Game picks this weekend

[poorhunter]

IU 24-ND 17
Penn St 32 SMU 10
Clemson 27 Texas 20
Ohio St 31 UT 17

IU is better than people think. Penn St is better than I thought. Texas isn't very good offensively. I don't trust UT to play well.

 

[buckaroo]

ND 27 IU 17
Penn st 31-24
Texas 30-clemson -17
Tenn 24 OSU 23

 

[scn]

ND 27 IU 17
Penn st 31-24
Texas 30-clemson -17
Tenn 24 OSU 23

Those would be my picks except I don't think the Vols will win.

 

[Wrangler95]

I hope Notre Dame,Clemson,Penn St,and Ohio St all lose but if Ohio St loses I will be happy!

 

[UCStandSitter]

ND 21 b IU 10
Penn st 39 v SMU 13
Texas 28 Clemson 21
Tenn 42 OSU 21

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

ND 38 IU 17
PS 28 SMU 10
CLEMSOM 20 TX 17
OSU 31 UT 24

 

[Gravey]

I hope Notre Lame and Texas lose and UT wins. Don't care about Penn State / SMU. If jackleg wasn't coach at PSU I'd be for them.

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

ND 31 IU 21
PSU 35 SMU 28
Texas 38 Clemson 10
UT 17 OSU 28

 

[knightrider]

Ohio state by at least 20, the vols will fall so far behind the first half wont have a chance to catchup if they play like normal

 

[PossumSlayer]

IU 24-ND 17
Penn St 32 SMU 10
Clemson 27 Texas 20
Ohio St 31 UT 17

IU is better than people think. Penn St is better than I thought. Texas isn't very good offensively. I don't trust UT to play well.

Penn
ND
Tx
Ut

 

[UCStandSitter]

ND 31 IU 21
PSU 35 SMU 28
Texas 38 Clemson 10
UT 17 OSU 28

What!!!???? Man I thought we were friends!

 

[MUP]

IU 14-ND 23
Penn St 32 SMU 27
Clemson 21 Texas 24
Ohio St 23 UT 38

 

[PossumSlayer]

IU 14-ND 23
Penn St 32 SMU 27
Clemson 21 Texas 24
Ohio St 23 UT 38

I hope Texas whoop's clempsun real good

 

[poorhunter]

I highly doubt UT is suddenly going to become a juggernaut offensively after a whole year of mediocre play against statistically mediocre (for the most part) opponents. Especially when considering that the weather will not be conducive to anything but running the ball which Ohio State has done very well against all year. OSU will have to lay a bigger egg than they did against Michigan AND Tennessee is going to have to play better on offense than they have all year. I don't see that happening.

SMU will have a VERY difficult time scoring against the Penn States defense, more so than UT against OSU.

IU has a stout run defense, and has better skill position players than ND, especially at quarterback.

Texas and Clemson is, for me, the toughest to pick. Texas has a very good defense, but again, only against mediocre offenses. Clemson has performed poorly against good defenses, but I think Dabo will have the answers and Sark won't…unless Arch gets plenty of playing time.

 

[Creek bottoms]

ND
TX
Penn St
OSU

Not who I'm for, but who I believe will win.

 

[MUP]

OSU hasn't been an offensive juggernaut at any time this season either, and they still haven't played a D as good as the Tennessee D IMO. The TN offense has been showing signs of life, sputtering if you will, trying to get in sync. I think they will have enough to get the job done, especially with the D holding OSU down as I expect they should. And, if the players take their cue from their fans, OSU is already looking past TN to the next round, and that will bite them too I believe.

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

The dumbest part of all of this is having two games running simultaneously.

 

[buckaroo]

The dumbest part of all of this is having two games running simultaneously.

I don't think there are

 

[Gravey]

I don't think there are

You're correct. All different start times.

 

[volboy]

The dumbest part of all of this is having two games running simultaneously.

Doesn't appear the case
4 hours difference in start times.

• First round (Dec. 20-21)
  • Friday, Dec. 20: No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame | 8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN
  • Saturday, Dec. 21: No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State | 12 p.m. | TNT/MAX
  • Saturday, Dec. 21: No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas | 4 p.m. | TNT/MAX
  • Saturday, Dec. 21: No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Ohio State | 8 p.m. | ABC/ESPN