Another week, another batch of pretenders gondo from the rankings.
Most notably of those falling: the Oregon Ducks, who watched their championship hopes disappear like Ben Affleck's wife in Gondo Girl. However, at least one Oregon fan didn't give a fuck:
Of course, some teams' championship hopes were
Already Gondo prior to this weekend, but it doesn't make the pain of losing hurt any less.
Some teams woke up Saturday morning a little banged up, but with hope that if they won out, they could still play for a championship. However, they went to bed knowing it It's
Too Late (She's Gondo) and they had no hope of winning anything more than participation ribbons.
For every team who had their hearts broken, are an equal number of teams partaking of hopium for the first time in... forever. A lot has happened, Florida and Michigan,
Since You've Been Gondo from the rankings, but welcome back!
Other happenings from last week's thread:
WEEK FIVE PICK 'EMS
NOTICE! THE FORMAT OF THE BONUS PICK HAS CHANGED FOR THIS WEEK!
Remember, I'm representing the spread next to the team favored to win by the number of points in parentheses next to them. You decide if that team will win by more than that amount of points (i.e., they'll "cover" the spread) or whether you think they will either win by fewer than that amount of points or just outright lose (either of these would be a "no cover" scenario). If you have questions, ask!
Rules:
1. 1 Point for every COVER/NO COVER pick you make correctly.
2. The Person with the highest total that weeks gets 3 bonus points.
3. Ties to determine who gets the bonus points will be based upon predicting the total number of points stored in Baylor v. Texas Tech (I'll call this the O/U pick). For those who are tied, we'll look at this pick. Closest gets the bonus points.
4. If two people pick the same O/U, then no one gets the bonus points. HOWEVER, if people are off from the O/U by the same amount, but one went high and the other went low, then The Price is Right rules apply, and the person under the actual O/U gets the bonus points.
Example: If the O/U in the game is actually 58, and one person guesses 50 and the other 66, then the person who guessed 50 gets the tiebreaker and the bonus points.
This Week's Games:
Predict the total number of points scored! (Tiebreaker ONLY) NOTICE! THE FORMAT OF THE BONUS PICK HAS CHANGED FOR THIS WEEK!
Baylor v. Texas Tech - O/U Pick:
Thursday
Miami (-6.5) v. Cincinnati
Saturday
Houston (-7.5) v. Tulsa
Texas v. TCU (-13.5)
Kansas v. Iowa State (-7.5)
OSUn (-20.5) v. Indiana
UNC v. Ga Tech (-9.5)
Air Force v. Navy (-5.5)
Alabama v. UGA (-3.5)
WSU v. Cal (-13.5)
Notre Dame (-3.5) v. Clemson
Here's an example FROM WEEK ONE as to how you should post your picks:
O/U Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan - O/U - 56 points
Thursday
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC - COVER
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota - COVER
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) NO COVER
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) COVER
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) COVER
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) - NO COVER
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) - NO COVER
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) - COVER
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern - NO COVER
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech - COVER
Here is what is being said with those picks:
O/U Game (Tiebreaker ONLY)
Michigan State vs. Western Michigan - O/U - 56 points | This pick is for MSU and WMU to score a combined 56 points.
Thursday
South Carolina (-3.5) vs. UNC - COVER | This pick is for SoCar to beat UNC by 4 or more points.
TCU (-19.5) vs. Minnesota - COVER | This pick is for TCU to beat Minnesota by 20 or more points
Saturday
New Mexico State vs. Florida (-36.5) NO COVER | This pick is for Florida to either beat NMSU by 36 or fewer points or to lose to NMSU.
Louisville v. Auburn (-14.5) COVER | This pick is for Auburn to beat Louisville by 15 or more points.
BYU v. Nebraska (-9.5) COVER | This pick is for Nebraska to beat BYU by 10 or more points.
Texas v. Notre Dame (-11.5) - NO COVER | This pick is for Notre Dame to either beat Texas by 11 or fewer points or to lose to Texas.
Wisconsin v. Alabama (-11.5) - NO COVER | This pick is for Alabama to either beat Wisconsin by 11 or fewer points or to lose to Wisconsin.
Arkansas St. v. USC (-33.5) - COVER | This pick is USC to beat Arkansas State by 34 or more points.
Stanford (-12.5) v. Northwestern - NO COVER | This pick is for Stanford to either beat Northwestern by 12 or fewer points or to lose to Northwestern.
Ohio State (-17.5) v. VA Tech - COVER | This pick is for OSU to beat VA Tech by 18 or more points.
AP Top 25
AP Top 25
RK TEAM REC PTS TREND
1 Ohio State(45) 4-0 1482 —
2 Michigan State(5) 4-0 1397 —
3 Ole Miss(10) 4-0 1349 —
4 TCU 4-0 1254 1
5 Baylor 3-0 1196 —
6 Notre Dame 4-0 1163 —
7 UCLA 4-0 1156 2
8 Georgia 4-0 1147 1
9 LSU 3-0 1075 1
10 Utah(1) 4-0 1034 8
11 Florida State 3-0 888 1
12 Clemson 3-0 853 1
13 Alabama 3-1 850 1
14 Texas A&M 4-0 776 —
15 Oklahoma 3-0 747 —
16 Northwestern 4-0 566 1
17 USC 3-1 509 2
18 Stanford 3-1 486 3
19 Wisconsin 3-1 309 3
20 Oklahoma State 4-0 281 4
21 Mississippi State 3-1 211 —
22 Michigan 3-1 209 —
23 West Virginia 3-0 179 —
24 California 4-0 149 —
25 Florida 4-0 140 —
Complete Rankings
Dropped from rankings: Oregon 13, Arizona 16, Georgia Tech 20, BYU 22, Missouri 25
Others receiving votes: Toledo 68, Oregon 64, Arizona 48, Boise State 38, Iowa 37, Texas Tech 36, Houston 23, Duke 18, Temple 17, Miami (FL) 14, Kansas State 12, Memphis 11, NC State 10, Navy 9, Minnesota 5, BYU 5, Tennessee 4
Weekly Schedule - Top Match-ups
http://espn.go.com/college-football/schedule
Week 4 Scores:
name [ tot_score ] [ w4_score ]
xeris [ 28 ] [ 12 ]
Dsyndrome [ 21 ] [ 9 ]
zyxwvu4321 [ 21 ] [ 8 ]
timetokill [ 20 ] [ 8 ]
KingGondo [ 23 ] [ 8 ]
theprodigy [ 19 ] [ 8 ]
GoldenEye007 [ 19 ] [ 8 ]
MrJames [ 18 ] [ 8 ]
cdyhybrid [ 19 ] [ 7 ]
chaosblade [ 20 ] [ 7 ]
chicko1983 [ 20 ] [ 7 ]
lonestar [ 22 ] [ 7 ]
Mac the Knife [ 18 ] [ 7 ]
ag-my001 [ 16 ] [ 7 ]
ryseing [ 19 ] [ 7 ]
bucknuticus [ 18 ] [ 6 ]
cashman [ 19 ] [ 6 ]
Monroeski [ 23 ] [ 6 ]
Karl2177 [ 17 ] [ 6 ]
Subitai [ 13 ] [ 6 ]
perfectchaos007 [ 22 ] [ 5 ]
AlteredBeast [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
andycapps [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
Ganhyun [ 15 ] [ 5 ]
Frustrated_Grunt [ 21 ] [ 5 ]
Kacar [ 22 ] [ 5 ]
Westonian [ 22 ] [ 5 ]
FelixOrion [ 20 ] [ 5 ]
TS-08 [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
ConfusingJazz [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
FloydtheFathead [ 23 ] [ 5 ]
Randolph Freelander [ 17 ] [ 4 ]
Battlezone [ 18 ] [ 4 ]
Fragamemnon [ 16 ] [ 4 ]
jhriad [ 17 ] [ 4 ]
JCX [ 12 ] [ 4 ]
sf2fanatic [ 17 ] [ 3 ]
The Outsider [ 15 ] [ 3 ]
StrikerObi [ 6 ] [ 0 ]
Chris R [ 4 ] [ 0 ]
jjasper [ 6 ] [ 0 ]
PhoenixDark [ 4 ] [ 0 ]
pxleyes [ 10 ] [ 0 ]
desh [ 4 ] [ 0 ]
Total Scores
name [ tot_score ] [ w4_score ]
xeris [ 28 ] [ 12 ]
KingGondo [ 23 ] [ 8 ]
Monroeski [ 23 ] [ 6 ]
FloydtheFathead [ 23 ] [ 5 ]
lonestar [ 22 ] [ 7 ]
perfectchaos007 [ 22 ] [ 5 ]
Kacar [ 22 ] [ 5 ]
Westonian [ 22 ] [ 5 ]
Dsyndrome [ 21 ] [ 9 ]
zyxwvu4321 [ 21 ] [ 8 ]
Frustrated_Grunt [ 21 ] [ 5 ]
timetokill [ 20 ] [ 8 ]
chaosblade [ 20 ] [ 7 ]
chicko1983 [ 20 ] [ 7 ]
FelixOrion [ 20 ] [ 5 ]
theprodigy [ 19 ] [ 8 ]
GoldenEye007 [ 19 ] [ 8 ]
cdyhybrid [ 19 ] [ 7 ]
ryseing [ 19 ] [ 7 ]
cashman [ 19 ] [ 6 ]
MrJames [ 18 ] [ 8 ]
Mac the Knife [ 18 ] [ 7 ]
bucknuticus [ 18 ] [ 6 ]
AlteredBeast [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
andycapps [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
TS-08 [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
ConfusingJazz [ 18 ] [ 5 ]
Battlezone [ 18 ] [ 4 ]
Karl2177 [ 17 ] [ 6 ]
Randolph Freelander [ 17 ] [ 4 ]
jhriad [ 17 ] [ 4 ]
sf2fanatic [ 17 ] [ 3 ]
ag-my001 [ 16 ] [ 7 ]
Fragamemnon [ 16 ] [ 4 ]
Ganhyun [ 15 ] [ 5 ]
The Outsider [ 15 ] [ 3 ]
Subitai [ 13 ] [ 6 ]
JCX [ 12 ] [ 4 ]
pxleyes [ 10 ] [ 0 ]
StrikerObi [ 6 ] [ 0 ]
jjasper [ 6 ] [ 0 ]
Chris R [ 4 ] [ 0 ]
PhoenixDark [ 4 ] [ 0 ]
desh [ 4 ] [ 0 ]
Fun with statistics through 4 weeks:
Average Score = 17.18
Median Score = 18
Wall of Shame (50+ Posts)
User Name Posts
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FloydtheFathead 76
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FelixOrion 57
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