{"id":189,"date":"2013-11-18T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T16:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/?p=189"},"modified":"2014-01-13T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T16:56:09","slug":"2013-college-football-pool-week-12-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/2013-college-football-pool-week-12-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 College Football Pool – Week 12 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"e-systems_football_logo\"Any given Saturday, any team is vulnerable. Don\u2019t believe me? Take a look at this past Saturday, where at one point, top ten teams Alabama, Stanford, Baylor, Auburn, and South Carolina all were in dogfights against teams that they were favored to beat handily. Four of them managed to make it out alive, while Stanford succumbed to USC and handed the Pac-12 North lead back to Oregon. It goes to remind you that this is a game played primarily by 18-22-year-old kids. As Lou Holtz is fond of saying, you have a different team every week.<\/p>\n

We are now down to six unbeaten teams, four of whom play in AQ conferences. You probably know all about Alabama, Florida State, Baylor, and Ohio State, so let\u2019s focus on the two mighty mites here. Coming in at #15 is Fresno State, with a 9-0 record. The Bulldogs will only play 11 games this year, as their early-season matchup against Colorado was postponed due to the flooding earlier this year throughout the state of Colorado and doesn\u2019t look like it will be made up. Fresno State relies on a potent passing offense; they rank 4th in the nation in passing yards per game and 8th in scoring. They have two games left against teams they will definitely be favored to win against: New Mexico and San Jose State. Their defense will be tested in very different ways in those games. New Mexico is second in the nation in rushing yards per game; San Jose State is 11th in passing yards per game. The best win on their schedule is either a one-point OT win over Rutgers or a one-point win over Boise State. They are currently ranked three slots higher than AAC leader Central Florida, so if the season ended today, the Bulldogs would be going to a BCS bowl game. Then, at #16, is Northern Illinois. The Huskies are no strangers to the BCS \u2013 they made it to the Orange Bowl last year. At 10-0, they have two regular season games left against Toledo and Western Michigan. If they get past those two, they will face either Bowling Green or Buffalo in the MAC Championship game. Interestingly enough, they got no push from their one of their best wins of the year, a 21-point win over a then 9-1 Ball State team, actually dropping in the standings one place. (The other best win candidate is a 30-27 victory in their season opener against Iowa.) Given their current standing, they would need some help to repeat as BCS bowl participants, so they might have to settle for a trip to Mobile in the GoDaddy.com bowl.<\/p>\n

This week is a strange one, looking at the games. It is the beginning of the season-ending rivalry games, which are always fun. Some of the notable ones on the schedule include Stanford-California and Minnesota-Wisconsin, both of whose rivalry trophies are axes (the Stanford Axe and Paul Bunyan\u2019s Axe, respectively). Another rivalry that is getting started back up towards the end of the season is Texas A&M-LSU. Those teams have played each other 51 times in the past, and starting next season, they will become Thanksgiving day rivals. However, it is also a week a lot of teams use to schedule a supposedly easy opponent before their season-ending rival. Clemson (the Citadel), South Carolina (Coastal Carolina), Alabama (Chattanooga), and Florida State (Idaho) are all doing this. South Carolina and Alabama shouldn\u2019t sleep on their opponents, however: as of this email Coastal Carolina was ranked 9th in the I-AA rankings, while Chattanooga was 18th.<\/p>\n

In small-school news, it is<\/em> rivalry week in I-AA. Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M play for the 68th time (the game has been known as the Florida Classic since 1978, and is one of the biggest HBCU games in the country). UC Davis and Sacramento State square off in the Causeway Classic for the 61st time (the trophy for this game is made from cement taken from the Yolo Causeway that connects the cities of Davis and Sacramento). Maine and New Hampshire will meet for the 103rd time; the teams play for the Brice-Cowell Musket. Harvard and Yale play for the 130th time. A Yale coach once said to his team: “Gentlemen, you are now going to play football against Harvard. Never again in your whole life will you do anything so important.” Lafayette and Lehigh will play for the 149th time, the most in college football history. In a neat twist, next year\u2019s game, the 150th, will be played at Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to AUBrian<\/strong>, who takes the week 12 win (their third of the year) with 186 points! Pachyderm<\/strong> and bamaken<\/strong> were tied for second with 185 points, and maestro<\/strong> was one point back with 184.<\/p>\n

Standings after 12 weeks (dropping \u201ctwo worst\u201d weeks):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st<\/td>\nAUBrian<\/td>\n1843<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/td>\nPachyderm<\/td>\n1816<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/td>\nmaestro<\/td>\n1814<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/td>\nbamaken<\/td>\n1798<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th<\/td>\nBritanniaTex<\/td>\n1792<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/td>\nBEVO<\/td>\n1789<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/td>\nThe Tradition<\/td>\n1782<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/td>\nCrimson Gator<\/td>\n1780<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/td>\nAllison<\/td>\n1779<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/td>\nDirtyDiaperSlinger<\/td>\n1752<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are 19 games this week, and once again, thanks to #MACtion<\/span>, we have an early game, so be quick with your picks! The first game is Northern Illinois at Toledo, Wednesday, November 20 @ 8 ET<\/strong>, so be sure to get your picks in by then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any given Saturday, any team is vulnerable. Don\u2019t believe me? Take a look at this past Saturday, where at one point, top ten teams Alabama, Stanford, Baylor, Auburn, and South Carolina all were in dogfights against teams that they were favored to beat handily. Four of them managed to make it out alive, while Stanford […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-systems.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}