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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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.
Unfortunately that won't be possible for me since I'm 500 miles away and since I am unemployed now as of two months ago we may not get back to the beach this next year at all as I have to buckle down and try to find some type of job.
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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??
I look at the Vegas Odds each week also but not all games go the way the odds show. Some are very close spreads or just say pk, assuming for your pick.
beats on hood
Okay, folks. Posting the rules for the bowl picks. They have not all been announced yet, but you can start making your decisions on most of them.
RULES FOR BOWL PICK'EMS:
The bowl games start on Saturday, December 20. Make your picks by 10 AM CST that morning. To avoid forfeiting games, ALL PICKS FOR ALL BOWL GAMES ARE DUE THEN. IF YOU POST EARLIER, EDITING IS ALLOWED UNTIL 10 AM CST ON 12/20, BUT NO EDITS ARE ALLOWED AFTER THEN. There are just too many bowl games to have to record the picks piecemeal.
After 12/20 at 10 AM CST, you may make one post with all picks for all bowl games on any day you want, but you forfeit all games on the day you post if you don’t post by 10 AM CST, and of course you forfeit all games prior to that day. Again, no edits are allowed after you post.
There will be no points.
The regular season champ has already been named. There will also be a bowl champ. And the overall champ will be the one who has the most wins in the regular season and the bowls combined.
So invite your friends to play the bowl games. Even if they didn't play in the regular season, they could still be the bowl champ.
Happy picking!
BR and cnestg8r
RULES FOR BOWL PICK'EMS:
The bowl games start on Saturday, December 20. Make your picks by 10 AM CST that morning. To avoid forfeiting games, ALL PICKS FOR ALL BOWL GAMES ARE DUE THEN. IF YOU POST EARLIER, EDITING IS ALLOWED UNTIL 10 AM CST ON 12/20, BUT NO EDITS ARE ALLOWED AFTER THEN. There are just too many bowl games to have to record the picks piecemeal.
After 12/20 at 10 AM CST, you may make one post with all picks for all bowl games on any day you want, but you forfeit all games on the day you post if you don’t post by 10 AM CST, and of course you forfeit all games prior to that day. Again, no edits are allowed after you post.
There will be no points.
The regular season champ has already been named. There will also be a bowl champ. And the overall champ will be the one who has the most wins in the regular season and the bowls combined.
So invite your friends to play the bowl games. Even if they didn't play in the regular season, they could still be the bowl champ.
Happy picking!
BR and cnestg8r
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This will be the slate. I'll repost in chronological order in our normal format. This is just a heads up to let you know what is coming. First game 20-Dec-2014.
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There will be Championship picks that will have several metrics of that single game. That will be offered up after January 1.
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This will be the slate. I'll repost in chronological order in our normal format. This is just a heads up to let you know what is coming. First game 20-Dec-2014. [/URL][/URL]love the names. Potato Bowl, Taxslayer Bowl
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Okay, folks. Posting the rules for the bowl picks. They have not all been announced yet, but you can start making your decisions on most of them.
RULES FOR BOWL PICK'EMS:
The bowl games start on Saturday, December 20. Make your picks by 10 AM CST that morning. To avoid forfeiting games, ALL PICKS FOR ALL BOWL GAMES ARE DUE THEN. IF YOU POST EARLIER, EDITING IS ALLOWED UNTIL 10 AM CST ON 12/20, BUT NO EDITS ARE ALLOWED AFTER THEN. There are just too many bowl games to have to record the picks piecemeal.
After 12/20 at 10 AM CST, you may make one post with all picks for all bowl games on any day you want, but you forfeit all games on the day you post if you don’t post by 10 AM CST, and of course you forfeit all games prior to that day. Again, no edits are allowed after you post.
There will be no points.
The regular season champ has already been named. There will also be a bowl champ. And the overall champ will be the one who has the most wins in the regular season and the bowls combined.
So invite your friends to play the bowl games. Even if they didn't play in the regular season, they could still be the bowl champ.
Happy picking!
BR and cnestg8r
Bummed to find out Tennessee isn't playing in Memphis after all. Was planning on buying two tickets for myself and my son if they were. They were wanting Tennessee here, would be a huge draw. Oh well, will just have to watch on tv.
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love the names. Potato Bowl, Taxslayer Bowl
Some of these bowl names are so ridiculous. The Taxslayer Bowl is really the Gator Bowl I think. Can't they have normal names?
beats on hood
Some of these bowl names are so ridiculous. The Taxslayer Bowl is really the Gator Bowl I think. Can't they have normal names?Agreed.
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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.
I think the 16 -18th is the Songwriter's Festival. But anytime Steel is buying the drinks I can make time!
beats on hood
I think the 16 -18th is the Songwriter's Festival. But anytime Steel is buying the drinks I can make time!Oh, that's right. Songwriter's Festival is always MLK weekend. I have always felt odd that MLK weekend is when (mostly) white people who can afford it take vacations to NYC, Colorado, and the beach. Not exactly memorializing the meaning of what he represented. But that's how this weekend has evolved.
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No surprise - here they are. Happy Bowling!
UL Lafayette (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)
UL Lafayette (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)
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Possibilities
Assume we have 43 remaining picks including the championship variants. Further assume steel1man picks at his season rate and only gets 25. The following shows how many each of us need to tie.
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Assume we have 43 remaining picks including the championship variants. Further assume steel1man picks at his season rate and only gets 25. The following shows how many each of us need to tie.
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Possibilities
Assume we have 43 remaining picks including the championship variants. Further assume steel1man picks at his season rate and only gets 25. The following shows how many each of us need to tie.
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Cnest, you have to be an accountant, actuary, or programmer! Good stuff. I need Steel to pick his games after an afternoon at the Red Bar to have a chance.
beats on hood
BTW the first game is December 20 at 10 AM CST.
I have to get all 43 right assuming steel1man gets 25 right. And he could get more right. I don't think they'll add more bowl games. LOL. Maybe I should just flip a coin. LOL.
Remember cnestg8r's rules:
I have to get all 43 right assuming steel1man gets 25 right. And he could get more right. I don't think they'll add more bowl games. LOL. Maybe I should just flip a coin. LOL.
Remember cnestg8r's rules:
RULES FOR BOWL PICK'EMS:
The bowl games start on Saturday, December 20. Make your picks by 10 AM CST that morning. To avoid forfeiting games, ALL PICKS FOR ALL BOWL GAMES ARE DUE THEN. IF YOU POST EARLIER, EDITING ISALLOWED UNTIL 10 AM CST ON 12/20, BUT NO EDITS ARE ALLOWED AFTER THEN. There are just too many bowl games to have to record the picks piecemeal.
After 12/20 at 10 AM CST, you may make one post with all picks for all bowl games on any day you want, but you forfeit all games on the day you post if you don’t post by 10 AM CST, and of course you forfeit all games prior to that day. Again, no edits are allowed after you post.
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UL Lafayette (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)
Utah St (9-4) vs. UTEP (7-5)
Colorado St (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4)
Air Force (9-3) vs. Western Michigan (8-4)
Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6)
Memphis (9-3) vs. BYU (8-4)
Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2)
San Diego St (7-5) vs. Navy (6-5)
Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5)
Fresno St (6-7) vs. Rice (7-5)
Illinois (6-6) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5)
Rutgers (7-5) vs. North Carolina (6-6)
NC St (7-5) vs. UCF (9-3)
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3)
Duke (9-3) vs. Arizona St (9-3)
Miami (Fla.) (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6)
Boston College (7-5) vs. Penn St (6-6)
Nebraska (9-3) vs. USC (8-4)
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5)
Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4)
Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6)
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4)
Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3)
Maryland (7-5) vs. Stanford (7-5)
TCU (11-1) vs. Ole Miss (9-3)
Arizona (10-3) vs. Boise St (11-2)
Georgia Tech (10-3) vs. Mississippi St (10-2)
Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4)
Baylor (11-1) vs. Michigan St (10-2)
Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3)
No. 2 Oregon (12-1) vs. No. 3 Florida St (13-0)
No. 1 Alabama (12-1) vs. No. 4 Ohio St (12-1)
Houston (7-5) vs. Pittsburgh (6-6)
Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6)
Kansas St (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-3)
Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4)
Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas St (7-5)
Oklahoma St (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5)
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Possibilities Assume we have 43 remaining picks including the championship variants. Further assume steel1man picks at his season rate and only gets 25. The following shows how many each of us need to tie. [/URL][/URL]Cnest are you like a PHD mathematician ? Awesome charts
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Cnest are you like a PHD mathematician ? Awesome charts
BS(green wave), MS(gator), PhD(gator) Engineering plus two MBAs (cavalier, tar heel)
All that and I only got 50% right.
I guess I need better education.
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BS(green wave), MS(gator), PhD(gator) Engineering plus two MBAs (cavalier, tar heel) All that and I only got 50% right.WOW ....I got a BS in Buisness and a minor in Econ and that all barely happened.
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Steelman, Congratulations. Job well done. Carson, Congrats on second and GO Lady D! There is no catching you all now! Have fun with the bowl picks.
beats on hood
Steelman, Congratulations. Job well done. Carson, Congrats on second and GO Lady D! There is no catching you all now! Have fun with the bowl picks.I'm still playing. I usually do better in the bowls. Hope everyone else does too. Maybe we could have a biggest loser? LOL.
beats on hood
It's so weird not to be watching Game Day from 9-12, then games from 12 PM EST to 12 AM. I mean, cnestg8r and I have done this every Saturday since September! The Army/Navy game is the only game today. I pick Navy.
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It's so weird not to be watching Game Day from 9-12, then games from 12 PM EST to 12 AM. I mean, cnestg8r and I have done this every Saturday since September! The Army/Navy game is the only game today. I pick Navy.then I pick Navy.
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I pick USAFA (I played basketball there), oops...today I pick Army
beats on hood
I won the pick'em today. Navy won. LOL -- I know it doesn't count. Funky uniforms for Navy. The red and white stripes reminded me of some Hanna Andersen pjs I bought for our daughter when she was five. JK.
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