2012 NCAA Guess the Score - Week 10 [TWO GAMES!!!]

**jrlebert** · 10-28-2012, 11:10 PM

Alrighty everyone, with 9 different winners over the first 9 weeks of the contest, and some HUGE games this week, I have decided to shake things up a bit and have 2 GAMES up for your guessing pleasure! You don't HAVE to guess on both games, but yes, EACH game is worth 50 cc. You have the potential to win 100cc this week, and take a commanding lead with just 6 weeks left in the regular season after this! Here we go!

Game #1 Date / Time:
November 3, 2012
7:00pm EST

[#4] Oregon Ducks (8-0) @ [#17] University of Southern California Trojans (6-2)
Game to be played @ The Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA

Game #2 Date / Time:
November 3, 2012
8:00pm EST

[#1] Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0) @ [#5] Louisiana State University Tigers (7-1)
Game to be played @ Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA

Prizes:
50 cc for Each Game
1000 cc to the Season Long Winner
Read the GTS rules here. Deadline to enter: November 3, 2012 @ 6:00pm EST.

A couple of quick notes:
You must have your guesses posted and any edits made to your post ONE HOUR BEFORE KICKOFF of the Oregon vs. USC game.
Kickoff times will be posted above, each week.

All games will be Saturday games.

The standings will be organized by CC won total. Each week will have just one winner, and one 50 CC prize awarded. (This week is different!)
CC will be awarded at the end of the contest, not each week.

Please PM me (jrlebert) with any questions or issues.
Good luck everyone!

Standings (to be sorted by CC won):
#1 (tie) - rtsjr (50cc) [Week 1 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - Chargersfan46 (50cc) [Week 2 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - bouncer (50cc) [Week 3 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - pwaldo (50cc) [Week 4 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - bigballer23 (50cc) [Week 5 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - silvernblack (50cc) [Week 6 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - NU_fan (50cc) [Week 7 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - Devlin (50cc) [Week 8 WINNER]
#1 (tie) - NC30715 (50cc) [Week 9 WINNER]

**jrlebert** · 10-28-2012, 11:25 PM

Two games on the docket for Week 10! Again, you don't HAVE to guess both games, but each game is worth 50cc, so why not?

Our first game is the Pac 12 showdown between the #4 Oregon Ducks and the #17 USC Trojans.

Oregon comes in simply annihilating their opponents, averaging over 53 points per game, #1 in the nation. The Ducks have wins over 2 ranked opponents already this season, and their D gives up less than 20 a game. Kenjon Barner is a dark horse Heisman candidate, leading the nation's 3rd best rushing attack with almost 974 yards and 14 TDs on the ground.

USC is coming off another head scratcher, this time a loss to then-unranked Arizona, 39-36. Perhaps they overlooked the Wildcats in anticipation of this match-up, and they will need to be firing on all cylinders to keep up with Oregon. They are led by preseason Heisman favorite Matt Barkley (25 TDs), all-everything receivers Marqise Lee and Robert Woods (129 grabs, 19 TDs combined) and Penn State transfer Silas Redd at RB. Can they score enough to beat Oregon?

**jrlebert** · 10-28-2012, 11:34 PM

The second game on our schedule is a match-up for the ages, and what has been the best rivalry of this decade so far, Alabama vs. LSU. With perennial super powers Arkansas, Auburn, and Tennessee all having down years, South Carolina losing RB Marcus Lattimore for the year, and Mississippi State now dismissed as a pretender, it's back to old hat for the SEC.

Alabama travels to Baton Rouge after a 31-point pasting of then #11 and formerly undefeated Mississippi State, 38-7. A.J. McCarron has still not thrown an INT this season to go with his 18 TDs, and has quietly earned a spot in the Heisman discussion. The Tide's trademark, however, is the nation's #1 ranked scoring defense, giving up just 8 points a game.

LSU is in a rough stretch, with 5 games in a row against ranked opponents, this being their fourth of those five. A close loss to Florida is the only blemish on a record that has been made even more impressive considering they lost arguably the nation's best defender, Tyrann Mathieu, before the season, due to off the field issues. Can LSU, behind their home crowd, upset the Tide?