I see it’s the annual SEC Cupcake Week, so a half dozen of these were no-brainers. Well, I did pause a minute for Auburn - Alabama A&M. 
I guess I’m going to have to involuntarily forfeit. I’ve been signing into Yahoo Sports from China using my Facebook account (I need a VPN to bypass the Great Firewall). Since the start of China’s Congress last week, China has cracked down on VPN’s big time and I can’t get mine to work to login and place my picks. If it miraculously starts working before the games start, that’s great but I don’t have my hopes up at this point.
That’s what happens why your conference starts playing conference games in week 1.
Rivalry Week is here!
Egg Bowl! Iron Bowl! Ohio St v Michigan, USC v Notre Dame, Florida v Florida St, South Carolina v Clemson, LSU v Arkansas, etc.
Your official Upset Special is Florida St at home over Florida.
Hail State!
Roll Tide!
I want to know the bookie that is giving points to Florida State. My bookie says I got to give 8 pts if I want the Seminoles.
My upset specials:
Go Wolverines (except that I actually picked tOSU)
Go Trojans (I did pick the raincoats!)
No undefeated teams left in the FBS.
Did Oregon State just figure that they would not play the PAC-12 Championship game so they schedule Nicholls St today?
ROLL TIDE
Bring on Notre Dame!
SEC! SEC! SEC!
Game was originally scheduled for week 2 or 3 (unlike some conferences, the Pac 12 gets all the OOC games done in the first 3 weeks) but was postponed by hurricane. I’m surprised they decided to play it; I guess Nicholls St needed the paycheck.
Yay.
“…the Pac 12 gets all the OOC games done in the first 3 weeks..”
:dubious:When did Notre Dame join the PAC-12.:dubious:
Seems like I remember USC playing Notre Dame last Saturday Night? Was that game postponed from a hurricane?
I also remember Stanford playing Notre Dame playing Stanford in week 7.
And for the record, the SEC model works pretty well.
As in everything else, Notre Dame is the exception. And to the best of my knowledge, it’s the only ongoing OOC rival for any Pac-12 team; and it is for 2 (Stanfurd and USC).
And I doubt my own statement, now that I think of it. I just read it this week in an article about next year’s schedule, but I know there have been years where there’s a conference game in Week 1.
I will leave commentary on SEC scheduling alone. That horse is long since gone to glue.
Not a chance. You and the rest of anti-SEC nags 
will bring it up week after week after week.
Roll Tide!
Rammer Jammer Yellowhammer
Give 'Em Hell Alabama!