2016 College Pick 'em contest - week 1

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Edward

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Time for the annual college pick 'em contest.

For newcomers - any PB member can participate. Pick the winners for each listed game, and the winner and final score for the tiebreaker.

The winner each week qualifies to participate in the bowl pick 'em at the end of the season. While this week's games run Thursday through Monday, I will never list a Sunday game, and this week I omitted Thursday and Friday games. The contest closes each week with the kickoff for the first listed game.

Suggestions for upcoming matchups are welcome, although my bias is to look for top 25 matchups and games which should be close, not blowouts by the big teams.

Note: the first listed game this season is being played in Dublin, Ireland, and looks like it will be a sellout. So I hope we get participation by non-USA board members this year.

Five neutral site games this week, and an unusally high number of of big matchups this early in the season.

Georgia Tech – Boston College (in Dublin) (7:30 AM Eastern kickoff)
#3 Oklahoma - #15 Houston (Texans Stadium)
#16 UCLA @ Texas A&M
#20 So.Cal - #1 Alabama (Jerry Dome)
#11 Ole Miss – #4 FSU (Citrus Bowl)
San Jose State @ Tulsa
SMU @ North Texas
#5 LSU @ Wisconsin
#2 Clemson @ Auburn
Arizona – BYU (University of Phoenix Stadium)



Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
# 18 Georgia - #22 North Carolina (at Georgia Dome)
 
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Excited for this season to start.

Georgia Tech
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
BAMA
Ole Miss
San Jose St
SMU
LSU
Clemson
BYU

Tiebreak - Georgia Bulldogs 24-20
 
Georgia Tech – Boston College (in Dublin) (7:30 AM Eastern kickoff)
#3 Oklahoma - #15 Houston (Texans Stadium)
#16 UCLA @ Texas A&M
#20 So.Cal - #1 Alabama (Jerry Dome)
#11 Ole Miss – FSU (Citrus Bowl)
San Jose State @ Tulsa
SMU @ North Texas
#5 LSU @ Wisconsin
#2 Clemson @ Auburn
Arizona – BYU (University of Phoenix Stadium)



Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
# 18 Georgia - #22 North Carolina 31-21 (at Georgia Dome)
 
Boston College
Oklahoma
Texas A&M
Alabama
FSU
Tulsa
SMU
LSU
Auburn
Arizona



Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
Georgia 28-17
 
Georgia Tech
#3 Oklahoma
Texas A&M
#1 Alabama (Jerry Dome)
#4 FSU (Citrus Bowl)
Tulsa
North Texas
Wisconsin
#2 Clemson
Arizona


Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
#22 North Carolina
31-21
 
Georgia Tech – Boston College (in Dublin) (7:30 AM Eastern kickoff)
#3 Oklahoma - #15 Houston (Texans Stadium)
#16 UCLA @ Texas A&M
#20 So.Cal - #1 Alabama (Jerry Dome)
#11 Ole Miss – #4 FSU (Citrus Bowl)
San Jose State @ Tulsa
SMU @ North Texas
#5 LSU @ Wisconsin
#2 Clemson @ Auburn
Arizona – BYU (University of Phoenix Stadium)

Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
# 18 Georgia - #22 North Carolina 45-17
 
Boston College
#3 Oklahoma
#16 UCLA
#1 Alabama
#11 Ole Miss
San Jose State
SMU
#5 LSU
#2 Clemson
BYU

#22 North Carolina wins 31-20
 
Georgia Tech - despite BC's home field advantage.
Oklahoma - despite Houston's home town advantage
Texas A&M
Alabama
FSU
San Jose State
North Texas
LSU
Clemson
BYU (shouldn't they rename it NTU for Never Trump University?)



Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
Georgia 27 -- North Carolina 21
 
Georgia Tech
#3 Oklahoma
#16 UCLA
#1 Alabama
#4 FSU
San Jose State
North Texas
#5 LSU
#2 Clemson
Arizona

Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
# 18 Georgia (21) - #22 North Carolina (24)
 
Georgia Tech
Houston
Texas A&M
Alabama
FSU
Tulsa
SMU
LSU
Clemson
Arizona

Georgia 27-21
 
Folks, let's enjoy this week. Pickings are mighty slim next week. I think we have a PBer that works at Point University, so we may be seeing it for the first (and probably last) time next week.
Suggestions for next week are welcome - someone may turn up a good matchup I missed, but there are a lot of 'pay your opponent to get beaten up' games that weekend.

As for this week, at this point, Bama is the only unanimous choice. (Why would everyone pick the team ranked number 1)? No west coast fans out there?
 
Boston College
Oklahoma
UCLA
So.Cal
Ole Miss
Tulsa
SMU
LSU
Clemson
Arizona



Tiebreaker
# 18 Georgia 24 - #22 North Carolina 27
 
Georgia Tech – Boston College (in Dublin) (7:30 AM Eastern kickoff)
#3 Oklahoma - #15 Houston (Texans Stadium) BOOMER SOONER!!!!
#16 UCLA @ Texas A&M
#20 So.Cal - #1 Alabama (Jerry Dome)
#11 Ole Miss – #4 FSU (Citrus Bowl)
San Jose State @ Tulsa
SMU @ North Texas
#5 LSU @ Wisconsin
#2 Clemson @ Auburn
Arizona – BYU (University of Phoenix Stadium)



Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
# 18 Georgia - #22 North Carolina (at Georgia Dome 31-27
 
As for this week, at this point, Bama is the only unanimous choice. (Why would everyone pick the team ranked number 1)? No west coast fans out there?

I think even OJ Simpson would pick Alabama because even he could not deny who will will that game.
 
Georgia Tech – Boston College (in Dublin) (7:30 AM Eastern kickoff)
#3 Oklahoma - #15 Houston (Texans Stadium)
#16 UCLA @ Texas A&M
#20 So.Cal - #1 Alabama (Jerry Dome)
#11 Ole Miss – #4 FSU (Citrus Bowl)
San Jose State @ Tulsa
SMU @ North Texas
#5 LSU @ Wisconsin
#2 Clemson @ Auburn
Arizona – BYU (University of Phoenix Stadium)






Tiebreaker (Pick winner and final score)
# 18 Georgia - #22 North Carolina (at Georgia Dome) 24-17
 
Randy (Frosty) - 9 :flamingscot:

Zach - 7
Ben G - 7
Edward - 7
Bill (the Baptist) - 7
Mike - 7
Todd - 6
Alastir - 6
Douglas - 6
Mark - 5
Steve - 4
Matt - 4
 
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