Weekly Gridiron Picks Sponsored By Riverside Lunch: Week 6

We’re already nearly halfway through college football season, and it’s still anybody’s ballgame when it comes to our weekly pick’em contest. Scott Ratcliffe held his slim lead atop the standings with a 16-win week, with Mark Mincer and his dad, Hootie, hot on his trail.

Scott German is in fourth place, while our sponsor Lee Shifflett slipped a few spots and Gary Shook climbed out of the cellar to again pull even with Shifflett. Chris Graham had another solid week at 15-5, but sits in last place. The good news for Graham is that despite all that, he’s only six games out of first place with a long way to go.

Since UVA has an open date this week, we will be using the Miami-Virginia Tech Coastal Division matchup as our tiebreaker game this week.

We still have nine more weekly-winner spots to fill for the Grand Prize bowl pick’em contest, so get your picks in by noon Friday for your chance to win Riverside burgers and compete at the end of the season!

 

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Weekly Panel:

Scott Ratcliffe — JerryRatcliffe.Com 79-21 (16-4 last week)

Mark Mincer — Mincer’s UVA Imprinted Sportswear 77-23 (16-4)

Jerry Ratcliffe — JerryRatcliffe.Com 77-23 (15-5)

Scott German — Augusta Free Press 75-25 (15-5)

Lee Shifflett — Riverside Lunch 74-26 (13-7)

Gary Shook — Blue Ridge Bank 74-26 (16-4)

Chris Graham — Augusta Free Press 73-27 (15-5)

How to Play:

We’ll pick every ACC game all season long, plus the best of the rest from around college football (20 total games per week).

Fans can submit their own picks (sent to weeklygridironpicks@gmail.com, with “WEEK 6 PICKS” in the subject line) no later than NOON ET Friday (Note: We’re looking into a more fan-friendly system for submitting your picks, stay tuned).

Tiebreaker:

Predict the score of the UVA game (or another designated big game if the ‘Hoos are on a bye week = this week’s game is Virginia Tech at Miami):

Fans will predict the final score (i.e. Virginia 35, Opponent 21 … that fan’s total score for the tiebreaker would be 56). The fan whose total score is closest to the actual total score will be declared the winner. If somehow two or more fans have the same total score (or are the same distance from the total score), the fan who is closer to UVA’s score will win (“Team A” if UVA is not playing that week = “Team A” this week is Miami).

IMPORTANT NOTE: You MUST include a tiebreaker with your entry, or it will not be eligible to win.

Prizes:

The weekly winner will receive a gift certificate from Riverside Lunch and will automatically qualify to compete for the grand prize (TBD) during bowl season.

If a fan is named the weekly winner, he/she may still compete in the remaining weekly contests, but will not be eligible again for the weekly prize.

Week 6 Picks:

Once a weekly fan winner is determined, we will contact them via the email address they used to submit their picks to redeem their prize!

Weekly Winners:

Congratulations to Mike McCombs, our Week 5 winner! Mike obliterated the competition last week, finishing with 18 out of 20 correct picks. His only incorrect choices were Virginia over Notre Dame, which looked pretty good for a half, and Nevada over Hawaii. Mike wins a gift certificate to Riverside Lunch and is automatically entered into the Grand Prize bowl pick’em contest.

Week 1 (Aug. 26-Sept. 2) — ADAM HAWES (18-2)

Week 2 (Sept. 3-9) — MICAH MORRIS (17-3)

Week 3 (Sept. 10-16) — LANCE SPEIDELL (15-5)

Week 4 (Sept. 17-23) — JAKE TUZZO (16-4)

Week 5 (Sept. 24-30) — MIKE McCOMBS (18-2)

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Email us your Week 6 picks now! This week’s deadline is Friday at noon. And don’t forget your tiebreaker score!