DVD Talk ESPN College Pick 'Em - join up

[Phuzbox]

Join up if you wanna play.

http://games.espn.go.com/cpickem/frontpage

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[twikoff]

sure
count me in
although i suck these because I always let my heart cloud my head on college football picks ;)

[Phuzbox]

Nice to see the VP in the game ;)

I believe the group size limit is 50, dunno if we can fill it with just DVD Talkers so invite your friends if you'd like. The more the merrier.

[twikoff]

i didnt check
but Im assuming the picks dont actually start till next week
so there is time to fill it ;)

[Quake1028]

I'm in but I got confused and left the team name as Bryant Entry, and I don't think you can change it. Meh.

[Phuzbox]

You can change it. Click the "Leaderboard" tab, then "Bryant Entry", then "Edit Game Settings". I spent about 20 damn minutes looking for it. I dunno why the Leaderboard section would be the only place you could change it, doesn't make much sense to me.

[FantasticVSDoom]

Im in...Picks and all. Im not very good at these either, but Im not doing Fantasy Footbal this year, so this should be fun.

[brizz]

Originally posted by Phuzbox
You can change it. Click the "Leaderboard" tab, then "Bryant Entry", then "Edit Game Settings". I spent about 20 damn minutes looking for it. I dunno why the Leaderboard section would be the only place you could change it, doesn't make much sense to me.

Thanks...i spent twenty minutes and still hadn't found it....terrible navigation with all that. But it's par for the course for espn stuff....they're sites are always poorly organized.

[Phuzbox]

Come on folks, we got 39 other spots to fill :p

[kenbuzz]

Make that 38. :)

[DJLinus]

Okay, I'm in, even though I suck at stuff like this. Plus, I screwed up the creation of my entry so it says "Morris Entry." Any way to change that? If so, it's probably glaringly obvious, but I can't find it.

[brizz]

uhm....you can start by reading this thread -ohbfrank-





;)

[DJLinus]

Originally posted by brizz
uhm....you can start by reading this thread -ohbfrank-


D'oh!

I've become what I hate.

[twikoff]

Originally posted by DJLinus
D'oh!

I've become what I hate.

I hate what you've become!





;)

[twikoff]

you gotta keep this thing bumped if you want people to join ;)

[dancinns]

I'm in

[twikoff]

sign up slackers

although, i never have cared much for espn.com's pickem format
and dont know if I like the confidence points....

but Im in regardless.. so everyone else should hurry up :D

[Phuzbox]

32 spots to go, come on you lazy bastards. -wink-

[twikoff]

Originally posted by Phuzbox
32 spots to go, come on you lazy bastards. -wink-

thats more like.. thats the attitude :up:

[Daryl]

I'm in

[The Cow]

In.

[twikoff]

still a few hours to get registered and make your picks for this week

[zak52]

This sucks. I have the same amount of wins so far as the leader does, yet I'm 12 points behind. WTF is that? The whole confidence points sucks.

[twikoff]

for some damn reason I actually picked ND to win... I think its because Ive always liked BYU, so it was a jinx pick ;)

but I do have 9 confidence points invested in minnesota.. so that should help a little

[Daryl]

Dammit - I lost my "confidence 10" game

[Pharoh]

Originally posted by twikoff
for some damn reason I actually picked ND to win... I think its because Ive always liked BYU, so it was a jinx pick ;)

but I do have 9 confidence points invested in minnesota.. so that should help a little


:lol:

At least you didn't compltetely forget to do the confidence settings.

[Mopower]

Why didn't you pick Yahoo? Fuck ESPN is slow as shit.

[twikoff]

while I dont care for the espn.com format as much.. I havent noticed any issues with speed...
been extremely fast for me.. even during the games

and it was nice that they kept the standings updating real time as soon as games ended :up:

[FantasticVSDoom]

Originally posted by Pharoh
:lol:

At least you didn't compltetely forget to do the confidence settings.
Like me?? I think I have it figured out now...I guess it pays to read the rules :D

[Jeremy517]

The games this week seem to be a lot harder to pick.

[brizz]

ESPN sucks ass....I've been trying all morning to edit my picks and change the assigned values and haven't been able to. I just randomly picked the winners the other day to make sure i had something, and planned on doing some actual thinking about it and making some informed choices this morning :grunt: Now i'm only going to get 1 point for Iowa smacking ISU, while i'll be risking 7 and 8 for the Ga Tech and Alabama games :(

Stupid ESPN...what's the point of doing this if you can't handle the traffic? You'd think they would have addressed these issues by now....

[twikoff]

i got in and made my picks this morning about 10am

and changed them just about 45 minutes ago

worked really well for me.. very fast

[brizz]

I tried for an hour using every browser at my disposal to no avail. couldn't even get the edit picks page to load. just sat there "connecting" for minutes on end.

[DJLinus]

Okay, I'm a 'tard. For some reason, I thought that 1 was the highest on the confidence scale (as in, "out of all the games that will go in my favor, this ranks #1"). Well, I just realized that "10" is the highest. Had I known that, my score would be much higher. Oh well, my picks tend to suck anyway...

[twikoff]

:lol:
I had to reread it a couple times, the first time, to make sure.. but yea, that sucks ;)

[Jeremy517]

Woowoo, 10 for 10 in week 3.

[kenbuzz]

Hey lookie, lookie. I'm in first place and I don't even follow College FB. I just pick teams based on things like funny nicknames, places I'd like to travel to, whether or not I percieve the home town as ultraliberal or not, and so forth. I'm certain my stay at the top won't last long, but I'll share my picks this week if you'd like:

10: LSU over Mississippi State. As a Cincinnati Bengal fan, I like Tigers.
9: Purdue over Illinois: I'm looking to land a job in Indy this year so my wife can finish her PhD at Purdue. Besides, I've had a couple of Boilermakers in my time -- mighty tasty!
8: Utah over Air Force: Mormons! How can you go wrong?
7: Florida $tate over Clemson: As a Cincinnati Bengal fan, I know not to pick Tigers all the time.
6: Michigan over Iowa: No real reason here, I just think Michigan will win.
5: Notre Dame over Washington: I've fought a few Irish in my day, particularly after drinking Boilermakers -- mighty feisty!
4: Virginia Tech over North Carolina State School for Blind Crippled Girls: It amazes me how many suckeke teams there are in the ACC or Big East or whatever the heck they call it, and how VT gets to pad their record by playing them all.
3: Arizona State over Oregon State: Phoenix is a hotbed of Conservatism. Oregon, of Liberalism. Go right, young man!
2: Arkansas over Alabama: Eh, who cares, they both stink. My now-dead great Aunt sent me a Razorback sweatshirt when I was 5. Go Hogs.
1: Wisconsin over Penn State: This is my one anti-pick. I'd prefer to see the Coke-bottle glass guy win this one, particularly since Donna Shallayla is/was president of Wisconsin, but I always flip one pick and assign it a single point so it won't hurt that much.

[DJLinus]

I just copied all of your picks. Hope you're right again this week.

[Jeremy517]

10 for 10 last week, and only missed my lowestr value game today. Woowoo!

Complete opposite of my NFL Suicide League results....

[twikoff]

this was a really easy week of picks
although it looks like pretty much everyone missed Va Tech..
the only real differences there week were the number of confidence poitns people assigned to that game

[brizz]

yep....looks like most everyone went 9-1, except for a couple of idgits that took 'Bama -ohbrank-

[kenbuzz]

Meh! Went 9-1, missing the 4 pointer (NCSS4BCG over Va Tech), but I'm still clinging to a 1 point lead in the overall standings. Woo hoo!

Does anyone know what in the hell the tiebreaker is used for? I mean, I did pretty well (predicted Michigan would win 30-17 over Iowa, they actually won it 31-17), but I haven't a clue how its applied. Anyone?

This week's Hard Cold Lockbox Triple-A Five Star Complete Stupid-Add Guesses:
10: Green Bay over Chicago. Oops, I mean Wisconsin over Illinois.
9: Oklahoma State. I don't like the Iowa State mascot... a severed cardinal head caught in a tornado... too graphic, and too confusing ("Cyclones"???) On the other hand, "Cowboys" is so anti-PC that I gotta go with it.
8: Fresno State over LA Tech. This isn't women's basketball, and LA Tech is lousy at everything else. Heck NCSS4BCG could take LA Tech. Fresno all the way, even IF the school's name sounds like a grapefruit soda.
7: Mizzou over Colorado. Another bona fide KenBuzz "Tiger Pick". I'm undefeated so far this year in games involving teams nicknamed "Tigers".
6: Georgia over LSU. Another "Tiger" game. People tell me Georgia is better, especially at home. Others say LSU is the defending national champ. Hmmm. Oh, who cares, go with the home team.
5: Minnesota over Penn State. Joe Paterno is only a few wins away from his millionth victory. He won't see it. (pun intended)
4: Tennessee over Auburn. Don't know if the "Tiger Pick" rule applies here... Auburn's mascot is a Tiger named "War Eagle", or some such nonesense. It's enough, I like the home Volunteers, especially since TN voted for Bush and not Gore in 2000.
3: Alabama over South Carolina. Don't know nothin' about either team, and even though it's fun to say "Game Cocks", I'm sticking with the home team.
2: Virginia Tech over West Va. Va Tech looks to rebound from their drubbing at the hands of the NCSS4BCG, and WVA isn't as tough as their ranking indicates.... yeah, they beat Maryland, but Maryland only schedules basketball schools (Temple, Duke) when they're not beating up on Quakers or the Amish. It'll be a close game, since BOTH of these teams are laughable, but I think Tech will come out on top.
1: Purdue over Notre Dame. Another 1-point flip-flop. See last week.

[DJLinus]

Thanks for posting your picks. Since last week was my highest scoring week, I shall copy them once again. :)

[twikoff]

Originally posted by DJLinus
Thanks for posting your picks. Since last week was my highest scoring week, I shall copy them once again. :)

:lol:

didnt everyone go 9-1 last week?

there werent any difficult matchups to pick last week.. the va tech upset being the only blemish

[brizz]

Yep...last week was a gimme...this week is much tougher....3 games are total toss-ups, and a few others could go either way pretty easily....the key this week will be nailing your highest confidence scores....

[DJLinus]

Originally posted by twikoff
:lol:

didnt everyone go 9-1 last week?

there werent any difficult matchups to pick last week.. the va tech upset being the only blemish

True, but I don't really follow college football all that much. I mainly just see what's up with the Buckeyes and my beloved Div. I-AA University of Richmond Spiders. Also, my anti-UVA feelings run deep. I have a passing interest in all of the rest.

One reason why last week was my best one was that in previous weeks I had the concept of the confidence rankings reversed.

[kenbuzz]

Oh well, all good things must end, and my 2-week stint as the #1 hombre has likewise been terminated as I drop 3 points off the pace and into 2nd place. I went 7-3, missing Fresno (8 points), Tennessee (4) and Alabama (3). I still wish I knew whether Auburn (who beat Tennessee) fall under the "Tiger" rule or not. :)

[twikoff]

well crap..
i generally use the strategy to pick bama and against auburn in big games.. for the reverse jinx effect

it worked.. but i also put too many confidence points in fresno state :down:

i thought i had a crappy week.. but still went 7/10.. would have been 9/10 without the jinx strategy :lol:

[kenbuzz]

For those still hitching their wagons to my star:

10: Florida $tate over Syracuse. Gimme a break, Syracuse plays football?
9: Georgia over Tennessee: Georgia got me 6 last week, while Tennessee cost me 4. That's a 10 point swing, good enough for the 10, err, 9 pick.
8: Purdue over Penn State: I still think Boilermakers are mighty tasty, and Paterno STILL won't see his millionth win unless he gets new glasses.
7: North Carolina State School for Blind Crippled Girls over North Carolina: While I don't think much of teams from the ACC, I think even less of those who play football when it's apparent that they're a basketball-first school. The Tarheels are one of those, and I'd pick my high school team over them if NC ever had the courage to schedule them.
6: USC over California: I hate liberals.
5: Oklahoma over Texas: I thought that the "hookem horns" handsign was pretty cool, until I got to see how Oklahoma fans countered. They do the same sign, only they add the middle finger. I pick OU just for being clever.
4: Oklahoma State over Colorado. C'mon! Cowboys are used to russling up Buffalos, aren't they?
3: Notre Dame over Stanford: I hate Clintons as much as I hate liberals, and Chelsea goes to Stanford. Go Irish, still mighty feisty!
2: Michigan over Minnesota: No real reason here, I just think Michigan will win. Too bad there's no Tiger involved here.
1: Florida over LSU: Another retrograde flip-flop pick. LSU should rebound from last week's loss to trounce the Gators, and that's why I'm picking Florida.

[DJLinus]

Originally posted by kenbuzz
For those still hitching their wagons to my star


Hitched!

[Jeremy517]

Lots of tough picks this week.

[DJLinus]

With only a few weeks left, my realistic goal is to finish in the top 10.

[DJLinus]

Mission Accomplished! Finished at #7 overall, mainly due to waning participation each week. It was fun, guys.