2023 PB College Football Pick-em Week 4

[greenbaggins]

This week we have an embarrassment of riches in intriguing games, including no fewer than six top-25 match-ups. There were several games, in fact, that I was kind of sad to have to leave out. All are Saturday games.

Saturday:
4 Florida State vs. Clemson 11 AM
Auburn vs. Texas A&M 11 AM
SMU vs. TCU 11 AM
19 Colorado vs. 10 Oregon 2:30 PM
22 UCLA vs. 11 Utah 2:30 PM
15 Ole Miss vs. 13 Alabama 2:30 PM
Maryland vs. Michigan State 2:30 PM
BYU vs. Kansas 2:30 PM
Texas Tech vs. West Virginia 2:30 PM
14 Oregon State vs. 21 Washington State 6 PM
24 Iowa vs. 7 Penn State 6:30 PM
UCF vs. Kansas State 7 PM

Tie-breaker:
6 Ohio State vs. 9 Notre Dame 6:30 PM

 

[SolaScriptura]

Well, as we learned from Week 3, sometimes the winner is determined by when you get your picks in... so I guess I'll get the party started this week:

Clemson
Texas A&M
TCU
Oregon
Utah
Alabama
Maryland
Kansas
West Virginia
Washington State
Iowa
Kansas State

Tie-breaker:
Ohio State 28-21

 

[DanSSwing]

Clemson
Texas A&M
TCU
Oregon
Utah
Ole Miss
Maryland
Kansas
West Virginia
Oregon State
Penn State
Kansas State

Tie-breaker:
Ohio State 31-16

 

[Sovereign Grace]

4 Florida State vs. Clemson 11 AM
Auburn vs. Texas A&M 11 AM
SMU vs. TCU 11 AM
19 Colorado vs. 10 Oregon 2:30 PM
22 UCLA vs. 11 Utah 2:30 PM
15 Ole Miss vs. 13 Alabama 2:30 PM
Maryland vs. Michigan State 2:30 PM
BYU vs. Kansas 2:30 PM
Texas Tech vs. West Virginia 2:30 PM
14 Oregon State vs. 21 Washington State 6 PM
24 Iowa vs. 7 Penn State 6:30 PM
UCF vs. Kansas State 7 PM

Tie-breaker:
6 Ohio State vs. 9 Notre Dame 6:30 PM OSU 38 ND 27

 

[toddpedlar]

4 Florida State vs. Clemson 11 AM
Auburn vs. Texas A&M 11 AM
SMU vs. TCU 11 AM
19 Colorado vs. 10 Oregon 2:30 PM
22 UCLA vs. 11 Utah 2:30 PM
15 Ole Miss vs. 13 Alabama 2:30 PM
Maryland vs. Michigan State 2:30 PM
BYU vs. Kansas 2:30 PM
Texas Tech vs. West Virginia 2:30 PM
14 Oregon State vs. 21 Washington State 6 PM
24 Iowa vs. 7 Penn State 6:30 PM
UCF vs. Kansas State 7 PM

Tie-breaker:
6 Ohio State vs. 9 Notre Dame 6:30 PM, 31-27

 

[greenbaggins]

Florida State, Auburn, TCU, Colorado, Utah, Bama, Maryland, BYU, TTech, Oregon State, Penn State, Kansas State,

Notre Dame 42, Ohio State 31

 

[SolaScriptura]

@Sovereign Grace and @greenbaggins ... Way to go on those bold picks! I love it! Personally, this week I felt a little more restrained and so my lone "bold" pick is Iowa over Penn St... but still... I love those kind of forward leaning picks!

 

[Spurge]

Saturday:
4 Florida State vs. Clemson 11 AM
Auburn vs. Texas A&M 11 AM
SMU vs. TCU 11 AM
19 Colorado vs. 10 Oregon 2:30 PM
22 UCLA vs. 11 Utah 2:30 PM
15 Ole Miss vs. 13 Alabama 2:30 PM
Maryland vs. Michigan State 2:30 PM
BYU vs. Kansas 2:30 PM
Texas Tech vs. West Virginia 2:30 PM
14 Oregon State vs. 21 Washington State 6 PM
24 Iowa vs. 7 Penn State 6:30 PM
UCF vs. Kansas State 7 PM

Tie-breaker:
6 Ohio State vs. 9 Notre Dame 6:30 PM 35-32

 

[GulfCoast Presbyterian]

Florida State
Texas A&M
TCU
Oregon
Utah
Ole Miss
Maryland
Kansas
Texas Tech
Oregon State
Penn State
Kansas State

Notre Dame 27 to 23

 

[Edm]

4 Florida State 11 AM
Auburn 11 AM
TCU 11 AM
10 Oregon 2:30 PM
11 Utah 2:30 PM
15 Ole Miss 2:30 PM
Michigan State 2:30 PM
Kansas 2:30 PM
Texas Tech 2:30 PM
21 Washington State 6 PM
7 Penn State 6:30 PM
Kansas State 7 PM

Tie-breaker:
9 Notre Dame 6:30 PM
28-21

 

[Sovereign Grace]

@Sovereign Grace and @greenbaggins ... Way to go on those bold picks! I love it! Personally, this week I felt a little more restrained and so my lone "bold" pick is Iowa over Penn St... but still... I love those kind of forward leaning picks!

The Colorado pick does scare me somewhat, seeing they struggled to get past CSU. If Sanders has time, he can pick them apart, in my opinion. But time will tell...

 

[Edward]

Florida State
Texas A&M
TCU
Oregon
Utah
Alabama
Maryland
Kansas
Texas Tech
Oregon State
Iowa
Kansas State

Tie-breaker:
Ohio State 24 vs. Notre Dame 27

 

[Sovereign Grace]

2-1 thus far.

 

[Sovereign Grace]

My Buffs pick looking horrible as of now, down 21-0 in the second Q.

 

[Sovereign Grace]

Buffs just plain getting dogwalked now, down 28-0.

 

[toddpedlar]

Well, now we've got our first double , with Ben eking out a win over yours truly in the tiebreaker game, a 17-14 last-second win by The Ohio State University over The University of Notre Dame du Lac. Ben's poor prediction of a 27-21 win by OSU wasn't nearly as bad as my prediction of a 31-27 Buckeye victory.

If anything, this week shows how hard setting a point spread for games expected to be blowouts (CU-OR and IA-PSU) can be. Oregon and Penn State destroyed their opponents, covering their 21 point and 14.5 point spreads easily. Meanwhile, the OSU-ND game lacked the scoring expected... there, the oddsmakers seem to have gotten the point spread right, but they definitely must have taken it on the nose by those choosing the under in the over/under line of 53. What a finish, though!

Congratulations, Ben, on earning the season's first double . Some week, maybe, I'll win a tiebreaker

This week's totals:

SolaScriptura: 11
toddpedlar: 11
DanSSwing: 10
Spurge: 10
GulfCoast Presbyterian: 9
Edward: 9
Edm: 8
Sovereign Grace: 7
greenbaggins: 7

And our 2023 weekly winners thus far:

SolaScriptura
Edm
greenbaggins
GulfCoast Presbyterian

 

[SolaScriptura]

Yay, me!