T1B

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:05 pm**

The college football season is coming up. I've lobbyed hard with the powers that be at the office that I desparately need broadband access at home and that they should pay for it. Well, by golly, they finally came around.

Therefore, I am announcing my comeback for 2006. I will continue to carry the Pick'em torch. Hopefully, my sidekick, Lefty, will join me. He's been AWOL quite a bit, but I'll write that off to vacation and it being the offseason.

The Games will begin for the week of Saturday, September 2nd. Picks will be due by 11:59:59 PM EST on Friday, September 1.

If you don't know how to play, you'll figure it out. I'll babysit for 2 weeks. After that...no mercy.

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:12 pm**

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:21 pm**

Can we get that watch back. You can have it back when you really retire.

Rack you bro...I'm winning the bitch this year!!!

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:45 pm**

Props to you Frisco. I look forward to getting hosed once again by you. :)

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:03 pm**

Nolesy, I don't need your help with my faux pile-on.

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:03 pm**

I'll be Hawaii 8/26 thru 9/1. Can I get the ballot early????

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:09 pm**

Thanks IF. I really look forward to the pick'em.

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:10 pm**

Seer,

What I will suggest is you take a look at the games scheduled for that day.

Saturday, September 2
Time (ET) Matchup TV PPV Tickets
TBA Western Kentucky at Georgia Tickets
TBA Murray State at Missouri Tickets
TBA Appalachian State at North Carolina State Tickets
TBA Marshall at West Virginia Tickets
TBA Hawaii at Alabama Tickets
TBA Alabama State at Troy Tickets
12:00 PM Idaho at Michigan State Tickets
12:00 PM Vanderbilt at Michigan Tickets
12:00 PM North Texas at Texas Tickets
12:05 PM Montana at Iowa Tickets
1:00 PM Wisconsin at Bowling Green Tickets
1:00 PM Florida Atlantic at Clemson Tickets
TBA Alcorn State at Louisiana-Monroe Tickets
1:00 PM Indiana State at Purdue Tickets
1:30 PM Northeastern at Virginia Tech Tickets
3:30 PM Montana State at Colorado Tickets
3:30 PM Rutgers at North Carolina Tickets
3:30 PM Louisiana Tech at Nebraska Tickets
3:30 PM Northern Illinois at Ohio State Tickets
3:30 PM Akron at Penn State Tickets
3:30 PM San Jose State at Washington Tickets
3:30 PM Stanford at Oregon Tickets
4:30 PM Memphis at Mississippi Tickets
4:30 PM Utah State at Wyoming Tickets
5:00 PM Weber State at Colorado State Tickets
5:30 PM East Carolina at Navy Tickets
5:30 PM California at Tennessee Tickets
6:00 PM Southern Miss at Florida Tickets
6:00 PM Western Michigan at Indiana Tickets
6:00 PM William & Mary at Maryland Tickets
6:00 PM Richmond at Duke Tickets
6:00 PM Villanova at UCF Tickets
6:30 PM Syracuse at Wake Forest Tickets
7:00 PM Utah at UCLA Tickets
7:00 PM McNeese State at South Florida Tickets
7:00 PM Tennessee-Martin at Ohio Tickets
7:00 PM Missouri State at Oklahoma State Tickets
7:00 PM UAB at Oklahoma Tickets
7:00 PM Virginia at Pittsburgh Tickets
7:00 PM Citadel at Texas A&M Tickets
7:00 PM Eastern Illinois at Illinois Tickets
7:00 PM Northwestern State at Kansas Tickets
7:00 PM Southern Methodist at Texas Tech Tickets
7:05 PM Army at Arkansas State Tickets
7:10 PM Illinois State at Kansas State Tickets
7:30 PM Eastern Kentucky at Cincinnati Tickets
7:45 PM Washington State at Auburn Tickets
8:00 PM Notre Dame at Georgia Tech Tickets
8:00 PM Kentucky at Louisville Tickets
8:00 PM Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU Tickets
8:00 PM Portland State at New Mexico Tickets
8:45 PM USC at Arkansas Tickets
9:00 PM Houston at Rice Tickets
10:00 PM Idaho State at UNLV Tickets
10:15 PM Brigham Young at Arizona Tickets
Sunday, September 3
Time (ET) Matchup TV PPV Tickets
5:30 PM TCU at Baylor Tickets

If you have access to some lines/odds, make picks on 10 games against whatever odds you have available at the time. Obviously, do not pick a game that has a 1_AA opponent. I can pretty much guarantee you the Cal/Tenn game will be the #1 game of the week so put the combined score for that game in.

That's about all I can give you right now. Odds won't even come out for awhile. Here's a site I use for odds:

http://covers.usatoday.com/data/odds.aspx

Posted: **Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:43 pm**

The Seer wrote:I'll be Hawaii 8/26 thru 9/1. Can I get the ballot early????

Dudes goin to the land of don ho yet he is concerned about getting his picks in. Ya gotta love em.

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:49 am**

WolverineSteve wrote:...I'm winning the bitch this year!!!

Over my cold rotting corpus with a smolding Smith and Wesson in my death clutch....you're gonna pick Bitchigan @ least 2 more times than me forcing you to make up at least 2 games to no less than one guy....get it?

Ya ain't winnin'....

I'll help ya out to make-up ground on the other guys...pick NU if = to or > than 6.5 dog to Spoiled Chillins' and 3 or > dog to Texass

But ya won't gain on me!

Good luck! Bitchigander :

THANKS INDY AGGIE DADDY GUY WITH THAT SUPER FINE TAIL YOU CALL YO' HANDSOME SON'S MOMMA (which is clearly where he gets his looks, and MUST be the BETTER HALF) for steppin' up once again.

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2006 9:22 am**

WuRd

Posted: **Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:55 pm**

Good to have you back, Indy...looking forward to the start of the football season coming up at the end of this month!

Posted: **Sun Aug 06, 2006 9:34 pm**

Rack Indy.

CF cannot come soon enough. I just played my first game of NCAA Football 2007, and I must say, some of the changes REALLY blow.

I was Michigan State at home and got SMOKED by Penn St. My receivers kept dropping balls and my RBs kept fumbling the ball. Oh well, at least it was realistic.

Posted: **Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:46 pm**

Nice.

I like the hit stick though. Madden's had it for about two years. Bout time NCAA caught up. Too bad so much other stuff about NCAA sucks. (Like not being able to scroll BACKWARDS on defense pre-snap.)

the_ouskull

Posted: **Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:31 am**

Some of my (not so positive) observations of the game -

1) Why they felt the need to overhaul the kicking/punting portion of the game is beyond me. That was one area that needed no tinkering with.

2) They've actually allowed you the ability to block kicks/punts on an occasion. This concept was basically nonexistent in prior games. Except, and it happens to me about once a game, a computer controlled lineman on my team will break for the kicker, and dive right into him. He won't even go for the ball, he'll just go in like he's trying to close line him, and blatantly take him out, forcing a Roughing the Kicker penalty. It's fucking ridiculous.

3) Unless there's a way to turn it off (which I haven't discovered yet), the "tunnel visison" camera angle they use when you're receiving a punt or kickoff is absolutely horrid. You can only see what's directly in front of you. I'm pretty sure most players have a greater ability to see more of the field than this angle leads you to believe.

4) Passing has gotten easier and running has gotten more difficult.

5) Same logic holds true when you're on defense...stopping the run has gotten easier, and stopping the pass has become more difficult.

6) NCAA Football, no matter how allegedly "inferior" the gameplay is to Madden, will ALWAYS own Madden simply because it's COLLEGE FOOTBALL. The matchups, rivalries, bowl games, etc., will in no way, shape, or form EVER be less interesting than anything an NFL game can muster. The fact I can customize my own schedule with over 100 teams to choose from kicks much ass.

But hey, have fun with those intense "divisional rivalries." Riveting stuff.

Posted: **Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:51 pm**

Posted: **Thu Aug 10, 2006 2:23 pm**

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote: 6) NCAA Football, no matter how allegedly "inferior" the gameplay is to Madden, will ALWAYS own Madden simply because it's COLLEGE FOOTBALL. The matchups, rivalries, bowl games, etc., will in no way, shape, or form EVER be less interesting than anything an NFL game can muster. The fact I can customize my own schedule with over 100 teams to choose from kicks much ass.

But hey, have fun with those intense "divisional rivalries." Riveting stuff.

RACK

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:21 am**

I don't want to totally hijack this thread, but I have to respond to the NCAA 07 comments.

Skull,

1. The hit stick was on 06 too. It's just that the delay between pressing the stick and the actual "big hit" animation was so severe that it rendered it useless. It's much more responsive this year. (On 05, you just pressed L2 for a "big hit.")

2. The reason you can't scroll backwards this year is because the X button is assigned to the "jump the snap" feature. It's actually easier to get to the guy you want this year though. If you just hold circle, you can use the D pad or left stick to skip right to the player you want. It takes a little getting used to, but trust me, it's much better once you get used to it.

Mgo,

Are you playing on 360 or current gen? If you're on CG, then the O line slide protection will really help with your running game. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but you need to slide protect the opposite direction of your run. For example, if you're running a counter or toss to the left, slide protect to the right, and vice versa. If you're running a dive or slam up the middle, slide protect up (to spread your line and open up a wider hole).

If you're playing on 360, then I don't know what to tell you. It looks really pretty but has half the features of the CG version. Maybe you could still get a good deal on a trade-in at EB games.

If either of you guys want to delve deeper into this incredibly frustrating, yet highly addictive game, you can find me at the VG Sports forums.

And btw,

RACK Frisco on the Pick Em comeback!

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:39 pm**

MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan wrote:I don't want to totally hijack this thread, but I have to respond to the NCAA 07 comments.

Too late.

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:57 pm**

the_ouskull wrote:Nice.

I like the hit stick though. Madden's had it for about two years. Bout time NCAA caught up. Too bad so much other stuff about NCAA sucks. (Like not being able to scroll BACKWARDS on defense pre-snap.)

the_ouskull

On the 360 version, you press & hold the red B button (the one that cycles forward when just pressed) and then use the stick to cycle through the players manually. If you're using the Xbox or PS2 version, I can't help you.

Posted: **Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:35 pm**

If anyone else here has 07 for PSP I'll play ya online!

Posted: **Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:26 am**

Posted: **Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:31 am**

Every year I try and every year I suck so bad that I drop out well this year I'm in and staying in.

Posted: **Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:56 pm**

[quote="Vito Corleone"]Every year I try and every year I suck so bad that I drop out well this year I'm in and staying in.[/quote

Sincerely, one sticker dude

T1B

Pick'em Games...one more year

Pick'em Games...one more year