It wasn't just "Upset Saturday" on the gridiron, as only 12 of 74 contestants this week picked over .500%. The highest individual score was a pedestrian 7 of 10, and (unless I'm mistaken) I believe we have just witnessed the first ever Pick'em goose egg!
Shame on you for picking Minnesota to cover!
Week 5 Lines + Final Scores:
Mississippi State 21 @ South Carolina 38 (-14.5)
California 31 @ Oregon 24 (-4.5)
Michigan State 34 @ Wisconsin 37 (-6.5)
Alabama 14 @ Florida State 21 (-2.5)
Ohio State 30 (-22.5) @ Minnesota 7
Auburn 20 @ Florida 17 (-18.5)
USC 27 (20.5) @ Washington 24
Notre Dame 19 @ Purdue 33 (-20.5)
scUM (16.5) 28 @ Northwestern 16
Penn State 20 (3.5) @ Illinois 27
The correct picks for Week 5 were:
South Carolina
California
Michigan State
Florida State
Ohio State
Auburn
Washington
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Illinois
All participants for Week 5 and the number of correct picks:
7: daddyphatsacs, HineyBuck, NYBuckeye, starBUCKS
6: buckeyemania11, FCollinsBuckeye, jenkinswoody, Saw31, Thump, Wingate1217, WoodyWorshiper, ytownbuckeye
5: Brutus - NYC, buckeyetarheel, BuckNutty, bukIpower, CincyBuck88, coastalbuck, DaddyBigBucks, Darkhorse79, LitlBuck, NFBuck, Piney, RoscoeParrish, ScriptOhio, Smooth Olaf, wdg01, NightmaresDad
4: ant80, bearonu, Big Papa, bkochmc, buck1973, BuckeyeMike80, Bucky Katt, BusNative, Cincinnatibuck, CleveBucks, crafdog, Deety, Dryden, fourteenandoh, gregorylee, holybuckeye33, Hubbard, Lou270slant, Mothra, osugrad21, sandgk, sears3820, SparkyOSU, THEWOOD, Zurp, ScarletStorms
3: ArmyVet83, Bestbuck36, Brutus654, buckeyefool, gbearbuck, GoodLifeSean, iambrutus, JmwGoBucks, Shelby, Tipdogusaf, Buckeyefan_6
2: Ahiacitian, bucks4me, budbuck6969, ctheado, jlb1705, OSUsushichic, Tlangs, Wells4Heisman
0: [name withheld to protect the innocent]
Standings for all participants who have met the minimum requirement for picks to date (>50%), sorted by percentage correct:
Remember, you must submit picks for over half of the regular season weeks (min. 8 of 14), plus pick all the bowl games (32)!
starBUCKS ............ 0.700 ...... 35/50
Buckeye86 ............ 0.633 ...... 19/30
AKAKBUCK ............. 0.600 ...... 18/30
buckeyemania11 ....... 0.600 ...... 30/50
fourteenandoh ........ 0.600 ...... 30/50
NYBuckeye ............ 0.600 ...... 30/50
OSUsushichic ......... 0.600 ...... 24/40
SanAntonioBuck ....... 0.600 ...... 18/30
sandgk ............... 0.600 ...... 30/50
Saw31 ................ 0.600 ...... 24/40
Thump ................ 0.600 ...... 30/50
Brutus654 ............ 0.580 ...... 29/50
BuckNutty ............ 0.580 ...... 29/50
CincyBuck88 .......... 0.580 ...... 29/50
FCollinsBuckeye ...... 0.580 ...... 29/50
JmwGoBucks ........... 0.580 ...... 29/50
Zurp ................. 0.575 ...... 23/40
ant80 ................ 0.567 ...... 17/30
BuckeyeMike80 ........ 0.560 ...... 28/50
Bucky Katt ........... 0.560 ...... 28/50
CleveBucks ........... 0.560 ...... 28/50
crafdog .............. 0.560 ...... 28/50
HineyBuck ............ 0.560 ...... 28/50
Hubbard .............. 0.560 ...... 28/50
Lou270slant .......... 0.560 ...... 28/50
NFBuck ............... 0.560 ...... 28/50
Brutus - NYC ......... 0.550 ...... 22/40
buckeyetarheel ....... 0.550 ...... 22/40
Smooth Olaf .......... 0.550 ...... 22/40
budbuck6969 .......... 0.540 ...... 27/50
Piney ................ 0.540 ...... 27/50
ScriptOhio ........... 0.540 ...... 27/50
Wingate1217 .......... 0.540 ...... 27/50
WoodyWorshiper ....... 0.540 ...... 27/50
ytownbuckeye ......... 0.540 ...... 27/50
Big Papa ............. 0.533 ...... 16/30
osustamm ............. 0.533 ...... 16/30
bucks4me ............. 0.525 ...... 21/40
buck1973 ............. 0.520 ...... 26/50
buckeyefool .......... 0.520 ...... 26/50
coastalbuck .......... 0.520 ...... 26/50
holybuckeye33 ........ 0.520 ...... 26/50
jenkinswoody ......... 0.520 ...... 26/50
LitlBuck ............. 0.520 ...... 26/50
Bestbuck36 ........... 0.500 ...... 15/30
bukIpower ............ 0.500 ...... 25/50
Cincinnatibuck ....... 0.500 ...... 15/30
daddyphatsacs ........ 0.500 ...... 20/40
Darkhorse79 .......... 0.500 ...... 20/40
DEBuckeye ............ 0.500 ...... 15/30
Dryden ............... 0.500 ...... 25/50
gbearbuck ............ 0.500 ...... 25/50
iambrutus ............ 0.500 ...... 25/50
MightbeaBuck ......... 0.500 ...... 20/40
osugrad21 ............ 0.500 ...... 25/50
RoscoeParrish ........ 0.500 ...... 25/50
Shelby ............... 0.500 ...... 25/50
DaddyBigBucks ........ 0.480 ...... 24/50
Wells4Heisman ........ 0.480 ...... 24/50
bkochmc .............. 0.475 ...... 19/40
GoodLifeSean ......... 0.475 ...... 19/40
gregorylee ........... 0.475 ...... 19/40
sears3820 ............ 0.475 ...... 19/40
wdg01 ................ 0.475 ...... 19/40
ArmyVet83 ............ 0.467 ...... 14/30
THEWOOD .............. 0.460 ...... 23/50
Tlangs ............... 0.450 ...... 18/40
BB73 ................. 0.440 ...... 22/50
ctheado .............. 0.440 ...... 22/50
Deety ................ 0.440 ...... 22/50
Mothra ............... 0.440 ...... 22/50
SparkyOSU ............ 0.425 ...... 17/40
Ahiacitian ........... 0.420 ...... 21/50
jlb1705 .............. 0.420 ...... 21/50
bearonu .............. 0.400 ...... 16/40
Tipdogusaf ........... 0.350 ...... 14/40
Standings for all participants who have NOT met the minimum requirement for picks to date (<=50%), sorted by percentage correct:
OStateNate ........... 0.800 ...... 8/10
BuckTwenty ........... 0.700 ...... 7/10
mstevmac ............. 0.700 ...... 7/10
buckeyebilly ......... 0.650 ...... 13/20
Lazlo ................ 0.650 ...... 13/20
Buckeye Nation ....... 0.600 ...... 6/10
IronBuckI ............ 0.600 ...... 6/10
scooter1369 .......... 0.600 ...... 12/20
dav713 ............... 0.550 ...... 11/20
JonathanXC ........... 0.550 ...... 11/20
Brutus1 .............. 0.500 ...... 5/10
Buckeneye ............ 0.500 ...... 5/10
jwinslow ............. 0.500 ...... 10/20
NightmaresDad ........ 0.500 ...... 5/10
sarletngrey11 ........ 0.500 ...... 5/10
Tonyank .............. 0.500 ...... 5/10
BusNative ............ 0.450 ...... 9/20
GA_bucki ............. 0.450 ...... 9/20
SarasotaBuck ......... 0.450 ...... 9/20
BuckeyeSoldier ....... 0.400 ...... 4/10
Bucks07 .............. 0.400 ...... 4/10
kinch ................ 0.400 ...... 4/10
ScarletStorms ........ 0.400 ...... 4/10
utahosu63 ............ 0.400 ...... 4/10
Buckeyefan_6 ......... 0.300 ...... 3/10