lack of upsets in college football this season

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workingvol81

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has anyone else noticed this... I really don't remember any big upsets so far this season. Hopefully we pull one this sat, GO BIG ORANGE!!
 
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Baylor over TCU seemed like a big'n at the time, but doesn't really look like it so much now. SacState over the Beavs is pretty big now that OSU at least has a Pac-12 win under its belt (and one more on the way this weekend IMO).

But the two biggest I can think of this season both involve ND: USF over the Irish at the beginning of the season, because the Bulls will probably end up being middle of the road in the Big East. And then ND over Sparty, who if they win this weekend could wind up running the table in the Big Ten.
 
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milohimself said:
Baylor over TCU seemed like a big'n at the time, but doesn't really look like it so much now. SacState over the Beavs is pretty big now that OSU at least has a Pac-12 win under its belt (and one more on the way this weekend IMO).

But the two biggest I can think of this season both involve ND: USF over the Irish at the beginning of the season, because the Bulls will probably end up being middle of the road in the Big East. And then ND over Sparty, who if they win this weekend could wind up running the table in the Big Ten.
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Michigan State just beat top 10 michigan's aaaarse!! And ruined the September Heisman's hopes of a real heisman for the third year straight.

:good!::good!:
 
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I still feel Oklahoma has one stupid loss in them somewhere. They always seem to end up losing a game they shouldn't.
 
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I've watched Meechigan play several times this year, that ranking was a complete sham and anybody with half a brain knew it. Nice win for Sparty, but I honestly think UM has a serious potential to not win for the rest of the season. They get Purdue at home after a bye, which should be a W but is by no means a shoe-in, but then it's on the road at Iowa and Illinois, then home dates with Nebraska and tOSU. I don't see them winning any of those last four.
 
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I'm going to be honest: so far, this has been a really boring and predictable season save for Clemson's undefeated run.

And I think Michigan has at least two wins left in them with Purdue and Ohio State. Purdue still sucks and considering all Ohio State can do is run because both Miller and Bauserman are horrible, they're extremely one-dimensional and predictable on offense. While their defense is great as usual, their offense is simply bad enough to lose them games left and right. Their defense kept them in the MSU and Miami games while their offense floundered around for 60 minutes.
 
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Missouri over Oklahoma State will be the first "big" upset of the season.
 
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govols120 said:
I'm going to be honest: so far, this has been a really boring and predictable season save for Clemson's undefeated run.
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Agreed. That has been very surprising. At the onset, I said Dabo Swinney was a coach to watch out for and people called me crazy. You heard it here first. :whistling:
 
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CT_Vol said:
Missouri over Oklahoma State will be the first "big" upset of the season.
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Hmm, no. The air raid is usually gimmicky, but Gundy has some legit NFL prospects operating it, so it's actually working. A team has to have one of two things to beat them this season: An elite defense (like the kind only Bama and LSU have) or the ability to outscore them, as in putting up 60+. KState is not the real deal, Mizzou won't do it. Oklahoma is the only team on Okie Lite's schedule that has the guns to beat them.
 
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govols120 said:
*Michigan State over Wisconsin
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The result of that game, no matter who wins, will not be an upset. They are both solid. Plus, I think Wisconsin might be a bit overrated as they have yet to play outside of Camp Randall this season (!!!).
 
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Good to see someone thinks Wisconsin's a little overrated. They're going to win the Big 10, but they've simply not faced a defense of MSU's caliber yet and, as you said, they haven't stepped out of Madison yet.
 
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milohimself said:
I've watched Meechigan play several times this year, that ranking was a complete sham and anybody with half a brain knew it. Nice win for Sparty, but I honestly think UM has a serious potential to not win for the rest of the season. They get Purdue at home after a bye, which should be a W but is by no means a shoe-in, but then it's on the road at Iowa and Illinois, then home dates with Nebraska and tOSU. I don't see them winning any of those last four.
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It is going to be a tough road for them, and that is about as good as I can put it.

I fully expect Denard to be playing WR or RB by the end of the season. Best player on the team, exciting to watch, but sucks as a QB. They need to get the ball in his hands, but could really use a QB in the game as well.

They better get all over Purdue.
 
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govols120 said:
I'm going to be honest: so far, this has been a really boring and predictable season save for Clemson's undefeated run.

And I think Michigan has at least two wins left in them with Purdue and Ohio State. Purdue still sucks and considering all Ohio State can do is run because both Miller and Bauserman are horrible, they're extremely one-dimensional and predictable on offense. While their defense is great as usual, their offense is simply bad enough to lose them games left and right. Their defense kept them in the MSU and Miami games while their offense floundered around for 60 minutes.
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if O$Us defense can put up ANY points, or at least get some turnovers to get them in FG position, they will pull out the win. Especially if the weather is bad in late Nov.

But, other than that, you are probably right.
 
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milohimself said:
The result of that game, no matter who wins, will not be an upset. They are both solid. Plus, I think Wisconsin might be a bit overrated as they have yet to play outside of Camp Randall this season (!!!).
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Didnt they play some sort of neutral field game . against EIU, or something like that? :eek:lol:

:loco:
 
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My bad, looked it up and they played NIU (who I think tends to be one of the better MAC teams) at Soldier Field. But, no true road games as of yet for the Badgers.

Even though I think they're a touch overrated, it's hard to gauge since all they've done is beat the crap out of a bunch of awful teams and Nebraska.
 
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GatorBill said:
It is going to be a tough road for them, and that is about as good as I can put it.

I fully expect Denard to be playing WR or RB by the end of the season. Best player on the team, exciting to watch, but sucks as a QB. They need to get the ball in his hands, but could really use a QB in the game as well.

They better get all over Purdue.
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Purdue is my favorite Big Ten team (sis graduated there), but they should be the last win of the season for Michigan.
 
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I'm still wondering how ND picked off Denard Robinson only once in the fourth quarter. Punts have less hang time than those passes he was chucking up that night.
 
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It's disturbing to watch his regression from last season. He was actually pretty solid throwing the ball last season, but he looks a better version of Reggie Ball this year.
 
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