Well I've said I'd do better at college than at the pros. So better late than never. I started a Hatrack Group over at the college Pigskin PickEm ESPN site. It's week four but what the heck?
It works slightly differently. There are 10 games listed for the week. You pick the winners, and then you have to assign confidence levels to how certain you are they will happen 10 being absolutely certain and 1 being the most uncertain.
So if you want to join here's the website http://games.espn.go.com/cpickem/frontpage the Group is Hatrack Password is jatraqueros
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Done.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
I just joined.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
I've also joined, hopefully I'll do better at this than I do in my fantasy football league (I know next to nothing about the NFL)...
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
hmm maybe if I stopped awarding these and started handing out these I'd get more people to join.
AJ
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
But if the team is outside the Big 12, I probably will know absolutely nothing about them....
FG
[ September 21, 2004, 01:31 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I joined the pro football one and you are kicking my rear there Farmgirl!
AJ
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
quote: But if the team is outside the Big 12, I probably will know absolutely nothing about them....
Don't worry, if it's a Big 12 team, I'll know almost nothing about them (I an firmly resisting any attempts at Longhorn assimilation thrown my way)... Together we can have complete CFB knowledge!
well, except that I also know nothing about the Pac-10 and Big-10...
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Go Alma College! Long live the Scotsmen! Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Hmm I don't see you yet Risenua even though I see farmgirl. Maybe your entry won't show up until you actually pick your teams for the week.
AJ
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I make no claims of expertise outside the ACC.
Dagonee
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I suppose I would be thrown off Hatrack by some people here if I fail to pick Purdue to win.....
FG
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
Ok, I just submitted my picks, so I should up now. Hopefully I'll remember to go back and tweak them when I have more time.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Not necessarily, there are a couple of Illinois grads or attendees around.
I guess the question is, do you pick who you want to win, or who you think will win. My problem with the Pro league so far is that I've let emotion and arbitrariness dominate my picks. Even though I'm actually more passionate about college, I'm less emotional and arbitrary about my picks.
As I said before, the one I debated the most on was the NC state Va Tech game. Notice my confidence level is 1, which means I'm not that confident either way though I picked the home team.
AJ
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Oh -- I didn't see that confidence level thing -- I better go back in and check....
FG
oh -- ha ha. Middle column. I thought was just listing how they are in the conference or something...
[ September 21, 2004, 02:23 PM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Uh -- is "1" high confidence, and "10" low confidence, or the other way around?
FG
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
10 is the highest, I hope, <grin>
hmm Risenua I'm still not seeing you. hopefully it's just a processing glitch and you will show up soon. Can you see the other members of the group?
Aj
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
I guess you're right.
quote: Step 4 - SCORING SYSTEM In conjunction with selecting which team will win, you're now challenged to assign a confidence value to each game. The higher the confidence you assign to a game, the more points you will earn if you have selected the winning team. Each game must have a different confidence value assigned to it from 1-15. Please read all the details below as it's important to understand how everything works in order to win the game.
Note: Fractions of percentages are not displayed on the group page.
ACCUMULATING POINTS You receive the amount of confidence points you assigned to each game you correctly selected the winning team to win. You do not receive or lose points for incorrect picks. You accumulate points from the date of your first winning pick. You may begin playing after the start of the promotion but you will not receive any points for the games you have missed. In the event a scheduled college football game listed does not occur as scheduled (e.g., a game is cancelled, postponed, etc.) no points will be awarded.
Entrants are allowed (but not required) to submit a predicted score for the tiebreaker game of each week as indicated as such in the selection area. The tiebreaker game is the final game of the week unless otherwise noted. This prediction is used for weekly tiebreaker purposes only. Ties will be broken in accordance with the tie-breaker procedure contained in the rules.
Your season-to-date point total is displayed on your frontpage, entry and group pages (if you're in a group). Overall winners will be displayed on the leaderboard each Monday morning. There are 14 weeks in the game, with 15 games each week. Your season-to-date point total is displayed on your frontpage, entry, group page (if you're in a group) and on the bottom of the leaderboard page (unless you're in the Top 50!).
So if I assign "10" confidence points to a certain game, and my team wins, then I get ten points, if I am understanding it correctly.
FG
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Yup, that's right.
And I'm in now too. With my massive Big 10 expertise, we could put together quite the college football knowledge front...
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
hmm I see Carrie but I still don't see Risenua. *worries*
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
BannaOj Juice, Forshee Entry, Smith Entry, KS Farmgirl, UW
(the entries so far)
AJ
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Derrell -- if you signed onto this College Picks -- what did you use as your username? Which one are you?
FG
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I thought Forshee was Dagonee and Smith was Derrell, but Smith could be Risenua I guess.
So either way one person is missing.
AJ
[ September 21, 2004, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
Forshee is me. That happens to be my last name.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
I'm in. GO GAMECOCKS!!!
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
So it is Dagonee that is missing from the list???
FG
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, I fixed it. I forgot to join the group.
Dagonee
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
Yeah, I'm Smith.
And now it's time to go and do some research on the matchups I'm not certain about, since I just did off the cuff picks earlier...
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
BannaOj Juice Forshee Entry Smith Entry KS Farmgirl UW ApostleRadio Hatrack Dagonee
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Well, thanks for clearing that all up, everyone!
FG
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
Well, I was right about the VT-NCST game being a good game. I was wrong about the outcome.
I think this is payback for not giving cookies to the Football team, like I said I would, after beating West Virginia with a similar set-up in '99.
Note to self: Find way to send cookies to VT, even if it's five years too late.
There is good news for me, though. I now have cable, and hence I can now watch football games!
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
Wahoo-wah! UVA is winning!
Too bad they weren't included in this game though! Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
And too bad it's not televised in Charlottesville.
I wasted a 6-confidence pick on the darn hokies.
Dagonee
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
Jeez.... you of all people should have known better than that! Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Man, I'm getting my butt kicked. I only have 10 possible points remaining, and everyone ahead of me has my same picks in the last two games.
Sheesh.
Dagonee
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Well I'm glad that VT game had my lowest probablity. If I get my last pick right I'll be at 54/55 points. I nearly had a heart attack when I read the Purdue-Iowa score wrong on the scrolling bar! That was my 10 pointer that purdue would win!
The way the points are tallied is if you are right, you get the number of points as your choice. If you are wrong you get zero. The maximum possible points is 10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+ 2+1=55
As a group we'll never catch up on the year with the statistics, since we started on the 4th week but oh well.
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
The top three people have all so far had the exact same missed pick. It was just how confident we were in the pick that differentiates our scores.
AJ
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*Stupid college game with stupid confidence levels.*
Pro picks tomorrow. Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
yeah well I'm getting my butt soundly kicked in the pros so I've got to have something to make me feel better!
AJ
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Wow -- I did really really bad at this! Mostly because I put most of my points on the Iowa game, and IOWA LET ME DOWN!
FG
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Iowa was playing AT Michigan. After Michigan lost to Notre Dame do you actually think they were going to let anyone beat them on their home turf?
Generally speaking, unless the away team is Extremely high in the polls there is even more of a home field advantage in college ball than there is in the Pros.
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Oh my goodness. This weeks college picks are impossibly hard. There are maybe three that I've got any confidence in. West Virginia Virginia Tech Purdue Notre Dame Colorado Missouri Illinois Wisconsin Iowa State Oklahoma State South Carolina Alabama Fresno State Louisiana Tech Auburn Tennessee Penn State Minnesota LSU Georgia
Right now I'm thinking Wisconsin beating Illinios is the best bet.
AJ
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
If Wisconsin is at home, give that game a 10... otherwise a 9 or 8. They COULD lose, since they have no offense to speak of, without their star running back. But at home? Simply not possible. That defense, in Camp Randall, is... something like both the rock AND the hard place.
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
The team listed second on that list is the home team.
The doozies are the Purdue-Notre Dame, LSU-Georgia, and Auburn-Tennesee games.
Also hard to call are West Virginia-Va Tech and Minnesota-Penn State.
That's 5 of the ten that are going to be close games if nothing else. I think if I get even 7 total picks right this next week I'll be doing good.
AJ
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I think Wisconsin is my Ten and Fresno State will be a 9
AJ
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Stop saying Wisconsin is going to win. The more people who say that, the less likely it is that we will. Jerks!
I do agree, however, that our defense can and will shut anyone down. Even if means killing two quarterbacks. Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Wisconsin will win, and yes this week is far more difficult to pick than last week...
But where is the confidence in my Gamecocks! I will be travelling to Alabama and staying with Anne Kate just so I can watch South Carolina trounce them in person.
Honestly people, don't you know anything?
Troy Williamson has had over 100 yards recieving for the last 3 games, and 99 yards the game before that, including a 210 yard game. Demetris Summers is one of the most talented young running backs and he will be back in the line-up next week.
Add to that the fact that Alabama's starting quarterback is out for the season and their suspect defense, and I would say it's an easy pick.
Of course there are those who say I am biased...but that's only because I have school spirit.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
crap crap crap. I'm not so upset about SC winning or about TN losing as I am about FRESNO STATE letting me down. They can play smashnmout football with the best of the best at away games, yet they couldn't get past Louisiana Tech, in an away crowd the size of a high school football game.
AJ
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
Yeah, I'm kind of annoyed about Fresno State losing, too. Lousiana Tech? Yeesh. But I don't think its makes too much difference for pick-em because most of us lost a bunch of points on that game.
On the bright side for me, I'm tied for first Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
OK, the Hokies have screwed me twice now. Damn them!
Dagonee
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
Nah... they're just being good Hokies, doing their best to spite the Hoo...
And yesterday's win may actually have been better than the win over Miami last year. I really hate the mountaineers...
Edit: Their, there, they're, why can't they all be spelled the same?
[ October 03, 2004, 10:51 AM: Message edited by: Risuena ]
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
So I should pick them when they play Virginia?
Dagonee
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
You all should have listened to me!
Gamecocks are 4-1, it's a good year!
--ApostleRadio
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Even though I lost on the Hokies again (picking against them this time) it was my 1pt game. And as a Sooner Fan first, I'm quite happy because WV was set to run the table after that game and the fewer undefeated teams at the end of the season the better.
AJ
Posted by Xaposert (Member # 1612) on :
Dag, this game is making you forget your priorities... By beating West Virginia, Tech has ensured UVA moves up into the Top 10 rankings!
But as for Tech beating UVA, let's not be absurd... Cavman will give that bird some of what the Orangemen got last week, and what Clemson will be getting on Thursday!
[ October 03, 2004, 09:51 PM: Message edited by: Xaposert ]
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
im not a uva fan, but as a gamecock I love to see clemson lose, so I'm rooting for you guys.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Uh - stupid question:
Is this league over? I went in to make picks for this week, and there are no more.......
FG
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
I think so. I don't think there were originally as many games scheduled for this weekend as there are, because the hurricane delayed a bunch.
Which means I don't have the week I was counting on to redeem myself! AJ
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