Every college football media outlet has its own version of a pick ‘em. SB Nation’s will focus on only the biggest games of the week. Here are the games we’re picking this week, followed by our picks and our rules.
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Below are our picks for the weekend’s four biggest games. It’s not just who you pick, it’s how confident you are.
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No. 25 Virginia Tech at No. 17 North Carolina: The Hokies are off a bye week, and the Tar Heels are fresh off upsetting Florida State in Tallahassee.
No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Texas A&M: Can Tennessee’s miraculous run continue? Texas A&M’s defense is on a different level than Georgia’s.
No. 1 Alabama at No. 16 Arkansas: Alabama keeps dominating, while Arkansas has struggled with its offensive line this year.
No. 23 Florida State at No. 10 Miami: Florida State has not lost a road game at Miami since 2004. FSU has also not looked like the better team so far this year.
Here are our rules:
- We will pick the winner of all games between ranked (AP Poll) teams, but if there are not enough such games in a given week, we will throw in a game or two of note, so we are always picking at least three games per week.
- Players must assign a confidence rating from one to 10 points with each pick. If they win, they get the points added to their weekly and season total. If they lose, the points are subtracted. Yes, a player can choose the same confidence number for each game, and yes, this could result in some hilariously poor scores.
The average points wagered this week is 26, a pretty confident slate.
The Alabama at Arkansas game was the most heavily wagered contest, with an average bet of 9.7. The FSU at Miami game was the least certain, with an average wager of 4.8 points.
Week 5’s champion was Bill Connelly, with 28 points. Our other participants are Dan Rubenstein, Matt Brown, Morgan Moriarty, Alex Kirshner, Jason Kirk, Jeanna Thomas, Richard Johnson, Sarah Hardy, Luke Zimmermann, Spencer Hall , Bill Connelly, Brian Floyd, Ryan Nanni, Wescott Eberts, myself, Steven Godfrey and, Rodger Sherman.
Your turn
Please post and track your picks in the comment section.
I’d said the highest-scoring verified commenter each week will get to pick with the staff the following week, but due to some commenters cracking the obvious flaw with week-to-week scoring, the highest-scoring commenter for the season will get to pick with us in 2017 (Week 1 is not included in this due to the initial wonky rules).
So, please post your season total each week. At the end of the season, I will verify anyone claiming to be the winner.
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