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NCAA Pick ems 2011

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Skunky
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Thanks to the generous volunteering of time by Beach Runner and cnestg8r and by popular demand, the picking contest is back in 2011! So far as I know the format will be the same as it has been in years past-I will look for guidelines to be announced by the aformentioned Gator fans soon. Hard to believe this will be year five! Wow! As a reminder, please, we all know half the fun of football is razzing the opponents regarding their shortcomings and expanding team rap sheets-but please try to keep that activity in the NCAA Battlezone thread and keep the picking thread mostly about picking, although discussion regarding picks and performance does add to the picking thread, in my opinion.

With that said, get ready and keep an eye on this thread for the game to hatch! I'm hoping for another great year of SOWAL football funn! GEAUX (insert your team name here)!:cool:



1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings
2. The deadline for making your pick for any game is 9 AM Central Time on date of that game.
3. Anyone who misses the deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games not picked for that date.
4. Any changes after a pick is made must appear in a new post, not in an edited prior post, and by 9 AM Central Time for the date of the game for which your pick is changed. Failure to do this will result in your change being invalid.
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.

Happy picking!:wave:

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ameliaj avatar
Beach Fanatic
#2
Yaaaaaayyyy!!! Skunky, Beach Runner & cnestg8r!!!!. I am so ready for some football. Bring on the picks. I'm headed to the Dome for UGA/boisest next weekend and I am fired up about this season.
PearlSB4U avatar
Beach Fanatic
#4
Go Dogs!
Beat them Tater Tots from Idyho!
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#5
Yahoo. Cannot wait. My favorite thing every year, college football and the Sowal NCAA pick'em. Thanks you three for taking this on.
Arkiehawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#6
Super! Looking forward to it.... Go Hawgs!
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#7
Thanks to the generous volunteering of time by Beach Runner and cnestg8r and by popular demand, the picking contest is back in 2011! So far as I know the format will be the same as it has been in years past-I will look for guidelines to be announced by the aformentioned Gator fans soon. Hard to believe this will be year five! Wow! As a reminder, please, we all know half the fun of football is razzing the opponents regarding their shortcomings and expanding team rap sheets-but please try to keep that activity in the NCAA Battlezone thread and keep the picking thread mostly about picking, although discussion regarding picks and performance does add to the picking thread, in my opinion.

With that said, get ready and keep an eye on this thread for the game to hatch! I'm hoping for another great year of SOWAL football funn! GEAUX (insert your team name here)!:cool:
Thanks, Skunky. Again, well said. Thanks for the preliminary list. I got a text from cnestg8r at 6:12 AM Monday in AU (3:12 PM CST Sunday). He's working on it.
cnestg8r avatar
Beach Fanatic
#8
Note that a team that is listed with "+ ##" means that team is spotted ## points.

Each participant from last year is asked to consider inviting a new player to join our merry group.

As in the past highlight your picks in BOLD.

Good Luck!

Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#9
Woo hoo, thanks Cnest. Cannot wait for the game Thursday night and Friday. Saturday we will be traveling home so I won't get to watch anything then.
PearlSB4U avatar
Beach Fanatic
#10
Can you please remind me of the deadlines for picking & rules for changing if possible?
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#11
Rules for 2011 SoWal NCAAF Pick'ems

1. The games for each week's SoWal Pick'em will be posted on or before Monday evenings
2. The deadline for making your pick for any game is 9 AM Central Time on date of that game.
3. Anyone who misses the deadline (as defined in #2 above) will forfeit all games not picked for that date.
4. Any changes after a pick is made must appear in a new post, not in an edited prior post, and by 9 AM Central Time for the date of the game for which your pick is changed. Failure to do this will result in your change being invalid.
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.

Happy picking!:wave:
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Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#12
Ok, I'm starting things off for the 2011 pick'em. Good luck everyone :biggrin:

Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
BeachSiO2 avatar
Beach Fanatic
#13
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#14
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
scooterbug44 avatar
SoWal Expert
#15
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

TCU @ Baylor

Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Miami Fl @ Maryland

Why? Random guessing will probably outperform my well thought out prognostications.
I have several years of random guessing that disproves this. Only seems to work on bowl games.

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Kurt avatar
Admin
#16
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
bamabeachbum avatar
Beach Fanatic
#17
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS is so ready!
Jerry Lewis avatar
Beach Fanatic
#18
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
ShallowsNole avatar
Beach Fanatic
#19
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA
@ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St
@ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado
@ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
cnestg8r avatar
Beach Fanatic
#20
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
DD avatar
SoWal Expert
#21
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA
@ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State
@ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland​
bamabeachbum avatar
Beach Fanatic
#22
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern
@ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5
@ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State
@ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado
@ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
Red Dawg avatar
Beach Lover
#23

Wake Forest @ Syracuse
TCU @ Baylor
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii
Miami Fl@ Maryland



ROLL TIDE!
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Beach Lover
#24
This looked like fun last year I think I wil give it a go.

Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern
@ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA
@ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State
@ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado
@ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
Arkiehawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#25
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland
Althea352 avatar
Beach Lover
#26
Thu-Sep 1
Wake Forest @ Syracuse

Fri-Sep 2
TCU @ Baylor

Sat-Sep 3
Miami Ohio + 20.5 @ Missouri
Northwestern @ Boston College
South Florida @ Notre Dame
UCLA @ Houston
Minnesota + 20.5 @ USC
BYU @ Ole Miss
Fresno St @ Cal
Boise State @ Georgia
Oregon @ LSU
Rice + 22.5 @ Texas
Tulsa + 22.5 @ Oklahoma
Colorado @ Hawaii

Mon-Sep 5
Miami Fl @ Maryland

Go Dawgs!

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