2024 PB Pick'em Week 15 ** Kick-off is 6pm CDT, FRIDAY **

[SolaScriptura]

All right folks, here we are at Week 15, Conference Championship Week, the penultimate week of regular play in our 2024 College Football PB Pick’em. For this week, to keep it a full slate, I am including all 9 of the FBS Conference Championships PLUS the 9 FCS games – the SWAC Championship and the 8 FCS Championship 2nd Round games. This brings us to a total of 18 games this week. Make sure to get your picks in before kickoff at 6pm on Friday!

Also… stay tuned for an announcement later this week about next week, Week 16, and about the upcoming Bowl Bash...

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm

 

[Sovereign Grace]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky
#10 Boise State
#24 Army

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State
Ohio
Jackson State
South Dakota State
Villanova
Rhode Island
Montana State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
UC Davis
#2 Texas
Marshall
#1 Oregon
Idaho

Tie-Breaker
#8 SMU (28-26)

 

[No Other Name]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm (30-27)

 

[3dawgnight]

Western Kentucky
Boise State
Army
Arizona State
Miami (OH)
Jackson State
South Dakota State
Incarnate Word
Mercer
Montana State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
UC Davis
Texas
Louisiana
Oregon
Idaho
SMU 31, Clemson 28

 

[SolaScriptura]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm (30-27)

What's your pick in the Rhode Island @ Mercer game?

 

[Jason F.]

Western Kentucky
Boise State
Army
Arizona State
Ohio
Jackson State
Montana
Villanova
Mercer
Montana
North Dakota State
South Dakota
UC Davis
Texas
Louisiana
Oregon
Idaho
Clemson 37-27

 

[Edward]

#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm

Everyone be sure to factor in Texas's home field advantage. In Atlanta.

 

[SolaScriptura]

Everyone be sure to factor in Texas's home field advantage. In Atlanta.

I know, right? They're in UGA's geographic backyard yet being called the Home team.

 

[SolaScriptura]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky
Boise State
Tulane

Saturday, December 7
Iowa State
Ohio
Jackson State
South Dakota State
Incarnate Word
Mercer
Montana State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
Illinois State
Georgia
Louisiana
Oregon
Idaho

Tie-Breaker
SMU 27-21

 

[greenbaggins]

JVST, Boise St., Tulane, ISU, M-OH, JKST, SDST, Vill, URI, MST, NDST, TST, UCD, Texas, UL, Or., IDHO, Clemson 24, SMU 30

 

[joebonni63]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm 42 - 14

 

[SolaScriptura]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm 42 - 14

What's your pick in the Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State game?

 

[Northern Crofter]

Friday, December 6
Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm

Saturday, December 7
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm 27-30

 

[joebonni63]

What's your pick in the Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State game?

Missed that one sorry anyway I thought I saw Jacksonville State twice but that was Jackson lol

 

[No Other Name]

I just want to take this opportunity to thank Ben for the crash course in D2 (or whatever they call it now) brackets. Most Saturdays I am not sure how I am doing compared to my memory of everyone else's picks. This Saturday I will not even know how I am doing at all myself in most games hahahaha

 

[toddpedlar]

Western Kentucky @ Jacksonville State 6pm
#19 UNLV @ #10 Boise State 7pm
Tulane @ #24 Army 7pm
#16 Iowa State @ #12 Arizona State 11am
Ohio @ Miami (OH) 11am
Southern @ Jackson State 1pm
Montana @ South Dakota State 1pm
Villanova @ Incarnate Word 1pm
Rhode Island @ Mercer 1pm
UT Martin @ Montana State 2pm
Abilene Christian @ North Dakota State 2pm
Tarleton State @ South Dakota 2pm
Illinois State @ UC Davis 3pm
#5 Georgia @ #2 Texas 3pm
Marshall @ Louisiana 6:30pm
#3 Penn State @ #1 Oregon 7pm
Lehigh @ Idaho 8pm
#18 Clemson @ #8 SMU 7pm, 28-24

 

[Northern Crofter]

This Saturday I will not even know how I am doing at all myself in most games

I reverted to trying my "pick all the home teams" strategy again. It does make it easier to keep track of games - I just cheer all day for whatever team is on the right side of the scoreboard!

 

[Edward]

Jacksonville State
Boise State
Tulane
Iowa State
Miami
Jackson State
South Dakota State
Incarnate Word
Mercer
Montana State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
UC Davis
Texas
Louisiana
Penn State
Idaho

Tie-Breaker
#18 Clemson 27 @ #8 SMU 35

 

[Sovereign Grace]

Congrats to @joebonni63 and @Northern Crofter as they went 3-0 last night. All of the rest of us went 2-1.

ETA: except @SolaScriptura

 

[SolaScriptura]

Congrats to @joebonni63 and @Northern Crofter as they went 3-0 last night. All of the rest of us went 2-1.

Not me….

 

[Northern Crofter]

Not me….

Ouch - I did notice that by am trying to play nice!

 

[Sovereign Grace]

Not me….

Oopsy poopsy!! All except @SolaScriptura went 2-1…

Ouch - I did notice that by am trying to play nice!

It’s down to the nitty gritty now. Nice went out the window weeks ago.

Not me….

 

[SolaScriptura]

Oopsy poopsy!! All except @SolaScriptura went 2-1…


It’s down to the nitty gritty now. Nice went out the window weeks ago.

Not really! I'm just dialed in on making this the statistically best Pick'em ever, so if I need to make personal picks to increase the games in play, I'm happy to do it.

Though it would be nice to win this week or next.

 

[Edward]

Some of these games had some mighty large point spreads. But as we've seen this year, upsets can happen, and they were needed to fill out the slated.

 

[SolaScriptura]

Well folks, Week 15 is behind us....Andrew's "pick the Home Team" strategy worked very well, and if he had stopped to consider that no matter who they were saying was 'home team' for the SEC Championship, Atlanta is most definitely home turf for Georgia and had instead picked them... he would have won the week. But as it is, he picked both Texas and SMU... and this created the necessary breach for Todd to surge forward and claim his first weekly win of the 2024 season, via tiebreaker having picked both UGA and Clemson. Congratulations, Todd!

Here's how we did:

Todd - 14
Andrew - 14
Jason, Rick - 13
Willis, Brad, Me - 12
Edward, Joseph - 11
Lane - 9

And here is our updated wall of honor reflecting the addition of its newest member:

2024 PB Pick'em Wall of Honor

Andrew -

Edward -

Lane -

Willis -

Jason -

Todd -

Brad -

Rick - ​

 

[Northern Crofter]

and if he had stopped to consider that no matter who they were saying was 'home team' for the SEC Championship, Atlanta is most definitely home turf for Georgia and had instead picked them... he would have won the week.

I did consider that (one of those "funny" emojis is mine!):

I rued not picking the true home team when Beck went down - I was counting on him to throw some picks! It was kinda cool to see him come in for one play to win it, I will admit. Argggghh. But congrats to @toddpedlar

 

[Edward]

Glad to lose on the Georgia - Texas game. I wasn't counting on Georgia putting in their best quarterback for the second half to turn things around. Dawgs would have one a couple of more games if he had gotten on the field in them.

Beck did manage to throw a couple of interceptions in the first half. Fortunately for the Dawgs, the 'horns were offside both plays.

I did think the Ponies could beat Clemson.

 

[SolaScriptura]

I did think the Ponies could beat Clemson.

Absolutely. They just made mistakes in the 1st QTR. But the rest of the game they clearly outplayed Clemson. IF they meet again in the Playoff bracket, I will not be surprised if SMU emerges victorious.

 

[Northern Crofter]

Absolutely. They just made mistakes in the 1st QTR. But the rest of the game they clearly outplayed Clemson. IF they meet again in the Playoff bracket, I will not be surprised if SMU emerges victorious.

Agreed. As a Penn State fan, I'm nervous...

 

[No Other Name]

Agreed. As a Penn State fan, I'm nervous...

No worries. Just look at Franklin's record vs. top 5 teams. How could you possibly have the first hint of hope? So relax and if they shock you, let it be an amazing surprise