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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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    Hizzaz Mahdoud

    Posted

    Well, crap. I won the week. The one and only time I wanted to be wrong. So sad.

    Oh, well. "Take the win, pussy." /Surly, probably.

    blacklab

    Posted

    scheiss you need an abs in there

    you predicted 38 - 35, a margin of Texas +3, Texas lost by 7. The difference between +3 and -7 is 10   (+3 - -7) = 3 + 7 = 10

    200 - 2 x 10 - 12 - 25 = 143

    Scheiss Meister

    Posted

    Ah, I see now.  Thanks for straightening that out for me.  And for doing these.  They are ultimately meaningless, but I enjoy the heck out of them.

    blacklab

    Posted

    Well, they do give me a nice interest free short term loan, so I wouldn't say they are completely meaningless.

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    • Haha 1
    Domedriver

    Posted (edited)

    So to my glory!  I have reached the glorious peak of #40 on the Surly Prediction Score!   It is amazing and a moment of personal glory! Being here and reaching this moment, as a life long Texas fan since my father retired from the Navy, Happy Birthday, in 1967 and gaining employment at UT, to my graduation in 1984, to seeing Dawson’s kick, getting an autograph from Randy Peschal as a Cub Scout, parking and ushering in the ‘70’s, to 14 Texas -OUs, watching Sims melt down against CU Ricky’s run on Aggie,and VY in the Rose Bowl, and all the shit that has followed,...

    I can predict score and be in the top 40 of all you sons of a ... 🤪

    I am calling t out now.  We win shit beat the out Kansas and Hook’em up!

    so frustrated, if my score had flipped it would have been spot on, we would have won and we would have again beaten those bag of dickeating, mobile home sister fucking meth consuming...

    oh well.

    we will slaughter Kansas! 🤘

    Texas!

    Oh and thanks Hauck and Sir Blacklab.

     

    Edited by Domedriver
    mdmost

    Posted

    I really nailed that Texas score! Missed the OU one by 10. 

    Sgt. Slaughter

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Hizzaz Mahdoud said:

    Well, crap. I won the week. The one and only time I wanted to be wrong. So sad.

    Oh, well. "Put some money in, pussy." /Surly, probably.

    Fixed.

    Coach pop a bitch

    Posted

    Anybody else not being allowed to put a score in this week? Showing that today's game is at 11am 

    • Like 1
    Dnaguy

    Posted

    @blacklab

     

    we can’t edit / put in scores for the Kansas game.... 

    bolverk

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Coach pop a bitch said:

    Anybody else not being allowed to put a score in this week? Showing that today's game is at 11am 

     

    2 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

    Same problem

     

    1 hour ago, ShowmeyourTDs said:

    Can’t put the score in either.

     

    1 hour ago, Chief21 said:

    Me neither

     

    59 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

    @blacklab

     

    we can’t edit / put in scores for the Kansas game.... 

    This is a problem.

    @Huckleberry

    @hayden_horn

    @immamac

    @blacklab

    blacklab

    Posted

    fixed, you should be able to change your score till 5pm now

    • Like 3
    Modessit

    Posted

    fixed, you should be able to change your score till 5pm now
    I'm sure you meant 5:50 since we're supposed to have until 10 minutes before kickoff? I hope so since I just put mine in at 5:16. Just in case - 41-17 us.
    B00M

    Posted

    My least accurate guess of the year, 100 whole points. I wish I'd updated it pregame, I would've given KU at least a TD over my stale 45-13 prediction. Still clinging to the final money spot, but DDD is on my shit. 

    Kevin O’Shea

    Posted

    Have mercy K State there’s Oklahoman children watching 

    Assman

    Posted

    So who won the Ok St week?

    • Like 1
    RomaVicta

    Posted

    I want to thank the dozen people keeping me from the very bottom. My guess is that you were actually striving to be worst while I, alas, come by it naturally.

    Lidig8r

    Posted

    Well fuck me... I forgot my flippin password.

    Modessit

    Posted

    Well fuck me... I forgot my flippin password.
    Same as here so reset this one and that one should also, right?
    blacklab

    Posted

    Its a different password

    you should be able to reregister

    Lidig8r

    Posted

    3 hours ago, blacklab said:

    Its a different password

    you should be able to reregister

    I found out.  Thanks Hombre

    blacklab

    Posted

    Game time is wrong, post your score here if you need to put in your score or change it 

    mdmost

    Posted

    You’re welcome

    TexMexBuddha

    Posted

    Another 200 point game for me on a called illegal formation. Ha!

    B00M

    Posted

    Changed from a several week old 31-17 prediction to 31-24 pregame... Illegal formation cost me the exact prediction. Oh well, I'll take it.

    Modessit

    Posted

    Score still not posted?

    Wally Pryor

    Posted (edited)

    Idoit 2

    Edited by Wally Pryor
    Wally Pryor

    Posted (edited)

    Idoit

    Edited by Wally Pryor
    NeverMarryAStripper

    Posted

    I think when he tried to put in the score the system wouldn't accept it because it didn't believe that UT won

    bolverk

    Posted

    2 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    I think when he tried to put in the score the system wouldn't accept it because it didn't believe that UT won

    Hey man, at least some of us made the right call. 🙂

    B00M

    Posted

    Final was 27-24... How is 31-28 a better prediction than 31-24? Conceptually, not mathematically. 

     

    blacklab

    Posted

    Margin of victory is more important than total points scored.

    blacklab

    Posted

    How the fuck does that happen?

    Who fucking programmed this thing?

    • Like 2
    TornACL

    Posted

    I think the program found that prediction highly amusing and just wanted everyone to see it. The program is becoming sentient. 

    • Haha 1
    BigOrange1

    Posted

    this is becoming more and more nerve wracking by the week.  i know i'm gonna fuck this up somehow.

    B00M

    Posted

    3 hours ago, BigOrange1 said:

    this is becoming more and more nerve wracking by the week.  i know i'm gonna fuck this up somehow.

    You predicting a win vs ISU?

    Modessit

    Posted

    this is becoming more and more nerve wracking by the week.  i know i'm gonna fuck this up somehow.
    Just wait until the last minute to put in your score, check to see what your closest competition predicted, then choose similarly to avoid them closing the gap.
    blacklab

    Posted

    You can't see others picks till after the game has started.

    JBJ

    Posted

    192 and no movement.  I need you guys above me to start tanking.




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