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Protect Your Unit Week 3 Picks Thread: Now With Less UNC-Charlotte. And FAU. And Baylor.

Our old Sun Belt rivals were in one of five six seven cancelled games.

Middle Tennessee v Charlotte
Charlotte 49ers football fan is sad.
Photo by Mike Comer/Getty Images

(DISCLAIMER: This game is for entertainment purposes only. No actual money is being wagered.)

Greetings, fellow degenerates!

The protectyouru.net website has been working more or less normally this week, so that is where you enter your picks. And plenty of you have done so. We’ll get to those in a minute.

First, what is likely to be a weekly feature this season: the list of cancelled games. The most important one is Charlotte-North Carolina, because it attracted four plays (two standalone, two as part of a parlay) before being cancelled on Thursday for COVID-related reasons. As per rule, the bet amounts for single bets were set to $0, and the games will be treated as pushes within the two parlays. They will still count towards meeting minimum weekly bet requirements. These are all longstanding PYU rules, which you can read here.

BREAKING NEWS: FAU-Georgia Southern was just postponed as well. This is not indicated in the list of picks below, but all plays on this game will be handled the same way. Also, FAU is USF’s scheduled opponent for next Saturday.

UPDATE: Houston-Baylor was cancelled too. This game was originally scheduled only six days ago; that’s got to be some kind of record for the shortest time a scheduled game has existed. All plays on this game will be handled as above.

Houston-Memphis, Virginia-Virginia Tech, BYU-Army, and Central Arkansas-Arkansas State were all cancelled or rescheduled as well. Houston will was scheduled to play Baylor this Saturday instead. None of these other cancelled games had any bets placed on them, so they don’t impact our contest. If you’re counting, that’s 5 6 7 games out of 29 this week that couldn’t be played for COVID-19 related reasons. Kind of a high failure rate, considering the Big Ten now thinks it’s safe to come back.

As of now about (1:00 PM Eastern time), here’s who everyone picked:

User Wager Final Score Units Result Payoff
bullsonparade96 Georgia Tech +7.5 points over Central Florida; Southern Methodist -13.5 points over North Texas; Miami (FL) +2.5 points over Louisville (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 240.00 TBD 0.00
bullsonparade96 Campbell +1400.0 money line to beat Coastal Carolina TBD 9.00 TBD 0.00
bullsonparade96 Georgia Southern +5.5 points over Florida Atlantic TBD 1.00 TBD 0.00
Danj725 Pittsburgh -21.5 points over Syracuse; Over 66.0 points in the Tulsa-Oklahoma State game; Central Florida -7.5 points over Georgia Tech (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 50.00 TBD 0.00
Danj725 South Florida +26.5 points over Notre Dame TBD 50.00 TBD 0.00
Danj725 Over 48.5 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
Danj725 Georgia Southern +110.0 money line to beat Florida Atlantic TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
Danj725 Under 65.0 points in the Miami (FL)-Louisville game TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
Danj725 Georgia Tech +250.0 money line to beat Central Florida TBD 1.00 TBD 0.00
dsidwell31 Miami (FL) +2.5 points over Louisville; Notre Dame -26.0 points over South Florida; Florida Atlantic -5.5 points over Georgia Southern (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 50.00 TBD 0.00
dsidwell31 Central Florida -7.5 points over Georgia Tech; Over 54.5 points in the Central Florida-Georgia Tech game (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 25.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Under 65.0 points in the Troy-Middle Tennessee State game; Under 65.0 points in the Miami (FL)-Louisville game; Under 63.0 points in the Texas State-Louisiana-Monroe game (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 90.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Central Florida +2.5 points over Georgia Tech TBD 25.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Baylor -6.5 points over Houston; North Carolina State -2.5 points over Wake Forest (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 18.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Under 60.0 points in the Charlotte-North Carolina game; Under 58.0 points in the Louisiana Tech-Southern Mississippi game (VOID,TBD) North Carolina 0-0; TBD 16.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Under 57.0 points in the Campbell-Coastal Carolina game; Over 54.5 points in the Central Florida-Georgia Tech game (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Florida Atlantic -5.5 points over Georgia Southern; South Florida +26.0 points over Notre Dame (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Louisville -2.5 points over Miami (FL); Appalachian State -3.5 points over Marshall (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 North Carolina State -2.5 points over Wake Forest; North Carolina -29.5 points over Charlotte (TBD,VOID) TBD; North Carolina 0-0 14.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Under 65.0 points in the Miami (FL)-Louisville game; Under 70.5 points in the Southern Methodist-North Texas game (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 12.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Over 48.5 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game; Over 47.5 points in the Florida Atlantic-Georgia Southern game (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Florida Atlantic -5.5 points over Georgia Southern TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
E-dogg42 Florida Atlantic -1.5 points over Georgia Southern TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
ElliotMoore Miami (FL) +2.5 points over Louisville TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
ElliotMoore South Florida +26.0 points over Notre Dame TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
ElliotMoore Georgia Tech +7.5 points over Central Florida TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
ElliotMoore Florida Atlantic +105.0 money line to beat Georgia Southern TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00
ElliotMoore Boston College +6.0 points over Duke TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
ElliotMoore Charlotte +27.5 points over North Carolina North Carolina 0-0 0.00 VOID 0.00
GaryStephen Under 57.0 points in the Campbell-Coastal Carolina game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 59.0 points in the Louisiana-Georgia State game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 49.0 points in the Navy-Tulane game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 52.0 points in the Boston College-Duke game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 50.5 points in the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 52.5 points in the Austin Peay-Cincinnati game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 66.5 points in the Tulsa-Oklahoma State game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 54.0 points in the Liberty-Western Kentucky game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 63.5 points in the Houston-Baylor game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 50.0 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 60.0 points in the Appalachian State-Marshall game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 60.5 points in the Central Florida-Georgia Tech game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 47.5 points in the Florida Atlantic-Georgia Southern game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 65.0 points in the Troy-Middle Tennessee State game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 70.5 points in the Southern Methodist-North Texas game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 65.0 points in the Miami (FL)-Louisville game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 63.0 points in the Texas State-Louisiana-Monroe game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 58.0 points in the Louisiana Tech-Southern Mississippi game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 53.5 points in the Wake Forest-North Carolina State game TBD 12.50 TBD 0.00
GaryStephen Under 60.0 points in the Charlotte-North Carolina game North Carolina 0-0 0.00 VOID 0.00
Gibbsak Tulsa +23.0 points over Oklahoma State TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
Gibbsak Houston +6.5 points over Baylor TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
Gibbsak Campbell +25.5 points over Coastal Carolina TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
jrjs Under 50.0 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game; Under 57.0 points in the Campbell-Coastal Carolina game (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 25.00 TBD 0.00
jrjs Under 50.0 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game TBD 25.00 TBD 0.00
LrdNorman South Florida +26.0 points over Notre Dame TBD 50.00 TBD 0.00
LrdNorman Over 48.0 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game TBD 30.00 TBD 0.00
LrdNorman South Florida +1300.0 money line to beat Notre Dame TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 South Florida +26.5 points over Notre Dame; Over 48.5 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game; Over 60.0 points in the Central Florida-Georgia Tech game (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 50.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Central Florida -7.5 points over Georgia Tech; Over 54.5 points in the Central Florida-Georgia Tech game (TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD 30.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Over 54.5 points in the Central Florida-Georgia Tech game; Central Florida -7.5 points over Georgia Tech; South Florida +26.0 points over Notre Dame (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 30.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 South Florida +1300.0 money line to beat Notre Dame TBD 23.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Over 64.5 points in the Miami (FL)-Louisville game; Over 48.5 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game; Over 48.0 points in the Navy-Tulane game (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 22.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Over 59.5 points in the Appalachian State-Marshall game; Over 52.5 points in the Austin Peay-Cincinnati game; Over 48.0 points in the Navy-Tulane game (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Over 49.5 points in the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game; Over 52.5 points in the Austin Peay-Cincinnati game; Over 61.5 points in the Houston-Baylor game (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 20.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Campbell +1400.0 money line to beat Coastal Carolina TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00
McIntyre2K7 Over 57.0 points in the Campbell-Coastal Carolina game; Over 49.5 points in the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game; Over 48.0 points in the South Florida-Notre Dame game (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 10.00 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Over 69.0 points in the Southern Methodist-North Texas game; Under 50.5 points in the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game; Duke -5.5 points over Boston College (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 90.00 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Navy +8.0 points over Tulane; Duke -5.5 points over Boston College; Notre Dame -24.5 points over South Florida (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 90.00 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Navy +240.0 money line to beat Tulane TBD 40.00 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Notre Dame -24.5 points over South Florida; Under 50.5 points in the Syracuse-Pittsburgh game; Navy +8.0 points over Tulane (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 33.84 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Navy +8.0 points over Tulane TBD 33.00 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Duke -5.5 points over Boston College TBD 33.00 TBD 0.00
ULhothot Notre Dame -24.5 points over South Florida TBD 33.00 TBD 0.00
undercoverbull Campbell +26.0 points over Coastal Carolina; Tulane -7.0 points over Navy; Cincinnati -33.5 points over Austin Peay (TBD,TBD,TBD) TBD; TBD; TBD 100.00 TBD 0.00
undercoverbull Georgia Tech +250.0 money line to beat Central Florida TBD 25.00 TBD 0.00
undercoverbull Syracuse +1000.0 money line to beat Pittsburgh TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00
undercoverbull South Florida +1300.0 money line to beat Notre Dame TBD 15.00 TBD 0.00

That’s right, I played all the unders. Considering the lack of practice, last-minute scheduling, and general sloppiness we’ve seen so far this season, the low scores look like a trend to me.

An up-to-the-minute list of picks can always be seen at http://protectyouru.net/pyu/weekly_picks.php. Please review your picks and make sure everything is correct. I have no reason to doubt it, but I want to be sure everything’s working normally.

As always, use this space to talk about your picks, this week’s games, or anything tangential!