ESPN Bowl Pick Em 2021 - Confidence Points $20

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

1 hour ago, Player said:

In and entry fee paid.

I look forward (as always) to hearing doomlet's insider info on his pick selections. 

Preliminary choices seem to indicate a very strong confidence in the predictive value of overall records. 

[Player 4575]

I'm in too many of these damn pools....can someone please remind me again about the rule for this one? We're not picking against the spread, right? Just straight up winners?

[joeycovers 391]

1 minute ago, Player said:

I'm in too many of these damn pools....can someone please remind me again about the rule for this one? We're not picking against the spread, right? Just straight up winners?

Confidence points with no spread

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN has actually managed to make the desktop interface and game navigation even worse this year. 

Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. 

And the mobile version is a fucking shitshow unto itself. 

Fucking idiots. 

Edited December 17, 2021 by Prepuce of Doom

[Jameslaw121 4448]

6 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN has actually managed to make the desktop interface and game navigation even worse this year. 

Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. 

And the mobile version is a fucking shitshow unto itself. 

Fucking idiots. 

Coming to post the exact fucking thing....

[NorthLoop 14180]

ESPN makes this worse every year. Don't we have a bunch of programmers here? We should just make our own next year. 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

38 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN has actually managed to make the desktop interface and game navigation even worse this year. 

Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. 

And the mobile version is a fucking shitshow unto itself. 

Fucking idiots. 

And ESPN changed it's formatting so I can export the table like I could last year...

[NorthLoop 14180]

59 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

 

Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. 

 

Use your arrow keys to scroll left and right 

[PhillyD 1257]

57 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

ESPN makes this worse every year. Don't we have a bunch of programmers here? We should just make our own next year. 

Like the prediction contest?  😂

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Is it possible for everyone to be tied for last place???

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

And this is why I don’t bet on sports outside of 20 dollars for this and 20 dollars for brackets in March

[NorthLoop 14180]

8 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Is it possible for everyone to be tied for last place???

Well except the one random dude who picked MT at 42 pts

[Irieguy 1059]

 

14 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Well except the one random dude who picked MT at 42 pts

@HornPhD is no rando. He’s won it before.  Great use of game theory and a contrarian pick to jump to a massive lead. 

Edited December 17, 2021 by Irieguy

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

Well, to give credit where it's due, after only 15+ years of running this contest, ESPN has finally added the "max points" data to the group standings page. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

4 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Well, to give credit where it's due, after only 15+ years of running this contest, ESPN has finally added the "max points" data to the group standings page. 

I'm pretty sure they used to have that several years ago

[Jameslaw121 4448]

18 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Well, to give credit where it's due, after only 15+ years of running this contest, ESPN has finally added the "max points" data to the group standings page. 

Of course, you can't sort it by that column either...

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

30 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

I'm pretty sure they used to have that several years ago

If they did, it's been a good while. 

[HornOnTheBayou 8904]

@joeycovers, how many spots are we paying out?

[HornPhD 1368]

7 hours ago, Irieguy said:

 

@HornPhD is no rando. He’s won it before.  Great use of game theory and a contrarian pick to jump to a massive lead. 

Thanks for the shout-out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. A lot of games left. 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

This game should separate a few people.

 

Also, last night I stopped to pick up a pizza and I was the bar watching the game while I waited. This couple come ins

wife "Coastal Carolina, isn't that where little Emily goes to school?"

husband " Yeah, it is.  I think it's in Kentucky"

 

[NorthLoop 14180]

1 hour ago, Jameslaw121 said:

This game should separate a few people.

 

Also, last night I stopped to pick up a pizza and I was the bar watching the game while I waited. This couple come ins

wife "Coastal Carolina, isn't that where little Emily goes to school?"

husband " Yeah, it is.  I think it's in Kentucky"

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I’m out. Good luck

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Would it be to late to get my $20 back???? I don't think I've ever been 1-3

[HornPhD 1368]

Anyone else having an issue with changing confidence points?

[Capn81 372]

Enjoy my cash all!

[Irieguy 1059]

@joeycovers How many places get paid and what are the payouts? This information is needed for strategy adjustments. 

[joeycovers 391]

Sorry, all my info is at work. I think someone slipped thru that didn’t pay and I need to look when I get in office but top 3 will get paid. 
 

It will be a 60%/30%/10% payout 

[joeycovers 391]

ESPNFAN2476434686's Picks 1Garrett Warner

Can anyone claim this account? If not by end of day it will be deleted. I cant locate payment for it and wasnt on the original list 

 

[joeycovers 391]

After 2 emails I never received payment from someone after asking me if they can Venmo so they have been removed.  Total entry $560

1st $340

2nd $160

3rd $60

[NorthLoop 14180]

So who ya got? The yellow team or ... the yellow team? This one is gonna hurt my eyes. 

[Irieguy 1059]

We collectively suck at picking this year. A guy who didn’t even pick the 1st game is in 2nd place. 🤦‍♂️

[HornPhD 1368]

9 hours ago, Irieguy said:

We collectively suck at picking this year. A guy who didn’t even pick the 1st game is in 2nd place. 🤦‍♂️

Speak for yourself 😂🥃

It’s a long bowl season. Plenty of bad and good picks left. 

[Irieguy 1059]

11 hours ago, HornPhD said:

Speak for yourself 😂🥃

It’s a long bowl season. Plenty of bad and good picks left. 

Ok your picks are good. Sgt Slaughter is in 2nd place despite not picking the 1st game. Nobody else has over a 500 record after 12 games. That’s sad. Myself included. 

[Irieguy 1059]

I would suggest NOT saving points for later, low profile games.

Edited December 22, 2021 by Irieguy

[Sgt. Slaughter 2841]

56 minutes ago, Irieguy said:

Ok your picks are good. Sgt Slaughter is in 2nd place despite not picking the 1st game. Nobody else has over a 500 record after 12 games. That’s sad. Myself included. 

Best mistake of the year. There are quite a few entries down the board with a higher potential point total, I threw together my entry at the last minute so there is absolutely no plan.

[Irieguy 1059]

59 minutes ago, Sgt. Slaughter said:

Best mistake of the year. There are quite a few entries down the board with a higher potential point total, I threw together my entry at the last minute so there is absolutely no plan.

Yes. If they don’t get cancelled. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Irieguy 1059]

I again remind people not to save points.

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors out of Hawai'i Bowl due to COVID-19 issues

[HornPhD 1368]

15 hours ago, Irieguy said:

I again remind people not to save points.

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors out of Hawai'i Bowl due to COVID-19 issues

ESPN adjusted the points for all the games

Edited December 24, 2021 by HornPhD

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Hit my first scenario where I want my pick to lose. Go Ball State

[Irieguy 1059]

2 more bowl cancellations today. @HornPhD is going to have this wrapped up by Wednesday at this rate. It’s getting late pretty early for everybody chasing him. 

[BigOrange1 6432]

anyone else having problems moving certain games up/down in confidence points?

[HornPhD 1368]

13 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

anyone else having problems moving certain games up/down in confidence points?

Yep. It’s been an ongoing issue on days when a game is canceled. I’ve had success closing and re-opening the ESPN site and then making a change. 

[Irieguy 1059]

Thank you Mike Leach!

 

[NorthLoop 14180]

I really thought Leach would put everything he had into winning that one. I guess Cumbie knew how to gameplan the pirate. 

[HornPhD 1368]

Who is ESPNFAN2476434686?

Things are getting interesting. 

[NorthLoop 14180]

Didn't Joey say that his entry didn't count cuz he didn't pay? 

[ZB'Tejas 593]

14 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

I really thought Leach would put everything he had into winning that one. I guess Cumbie knew how to gameplan the pirate. 

SEC with a not so strong showing, ha.

I'm in the running but probably don't have enough points left to make a run without sweeping the remainder of the picks.

[NorthLoop 14180]

I have the worst W-L record in the whole group so I've got that going for me. 

 

Bring on March Madness! 

[ZB'Tejas 593]

17 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

I have the worst W-L record in the whole group so I've got that going for me. 

 

Bring on March Madness! 

As the reigning Madness champ I concur

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

Not that it makes a whit of difference to me or the boy at this point, but what's the deal with the Sun Bowl? Just a "this didn't really happen" classification? 

And what's the deal with the various negative points for certain entries for the canceled games?