College Football ToughCalls Week 8

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This week's contest has 6 games, all on Saturday.

Notre Dame @ Navy EDIT @ East Rutherford, NJ
Oklahoma @ Mizzou
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State
Wisconsin @ Iowa
LSU @ Auburn
North Carolina @ Miami Fl


Just predict the winners, no point spreads. You are allowed to change any pick before kick off of that game. The person with the best percentage at the end of the season (above a minimum number of games) will be the reigning champion.

Standings (listed by # of victories)

fanforever 47-20
Faceman 46-18
PujolJunkie 46-21
albertmvpujols 45-22
Socnorb11 45-22
TransmogrifiedTiger 45-22
MacLowery 44-23 (defending champion)
obucard 43-24
HungaryJack 43-24
cardslesson101 42-24
JL21 42-25
InvinceableCakeEater 42-25 (defending runner-up)
PurdueSTL 41-26
Cardsfansince82 40-22
TimeForGuinness 39-28
phins 39-28
AWvsCBsteeer3 38-22
slideintofirst 37-30
stlewis11 36-30
ndistops 34-11
JSO4 32-17
TheoSqua 32-25
Dillagii 28-17
JoeMcKim 24-22
Pujols is a God 17-12
vinsanity 16-7
StLDan 13-9
TGantz 10-6
go birds 8-5
robbotis 8-5
clevername 7-6
centreville 3-6

Near the end of the season a minimum # of entries will be announced and standings will be in order of %. The minimum will probably be in the range of 80-85% of the total # of games. The current % leader is ndistops at 75.5%.

[obucard]

Notre Dame @ Navy
Oklahoma @ Mizzou
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State
Wisconsin @ Iowa
LSU @ Auburn
North Carolina @ Miami Fl

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Notre Dame @ Navy
Oklahoma @ Mizzou
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State
Wisconsin @ Iowa
LSU @ Auburn
North Carolina @ Miami Fl

[albertmvpujols]

Notre Dame @ Navy
Oklahoma @ Mizzou
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State
Wisconsin @ Iowa
LSU @ Auburn
North Carolina @ Miami Fl

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fyi Notre Dame - Navy is at E Rutherford

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Notre Dame @ Navy EDIT @ East Rutherford, NJ
Oklahoma @ Mizzou
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State
Wisconsin @ Iowa
LSU @ Auburn
North Carolina @ Miami Fl

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Navy
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Wisconsin
Auburn
Miami

[Hungary Jack]

Notre Dame @ Navy EDIT @ East Rutherford, NJ
Oklahoma @ Mizzou
Nebraska @ Oklahoma State
Wisconsin @ Iowa
LSU @ Auburn
North Carolina @ Miami Fl

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Minnesota fired Brewster:

Minnesota has fired coach Tim Brewster after three and a half seasons at the school.

Athletic director Joel Maturi announced the decision Sunday, a day after Minnesota lost its sixth consecutive game. Jeff Horton, the team's co-offensive coordinator, will handle the head-coaching duties on an interim basis.


Brewster went 15-30 at Minnesota and 7-18 since November 2008. The Golden Gophers' loss Saturday to Purdue dropped them to 1-6 this season.

He will be paid a buyout of $600,000 stemming from a contract extension he signed in January. The extension ran through the 2013 season but included a lower buyout than his original deal with the school.

"While I appreciate the passion and commitment that coach Brewster has shown, it is clear that a change in the leadership of Gopher football is necessary," Maturi said in a statement. "We have high aspirations for our football program and we are not satisfied with its current direction. The results so far this season have been unacceptable and the program has simply not shown enough improvement over the past three and a half years to continue with the status quo."

Brewster was informed of the decision Sunday morning. Maturi had discussed Brewster's future with university president Robert Bruininks several times in recent weeks, and Bruininks was "in complete agreement with the decision to remove Brewster as head coach," according to a news release.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5696038

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Notre Dame
Mizzou
Nebraska
Wisconsin
LSU
North Carolina