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(DISCLAIMER: This game is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)
A few items of note to start:
- The bowl game schedule has been announced. It runs from December 19 to January 2, with the national championship game on January 11, as is typical. However, regular-season games will be played as late as December 19. So at least one bowl game (the AAC-aligned Frisco Bowl) will overlap with the last week of the regular season. I will handle this by letting the Frisco Bowl count towards minimums for both Week 16 and the bowl season.
- MAC and Pac-12 game start this week. Also, all the MAC games are on Wednesday, so get your MACtion bets in early.
- Please remember to make 3 bets and one AAC bet every week, unless your bankroll is below $250, or you are using a bye week. This is a technical requirement, and occasionally people forget to do it.
- McIntyre2K7 lost his last $194 in fake money on a heartbreaking parlay loss. He nailed Oklahoma-Texas Tech, but Western Kentucky-BYU missed the over by 2 points. The parlay win would have been worth $1,164, which would have moved him into fourth place overall. He may now make a sudden death bet as per the longstanding rule. I will put $1 into his account so he may enter a choice into the website. It must be a point spread bet on an AAC game, and the bet must be won (not pushed) to get an extra $500 bankroll.
Now on to the big wins. There were a lot this week:
| undercoverbull | Iowa State -28.0 points over Kansas; Indiana -10.5 points over Rutgers (WIN,WIN) | Iowa State 52-22; Indiana 37-21 | 220.00 | WIN | 572.00 |
| speruche | Over 45.5 points in the Kansas State-West Virginia game; Under 83.0 points in the Central Florida-Houston game; Under 71.5 points in the Troy-Arkansas State game (WIN,WIN,WIN) | West Virginia 37-10; Central Florida 44-21; Troy 38-10 | 40.00 | WIN | 240.00 |
| speruche | Boise State -13.5 points over Air Force; Over 49.0 points in the Boise State-Air Force game; Duke -9.0 points over Charlotte (WIN,WIN,WIN) | Boise State 49-30; Boise State 49-30; Duke 53-19 | 40.00 | WIN | 240.00 |
| ElliotMoore | Michigan State +1600.0 money line to beat Michigan | Michigan State 27-24 | 15.00 | WIN | 240.00 |
| ElliotMoore | Ohio State -10.0 points over Penn State; Cincinnati -6.5 points over Memphis (WIN,WIN) | Ohio State 38-25; Cincinnati 49-10 | 70.00 | WIN | 182.00 |
| Defdans | Over 54.5 points in the Arkansas-Texas A&M game; Over 49.0 points in the Boise State-Air Force game (WIN,WIN) | Texas A&M 42-31; Boise State 49-30 | 50.00 | WIN | 130.00 |
| E-dogg42 | Over 46.0 points in the Kansas State-West Virginia game; Over 46.0 points in the Alabama-Birmingham-Louisiana Tech game; Over 43.5 points in the San Diego State-Utah State game (WIN,WIN,WIN) | West Virginia 37-10; Louisiana Tech 37-34; San Diego State 38-7 | 20.00 | WIN | 120.00 |
| E-dogg42 | Coastal Carolina -1.0 points over Georgia State; Cincinnati -6.5 points over Memphis; Central Florida -3.5 points over Houston (WIN,WIN,WIN) | Coastal Carolina 51-0; Cincinnati 49-10; Central Florida 44-21 | 15.00 | WIN | 90.00 |
| undercoverbull | Florida -12.5 points over Missouri; Cincinnati -6.5 points over Memphis (WIN,WIN) | Florida 41-17; Cincinnati 49-10 | 30.00 | WIN | 78.00 |
| jrjs | Under 3.5 points in the COVID-19-Number of Games Cancelled game; Tulane -3.5 points over Temple (WIN,WIN) | Number of Games Cancelled 3-0; Tulane 38-3 | 28.00 | WIN | 72.80 |
| Danj725 | Over 55.0 points in the Memphis-Cincinnati game; Tulane -3.5 points over Temple (WIN,WIN) | Cincinnati 49-10; Tulane 38-3 | 25.00 | WIN | 65.00 |
| Gibbsak | Under 83.0 points in the Central Florida-Houston game; Under 3.5 points in the COVID-19-Number of Games Cancelled game (WIN,WIN) | Central Florida 44-21; Number of Games Cancelled 3-0 | 25.00 | WIN | 65.00 |
| E-dogg42 | Coastal Carolina -3.0 points over Georgia State; Florida Atlantic -6.5 points over Texas-San Antonio (WIN,WIN) | Coastal Carolina 51-0; Florida Atlantic 24-3 | 25.00 | WIN | 65.00 |
| E-dogg42 | Under 64.5 points in the Ohio State-Penn State game; Under 72.5 points in the Troy-Arkansas State game; Under 82.5 points in the Central Florida-Houston game (WIN,WIN,WIN) | Ohio State 38-25; Troy 38-10; Central Florida 44-21 | 10.00 | WIN | 60.00 |
This makes the standings after week 9:
| speruche | 3443.36 | 482.88 |
| ElliotMoore | 1686.18 | 361.55 |
| GaryStephen | 1234.69 | 32.50 |
| AnthonyVito | 1147.95 | 57.03 |
| UndercoverBull | 1031.82 | 650.00 |
| LrdNorman | 1008.41 | 0.00 |
| E-dogg42 | 997.56 | 155.00 |
| briank19 | 992.89 | 0.00 |
| jrjs | 905.13 | -167.20 |
| GibbsAK | 764.17 | -33.36 |
| jjlovecub | 725.00 | -36.00 |
| dsidwell31 | 512.73 | -150.00 |
| Danj725 | 457.38 | -73.27 |
| ulhothot | 428.31 | -166.00 |
| defdans | 328.64 | 15.00 |
| bullsonparade96 | 251.91 | 0.00 |
| McIntyre2K7 | 0.00 | -194.00 |
All the contenders had good weeks, but leader speruche still had a better week than most, extending his large lead. And he missed another $600 parlay win by half a point on the Clemson-Boston College total. ElliotMoore puts some distance between himself and the other contenders for second place, but still has a lot of ground to make up to challenge for first.
For the first time in 2020, we have a full schedule of games this week! There are 59 scheduled games, and all conference are now playing. Here is the list of games that counts towards the cancellations bet:
| Eastern Michigan at Kent State | Western Michigan at Akron | Ball State at Miami (OH) |
| Buffalo at Northern Illinois | Ohio at Central Michigan | Bowling Green State at Toledo |
| Utah State at Nevada | Wyoming at Colorado State | Miami (FL) at North Carolina State |
| San Jose State at San Diego State | Brigham Young at Boise State | Air Force at Army |
| Arkansas State at Louisiana | Michigan State at Iowa | Southern Methodist at Temple |
| Arizona State at Southern California | Tulane at East Carolina | Tulsa at Navy |
| Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia State | South Florida at Memphis | Liberty at Virginia Tech |
| North Carolina at Duke | West Virginia at Texas | Nebraska at Northwestern |
| Michigan at Indiana | Troy at Georgia Southern | Boston College at Syracuse |
| Massachusetts at Marshall | Appalachian State at Texas State | North Alabama at Southern Mississippi |
| Texas Tech at Texas Christian | Purdue at Wisconsin | Fresno State at Nevada-Las Vegas |
| Minnesota at Illinois | Maryland at Penn State | Florida at Georgia |
| Texas-San Antonio at Rice | Kansas at Oklahoma | Houston at Cincinnati |
| Charlotte at Middle Tennessee State | Oklahoma State at Kansas State | Arizona at Utah |
| Vanderbilt at Mississippi State | Florida International at Texas-El Paso | Pittsburgh at Florida State |
| Western Kentucky at Florida Atlantic | Louisiana Tech at North Texas | Baylor at Iowa State |
| Texas A&M at South Carolina | UCLA at Colorado | Clemson at Notre Dame |
| Tennessee at Arkansas | Rutgers at Ohio State | Stanford at Oregon |
| South Alabama at Coastal Carolina | Louisville at Virginia | Washington State at Oregon State |
| Washington at California | New Mexico at Hawaii |
I will continue to post the current count of cancelled games on the top of the Make Picks page.