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College Football 2016-17: Destination Tampa

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Kepler said:
Ahem.

10. Notre Dame

Though personally I don't see it. Too many question marks. This season cries out as 9-4 to me.
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Should be a good Week 3 matchup. Wish we had some prep besides Furman going into ND, but thems the breaks when Alabama cancels because they won't go on the road.
 
alfablue said:
It was last year. We will see this year. Theoretically, it should be better. Top 5 seems realistic. But they also showed some big holes as the season progressed, some were addressed before the bowl game, but there's still a lot of work to really be that good.

Qb will be interesting. Talent is there, no question, but experience is not. OSU has had brief success with very limited experience, but that's pretty rare. What will help whoever that is the most is a really strong running game- something we've not REALLY had for a very long time. The kind of running that beats up the line enough that their rush effectiveness is muted substantially. That will help the lack of experience more than anything, I think.
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Probably a repeat of last year for M; 9-3 or 10-2 and a better bowl than they deserve. Either revenge in EL against MSU, or shock tOSU in Columbus for the first time since 2000. Worst case scenario, drop both and crapsie against either Iowa or Wisconsin.

I'm going with the latter. Michigan at #7 in the preseason is laughable - chalk it up to the "Harbaugh effect" and move on to playing the actual games. Even my dad, the grad, would agree with all of this.

Kepler said:
10. Notre Dame
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Sucks! :D
 
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Cal and Hawaii isn't too exciting so far.

NDSU and Charleston Southern play tomorrow. #1 vs #7 FCS in Fargo. Looking at the rest of NDSU's schedule, they're on ESPN2 against Iowa. Iowa-Iowa St is only on BTN the week before.
 
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Iowa is playing NDSU? That's a stupid, stupid game to schedule.

Either your win and no one gives a shot or you lose everything.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Iowa is playing NDSU? That's a stupid, stupid game to schedule.

Either your win and no one gives a shot or you lose everything.
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I was really surprised they did. I'm really surprised anyone schedules NDSU anymore. The FBS teams they've played haven't been world beaters, but they're 8-3 all time and five in a row, with 7 of the 11 against P5 schools.

Looks like the only FBS games they have coming up though are Iowa, Oregon in 2020 and Colorado in 2024. Big Ten no-FCS rule means they won't be playing Iowa or Minnesota anytime soon, either.

But, it should be a fun game to watch.

Hawaii is terrible. Combining travel and a noon start time in Ann Arbor next week, that game should be over six minutes in.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Iowa is playing NDSU? That's a stupid, stupid game to schedule.

Either your win and no one gives a shot or you lose everything.
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Plus NDSU fans will puke on and destroy everything in their path. They'll probably have to declare Iowa City a disaster area and contact FEMA before the game even starts.
 
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Two random, unrelated points:

- Does playing at Lambeau have that much of a "cool" factor for LSU and Wisconsin? Really trying to figure out how Wisconsin actually got LSU to go on the road here. Also curious if Wisconsin is taking a financial hit vs holding the game at Camp Randall. They both hold ~80,000 so curious how much they're losing on concessions and whatnot.

- Looking at Week 2, there does not seem to be a single Top 25 Matchup. Other than the "Battle at Bristol" sideshow, there isn't a single game worth watching :eek:
 
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They did a "neutral home and home." I think LSU didn't want to go to Camp Randall so they settled on Lambeau. LSU's "home game" was in Houston.
 
RaceBoarder said:
Two random, unrelated points:

- Does playing at Lambeau have that much of a "cool" factor for LSU and Wisconsin? Really trying to figure out how Wisconsin actually got LSU to go on the road here. Also curious if Wisconsin is taking a financial hit vs holding the game at Camp Randall. They both hold ~80,000 so curious how much they're losing on concessions and whatnot.

- Looking at Week 2, there does not seem to be a single Top 25 Matchup. Other than the "Battle at Bristol" sideshow, there isn't a single game worth watching :eek:
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IIRC, Wisconsin paid 3 million or so to have the game at Lambeau. It will be an insane tailgate; LSU fans are a fun group.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
I was really surprised they did. I'm really surprised anyone schedules NDSU anymore. The FBS teams they've played haven't been world beaters, but they're 8-3 all time and five in a row, with 7 of the 11 against P5 schools.

Looks like the only FBS games they have coming up though are Iowa, Oregon in 2020 and Colorado in 2024. Big Ten no-FCS rule means they won't be playing Iowa or Minnesota anytime soon, either.

But, it should be a fun game to watch.

Hawaii is terrible. Combining travel and a noon start time in Ann Arbor next week, that game should be over six minutes in.
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It was scheduled years ago of course, but Iowa's AD played QB for the Bison.

NDSU doesn't scare me very much; they try playing Iowa football but do so with far less talent and depth. I expect Iowa to win by 2 or more scores unless they're battered with injuries. There will be a lot of Bison fans in Iowa City though, the game is virtually a sellout. Should be a fun day.

This almost guarantees it will come down to the wire now.
 
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Predictions coming tomorrow..

Week 1 Pick 'Em

Friday September 2nd

Kansas State at 8 Stanford

Saturday September 3rd

#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston - NRG Stadium
#16 UCLA at Texas A&M
#5 LSU vs. Wisconsin - Lambeau Field
#18 Georgia vs. #22 North Carolina - Georgia Dome
#20 USC vs. #1 Alabama - AT&T Stadium
#2 Clemson at Auburn
BYU at Arizona

Sunday September 4th

#10 Notre Dame at Texas

Monday September 5th

#11 Ole Miss at #4 Florida State
 
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Full predictions:
American: Houston
CUSA: WKU
MAC: WMU
MW: AF
Sun Belt: App St

NY6 bid: Houston

Power 5:

ACC - FSU over Pitt
Big XII - Oklahoma
Big Ten - OSU over Iowa
Pac 12 - Stanford over UCLA
SEC - Alabama over Georgia

B1G
East - West
1. OSU - Iowa
2. MSU - Nebraska
3. UM - Northwestern
4. IU - Minnesota
5. MD - Wisconsin
6. PSU - Illinois
7. Rutgers - Purdue

Wisconsin isn't exactly a 5th place team, but there's a very good chance they start 0-4 in conference.

MSU 10-2
Furman - W 49-10
at ND -L 24-21
Wisconsin - W 31-17
at Indiana - W 45-20
BYU - W 27-10
Northwestern - W 31-13
at Maryland - W 27-16
Michigan - W 24-17
at Illinois - W 45-13
Rutgers - W 38-3
OSU - L 34-28
at PSU - W 35-10
 
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MavHockey14 said:
Predictions coming tomorrow..

Week 1 Pick 'Em

Friday September 2nd

Kansas State at 8 Stanford

Saturday September 3rd

#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston - NRG Stadium
#16 UCLA at Texas A&M
#5 LSU vs. Wisconsin - Lambeau Field
#18 Georgia vs. #22 North Carolina - Georgia Dome
#20 USC vs. #1 Alabama - AT&T Stadium
#2 Clemson at Auburn
BYU at Arizona

Sunday September 4th

#10 Notre Dame at Texas

Monday September 5th

#11 Ole Miss at #4 Florida State
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Re: College Football 2016-17: Destination Tampa

Week 1 Pick 'Em

Friday September 2nd

Kansas State at 8 Stanford

Saturday September 3rd

#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston - NRG Stadium
#16 UCLA at Texas A&M
#5 LSU vs. Wisconsin - Lambeau Field
#18 Georgia vs. #22 North Carolina - Georgia Dome
#20 USC vs. #1 Alabama - AT&T Stadium
#2 Clemson at Auburn
BYU at Arizona

Sunday September 4th

#10 Notre Dame at Texas

Monday September 5th

#11 Ole Miss at #4 Florida State
 
Re: College Football 2016-17: Destination Tampa

Week 1 Pick 'Em

Friday September 2nd

Kansas State at #8 Stanford

Saturday September 3rd

#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston - NRG Stadium
#16 UCLA at Texas A&M
#5 LSU vs. Wisconsin - Lambeau Field
#18 Georgia vs. #22 North Carolina - Georgia Dome
#20 USC vs. #1 Alabama - AT&T Stadium
#2 Clemson at Auburn
BYU at Arizona

Sunday September 4th

#10 Notre Dame at Texas

Monday September 5th

#11 Ole Miss at #4 Florida State
 
Re: College Football 2016-17: Destination Tampa

Week 1 Pick 'Em

Friday September 2nd

Kansas State at 8 Stanford

Saturday September 3rd

#3 Oklahoma vs #15 Houston - NRG Stadium
#16 UCLA at Texas A&M
#5 LSU vs. Wisconsin - Lambeau Field
#18 Georgia vs. #22 North Carolina - Georgia Dome
#20 USC vs. #1 Alabama - AT&T Stadium
#2 Clemson at Auburn
BYU at Arizona

Sunday September 4th

#10 Notre Dame at Texas

Monday September 5th

#11 Ole Miss at #4 Florida State
 
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