[NU Sports] PIGSKIN PICKS - Standings 'n' Polls

Tue Nov 1 21:08:32 CDT 2011

We've rounded the corner into the home stretch of November, and there's still plenty of room to move up or down in the standings. 

First, the honor roll ...

UNANIMOUS PICKS

* IOWA over Minnesota ... oops!
* MICHIGAN over Purdue
* OKIE STATE over Baylor

UPSET SPECIALS
* OHIO STATE over Wisconsin - Picked by Bob Waldele and Ace McInturff
* GEORGIA TECH over Clemson - Picked by Jim Bendat, Kelly Sevilla, Thomas Kettler, Ace McInturff and John Hodges

And now, the big board ...

                                              -UPSETS-

TW  NAME              WK 9   RECORD   PCT.    W9  OVRL  WP
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 1) J. Morris          5-5    75-20   .789     0    4    8
 2) J. Bendat          8-2    85-25   .773     1    5    9

 3) J. Leonard         ---    69-21   .767     0    3    7

 4) C. Herron          7-3    83-27   .755     0    1    9

 5) T. McAdams         5-5    74-26   .740     0    1    8

 6) J. Hodges          8-2    81-29   .736     1    3    9

 7) A. Wolfson         6-4    79-31   .718     0    1    9

 7) C. Zahn            5-5    79-31   .718     0    2    9

 9) I. Embrekts        5-5    78-32   .709     0    2    9
10) T. Kettler         6-4    77-33   .700     1    4    9

10) E. Steffe          6-4    77-33   .700     0    1    9

10) S. Truog           7-3    77-33   .700     0    1    910) B. Wilson          6-4    77-33   .700     0    3    9
14) K. Sevilla         6-4    75-35   .682     1    5    9

15) P. Wolfe           5-5    64-31   .674     0    6    8

16) R. Stahl           5-5    74-36   .673     0    3    9

16) B. Waldele         8-2    74-36   .673     1    2    9
18) M. Ament           6-4    67-33   .670     0    1    8
19) C. Rossi           6-4    63-32   .663     0    2    8

20) A. McInturff       7-3    72-38   .655     2    8    9

Not eligible (must be in 2/3 of the weeks)
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xx) S. Wolfson         ---    49-21   .700     0    4    5
xx) M. Zilka           ---    41-19   .683     0    0    5
xx) L. Martinaitis     ---    13- 2   .xxx     0    1    1

xx) A. Farwig          ---    10- 5   .xxx     0    0    1

And finally, the latest poll ... 

SjTOP 25 COLLEGE RANKINGS

LWTWTEAM
0101ALABAMA (8-0) - The SEC is the kindest, warmest, gentlest conference I know.
0202LSU (8-0) - You know what I love? Tebow. Gritz. And Caaaaaaaam Newton. I heart the SEC!
0303BOISE STATE (7-0) - It's time to give the Broncos a shot at the title, because ...
0404STANFORD (8-0) - ... honestly, Stanford was not all impressive against SC (especially the D)
0505OKLAHOMA STATE (8-0) - Biding their time until they lose to rival Sooners again
1006NEBRASKA (7-1) - Big win against Sparty puts Huskers back in Big Ten driver's seat
1107OREGON (7-1) - Will get respect when they beat Stanford
1208OKLAHOMA (7-1) - Moped for a half and still routed K-State
1309PENN STATE (8-1) - Winning ugly is still winning ... two weeks to prep for Husker visit
1410ARKANSAS (7-1) - Cheap shotted Vandy and should have lost - overrated!1511SOUTH CAROLINA (7-1) - Injured, but if they can beat overrated Piggies, have shot at Atlanta
0612CLEMSON (8-1) - And the ACC's first shot at relevance in a decade goes ker-splat!1613VIRGINIA TECH (7-1) - Least impressive one-loss team perhaps?
1714MICHIGAN (7-1) - Winning in Iowa would set up a huge couple of home games at the end
2015HOUSTON (8-0) -  I refuse to rank a team that barely beat UCLA any higher than 15
0716KANSAS STATE (7-1) - Going to get crushed again by Cowpokes this week
0817MICHIGAN STATE (6-2) - The gauntlet of four brutal games caught up with Sparty
0918WISCONSIN (6-2) - Badgers done in by a late heave yet again ... pity poor Purdoo next year
2219GEORGIA (6-2) - Need SC to lose, but looking good for ATL after beating Gators
2420ARIZONA STATE (6-2) - Waiting to see where they go to lose in the Pac 12 title game

... and that's it. I really need to cap these lists at 10 - there are slim pickins after ASU.

DROPPED OUT: (18) Texas A&M, (19) Iowa, (21) Texas Tech, (23) Illinois, (25) Southern Cal

Picks due by Saturday kickoff!

GO CATS!!!
-SjT

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STEPHEN J. TRUOG
sjtruog at yahoo.com
GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!
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