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(DISCLAIMER: This contest is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)
First, some scheduling news: the Memphis-Central Florida game has been scheduled for September 30. Memphis dropped a game at Georgia State, and C. a home game with FCS Maine, to make it happen. So the AAC conference schedule is once again whole.
This week’s results:
Wisconsin-BYU had a very wide spread early in the week, so a lot of players went for a middle bet on Wisconsin -13 and BYU +18. This failed to pay off, as Wisconsin pounded BYU. But I like to see this kind of creativity, so you all get the Floyd’s Money Team Degenerate Bet of the Week. mmmmsnouts, gym399 and ULhothot.
Illinois +18 was also a popular bet. In fact, nobody took USF to cover, even in this game where almost everyone is a USF honk. So everyone who bets against their own school will share the Randolph & Mortimer Spite Bet of the Week. That would be mmmmsnouts, CarlZee, lrdnorman (who bet it twice), and myself.
Don’t think anyone’s ever won both these awards in a week. I’ll have to look that up.
East Carolina threatened to cover their 20-point spread against Virginia Tech, giving the Hokies a game for a quarter. But they reverted to form and the Hokies covered easily. Why’d they fire Ruffin McNeill again?
Everyone got Cincinnati over Miami of Ohio right.
Standings:
| collin | 1499.00 | 273.64 |
| gym399 | 1422.05 | 72.27 |
| BrianMartin | 1404.78 | 227.50 |
| mcgies852 | 1290.91 | 131.82 |
| jjlovecub | 1260.00 | -60.00 |
| CarlZee | 1253.07 | 29.46 |
| GaryStephen | 1235.97 | -8.18 |
| ElliotMoore | 1218.64 | 150.45 |
| andrewpina | 1150.85 | 154.58 |
| McIntyre2K7 | 1135.16 | -1.82 |
| ucscott | 1124.59 | 101.18 |
| mmmmsnouts | 1055.91 | -152.27 |
| Defdans | 1047.73 | 41.82 |
| dsidwell31 | 1028.41 | -100 |
| eastcoastbull | 983.82 | 183.15 |
| Snafu13 | 962.36 | -55.82 |
| DaGata | 905.20 | 0 |
| ULhothot | 902.82 | -83.91 |
| lrdnorman | 898.07 | -73.66 |
| Gibbsak | 843.54 | -58.60 |
| HerdCountry941 | 801.82 | -109.55 |
| mwllz80 | 765.91 | 0 |
| bullsonparade96 | 654.55 | 0 |
Again, lots of people won more than $100 fake dollars this week. Collin hit 3 big bets (273.64). BrianMartin hit on Cincy at +185 outright. (227.50). eastcoastbull (183.15) went 4 for 4. andrewpina (154.58) hit 5 out of 6. ElliotMoore (150.45) hit 4 of 5. mcgies582 (131.82) and ucscot (101.18) also went into triple digits.
Week 4 games include: Temple at USF on Thursday night; East Carolina at Connecticut in a rescheduled game on Sunday; Central Florida finally getting to play again. at Maryland; Cincinnati-Navy in a conference game; Texas Tech-Houston; Southern Illinois-Memphis; Arkansas State-SMU; Army-Tulane and New Mexico-Tulsa.
Conference play begins for most Top 25 teams. Oklahoma State-TCU is the matchup of highest-ranked teams, followed by Mississippi State-Georgia. Several of the top teams have conference road games against unbeaten teams. Alabama goes to Vanderbilt; Penn State at Iowa; USC is at California; Washington at Colorado; Florida at Kentucky.