Well this was a doozy of a week. Not just close games but it was the week of the underdog. Of the 13 games played this past week, the favorite only won five of them. That made for an exciting week in Vegas and it upset my Bowl Pick 'em ranking as well (I started the week in the 98 percentile of all players and ended up 78 percentile).
I had already picked Baylor over UCLA and SMU over Fresno. But the biggest surprises for me were:
Rice over Air Force: Wow...nobody even knows where Rice is.
Syracuse over high-scoring West VA: That was a real shocker given the West VA set a scoring record in the Orange Bowl less than a year ago.
Texas over Oregon State: This one hurt...I have really enjoyed watching the up and coming Beavers this year as they have put together a solid team. But I think their coach must have been talking to BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall (an OS alum) because had OS not stuck with their QB so long (after three turnovers) then I think they would have pulled out the win.
And MSU over TCU was a great game to watch. Down to the wire, trading field goals in the last two minutes to decide the game. Great comeback by MSU.
I had already picked Baylor over UCLA and SMU over Fresno. But the biggest surprises for me were:
Rice over Air Force: Wow...nobody even knows where Rice is.
Syracuse over high-scoring West VA: That was a real shocker given the West VA set a scoring record in the Orange Bowl less than a year ago.
Texas over Oregon State: This one hurt...I have really enjoyed watching the up and coming Beavers this year as they have put together a solid team. But I think their coach must have been talking to BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall (an OS alum) because had OS not stuck with their QB so long (after three turnovers) then I think they would have pulled out the win.
And MSU over TCU was a great game to watch. Down to the wire, trading field goals in the last two minutes to decide the game. Great comeback by MSU.