[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings 'n' Polls
SjT (Stephen J. Truog)
sjtruog at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 17 19:17:43 CDT 2010
As usual, we come out with the standings right around when the B(C)S standings come out ... at least these make more sense. :)
But before we get to the big board, here's the honor roll for the first seven weeks ...
UNANIMOUS PICKS (lots of cupcakes those early weeks!)
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Week 1
* INDIANA over Towson
* IOWA over Eastern Illinois
* MICHIGAN STATE over Western Michigan
* OHIO STATE over Marshall
* WISCONSIN over Unlv
* UTAH over Pitt (that surprised me a bit, even at Utah)
Week 2
* IOWA over Iowa State
* MICHIGAN STATE over Florida Atlantic
* MINNESOTA over South Dakota (oops! missed that one)
* PURDUE over Western Illinois
* WISCONSIN over San Jose State
Week 3
* MICHIGAN over Umass
* OHIO STATE over Ohio
* PENN STATE over Kent State
Week 4
* IOWA over Ball State
* MICHIGAN STATE over Northern Colorado
* OHIO STATE over Eastern Michigan
Week 5
* OHIO STATE over Illinois
Week 6
* OHIO STATE over Indiana
* NEBRASKA over Kansas State
Week 7
* INDIANA over Arkansas State (whew!)
* NEBRASKA over Texas (oops)
* SOUTH CAROLINA over Kentucky (double oops!)
UPSET SPECIALS
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Week 1
* None
Week 2
* AIR FORCE over Brigham Young: Picked by C.Rossi, T.Kettler and C.Herron
Week 3
* ARIZONA over Iowa: J.Bendat, M.Zilka, B.Taylor, M.Ament, I.Embrekts, B.Wilson
Week 4
* NIU over Minnesota: J.Singer, A.Wolfson, C.Rossi, J.Hodges, A.McInturff, P.Groves, P.Wolfe, K.Sevilla
* TOLEDO over Purdue: J.Singer, S.Wolfson, J.Bendat
Week 5
* None
Week 6
* ILLINOIS over Penn State: J.Hodges, A.McInturff, P.Groves
* SOUTH CAROLINA over Alabama: K.Sevilla
* LSU over Florida: C.Rossi, S.Wolfson, T.Kettler, P.Groves, K.Sevilla, I.Embrekts
* FLORIDA STATE over Miami: R.Stahl
Week 7
* WISCONSIN over Ohio State: M.Ament, A.McInturff, J.Bendat, B.Taylor
So as you can see, we all missed at least two last week, making it a rough slate and a good week to forget to send picks in, as Brad did - and wound up taking the lead. To the big board ...
PIGSKIN PICKS STANDINGS
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TW Name Wk 7 Record Pct. US Ovrl WP
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01) B. Wilson --- 55-10 .846 0 1 5
02) C. Herron 7-3 72-18 .800 0 1 7
02) E. Steffe 6-4 72-18 .800 0 0 7
04) S. Wolfson --- 64-16 .800 0 2 6
05) A. Wolfson 6-4 71-19 .789 0 1 7
06) P. Groves --- 62-18 .775 0 3 6
07) S. Truog 7-3 69-21 .767 0 0 7
08) I. Embrekts 4-6 68-22 .756 0 2 7
08) T. McAdams 4-6 68-22 .756 0 0 7
08) K. Sevilla 4-6 68-22 .756 0 3 7
08) C. Zahn 4-6 68-22 .756 0 0 7
12) M. Ament 6-4 56-19 .747 1 2 6
12) M. Zilka 6-4 56-19 .747 0 1 6
14) J. Bendat 6-4 67-23 .744 1 3 7
15) J. Hodges 6-4 66-24 .733 0 2 7
16) B. Waldele 6-4 65-25 .722 0 0 7
17) R. Stahl 6-4 51-24 .680 0 1 6
18) B. Taylor 5-5 61-29 .678 1 2 7
19) T. Kettler 4-6 60-30 .667 0 2 7
20) J. Leonard 5-5 59-31 .656 0 0 7
21) A. McInturff 4-6 47-28 .627 1 3 6
22) C. Rossi 3-7 45-30 .600 0 3 6
NOT ELIGIBLE AT THIS TIME (must compete 2/3 of the weeks)
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xx) P. Wolfe 4-6 29-21 .580 0 1 4
xx) J. Singer --- 26- 4 .867 0 2 2
xx) D. Brandt --- 14- 1 .933 0 0 1
xx) B. Winkler --- 11- 4 .733 0 0 1
And finally, time for the rankings - the first number (PS) is the preseason rank ...
PS TW SjTOP 25
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14 01 OREGON – Ducks now have the pressure of top spot
03 02 BOISE STATE – Big Blue now controls path to the title game
08 03 TCU – Could we see a rematch of Fiesta Bowl for the title?
15 04 OKLAHOMA – Sooners unbeaten so far, but lucky to be perfect
17 05 AUBURN – No defense, but sure can put up the points
NR 06 MICHIGAN STATE – Sparty has a couple big road tests left
11 07 LSU – Along with Sooners, Tigers are shakiest unbeaten
23 08 UTAH – Utes have Froggies at home for a chance at title
01 09 ALABAMA – Still control SEC fate, but need help for title
09 10 WISCONSIN – Played power football in thumping of Bucks
02 11 OHIO STATE – Tressel’s special teams unusually bad
04 12 IOWA – Hawkeyes can jump back in driver’s seat vs. UW
18 13 FLORIDA STATE – Suddenly, Sooner thumping not so bad
24 14 ARIZONA – Big win against Iowa, but have fallen off since
NR 15 MISSOURI – Put up or shut up against Oklahoma
NR 16 OKLAHOMA STATE – Chance to prove they’re legit vs. UNL
NR 17 STANFORD – Treez started so well in Eugene, then timber!
NR 18 WEST VIRGINIA – Last hope for any Big Least respect
22 19 SOUTH CAROLINA – Blew momentum, but still on track for ATL
07 20 TEXAS – Just when you thought they were dead …
05 21 NEBRASKA – Were they too hyped up for Texas rematch?
13 22 VIRGINIA TECH – Creeping back in by default
NR 23 MISSISSIPPI STATE – All SEC power is in the west this year
NR 24 SOUTHERN CAL – Three points from perfection
25 25 NORTHWESTERN – Blew Purdue game, MSU could redeem them
OTHERS TO WATCH: Arkansas, Miami, North Carolina, Oregon State, Washington
Get those picks in by Saturday!
GO CATS!!!
-SjT
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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
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