NCAA Pick ems 2011

Skunky

Aug 28, '11 · 8:35 AM113,169

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

Sep 29, '11 · 10:23 PM#327

It's 12:27 AM in Barcelona. Looking back at a short text message, he told me to pick what I picked except for that he wanted Florida (whereas I picked Alabama). I thought he said he had picked what I picked except Florida. Oh, sheet.

Thanks BR. Actually I posted to the database but neglected to post online. I'll post now, but I had the first one wrong anyway.

Beach Fanatic

Sep 29, '11 · 10:30 PM#328

South Florida @ Pittsburgh
Air Force @ Navy
Rutgers @ Syracuse
Tulane @ Army
Northwestern @ Illinois
Mississippi St @ Georgia
Wake Forest @ Boston Col.
Michigan St @ Ohio State
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
Alabama @ Florida
Clemson @ Virginia Tech
Auburn @ S. Carolina
Washington @ Utah
Texas @ Iowa State
Nebraska @ Wisconsin

SoWal Insider

Sep 29, '11 · 10:38 PM#329

South Florida really got whipped in the last half. Pitiful. Who has South Florida played this season to be 4-0 anyway? Had to be because they played a bunch of Patsies.

Beach Fanatic

Sep 30, '11 · 7:34 AM#330

CORRECTED OHIO STATE AND MICHIGAN STATE
ThursdaY

South Florida @ Pittsburgh

Saturday

Air Force @ Navy
Rutgers @ Syracuse
Tulane @ Army
Northwestern @ Illinois
Mississippi St @ Georgia
Wake Forest @ Boston Col.
Michigan St @ Ohio State
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
\Alabama @ Florida

Clemson @ Virginia Tech
Auburn @ S. Carolina
Washington @ Utah
Texas @ Iowa State
Nebraska @ Wisconsin

Beach Fanatic

Sep 30, '11 · 7:35 AM#331

Only one person has gone with Pitt in this game between South Florida and Pitt. South Florida has no pep in their step to stop anything or generate anything offensive wise obviously. Second time this season out of five weeks I've missed the first game. South Florida is stinking in this game.

USF played like sPitt

Beach Lover

Sep 30, '11 · 9:03 AM#332

Saturday
Air Force @ Navy
Rutgers @ Syracuse
Tulane @ Army
Northwestern @ Illinois
Mississippi St @ Georgia
Wake Forest @ Boston Col.
Michigan St @ Ohio State
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
Alabama @ Florida
Clemson @ Virginia Tech
Auburn @ S. Carolina
Washington @ Utah
Texas @ Iowa State
Nebraska @ Wisconsin

Beach Fanatic

Sep 30, '11 · 12:24 PM#333

Who was that one person who picked Pitt, the former, nine time National Champions and top 20 in all-time wins? The team that runs an up tempo, 15 seconds a play offense? That guy may have just started his pick 'em season as up until now he has been an also ran. :clap:

No fear he is guaranteed to crash over the weekend (removing arm from patting my back). :wave:

beats on hood

Sep 30, '11 · 12:41 PM#334

Who was that one person who picked Pitt, the former, nine time National Champions and top 20 in all-time wins? The team that runs an up tempo, 15 seconds a play offense? That guy may have just started his pick 'em season as up until now he has been an also ran.

No fear he is guaranteed to crash over the weekend (removing arm from patting my back).

LOL. Congrats on a great pick!

SoWal Insider

Sep 30, '11 · 12:44 PM#335

Who was that one person who picked Pitt, the former, nine time National Champions and top 20 in all-time wins? The team that runs an up tempo, 15 seconds a play offense? That guy may have just started his pick 'em season as up until now he has been an also ran.

No fear he is guaranteed to crash over the weekend (removing arm from patting my back).

:roll:

Beach Fanatic

Oct 1, '11 · 4:49 AM#336

Who was that one person who picked Pitt, the former, nine time National Champions and top 20 in all-time wins? The team that runs an up tempo, 15 seconds a play offense? That guy may have just started his pick 'em season as up until now he has been an also ran.

No fear he is guaranteed to crash over the weekend (removing arm from patting my back).

It is actually two: BeachSIO2 and Smiling Joe.

Admin

Oct 1, '11 · 7:42 AM#337

I did. Same as mine except that he picked UF to beat Bama. I hope he's right.

Some fans have no faith.

Beach Fanatic

Oct 1, '11 · 7:45 AM#338

South Florida @ Pittsburgh
Air Force @ Navy
Rutgers @ Syracuse
Tulane @ Army
Northwestern @ Illinois
Mississippi St @ Georgia
Wake Forest @ Boston Col.
Michigan St @ Ohio State
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
Alabama @ Florida
Clemson @ Virginia Tech
Auburn @ S. Carolina
Washington @ Utah
Texas @ Iowa State
Nebraska @ Wisconsin

Virginny Teck

SoWal Insider

Oct 1, '11 · 8:47 AM#339

I've sent a pm again to Althea352 and Jessifunn telling them they still had a few minutes to post their picks. Contacted them the other day also. Can't do anymore.

superJfunn

Oct 1, '11 · 9:30 AM#340

I think I'm too late

I blame it on mountain time

Saturday

Air Force @ Navy
Rutgers @ Syracuse
Tulane @ Army
Northwestern @ Illinois
Mississippi St @ Georgia
Wake Forest @ Boston Col.
Michigan St @ Ohio State
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
Alabama @ Florida

Clemson @ Virginia Tech
Auburn @ S. Carolina
Washington @ Utah
Texas @ Iowa State
Nebraska @ Wisconsin

SoWal Insider

Oct 1, '11 · 9:40 AM#341

I think I'm too late I blame it on mountain time

Saturday

Air Force @ Navy
Rutgers @ Syracuse
Tulane @ Army
Northwestern @ Illinois
Mississippi St @ Georgia
Wake Forest @ Boston Col.
Michigan St @ Ohio State
Texas A&M @ Arkansas
Alabama @ Florida

Clemson @ Virginia Tech
Auburn @ S. Carolina
Washington @ Utah
Texas @ Iowa State
Nebraska @ Wisconsin

I think Cnest and BR will let yours count. I knew you were in mountain time. At least I think I sent you a reminder the other day. :roll:

SoWal Insider

Oct 1, '11 · 7:58 PM#342

WTF is wrong with Va. Tech at home? 3 pts late in the 4th quarter is all they have! Wish now I had gone with Clemson. A lot of close games today.

SoWal Insider

Oct 1, '11 · 11:07 PM#343

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or on the totals posted after week 4 missing Shallowsnole's total? Think I may have gained a little ground back this week hopefully.

beats on hood

Oct 1, '11 · 11:56 PM#344

Dunno. Cnestg8r is in jetlag from a few weeks in Barcelona. He'll get to it when he catches up on his sleep due to the time difference.

Thank God he didn't get robbed. Several people in his group did. He had made arrangements for those reporting to him to have hidden belt wallets. But they didn't take him seriously.

He said that on Las Ramblas, women with big skirts would approach the tables in the outdoor restaurants begging for money. While they were causing a scene, they had little kids who were hidden under their skirts, and the kids would dive under the tables, take wallets and items in shopping bags, and get back under the skirts and leave.

Hubby had a hidden wallet. But those who didn't heed his warning were robbed.

SoWal Insider

Oct 2, '11 · 6:22 AM#345

Dunno. Cnestg8r is in jetlag from a few weeks in Barcelona. He'll get to it when he catches up on his sleep due to the time difference.

Thank God he didn't get robbed. Several people in his group did. He had made arrangements for those reporting to him to have hidden belt wallets. But they didn't take him seriously.

He said that on Las Ramblas, women with big skirts would approach the tables in the outdoor restaurants begging for money. While they were causing a scene, they had little kids who were hidden under their skirts, and the kids would dive under the tables, take wallets and items in shopping bags, and get back under the skirts and leave.

Hubby had a hidden wallet. But those who didn't heed his warning were robbed.

Oh no. That's bad. Hope their passports were not taken, tickets back home etc., but their wallets being taken with cash/credit in it is bad enough. Probably were selling the things taken from the shopping bags. Little hoodlums. I'm sure he is having serious jetlag. Will take him a while to get back to normal.

Edited Oct 2, '11 · 6:26 AM

Beach Fanatic

Oct 2, '11 · 6:58 AM#346

Some fans have no faith.

Faith helps but your team has to make plays.

Sometimes you get lucky. We threw three picks, bobbled a FG attempt, missed another one and still won.

In this week's games two teams lost in OTthen Auburn scores late :idontno:

Edited Oct 2, '11 · 7:00 AM

SoWal Insider

Oct 2, '11 · 7:39 AM#347

And Navy was one of them that lost in OT. Missed their extra point. So there were several close ones this week. Some really good games.

Beach Fanatic

Oct 2, '11 · 7:59 AM#348

Congratulations to:
Red Dawg for the sole lead
Lady D, familyof3, and scooterbug44 for a big 10 game week.

BTW: Last week we averaged 11.29 correct picks; this week we are 8.04.

Beach Fanatic

Oct 2, '11 · 8:28 AM#349

Talk about a tough week, I was just glad to see me finish in the positive area instead of the negative lol.

SoWal Insider

Oct 2, '11 · 8:29 AM#350

Congratulations to:
Red Dawg for the sole lead
Lady D, familyof3, and scooterbug44 for a big 10 game week.

BTW: Last week we averaged 11.29 correct picks; this week we are 8.04.

Thanks Cnest for getting these up here so quickly. And its not my norm to not have a week in the negative by now. Just been lucky.