2026 Staff Pick’em Week 5 – Anchor Of Gold

Nobody was a loser!
Week 4 was a good one! For everyone! The worst performance was CDA at 5-5. Cole, Andrew, and I were all a respectable 6-4. The editor and his adoring public matched at 7-3. The real winner was Import at a ridiculous 8-2. Overall, that left the staff at 38-22 for the week and 194-184 for the season.
The keys to success were having unanimous correct picks on Georgia to win by more than 13.5 over Oklahoma, Alabama to beat South Carolina by more than 12.5, and Oregon to win by more than 2.5 over USC. I was the only one that did not trust Vanderbilt staying within 9.5 of Auburn. We did all miss on Arkansas blowing out Tulsa.
It is a short slate with 6 SEC-SEC games, LSU playing an FCS opponent with no betting lines available, and bye weeks for Ole Miss, Texas, and Oklahoma. The dealer’s choice swings to the ACC for Pittsburgh at Virginia Tech.
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Andrew and I owe the rest of the staff an apology.
Boys, we picked like Stephen Rivers reads a wristband.
All but one of us incorrectly took Clemson, but we still collectively picked well.
Only 1 player showed much rust in Week 0…
College football is back! Sorta!
The college football postseason is nonsense. Pure nonsense.
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