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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Thursday Picks

Big games on the schedule this Saturday.  Leading the way is the last meeting between Michigan and Notre Dame.  And by leading the way I mean it's the 4th most relevant game in the college football world on saturday, though it will decidedly draw one of the biggest TV ratings of the year.  Hat-tip to that 50-70 age demographic in the midwest.

Fun fact: Michigan is 24-16-1 vs. the Irish with the 8-game difference all accounted for in the first 8 games of the series. (Michigan outscored Notre Dame 121-16 with 5 shutouts).  If we're not counting victories before the wheel was invented, it's been an even back-and-forth rivalry.

In other big games, Michigan State (7) visits Oregon (3), USC (14) visits Stanford (13), and Virginia Tech visits Ohio State (8) in the horseshoe.



[Every stream reader after collecting their Week 2 winnings]


+ Week 2 Picks (Thursday) --

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Old Dominion (+17) - North Carolina St


5 comments :

Miggy said...

Sidenote: This is the most expensive Michigan-Notre Dame meeting ever with tickets going for $392 on average. Only one other Notre Dame home game has ever topped the $350 average price mark. (USC in 2011, $353).

The cheapest seat is $311, nearly three times the $112 get-in price of Notre Dame's games against Stanford and North Carolina.

Only four regular season NCAA games have seen a higher average price - three involved Alabama.

Unknown said...

H, can I get a prediction for tomorrow?

You going to the game?

Miggy said...

Michigan is down 24-23, 1:30 left on the clock, ND faces a 4th and 5 from their own 35. Jabrill Peppers fields the punt and returns it 81 yards for the go-ahead TD. Oh wait, flag on the field. It's coming back on a highly questionable block in the back and Devin Gardner gets sacked three times to end the game.

Unknown said...

Haha. I stand by my prediction of 31-27... Just dont know who has 31 and 27

Kevin said...

Henry got the 31 part right...