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WeAreSC - BuckeyePlanet Challenge

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methomps;1238424; said:
Ok football fans, the Trojans and Buckeyes will collide on September 13th to see who has the better football team, but the battle to determine whether the best fans reside at WeAreSC.com or BuckeyePlanet.com begins today. I am hosting a season-long competition between the two sites, and the stakes couldn?t be higher: bragging rights. Well, ok, let?s also pretend that your success as a fan base will push your team to reach the same heights.

Here is how it works. Each week I will ask you to predict the performances of a select number of players (eg, how many yards does Joe McKnight gain this week), as well as other things (eg, what is Ohio State?s margin of victory this week). I will give more info about the scoring later, but the gist is that you get points based on how close your predictions are, and you get bonus points for being the closest for a category. I will keep a running leader board every week to see who the top individual contestants are.

The team portion will work by taking the top 10 weekly contestants from each site. Those scores will be calculated each week, and a winner will be determined at the end of the bowls.

Each week you will take the ballot and replace the categories with your answers. Please leave only the predictions, one prediction per line (this helps me input things faster). Your ballot should look like this:

155
75
40
-10
205
64

You can write whatever you want above or below the ballot, but please have the ballot conform to this model so that all I have to do is cut and paste. Picks are always due by the scheduled time of the first game involved. Please post your picks in this thread.

[Fine print: Posters who registered for this site after August 24th are ineligible to participate. Stats will be determined from team websites and my decisions are final]

Here is the ballot for week one (DUE BY Saturday at 12pm ET / 9am PT):

Mark Sanchez (yards passing)
Joe McKnight (total yards - rushing, receiving, returning, passing)
Mitch Mustain + Aaron Corp (yards passing)
Todd Boeckman (yards passing)
Beanie Wells (yards rushing)
Terrelle Pryor (total yards)
Cal QB Kevin Riley (yards passing)
MSU RB Javon Ringer (yards rushing)
USC Margin of Victory over Virginia (negative if you predict they lose)
Ohio State Margin of Victory over YSU (negative if you predict they lose)
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Week 2 Ballot:
(Week 1 results below)

As always, ballots are due by scheduled kickoff time of first involved game. This week, that means picks are due Saturday by Noon ET / 9am PT .

Didn’t participate last week (cough WeAreSC cough)? Don’t worry, it isn’t too late to jump in. Because we take the top 10 from each site, your participation can only help, not hurt.

Suggestion: Because you can edit your picks at any time up until the deadline, why not take 60 seconds and fill out a ballot now, then come back later to refine your guesses?

Please copy the ballot and replace every category with your prediction. Leave just your predictions, one prediction per line. You can post anything you want above or below, but your ballot should look like this:

338
112
2
187
111
87
202
81
-45

Week 2 Ballot:

OSU Todd Boeckman (yards passing)
OSU Terrelle Pryor (total yards – rushing, passing, receiving, returning)
OSU Ray Small (total yards)
NFL Reggie Bush (total yards)
NFL Carson Palmer (yards passing)
NFL Lendale White (yards rushing)
Oregon St. Sammie Stroughter (total yards)
PSU Derrick Williams (total yards)
OSU Margin of victory vs. Ohio (negative if you predict they lose)
 
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BuckeyePlanet rolls in opening weekend!
BP posters submit almost 3 times as many ballots, claim top 8 spots

Results
Mark Sanchez (yards passing)
Actual: 338 | Closest: BUCKYLE (BP) - 296

Joe McKnight (total yards ? rushing, receiving, returning, passing)
Actual: 112 | Closest: bruinkilla (SC) ? 112

Mitch Mustain + Aaron Corp (yards passing)
Actual: 2 | Closest: tie between 11 posters ? 0

Todd Boeckman (yards passing)
Actual: 187 | Closest: Bestbuck36 (BP) ? 187

Beanie Wells (yards rushing)
Actual: 111 | Closest: AJHawkfan (BP) ? 113

Terrelle Pryor (total yards)
Actual: 87 | Closest: utahosu63 (BP) ? 86 ; jlb1705 (BP) ? 88

Cal QB Kevin Riley (yards passing)
Actual: 202 | Closest: DaddyBigBucks (BP), NFBuck (BP), and mitchmustain=future (SC) ? 200

MSU RB Javon Ringer (yards rushing + receiving)
Actual: 81 | VCTrojan (SC) ? 85

USC Margin of Victory over Virginia (negative if you predict they lose)
Actual: 45 | gregorylee (BP) ? 40

Ohio State Margin of Victory over YSU (negative if you predict they lose)
Actual: 43 | Closest: tie between 7 posters ? 42

Hayes-McKay Trophy Standings
(Top individual performer)

1. Buckeyeskickbuttocks (BP) - 500
2. Smooth Olaf (BP) - 495
3. Piney (BP) - 494
4. Bestbuck36 (BP) - 485
5. NuclearBuck (BP) - 480
6. Kueller (BP) - 477
7. holybuckeye33 (BP) - 461
8. GoodLifeSean (BP) - 460
9. ronburgundy78 (SC) - 458
10. dogg91702 (SC) - 451
11. JonathanXC (BP) - 449
12. mitchmustain=future (SC) - 442
13. WyoBuckeye (BP) - 441
14. FightingMethodist (SC) - 440
15. DaddyBigBucks (BP) - 436
16. Trojonlbc (SC) - 435
16. RoscoeParrish (BP) - 435
18. NFBuck (BP) - 432
19. VCTrojan (SC) - 431
20. buck1973 (BP) - 418
21. SanAntonioBuck (BP) - 416
22. BuckNutty (BP) - 411
23. grnvllbuck (BP) - 402
23. USC-Dmac (N/A) - 402
25. bruinkilla (SC) - 401
26. Buckeye86 (BP) - 399
27. MUBuck (BP) - 398
28. luke skywalker (SC) - 393
29. Lazlo (BP) - 387
30. CleveBucks (BP) - 385
31. BB73 (BP) - 376
32. hpro123 (SC) - 375
33. utahosu63 (BP) - 369
34. sears3820 (BP) - 368
35. sparcboxbuck (BP) - 364
36. jlb1705 (BP) - 361
36. Bucky Katt (BP) - 361
38. gracelhink (BP) - 351
39. MightbeaBuck (BP) - 345
40. Tresselbeliever (BP) - 341
41. WyoBuck (BP) - 336
42. winit4drean (SC) - 335
42. BengalsAndBucks (BP) - 335
44. gregorylee (BP) - 334
45. stkoran (BP) - 332
46. BuckeyeNation27 (BP) - 330
47. jwinslow (BP) - 329
48. WeAreSC (SC) - 324
49. AllDayEveryDay (BP) - 322
50. mross34 (BP) - 320
51. TrojanDynasty (SC) - 319
52. Muck (BP) - 307
53. WoodyWorshiper (SC) - 289
54. BUCKEYE!!! (SC) - 287
55. tmbones69 (SC) - 286
56. MissoulaTrojan (SC) - 268
57. AJHawkfan (BP) - 264
58. BayAreaBuckeye (BP) - 261
59. muffler dragon (BP) - 241
60. Bleed S & G (BP) - 231
61. The S&G Dynasty (BP) - 211
62. eb2007 (SC) - 167
63. DocEmigh (SC) - 163
64. generaladm (BP) - 162
64. FCollinsBuckeye (BP) - 162
66. BUCKYLE (BP) - 95
67. Best Buckeye (BP) - 66
68. LitlBuck (BP) - 24
69. buckeyefool (BP) - 10


WeAreSC vs. BuckeyePlanet
( Top 10 posters from each site make the week?s team)

SC varsity
ronburgundy78
dogg91702
mitchmustain=future
FightingMethodist
Trojonlbc
VCTrojan
bruinkilla
luke skywalker
hpro123
winit4drean

BP varsity
Buckeyeskickbuttocks
Smooth Olaf
Piney
Bestbuck36
NuclearBuck
Kueller
holybuckeye33
GoodLifeSean
JonathanXC
WyoBuckeye

Week 1 Results:
BP 4,742
SC 4,161 (581 behind)

Quick Hits
* Week one proves the power of participation. While boasting the 8 best individual scores has to bring a smile to Team BP, the real story of the week has to be the disparity in participation between the two sites. BuckeyePlanet had 50 posters participate; WeAreSC a mere 18. As Pete Carroll likes to say, who wins on Saturday is determined by the work put in during the week. If Team WeAreSC can?t convince more to get involved, then BP will have a Vegas-sized house edge all season.

* To drive the previous point home, consider: WeAreSC posters averaged a score of 348. BuckeyePlanet posters averaged a score of 343.38. So will SC posters step up or does the upcoming bye week mean trouble for WeAreSC?

* BP?s junior varsity would?ve given SC?s varsity a run. Take out the top 10 BP posters and Team BP still scores 4,134 points, a mere 27 behind SC varsity.

Pete Carroll Trophy Standings
(Best performer in SC categories)

1. Buckeyeskickbuttocks (BP) - 93
2. USC-Dmac (N/A) - 124
3. RoscoeParrish (BP) - 130
4. DocEmigh (SC) - 145
5. JonathanXC (BP) - 152
6. bruinkilla (SC) - 155
6. Kueller (BP) - 155
8. Buckeye86 (BP) - 161
9. Smooth Olaf (BP) - 164
10. FightingMethodist (SC) ? 168

Jim Tressel Trophy Standings
(Best performer in OSU categories)

1. utahosu63 (BP) - 12
2. Bestbuck36 (BP) - 36
3. NuclearBuck (BP) - 41
4. GoodLifeSean (BP) - 43
5. Smooth Olaf (BP) - 47
6. Piney (BP) - 48
7. BengalsAndBucks (BP) - 51
8. SanAntonioBuck (BP) - 55
9. jlb1705 (BP) - 57
10. grnvllbuck (BP) - 64
 
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methomps;1244656; said:
You should rep Mili because in addition to calling you out about the MOV guesses, he also quoted your initial ballot which allowed me to figure out which guess you accidentally left off :biggrin:
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I fuckin' suck at teh internets. :(

Week 2:

191
236
189
165
325
21
118
190
46


I think they're all there. :biggrin:
 
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