College Football '18 Conference Championship Week |OT| Return of the Mack

[ryseing]

Soundtrack to this week's thread, in honor of this guy-

CFP Rankings

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Notre Dame
4. Georgia
5. Oklahoma
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan
8. UCF
9. Florida
10. LSU
11. Washington
12. Penn State
13. Wazzu
14. Texas
15. Kentucky
16. West Virginia
17. Utah
18. Mississippi State
19. Texas A&M
20. Syracuse
21. Northwestern
22. Boise State
23. Iowa State
24. Mizzou
25. Fresno State

CCG Schedule (all times in EST and rankings CFP)

Friday, November 30

MAC- Northern Illinois vs. Buffalo, 7 PM
Pac-12- #17 Utah vs. #11 Washington, 8 PM

Saturday, November 31

Big 12- #14 Texas vs. #5 Oklahoma, noon
Sun Belt- Louisiana @ App State, noon
C-USA- UAB @ MTSU, 1:30 PM
AAC- Memphis @ #8 UCF, 3:30 PM
SEC- #1 Alabama vs. #4 Georgia, 4 PM
Mountain West- #25 Fresno State @ #22 Boise State, 7:45 PM
ACC- #2 Clemson vs. Pitt, 8 PM
Big 10- #21 Northwestern vs. #6 Ohio State, 8 PM

Full schedules:
CCG Week schedule (there are other games)
Games on TV

Gone until next September :(

Housekeeping

Weekly pick'em (done as always by the wonderful Karl2177 )

Pick 'em Stuff:

Link to last week's games: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sJ-tlwdM_EqYr_XJm-4DHpeQiG8KX7XBmusFkMtlma8/edit?usp=sharing

Link to this week's form: https://goo.gl/forms/Sw2H9swu0NRosMWR2

This week's games:
NIU vs BUFF
UTAH vs WASH
TEX vs OU
ULL vs APP
MRSH at VT
UAB vs MTSU
STAN at CAL
MEM vs UCF
ALA vs UGA
FRES vs BSU
CLEM vs PITT
NW vs OSU

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Current standings:

AlteredBeast | 84
andycapps | 81
AntoneM | 17
AquaRegia | 86
ArkhamFantasy | 84
Bpfd | 55
BTM | 94
Bucknuticus | 88
Canklestank | 22
Chaosblade | 57
ChrisBliss117 | 9
ChrisR | 86
Dark Mantonio | 52
Deacon | 65
Dr_LawyerCop | 88
Drax | 22
El_Chino | 17
Enron | 16
ErnieMcCracken | 101
FloydtheFathead | 33
ganhyun | 16
GoldenEye 007 | 73
jfkgoblue | 42
JimmySchmidt | 5
jstevenson | 16
Karl2177 | 84
Lonestar | 86
LonestarZues | 8
Monorojo | 6
Monroeski | 100
opus | 30
outlawedprod | 86
Quake1028 | 87
Ron Paul | 97
Rvaan | 85
ryseing | 81
Snackawho | 6
Sotha_Sil | 19
Starfire22 | 78
Tebunker | 47
The Outsider | 23
TheeFanatic | 72
TheLetdown | 84
truly101 | 54
Yasuke | 93
zyxwvu4321 | 42

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Episode 67 - This is the Pod that Never Ends

We talk about the coaching changes this week, polls, potential playoff scenarios, championship games this week.. We talked way too long but there was a lot to cover. Enjoy.

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[Bucknuticus]

Ahhhh whats that I smell, why yes, I recognize this smell. The smell of Championship Saturday and wolverine guts on my boot.

I also regret to inform you, Revenge Tour 2018 has been canceled. Organizers say they will try again, but hope of a successful regrouping is fleeting

Ok Cool, Go Bucks.

 

[Chaosblade]

Conference championships almost all look like good games. ACC game is probably going to be a snoozer, B1G might be too unless bad OSU shows up again.

 

[Bucknuticus]

Conference championships almost all look like good games. ACC game is probably going to be a snoozer, B1G might be too unless bad OSU shows up again.

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We like to keep it spicy!

 

[ryseing]

OK. Cool. Hook 'em!

Conference championships almost all look like good games. ACC game is probably going to be a snoozer, B1G might be too unless bad OSU shows up again.

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Don't doubt the force of Pitt memes. They have taken down number 2 teams before.

 

[Rvaan]

I am here for the return of the Mack.

 

[Bucknuticus]

OK. Cool. Hook 'em!



Don't doubt the force of Pitt memes. They have taken down number 2 teams before.

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I assume in fairness Texas will be penalized for horns up

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Mack Attack coming to UCF! #8 going to shock the world.

Memphis for the 4th time in 2 years. I don't want to see them for awhile...

Also, Roll Tide

 

[TheeFanatic]

Heard in local tv if Kliff Kingsbury doesn't land an NFL coaching spot, he will be top candidate for USC's OC job

 

[AquaRegia]

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Completely outsized and unfair bending of the league to their will? Maybe Texas really is back.

 

[andycapps]

Abandon all hope ye who enter here

 

[Lonestar]

You are, the Community Spotlight

 

[Tebunker]

You are, the Community Spotlight

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It just means more

 

[Karl2177]

You are, the Community Spotlight

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What a tag

 

[chuckddd]

 

[AlteredBeast]

I feel so important all of a sudden.

I, for one, am glad Nebraska's season is over...it gives our coaches ample time on the recruiting trail. Yeah...that's the ticket!

 

[Deleted member 47843]

Don't doubt the force of Pitt memes. They have taken down number 2 teams before.

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:(

I'll never get over that 13-9 debacle when WVU was set to make the BCS title game and favored by 28 at home. We'd have smoked that mediocre Ohio State team just like that 2-loss LSU team that got in because of our loss did. Probably our only chance at a title as we can't recruit well enough to win 2 or 3 games in a row against top teams in a playoff and always needed a lucky year like that with a one game shot at a title and a less than stellar opponent.

 

[Lonestar]

If you can, please tell everyone your most hated rival, why you hate them, and then end it with your favorite gif of Hairy Dawg, UGA's loveable human person mascot, being incredulous at what he's just seen.



Hi,

My most hated rival is the months of March through August, because there's no football. No validation. No Hope.

No Hope of seeing a team you hate, like LSU, go to 7 Overtimes and lose 74-72. No Hope of seeing Tennessee lose once again to lowly Vanderbilt, ending their season without a bowl appearance. No Hope of seeing Michigan think "Yeah, this time, this time, is our time. Let's go beat those bastards down south" and fail all the same, as they do every year.

No Hope of seeing if Tua Time can be tested for 4 quarters.

Maybe this weekend, maybe.

 

[Bucknuticus]

My most hated rival is lonestar

 

[Haloid1177]

Hello everyone,

As an LSU fan, there's no rival to truly hate. Florida? Eh. maybe, but when have the Gators wrecked our season? Alabama? Overrated, who needs them. This A&M thing that they're trying to make a thing? 7OTs later, still doesn't feel like a thing.

But what do I hate though? It's tough to say. Us LSU fans truly do love everyone, even Lonestar! Sometimes we get carried away with lofty expectations, but it's all in good fun. No worries.

PS: I'm kidding it's Alabama I hate Alabama they're the fucking worst.

 

[Lonestar]

My most hated rival is lonestar

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[ryseing]

Hi.

As you might be able to tell by the OP, I do not care for the University of North Carolina. North Carolina traditionally cares more about basketball than football. NC State, my beloved alma mater, is the exception. Folks associated with the University of North Carolina tend to look down upon us because we aren't a public Ivy like them, even people who didn't even go there. They have a lot of Wal-Mart fans, and those people are the worst. Never mind that we are a respectable academic institution in our own right. Little brother syndrome is strong here, especially when the Tar Holes pretend to hate Duke more than they hate us. Not our rival? Sure.

They whip us in basketball, so in recent memory it has been our pleasure to return the favor in football. Three straight, and I hope to make it four against your retread of a coach. Little brother is done with your shit.

 

[Lunar15]

My most hated rival is any school that has consistent, competent QB play because UF is cursed and this is something we can never have.

 

[andycapps]

My most hated rival is the Gatas because I hate them with the passion of a thousand burning suns. That's not really a why, it's just describing my level of hatred, but that's all you're getting.

 

[Karl2177]

I hate the Iowa Hawkeyes. This weekend though my hated bulldawg is the Drake Bulldogs.

 

[foppy79]

Fuck them, fuck me, fuck everyone involved with this play

 

[Deleted member 47843]

As above, I'll always loathe Pitt. Hate that we're in different conferences though.

 

[Drax]

Like our cfb admin Rowlf my most hated team is USC the eternal rivals of our beloved Fighting Irish.

 

[Bucknuticus]

Fuck them, fuck me, fuck everyone involved with this play

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[TheLetdown]

My most hated rival is any school that has consistent, competent QB play because UF is cursed and this is something we can never have.

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Co-signed.

I still rage when I think of how Mac treated Will "Grown Man with a Wife and Kids and Bad Tattoos" Grier.

 

[Deacon]

Most hated is Tennessee because they low down. They dirty. They some snitches.

 

[Lunar15]

It's (hopefully) a trap!

 

[ryseing]

Also, because of the Squidbillies, I don't care for Auburn.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

As a Hawkeye, my most hated rival is any football play that might actually result in a score or a gain of more than 3 yards. I also refuse to acknowledge the existence of the SEC, no matter how adorable their clearly fictional mascots are alleged to be.

 

[Starfire22]

My most hated rival? Texas.

My most hated team? Boise St, for obvious reasons.

 

[foppy79]

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[AntoneM]

As a Sun Devil fan and graduate of the highly esteemed Arizona State University, my greatest rival is walking up before noon and/or wearing socks.

 

[ryseing]

As a Sun Devil fan and graduate of the highly esteemed Arizona State University, my greatest rival is walking up before noon and/or wearing socks.

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Also, casting couches.

 

[I Don't Like]

How the fuck did we end up #9 lol, especially with LSU's loss?

Anyway, here are some first-year-coach grades from CBS:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...n-mullen-gets-an-a-uclas-chip-kelly-does-not/

Arkansas: D
UCLA: C
Nebraska: B

I don't agree.

 

[cdyhybrid]

How the fuck did we end up #9 lol, especially with LSU's loss?

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[AntoneM]

Also, casting couches.

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I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.

 

[ChrisR]

Forgot to pickem last week :(

Just hoping for some competitive games on Saturday :(

 

[I Don't Like]

Oh shit, we in the spotlight brehs/gals.

Time to have serious and well thought-out discussions...

 

[Rvaan]

Hi.

As you might be able to tell by the OP, I do not care for the University of North Carolina. North Carolina traditionally cares more about basketball than football. NC State, my beloved alma mater, is the exception. Folks associated with the University of North Carolina tend to look down upon us because we aren't a public Ivy like them, even people who didn't even go there. They have a lot of Wal-Mart fans, and those people are the worst. Never mind that we are a respectable academic institution in our own right. Little brother syndrome is strong here, especially when the Tar Holes pretend to hate Duke more than they hate us. Not our rival? Sure.

They whip us in basketball, so in recent memory it has been our pleasure to return the favor in football. Three straight, and I hope to make it four against your retread of a coach. Little brother is done with your shit.

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[I Don't Like]

Paul Johnson has retired from GTech.

 

[perfectchaos007]

OU sucks

 

[Karl2177]

Matt Campbell and Lincoln Riley are co-coaches of the year in the Big 12.

 

[perfectchaos007]

I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about.

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If someone asks you for 2 forms of ID when you're on a couch, for the love of God don't show them your ASU student ID

 

[Rvaan]

If someone asks you for 2 forms of ID when you're on a couch, for the love of God don't show them your ASU student ID

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I damn near started cracking up in the middle of phone call when I read this.

 

[perfectchaos007]

:(

I'll never get over that 13-9 debacle when WVU was set to make the BCS title game and favored by 28 at home. We'd have smoked that mediocre Ohio State team just like that 2-loss LSU team that got in because of our loss did. Probably our only chance at a title as we can't recruit well enough to win 2 or 3 games in a row against top teams in a playoff and always needed a lucky year like that with a one game shot at a title and a less than stellar opponent.

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Texas State just poached Jake Spavital.