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The 2012 season is almost over. We had a massive 18 games to pick this past week and only 3 more left to go including the national championship you might have heard about on Monday night.
Our own Jim Miesle and discndav led the way this week with 11-7 records.
Tough week for Alairish going 3-15!
Savannah_Domer once again sits a top the overall leaderboard.
RECAP:
1) Rice 33 at Air Force 14
Winner: Rice (+2.5)
20% picked correctly
Rice destroyed Air Force with nearly a +300 total yard advantage. Rice finishes at 7-6 and Air Force falls to 6-7 for their first sub .500 season since 2006.
2) West Virginia 14 at Syracuse 38
Winner: Syracuse (+3.5)
20% picked correctly
So ends a massively disappointing 2nd season for Holgo in Morgantown. The 'Neers finish at 7-6 in their first year in the Big 12 and will have a huge uphill battle next year with a new quarterback.
Geno Smith continued to put up good stats even in losses. His 2012 season was awesome according to the box score: 4,205 yards, 71.2%, 42 TD, 6 INT. That's pretty much Jimmy Clausen's 2009 on steroids.
Nice season for the Orange as they finish at 8-5, their second 8-win season under Marrone.
3) Navy 28 at Arizona State 62
Winner: Arizona State (-14.5)
64% picked correctly
Both teams finish 8-5 but the Sun Devils put up some offensive fireworks with all of their points in the first 3 quarters and they also raced out to a 48-7 lead.
4) Texas 31 at Oregon State 27
Winner: Texas (+3.5)
16% picked correctly
Nice comeback by the Horns to salvage their season a little bit to finish 9-4.
That's the same final record for the Beavers as they fell pretty hard late in the season.
5) TCU 16 at Michigan State 17
Winner: Michigan State (+2.5)
64% picked correctly
Another close game for Michigan State but this time they won!
The Spartans erased a 13-0 deficit to come back and win this one.
6) NC State 24 at Vanderbilt 38
Winner: Vanderbilt (-7.5)
92% picked correctly
A near lock pick for our contestants, good job everyone.
7) USC 7 at Georgia Tech 21
Winner: Georgia Tech (+8.5)
28% picked correctly
8) Iowa State 17 at Tulsa 31
Winner: Tulsa (+1.5)
64% picked correctly
The Golden Hurricane pick up their 4th 10+ win season in the last 6 seasons, and their second 11-win season since 2008.
Iowa State wasn't doing many good things this year with a 6-7 record.
9) LSU 24 at Clemson 25
Winner: Clemson (+4.5)
20% picked correctly
Clemson let a halftime lead slip away with a bad 3rd quarter but they came back with a strong 4th and completely shut down LSU and statistically dominated the Bayou Bengals.
Dabo & Co. doubled up LSU in yardage and ended up with a +226 advantage overall.
10) Miss State 20 at Northwestern 34
Winner: Northwestern (+1.5)
72% picked correctly
7 interceptions in this game...which is always fun.
Northwestern finishes 2012 at 10-3 and didn't even sniff a victory over an opponent anywhere closed to ranked.
You gotta love college football!
11) Purdue 14 at Oklahoma State 58
Winner: Oklahoma State (-16.5)
68% picked correctly
It's tough to win when you fall behind 45-0.
It's also tough to win when you're Purdue.
12) Georgia 45 at Nebraska 31
Winner: Georgia (-9.5)
76% picked correctly
Aaron Murray picks up his 2nd career win over a ranked team. 2-10 over 3 years, baby!
SEC! SEC! SEC!
13) South Carolina 33 at Michigan 28
Winner: Michigan (+5.5)
12% picked correctly
LOL, no one ever picks Michigan here.
We got burned, but it's okay because we were gifted this for posterity:
14) Wisconsin 14 at Stanford 20
Winner: Wisconsin (+6.5)
16% picked correctly
Quite the defensive slugfest in the 2nd half, right?
Wisconsin's 6 losses are the most since 2008 when they went 7-6.
15) Northern Illinois 10 at Florida State 31
Winner: Florida State (-16.5)
56% picked correctly
I was surprised this many people picked the Huskies to cover. NIU's standout quarterback who was pretty high in the Heisman voting finished with 176 yards passing (on a dreadful 15 for 41, or 36.5%) and 44 yards rushing on 23 attempts.
Yup, that Seminole defense is still really good.
16) Louisville 33 at Florida 23
Winner: Louisville (+13.5)
40% picked correctly
This game wasn't as close as the score indicates.
What a way to end a 11-win season for the Gators.
17) Oregon 35 at Kansas State 17
Winner: Oregon (-9.5)
84% picked correctly
As expected, Kansas State couldn't keep up.
Boy did Collin Klein look bad in this one.
18) Texas A&M 41 at Oklahoma 13
Winner: Texas A&M (-4.5)
24% picked correctly
633 total yards for the Aggies, wow!
Manziel goes 200+ in both passing and rushing too. Insanity.