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  • WEEK 15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS

    WEEK 15 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKS

    Record so far This Year: 108-32

    Pac-12 championship game (Santa Clara, California)

    No. 7 Arizona Wildcats vs. No. 2 Oregon Ducks

    Friday, 9:00 p.m. ET, FOX

    Pick: Oregon

    No. 9 Kansas State Wildcats at No. 6 Baylor Bears

    Saturday, 7:45 p.m. ET, ESPN/WatchESPN

    Pick: Baylor

    SEC championship game (Atlanta, Georgia)

    No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. No. 16 Missouri Tigers

    Saturday, 4:00 p.m. ET, CBS

    Pick: Alabama

    ACC championship game (Charlotte, North Carolina)

    No. 4 Florida State Seminoles vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

    Saturday, 8:00 p.m. ET, ABC/WatchESPN

    Pick: Georgia Tech

    Big Ten championship game (Indianapolis, Indiana)

    No. 13 Wisconsin Badgers vs. No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes

    Saturday, 8:17 p.m. ET, FOX

    Pick: Ohio State

    MAC championship game (Detroit, Michigan)

     Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Bowling Green Falcons

    Friday, 7:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2/WatchESPN

    Pick: Northern Illinois

     Iowa State Cyclones at No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs

    Saturday, noon ET, ABC/WatchESPN

    Pick: TCU

    Oklahoma State Cowboys at No. 20 Oklahoma Sooners

    Saturday, 3:30, Fox Sports 1

    Pick: Oklahoma

    Conference USA championship game (Huntington, West Virginia)

    Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Marshall Thundering Herd 

    Saturday, noon ET, ESPN2/WatchESPN

    Pick: Marshall

    Mountain West championship game (Boise, Idaho)

     Fresno State Bulldogs at No. 22 Boise State Broncos

    Saturday, 10:00 p.m. ET, CBS

    Pick: Boise State

     

  • BLOCKBUSTER RULING! FEDERAL JUDGES RULES AGAINST NCAA!

    In a crazy unexpected decision a federal judge ruled that the NCAA violates USA’s antitrust laws by restricting the compensation that college athletes can receive for use of their names, images and likeness. US district judge Claudia Wilken wrote in a 99-page decision (which you can find here–>PDF) “The Court finds that the challenged NCAA rules unreasonably restrain trade in the market for certain educational and athletic opportunities offered by NCAA Division I schools.”

    The NCAA gets a minor win as Wilken ruled the NCAA could set a cap  as long as it allows at least $5,000 a year for big school football and basketball players. Ed O’Bannon and 19 others challenged the NCAA on their misuse of antitrust laws. Stating that the amount of time they devoted to the sport made it impossible to function like regular students. O’Bannon claimed that his job AT UCLA was too play basketball and that “I was an athlete masquerading as a student, I was there strictly to play basketball. I did basically the minimum to make sure I kept my eligibility academically so I could continue to play.”

    Big Ten commish Jim Delany said that because of this ruling his conference could be no more.