The first game of the contest is Thursday evening -- be sure to get that pick into me by kickoff. The rest are on Saturday.

The rules:
1. Pick the winner in each game.

2. Predict how many points the team you pick to win the designated Game of the Week will win by. This will be used for tiebreak purposes. This week it is Texas vs. Oklahoma.

3. The first pick is needed by the kickoff of the first game -- Thursday evening.

4. Picks must be submitted either via the Private Message function or E-mail. My email address is dcbucky2000@hotmail.com -- please do not post your picks here. Include your Outsports nickname with your picks.

It was tough to pick a game of the week. The Red River Rivalry won out, since Texas fans have been salivating since their last lost to the Sooners.

But OSU and PSU will be great. imho a terrific game will be unc at Louisville. Out on the Left Coast, there's Cal at ucla. And I'm half tempted to drive over to Annapolis with a pair of high-powered binocs to watch Air Force take on Navy.

Thursday, October 6
ACC
1. N.C. State at Georgia Tech
(Last season: GaTech 24 - NCState 14)
Tech had a bye week -- and needed it after getting spanked by VaTech.

Saturday, October 8
2. Virginia at Boston College
(Last met in the 1993 Blockbuster Bowl: BC 31- uva 13)
These teams haven't met in the regular season since 1963.

MOUNTAIN WEST
3. Utah at Colorado State
(Last season: Utes 63 - Rams 31)

4. TCU at Wyoming
(Last met in 1998: Wyoming 34 - TCU 27)
TCU's first year in the conference and they're making some noise.

NON-CONFERENCE
5. North Carolina at Louisville
(Louisville 34 - unc 0)
UNC finishes its tough non-conf. schedule (Wisconsin, Utah) hoping to further dent the Cards' record.

6. Air Force at Navy
(Last season: Navy 24 - AFA 21)
So ... who would you rather see on top? Air Force or Navy

BIG TEN
7. Wisconsin at Northwestern
(Last season: Bucky 24 - Mildcats 12)
Expect a high scoring affair -- both teams' secondaries are sieves. The Badger's running game may not find its track, with their top blocking FB and TE injured.

8. Minnesota at Michigan
(Last season: Meatchicken 27 - Minnehaha 24)
They battle for the Little Brown Jug, which has been gathering dust in the Wolverines' trophy case since 1986 (the last time the Goofs won)

9. Iowa at Purdue
(Last year: Hawkeyes 23 - Boilers 21)
Both teams already have a loss in the league -- another may remove them from contention.

10. An Ohio State University at The Pennsylvania State University
(Last year: USC 21 - PSU 10)
These teams have met 20 times -- each taking 10. The way things are going this may be better and more meaningful than that 11/19 game in Ann Arbor.

BIG EAST
11. West Virginia at Rutgers
(Last season: WVU 35 - Rutgers 30)
Rutgers defeated a truly awful Pitt team last week -- and now find themselves tied with WVU for first in the Big East. Rutgers hasn't won this game since 1994.

PAC TEN
12. California at UCLA
(Last season: Cal 45 - ucla 28)
Win this game and the Bruins may have some fairly easy sledding until they face AZ State and USC in the final two games.

13. Stanford at Washington State
(Last season: Stanford 23 - Wazzou 17)
One of these teams will crawl out of the cellar.

SEC
14. LSU at Vanderbilt
(Last season: LSU 24 - vandy 7)
Maybe the first time Vanderbilt has been in this contest -- but the luster is off this game -- how could Vandy lose to MTSU? But they're still undefeated in the SEC. Showdown in Nashville.

15. Georgia at Tennessee
(Tennessee 19 - uga 14)
Georgia finally gets a big test this season.

BIG XII
16. Texas Tech at Nebraska
(tt 70 - huskers 10)
So are the Cornhuskers really back on track? They'll certainly be out for revenge after last year's whipping.

17. Kansas at Kansas State
(ku 31 - ksu 28)
The Jawhawks hope to make it two-in-a-row over cross-state rivals for the first time since 1990.

18. Texas A&M at Colorado
(A&M 29 - Colorado 26)
The Aggies struggled against Baylor last week, while the Buffaloes kicked the Cowboys in the gut.

19. Oklahoma at Texas -- GAME OF THE WEEK
'nuf said.

CUT-AND-PASTE
1. N.C. State at Georgia Tech
2. Virginia at Boston College
3. Utah at Colorado State
4. TCU at Wyoming
5. North Carolina at Louisville
6. Air Force at Navy
7. Wisconsin at Northwestern
8. Minnesota at Michigan
9. Iowa at Purdue
10. An Ohio State University at The Pennsylvania State University
11. West Virginia at Rutgers
12. California at UCLA
13. Stanford at Washington State
14. LSU at Vanderbilt
15. Georgia at Tennessee
16. Texas Tech at Nebraska
17. Kansas at Kansas State
18. Texas A&M at Colorado
19. Oklahoma at Texas -- Predict by how many points the victor will win.

(edited to correct my error placing Vandy in the SEC West.)

[ October 05, 2005, 06:50 AM: Message edited by: DCBucky ]

Again a reminder that the first game in the contest is Thursday's N.C. State at Georgia Tech matchup.

In the meantime I've heard from:

im4psu
Mariner Duck Boy
GatorJamie
wilderblue
meric
Bike Jocks
theodoresdaddy
bobby78751
mdphl

Picks in this a.m. from:

The B Man
FireMikeTiceNow
pat125
kzooirish
Itsplaytym
FilthyJock
ugadawgs89

I have mine in. Just barely.

First game is tonight -- get those picks in.

I've now heard from:
bballrob
HotlantaTarHeel
AZAirforce
jrjayhawk
Purdue Fan
golfer 22
stinger85
jerseyguy
Hwkpride
BPT336
KeyWest Guy
ATL Sport

Mine are:
1. Georgia Tech
2. Boston College
3. Colorado State
4. Wyoming
5. North Carolina
6. Navy
7. Wisconsin
8. Michigan
9. Iowa
10. Penn State
11. Rutgers
12. California
13. Washington State
14. LSU
15. Tennessee
16. Texas Tech
17. Kansas
18. Colorado
19. Texas by 8

[ October 06, 2005, 08:37 AM: Message edited by: DCBucky ]

I start out 0-1 because of Georgia Tech's snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory! ARRRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!! :mad:

At first blush it looks like a bunch of us got burnt by that one.

I'll get the predictions up in a minute.

Predictions

Last night 31 picked GaTech -- only 2 chose NC State -- congrats to you two!

The rest:

16-15
Air Force tops Navy
Purdue over Iowa

19-12
Colorado State over Utes

20-11
Wyoming over TCU

21-10
TT over Huskers

22-9
Cal over ucla
Colorado over A&M

23-8
OSU over PSU

24-7
Tennessee over uga

27-4
WVU over Rutgers

28-3
Louisville over unc

29-2
Washington State over Stanford
Texas over Oklahoma

30-1
BC over uva
Wisconsin over NU
Meechigan over the Goofs

I have something you can put in your jaws of victory baby

What about LSU at Vanderbilt and Kansas at Kansas State?

ooops ... too many games for this little brain:

29-2
LSU over Vandy

25-6
K-State over jayhawks

btw -- I received the rest of the picks from PCC and MeLikeyMiceTiceyVeryMuch

[ October 08, 2005, 06:40 AM: Message edited by: DCBucky ]

Those losses by Wisconsin, Michigan and d'OSU in the Big Ten, plus that of Washington State out on the Coast caused a bunch of us to finish under .500 -- and some just barely above.

However, soaring above all that is Miamidr, who correctly predicted 13 of the 19 games. Well done!

13-6
Miamidr

12-7
BPT336
jerseyguy
ugadawgs89

11-8
ATLSport
KeyWest Guy
kzooirish
PCC
stinger85

10-9
Ill RepUTE
itsplaytym
Mariner Duck Boy
mdphl
meric
Purdue Fan
The B Man
theodoresdaddy
Wilder Blue

9-10
Aubie in Bham
bballrob
Bike Jocks
bobby78751
DCBucky
FilthyJock
FireMikeTiceNow
im4psu

8-10
AZ Airforce
HotlantaTarheel
Hwkpride
jrjayhawk
pat125

7-12
GatorJamie
golfer 22

Holy Mother of Gawd. At least I had some sense when I picked Tex-ass by 20.

I'm glad I don't do this for money. Daddy would be going hungry this week. Bucky, Bucky, Bucky, why do your Badgers want to do me this way?

thank the gods I'm still over 500

12-7??? I can't believe it. I thought I finished much, much worse than that.

Yeah, Buck, you got some 'splainin' to do. :mad:

Wow...

[ October 10, 2005, 11:21 AM: Message edited by: golfer 22 ]

Welcome back to the sub-.500 week for me.

I felt pretty good after picking NC State to win.

I got lucky last week...

Those of us who are perpetually single didn't need to know that!

Oh wait! You meant your picks!!! Nevermind.

The season is still young, my dear. Are you begging for a second helping of crow? eek!

GJ, I do believe that KWG, like Patsy Stone of AbFab fame, has not eaten solid food since 1973. eek!

Sorry folks -- as soon as I saw NU's 186 lb. frosh RB go right through UW's line and run over the LBs I knew it was gonna be tuf -- even their pretty boy QB was getting extra yards after the first attempted tackle -- doesn't he know QBs are supposed to slide in and avoid hits?

C'mon boys -- beat the Goofs -- keep the Axe!