Ok college football fans, it's almost that time of year again. Some have already asked if there is going to be a pick'em again this year. Comment here if you plan on playing this year. All are welcome to play. This is my 2nd year of being moderator over the pick'em, along with help from BR, whose husband will pick games for us again this year. Thanks to both of you. Here are the rules for this years pick'em, these are the same as last year with one addition.
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. For some games that are of great interest, but in which one team has a lopsided advantage, points may be added to the underdog's score by the person choosing the slate of games each week.
6. Each correct pick earns one point.
7. The winner of the SoWal Pick'em will be the person who has the most points, not the highest percentage of correct picks.
8. 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.
9. 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!
Lady D
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Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St
Beach Lover
Sowal 2014 Pick'ems - Regular Season Final Week
Good luck to all, Deedee
Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St
Good luck to all, Deedee
Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St
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Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St
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Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St Whiskey messes me up everytime, If I pick them they lose, if I pick against them they win. So look out tOSU. I'm may be putting the jinx on you.
Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St vs Baylor
Florida St vs Georgia Tech
Wisconsin vs Ohio St Whiskey messes me up everytime, If I pick them they lose, if I pick against them they win. So look out tOSU. I'm may be putting the jinx on you.
beats on hood
Sowal 2014 Pick'ems - Regular Season Final Week
Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 #8 vs Oregon #3
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 #14 vs Alabama #1
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St #9 vs Baylor #5
Florida St #2 vs Georgia Tech #12
Wisconsin #11 vs Ohio St #6
Central Florida vs East Carolina
Arizona +13.5 #8 vs Oregon #3
Houston vs Cincinnati
SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut
Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma
Missouri +14.5 #14 vs Alabama #1
Temple vs Tulane
Kansas St #9 vs Baylor #5
Florida St #2 vs Georgia Tech #12
Wisconsin #11 vs Ohio St #6
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Oh wow. Thought all of us who picked East Carolina came away with the point. Never dreamed with just 10 seconds to go that UCF would have two pass plays totaling 65 yards to win the ballgame after East Carolina battled back. Poor clock management by East Carolina at the end and it came back to bite them.
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Sowal 2014 Pick'ems - Regular Season Final Week First game Thursday Central Florida vs East Carolina Arizona +13.5 vs Oregon Houston vs Cincinnati SMU +12.5 vs Connecticut Oklahoma St +18.5 vs Oklahoma Missouri +14.5 vs Alabama Temple vs Tulane Kansas St vs Baylor Florida St vs Georgia Tech Wisconsin vs Ohio St
Arizona
Cincinnati
Uconn
Oklahoma
Missouri
Temple
Kansas state
Ga.Tech
Wisky
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Well Well Well, I hope my pick of UCF bodes of things to come for me....
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Well Well Well, I hope my pick of UCF bodes of things to come for me....
Rubbing it in are we, ha ha? Since everyone else went with ECU. Poor mismanagement by ECU at the end where running the clock out is concerned. Never would have thought that UCF would complete two back to back passes for 65 yds with no more than 16 seconds left, only 5 seconds left where the 55 yd. pass was concerned. Most would not have been able to complete that play.
beats on hood
Well, bamabeachbum, you didn't lose anything by posting late because all of us except Bob Wells picked EC. Congrats, Bob.
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I am sorry, sometimes I just gush with joy over some of the oddest things.
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Well, bamabeachbum, you didn't lose anything by posting late because all of us except Bob Wells picked EC. Congrats, Bob.
The way I have picked this year I would have lost anyway
beats on hood
Right now Red Dawg and Bob Wells are leading with 4 wins out of 6 completed games.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Right now Red Dawg and Bob Wells are leading with 4 wins out of 6 completed games.
Thinking Red Dawg is 5-1 through 6 completed games.
beats on hood
Thinking Red Dawg is 5-1 through 6 completed games.You're right.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Congrats to Steel1man for staying in first place all 15 weeks of the regular season, you are some tough competition. And to Carson for finishing in second place if I figured correctly and I think I have. If I had picked a little smarter several weeks where I finished bad I might have been a little closer. Congrats to Bac for finishing 7-3 week 15. Now for the fun of the bowl games.
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Week 15 SoWal Pick'ems Results
steel1man is our 2014 Sowal Pick'ems Season Champion!
Congratulations to Bac for 7 of 10 correct and our week 15 lead.
Only one or two pickers have a chance to trump steel1man as Grand Champion.
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steel1man is our 2014 Sowal Pick'ems Season Champion!
Congratulations to Bac for 7 of 10 correct and our week 15 lead.
Only one or two pickers have a chance to trump steel1man as Grand Champion.
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Week 15 SoWal Pick'ems Results
steel1man is our 2014 Sowal Pick'ems Season Champion!
Congratulations to Bac for 7 of 10 correct and our week 15 lead.
Only one or two pickers have a chance to trump steel1man as Grand Champion.
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Congrats Steel Man! Now I know why Vegas doesn't like people like us, we are 8 and 6% better than average
). D was coming on too! Bowl season starts in two weeks.
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Congrats Steel.
Beach Lover
Congrats Steel Man! Now I know why Vegas doesn't like people like us, we are 8 and 6% better than average
Ah, yes...but wonder how we would have all performed if every game we had to pick versus the spread ( versus just the winner)...
Yesterday a good example for me...was going to parlay FSU (-4) + Houston Rockets ( pick'em over Phoenix Suns)
+ Santa Clara (-3.5 CBB)...
Walked up up to the ticket window @ MGM, and while standing in line just got queasy about FSU and those points and just used the MoneyLine ( FSU -180) for the three-teamer..
That fortunate decision was the diff between winning $460 and losing $100...
hmmmmn.
Beach Fanatic
I would like to thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so I could get Vegas odds online and player and field conditions for each game. Which helped me make good guesses. Bowl and playoff pics will be very difficult since bowl games are rewards and who knows which team will show up....does the winner and runner up get a check or tax free CASH??
Beach Lover
Steely is right...it is only right we thank those whom contributed to our success...
Far too many for me to mention, but here are just a few:
First and foremost, the crack-team of wiseguys I consulted weekly...
James " Bookie Buster" Johnson
Benny " The Butcher" Scallini
The " Moneyballer Twins" Yolanda and Latifah
Charlie Smith, AKA " Mr Wallstreet"
"Chicken Little" Anthony Telly
Billy Bones ( yeah, his real name, at least he said it was?)
" Fat Freddy" Fazini
Next, a shout out to all the street hustlers, alley cats and bar wenches who were willing to reveal hidden handicapping secrets never revealed to the general public ( and these were just those here in Destin and Panama City... So many in Vegas I can't even recall)
In summary, it's highly unlikely I could ever have own two weeks of the contest and still ended up under 50% winners for the regular season without such diligent and painstaking research, and the 3 days a week I treated this endeavor like a full time job...
-Reading every team's injury report cover to cover, and looking up all those medical terms on Google
-24 hour a day Sports Center and ESPN
- Calculating the standard deviation of each team's against-the-spread and straight-up records over a 60 game moving average for all D-1 CFB regular season games played in the last five years
There's more of course, but I'll say this:
------- Better than I did last year!!!!
Bac
Far too many for me to mention, but here are just a few:
First and foremost, the crack-team of wiseguys I consulted weekly...
James " Bookie Buster" Johnson
Benny " The Butcher" Scallini
The " Moneyballer Twins" Yolanda and Latifah
Charlie Smith, AKA " Mr Wallstreet"
"Chicken Little" Anthony Telly
Billy Bones ( yeah, his real name, at least he said it was?)
" Fat Freddy" Fazini
Next, a shout out to all the street hustlers, alley cats and bar wenches who were willing to reveal hidden handicapping secrets never revealed to the general public ( and these were just those here in Destin and Panama City... So many in Vegas I can't even recall)
In summary, it's highly unlikely I could ever have own two weeks of the contest and still ended up under 50% winners for the regular season without such diligent and painstaking research, and the 3 days a week I treated this endeavor like a full time job...
-Reading every team's injury report cover to cover, and looking up all those medical terms on Google
-24 hour a day Sports Center and ESPN
- Calculating the standard deviation of each team's against-the-spread and straight-up records over a 60 game moving average for all D-1 CFB regular season games played in the last five years
There's more of course, but I'll say this:
------- Better than I did last year!!!!
Bac
beats on hood
Ah, yes...but wonder how we would have all performed if every game we had to pick versus the spread ( versus just the winner)...LOL. You are so funny. Congrats for most wins this week.
Yesterday a good example for me...was going to parlay FSU (-4) + Houston Rockets ( pick'em over Phoenix Suns)
+ Santa Clara (-3.5 CBB)...
Walked up up to the ticket window @ MGM, and while standing in line just got queasy about FSU and those points and just used the MoneyLine ( FSU -180) for the three-teamer..
That fortunate decision was the diff between winning $460 and losing $100...
hmmmmn.
beats on hood
I would like to thank Al Gore for inventing the Internet so I could get Vegas odds online and player and field conditions for each game. Which helped me make good guesses. Bowl and playoff pics will be very difficult since bowl games are rewards and who knows which team will show up....does the winner and runner up get a check or tax free CASH??Funny too. Congrats for being the regular season champ.
All of the pickers need to get together January 12th or later to celebrate with steel1man, the bowl champ, and the overall champ. Start thinking about when you'd like to get together. BTW the MLK holiday is January 19, so I think all schools are out Friday through Monday. Everyone I know goes snow skiing those four days. We don't. I don't want to pay to be cold. LOL.
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