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Because this is the first week, the links for some functions give a N/A result. Don´t mind those.

Full scores:
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by ponchi101 After one week, a familiar face is on the lead ;)
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Because this is the first week, the links for some functions give a N/A result. Don´t mind those.

Full scores:
contests/NFL_Challenge.htm
by ptmcmahon Man I hate week one :)

In my family pick against spread league I was 5-11... last by 4 wins there!
by ponchi101 The Cincy loss was dreadful. We all had it pretty high (I had it as my 16 pick).
by ptmcmahon In my survivor pool it was the most common pick. Luckily I had Buffalo there, but even that was dicey for a bit.
by ponchi101 Dear all.
I will be returning to work on Tuesday, meaning I will be busy. Because I will be traveling a lot, I will start the WEEK 3 and WEEK 4 picks topics (the schedule is easily available) today. You can of course start filling in those picks as you wish.
I may be a bit late in posting results this week and next.
And, because I am doing this so early, the lists will not have the current record for the teams. I will update if possible.
Txs.
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Link for full scores above.

REMEMBER. FOR WEEK 3, THE TOPIC HAS BEEN STARTED ALREADY. But they are not in order now. -->
by ponchi101 With the Philly loss, only Omess got the 16 points game correct.
Most likely, several of us already scored our lowest points week:
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Link for full scores above.

REMEMBER. FOR WEEK 3, THE TOPIC HAS BEEN STARTED ALREADY. But they are not in order now.
by ptmcmahon Yeah, you can probably just cut week 2 totally! It can't get worse can it? (Unless someone misses a week.)

In my family pick against the spread league I'm now 10-22.
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Let's see how well we do for week 4. I will not hold my breath.
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by ponchi101 Well, we were so sure that we could cut week 2 out because our scores were so lousy, right?
On week 3, only two players did better than in week 2. The Bengals did us again, with that putrid game, not to mention a lot of other bad games we picked wrong. Only Omess (new leader) and Fastbackss (tied for 3rd) did better than for week 2:
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Let's see how well we do for week 4. I will not hold my breath.
(Full scores at the link on top)
by ptmcmahon My survivor pool ($2200 prize this year) is already down to 7 of 90 entrants.
by New England Nitemare
ptmcmahon wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:59 pm My survivor pool ($2200 prize this year) is already down to 7 of 90 entrants.
My survivor pool started with 240 entries, now down to 14. I have one entry left, started with 6. Out of the 14 left, one person has three picks, and no one else has more than one. I've been doing this pool since 2010, and I can't ever remember this pool being cut down like this in three weeks.....CRAZY!!!
by ponchi101 Four weeks.
My four 16 points games I have missed. I mean, how bad can I be at this game?
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by ponchi101 Weekly scores.
Comments later (after I get to fathom why I am so bad at this).
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by ptmcmahon No one is really doing especially good this year :) It's been a harder than usual season to pick, not that it's ever super easy!
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by ponchi101 I can't upload the updated excel sheet, so you guys have to trust me on this.
Scores for week 5 were a bit better, with Patrick and Wolfy scoring the top scores and being on top.
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by Fastbackss I intentionally picked against the Lions today. I figured they would win coming off a bye - but I didn't want to feel bad like I jinxed them.

Doesn't get better than this - a win and Cowboys getting thumped. I will take my loss of 5 points with a huge grin
by ponchi101 Cowboys getting thumped at home. That was fun.
I think Prescott is a fine QB. He can play. But when will NFL owners, all of them billionaires, understand that paying these salaries is absurd? Prescott is good, but not $250 MM good.
As neither is Watson or Lawrence. They have to structure salaries based on performance. Otherwise, regression to the mean will always bite you.
by Fastbackss It's the elimination of the middle class - same as we are seeing in the other sports in the US.

This one is exacerbated by the salary cap structure which is why QB on rookie deal is so valuable. Not everyone is Brady or Mahomes and can carry team regardless of how few receiving assets.
by ptmcmahon It depends really on if that money could have spent elsewhere really. They don't mind dropping the $250 million.

In Dallas's case apparently it prevented them from chasing after Derrick Henry. Now that is when spending so much on one player will come back to bite you hard.
by ponchi101 Was Kobe Bryant a better player than Tim Duncan? Yes. He was.
But they both have five rings because Tim negotiated his contracts to make sure he could keep Manu and Tony, while Kobe never negotiated to keep Pau or anybody else.
Agree with you.
by Omegadoom Do you get any bonus points, like in the Predictions contest, if you get a perfect score for a week?
by ponchi101
Omegadoom wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:47 am Do you get any bonus points, like in the Predictions contest, if you get a perfect score for a week?
Anybody except you!!! ;)
You are very close to that. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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I believe that is the first time anybody has done, ever, and it is therefore the highest score ever. Congrats, Omegadoom, for that magnificent crystal ball of yours! : :clap:
Patrick and Wolfy are tied at the top, with Omega on third place, just four meager points behind.
Let's see if the league remains predictable this week too.

ps: I am unable to FTP the full excel sheet up to the server. So, please check your scores individually and let me know if you see any errors. -->
by ponchi101 High scoring week and somebody (ahem) scored a perfect 133 points, the maximum possible score with 14 games being played:
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I believe that is the first time anybody has done, ever, and it is therefore the highest score ever. Congrats, Omegadoom, for that magnificent crystal ball of yours! : :clap:
Patrick and Wolfy are tied at the top, with Omega on third place, just four meager points behind.
Let's see if the league remains predictable this week too.

ps: I am unable to FTP the full excel sheet up to the server. So, please check your scores individually and let me know if you see any errors.
by Fastbackss When I was a kid (sad to admit this) I was introduced to "pick slips" which were essentially parlay slips for football.

The person who did told me that each week besides his "regular" parlays - he would do a small one where he picked every game. The odds were astronomical - and actually paid out an amount if you got all but one correct.

Omega's effort made me think back wistfully to those days of asking to make sure my $2 or 5 got submitted to the bookie lol
by New England Nitemare Congrats Omega!!! Very impressive to go a perfect 14-0!!!
by Omegadoom
New England Nitemare wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2024 1:43 am Congrats Omega!!! Very impressive to go a perfect 14-0!!!
Thanks Nitemare. Probably be lucky to win 6 games this week :lol:
by ponchi101 What will that mean for the rest of us!!!! :o
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The MIN/DET and SFO/KCC were the defining games.
Full slate this week. -->
by ponchi101 We did well this week, with some good scores. Wolfy got the high score, so he got some separation from three other players that scored one point less than him.
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The MIN/DET and SFO/KCC were the defining games.
Full slate this week.
by ptmcmahon Can't tell if the "one point" and "separation" is sarcastic or not :D
by ponchi101 I give credit to everybody here ;)
by ptmcmahon Image
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I want to thank him for his assistance.
(I also would want to think him by next week for NOT scoring 300 points in one week and giving some us a chance ;) . But I know he will do great this week too ) -->
by ponchi101 Omegadoom spotted two errors in my accounting for week 7. Correct scores are:
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I want to thank him for his assistance.
(I also would want to think him by next week for NOT scoring 300 points in one week and giving some us a chance ;) . But I know he will do great this week too )
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Wolfy remains on top, followed by Omegadoom. High score for the week was TOGS.
Get ready for week 9. -->
by ponchi101 Changed my WSH pick to CHI after noticing that WSH had Daniels listed as questionable. Then he played one not so good game.
Until the last second.
Should have known better.

Scores for the week:
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Wolfy remains on top, followed by Omegadoom. High score for the week was TOGS.
Get ready for week 9.
by ponchi101 Gang. I am setting up the posts for week 10 and 11, because I am about to disembark and that takes some time for me to get home.
You can post as you wish.
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They should give the rest of us some stock market tips, Really. ;) -->
by ponchi101 Scores for week 9.
Omegadoom and Wolfy decided to leave us all behind. They picked the same teams, in different orders, and missed only 1 (NO). So, they scored the high scores for the week and are in the lead, going away every single week.
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They should give the rest of us some stock market tips, Really. ;)
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I was able to upload the total excel sheet, so you can check your scores properly:
https://www.talkabouttennis2.com/contes ... llenge.htm

Get your picks for week 11 in :thumbsup: -->
by ponchi101 Sorry for the delay.
Omega and PT scored the high scores for the week (I swear I am going to write a macro with the sentence 'Omegadoom scored the high score for the week' :D ) and now Omegadoom is in first place, after Wolfy stumbled a little bit:
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I was able to upload the total excel sheet, so you can check your scores properly:
https://www.talkabouttennis2.com/contes ... llenge.htm

Get your picks for week 11 in :thumbsup:
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Full scores have been updated in the Excel sheet, available in the links above.

Get ready for week 12. -->
by ponchi101 A mid scoring week, won by TOG, who scored the high score.
Omegadoom and Wolfy remain on top of the board, but lost a little ground to the rest.
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Full scores have been updated in the Excel sheet, available in the links above.

Get ready for week 12.
by ptmcmahon We all got that one wrong...most of us for a lot of points too! Still, always fun to watch snow games.
by ponchi101 I thought the Browns were really bad. And Pit was very good.
And bet the house on that. Should know better.
by ptmcmahon A couple of years ago something similar happened and seems like we got almost every Thursday night game wrong. Might be time to pick the underdogs on Thursday again to try to look smart!
by ponchi101 Dear all.
I will be going offshore in the next 24-48 hours. Expect some delays in posting of records, as I may be cut off from internet for a while.
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by ponchi101 Once again, I am unable to connect via FTP.
Scores were on the middle of the road. Two universal, high picks left us down: PIT and WSH.
Omegadoom remains in the lead, and is separating from the rest.
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by patrick Omegadoom is beginning to be a football novice already having supreme tennis powers
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by ponchi101 High scores for the week, with three players tying Omegadoom's record 133 of a few years ago. But, one of them was Omegadoom himself, so he is safely in the lead.
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by ptmcmahon Sheeze, we tie an all time record and are still not in the top 5?
by ponchi101 I should have said a few weeks ago. That is when he set it.
And indeed, we are not even top 5.
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by ponchi101 Week 14 results:
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by ptmcmahon I do have to point out a funny comparison... my family has an against the spread game, and I am dead last by a ton there. No one believes me I was 15-1 here last week :)

Son is winning spread by 7-8 games and spends minutes making his picks (he does watch some games now.) It's infuriating!
by ponchi101 I give this thing considerable thinking and see where I am.
Omegadoom always posts last, which perhaps indicates a last minute rush to fill in his picks. And see where he is :D
by ptmcmahon Omega does that in all contests, not just NFL ;)

I one time waited until last minute for a tennis fantasy contest on purpose just to beat him to be the last posting a team. I got a medal from it so it worked!
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Get ready for the last three weeks.
PS. Table has been truncated for easier read. First few weeks are hidden. -->
by ponchi101 High scores for the week, but by now, no major changes in the standings. Omegadoom remains firmly in the lead.
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Get ready for the last three weeks.
PS. Table has been truncated for easier read. First few weeks are hidden.