# Oak's College Pick'em '11 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 30, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807 "2011-07-30T03:04:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/121 "2011-11-10T15:32:37Z")
20 games to pick this week. Two Upset Specials: Nebraska on the road over Penn State Missouri at home over Texas ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/122 "2011-11-10T15:37:00Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > LSU is ranked #1 in the BCS standings, so Bama winning would count as an upset in my book. Then again, my upset specials are almost always wrong, so I may have doomed the Crimson Tide, and earned the eternal wrath of the Ghost of Bear Bryant. Yes, it was ALL YOUR FAULT! \ ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/123 "2011-11-10T15:41:28Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > 20 games to pick this week. > > Two Upset Specials: > > Nebraska on the road over Penn State > > Missouri at home over Texas What do you think about Auburn at Georgia? The line is Auburn -13, I think. Is that right? ETA: Apparently NOT… Georgia is giving 3.5 points… again, I THINK this is right. Help? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/124 "2011-11-10T15:59:45Z")
I picked more teams on the right column that I have all season. How is TAMU a favorite when they are playing @ K-State? La Tech is a favorite over Ole Miss? Nebraska @ Penn St is going to be a 3-ring circus, for the wrong reasons. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/125 "2011-11-10T16:25:08Z")
[Sheridan](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/gaming/sheridan.htm) @ USAToday is saying UGA is a 12 point favorite. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/126 "2011-11-10T16:48:44Z")
I don’t say this very often, and it makes me a little bit nauseated to do so, but War Eagle! Gotta have a USC win and a UGA loss to go to the SEC Championship game. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/127 "2011-11-10T17:13:55Z")
I had a very good week last week. Jumped up from 5th to 2nd. Only missed 3 picks (Northwestern, West Virginia, and Ole Miss) > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*Oakminster \*\* > > Two Upset Specials: > > Nebraska on the road over Penn State > > Missouri at home over Texas I haven’t really looked at this week’s games, but I agree with these. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/128 "2011-11-13T02:32:07Z")
Hehe, a bunch of you guys had some high points on Boise St! I didn’t think that auburn would win, but I had to root for them. I got hosed on Mizzou v Texas though. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/129 "2011-11-13T16:15:51Z")
> [@USCDiver](#): > > Hehe, a bunch of you guys had some high points on Boise St! Present!!! :eek: What was I thinking putting some confidence in a SEC team (Ole Miss) against a non-BCS team. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Damn, Boise (and I am glad they lost) and ole Miss killed me as I only had three losers this weekend. Which I guess is worse than **Salty Salute** (whoever that is) and **JSC1953** who didn’t pick any losers. then again they didn’t pick any winners. Fortunately I didn’t put 16 points confidence level on a team that lost 66-6. Right **Zeldar**? I still have a significant lead in w/l percentage and points. ;):)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/130 "2011-11-13T16:37:11Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Fortunately I didn’t put 16 points confidence level on a team that lost 66-6. Right **Zeldar**? I just felt I owed Tubby a little support. :o At least Vandy won! I suspect VU may keep UT out of a bowl. Rivals had every SEC team but Ole Miss and KY going bowling. Probably not! The Iron Bowl might be a game to see! Somebody has suggested “Bama has to pay for this!” after the Georgia shellacking. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/131 "2011-11-13T17:20:04Z")
crap. I coulda sworn I made my picks this week. Can we just assume I picked all the winners? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/132 "2011-11-13T17:21:48Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > crap. I coulda sworn I made my picks this week. Can we just assume I picked all the winners? A couple of players last year (including yours truly) forgot to click SAVE to save their picks. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/133 "2011-11-13T18:16:21Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > At least Vandy won! I suspect VU may keep UT out of a bowl. Rivals had every SEC team but Ole Miss and KY going bowling. Probably not! Vandy will become bowl eligible with a win over UT or WF, both winnable for them. Miss St should beat Ole Miss for their 6th win. UF’s win over Furman won’t count, so they’ll have to beat FSU. Kentucky would have to beat both UGA and UT, so that isn’t likely. In the end I suspect we’ll have eight bowl eligible teams and maybe a ninth. But remember, a 6-6 team is bowl eligible but not guaranteed a Bowl Game. South Carolina was not chosen for a bowl after finishing the 2007 season at 6-6 and losing their last 5 games! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/134 "2011-11-13T19:07:09Z")
I thought teams could count one game against a Div I-AA opponent, but not two games towards bowl eligibility. edit: Found a cite in [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_eligibility) (who da thunk it?) > [@](#): > > Bowl eligibility in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) College Football is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason bowl games. When a team achieves this state, it is described as “bowl-eligible”. Under current regulations, in order for this to occur, a team must have a winning record, which may include one win against a Division I FCS scholarship-awarding[1] opponent, or win their conference, and the team must not be on probation. The NCAA allows one victory per season over a Division I FCS (formerly I-AA) team to count toward an FBS team’s bowl eligibility, so long as the FCS team has supplied financial aid for football averaging out to at least 56.7 full scholarships (90% of the limit of 63 allowed to FCS schools) over “a rolling two-year period” that can include the current season.[2] ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/135 "2011-11-16T05:59:30Z")
23 games up this week. I’m fading into the bottom of the standings, but still have an Upset Special for ya… Unranked Ohio State at home over (21) Penn State ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/136 "2011-11-16T15:21:04Z")
23 games, and quite a few gimmes. 4 SEC teams are playing their homecoming (and or cremepuffs) games this week Bama is hosting Ga Southern USCe is going to march all over the Citadel Furman is some Gator Bait And Auburn is playing Samford. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/137 "2011-11-16T15:34:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 23 games, and quite a few gimmes. > > 4 SEC teams are playing their homecoming (and or cremepuffs) games this week > > Bama is hosting Ga Southern > USCe is going to march all over the Citadel > Furman is some Gator Bait > And Auburn is playing Samford. At least one of those games has a better than even chance of being an upset. Best chance is Citadel. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/138 "2011-11-16T21:53:21Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I thought teams could count one game against a Div I-AA opponent, but not two games towards bowl eligibility. > > edit: Found a cite in [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_eligibility) (who da thunk it?) You’re right, I thought FAU was a FCS team, but they’re in the Sun Belt conference > [@Oakminster](#): > > 23 games up this week. I’m fading into the bottom of the standings, but still have an Upset Special for ya… > > Unranked Ohio State at home over (21) Penn State Not a lot to choose from this week for upsets, eh? Ohio St has the bookmakers going for them this week. > [@Zeldar](#): > > At least one of those games has a better than even chance of being an upset. Best chance is Citadel. Do what now? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/139 "2011-11-16T22:09:49Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 4 SEC teams are playing their homecoming (and or cremepuffs) games this week > > Bama is hosting Ga Southern > USCe is going to march all over the Citadel > Furman is some Gator Bait > And Auburn is playing Samford. If I had to, and I mean HAD to, pick an underdog here it would be Florida to lose. Auburn is mediocre, USC is good, and Bama is top notch. But UF? They are scraping the bottom of the barrel. (But of course they will demolish Furman) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-11/590807/140 "2011-11-16T22:13:37Z")
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