Bowl Game Prediction Game

[Zurp]

CRAP!! It won't even let me upload a word document. It's too flippin' big. I guess there's no way to double-check that I got your scores right. Unless you let me email you with the excel sheet. In fact, you may want that, anyway, to see how everyone is doing, and stuff.

If you want the excel sheet, send me a PM with your email address and I'll as soon as I can. If I don't get the PM within the next couple of hours, you may have to wait a week, since I won't be in the office until next wednesday.

Also, I found in this week's Sporting News the picks from 5 so-called "experts." They are listed as Matt Hayes (College Football Insider), Tom Dienhart (Associate Editor), Steve Greenberg (Managing Editor), Kyle Veltrop (Associate Editor), and Tim Brando (Sporting News Radio). They shouldn't mind it if they compete against the 10 of us. Theoretically, these "experts" should all be in the top 5. We'll see...

 

[Zurp]

Ok.. I emailed a couple of you the file. I didn't receive any more requests, so you'll have to wait a week or so to get the file. But that's no big deal, since it's only 9 of 28 bowl games until then.

Anyway, if/when you get the file, you might have trouble following my logic. It works like this: the red numbers in the black field, to the right of the team names are the number of people who picked that team to win. This number is mostly pointless. It has no affect on the number of points you get. To the right of those numbers, is the score of that game. Right now, they all say 0-0. Change these numbers as the games finish, and you'll see that it figures everything out: who won, how many points were scored, etc. Under your name, to the right of the game information, you see your prediction and a bold number. The bold number is the number of points you get for that game (remember, points are BAD). You get 0.0 points until you enter something in the game score box.

At the top of the page, you see your name, along with everyone else's. There are 2 numbers under your name. The number on the left is the number of games where you successfully picked the winning team. This number is pointless, except I think we use it for a tie-breaker. But I've never seen a tie. The number on the right is the number of points you have.

On Sheet 1 of the file (all that stuff was on Sheet 2), you see a list of names. That's everyone who's playing. You can see your rank relative to everyone else. The rank on the left excludes the five names in blue (the so-called "experts"), and the rank on the right includes them. You ought to be able to highlight A6 through E23 and sort by either column A or B to list the scores in the order of the ranking.

Umm.. what am I forgetting?

I won't be back in the office until next wednesday. So if you want the file, send me a PM with your email address and I'll email it to you then.

 

[ScriptOhio]

I need your picks by 8:00pm, December 20 (first bowl game). Whoever has the fewest points after all the games, gets my guarantee that I won't pee on you for at least a year.

Here's the bowl game schedule, as I have it:

New Orleans
Southern Miss 31- Arkansas State 20

GMAC
UTEP 31 - Toledo 28

Las Vegas
BYU 21 - Cal 28

San Diego County Credit Union
Colorado St 21 - Navy 24

Fort Worth
Kansas 28 - Houston 24

Hawaii
Nevada 35 - UCF 31

Motor City
Memphis 24 - Akron 17

Champs Sports
Clemson 24 - Colorado 20

Insight
Arizona State 42 - Rutgers 24

MPC Computers
Boise State 27 - Boston College 28

Alamo
scUM 28 - Nebraska 17

Emerald
GA Tech 28 - Utah 14

Holiday
Oregon 24 - Oklahomo 28

Music City
Minn 31 - VA 28

Sun
NW 35 - UCLA 42

Independence
So Car 30 - Missouri 21

Peach
Miami 14 - LSU 21

Meineke Car Care
So Fla 17 - NC St 24

Liberty
Tulsa 27 - Fresno St 33

Houston
TCU 24 - Iowa St 27

Cotton
TX Tech 20 - Alabama 24

Outback
Iowa 24 - Florida 21

Gator
Louisville 24 - Va Tech 31

Capitol One
Wisconsin 21 - Auburn 31

Fiesta
Ohio State 35 - some team of cheaters 17

Sugar
West Va 10 - Georgia 24

Orange
Penn State 24 - Fla State 13

Rose
USC 31 - Texas 45

 

[BB73]

Thanks for the contest, Zurp.

New Orleans
Southern Miss 27, Arkansas State 17

GMAC
UTEP 34, Toledo 27

Las Vegas
Cal 38, BYU 24

San Diego County Credit Union
Colorado St. 31, Navy 20

Fort Worth
Kansas 20, Houston 17

Hawaii
Nevada 31, UCF 20

Motor City
Memphis 27, Akron 24

Champs Sports
Clemson 31, Colorado 24

Insight
Arizona State 30, Rutgers 20

MPC Computers
Boston College 27, Boise State 24

Alamo
scUM 30, Nebraska 17

Emerald
Ga. Tech 27, Utah 16

Holiday
Oklahoma 27, Oregon 20

Music City
Minnesota 31, Virginia 20

Sun
UCLA 41, NW'ern 37

Independence
S. Carolina 28, Missouri 20

Peach
Miami 20, LSU 17

Meineke Car Care
NC St. 20, S. Fla. 13

Liberty
Fresno St. 34, Tulsa 24

Houston
TCU 24, Iowa St. 20

Cotton
Alabama 27, Texas Tech 17

Outback
Florida 27, Iowa 20

Gator
Va. Tech 30, Louisville 16

Capitol One
Auburn 24, Wisconsin 16

Fiesta
Ohio State 34, ND 20

Sugar
Georgia 31, W. Va. 20

Orange
Penn State 24, Fla. State 17

Rose
Texas 38, USC 30

 

[Bestbuck36]

New Orleans
Southern Miss 17 - Arkansas State 3

GMAC
UTEP 27 - Toledo 34

Las Vegas
BYU 24 - Cal 41

San Diego County Credit Union
Colorado St 23 - Navy 29

Fort Worth
Kansas 20 - Houston 7

Hawaii
Nevada 31 - UCF 30

Motor City
Memphis 33 - Akron 30 OT

Champs Sports
Clemson 27 - Colorado 28

Insight
Arizona State 30 - Rutgers 24

MPC Computers
Boise State 27 - Boston College 30

Alamo
scUM 38 - Nebraska 17

Emerald
GA Tech 24 - Utah 10

Holiday
Oregon 40 - Oklahomo 27

Music City
Minn 42 - VA 21

Sun
NW 50 - UCLA 45

Independence
So Car 20 - Missouri 16

Peach
Miami 13 - LSU 16

Meineke Car Care
So Fla 14 - NC St 21

Liberty
Tulsa 17 - Fresno St 40

Houston
TCU 13 - Iowa St 24

Cotton
TX Tech 32 - Alabama 17

Outback
Iowa 24 - Florida 23

Gator
Louisville 41 - Va Tech 24

Capitol One
Wisconsin 20 - Auburn 24

Fiesta
Ohio State 36 - some team of cheaters 27

Sugar
West Va 20 - Georgia 24

Orange
Penn State 30 - Fla State 7

Rose
USC 31 - Texas 34

This was done very hastily just off the top of my head so my total should be sky high at the end. Sounds like fun though.

 

[Zurp]

Last night's game ended at 31-19. Everyone picked So Miss to win, so we all win. But in another way, ScriptOhio wins. He picked 31-20. Pretty damn close.

Here's the standings after one game:
(* = "Expert" from Sporting News)

1 ScriptOhio 0.3
2 * Tom Dienhart 0.4
3 BuckeyeSoldier 0.6
4 Zurp's Computer Rank 1.0
4 BB73 1.0
6 DaddyBigBucks 1.1
6 JohnathanXC 1.1
8 Yertle 1.3
9 chille37 1.6
9 * Steve Greenberg 1.6
11 Buckeye513 1.8
12 Crayfish 1.8
12 luckobucko 1.8
12 Tipdogusaf 1.8
12 Zurp 1.8
16 * Matt Hayes 2.1
16 * Tim Brando 2.1
18 * Kyle Veltrop 2.8
19 crazybuckfan40 3.3
19 AkronBuckeye 3.3
21 Bestbuck36 3.4

3.1 points between first and last place is not many points. The entire standings could swing opposite after tonight's game (UTEP - Toledo 8:00 ESPN).

Again, I won't be able to email the spreadsheet until next Wednesday. If you want it, PM me your email address, and I'll email it to you. To the couple of you who I've already emailed the spreadsheet, I'll email it again on Wednesday with the four more people who gave me their picks after I emailed it to you.

 

[Zurp]

19 AkronBuckeye 3.3

I had AkronBuckeye's score wrong on my sheet. He picked 31-20, just like ScriptOhio, but I had 31-30. He also should have had 0.3 points after that first game. Sorry, man. If anyone else thinks I got your scores wrong, let me know...

As can often happen with a blow-out like last night's game (Toledo 45-13), we all scored pretty high. The lowest scores were AkronBuckeye (again) and JohnathanXC with their 37-24 picks (4.1 points). Standings follow:

1. AkronBuckeye 4.4
2. JohnathanXC 5.2
3. DaddyBigBucks 6.3
4. BuckeyeSoldier 6.8
4. Computer Rank 6.8
6. * Matt Hayes 7.0
6. * Tim Brando 7.0
8. chille37 7.2
9. Tipdogusaf 7.4
10. * Tom Dienhart 7.5
11. Yertle 7.7
12. Zurp 8.5
13. Bestbuck36 8.7
14. Crayfish 8.8
15. Buckeye513 9.3
16. crazybuckfan40 10.0
17. ScriptOhio 12.4
18. BB73 14.1
19. * Steve Greenberg 14.6
20. luckobucko 15.1
21. * Kyle Veltrop 15.6

 

[JXC]

It's JonathanXC....no h...i'm not that picky except it's gonna be used a lot, so i figure i'd correct it now.

 

[Zurp]

It's JonathanXC....no h...i'm not that picky except it's gonna be used a lot, so i figure i'd correct it now.

Sorry.. I got it fixed, now. Also, congratulations, JXC, you picked the BYU-Cal game right - 35-28.

Last night's Navy game beat us all up pretty badly. crazybuckfan40 did the best of anyone on BuckeyePlanet, and that's with a score of 5.2.

Standings:

1 JonathanXC 10.6
2 AkronBuckeye 12.8
3 * Tim Brando 13.3
4 DaddyBigBucks 13.5
5 chille37 15.5
6 BuckeyeSoldier 16.1
7 BestBuck36 16.8
7 crazybuckfan40 16.8
9 Buckeye513 18.4
10 ScriptOhio 21.0
11 Computer Rank 22.6
12 Yertle 22.8
13 Zurp 23.9
14 luckobucko 24.2
15 * Steve Greenberg 24.5
16 * Matt Hayes 25.8
17 Crayfish 26.1
18 * Tom Dienhart 27.9
19 Tipdogusaf 28.3
20 BB73 30.0
21 * Kyle Veltrop 32.0

edit: The formula was wrong on my spreadsheet for the BYU-Cal game. After I fixed it, the standings changed.

 

[JXC]

Wow...got a game exactly right...what luck. Not sure I like being in 1st early...whenever I do that I seem to fall off later. Picks haven't been too difficult yet, but this next week will be tough.

 

[JXC]

Is there a new spreadsheet that is corrected? Cuz mine isn't getting the same scores.

 

[Zurp]

Is there a new spreadsheet that is corrected? Cuz mine isn't getting the same scores.

There is, and I'll forward it to you and whoever else sent me their email addresses when I get the chance (when I go back to work). You probably get differenter scores because the formula was wrong for one of the games. Maybe the Cal-BYU game? If you got that game right, you should get 0.0 points for it. That's how I figured out that the formula for that game was wrong. I checked through the rest, and I think they were all right.

You can either wait for the revised spreadsheet to be emailed, or you can go to the game before that game, copy the entire line for "Margin of Victory" for everybody, and paste it to the Cal-BYU game "Margin of Victory." That should work. If not, maybe I have something else wrong. Let me know.

 

[JXC]

All I got to say is...wow...am I lucky.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Yeah I figured it would be high scoring, but just not that high scoring.

Sorry.. I got it fixed, now. Also, congratulations, JXC, you picked the BYU-Cal game right - 35-28.

Last night's Navy game beat us all up pretty badly. crazybuckfan40 did the best of anyone on BuckeyePlanet, and that's with a score of 5.2.

Standings:

1 JonathanXC 10.6
2 AkronBuckeye 12.8
3 * Tim Brando 13.3
4 DaddyBigBucks 13.5
5 chille37 15.5
6 BuckeyeSoldier 16.1
7 BestBuck36 16.8
7 crazybuckfan40 16.8
9 Buckeye513 18.4
10 ScriptOhio 21.0
11 Computer Rank 22.6
12 Yertle 22.8
13 Zurp 23.9
14 luckobucko 24.2
15 * Steve Greenberg 24.5
16 * Matt Hayes 25.8
17 Crayfish 26.1
18 * Tom Dienhart 27.9
19 Tipdogusaf 28.3
20 BB73 30.0
21 * Kyle Veltrop 32.0

edit: The formula was wrong on my spreadsheet for the BYU-Cal game. After I fixed it, the standings changed.

 

[Zurp]

Update:

Most everyone is kicking my ass. But there's still 22 bowl games to go. Don't feet too safe up there, JXC.

1 JonathanXC 20.4
2 Bestbuck36 26.4
3 chille37 27.3
4 DaddyBigBucks 28.9
5 BuckeyeSoldier 29.4
6 ScriptOhio 30.0
7 crazybuckfan40 30.7
8 luckobucko 34.2
9 AkronBuckeye 35.0
10 Tipdogusaf 37.2
11 * Tim Brando 37.8
12 Buckeye513 37.9
13 Zurp's Computer Rank 39.2
14 * Matt Hayes 39.5
15 Crayfish 40.2
16 * Tom Dienhart 41.1
17 Yertle 41.2
18 Zurp 41.8
19 BB 73 43.6
20 * Steve Greenberg 43.7
21 * Kyle Veltrop 52.1