Best Five Games of Week 14

Week 14

Here is your final group of five games for the season. Please try not to get emotional. Oh there are plenty of games left to pick, but this is the last time you will get the weekly five. (Next week it will be just two, and then you will get 35 bowls.) This week the Big East delivers her a rare pool appearance that will help to determine which team goes to a BCS bowl. So don't forget to turn your picks in by Thursday in order to be eligible for the first game (over/under on late picks: 15). Jersey represent.

Louisville - Rutgers
6:30 p.m., Thursday, ESPN
Line: Rutgers by 3

Marathon MAC Championship Game
Northern Illinois - Kent State
6 p.m., Friday, ESPN2
Line: Northern Illinois by 6
* Underdog worth three points

Oklahoma - TCU
11 a.m., Saturday, ESPN
Line: Oklahoma by 6
* Underdog worth three points

SEC Championship Game
Alabama - Georgia
3 p.m., Saturday, CBS
Line: Alabama by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Big Ten Championship Game
Nebraska - Wisconsin
7 p.m., Saturday, Fox
Line: Nebraska by 3


Good luck.
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Best Five Games of Week 13

Rivalry weekend is typically one of the best Saturdays in college football, and this one is so great that it has been declared a Superweek in the pool. That's right, as a designated Superweek you get a bonus sixth game to make or break your season! In addition to the usual plots of great rivalries, all six games have dramatic subplots relevant to national championship and conference title aspirations. In the words of De La Soul, watch your step you might Trip!

Greatest Rivalry in Sports

Michigan - Ohio State
11 a.m., Saturday, ABC
Line: Ohio State by 3

The Florida Cup

Florida - Florida State
2:30 p.m., Saturday, ABC
Line: Florida State by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Bedlam

Oklahoma State - Oklahoma
2:30 p.m., Saturday, ESPN
Line: Oklahoma by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Stanford - UCLA

5:30 p.m., Saturday, Fox
Line: Stanford by 1

Battle of the Palmetto State

South Carolina - Clemson
6 p.m., Saturday, ESPN
Line: Clemson by 4

Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh

Notre Dame - USC
7 p.m., Saturday, ABC
Line: Notre Dame by 6
* Underdog worth three points

Gobble Gobble!

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Best Five Games of Week 12

Come on, you really didn't think we would make it through the entire season without the Oman Effect, did you? The Oman Effect is named after Brendan Oman, a student at the University of Arkansas who refuses to submit a pick in any game involving the Razorbacks. I don't mean he won't pick against Arkansas -- I mean he won't pick the game, period. Theorists have surmised that this inaction is part of a larger overall phenomenon affecting the pool. Because of the large percentage of participants who are Razorback fans and always pick Arkansas in the pool as a result of obsessive fandom and/or the misleading Rovian Sway from a select few in the media (theory under peer review), many in the pool always pick against Arkansas regardless because of the extra bump in the standing they might get going against popular opinion. Pick Arkansas and lose, and you get nothing but shame. Pick Arkansas and win, and you get nothing much either. The solution for a confused Razorback fan? The Oman Effect -- don't pick the game. You're up, Hog fans.

Northwestern - Michigan State

11 a.m., Saturday, ESPN2

Line: Michigan State by 7

* Underdog worth three points

Arkansas - Mississippi State

11:20 a.m., Saturday, SEC Network

Line: Mississippi State by 7

* Underdog worth three points

Battle of Los Angeles

USC - UCLA

2 p.m., Saturday, Fox

Line: USC by 3

Ohio State - Wisconsin

2:30 p.m., Saturday, ABC/ESPN2

Line: Wisconsin by 2

Texas Tech - Oklahoma State

2:30 p.m., Saturday, Fox Sports Net

Line: Oklahoma State by 10

* Underdog worth four points

Good luck.

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Best Five Games of Week 11

We enter the final four weeks of the regular season with five easy games that will no doubt generate another 45 5-0s. Now is the time to start making your move to be in a decent spot prior to entering the bowl season.

Oregon State - Stanford
2 p.m., Saturday, Fox
Line: Stanford by 4

West Virginia - Oklahoma State
2:30 p.m., Saturday, ABC/ESPN2
Line: Oklahoma State by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Penn State - Nebraska
2:30 p.m., Saturday, ABC/ESPN2
Line: Nebraska by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Texas A&M - Alabama
2:30 p.m., Saturday, CBS
Line: Alabama by 13
* Underdog worth five points

Kansas State - TCU
6 p.m., Saturday, Fox
Line: Kansas State by 7
* Underdog worth three points

Good luck.
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