Whoa We’re Halfway There

October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 Katie M 1349 Views 3 Comments acc, big 10, big 12, college football, pac 12, SEC, weekly predictions

Are we really already halfway through the college football season? It seems like the season just started last week! One thing has been certain though; and that’s that this college football season has been anything other than ordinary. It makes me excited to see the first poll from the selection committee in a few weeks! But before that, let’s see exactly how last week treated us.

Sarah 11-2 (38-27) *didn’t have guest picker week 1
Garret 11-2 (63-16)
Daniel 9-4 (62-17)
Katie 6-7 (58-21)
Molly 0-0 (33-16) *didn’t pick weeks 1 or 6

Our guest picker this week is the newest addition to the SBV Sports Department, Isaiah Wood. “Isaiah Wood is a former Marine, an aircraft engine mechanic by trade, and a low-rent philosopher on the weekends. Nicotine, caffeine, and Falcons football compete to see what will do him in first.” Y’all make sure to give him a good ol SBV welcome. P.S. Molly and I are also really happy about this because it means that Georgia outnumbers Florida in fandom 3-1 in the department. 🙂

Anyways, this week’s games that we’re picking are

#1 Ohio St v Penn St

#2 Baylor v West Virginia
#3 TCU @ Iowa St
#4 Utah vs Arizona St
#5 Clemson v Boston College
#6 LSU v #8 Florida
#7 Michigan St @ #12 Michigan
#9 Texas A&M v #10 Alabama

Georgia v Mizzou
Mercer v ETSU

Texas- bye week

Molly’s Picks

#1 Ohio St v Penn St Just for funsies, let’s say Penn State. Because wishful thinking.

#2 Baylor v West Virginia Meh. West Virginia. Baylor’s got to lose at some point, right?
#3 TCU @ Iowa St F- it. Same as above. Same reasons. Iowa State.
#4 Utah vs Arizona St Can I just pick the underdog for each of them? I basically want everyone above Georgia to lose.
#5 Clemson v Boston College I don’t think I can pick against Clemson here, so Clemson.
#6 LSU v #8 Florida Let’s see…Florida is in the East, same as Georgia, and LSU is in the West-not like Georgia. So LSU.
#7 Michigan St @ #12 Michigan Neither one of these are doing it for me. Can we just call it a tie? Fine. Michigan.
#9 Texas A&M v #10 Alabama Alabama. Because it’ll make Georgia look better.

Georgia v Mizzou Please let it be Georgia.
Mercer v ETSU Mercer, once again your season will restore my faith in my teams.

Texas- bye week

Katie’s Picks

#1 Ohio St v Penn St

#2 Baylor v West Virginia
#3 TCU @ Iowa St
#4 Utah vs Arizona St
#5 Clemson v Boston College
#6 LSU v #8 Florida I don’t think Florida will have an answer for Fournette.
#7 Michigan St @ #12 Michigan One of the biggest rivalries in college football. The Big House. The crowd. I think that this will be a hard fought battle until the very end and Michigan pulls it out……barely.
#9 Texas A&M v #10 Alabama I was on the Aggie bandwagon this week until I got to thinking about it. Yeah, A&M is doing really well this year, but does Kevin Sumlin really have an answer for what is looking like another dominant Alabama team? I think not. Plus, add in the sign that the A&M fraternity hung on their house, and I think that adds even more fuel to the fire for Bama just to wax A&M like they did last year.

Georgia v Mizzou Please Georgia win. One, because it’s homecoming and two. The last couple of weeks have been absolutely abysmal for Georgia fans.
Mercer v ETSU
Texas- bye week

Garret’s Picks

#1 Ohio St v Penn St

#2 Baylor v West Virginia
#3 TCU @ Iowa St
#4 Utah vs Arizona St
#5 Clemson v Boston College
#6 LSU v #8 Florida
#7 Michigan St @ #12 Michigan
#9 Texas A&M v #10 Alabama

Georgia v Mizzou
Mercer v ETSU
Texas- bye week

Daniel’s Picks

#1 Ohio St v Penn St

#2 Baylor v West Virginia
#3 TCU @ Iowa St
#4 Utah vs Arizona St
#5 Clemson v Boston College
#6 LSU v #8 Florida
#7 Michigan St @ #12 Michigan
#9 Texas A&M v #10 Alabama

Georgia v Mizzou
Mercer v ETSU

Texas- bye week

Isaiah’s Picks

#1 Ohio St v Penn St Final score: 45-20

#2 Baylor v West Virginia Final score: 63-10 The “Most Likely to Have The Underdogs Call Their Moms and Claim the Game Isn’t Being Televised” game of the week

#3 TCU @ Iowa St Final Score: 35-32
#4 Utah vs Arizona St Final Score: 38-28
#5 Clemson v Boston College Final Score: 42-17 Clemson. Pfft, what bachelor programs do they offer other than Tree Management? I don’t really know or care either, but man oh man, I bet Dabo was one happy camper when he got word of Spurrier’s retirement.
#6 LSU v #8 Florida Final score: 16-9 Ugh. ‘Stadium Fire’ is currently listed at 13/2 odds. Bet that instead.
#7 Michigan St @ #12 Michigan Final score: 46-29. Jim Harbaugh and his roid rage pleated khakis can go jump in Lake Huron for all I care. Cue the defenders. “He only yells and throws things and acts like an abusive Lifetime movie husband because he’s so passionate you guys!”
#9 Texas A&M v #10 Alabama Final score: 27-24 My mom would give the Disappointed Mother look if I picked against Alabama. So roll damn tide…or whatever.

Georgia v Mizzou Final score: 41-18. Odds tat the following phrases are used to describe Nick Chubb’s injury: Horrific (3/2), Emotionally devestating (10/1), and An argument in and of itself for why the NCAA should pay the players (2,361,021/2).
Mercer v ETSU Final score: 58-24. In all honesty, I’d be alright if I was way off the mark about this. ETSU seems like that kind of underdog school that says “why not” and runs 30 trick plays and 3 fake field goals a game. That is always worth rooting for.

Texas- bye week Winner: bye week. Charlie Strong will probably spend the entire weekend ignoring calls from a desperate USC athletics department

Some extra picks this week from Isaiah.

Ole Miss over Memphis 45-9
USC over Notre Dame 38-36
UCLA over Stanford 32-21
FSU over Louisville 27-12
ND State over South Dakota Final Score: 31-7 The race for the Missouri Valley Conference crown is North Dakota State’s to lose. I have a soft spot for the Middle of Nowhere Fightin Bisons. Bring it on in for the win, fellas.

And in case you didn’t get to read last week’s predictions, catch up on those here!

Week 5
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1

Molly’s twitter: @MollyMWilkins
Katie’s twitter: @kmas0407
Garret’s twitter: @gmcdowell90
Daniel’s twitter: @dm_shirley

Isaiah’s twitter: @heyitsikewood

Until next time,

GO DAWGS, BEAR DOWN MU, and HOOK EM

Katie