NCAA Week 10 Running Thread

TBA 18 Oklahoma State Cowboys Iowa State Cyclones

Take the pokes.

Thanks albert.

 

I don't know, dude. Iowa State isn't a pushover this season. What are the points?

 

Hey, Chef, that's not how the song goes ...

 

From what I can tell, Iowa St. is getting 11.5

With no Dez Bryant, and Zac Robinson playing more like Zac Morris, I would probably take those points.

 

I'll take Iowa State and the 11.5 at home.

 

Not a bad pick.

Did anyone see the video following ISU's win at Nebraska. A bunch of video was taken from inside the locker room after the game (coach's speech, etc.). Pretty riveting stuff.

 

Thought the same thing.

 

I find it more amusing that there's a not unreasonable chance that the ACC title game could be Duke vs. Wake Forest

 

Actually, it's pretty damn unreasonable. You seen Duke's remaining sked? It might win one more game.

 

North Carolina's beatable. Wake Forest is beatable. Georgia Tech is a longshot at home, and Miami is a longshot on the road. So best feasable scenario, they split the four and finish 5-3 in the ACC. Of course, that renders everything moot because it means they lost to Georgia Tech, who at worst would finish 6-2, since they're 5-1 now.

If Duke somehow beats Georgia Tech along with UNC and Wake, then they and GT are 6-2, and Duke owns the tiebreaker.

Miami and Virginia Tech are 3-2 and probably have to win out, since in all likelihood the division champion is finishing 6-2. If they win out, then they'll have a win over Duke in the quiver, so they'll have that tiebreaker (assuming a two-way tie and not a 3/4-team cluster).

Virginia at 2-2 could win out, but you know, no. North Carolina at 1-3 is done.

The best chance for Duke to reach the ACC title game: Go 3-1 down the stretch (beating UNC, Wake and GT while losing @Miami) to finish 6-2. Have Georgia Tech beat Wake, lose to Duke and go 6-2. Have Miami drop one they aren't expecting to (@Carolina is a better probability than Virginia) and finish 5-3. Have Virginia Tech lose one they aren't expecting (@Maryland, N.C. State, @Virginia) and finish 5-3.

It's not tremendously likely, but it's not Cumberland beating Georgia Tech either.

 

Yeah...I'll stick with pretty damn unreasonable. But feel free to throw this in my face in a month should they do it.

 

Georgia Tech is absolutely capable of losing to Duke. The Jackets have at least one game annually where they either lose to someone they shouldn't or look absolutely ridiculous winning. Usually it's against Virginia, but they managed to win that game this year. It's been Duke before.

Of course, I'd prefer it were Georgia, but that's another matter entirely.