Andy

I shall take the Pitching, Pitching, Pitching package.

Just call me the "Shwamm" EDIT: This inevitably means my picks will be a mess next week. You're not the only one. Not a bad week for me against the spread. Stated that I wanted to pick a push of the (-3) line to Cincy over Carolina, and it was a push. Picked the Jets, Pats, Bucs, Raiders, Colts, Vikes, and Packers. If I count right, that makes me 7-4-1 for the week, by far my best. I'm 7-4-1 this week and it's not even my best week of the last 2. :wink: BTW, I'm almost rooting for a Colts/Bears Super Bowl because it might just result in Ball State being burned to the ground (about 60 percent here are Colts fans, about 25 percent Bears fans and the remaining 15 percent other). Giving up on the Panthers already? Not yet, but if they can't win games even when Dan Henning actually opens up the passing game for once, there's going to be a problem. Carolina really needs to win their next two at least against Dallas and Tampa at home.

Is it anymore farfetched than ND last year. If ND would have gone undefeated the circumstances wouldnt be that much different than Rutgers this year. Except that as soon as ND won a game they were in the top 25 and once they won 2 they were in the top ten. I am sure that if ND would have gone undefeated the idea of putting Georgia or PSU in the championship game would have been an outrage. All this being said I dont think Rutgers is going to go undefeated. An undefeated ND would have beaten USC and plastered just about everyone else they played, while Rutgers had to rally to beat USF. Not quite the same thing. But I shan't go any further because we'll still be talking about this next week if I do.

Just call me the "Shwamm" EDIT: This inevitably means my picks will be a mess next week. You're not the only one. Not a bad week for me against the spread. Stated that I wanted to pick a push of the (-3) line to Cincy over Carolina, and it was a push. Picked the Jets, Pats, Bucs, Raiders, Colts, Vikes, and Packers. If I count right, that makes me 7-4-1 for the week, by far my best. I'm 7-4-1 this week and it's not even my best week of the last 2. :wink: BTW, I'm almost rooting for a Colts/Bears Super Bowl because it might just result in Ball State being burned to the ground (about 60 percent here are Colts fans, about 25 percent Bears fans and the remaining 15 percent other).

ND falls to #9, with Texas jumping them, not altogether surprising considering they played a ranked team, although UCLA wasn't exactly a creampuff.

Hahahaha, Rutgers in the title game would probably be one of the top-5 most hilarious things ever

I'd like to say that I considered putting the A&M/Baylor game into the "good" category due to the Bears' less embarrassing play so far this year, but they still wear Baylor on their jerseys.

:D The Raiders were up 14-0 and 21-3 over Cleveland in Week 4 and we know how that game turn out so I wouldn't get too excited yet. Plz win Oakland. And win again.

Good move I suppose. He's gotta be more useful than Dick Pole.

Navy's Navy. The Middies will hang in early (due mostly to the fact that their running attack lessens the amount of possessions), but ND will win by about 20. For those who may be wondering, this is why ND-Navy continues to be played annually, per Wikipedia: Ball State and Miami are two of the worst teams in the MAC, but the Cards are a little less worse. I expect Ball State to improve to 3-3 in the conference.

I'd never heard the stat that Delhomme had 0 picks inside the opponents 10 yard line before today. When they quoted it in the 2nd quarter, I knew it was coming. Damn you Kenny Albert. Now Dallas is a must-win.

Damn it, Chris Gamble, that ball was right in front of you, tip it away from CJ. Bengals now with the ball on the Panther 2.

I still think it's remarkable how they're ranked so much higher than Mizzou. Mizzou has the same claim about losing a close game on the road against a top 25 team, and a similar opponents record. Clemson is still benefitting from FSU being overrated when they played. They're probably also benefitting from the Big 12 sucking and the ACC sucking less. I'd say also that Mizzou doesn't have a win as impressive as Clemson's win this week on their resume.

Yay NFC South for being awesome I'm pretty sure Steve Smith is superhuman.

I love hearing boos from opposing stadiums whose offenses can't crack the Peppers/Lucas/Gamble mystery. :wink:

I'm actually somewhat surprised Clemson didn't also jump Florida considering their only loss was by one point, in double overtime, on the road against a Top 25 team.

Matchups between Top 25 teams ----------------------------------- (19) Oklahoma at (23) Missouri (12 pm, ABC) Good Top 25 games ---------------------- (5) Texas at Texas Tech (7 pm, TBS) (8) Tennessee at S. Carolina (7:45 pm, ESPN) Georgia vs (9) Florida in Jacksonville, FL (3:30 pm, CBS) (10) Clemson at Virginia Tech (7:45 pm Thursday, ESPN) (20) Nebraska at Oklahoma State (3:30 pm, ABC) Miami at (21) Georgia Tech (TBA) Top 25 mismatches --------------------- Minnesota at (1) Ohio State (3:30 pm, ABC) Northwestern at (2) Michigan (12 pm, ESPN) (3) USC at Oregon State (3:30 pm) (7) Auburn at Ole Miss (12 pm, ESPN Plus) (11) Notre Dame vs Navy in Baltimore, MD (12 pm, CBS) UL Monroe at (13) Arkansas (7 pm, ESPNU) Connecticut at (16) Rutgers (8 pm, ESPN) Illinois at (17) Wisconsin (12 pm, ESPN2) Buffalo at (18) Boston College (1 pm, ESPN360) (22) Texas A&M at Baylor (7 pm) (24) Wake Forest at North Carolina (3:30 pm, ESPNU) Portland State at (25) Oregon (7 pm) Other games of interest -------------------------- Michigan State at Indiana (12 pm, ESPN Plus) Penn State at Purdue (12 pm, ABC) Syracuse at Cincinnati (12 pm, ESPN Plus) N. Illinois at Iowa (12 pm, ESPNU) Ball State at Miami (OH) (1 pm) Colorado at Kansas (2 pm) Kentucky at Mississippi State (2:30 pm) Iowa State at Kansas State (3:30 pm) Memphis at Marshall (4:30 pm) Washington State at UCLA (7 pm, ABC) S. Illinois at Missouri State (2:30 pm) UC Davis at S. Dakota State (3 pm)

GOINGS! 14-7 :D

Why does the other team drive for a TD whenever I point out that they don't have a first down yet?

It's all well and good that Cincy doesn't have a first down yet, but I wish the Panthers could've put up more than 7 so far.

Tyrus was, IMO, the best of what wasn't a great many options at the Bulls' slot, and the fact that we got a Darius Songaila Lite in addition was just brilliant work on Pax's part. I'm glad to see him enjoying so much success this early.

I wouldnt worry about the Irish next year, im not. Those are most definetly tough games. That's actually probably quite accurate. The Irish youngsters are going to have to learn very fast to have a good team next year-right now it looks like a 6 or a 7 win team though for next year. ND will most certainly fall off next year, but I don't think to the 6-7 win degree. Just looking the schedule, GT (if CJ goes pro), MSU (without Stanton), Navy, Air Force, Duke and Stanford should all be wins (all home games except Stanford). That's six wins right there, and of the remaining games (PSU, UM, Purdue, UCLA, BC, USC), I figure ND will take two, maybe three if they catch a break or two. At the risk of making a ridiculously early prediction, I'll hazard a guess at eight wins next year, which will be a solid start to the Jimmy Clausen era.

If I made the same exact posts in this thread and rooted for, say, Clemson, no one would be uttering a word. Guaranteed.

There's simply no way this is true. There are 3 downright bad teams out of only 8. Cuse, The more I think about this, the angrier I become. You made such a HUGE stink about the SEC throughout this thread and others and finally suggest that the Big East is the top conference? Remind me which games West Virginia or Lousiville or Rutgers or Pitt have played this season that make you believe this. Yeah, saying that the big east is the best conference in college football is about as indefensible as you can get. Cuse is probably the biggest homer in the thread, which is saying something considering that ndistops has half the posts in here. I wonder how long this will go on.

I look forward to never seeing you ever brag about being proven right.