Board 8 > College Football Ladder Contest Week 1

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If turnout was bad due to being so last-minute, I was going to just make it so that anyone who did pick correctly in Week 0 would have a tiebreaker advantage at the end and leave everyone on Level 1 anyway for Week 1, but it seems that it wasn't a problem for most of our regulars. Which is good because due to my general spaciness combined with being on vacation for the past three days, this one's kind of last-minute as well! At least if you want a Thursday night game.

Rules
- State which level you're on when you make your pick. Usually it should be obvious, but say it anyway.
- Deadline for making a pick is the start of the earliest game that you're picking. This means that if you are on a level that involves picking multiple teams, ALL of your teams are locked as soon as one of your teams has kicked off. If you don't have a pick in by the start of the early games, you can just pick later games, but if you can't make an eligible pick out of the games that haven't started yet, you can't advance that week.
- Conferences featured in games may be imposed at certain levels, but unless otherwise stated, any game(s) featuring two FBS teams are eligible.
- I'll list some marquee games each week, but you're not restricted to these. If you pick other games, make sure that your lines can be verified.

Level 1: Pick one game against the spread.

Level 2: Down goes Goliath. Pick a ranked team to lose, using the official Selection Committee Rankings if you're still at this level by the time they start coming out and the AP Poll prior to that. The ranked team must not be an underdog of at least 7 points (generally only happens when the favorite is also a ranked team). Alternatively, if you think that no ranked teams will lose (or the only ones that will lose are underdogs of at least 7 points), you can use "no valid option" as your pick and will advance if this comes to pass; this option must be chosen before any valid pick has kicked off.

Level 2:
bwburke94
Jakyl25
kevwaffles
Paratroopa1
TsunamiXXVIII

Level 1:
KCF0107
SmartMuffin

Marquee games:
Appalachian State (+14.5) @ Georgia
Michigan (-5) vs. Florida (Arlington, TX)
Florida State (+7) vs. Alabama (Atlanta, GA)
BYU (+15) vs. LSU (New Orleans, LA)
West Virginia (+4) vs. Virginia Tech (Landover, MD; Sunday Night)

Also, since I realize that there's definitely room for confusion with the Level 2, note that if you just put a single team name, I'm assuming that you are picking that team to lose their game. If you want to make your pick clearer by spelling out exactly what you are picking (especially if it's a game between two ranked teams with a line close enough that either is a valid pick), feel free to do so.
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Level 2: Florida to lose to Michigan.
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Level 2: Florida

This'll basically just be a florida/michigan or WVU/VT pick-em, unless you think Alabama is going to lose to FSU (maybe)

Level 2: Florida (to lose to Michigan)

Hate to combo this, but it really seems like the obvious choice. I feel WVU/VT will be a blowout, but I don't know in which direction yet.

Edited in that I'm picking Florida to lose for clarity.
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Level 1: Virginia Tech
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Level 1: Indiana
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Level 1: Michigan (-5) over Florida
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ahead at halftime

still dont cover
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Level 1: Washington (-27.5} over Rutgers
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Level 1 Michigan (-5)
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bump
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Bumpers
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Too bad no one had the balls to pick against Texas.
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I thought about it, but picking Michigan over Florida just seemed easier

There's always the comedy option where Michigan wins by a FG.
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So Florida is up 17-10 with no offensive touchdowns.

So that's a thing.
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Florida is up 17-10 without barely even having any yards

ez pz
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Shaduln posted...

Level 1: Washington (-27.5} over Rutgers

Wow, the line was that big? Actually, I'm not remotely surprised that the line was that big. I'll take the moral victory then!
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It opened at -30.5! Rutgers was underestimated I think. Hopefully it's more that than UW overestimated

Moving on up!
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Paratroopa1 posted...

It opened at -30.5! Rutgers was underestimated I think. Hopefully it's more that than UW overestimated

When is Rutgers ever not underestimated? Their reputation for being losers is so strong. Of course, when they actually become competent, they immediately become overrated and choke.
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Forgot to pick but still have a chance

Level 2: #25 Tennessee will lose
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Don't worry, I'm sure GT will pull it off.

Why did I, a GT alum, not make this pick? Well, ya see, umm...

*throws smoke bomb*
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TsunamiXXVIII posted...

Paratroopa1 posted...

It opened at -30.5! Rutgers was underestimated I think. Hopefully it's more that than UW overestimated

When is Rutgers ever not underestimated? Their reputation for being losers is so strong. Of course, when they actually become competent, they immediately become overrated and choke.

they lost to Michigan 78-0 at home last year

so then
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Looking at Georgia for Level 2
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new topic pls
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@TsunamiXXVIII
New topic up today?
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