The Second Quarter Begins: Week #4 Match-ups!

As we enter the second quarter of the 2007 NCAA Football season, I thought it would be fun to put together a friendly prediction challenge among the blog writers across the country, especially here at the Bleacher Report. Here’s how this works: Predict the score of the various games for this upcoming Saturday, September 22, 2007.

• If you predict the winning team, give yourself 2 points.
• If you predict the the winning team, and the spread, give yourself 2 points.
• If you predict the spread and are within +/- 3 points, give yourself 1 point.
• If you predict the winning team and the exact score, give yourself 5 points.
• Keep a tally of your own score and email me at bcsbusters@comcast.net so I can keep a tally.

By the way, I don’t pretend to be any kind of an expert at this, I just thought it would be fun and would add a little more drama, not that we need anymore, to Saturday’s mayhem.

I’ll use tonights Miami - Texas A&M tilt as an example. I didn’t get this done in time as I am multi-tasking several projects and simply ran out of time. I predicted Miami would win 31 - 21.

• Since I picked Miami to win, I earn 2 points.
• The final score was 34 - 17 Miami (17 point spread), and I was not within +/- three of the spread = 0 points.
• Although I was fairly close to the final score, I didn’t pick it exactly = 0 points.
• If I would have predicted Miami to win, with a score of 38-21, or 45-28 (for example), I would have earned 2 points since I predicted the winner and the spread, and I would have also qualified for a bonus point since I was within +/- 3 points. So to predict the winner and the spread actually garners 3 points.

If I would have predicted Miami to win with a score of 34-17, that would be worth 5 points, +2 points for picking the winner, + 2 points for predicting the winning team and the spread, + 1 bonus point for being within +/- 3 points for a total of 10 for that particular game. Hope that wasn’t too confusing. If you would like to include this article with your own predictions, feel free to copy and paste (with a hot-link to BCSBusters of course) directly to your blog or website. I run this challenge with a few of the teachers and coaches I have worked with and it is a lot of fun. Send me an email before the Oklahoma-Tulsa game to validate your picks. Should be another great Saturday of football action. How bout them Canes tonight - a good bounce back game for Coach Shannon!

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Conference

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Boston College 41 - Army 17

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Clemson 31 - NC State 20

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Virginia Tech 38 - William & Mary 0

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South Florida 34 - UNC 17

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Georgia Tech 27 - Virginia 14

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Navy 27 - Duke 21

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Wake Forest 27 - Maryland 23

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LSU 31 - South Carolina 10

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Florida 51 - Mississippi 13

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Kentucky 35 - Arkansas 31

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Auburn 59 - New Mexico State 6

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Mississippi State 44 - Gardner Webb 9

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Tennessee 41 - Arkansas State 17

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Ohio State 51 - Northwestern 10

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Wisconsin 45 - Iowa 35

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Penn State 28 - Michigan 17

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Illinois 24 - Indiana 21

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Michigan State 38 - Notre Dame 10

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Purdue 42 - Minnesota 21

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West Virginia 34 - ECU 21

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Louisville 65 - Syracuse 7

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South Florida 38 - UNC 6

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PITT 27 - UCONN 17

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Cincinnati 31 - Marshall 27

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Oklahoma 44 - Tulsa 21

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Texas 63 - Rice 9

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Nebraska 33 - Ball State 17

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Missouri 55 - Illinois State 10

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Colorado 31 - Miami (OH) 24

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Texas Tech 41 - Oklahoma State 14

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Buffalo 24 - Baylor 14

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Kansas 61 - Florida Int. 20

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Toledo 27 - Iowas State 21

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Washington 24 - UCLA 17

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CAL 41 - Arizona 17

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Oregon 52 - Stanford 24

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ASU 26 - OSU 13

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USC 44 - WSU 27

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Wyoming 23 - Ohio 17

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BYU 32 - Air Force 23

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Houston 45 - Colorado State 31

00 Portland State 00

San Diego State 31 - Portland State 26

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New Mexico 51 - Sacramento State 17

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TCU 49 - SMU 9

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Utah 23 - UNLV 20

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NIU 31 - Idaho 30

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Auburn 59 - New Mexico State 6

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SJSU 21 - Utah State 20

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Hawaii 72 - Charleston Southern 20

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Texas 63 - Rice 9

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Central Florida 52 - Memphis 17

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Houston 45 - Colorado State 31

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Cincinnati 31 - Marshall 27

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Tulane 40 - SE Louisiana 21

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TCU 49 - SMU 9

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Bowling Green 44 - Temple 10

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Kent State 31 - Akron 23

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Wyoming 23 - Ohio 17

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Colorado 31 - Miami (OH) 24

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Central Michigan 49 - North Dakota State 7

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E. Michigan 30 - Howard 13

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North Illinois 31 - Idaho 30

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Buffalo 24 - Baylor 14

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Toledo 27 - Iowa State 21

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Western Michigan 44 - C. Conn. State 9