Survior Pool! I survived!

OMG!  

League is $100.00 buy in.  Grand Prize $150,000.

League started with 1,601 teams.! 

806 people got wacked this weekend with Penn State going down!  

311 of us survived!  

My picks the rest of the way are like picking out of a garbage can.  Thoughts on the following:  All I need are 2 winners straight up!

Nebraska or Minnesota?

Washington over Michigan (Already picked Michigan so it would have to be Washington)?

Arizona over Houston (Already picked Houston so it would have to be Arizona)?

TCU over Baylor (Already picked Baylor so it would have to be TCU)

LSU or Vandy?

Oklahoma or South Carolina

West Virginia or UCF

Purdue or Northwestern

Michigan St. over Indiana (Already picked Indiana so would have to be Mich State)

Ohio State over Wisconsin (already picked Wisconsin so would have to be Ohio State)

Ole Miss or Georgia

Texas A&M or Arkansas    

Arizona State over Texas Tech (would have to be Arizona State as I have already picked Texas Tech)

Florida over Mississippi State. (Would have to be FL because I already picked Miss State)

Oregon or Rutgers

Penn State or Iowa

Maryland or UCLA

Texas or Kentucky

Tennessee or Alabama

Utah over BYU ( Have already burned BYU)

Oklahoma St. over Cincinatti (Already burned Cincinatti)

ALL I NEED ARE 2 WINNERS STRAIGHT UP!  Do I go with Ohio State and Texas A&M?    

Florida and Iowa

Florida, Ohio State 3rd choice is Oregon. 

Ohio St and Oregon are probably the "safest" bets but then you'll also be unable to use them the rest of the way......

Sneaky solid play is UCLA 

First time hearing survivor for college football.

Buddy I was in that one on Splash .. had that one and 3 more in the smaller 50k guaranteed pool .. Had my pick options all mapped and wk 7 was the first week I took diff picks in each entry w Wash, Houston, and Ole Miss .. but I paired each of them up with penn st in all 4 entries lol ..  PSU cleared out such a massive number in 2 weeks as one of the biggest lines and best time to use PSU .. anyone mapping their picks out likely woulda seen last 2 weeks as a great time to save PSU .. I avoided using them vs UCLA specifically to use them vs NU and didn't diversify them out of any entries .. man o man .. congrats on making it this far .. 

When I mapped out my picks week 8 stood out as the dangerous week with all the tough spots and not many big lines and quite a few teams you'll be tempted to pick that you'll really wanna save for later ... OSU is yer 'break incase of emergency' pick for sure ..  

Its no doubt gunna wittle down with wild endings / folks running out of picks .. Consider whether you want to be 'in the boat' with everyone else .. OR .. you want to roll the dice and hope a large number of entries step in another big trap and you can really make some money ... either way theres gunna be fewer options from here and plenty of traps .. lotta the 'best' teams aren't as strong or as sure thing as they seem ... 

Oregon @Rutgers sounds like the best bet for sure .. but frankly Ducks can absolutely play down and blow it .. Rutgers pass attack is pretty strong and a one score game wouldn't be a big shocker .. But if Rutgers can't play run D and can't pressure the QB then Its tough to imagine they win this game .. gotta put oregon in pass situations AND get pressure on that guy .. and tackle well .. not sure rutgers D is built for that .. still might wanna save Oregon for next week .. 

Texas is an idea but the spot is really tricky too .. let's be fair .. if it was anyone but Kentucky they'd be well under a TD on the road in this spot if not a dog .. Only spot you'll wanna play Texas .. very dangerous roadie to Miss St next week is not where I'd play them .. no other spot looks solid ..

Def look over next week which lines up to be another tricky one .. and rest of the schedule ..

Either way from here best bet is to have as many of these in your pocket just in case .. 

WK 9 .. OREG, NEB, .. UTAH? .. MICH?

WK 10 KU, MICH, HOU, OLE MISS .. AUB?

WK 11 OSU, USC 

WK 12 TENN, OSU, TAMU, WASH

WK 13 UGA, SCAR LOCKS .. if missing one have UCF too incase .. 

WK 14 USC, IOWA ST, BYU, .. ILLINOIS? .. OKLA???

@Pho-20

Yeah its interesting it feels kinda dumb at first but you really need to map out when to play each team .. its only games with any B12/B10/SEC team involved and must play a FBS team no FCS opponents ..  so plenty of options to start but very easy to play a sure thing lock team that you might reallllllly wanna have later in the season .. 

The part I don't like is the more you strategize the more you're just in the boat with everyone else .. thats why PSU was such a killer .. the perfect spot to play them was in the last 2 weeks and particularly last week .. and if they win everyone advances and few folks depart .. and if they lose then you hope you deviated from your strategy that week .. but yeah week 8 lined up as the week you're happy if you strategized and making tough calls if not .. and couple more tricky weeks from there .. 

@The007

 Keep us informed how you do buddy .. good luck ... rooting for ya .. 

Nebraska, Utah, Vandy, and or Georgia. 

Nebraska being strongest 

@The007

 No on Aggies  tough , really tough spot. I like Trains UCLA call…they hot. Terps will be late getting off the bus, and early to get home.  Oregon rumbles 

GL

Not saying don't take Nebraska but they had a very late first road gm last week and if you saw the game sure they were the better team but the down spot very nearly cost em .. trip to minny for b2b first road games feels like another that could be a surprise ..  

Clearly something to not like about minny tho .. line went from under a TD to now nearly 10 which is closer to where SP+ has them w basic HFA added .. so no value for minny in the good home spot vs the bad B2B first road gms spot seems off .. maybe injuries for minny or they've taken a bad turn lately idk .. but this feels like a get it back spot for sure, high potential for upsets .. so def get to know if Minny has major injury issues .. Nebraska run D has not been good and if Minny isint riddled with injuries they should get some traction on offense .. 

I'd suggest save Neb for next week Home vs NU feels like where you wanna take them .. or at least have them in your pocket .. pickens will be gettin slim for everyone very soon .. good luck!

100k grand prize? Jesus I hope someone trustworthy is holding that kinda $$