It’s back, and this time a full slate of games every week! Hey now!
It’s the 2021 Gameday on Rocky Top picks contest, once again from our longtime friends at Fun Office Pools. It’s free to play – you can join our group right here.
As always, the pool uses confidence points: each week we pick 20 games, straight up. You assign 20 points to the outcome you’re most confident in (say, Vols over Bowling Green) and 1 point to the outcome you’re least confident in (say, Georgia vs Clemson). Picks are due before kickoff of each game – please note we usually pick the Thursday night contest. Fittingly, there are ZERO games from Saturday’s Week Zero slate in the contest, so you’ve got until Thursday night to get started. And if you miss a game or a week, fear not: if you forget to pick, you automatically get just one point lower than whoever comes in last place that week among those who submitted their picks.
It’s one of our favorite traditions around here. Good to be back.
Here’s the Week 1 slate:
Thursday, September 2
- Boise State at UCF – 7:00 PM – ESPN
- East Carolina at Appalachian State – 7:30 PM – ESPNU
- South Florida at NC State – 7:30 PM – ACC Network
- #4 Ohio State at Minnesota – 8:00 PM – Fox
- Bowling Green at Tennessee – 8:00 PM – SEC Network
Friday, September 3
- #10 North Carolina at Virginia Tech – 6:00 PM – ESPN
- Duke at Charlotte – 7:00 PM – CBS Sports Network
- Michigan State at Northwestern – 9:00 PM – ESPN
Saturday, September 4
- #19 Penn State at #12 Wisconsin – 12:00 PM – Fox
- #1 Alabama vs #14 Miami (Atlanta) – 3:30 PM – ABC
- #17 Indiana at #18 Iowa – 3:30 PM – Big Ten Network
- West Virginia at Maryland – 3:30 PM – ESPN
- Central Michigan at Missouri – 4:00 PM – SEC Network
- #23 Louisiana at #21 Texas – 4:30 PM – Fox
- San Jose State at #15 USC – 5:00 PM – Pac 12 Network
- #3 Clemson vs #5 Georgia (Charlotte) – 7:30 PM – ABC
- Florida Atlantic at #13 Florida – 7:30 PM – SEC Network
- #16 LSU at UCLA – 8:30 PM – Fox
Sunday, September 5
- #9 Notre Dame at Florida State – 7:30 PM – ABC
Monday, September 6
- Louisville vs Ole Miss (Atlanta) – 8:00 PM – ESPN
