# Oak's College Pick'em 2015

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 26, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978 "2015-08-26T19:11:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978/21 "2015-09-11T00:57:22Z")

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This is TOUGH.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978/22 "2015-09-11T17:09:22Z")

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Yes, picking against the spread is much harder than just picking winners. Also puts another wrinkle into my official Upset Special, which is…Mississippi State over LSU. Hail State!

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978/23 "2015-09-16T02:52:24Z")

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This week’s Upset Special—Georgia Tech over Notre Dame.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978/24 "2015-09-18T00:56:08Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> This week’s Upset Special—Georgia Tech over Notre Dame.

GT is the favorite…at South Bend!

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978/25 "2015-09-18T02:01:10Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> GT is the favorite…at South Bend!

I think when I made the pick, Notre Dame was ranked higher in the polls.

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**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oaks-college-pickem-2015/728978/26 "2016-08-18T00:44:36Z")

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Are we doing one for 2016?

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