NCAA Pick ems 2011

Skunky

Aug 28, '11 · 8:35 AM113,160

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:

Edited Aug 29, '11 · 5:07 PM

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Beach Fanatic

Jan 9, '12 · 8:26 AM#952

Gee, thanks for messing me up, Arkansas State.

After last night Everytime, Jerry Lewis, kurt, and I are still in the running for bowl champ, and Lady D and Miss Kitty are in the running for #2 overall (30A Skunkape, PearlsB4U, Red Dawg and I are no longer in contention for number 2). Congrats to the contenders and, of course, to the overall winner Iris.

I know it puts me in a 1-point lead for a few hours, but I don't know why I picked Northern Illinois; maybe because I remember them beating my UA in Tuscaloosa 8 yrs ago. I picked Ark St on the ESPN pick 'em (which gave another guy a guaranteed win for our group, and me no better than 2nd). I really need UA to win and rush the most tonight, but good luck to everyone! I've enjoyed participating again this year! Thanks also to cnestg8r for coordinating this and to BR for weekly reminders!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 9, '12 · 8:29 AM#953

What is the answer?

Sudden death - best time finish in the Seaside Half Marathon. Ah, never mind, all event registrations are sold out. Going to run it next year I hope.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 9, '12 · 8:38 AM#954

Cnestg8r, if no one in a tie situation predicts the exact number of points scored in the game, is the winner the one who picked closest to the exact number of points? And, let's say that 38 points are scored in the game and one person in the tie picks 40 and the other picks 36. Do we just leave it as a tie? I think so. But then I'm prejudiced.
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The answer is yes - closest wins, If it is still a tie - Yes, it remains a tie.

Admin

Jan 9, '12 · 8:52 AM#955

Edited Jan 9, '12 · 8:53 AM

beats on hood

Jan 9, '12 · 8:58 AM#956

Also it was decided in a PM between Skunky and cnestg8r that if someone is tied for first for the pick'em bowl season winner and s/he hasn't posted a tiebreaker, s/he loses the tie.

So please, if someone knows Jerry Lewis, please contact him. He has until kickoff to post his tie breaker.

BTW ties for second, third, etc., will be allowed. The only tiebreaker is for first place as the bowl season winner. :wave:

beats on hood

Jan 9, '12 · 9:12 AM#957

Sudden death - best time finish in the Seaside Half Marathon. Ah, never mind, all event registrations are sold out. Going to run it next year I hope.

After getting surprised by how fast it filled up for 2011, we signed up on 9/18 for the 2012 race!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 9, '12 · 10:30 AM#958

After getting surprised by how fast it filled up for 2011, we signed up on 9/18 for the 2012 race!

This year is probably too busy for me; I had a 10 mile race this weekend, then running the Auburn Half on 1/21, and the Mercedes Marathon (full, my first) in B'ham on 2/12/12, so I wasn't sure if I'd feel like running another half by 3/04. My wife wants me to run Seaside at some point, just for a beach trip excuse and for whatever the fancy Vera Bradley gift is...

Good luck when y'all run it!

SoWal Insider

Jan 9, '12 · 1:29 PM#959

Also it was decided in a PM between Skunky and cnestg8r that if someone is tied for first for the pick'em bowl season winner and s/he hasn't posted a tiebreaker, s/he loses the tie.

So please, if someone knows Jerry Lewis, please contact him. He has until kickoff to post his tie breaker.

BTW ties for second, third, etc., will be allowed. The only tiebreaker is for first place as the bowl season winner.

I have a feeling I should have gone with LSU where most rushing yards are concerned. In the previous game between the two Bama only had 96 rushing yards to LSU's 148. And since Miss Kitty went with LSU both ways, she will probably beat me out of second place. Oh well, good luck Miss Kitty.

beats on hood

Jan 9, '12 · 6:15 PM#960

Countdown.

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...day=09&year=2012&hour=18&min=45&sec=00&p0=944

EDIT: That was the countdown to the televised game. Now it's about to really happen. Good luck to all since it's great for the SEC. Have funn, Kathy and Skunky! Wish the Gators were there, but it's nice not to be totally stressed about a game. :wave:

EDIT #2: Very boring game. Hard to stay awake.

EDIT #3: My nephew goes to Alabama and is in NOLA with his best friend and their girlfriends. He got two tix in the lottery. I'm sure the girlfriends are having more fun at the hotel. :lol:

Edited Jan 9, '12 · 9:05 PM

beats on hood

Jan 9, '12 · 9:52 PM#961

At this moment, Everytime wins the Bowl Championship and Kitty and Lady D share second for season champs. I will get cnestg8r to confirm this, but he is in bed because this game is so boring.

SoWal Insider

Jan 9, '12 · 10:06 PM#962

It is boring. Quite disappointing for Les Miles I'm sure. Here LSU is 13-0 and they have no points and it the fourth quarter. Yet they won't bring in Jarrett Lee. I was hoping this game would be not so onesided. Would have liked to have both points.

beats on hood

Jan 9, '12 · 10:17 PM#963

Argh!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 9, '12 · 11:39 PM#964

Dominating Defenses are NEVER BORING! Great Defensive Game Bama...congrats on the BCSNC!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 10, '12 · 12:18 AM#965

Can't say I found that game to be boring! UA's kicker made up for his misses in November. I'm very happy for this UA team. It was a strange, shocking and even disappointing college season for reasons beyond the field, but still a great college football season and I'm glad to have watched it on TV or at Bryant-Denny Stadium. I was supposed to go to the Alabama-Auburn game in Auburn on November 26, but my 2nd daughter, who was due to be born on or around December 21, decided to arrive on November 25 instead! Definitely puts everything into perspective! I've enjoyed participating in SoWal Pick 'Ems that last few years and look forward to next year! Congrats to the season's winners as well!

Beach Comber

Jan 10, '12 · 2:26 AM#966

Way ta go my Bama boys! 14 times national champs!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 10, '12 · 8:00 AM#967

SoWal 2011 Championship Awards

Congratulations to Iris, Everytime, and Iris for the Regular Season, Bowl, and Grand Championships.
Note also the second and third place pickers in the first three charts. The fourth chart has all the data plus a individual comparison versus last year. Those in red are the most improved year on year.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 10, '12 · 8:16 AM#968

SoWal Insider

Jan 10, '12 · 8:25 AM#969

21

Ha. Way too late!

SoWal Insider

Jan 10, '12 · 8:40 AM#970

Congratulations to Iris, Everytime, and Iris for the Regular Season, Bowl, and Grand Championships.
Note also the second and third place pickers in the first three charts. The fourth chart has all the data plus a individual comparison versus last year. Those in red are the most improved year on year.

Thanks so much Cnest, BR and Skunky for working together and coordinating this again this year. Was a fun year of picks. Really enjoyed it and cannot wait until next season.

beats on hood

Jan 10, '12 · 9:39 AM#971

Thanks, Lady D. Congrats to you and all the second place winners and obviously to Iris and Everytime.

Guess it's Tebow time and time to watch some college basketball. :wave:

Thanks Skunky for your help with the pick'ems and starting this game. Thanks cnestg8r for taking the time to enter all of the picks plus keeping them all organized in Excel. :bow:

Edited Jan 10, '12 · 7:56 PM

Admin

Jan 10, '12 · 9:54 AM#972

Thanks guys - it was funn!

SoWal Insider

Jan 10, '12 · 11:57 AM#973

Thanks, Lady D. Congrats to you and all the second place winners and obviously to Itis and Everytime.

Guess it's Tebow time and time to watch some college basketball.

Thanks Skunky for your help with the pick'ems and starting this game. Thanks cnestg8r for taking the time to enter all of the picks plus keeping them all organized in Excel.

Yes BR, not much of a pro football watcher but have already been catching some college basketball. I think I enjoyed the pick'em more this year than in years past. You think it has to do with the fact I did way better this year? Ha ha.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 10, '12 · 7:12 PM#974

Thanks to CNESTg8r, BR and Skunky for managing this PickEms. I know it's not easy, espcially with changes being allowed. Just makes more work for you. And there is all those stats that you come up with...wow. It is always a lot of fun...until next year.

beats on hood

Jan 10, '12 · 8:00 PM#975

Thanks guys - it was funn!

You're welcome. It is a lot of funn.

Yes BR, not much of a pro football watcher but have already been catching some college basketball. I think I enjoyed the pick'em more this year than in years past. You think it has to do with the fact I did way better this year? Ha ha.

I haven't been into pro football for years, but now I love watching Tebow.

:lol:

Yes, winning is more funn.

Thanks to CNESTg8r, BR and Skunky for managing this PickEms. I know it's not easy, espcially with changes being allowed. Just makes more work for you. And there is all those stats that you come up with...wow. It is always a lot of fun...until next year.

You're welcome. Even my students keep up with how I'm doing on the pick'ems.