Here are 15 games for you -- one on Thursday, another on Friday, the rest on Saturday. There are some big games and one "Big Game" -- as the contest returns to the Left Coast after a week's absence. It's Rivalry Week for many teams -- good luck!

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 LSU @ Ole Miss.

3. The first pick is needed by the kickoff of the first game -- TCU @ Southern Mississippi on Thursday.

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.

Thursday, November 20
1. TCU (10-0 / 7-0) @ Southern Mississippi (7-3/ 6-0)
Last season: TCU 37 - S. Miss 7

Friday, November 21
2. Boise State (9-0 / 5-0) @ Fresno State (7-4 / 5-1)
Last season: Boise State 67 - Fresno State 21

Saturday, November 22
3. Maryland (7-3 / 4-2) @ North Carolina State (7-3 / 4-3)
Last season: Maryland 24 - NC State 21

4. Iowa (8-3 / 4-3) @ Wisconsin (7-4 / 4-3)
Last season: Iowa 20 - Wisconsin 3

5. Ohio State (10-1 / 6-1) @ Michigan (9-2 / 6-1)
Last season: OSU 14 - Michigan 9

6. Washington State (9-2 / 6-1) @ Washington (5-6 / 3-4)
Last season: Washington 29 - Wash. State 26

7. UCLA (6-5 / 4-3) @ USC (9-1 / 5-1)
Last season: USC 52 - ucla 21

8. California (6-6 /4-3) @ Stanford (4-5 / 2-5)
Last season: Cal 30 - Stanford 7

9. Oregon State (7-3 / 4-2) @ Oregon (7-4 / 4-3)
Last season: Oregon State 45 - Oregon 24

10. West Virginia (6-4 / 4-1) @ Syracuse (5-4 / 2-3)
Last season: WVU 34 - Syracuse 7

11. Oklahoma (11-0 / 7-0) @ Texas Tech (7-4 / 4-3)
Last season: Oklahoma 60 - TT 15

12. Missouri (7-3 / 3-3) @ Kansas State (9-3 / 5-2)
Last season: K-State 38 - Missouri 0

13. Clemson (7-4) @ South Carolina (5-6)
Last season: Clemson 27 - USC 20

14. Alabama (4-7 / 2-5) @ Auburn (6-5 / 4-3)
Last season: Auburn 27 - Bama 20

15. LSU (9-1 / 5-1) @ Mississippi (8-2 / 6-0) -- Game of the Week tiebreaker -- predict by how many point the victor will win.
Last season: LSU 14 - Ole Miss 13

Cut-and-paste:
1. TCU @ Southern Mississippi
2. Boise State @ Fresno State
3. Maryland @ North Carolina State
4. Iowa @ Wisconsin
5. Ohio State @ Michigan
6. Washington State @ Washington
7. ucla @ USC
8. California @ Stanford
9. Oregon State @ Oregon
10. West Virginia @ Syracuse
11. Oklahoma @ Texas Tech
12. Missouri @ Kansas State
13. Clemson @ South Carolina
14. Alabama @ Auburn
15. LSU @ Mississippi -- Game of the Week tiebreaker -- predict by how many point the victor will win.

bobby78751 and Cattledog have sent in their picks.

Picks in this a.m. from:

RJ in Huntington
pajock
Palladio
Kattt
pat125
MarinerDuckBoy
Hwkpride
ugadawgs

More picks:

inmatman
gmginsfo
bballrob
azairforce
jerseyguy

Reminder to those who haven't joined in yet -- the first game is tonight.

Picks from:

George_vikingfan
Charlie in the Trees
itsplaytym
NorCalHusker
Gamecock
Stickney
BikeJocks
GoMonica!

My picks for the record:
Southern Mississippi
Fresno State
North Carolina State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Washington State
USC
California
Oregon State
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Kansas State
South Carolina
Auburn
LSU by 6

Just a few hours until kickoff of the first game in the contest.

Picks now in from:

im4psu
GatorJamie
MSUBobcat

[ November 20, 2003, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: DCBucky ]

Picks from:

GarnetGoldPride
MBMslJock
MiamiDr
Breesboy
PCC

Our collective wisdom for the week:

18-13
Oregon over Oregon State
Clemson over South Carolina
LSU over Mississippi

20-11
Wisconsin over Iowa

21-12
TCU over Southern Mississippi

22-10
Boise State over Fresno State

25-6
Cal over Stanford
WVU over Syracuse

27-4
Auburn over 'bama
K-State over Missouri
Washington State over Washington
North Carolina State over Maryland

29-2
USC over ucla
Michigan over Ohio State (somewhat surprising margin ...)

31-0
Oklahoma over Texas Tech

ENJOY THE GAMES!!

[editor's note: GO BLUE! GO MICHIGAN! ON WISCONSIN!!]

12 of us got lucky last night!

Shut the hell up.

Damn right, GJ!

I think I picked the right team, but I definately didn't get "lucky" last night. Dang it! Why do I live in Montana? wink

There's only one Game Missing from this line up. Montana State vs. Montana. I'm going to the game in Bozeman tomorrow morning. The temp is supposed to be 5 degrees. It's going to be awesome!

Lets Go Cats!

I'm pickin Montana State in honor of my boy Bobcat. Tip o' the flask to ya, big guy! :cool:

[ November 21, 2003, 01:14 PM: Message edited by: GatorJamie ]

Which one is in Missoula? I just loved "A River Runs Through It"!

By the way, I didn't save the picks I e-mailed DCB, but I think I picked Fresno State to upset MSU's neighbors at Boise State. If Fresno State does indeed win this game, I could start the weekend 2-0 with two upsets! If Boise State wins, that would just even me back up with all of the folks that picked TCU last night.

University of Montana is in Missoula.

I knew a girl frm Missoula who went to UM. She was born in Korea and was adopted by a white couple in Missoula. When she moved to Seattle after graduation, she told me that I was her first Asian friend! I had to teach her how to use, cook real rice (not minute), GOOD Chinese food, sushi, etc...

So, as much as I love ya, MSU, I have to honor my best girlfriend Kim and root for the Grizzlies. Any other time, it's the Bobcats all the way!

As for my favorite game this weekend, which is the Civil War....GO DUCKS!! STOMP ON THOSE DAMN PESKY beavers.

Just so everyone knows. A River Runs Through It, was filmed in Bozman. The story is set in Missoula and on the Blackfoot River, but they filmed it in Bozeman. The bar scene actually was filmed in the Leigh Lounge in the Strand Union (student union) building on Campus.

Go Cats!

Oh ya, and Thanks Jamie! Here's a big Go Gators! for ya.

[ November 21, 2003, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: MSUBobcat ]

No offense QuackMan, but I asked BostonGirl to get me a "Beavers" sweatshirt to run in, just for giggles.

Other than that, Go Ducks!

How refreshing to read up on the Montana-MSU game - which has PLAYOFF implications! MSU must win to make the playoffs, and UMT is trying to get a top 4 seed meaning they would get home games, and I am betting that the weather would definitely be a home-field advantage.

And since I can't agree with CrocJamie TOO much, I'm going to pick the Grizzlies. Partly because they are ranked 5th in D1-AA and are 9-2 vs. MSU's 6-5, but I have a cousin with a ranch in Darby and does business with UMT.

Jim

The days of Griz superiority are over. The Cat's are making a come back.

The fun part is watching the crowd after the Griz lose. Last year at their stadium, they all just sat there for about 5 minutes, in total disbelief. Then they got mad, and bitchy. Griz don't really know how to lose Gracefully. I thought I was going to get my butt kicked because I was wearing CAT gear. It was awesome. I was told to shut up several times by several different griz fans on the 10 minute walk from the stadium to the car.

This year it's on my turf! We'll either be toasting to victory, or drinking our sorrows away, either way I'll be hammered! yahoo!

We have a new champ -- and he's out of the SEC: Congratulations to ugadawgs, who impressively picked 14 of the 15 games (missing only Washington's Apple Cup win).

14-1
ugadawgs89

12-3
jerseyguy
Palladio

11-4
azairforce
BikeJocks
Cattledog
gmginsfo
itsplaytym
Kattt
MiamiDr
NorCalHusker
pajock
pat125
RJ in Huntington

10-5
bobby78751
George_vikingfan
MarinerDuckBoy
MBMslJock
PCC
SWRebel

9-6
bballrob
DCBucky
Gamecock
Go Monica!
Stickney

8-7
Charlie in the Trees
GarnetGoldPride
Hwkpride

7-8
breesboy
GatorJamie
inmatman

5-10
im4psu
MSUBobcat

Congrats to ugadawgs! Great job of picking the upsets. Hint for next week: pick SEC over ACC...

I really suck at this. LOL

But my Bobcat's won!!! I was there, it was awesome!

There was a group of guys that built an Oak Bar to set up at the Tailgate. They had shirts made with "Our Bar" on the front, a play on the "Rockin R Bar" downtown. The back said, "Win or Lose, We Drink More Booze." I loved it. LOL

At least my record is better than my alma maters!

Congrats on the win, Bobcat. Not only did you beat your rival, but you won your conference and secured a bid in the D1-AA playoffs. Good luck at Northern Iowa!

Jim

Thanks GJ! I'll take your advice into consideration and I know of one SEC team, playing right here in my hometown, that I'll definitely pick over the ACC. But there's another one a little further South of me that I'm not so sure on...reptiles or fsu?? :confused: