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Zurp's 2011-2012 Bowl Pick'em

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I have misplaced my pants.
Quick, easy game. All you do is predict the scores for each team. Of course, by picking the scores, you are also picking a winner automatically. The scoring works like this:

- Points are bad. You want low points. If you correctly predict the score of a game, you get 0.0 points. Worse predictions make higher scores.
- If you choose the wrong winner, you get 2.0 points. (This is down from 5.0 from previous years, and down from 10.0 from years before that.)
- For every point off from the total score of the game, you get 0.1 points. If you predict a 33-30 game, and it ends up 31-30, you get 0.2 points.
- For every point off from the margin of victory your prediction is, you get 0.2 points. If you predict Team A to win 33-30, and they win 31-30, you get 0.4 points. If you predict Team A to win 33-30, and they lose 31-30, you get 0.8 points.
- This year, I'm also adding a multiplier. Most games are worth the normal number of points. The national championship game will be worth double points, and the remaining BCS bowl games will be worth 1.5 x normal. We thought this might "shake things up" at the end of the bowl season.

Note that picks are due by December 17, 12:00 noon, eastern time. Unless the first game is later.. 2:00 or something. Then they're due then.

There are 2 ways to make your picks:
1. Send me a PM which includes your email address. I will email you my spreadsheet, and you can type your picks in there, save it, and send it back to me. I prefer this way, since it is all copy and paste for me.
2. Copy and paste the games below into a PM to me, including the scores for the games, and I will enter the scores by hand, when I find some time. (I have more time than I pretend I do.) If you do this, make it very clear which team gets which score. I suggest this format:

Team A 75
Team B 12

Do not just type a score. Like: Team A 75-20, Team D 33-19

The winner is whoever gets the lowest overall score at the end of the bowl games. The winner gets bragging rights for a year, which means nothing since I never remember who wins ever.

Here's a list of the games:

New Mexico Bowl
Temple
Wyoming

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Ohio
Utah State

New Orleans Bowl
San Diego St
LA Lafayette

Beef O'Brady Bowl
Florida Intl
Marshall

Poinsettia Bowl
TCU
LA Tech

Maaco Bowl
Arizona State
Boise State

Hawaii Bowl
Nevada
Southern Miss

Independence Bowl
Missouri
North Carolina

Little Caesar's Bowl
Western Michigan
Purdue

Belk Bowl
Louisville
NC State

Military Bowl
Toledo
Air Force

Holiday Bowl
California
Texas

Champs Sports Bowl
Florida State
Notre Dame

Alamo Bowl
Washington
Baylor

Armed Forces Bowl
BYU
Tulsa

Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers
Iowa State

Music City Bowl
Mississippi State
Wake Forest

Insight Bowl
Iowa
Oklahoma

Meineke Car Care Bowl
Texas A&M
Northwestern

Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech
Utah

Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati
Vanderbilt

Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Illinois
UCLA

Chick Fil-A Bowl
Virginia
Auburn

Ticketcity Bowl
Houston
Penn State

Outback Bowl
Michigan State
Georgia

Capitol One Bowl
Nebraska
South Carolina

Gator Bowl
Ohio State
Florida

Rose Bowl
Wisconsin
Oregon

Fiesta Bowl
Stanford
Oklahoma State

Sugar Bowl
Michigan
Virginia Tech

Orange Bowl
West Virginia
Clemson

Cotton Bowl
Kansas State
Arkansas

BBVA Compass Bowl
SMU
Pittsburgh

Godaddy.com Bowl
Arkansas State
Northern Illinois

National Championship
Alabama
LSU
 
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Zurp;2058606; said:
That and $.99 will get you a 20-minute long-distance phone call. Ha! That is so 1999.
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Shouldn't you be totalling up the points in Zurp's B1G conference games contest for 2011? I'm in a hurry to donate myself the winner's prize from my own vCash.
 
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Note that I added a deadline for picks: kick-off of the first game (whenever that is - noon or 2:00 eastern time). After that, if you still want to play, I'll give you as many points as whoever scored the most for each game you missed.
 
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Zurp;2066519; said:
3 games done. Mrstickball is in 1st place.

1. Mrstickball (2-1) 6.4
2. Litlbuck (2-1) 10.0
3. Yertle (2-1) 10.4
4. BB73 (1-2) 11.6
5. Studepaber (1-2) 13.4
6. Zurp (0-3) 21.9
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My formulas were wrong. (Sorry Litlbuck.) New Standings:
1. Mrstickball (2-1) 8.8
2. Yertle (2-1) 10.8
3. BB73 (2-1) 11.6
4. Litlbuck (2-1) 11.6
5. Studepaber (1-2) 16.6
6. Zurp (0-3) 21.9
7. THEWOOD (0-3) 23.2 (Late addition)
 
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Zurp;2066694; said:
My formulas were wrong. (Sorry Litlbuck.) New Standings:
1. Mrstickball (2-1) 8.8
2. Yertle (2-1) 10.8
3. BB73 (2-1) 11.6
4. Litlbuck (2-1) 11.6
5. Studepaber (1-2) 16.6
6. Zurp (0-3) 21.9
7. THEWOOD (0-3) 23.2 (Late addition)
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:-)

2-1 on opening day, and pretty close on the margins.
 
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THEWOOD;2083795; said:
what do the standing look like?
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I have been trying to keep track of this through the spreadsheet that Zurp provided and going into tonight's game you are right behind Zurp who is in last place. If my calculations are correct, the winner will be either Mrsstickball or myself. stickball has LSU and I have Alabama. These are my calculations so until you hear from Zurp don't take it as gospel. Also, screw Pittsburgh:evil:
 
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