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  • What's up, assholes? Welcome to the 2019 Football Season Game Prediction Contest. I did this a long time ago on HornFans, then for the first time on shaggy in 2014, and now we are here at surly. Thanks to blacklab we are now (again) moving the prediction contest into the automated age.

    Do not put your entry in this thread.
    Click on the link below to enter your prediction:

    CONTEST LINK

    2014 winner - laga4
    2015 winner - EZ$
    2016 winner - knoxtnhorn
    2017 winner - EZ$
    2018 winner - mdmost

     

    Rules:

    1. An exactly correct prediction gets 200 points. 2 points are deducted for every point you miss the margin by and 1 point is deducted for every point you miss the total by. 25 points are deducted for not predicting the correct winner (pick a tie and you're automatically docked 25 points). Minimum score is zero. So go ahead and make smartass predictions, no sweat off my back.

    Example: You guess Texas 31, Louisiana Tech 13. Final score is Texas 41, Louisiana Tech 7. Your score is 200-2*(34-18)-(48-44)=164.

    2. Entries close at 5 minutes before listed gametime on the TexasSports.com team schedule page.

    3. All your scores are added up for the season long contest.

    4. Tiebreaker for each game is order of entry. The prediction post that is first in the thread among the tied entries wins the tiebreaker.

    5. Tiebreaker for season long contest is placement for the final game of the season prediction. Doesn't matter if it's a bowl game, a national semifinal, a national championship game, or the Texas Tech game if we don't make a bowl. Whatever the final game played is, that's the tiebreaker.

    That's it. Keep in mind that the tiebreaker and other rules are from last year and they may be tweaked based on the needs for blacklab's coding. Any other necessary rules or rule changes will be made up on the fly. Good luck. Overall season winner gets jack shit from me, but...

    6. Optional Prize Money - Posters may choose to pay the $25 entry fee but are not required to do so. Each week the top-ranked poster of those who are in the prize pool will receive $25. At the end of the season the top three overall finishers will receive 50%, 30%, and 20% respectively of the remaining pool.

    To enter the paid version paypal $25 to bob at tanmutt.com.
    Once you've done that send blacklab a PM so he can mark you as paid in the software.
    Please put your surly username in the note at PayPal, probably best to mention the prediction contest as well.


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    ztejas

    Posted

    I have to think there are going to be identical score predictions, what happens to the $25 in that case? 

    Say 2 people guess Texas/ou correctly at 69-0, do they each get $12.50?

    Assman

    Posted

    Entered and paid.

    Hiphopopotamos

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, ztejas said:

    I have to think there are going to be identical score predictions, what happens to the $25 in that case? 

    Say 2 people guess Texas/ou correctly at 69-0, do they each get $12.50?

    4. Tiebreaker for each game is order of entry. The prediction post that is entered first in the contest among the tied entries wins the tiebreaker.

    Huckleberry

    Posted

    Yes sir, first entry wins the tiebreaker, assuming the database will track time of entry. If it doesn't then blacklab will have to answer but I'd think splitting it makes sense.

     

    blacklab

    Posted (edited)

    lol, just added a timestamp, it updates every time you update

    Edited by blacklab
    Longhorn_Fan68

    Posted

    stupid question: Horns score always the first, right?

    Ben Ficus

    Posted

    This is awesome but there is a downside to the automated page: No funny nicknames for the opponent.

    This week, it's Texas and LSU Jr.

    Zavala

    Posted

    badass thanks Huck

    Zavala

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Ben Ficus said:

    This is awesome but there is a downside to the automated page: No funny nicknames for the opponent.

    This week, it's Texas and LSU Jr.

    He can change the thread title based on the most funny names every week if he wants

    Huckleberry

    Posted

    5 minutes ago, Ben Ficus said:

    This is awesome but there is a downside to the automated page: No funny nicknames for the opponent.

    This week, it's Texas and LSU Jr.

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    • Haha 1
    HornsOverIthaca

    Posted

    55 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

    4. Tiebreaker for each game is order of entry. The prediction post that is entered first in the contest among the tied entries wins the tiebreaker.

    Knife fight would’ve been a good choice.  Better to thin the herd and save resources.

    Poolflood

    Posted

    In on page 1

    UT 38

    lsu it 14

     

     

     

     

     

    Yeah yeah I did the auto thing

    • Like 1
    Patricio Swayze

    Posted

    Thanks huckleberry and black lab. Always enjoy this game.

    • Like 2
    Izhmash

    Posted (edited)

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    EDIT - Paid to Play!

    Edited by Izhmash
    NeverMarryAStripper

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

     

    1. An exactly correct prediction gets 200 points. 2 points are deducted for every point you miss the margin by and 1 point is deducted for every point you miss the total by. 25 points are deducted for not predicting the correct winner (pick a tie and you're automatically docked 25 points). Minimum score is zero. So go ahead and make smartass predictions, no sweat off my back.

    E

    What if it does end in a tie?

    Huckleberry

    Posted

    Then you're docked 25 points for time traveling.

    • Haha 1
    EZ$

    Posted

    Going for #3 and paid. 

    salonghorn

    Posted

    Thank you Huck.

    I used to play on Horn Fans

    po elvis

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, salonghorn said:

    Thank you Huck.

    I used to play on Horn Fans

    25 points deducted.

    salonghorn

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, po elvis said:

    25 points deducted.

    Hey, I'll have to be lucky to even get 25 points LOL

    Scheiss Meister

    Posted

    Got my crummy prediction in.

    Thanks for doing this again, Huck.

    NeverMarryAStripper

    Posted

    I went ahead and put in my LSU prediction so that I'd be first for any tiebreaker

    ConferenceRoom

    Posted (edited)

    It might be useful to add the away game distinction. I'm in. 

    Edited by ConferenceRoom
    KYHorn

    Posted

    Will we be able to see everyone else's ridiculous predictions?

    • Fuck You 1
    B00M

    Posted

    Love it. I'd have done quite well last year if I didn't forget to play ~3 games. Now I at least have place holder scores. Thanks Huck!

    DDD Dad

    Posted

    Is Bob going to reveal who picks Texas to lose any of these games (undefeated season for me)?

    blacklab

    Posted

    I've updated the paid. If you paid and there's not a $ next to your name send me a pm.

     

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    NeverMarryAStripper

    Posted

    If we don't get some more payers the end of the year pot is going to be pretty low.

    JBJ

    Posted

    In.  What an upgrade. Nice work.

    runthebone

    Posted

    So do you automatically get DQ'd for putting the score in this thread?

    blacklab

    Posted (edited)

    no, but you should

    I've updated who has paid.

    If you paid and don't have a $ next to your name pm me your paypal email

    If you are going to pay be sure to put your username in the paypal message, no need to pm me if you do

    Edited by blacklab
    52-80

    Posted

    I predict UMD dropping 100 on their foes

    Gil Bang

    Posted

    it won't let me register

     

    blacklab

    Posted

    need to put in your username, the email you are using here and any password

    it just checks to see if your username and email match.

    Gil Bang

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, blacklab said:

    need to put in your username, the email you are using here and any password

    it just checks to see if your username and email match.

    I've tried over and over.  Obviously I know my user name, and I have only used 2 email accounts ever, and I've tried both over and over.  

    I'm an idiot so it's probably me. 

    Gil Bang

    Posted

    No user with username Gil Bang email XXXXXXXXXX@gmail.com

    Gil Bang

    Posted

    I've confirmed that the gmail is the one surly has.

    EZ$

    Posted

    I predict I will beat Gil Bang for week 1. 1-0!

    blacklab

    Posted

    gil, pm'd you a password to log in with

    about to go to game so hurry up and check

    Gil Bang

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, blacklab said:

    gil, pm'd you a password to log in with

    about to go to game so hurry up and check

    I'm in and paid.  Thanks.




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