SOWAL NCAA pick'em

SkunkyLocked

Aug 27, '07 · 11:36 AM511,519

I would like to organize a friendly little football contest as I know there is at least a modest amount of interest regarding this topic. All you have to do is pick the winners of the week's upcoming games that I post. Each correct pick earns one point;there is no penalty for incorrect guesses. I will keep a tally of everyone's points as the season progresses. Picks must be posted on the board BEFORE KICKOFF (duh), or they will not count. The SOWALer with the most points at the end of the year wins a, hmmm, not sure about that, but isn't glory reward enough?! Now get picking!

WEEK 1 NCAA Football-Deadline to submit picks is 5PM central Thursday August 30

LSU at Mississippi State

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame

Tennessee at California

Kansas State at Auburn

Florida State at Clemson

Copy and past the schedule in your response and highlight your winner!
For example, here are my picks:

LSU at Mississippi State

Georgia Tech at Notre Dame

Tennessee at California

Kansas State at Auburn

Florida State at Clemson

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Beach Fanatic

Sep 8, '09 · 10:55 AM#4302

Week two picks

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Comber

Sep 8, '09 · 2:32 PM#4303

Week two picks:

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Fanatic

Sep 8, '09 · 9:27 PM#4304

Like I don't even keep up with half of these...

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

SoWal Insider

Sep 8, '09 · 10:30 PM#4305

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Here are my picks!

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn (My upset pick of the week)
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Some tough games in the list. Happy picking!

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 6:53 AM#4306

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 7:10 AM#4307

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 7:31 AM#4308

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Edited Sep 9, '09 · 7:32 AM

Beach Lover

Sep 9, '09 · 11:50 AM#4309

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 3:15 PM#4310

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 4:08 PM#4311

less than 27 hours to kickoff

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 6:49 PM#4312

beats on hood

Sep 9, '09 · 7:39 PM#4313

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech (White-Out Night)

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

SoWal Expert

Sep 9, '09 · 8:57 PM#4314

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan@ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Kitty, if you think I've screwed up really bad, please advise.

Beach Fanatic

Sep 9, '09 · 9:51 PM#4315

Edited Sep 9, '09 · 9:52 PM

Meow

Sep 10, '09 · 1:11 AM#4316

man, that 9 am rule is scary!

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Dear DD.... :floor:

beats on hood

Sep 10, '09 · 5:58 AM#4317

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Dear DD....

9 AM rule: we did that so that the day's deadline would be the same on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday so people wouldn't have to remember a different time for each day. Maybe we should revisit that.

bean

Sep 10, '09 · 7:21 AM#4318

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12

W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Go BUCKS!!!!!
Purdue @ Oregon

SoWal Insider

Sep 10, '09 · 8:59 AM#4319

locking in the Thursday pick before I finish up the rest.

WEEK II SCHEDULE

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon

Beach Fanatic

Sep 10, '09 · 10:51 AM#4320

TooFarTampa

UCLA @ TennesseeOhio @ North Texas

What did you intend on Ohio v N. Texas?

Edited Sep 10, '09 · 10:56 AM

Beach Fanatic

Sep 10, '09 · 10:55 AM#4321

OCEAN LOVER

Ocean Lover[/COLOR];608530]WEEK II SCHEDULE

Clemson @ Georgia Tech

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What did you intend?

Edited Sep 10, '09 · 11:02 AM

Beach Fanatic

Sep 10, '09 · 11:00 AM#4322

Forget the 9am deadline. Get the picks in by kickoff today or 1st game Saturday.

Kitty made us do it.

SoWal Insider

Sep 10, '09 · 11:15 AM#4323

Fixed it, thanks!

And thanks to listening to our wise Kitty. :clap:

beats on hood

Sep 10, '09 · 12:24 PM#4324

Forget the 9am deadline. Get the picks in by kickoff today or 1st game Saturday.

Kitty made us do it.

I disagree. I'm okay with getting picks in by kickoff for Thursday and Friday games.

But for Saturday games someone has a distinct advantage if they can watch ESPN SportsCenter on Saturday AM at 8 AM Central/9 AM Eastern. S/he could just forfeit the Thursday game and wait for the latest predictions from the three talking heads.

Therefore, I think the rules should be amended as follows:

Rules for the 2009 SoWal Pick'em

1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings.
2. The deadlines for posting during the regular season are kickoff time for Thursday or Friday games and 8 AM Central Time for Saturday games.
3. Anyone who misses a deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games to be played or that have been played on that day, as well as all games played on previous days that week.
4. Once a person posts his/her picks, changes must be made in a new post to include all games, rather than by editing an earlier post, under the same deadline rules as in #2.
5. Each correct pick earns one point.
6. The winner of the SoWal Pick?em will be the person who has the most points, not the highest percentage of correct picks.
7. Bonus questions may be included later in the season in case a tie-breaker is needed. The points from these questions will not be added to a picker?s total points for the season.
8. Leaders for each week, for the regular season, and for the bowl games will be recognized. However, the winner of the SoWal Pick?em will be the person with the most wins for the season, including bowl games.

Whaddayathink, cnestg8r?

SkunkyAuthor

Sep 10, '09 · 12:30 PM#4325

Thursday September 10
Clemson @ Georgia Tech

Saturday September 12
W. Michigan @ Indiana
Stanford @ Wake Forest
Duke @ Army
North Carolina @ Connecticut
TCU @ Virginia
Notre Dame @ Michigan
UCLA @ Tennessee
Ohio @ North Texas
Bowling Green @ Missouri
Mississippi St. @ Auburn
Vanderbilt @ LSU
South Carolina @ Georgia
USC @ Ohio St.
Purdue @ Oregon