week is that we are at a FOUR-FIGURE PAYOUT this week.

Week 5's Most Popular Selections

7 - Baylor Bears
6 - Tulsa Golden Hurricane
5 - Clemson Tigers & Wisconsin Badgers

Rollover City

It seems that as a group we are best on odd numbered weeks. Week 4 saw the group finish below .500 (.476) for the second time this year with a 58% success rate in weeks 1 & 3. So we're poised for a bounce back next week! Week 4 also had the lowest number of 4 game winners (1 - Super Mariota Brothers). Take from that what you will.

Week 4's Most Popular Selections

9 - Michigan Wolverines (Loss)
7 - Ohio State Buckeyes (Win)
6 - Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Win)
4 - Three Teams

Go Home College Football - You're Drunk

The Kansas Jayhawks are 3-0 (and tied the biggest win of the season against the spread at +28 points), Penn State scored 41 points, Iowa scored 27 points, Bo Nix looked like a competent QB, Washington beat a ranked opponent, and G5 teams continue to upset P5 teams.... In the words of the great Vince Lombardi, "what the hell's going on out there?!"

Thanks to the Eagles of Eastern Michigan the Week 4 pot will grow to $700. I can only assume that you were all glued to your televisions into the early hours of Sunday morning watching Herm Edwards final minutes as coach of the Sun Devils. This also gave us the largest spread loss (-29) of any game this season (Tied w/ Oregon vs. Georgia Week 1).

Week 3's Most Popular Choices

5 - Oklahoma Sooners (Win), Ole Miss Rebels (Win)
4 - BYU Cougars (Loss), Florida State Seminoles (Win), USC Trojans (Win)

Stun Belt Saturday

We're two weeks in and ho-lee sh*t college football is giving us everything we could ever ask for! The Sun Belt may be the 3rd best conference in America after App State took down Texas A&M and Georgia Southern put the final nail in Scott Frost's coffin. There were no other Sun Belt games versus ranked opponents. Certainly not in the state of Indiana.

Texas also gave Alabama all they could handle, Kentucky went into The Swamp and took the wind right out of their sails, and Tennessee went into overtime and stole the momentum from Pittsburgh.

With all that being said, the Week 3 slate looks pretty boring so let's hope you all caught a lot of football the last two weeks and/or that I'm wrong and this week is more exciting that I think it will be.

Another week with a couple of close calls, but no 5-0 winner which takes next week's pot up to $525. Joe remains out front with his 8-1-1 start, just ahead of the defending champion Harbaugh's Khaki Club. Speaking of the Khaki Club, he had a HUGE week, racking up 55.5 points against the spread and jumping to first place in that category and is one of only 5 players in plus territory. Lots of football to be played and if the first two weeks are any indication there can be quite a bit of volatility week-to-week.

Week 2's most popular selections:

10 - Pittsburgh Panthers (Loss)
6 - Florida Gators (Loss)
5 - USC Trojans (Win)
3 teams tied at 4

WEEK 1 DELIVERS!

What an incredible first weekend of games! We had several close calls to 5-0 this week. The most dramatic of which was the defending champion Harbaugh's Khaki Club being a blocked PAT from OT on LSU -3. The best picker this week was Joe McCann at 4-0-1, unfortunately for him the Illini's choke job dashed his winning hopes pretty early in the weekend.

The points against the spread totals are new this year so we are not really sure what to expect. BoomerXCS rode USC and BYU to the top of those standings, while The Dog Pound went 'small ball' with Old Dominion, Portland State, and East Carolina into 2nd place.

Week 1's most popular selections:

7 - Illinois (Tie)
5 - Florida (Win)
5 - LSU (Loss)
5 - UNC (Win)
5 - Penn State (Win)

Starting next week, we will have a sortable database of picks for everyone to look at similar to last season.

Ready For Kickoff

Welcome to the 2022 College Football Pick 'em site! Happy to have our returning members from 2021 and our newest arrivals as well. Good luck to everyone this season.

I will do my best to have some updated content each week along with the standings and scoring updates.

Make sure that your picks are in by 11am Central time on Saturdays. Once 11am hits, the page listing everyone's picks will go live so you can follow along with how everyone else in the league is doing.

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