Anyone have any favorite teams they would like to call out before the playoffs begin? I was thinking of maybe running a playoff pool for week by week playoff games, if anyone is interested. No stakes or money, just for fun......and pride. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
change your screen name to your ID here at Hatrack once you set it up, so we know who is who. Posted by shadowland (Member # 12366) on :
What, no interest in this?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Says the password is wrong.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Should be "Hatrack", with a capital H. shadowland joined already.
Anyone else?
I have it set up to score like this: One point for a correct pick, and MINUS one point for a wrong one.
[ January 04, 2011, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I don't know how to do this, but I'll give it a shot.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
You just pick who you think will win each of the playoff games. As a tie break you made a guess at what the final score of the Super Bowl will be, then add both teams score and pick that as your tie break number.
The computer does all the math, just like in FF. You just make your picks each week. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
Budweiser usually does fairly well, so they have a decent chance. But if Old Spice can do as well this year as they did last year, they might be a favorite.
Posted by LargeTuna (Member # 10512) on :
I'm in but I don't see myself doing all that well at this sort of thing.
Unless it's soccer or hockey i'm generally hopeless at predicting sport.
woohoo yeah, football time!
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Personally I prefer the eTrade babies. Posted by Lisa (Member # 8384) on :
As long as there aren't any friggin' cavemen. I'd rather have the lizard.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
So...none of us have any points, yet. Does that mean everyone picked Saints over Seahawks?
Posted by Flying Fish (Member # 12032) on :
I think the site updates overnight, after all games are final for the day. Regardless, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone didn't pick Saints.
I've always felt that the key to winning pools like this was to follow this theory:
The usual usually happens. Unusually, the unusual happens. Usually, most people expect the usual. In order to win, you have to anticipate the specific occurrence of the unusual, because in a big enough sample the unusual usually occurs.
I thought that this week's surprise would be Chiefs over Ravens -- which would be unusual.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Wow. We *all* picked Saints and Colts. Except for one person who didn't pick anything yet.
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
You read it here first. The 2012 Superbowl will be won by the Detroit Lions. Their defensive line is already being called "one of the great ones in history." Imagine what they could do if all three quarterbacks were not injured, like they were this year.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
So far I'm 0 and 3...
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Make that 0 and 4.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
7 of the 8 of us are tied for 1st place.
At -2 points.
ROFLMAO
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Wow.
Posted by shadowland (Member # 12366) on :
Well, this weekend certainly didn't turn out as expected.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
No joke! Particularly for the Saints, Colts and Eagles.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Late to the party but I made my picks for the remaining 4 games or so.
Posted by Flying Fish (Member # 12032) on :
I am really cleaning up...
...on Bizarro world. In this universe, not so good.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Now I can't login again, or retrieve my account info. Kinda obnoxious.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Next year we will try a more user-friendly site, I got this one at the lest second.
Posted by shadowland (Member # 12366) on :
Ugh, this has been quite an unpredictable postseason so far.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Being number one with zero points doesn't feel like much of an accomplishment.
Posted by shadowland (Member # 12366) on :
Nice job on the Jets pick, PSI. That game was the one pick of mine from this weekend that I felt sure about.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I felt like it was one of those expected-unexpected upsets, like Flying Fish was talking about.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Wow. We all really suck. LOL
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
And the winner is...
...me, with negative one points. That's so sad.
Posted by shadowland (Member # 12366) on :
Oh yeah, this is why I generally avoid fantasy football.
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