Oddly Weird Week 3
Written by David
Week 3 was really weird.
#3 Florida State got into a fist fight at Boston College after thumping a really good LSU team in week 1. #4 Texas was trailing Wyoming a good stretch of the game. Even top ranked Georgia got a good scare from South Carolina. And for some reason, the Alabama quarterbacks couldn’t figure out how to throw a forward pass in their ugly 17-3 win against South Florida.
This probably falls into the weird category as well, but the SEC continues to drop many of their high profile non-conference games. This week was Arkansas dropping their game to new BIG 12 member BYU 38-31. Last week, it was Alabama losing to Texas and Miami beating Texas A&M. We’ve already seen LSU lose to Florida State in the opener.
To add to the weirdness, Oklahoma State got their doors blown off by South Alabama 33-7 in Stillwater, OK and Iowa State lost 10-7 to Miami…of Ohio!!
And now kickers are kicking 61-yard field goals to win games.
Oh, and teams can take advantage of the transfer portal to overhaul their entire rosters in one season like Colorado (3-0) and BYU (3-0) AND get instant results.
And the biggest weirdness of it all… the PAC-12 seems to be good at playing football. Eight PAC-12 teams are currently ranked in the AP top 25 poll.
Love him or hate him, Coach Deion Sanders, or Coach Prime if your prefer, won in double overtime 43-35 over instate rival Colorado State (0-2) in a chippy affair both before the game and after. Next up is a road trip to #10 Oregon. Yeah, some of you were hoping for the Rams to pull it off after all the hee hawing from both coaches and especially after Coach Prime was interviewed on College Game Day.
#14 LSU bounced back and walloped Mississippi State 41-14 to open up conference play and they looked great.
#8 Washington went on the road and just absolutely destroyed Michigan State 41-7. That game got out of hand quickly.
Two highly ranked teams went on the road and lost. #11 Tennessee couldn’t stop the run and were flat in their 29-16 loss to east rival Florida. #15 Kansas State dropped a heart breaker to Missouri on the aforementioned 61-yard field goal on the last play of the game.
On to the picks…
Sam still holds on to first place, but that seven point lead he built up quickly evaporated. However, most of us not named Cindie quickly gained on Sam.
So who took advantage of Sam’s Week 3 undoing? For starters, Adam and Mike gained on the top spot by 10-points and 9-points respectively. Wendi even gained 8 points to take second place and now just sits 1-point behind her own son. I know, only slightly embarrassing.
Heck, even Sean and Megan gained on Sam. They’re both currently…
<Checks group scoresheet>
<Don’t freak out… keep the message positive>
…at least they’re having fun right? RIGHT?
So who didn’t take advantage of Sam’s lame Week 3? Marc, Mom, and Stemple were the only ones that scored lower than Sam in a pathetic showing. I’m not even sure what game Stemple is playing at this moment.
Marc went full Jihad with his picks by strapping on the suicide vest and detonating. How else can you explain his dismal performance? Marc’s now a whopping 30 points from the top and it’s getting worse by the week.
Oh sure, Cindie gained a whopping 1-point on Sam this week, but by the year 2050, Cindie will have finally caught up to him. What’s even funnier is that Jim essentially told her to give up and just stop playing since she’s not going to win anything anyway. Way to be supportive of your wife Jim and nice job of building up her confidence. Does Jim even help her? The answer probably rhymes with ‘snow’. Jim has stopped investing into that part of the relationship long ago.
If the rest of us are power 5 schools and Sam and Noah represent the non-power 5 schools, it has to make us a little uncomfortable that they’re ahead at the moment. The last you thing you want is for them to hang around only to have them eventually beat you. Just ask Cincinnati.
Most Points for the week: Adam finally shoved the kids aside to join in on the fun and won the $10 weekly prize by snagging 40 points.
Least Points for the week: Marc and Mom share in this week’s dishonor by nabbing a paltry 27 points.
Best Pick of the week: A 61-yard field goal later, Marc was the only genius who picked Missouri over Kansas State in the upset. To be fair, other upsets didn’t go his way as you’ll see below. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Worst Pick of the week: Marc and his 10-points on Mississippi State beating LSU was a head scratcher.
Here’s how we rank heading into Week 4:
1. Sam – 119 Points
2. Wendi – 118 Points
3. David - 116 Points
4. Noah – 115 Points
4. Adam – 115 Points
5. Mike – 112 Points
6. Sean – 107 Points
7. Evelyn – 104 Points
8. Cindie – 103 Points
8. Megan – 103 Points
9. Stemple – 102 Points
10. Marc – 89 Points
Good luck this week!
