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2011 ATVS - Geaux Show Pick'em Challenge

 

It's one week to Gameday, which means it's once again time to start up The 5th/6th Annual And The Valley Shook/Geaux Show Pick'em Challege. Each week we'll select ~15 games from around the country that fit our carefully devised criteria (High-profile Matchups, National Title implications, SEC conference games, whether or not Southeastern is playing) and put them up to you to pick against the spread. We will again use the excellent system from FunOfficePools.com and all of you who played last year were notified last week with instructions on how to rejoin. New player's should go to FunOfficePools.com to setup an account, then come back here and click on the link below. This year's password is: geaux

 

http://www.funofficepools.com/joinpool.php?Passed_Pool_Key=f1da69d1d64

 

Week 1 picks after the break.

 

 

 

Date Away Team Pick Point
Value
Pick Home Team Home
Spread
PodKatt's Pick
Sat 09/03 08:00pm (7)Boise St. (-) 1 (22)Georgia (-) +3.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 04:45pm Brigham Young (-) 1 Mississippi (-) +2.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 07:00pm Fla. Atlantic (-) 1 (23)Florida (-) -31.5 
Matchup
Thu 09/01 09:15pm Kentucky (-) 1 Western Ky. (-) +19.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 10:00pm Louisiana Tech (-) 1 Southern Miss. (-) -13.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 08:00pm (4)LSU (-) 1 (3)Oregon (-) -1.5 
Matchup
Mon 09/05 08:00pm Miami (-) 1 Maryland (-) +6.5 
Matchup
Thu 09/01 08:00pm (20)Mississippi St. (-) 1 Memphis (-) +27.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 07:00pm Missouri St. (-) 1 (14)Arkansas (-) -28.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 06:00pm Montana (-) 1 Tennessee (-) -20.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 07:00pm (12)South Carolina (-) 1 East Caro. (-) +20.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 03:30pm South Fla. (-) 1 (18)Notre Dame (-) -10.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 03:30pm Southeastern La. (-) 1 Tulane (-) -19.5 
Matchup
Sun 09/04 07:30pm Southern Methodist (-) 1 (9)Texas A&M (-) -15.5 
Matchup
Sat 09/03 03:30pm UCLA (-) 1 Houston (-) -3.5 
Matchup

 

I'm going mostly chalk with the SEC's opening non-conf slate, though I'm very uneasy about that BYU/Ole Miss game. It's an odd pick, but I'll give FAU the benefit against a large spread on Schnellenberger's farewell tour. Big East title hopeful USF will do us all a favor and shut the echo's up early this year. I don't know who's going to be left to play for Miami, but I'll take the turtles for their snazzy duds. Future BX member SMU pulls my upset of the weekend as A&M is too distracted by the conference move announced earlier in the week (the small band of visiting Mustangs will chant ESS-DOUBLEUEE-CEE just to rub it in.) 12th year SR QB Case Keenum's Heisman campaign will have to start with a big win at home.

 

 

PICKS FOR THURSDAY GAMES ARE DUE AT KICKOFF, ALL OTHERS ARE DUE SATURDAY AT NOON EDT