Ok college football fans, it's almost that time of year again. For those that have not already commented on the other thread that they are in you can do so here. All are welcome to play. This year Iris and I are corroborating together picking the games each week. Here are the rules for this years pick'em, these are the same as last year.
1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings.
2. The deadline for making your pick for any game is 9 AM Central Time on date of that game. (See #10 below)
3. Anyone who misses the deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games not picked for that date.
4. Any changes after a pick is made must appear in a new post, not in an edited prior post, and by 9 AM Central Time for the date of the game for which your pick is changed. Failure to do this will result in your change being invalid.
5. For some games that are of great interest, but in which one team has a lopsided advantage, points may be added to the underdog's score by the person choosing the slate of games each week.
6. Each correct pick earns one point.
7. The winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person who has the most points, not the highest percentage of correct picks.
8. Bonus questions may be included later in the season in case a tie-breaker is needed. The points from these questions will not be added to a picker's total points for the season.
9. Leaders for each week, for the regular season, and for the bowl games will be recognized. However, the winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person with the most wins for the season, including bowl games.
10. The 9 a.m. CST/CDT deadline for posting your picks of course is for when all games are only Saturday games. If there should be a game thrown into the picks on Thursday night as there has been at times the picks need to be posted by 6 p.m. CST/CDT that day unless the game is earlier then they will need to be posted before the earlier start time, otherwise, that point will not count for you if the game is already in progress.
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Beach Fanatic
Thursday
Kentucky
UCLA
Saturday
Iowa
Ole Miss
Georgia Tech
Minnesota
Alabama
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Florida
Florida State
Notre Dame
Missouri + 15.5.
Utah
Oregon
Kentucky
UCLA
Saturday
Iowa
Ole Miss
Georgia Tech
Minnesota
Alabama
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Florida
Florida State
Notre Dame
Missouri + 15.5.
Utah
Oregon
beats on hood
I'm a closet Auburn fan. War Eagle!
Beach Fanatic
Only 4 picked auburn. Only 3 have picked UCLA... hope i dont start 0 and 2
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Only 4 picked auburn. Only 3 have picked UCLA... hope i dont start 0 and 2
Really thought Kentucky would have won that game but I see they lost by 3. Bummer. I will probably be 0-2 with you Bob.
beats on hood
Only three of us got both games right tonight: aTmMom (of course), cnestg8r, and me. Hubby and I did our picks totally independently. I was on the road a lot this week and listened to a lot of ESPN on Sirius. The talking heads picked Stanford without a doubt. They were mixed on AU@KY, but I decided that Auburn was due for a win, especially against a basketball school. 
Of course, this bragging will come back to bite me on Saturday. 
Of course, this bragging will come back to bite me on Saturday. Beach Fanatic
That's what I like about you Beach Runner, always so optimistic....
beats on hood
After entering all of the picks, I see that we all picked Notre Dame and Utah. The most disputed game is 9 picks for Alabama and 7 picks for Texas A&M.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Looks like I picked a good game where the Memphis/Ole Miss game is concerned.
Beach Lover
It's really hard to win a game with 3 pick sixes. Rough week, I don't think I'll hold on to my lead.
Beach Fanatic
Best case scenario, I get 7. Ugly week for me.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
So far I'm sitting at 9 correct. Washington, down by 13 to 3 to Oregon would have to win along with Utah for me to get 11 correct. Better week for me this week.
beats on hood
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Congratulations to carson for getting an exceptional number of wins -- 12! Congrats to Lady D who wasn't far behind with 10 wins. Also congratulations to cnestgr for being alone at first and to aTmMom and carson being tied for second. There were a lot of interesting games this week. I guess Richt is safe for now, as is Malzahn after finally getting a win at Auburn. Florida gave LSU fans a scare -- proud of Coach Mac and Treon Harris. And it's not the end of the Saban dynasty as many sports gurus said this week.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Congratulations to carson for getting an exceptional number of wins -- 12! Congrats to Lady D who wasn't far behind with 10 wins. Also congratulations to cnestgr for being alone at first and to aTmMom and carson being tied for second. There were a lot of interesting games this week. I guess Richt is safe for now, as is Malzahn after finally getting a win at Auburn. Florida gave LSU fans a scare -- proud of Coach Mac and Treon Harris. And it's not the end of the Saban dynasty as many sports gurus said this week.
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I still didn't move up though. Still sitting near the bottom. Would take a lot of weeks of good picks to move me up. Congrats to your husband for first place now.
Beach Fanatic
Awesome week... stil in the hunt.
Beach Fanatic
Congrats to the top dogs!!!!
Beach Fanatic
Going to find my picks in Nashville, Ocala didnt give me a 15 and 0 record
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Will post the Week 8 picks a little later tonight. Have one other game I'm considering.
Beach Fanatic
Make it an easy one... need a big week
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Make it an easy one... need a big week
I figure if I get at least 8 every week that is a good week for me. Not so sure what is considered easy since I'm not experienced at this. Have a feeling I won't be doing this next year. Not good at choosing games.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Week 8 picks- All Saturday games. Saturday deadline 9 a.m. CDT. Good luck to all.
Auburn @ Arkansas
Clemson @ Miami
Northwestern @ Nebraska
Pitt @ Syracuse
Tennessee + 16.5 @ Alabama
Wisconsin @ Illinois
Duke @ Virginia Tech
Virginia + 15.5 @ North Carolina
Penn State @ Maryland
Missouri @ Vanderbilt
Texas A&M @ Mississippi
Florida State @ Georgia Tech
Utah @ USC
Kentucky + 11.5 @ Mississippi State
Washington @ Stanford
Auburn @ Arkansas
Clemson @ Miami
Northwestern @ Nebraska
Pitt @ Syracuse
Tennessee + 16.5 @ Alabama
Wisconsin @ Illinois
Duke @ Virginia Tech
Virginia + 15.5 @ North Carolina
Penn State @ Maryland
Missouri @ Vanderbilt
Texas A&M @ Mississippi
Florida State @ Georgia Tech
Utah @ USC
Kentucky + 11.5 @ Mississippi State
Washington @ Stanford
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Beach Fanatic
I figure if I get at least 8 every week that is a good week for me. Not so sure what is considered easy since I'm not experienced at this. Have a feeling I won't be doing this next year. Not good at choosing games.I think you are too hard on yourself. Any games are good games. And from the variances in the number of correct picks, you're doing great.
Beach Fanatic
I figure if I get at least 8 every week that is a good week for me. Not so sure what is considered easy since I'm not experienced at this. Have a feeling I won't be doing this next year. Not good at choosing games.You're doing phenomenal!
Beach Lover
Lady D, I think the picks have been great! And thank you for doing it!
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Thanks everyone, it's hard for me somewhat to decide what are considered interesting games outside of the ACC and SEC games. And I still enjoy playing despite sitting near the bottom.
Beach Lover
Auburn @ Arkansas
Clemson @ Miami
Northwestern @ Nebraska
Pitt @ Syracuse
Tennessee + 16.5 @ Alabama
Wisconsin @ Illinois
Duke @ Virginia Tech
Virginia + 15.5 @ North Carolina
Penn State @ Maryland
Missouri @ Vanderbilt
Texas A&M @ Mississippi
Florida State @ Georgia Tech
Utah @ USC
Kentucky + 11.5 @ Mississippi State
Washington @ Stanford
ROLL TIDE!
Clemson @ Miami
Northwestern @ Nebraska
Pitt @ Syracuse
Tennessee + 16.5 @ Alabama
Wisconsin @ Illinois
Duke @ Virginia Tech
Virginia + 15.5 @ North Carolina
Penn State @ Maryland
Missouri @ Vanderbilt
Texas A&M @ Mississippi
Florida State @ Georgia Tech
Utah @ USC
Kentucky + 11.5 @ Mississippi State
Washington @ Stanford
ROLL TIDE!
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