Yahoo Pro Football Pick 'em
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 9, 2009 4:00 PM CDT
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PrintFor those who are interested in participating, I created a little while back an LSB Yahoo Pro Football Pick 'em group. Private group #34948, password is "thisthing".
And I've set it up so it drops your worst week, so if you screw up and forget to do your picks one week, you don't have to drop out altogether.
UPDATE -- Yahoo limits you to 50 people per group, and the first group has filled up, so I've created a second group. I'll post the aggregate results for everyone from the two groups together each week.
Group #59272
Password: thisthing2
DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THE SECOND GROUP IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THE FIRST PICK ‘EM GROUP. This is just for those who weren’t able to sign up in the first group.
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" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
pick against the spread?
or just winner of the game?
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
it says spread, right now
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby
oh yeah?
didn’t see that when i made picks. will look again
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
looked at it again
was right there in front of me. the points only affected one pick for me.
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
so it is against the spread
and with confidence points?
This will be a challenge. Unlike the college games, where the debate is whether to award Florida vs Troy 21 confidence points or Cal vs Eastern Washington…
Go Rice Owls!
Confidence Points?
Something tells me I oughta read the rules before I just randomly pick my favorite color jerseys.
Go my way.
Highest confidence: Dallas to win
2nd confidence: NY to lose
3rd confidence: Philly to lose
Most points scored: Dallas
Least points scored: Tampa
This is how you win leagues people.
End standings…
First) Sammy Sosa
Last) The Notorious AJM
the preceding post was a great success.
for forever
i would do that in pick ’ems
Dallas win every week
other NFC East team to lose. when they face each other, the lower seeded NFC East team for the win. in case of tie, philly always loses.
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
In
so which way do the confidence points go? I couldn’t find an explanation. Is 16 highest or lowest? I’m guessing highest.
Tom Grieve is my hero.
16 is highest.
I mean, I guess it would just be a guy who you know, grabs bananas and runs. Or, um, a banana that grabs things. I don’t know. Why would a banana grab another banana? I mean, those are the kind of questions I don’t want to answer.
Oh that would be fun
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Think anybody could live with me
if I won the sumbitch?
Might be tough if you’re picking every game v the spread.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
i gotta ask
who is the fella you sport in your pic?
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
For those of us who don't know (me)
How does the spread work?
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
spread?
if indy is favored over jacksonville by 5 points and you pick indy to win, they gotta win by 6. if you pick jax to win, they can lose by 4.
indy -6 = 6 point favorites
jax +6 = 6 point dogs
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
Got it.
So, if Indy wins by a FG and you had Indy you lose. Simple enough.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
You're kidding, right?
You really didn’t know how point spreads work?
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
I wasn't trying to be dickish
That just really surprised me.
Thought maybe you were being facetious.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Sep 11, 2009 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh boy.
Spread and confidence points? This is going to be some difficult shit to handle.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
It really makes it interesting
Since it is on the spread, you really can’t expect to do all that much better than 50% right every week (if you could regularly get 55%, you should move to Vegas). But having confidence lets you distinguish your actual thoughts from the guesses. That way, you can somewhat distinguish the lucky people from those who have some idea of what is going on.
If someone pulls away from this group, I’ll be very impressed with them.
Go Rice Owls!
prepare to be impressed
by a byrd in the hand
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
Because obviously
with no spreads, you can put 16 confidence on a money-in-the-bank matchup every week (Patriots versus Detroit, or something). But put a 15 point start on the Lions, and things get a little iffy. Good teams usually beat bad teams, but sometimes not by the margin you expect them to win by.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
Went back and changed a couple now that we are doing it spread-wise
This should get interesting
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I'm in.
That was a little difficutl
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Too easy....
Get your money ready boys…..
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Apparently...
…it automatically caps out at 50.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 9, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions
that sucks
"He do what he do" - Ron Washington
by dustinvandeman on Sep 9, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
If there's enough interest...
…I’ll open a second group, for those who couldn’t get into the first one, and then provide the standings for the combined groups here.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 9, 2009 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
sounds like the perfect job for Ben
He’s good at posting the standings.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
Okay, I've created a second group
Group #59272
Password: thisthing2
DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS GROUP IF YOU ARE ALREADY IN THE FIRST PICK ‘EM GROUP. This is just for those who weren’t able to sign up in the first group.
I'm in "deux."
You will all be destroyed.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Me Deux
and I will most likely be destroyed since I don’t pay much attention to NFL until after baseball’s over.
a football league
it has teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, Green Back Packers, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, etc.
with the spread and the NFL being unpredictable
I might as well let my dog pick….he would probably do just as well.
by death of the cool on Sep 9, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions
yep
when i signed up (and failed to read the directions) there were no lines posted. that made a lot of sense. using lines makes this pointless IMO. best handicappers cherry pick 2-3 games a week and hope to get 60% or a little better. being forced to pick the board ATS is an exercise in futility (IMO).
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 10, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
What I would like to see
from the M’s tomorrow is a long drawn out extra inning game which ends in their winning but at the cost of using up both bullpens so the teams are depleted for their next games.
cheap plug alert
just did a 2 and a half hour podcast with nfl expert jeff risdon (who?) this guy seriously knows his stuff. 1st half hour is about college and the dallas cowboys but the rest is about the rest of the divisions if you wanna give it a look everyone’s covered
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Mitchell-Clemons/2009/09/09/NFL-Season-Preview
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
My Fantasy Football team
just finished the draft, QBs suck but rest of team is amazing I think. We start 2 QB, 2 RB, 4 WR/TE, 1 K, 1 D/ST
QB1: Shaun Hill
QB2: Kyle Orton
RB1: Matt Forte
RB2: LaDainian Tomlinson
WR1: Roddy White
WR2: Anquan Boldin
WR3: Wes Welker
WR4: Brandon Marshall
Not sure about Marshall
unless he gets traded.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
My team
12 Team League
QB: Matt Ryan
RB: Steven Jackson
RB: Frank Gore
WR: TJ Housmanzadeh
WR: Wes Welker
WR: Santana Moss
TE: Owen Daniels
D: Eagles
K: Doesn’t Matter
Bench-
WR: Josh Morgan
WR: Nate Burleson
WR: Michael Jenkins
QB: David Garrard
RB: Chris Wells
RB: Rashard Mendenhall
RB: Laurence Maroney
I think I have a decent chance at the playoffs. Well see.
Curious about the Deadskins passing game...
…I could see Nate Burleson being more valuable than Santana Moss if the West Coast offense/young WR’s develops the way they want it to.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 10, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, not sure what to make of LdT this year.
I could see it being a bounce-back year where everyone says “damnit, why didn’t I tack him!?”, but just as easily see this being the year that Sproles takes over. Obviously, there’s uncertainty about Marshall, but he’s just as variable as the TE’s in my opinion.
If Boldin and Marshall can keep their heads screwed on straight, I could see it carrying you. But damnit man, scour those waiver wires. I’d rather have David Garrard than either of those guys…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 10, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Your ready for this?...
Fantasy football, even pick’em things like this, are totally, completely, GAY.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
Are you ready for
this?
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Genius.
Very well done.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Sep 10, 2009 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Girls do it, too!
At least, that’s the rumor I keep hearing….
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Sep 10, 2009 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions
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