# Oak's College Pick'Em '13 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 9, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824 "2013-08-09T18:22:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/41 "2013-10-23T01:13:34Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Well, if you pretend that the NCAA said “2 year bowl ban + 9 scholarships (over 3 years)”…nah, that’s still a slap on the wrist. > > USC has every right to be upset. Time to blow up the NCAA. > > (There’s a Miami fan who posts on any CFB-related thread…it’d be nice to get his POV). But USC sanctions help destroy Lane Kiffin. (keeping with the BASH KIFFIN theme) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/42 "2013-10-23T03:12:42Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > But USC sanctions help destroy Lane Kiffin. (keeping with the BASH KIFFIN theme) I was perfectly happy with a hobbled USC led by Lane Kiffin, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/43 "2013-10-23T17:17:33Z")
Picks are finally available for this week. Your upset special–Boise State over BYU. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/44 "2013-10-25T23:26:55Z")
I’m really wondering how Yahoo picks their default games. I wanted to pick Illinois as an upset over Michigan State, that game isn’t included in the pick em. LA Monroe vs Georgia State is included, however. While I would have picked Florida State over NC State, that game should also have been included with NC State’s history of being an FSU spoiler. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/45 "2013-10-28T00:40:44Z")
Ha. I missed 5 games b/c I forgot to finish my picks until after the noon kickoffs, but I still had a respectable day. (And with my bookie, too!) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/46 "2013-10-28T14:17:30Z")
Missing Oak’s Upset Specials for two weeks has really upset my biorhythms. I am blaming Oak for my woeful performance, because I know it can’t be me. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/47 "2013-10-31T00:17:21Z")
Two upset specials this week…Michigan on the road over Michigan St, and NC State at home over NC… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/48 "2013-12-08T15:12:49Z")
Congratz to **Beasley** for winning. and **Nilram** for making it close. I finished a distant 3rd in the pool for the year. My confidence picking sucked as **Beasley** only picked 4 more winners as I did. I won Week 2 and Week 15. Week 15 was pretty meaningless as it only had 11 games. :dubious: I assume **OAK** will be setting a BOWL Game Pick’m? Pretty Please!! I had time finding this thread. No posts since October. Lots of weeks without Upset Specials. No wonder I lost by 103 points! :eek: In all seriousness, thanks for setting this up again this year. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824/49 "2013-12-08T15:43:02Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Congratz to **Beasley** for winning. and **Nilram** for making it close. > > I assume **OAK** will be setting a BOWL Game Pick’m? Pretty Please!! > > In all seriousness, thanks for setting this up again this year. Thanks (for **Beasley** ). I am also looking forward to the bowls Pick’em. I guess that list will be official tonight, right? So the thread could go up tomorrow? Oh, and War Eagle! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-13/665824.md?page=2)