🏈🏈🏈 Fubah2's risky CFB bets

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2024 CFB:   213  - 99     68.3%  ...juice from 99 losses -18,588

2023 CFB:   257 - 154     62.5% 

SEC

In each conference I will lay out my RANKING (ie, order inside Conf)  as well as a specific RATING (ie, strength relative to all 136 teams)

I use 7 main tiers for RATING their strength among all 136 FBS teams:

       G+       G        M+        M        M-        W       W- 

 Whereby  G = GOOD......... M = Mediocre/Middlin ........W = Weak

(in parenthesis after the team is how I had them ending last year)

G+ ........Texas ( G+)
G+ ........Georgia (G+)
G+ ........ Alabama (G+)
g+/G .....Tex.A/M (G)
g+/G .....Florida (G)
G ..........Oklahoma (M+)
G ..........LSU (G)
G ..........Tennessee (G+/G)
G ..........Ole'Miss (G+)
G ..........Missouri (G)
G ..........Auburn (m+/M)
G ..........S.Carol (G)
M+ ....... Vandy (M+)
M+ ....... Arkansas (M+)
M+ ....... Kentucky (M)
M ......... Miss. St. (M-/w)

BAM  mic drop…. The king has spoken on the SEC. Have a great year and THANK YOU 

wazoo

Could just be me,  but this conference is legitimate from first to worst and wide open for the picking.  Expecting some home dogs to howl.  Some days I lean ASU, then other days a Texas school, then I fall back on Coach Whit and that Offensive Line of big ugliness of Utah revenging 5-7 last season.  Big fan of TCU QB and offense, defense not so much… wildcard Tex Tech trying to buy a title with some record transfer dollars.  Steady eddies and ruthless places to visit Nov-Dec….K-state, Iowa St

i don’t see a team surviving these conference games with only 2 losses…been incorrect often tho. Watch BYU go undefeated! Ha. Have a great Fall, the Duke 

A key QB injury is always a big concern - and they happen frequently.

Injuries occur to all positions so depth weighs heavy.  My ratings factor this in the best I can, but it can be a crap shoot on several teams, no doubt.

 After going 13 - 0 in 2023, I EXPECTED Florida State to have another good season in 2024....not another perfect season, no, but at least a GOOD, winning season.....possibly a playoff but for sure a good Bowl........ In the first 3 weeks I began my season LOSING heavily betting on them 4 times with that belief....

As summer camps progress I may need to revise some conferences based on key injuries.

....but so far nothing major...

I expect I will likely update prior to AUG 23 season start and possibly again prior to Aug 30 week 1

ACC

In each conference I will lay out my RANKING (ie, order inside Conf)  as well as a specific RATING (ie, strength relative to all 136 teams)

I use 7 main tiers for RATING their strength among all 136 FBS teams:

       G+       G        M+        M        M-        W       W- 

 Whereby  G = GOOD......... M = Mediocre/Middlin ........W = Weak

(in parenthesis after the team is how I had them ending last year)

G+ .......Clemson (G) 
G ..........Miami (G)  
G ..........Louisville (G)
G ..........SMU (g+/G)
M+ ........Pitts (m+/M) ....expecting improvement!
M+ ........Ga.Tech (M+)
M+ ........NC State (M) ....expecting improvement!
M+ ........Florida St.  (M-/W)  ....rebound expected
M+/M.....Duke (M+)
m+/M.....Va.Tech (M+)
m+/M.....N.Carolina (M/M-)  ....expecting improvement!
M ..........Virginia (M/m-)
M ..........Boston C. (M+/m)
M ..........Cal Bears (M)
M/m- .... Syracuse (M+)  ...lost too much talent
M- ........ Wake (M-)
M- ........ Stanford (M-/w)

I use my "ratings" (not rankings) to assess the strength of a given team vs their next opponent.

For example, if I would have a game matchup where they BOTH register on my chart as M+ quality teams, but say the road team is favored......then I am leaning and looking hard at the HOMIES getting points in an EVEN matchup!

Still working on BIG TEN, but challenging...

“Injuries occur to all positions so depth weighs heavy. ” -Fubah 

Agreed, JJ. This is where the Phil Steele mag becomes an exceptionally useful tool for my preseason preparations.

Fubah to get off the subject of football,how about my Brewers!

@mandy1

 Absolutely!  Have to be impressed by Brewers run since May 24 when they were below .499

I wish Bob Uecker was still around to witness this 

Crackdown on faking injuries among college football rule changes

Combatting the practice of players faking injuries to stop the game clock was an offseason priority for the NCAA Football Rules Committee.

Beginning this season, if a player on the field presents as injured after the ball is spotted for the next play, that player's team will be charged a timeout. If the team does not have timeouts remaining, a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty will be assessed.

The player also must remain out of the game for at least one down, even if that team is granted a timeout, and may not return until receiving the approval of a medical professional.

Love this too.  Desperate and circumventing regular game play 

Fubah…I agree and kind of like this Pitt team to exceed expectations 

 BIG TEN

In each conference I will lay out my RANKING (ie, order inside Conf)  as well as a specific RATING (ie, strength relative to all 136 teams)

I use 7 main tiers for RATING their strength among all 136 FBS teams:

       G+       G        M+        M        M-        W       W- 

 Whereby  G = GOOD......... M = Mediocre/Middlin ........W = Weak

(in parenthesis after the team is how I had them ending last year)

G+..........Penn St. (G+)
G+..........Oregon  (G+)
G+/G.......Ohio St (G+)
G+/G.......Illinois (G)
g+/G........Indiana (G+)
g+/G........Michigan (G)     
g+/G........USC  (G)
G.............Washington (M+)
G.............Wisconsin (M+)
G.............Iowa (G/M+)
G.............Nebraska (M+)
g/M+........Rutgers (M+)
g/M+........Mich.St (M)
M+...........UCLA (M+/M)
M+...........Minnesota (g/M+)
M.............NorthWestern (M-)
M.............Maryland (M/M-)
W............Purdue (W)

penn state  

  6 more sleeps until the real shootin' begins!