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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SoWal Insider

Dec 24, '11 · 9:41 PM#902

At least 21 of us will be in trouble if Southern Miss loses to Nevada. One went with Nevada.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 25, '11 · 8:21 PM#903

OK, thinking about Grand Championship. Skunky (#2) was 3 behind Iris before bowls. He has closed it to 2 in the first bowl games. They are different on 7 of the next 31 picks. Could be interesting. I am sure others have interesting scenarios, but I just wanted to highlight the top two now. Stay tuned.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 29, '11 · 7:47 AM#904

BOWL UPDATE: After 12 of 38 possible picks...

Congratulations to Kurt and Everytime for a remarkable 10 of 12 bowl picks!
Congratulations to Iris for widening her Grand Championship lead to 4 over Skunky and 6 over Miss Kitty, ameliaj and DD!
Congratulations to Beach Runner for most improved overall!

Edited Dec 29, '11 · 7:49 AM

Beach Fanatic

Dec 29, '11 · 8:46 AM#905

haha haha

I haven't watched one yet.

ugh

SoWal Expert

Dec 29, '11 · 10:24 AM#906

Me neither!

beats on hood

Dec 29, '11 · 12:44 PM#907

We watched the Texas game last night.

SoWal Insider

Dec 29, '11 · 7:34 PM#908

C'mon Noles, you need to hang on to this game. I need to get out of the cellar on the bowl picks.

beats on hood

Dec 29, '11 · 8:57 PM#909

C'mon Noles, you need to hang on to this game. I need to get out of the cellar on the bowl picks.

That was a fun game to watch! Glad you got a win, Lady D.

SoWal Insider

Dec 29, '11 · 9:10 PM#910

That was a fun game to watch! Glad you got a win, Lady D.

I really started off bad going 0-4 due to a couple of close games. But since then I'm 7-2 and will be 8-2 if Baylor can win this one. As good as I did during the regular season picks I don't like being at the bottom in the bowl games, really stinks.

SoWal Insider

Dec 29, '11 · 11:49 PM#911

Unbelievable game between Washington and Baylor. Ridiculous really. Around 1356 total yards between both teams, and a score of 67-56. Sounds more like a basketball score. Glad Baylor won. I'm sure we all are.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 30, '11 · 6:46 AM#912

That was one heck of a game between Baylor & Washington. I sure am glad Baylor pulled it out. Thought for a while they were going to lose to Washington.

SoWal Insider

Dec 31, '11 · 8:49 PM#913

Looks like I'm only going to get 2 out of 5 today. Virginia has done nothing since early in the second quarter but they also are not doing anything to stop Auburn now either. I think they've gone into a permanent sleep.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 1, '12 · 9:34 AM#914

Bowls Update: After 23 of 38 Picks

Happy New Year to All!
Congratulations to Iris for protecting her Grand Championship lead by 4 over Skunky!
Congratulations to kurt for the Bowl Championship lead by 1 over Everytime!
Congratulations to Beach Runner for overall Most Improved!

Still plenty of games to influence the standings.

beats on hood

Jan 1, '12 · 11:16 AM#915

Thanks, cnestg8r, for posting this!

Iris rules!

Beach Fanatic

Jan 2, '12 · 7:56 AM#916

Please ignore this post. After updating the games, I did a little what-if scenario for the next 5 games. They are included in this post. I will update later today.
Happy Pick'ems and New Years!

Happy New Year to All!
Congratulations to Iris for protecting her Grand Championship lead by 4 over Skunky!
Congratulations to kurt for the Bowl Championship lead by 1 over Everytime!
Congratulations to Beach Runner for overall Most Improved!

Still plenty of games to influence the standings.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 2, '12 · 9:02 AM#917

Bowls Update: After 23 of 38 Picks - Really this time!

Thanks to Lady D for catching my oops. I nominate her for the 2012 bookkeeper.

Congratulations to Iris for maintaining her 4 point lead over Skunky!
Congratulations to kurt for the BOWL lead with 19 of 23 picks.
Congratulations to Beach Runner for most improved by moving up 8 rank positions.

SoWal Insider

Jan 2, '12 · 9:42 AM#918

Cnest. That's the proofreader in me. 3 times a year at my work all of us have to proofread our quarterly newsletters. I was actually checking things to see where I stood as to gaining any more ground in the rest of the picks.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 2, '12 · 11:52 AM#919

I thought I had started out badly with some of those early directional school bowl games. It looks like several of us looked to Danny Sheridan for guidance; I did this time due to posting late at night but it seems to have worked alright.

beats on hood

Jan 2, '12 · 4:28 PM#920

GT.

UGA.

UF. Thankful for the win.

SoWal Insider

Jan 2, '12 · 4:39 PM#921

GT. UGA.

UF. Thankful for the win.

I'm up to 18 points now. Think I got the bonus point in the Ohio State/Florida game.

beats on hood

Jan 2, '12 · 4:42 PM#922

I'm up to 18 points now. Think I got the bonus point in the Ohio State/Florida game.

Yes, you won the first bonus point. OSU had 2 passing TDs, UF had 1.

SoWal Insider

Jan 2, '12 · 7:42 PM#923

What a dumb moron on the Wisconsin team making that great catch and then losing the ball on the ground and just letting it lay there for Oregon to pounce on. Obviously he thought he was down? Idiot!

beats on hood

Jan 2, '12 · 8:33 PM#924

What a dumb moron on the Wisconsin team making that great catch and then losing the ball on the ground and just letting it lay there for Oregon to pounce on. Obviously he thought he was down? Idiot!

Hubby was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, and his family members are all Wisconsin grads/fans. They are quite disappointed.

SoWal Insider

Jan 2, '12 · 8:38 PM#925

Hubby was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, and his family members are all Wisconsin grads/fans. They are quite disappointed.

Wisconsin had a chance to tie that up. I was disappointed also.

Beach Fanatic

Jan 3, '12 · 11:12 AM#926

BOWL UPDATE: After 31 of 38 possible picks...

Congrats : Iris holds a 4 pt lead over Skunky
Congrats : Beach Runner and Jerry Lewis for 24 of 31 picks!
Congrats : Beach Runner for continued Most Improved on total picks.