2019 Football Season Game Prediction Contest

[Irwin F Fletcher 3,563]

Hook'em

 

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

No update yet?

[B00M 6,740]

Welfare check on Huck? Is his house flooded or something? The Rice score was submitted so quickly it seemed automated. I'm jonesing to see the new standings!

[Huckleberry 34,767]

@blacklab is the one who enters the actual final scores. I say we boycott surly until it's updated.

[blacklab 12,098]

done

[JBJ 3,830]

"Iowas St" is bugging the crap out of me.

[blacklab 12,098]

fixed

[DDD Dad 14,673]

done

Do the standings show the tiebreakers?

[blacklab 12,098]

no

[Gil Bang 26,287]

I'm in the top half.  All you people not in the top half can suck it. 

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

We need to stop this contest immediately,  while my total is exactly 666.

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,341]

4 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

I'm in the top half.  All you people not in the top half can suck it. 

So you like being a top better than a bottom?

[pyrohornIII 4,853]

since I screwed up and forgot to save my LSU prediction, can I use my mulligan and guess the bye week?

[NorthLoop 14,570]

Since I put no money in, I am guaranteed to win the whole thing. 

[Bone3421 716]

no

Just curious if im missing something or if the program just goofed but i noticed that out of the people that had 45 pts for texas that the groups that were off by more pts on okie score were ahead of me/huck/ghost who were only off by 3 on okie score 

So a prediction that was 45-37 has more points than my 45-27...same texas score but closer on the okie st score

 

 

 

[Modessit 5,667]

Just curious if im missing something or if the program just goofed but i noticed that out of the people that had 45 pts for texas that the groups that were off by more pts on okie score were ahead of me/huck/ghost who were only off by 3 on okie score So a prediction that was 45-37 has more points than my 45-27...same texas score but closer on the okie st score  

 

 

 

Spread difference counts more (2 pts) than total points difference (1 pt). On your examples above:

 

45-37 = 8 pt spread and 82 total points

 

45-27 = 18 pt spread and 72 total points

 

Actual score 36-30 = 6 pt spread and 66 total points.

 

So:

 

45-37 = 2(8-6) + 1(82-66) = 20 pt deduction

 

45-27 = 2(18-6) + 1(72-66) = 30 pt deduction

 

 

 

 

 

[Bone3421 716]

Spread difference counts more (2 pts) than total points difference (1 pt). On your examples above:
 
45-37 = 8 pt spread and 82 total points
 
45-27 = 18 pt spread and 72 total points
 
Actual score 36-30 = 6 pt spread and 66 total points.
 
So:
 
45-37 = 2(8-6) + 1(16) = 20 pt deduction
 
45-27 = 2(18-6) + 1(6) = 30 pt deduction
 
 
 

Gotcha...gracias

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

On 9/23/2019 at 7:37 PM, Modessit said:

Spread difference counts more (2 pts) than total points difference (1 pt). On your examples above:

45-37 = 8 pt spread and 82 total points

45-27 = 18 pt spread and 72 total points

Actual score 36-30 = 6 pt spread and 66 total points.

So:

45-37 = 2(8-6) + 1(82-66) = 20 pt deduction

45-27 = 2(18-6) + 1(72-66) = 30 pt deduction

[DDD Dad 14,673]

On 9/22/2019 at 2:45 PM, blacklab said:

no

So who won the $ for this week?

[Modessit 5,667]

So who won the $ for this week?

[DDD Dad 14,673]

1 hour ago, Modessit said:

 

 

 

 

On 9/22/2019 at 2:43 PM, DDD Dad said:

Do the standings show the tiebreakers?

 

On 9/22/2019 at 2:45 PM, blacklab said:

no

Those are in alphabetical order.

[Assman 1,830]

On 9/26/2019 at 6:26 PM, DDD Dad said:

 

 

Those are in alphabetical order.

And my name starts with an "A", so clearly I'm the winner.

[Domedriver 655]

I say we kick Byes ass by eleventy million and twelve points!

hook’em!🤘

[0xdeadbeef 1,713]

Well F-me.

After a reboot, the contest site wants me to login... but no combination of username or email and password works....  No automated way to reset the pw.

Any chance of whacking the pw on  my contest acct?

 

[Modessit 5,667]

Well F-me.
After a reboot, the contest site wants me to login... but no combination of username or email and password works....  No automated way to reset the pw.
Any chance of whacking the pw on  my contest acct?
 

It should be the same pw and username as here.

[TexMexBuddha 1,012]

Anyone able to log back in with surly UID and PWD? @blacklab - I know you said PM you. Still the case?

 

[Modessit 5,667]

Anyone able to log back in with surly UID and PWD?@blacklab - I know you said PM you. Still the case?
 

Just did.

[TexMexBuddha 1,012]

27 minutes ago, Modessit said:

1 hour ago, TexMexBuddha said:

Anyone able to log back in with surly UID and PWD?@blacklab - I know you said PM you. Still the case?
 

Just did.

Thanks. Won't work for me. Will PM BL directly. Cheers.

[Poolflood 845]

4 hours ago, TexMexBuddha said:

Thanks. Won't work for me. Will PM BL directly. Cheers.

you're 65th.  why bother?  lol

[Assman 1,830]

So who won for last week?

[TexMexBuddha 1,012]

you're 65th.  why bother?  lol

I will have you know that garbage TDs got me a perfect 200 one week.

You against random, harmless fun?

[Poolflood 845]

7 hours ago, TexMexBuddha said:

I will have you know that garbage TDs got me a perfect 200 one week.

You against random, harmless fun?

Busting balls

Hook em

[bolverk 30,396]

Hoping for a blow out. Otherwise, I'm gonna drop several spots.

[brojangles2 796]

Link doesn’t look normal to me. The blanks for entry are not there, nor are the previous weeks entries, etc. 

Edited October 5, 2019 by brojangles2
Was logged out. Disregard 🤦🏻‍♂️

[blacklab 12,098]

click log out and then log back in

[Jersey Man10 3,807]

Still Top 10.

[NorthLoop 14,570]

On 9/23/2019 at 7:09 AM, NorthLoop said:

Since I put no money in, I am guaranteed to win the whole thing. 

I mean... I wasn't kidding. 

[B00M 6,740]

Predicted 41-20.. It was 42-24 until the final minute garbage time WVU TD fucked me into 4th in the paying pool.

Edited October 6, 2019 by B00M

[NeverMarryAStripper 22,341]

You guys should thank me for always entering the pay pool in these contests because I’m basically just giving you my money. Next year I’m just going to video myself lighting my money on fire and post it.

[Gil Bang 26,287]

the formula works out weird. 

Consider the WV game.  Score 42-31

Here's a couple of the guesses (from results page).  16 is a better  prediction than 17.   He's 4 points closer on the Texas score, and the same on the WV score, but they get the same points?  Seems goofy.  

 

16	dnaguy (41 - 27)	189
17	Iguana (37 - 27)	189

[blacklab 12,098]

actual margin = 11
actual total = 73

start with 200, subtract 2 for each point off on margin, 1 point per total off

dna guy
--margin = 14
--total = 68

margin off by 3, total off by 5,   200 - (2x3) - 5 = 189

iguana
--margin = 10
--total = 64

margin off by 1, total off by 9, 200 - (1x2) - 9 = 189

 

 

[BigHorn'13 3,494]

Any reason why a prediction wouldn't be saved? Put in my prediction either Thursday or Friday, checked again yesterday when the game ended to see if the scores had been updated yet. Both times my prediction (38-24) showed but now it shows I didn't make one... Not like I've got money on it or anything but still confusing

[Wally Fairway 5,679]

12 hours ago, B00M said:

Predicted 41-20.. It was 42-24 until the final minute garbage time WVU TD fucked me into 4th in the paying pool.

I feel your pain, I predicted 41-24 - all it took to ruin my day was 2 4th down conversion leading to a meaningless score.
Oh well - always next week.
Fuck OU (still working out all the maths to get my picks in)

[WBT 21,040]

Yeah, 7 of us had 42-24.  Should have known Herman can't win a conference game by 3 scores.

[BigOrange1 6,611]

top paid entrant on 10/7/2019 wins 90% of the pot right?

[Walden Ponderer 12,639]

If I hadn't won week one in the money pool, I'd be more upset about the fact that I've been sucking eggs ever since then.

[EZ$ 2,131]

Just over here lurking in the top 10 (money pool). I’ll be making my move soon boys, soon. 

[BigHorn'13 3,494]

On 10/6/2019 at 5:12 PM, BigHorn'13 said:

Any reason why a prediction wouldn't be saved? Put in my prediction either Thursday or Friday, checked again yesterday when the game ended to see if the scores had been updated yet. Both times my prediction (38-24) showed but now it shows I didn't make one... Not like I've got money on it or anything but still confusing

Just "saved" my pick again but I'm putting it here too in case there's any fuckery again. 

Texas 41

Clippy 38

[Scheiss Meister 8,480]

I set up a spreadsheet for my game picks so that I can track my score immediately after the games.  (No, I don't have a life.)  I used the equation in the first post in the thread, and I have a glitch or something that I can't figure out.  All of the points for the games match the website except the points for the LSU game.  The website shows that I got 131 points for that prediction, but my spreadsheet shows 143 points.  Where am I messing up?

Also, when will the ousucks game results be posted?

[blacklab 12,098]

updated scores

post your formulas and I'll figure it out