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Ball stateTHE BEST CONTEST ON THE INTERNET IS BACK!!!!!
Once again, this will be a simple contest to participate in. Each week I will list all of the underdogs in the Div 1-A games that I see a point-spread for at the beginning of the week. Each person may pick 1 and only 1 team each week; just post your pick in this thread.
You must pick your team before the kickoff of your game. It isn't mandatory to make a pick every week, but if you don't, you obviously can't earn any points that week.
If your team wins, you are awarded the amount of points that they were assigned in the spread; if they lose you get 0 points. So it's riskier to pick Little-Sisters-of-the-Poor +47 when they play Texas Tech, but you get a ton of points if they win, as opposed to getting only a couple of points when you pick a close game.
Once I post the point spreads inside this thread, they are locked for purposes of this contest. Only the spreads listed in this thread will be used to award points.
The entire season-long contest will exist in this one thread. Each week I will post the points for that week and the season-to-date totals. Whoever has the most points after the Conference Championship Games in early December will be declared the winner, and will receive ¤25,000 Sportsbook "cash".
There will be a separate contest in December for Bowl game upsets.
2005 winner: @AkronBuckeye (64 points)
2006 winner: @briegg (64 points)
2007 winner: @MolGenBuckeye (83.5 points)
2008 winner: @osugrad21 (63.5 points)
2009 winner: @NFBuck (with a record 85 points)
2010 winner: @LightningRod (69.5 points)
2011 winner: @sears3820 (74 points)
2012 winner: @OSUsushichic (51 points)
2013 winner: @FCollinsBuckeye (64 points)
2014 winner: @808 Buck (78.5 points)
2015 winner: @Wadcutter (64 points)
2016 winner: @BB73 (87.5 points)
This post will get the new picks and current standings updated each week. There will also be a post with that info near the end of the thread.
Pick just one underdog team from the right column to win outright - you get nothing by picking a favorite that covers the spread.
Please try & post the name of the team you're picking as it is listed, opposed to an abbreviation. Makes it much easier when attempting to tally up the scores. Thanks!
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Week 1 - Home team in CAPS (underdog always on right)
Thursday 8/31 Games
ohio state..............20.5......INDIANA
MINNESOTA...............25.5......buffalo
MEMPHIS...................27......ul monroe
ARIZONA STATE...........23.5......new mexico state
TOLEDO..................37.5......elon
CENTRAL M*CH*G*N........25.5......rhode island
UTAH......................20......north dakota
WAKE FOREST.............39.5......presbyterian college
CINCINNATI..............34.5......austin peay
CONNECTICUT...............21......holy cross
GEORGIA STATE...........14.5......tennessee state
ARKANSAS..................49......florida a&m
Friday 9/1 Games
EASTERN M*CH*G*N..........14......charlotte
washington..............30.5......RUTGERS
navy....................10.5......FLORIDA ATLANTIC
WISCONSIN...............27.5......utah state
boston college...........2.5......NORTHERN ILLINOIS
SYRACUSE..................41......central connecticut
ARMY....................15.5......fordham
Saturday 9/2 Games
SPARTY..................17.5......bowling green
IOWA......................12......wyoming
MARSHALL...................1......miami oh
CLEMSON.................38.5......kent state
PENN STATE................32......akron
LOUISVILLE................26......PURDUE (in Indianapolis, IN)
NEBRASKA................16.5......arkansas state
CENTRAL FLORIDA.........17.5......florida international
NORTHWESTERN............23.5......nevada
ILLINOIS.................7.5......ball state
OKLAHOMA..................44......utep
NORTH CAROLINA............11......california
OLE MISS..................24......south alabama
USC.....................27.5......western m*ch*g*n
LSU.......................13......BYU (in Houston, TX)
TEXAS.....................17......maryland
NOTRE DAME................17......temple
AUBURN..................34.5......georgia southern
GEORGIA.................13.5......appalachian state
kentucky..................10......SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
houston...................11......TEXAS SAN ANTONIO
NC STATE...................6......SOUTH CAROLINA (in Charlotte, NC)
OKLAHOMA STATE..........17.5......tulsa
TTUN.....................3.5......FLORIDA (in Arlington, TX)
vanderbilt.................5......MIDDLE TENNESSEE
ALABAMA....................7......FLORIDA STATE (in Atlanta, GA)
BOISE STATE...............11......troy
UNLV......................43......howard
AIR FORCE...............31.5......vmi
NEW MEXICO..............28.5......abilene christian
FRESNO STATE..............24......incarnate word
VIRIGNIA................19.5......william & mary
LOUISIANA TECH............35......northwestern state
NORTH TEXAS.............18.5......lamar
OLD DOMINION............15.5......albany
UAB.....................17.5......alabama a&m
WESTERN KENTUCKY..........38......eastern kentucky
UL LAFAYETTE............15.5......southeastern louisiana
TEXAS STATE.............17.5......houston baptist
SMU.......................31......stephen f austin
MISSISSIPPI STATE.........21......charleston southern
MISSOURI................27.5......missouri state
IOWA STATE..............12.5......northern iowa
BAYLOR....................30......liberty
KANSAS....................26......southeast missouri state
KANSAS STATE............28.5......central arkansas
TCU.......................51......jackson state
TEXAS TECH..............14.5......eastern washington
DUKE....................36.5......north carolina central
MIAMI FL................51.5......bethune-cookman
PITTSBURGH..............15.5......youngstown state
ARIZONA.................19.5......northern arizona
OREGON..................27.5......southern utah
WASHINGTON STATE..........34......montana state
OHIO....................37.5......hampton
TULANE....................18......grambling
SAN DIEGO STATE.........35.5......uc davis
Sunday 9/3 Games
VIRGINIA TECH..............5......WEST VIRGINIA (in Landover, MD)
UCLA.......................4......texas a&m
Monday 9/4 Games
TENNESSEE..................4......GEORGIA TECH (in Atlanta, GA)