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NCAA Pick ems 2011

30A Skunkape avatar
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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Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#402
Week 6
... or should we call it Weak 6 - too easy

ONLY SATURDAY games

Oklahoma @ Texas (@Dallas)
Maryland @ Georgia Tech
Florida State @ Wake Forest
Iowa @ Penn State
Missouri @ Kansas State
Arizona State @ Utah
MiamI(Fl) @ Virginia tech
Air Force @ Notre Dame
Florida @ LSU
Georgia @ Tennessee (happy halloween, be nice to see the blackout jerseys this year)
Michigan @ Northwestern
Texas A&M @ Texas Tech
Auburn @ Arkansas
Ohio State @ Nebraska
Washington State @ UCLA

Don't think they would use the Halloween color uniforms until the Saturday before Halloween, which would be the 29th.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#403
Lady D, I thought you were crazy when you picked Wake. :lol: You, scooterbug, and Smiling JOe are the only ones who got that right. You are the only one with the first three completed games correct.
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#404
Lady D, I thought you were crazy when you picked Wake. :lol: You, scooterbug, and Smiling JOe are the only ones who got that right. You are the only one with the first three completed games correct.

Thank you very much! Can I take a bow? Ha ha. But they barely eeked it out. But look at Michigan they are down by 10. And Nebraska is down to Ohio State, I don't need to crash and burn in the last 6 games.
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#405
Tennessee looks like a bunch of dehydrated zombies out there. Grrrr, freakin ridiculous. Those ref's seem to be favoring georgia, two pass interference's by georgia that were definite pass interferences & the refs just acted like they did not see it. I'm super pissed right now.
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#406
Tennessee looks like a bunch of dehydrated zombies out there. Grrrr, freakin ridiculous. Those ref's seem to be favoring georgia, two pass interference's by georgia that were definite pass interferences & the refs just acted like they did not see it. I'm super pissed right now.

The Vols just cannot compete with the big boys. And most of the SEC teams are good now other than Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Kentucky. Don't know about Vandy.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#407
Big D is ready to post results, but for some reason is unable to upload images due to being "administratively disabled"? Kurt, hellllllllp!
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#408
Big D is ready to post results, but for some reason is unable to upload images due to being "administratively disabled"? Kurt, hellllllllp!

I've been doing so good, now 11-4 is not so good. I know I've dropped a lot. Texas Tech losing by 5 and Washington St. losing by 3 near the end cost me a 13-2 week. :bang:[

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Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#409
I'm posting for cnestg8r.

Congrats to Red Dawg for getting 14 out of 15. BTW no one has ever gotten 100% of the picks correct for any given week. Also congrats to FL Dawg and Iris for being in first and second place again this week.

FL Dawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#410
How bout dem dawgs!!! woof woof woof
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#411
How bout dem dawgs!!! woof woof woof

Barf!
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#412
On a serious note though, Tennessee has a long way to go before they can get to championship status.
PearlSB4U avatar
Beach Fanatic
#413
If Barbara's little boy, Derek, would just beat The Evil Genius for us, that might get him off the hot seat, & we Doggies would appreciate it very much.
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#414
Week 7 picks need to be alot tougher. If you notice, alot of people finished with 12, 13, 14 wins. Week 6 was too easy for most. I don't think that the picks should be made easy just because some do not like the challenge. Make it harder for week 7 please. :)
Miss Kitty avatar
Meow
#415
Week 7 picks need to be alot tougher. If you notice, alot of people finished with 12, 13, 14 wins. Week 6 was too easy for most. I don't think that the picks should be made easy just because some do not like the challenge. Make it harder for week 7 please. :)

:violin:
Arkiehawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#416
Week 7 picks need to be alot tougher. If you notice, alot of people finished with 12, 13, 14 wins. Week 6 was too easy for most. I don't think that the picks should be made easy just because some do not like the challenge. Make it harder for week 7 please. :)

Why would YOU want it tougher since you had difficulty and finished in the bottom of the pack in week 6? Suicide complex?
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#417
Why would YOU want it tougher since you had difficulty and finished in the bottom of the pack in week 6? Suicide complex?

Because when one is trying to gain ground on someone, its impossible when everyone finishes with 11, 12 and 13 correct out of 15 on a weekly basis. And at least Fulmer4Senate has had no week under 500 like some have had. I finished 11-4 and still dropped from 3rd to 7th.
Arkiehawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#418
Seems to be a lot of belly aching by a small minority this year..... If they dont like the format, perhaps they should volunteer to run the board next year. Personally, I thank those who are taking time out of their busy lives to keep the pick ems running.
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#419
Seems to be a lot of belly aching by a small minority this year..... If they dont like the format, perhaps they should volunteer to run the board next year. Personally, I thank those who are taking time out of their busy lives to keep the pick ems running.

And there have been a few more who miss the games with the point spreads but since it has already been stated that there will be no more until further notice, oh well. But there were a few who belly ached about them not liking them so there is no difference, that's why there are no more. No one said anything about not appreciating those who take the time to put this together year to year. Time to move onto week 7.

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Arkiehawg avatar
Beach Fanatic
#420
:roll:
And there have been a few more who miss the games with the point spreads but since it has already been stated that there will be no more until further notice, oh well. But there were a few who belly ached about them not liking them so there is no difference, that's why there are no more. No one said anything about not appreciating those who take the time to put this together year to year. Time to move onto week 7.

B**chin' is B**chin'.....I'm sure that there will be a lot of volunteers to run the game "their" way next year....:cool:
Lady D avatar
SoWal Insider
#421
:roll:

B**chin' is B**chin'.....I'm sure that there will be a lot of volunteers to run the game "their" way next year....:cool:

:roll: Whatever!
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#422
Just to clarify a little bit here, yes I want them to be harder this upcoming week. Yeah, I may have finished at the bottom this week in the picks, but honestly, so what. This isn't being played for money or anything, it's being played because we enjoy it. Simply wanting them to be more challenging is not a crime. So, if that is an issue to some, I am terribly sorry. But, I have a right to voice my opinion.
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#423
And perhaps the ones who have an issue with it should it take to the battlezone if you want to continue this further.
30A Skunkape avatar
SkunkyAuthor
#424
Alright, no more bellyachin'. The picks are hard, but some people here are good at picking! We could schedule a bunch of crap games to make it 'harder', but my guess is that those who do well would pick those games well, too. We may bring back some spreads or bonus opportunities later, but for this week no changes.
monkiesrus avatar
Beach Fanatic
#425
Alright, no more bellyachin'. The picks are hard, but some people here are good at picking! We could schedule a bunch of crap games to make it 'harder', but my guess is that those who do well would pick those games well, too. We may bring back some spreads or bonus opportunities later, but for this week no changes.

Thanks 30A.
Beach Runner avatar
beats on hood
#426
Here are the Week 7 pick'ems. I am posting for cnestg8r because for some reason sowal.com/bb won't let him post. Yes, he's logged in.

Good luck to all!

Thursday

Southern Cal @ California

Saturday
Michigan @ Michigan State
South Carolina @ Miss State
Baylor @ Texas A&M
Miami (Fla.) @ North Carolina
Florida State @ Duke
Ohio State @ Illinois
Georgia Tech @ Virginia
Oklahoma State @ Texas
Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest
Florida @ Auburn
Kansas State @ Texas Tech
Northwestern @ Iowa
Clemson @ Maryland
Georgia @ Vanderbilt

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