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Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Cane from the Bend » Sat Sep 23, 2023 11:46 pm

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Saturday, September 3oth

(1.) USC - @ - Colorado
(2.) Florida - @ - Kentucky
(3.) Utah State - @ - UConn
(4.) Clemson - @ - Syracuse
(5.) South Alabama - @ - James Madison
(6.) Eastern Michigan - @ - Central Michigan --- [Rivalry]
(7.) Virginia - @ - Boston College
(8.) Georgia - @ - Auburn --- [Deep South's Oldest Rivalry]
(9.) Illinois - @ - Purdue --- [Battle for the Purdue Cannon]
(10.) Baylor - @ - UCF
(11.) USF - @ - Navy
(12.) Ball State - @ - Western Michigan
(13.) Boise State - @ - Memphis
(14.) Hawai'i - @ - UNLV
(15.) LSU - @ - Ole Miss --- [The Magnolia Bowl]
(16.) Notre Dame - @ - Duke
(17.) South Carolina - @ - Tennessee --- [Rivalry]
(18.) Pittsburgh - @ - Virginia Tech
(19.) West Virginia - @ - TCU
(20.) San Diego State - @ - Air Force

--- predictions will be accepted up to 12:00 noon EST Saturday Kickoff ---

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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Mountainman » Sun Sep 24, 2023 4:53 pm

Saturday, September 3oth

(1.) USC
(2.) Florida
(3.) Utah State
(4.) Clemson
(5.) James Madison
(6.) Central Michigan
(7.) Virginia
(8.) Georgia
(9.) Purdue
(10.) UCF
(11.) Navy
(12.) Western Michigan
(13.) Memphis
(14.) UNLV
(15.) LSU
(16.) Notre Dame
(17.) Tennessee
(18.) Virginia Tech
(19.) TCU
(20.) Air Force

--- predictions will be accepted up to 12:00 noon EST Saturday Kickoff ---


I used a 1988 Kennedy half dollar. 8)


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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Derek » Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:50 pm

Saturday, September 30th

(1.) USC
(2.) Kentucky
(3.) Utah State
(4.) Clemson
(5.) South Alabama
(6.) Central Michigan
(7.) Virginia
(8.) Georgia
(9.) Purdue
(10.) Baylor
(11.) Navy
(12.) Western Michigan
(13.) Boise State
(14.) UNLV
(15.) LSU
(16.) Notre Dame
(17.) South Carolina
(18.) Pittsburgh
(19.) West Virginia
(20.) Air Force
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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Cane from the Bend » Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:07 pm

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(1.) USC --- [the little engine that could, beat the people they should ... but that's over now]
(2.) flurDah --- [ugh! yeah, okay]
(3.) Utah State --- [eh ... go with the one team who isn't still trying to learn how to doggie paddle]
(4.) Clemson --- [what has either team proved this season, really ..?]
(5.) James Madison --- [it's hard to think of these guys as the young upstart, considering the opponent]
(6.) Central Michigan --- [huh ... something seems off with this coin]
(7.) Boston College --- [O'look, the battle between the almost had `ems ... another home pick]
(8.) Georgia --- [someone has to do a whole lot more proving before I choose against these guys]
(9.) Illinois --- [O'yeah, something is definitely off with this coin]
(10.) UCF --- [their schedule to date is not impressive ... at all ... but they're at home in this one]
(11.) USF --- [are the Bulls really improving ..? or will ball control take `em down .?.]
(12.) Ball State --- [somehow the coin landed on it's edge and won't quit spinning]
(13.) Memphis --- [when the other guys' D gives up an average of more passing yards than you gain]
(14.) UNLV --- [alright Mountainman, whaddaya try'n'a pull ...? this coin you lent me has two heads]
(15.) LSU --- [a midday game in Oxford ... hmmm? hell I don't know, I think I trust the Tigs D more]
(16.) Notre Dame --- [time to see how the leprechauns respond ... but this actually looks interesting]
(17.) Tennessee --- [Knoxville is looking for blood after last year; gonna be a bad day for Rattler]
(18.) Pittsburgh --- [I don't believe in either one of `em ... one a little less I guess]
(19.) TCU --- [I think this game will tell us more about the Mountaineers defense than anything else]
(20.) Air Force --- [at least here's one team in Colorado that can win]


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"It is only impossible until it has been accomplished." ... then it becomes standardized ...

Success is measured by results; whereas Character is measured through the means by which one achieves those results . . .

It seems the Rapture did come for two worthy souls:
In Memory of Grandpa Howdy
In Memory of Donovan Davisson

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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Spence » Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:33 pm

(1.) USC
(2.) Kentucky
(3.) UConn
(4.) Clemson
(5.) South Alabama
(6.) Central Michigan
(7.) Boston College
(8.) Georgia
(9.) Purdue
(10.) UCF
(11.) USF
(12.) Western Michigan
(13.) Boise State
(14.) UNLV
(15.) LSU
(16.) Notre Dame
(17.) Tennessee
(18.) Pittsburgh
(19.) TCU
(20.) Air Force
"History doesn't always repeat itself but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain

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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Cane from the Bend » Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:49 pm

Mountainman wrote:I used a 1988 Kennedy half dollar. 8) .



I should have suspected something was wonky when the coin you gave me had Biden's face on it ...

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Cane... [__]

"It is only impossible until it has been accomplished." ... then it becomes standardized ...

Success is measured by results; whereas Character is measured through the means by which one achieves those results . . .

It seems the Rapture did come for two worthy souls:
In Memory of Grandpa Howdy
In Memory of Donovan Davisson

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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Mountainman » Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:49 pm

Cane from the Bend wrote:
Mountainman wrote:I used a 1988 Kennedy half dollar. 8) .



I should have suspected something was wonky when the coin you gave me had Biden's face on it ...

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Be careful walking up and down stairs with that coin in your pocket…….. :wink:


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Re: Predictions 2023: Week Five

Postby Spence » Thu Sep 28, 2023 10:30 am

:lol:
"History doesn't always repeat itself but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain


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