Crimson Red Sports

YOUMUST CREATE A CBS SPORTS ID  FIRST: this is simply the login/signup on the CBSsports.com homepage.

Group Name: crimson red forum
Password: gueye
http://realfootballsince1892.mayhem.cbssports.com/

You can sign up now but it won't do any good until after the CBS selection show on Sunday.

This is the CBS Bracket Manager Contest. If you have trouble getting in, PM me some E-mail address you may have and I'll send you an invitation.

BTW, our group website (above link) is: realfootballsince1892
Our group e-mail address is:
realfootballsince1892@mayhem.cbssports.com

Cool.  I've been getting emails from CBS, based on my account last year I suppose.  But yeah, no point until the bracket comes out Sunday night.

Man I tried to get in this CBS room and it just keeps telling me I am wrong. My password is the one CBS sent to me and it still won't work. I did that 2 times. maybe one day I be smart enough to turn a computer on without help. RTR!

I am having the same problem as Preacher. I can not get in.  It keeps telling me to contact the commissioer and ask for an invitation.  :dunno:

That is why I posted it early. I cannot see what you guys do when you go to sign on. But it sounded like they expected me to use the e-mails from last season and then any new players by manually entering their EM addresses into an invite box. There is a way to invite off-line players-- but I'll have to see how.

BTW, just to be clear-- all of you signed up as a CBSSPORTS member prior to going to the CRFORUM website to begin entering picks? You have to see "Hello, Preacher" or whatever on the CBS homepage before you try to enter.

The EM invite you received is no good. I had to change the password (could remember last years) to get in. Then PMull had trouble so I started a brand new one. Much more difficulty and we'll switch to ESPN. I opened one there also so we could have multiple entries if we wanted them)

Yeah, I signed up and then tried to sign in to the brackets and I got the message:

This is a private fantasy league. You are logged in with userid '3933401b2ad2', which does not have access to this league. If you think this is wrong, please contact the league commissioner and ask for an invite.

Once you have logged into CBSSPORTS.COM you must use the link I provided above or maybe this one:

http://realfootballsince1892.mayhem.cbssports.com/messages/message/realfootballsince1892/1363522808-09e02778de22

Use the password :  gueye

I have looked and looked for a way to search for the league name. Normally you find the league, enter the password and you are in. I can't find a way to search for the league. I messed with this for about an hour yesterday waiting on the baseball game to start.

We have to figure something out.

I'm waiting till the brackets are announced, then I'll try.

Did you try this new link ^^^? I agree we should not wait until tonight to get this started.

I still can not get in. I tried the new link.

We need to figure something out tonight or go to ESPN.

It may be set up so you can only join by invitation. My son is signing his friends up as we speak. I hate to do it that way but I can send an invite to anyone that sends (PMs) me a e-mail address.

I am in. I even have my first draft picks entered.

Send BAMAWV a PM with your email address. He will send you an invitation. It is very easy once you get the invite from WV.

Sorry I won't be able to play. I read the CBS "Privacy Policy" before trying to sign in. There is no privacy is the gist of their policy. If I can, I will post my bracket on this site.


 :(

Alright, I've secured my way in thanks to WV.  I'll have to enter my bracket tomorrow.

The Tournament starts Thursday. Do not forget to PM BAMAWV with your email so he can email you the invitation to join the league. The more who enter the more fun we all have.

SC gave out some nice e-cred's last year for those who did well.

I'm in. Normally I am not a good judge of teams, but I thought I would go with Louisville this year over Georgetown in the title game. So, if you want to do well, steer clear of picking these two teams.  :lol2: :lol2:

I used BAMAWV invite to join the bracket group and it still won't let me in. It keeps saying make sure your email or password is right. I don't know. RTR!

You have to sign up for CBSSPORTS.COM-- go to:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball

Look at the top of page and it'll say login/register. You must do that first. Hint: where it ask for your name--use your screen name (Preacher or Ricky023). After you have registered --use the link on the invite.

Hey thanks for all the hard work, I am now in the challenge. RTR!

Yeah you are-- Good Luck!

Sorry Leroy, You can't play! Too many vowels in your EM address. Just kidding, done! Good luck, Sir!

There is still time to get signed up and fill out your bracket. The games start Thursday. Just send a PM to BAMAWV with your email address and he will forward you an invitation.

The more that play the more fun we all have.

BTW, SC has not joined yet. Where is our leader?

Pmull, don't the play-in games start today?

Round one starts today with the play-in games. The bracket pick'em does not starte until Round Two on Thursday unless I am overlooking something.

LOL...YEP...You wouldn't win anything on Wheel of Fortune if you had to buy all the vowels to solve it.

I'm going to need more than luck to be competitive in this contest...I'll need a miracle to stay out of last place!!!

Sorry, Leroy. I thought you were on here when I posted that. Then I got to arguing football on F___Facebook, then hoops on ShaggySenegal. I meant to delete it quick. Have an ecred.

Ok, I wasn't sure. Thanks.

Check your email --CBS sends out adviseries.

Got mine entered.  As always, it made me realize how little I know about most of the field.

 :-[ Ditto  :-\

http://freeroundbyround.1.mayhem.cbssports.com/home?pid=bamawv1

This one you fill out by rounds--not all at once. But $$$ contributed to cancer research by your participation.

 #+ Thanks WV...I'll take a shot at that one tonight  ;)

Link does not work.

The link didn't work for me either...I thought it was the ancient browser I have here at work...but now I suppose that's not the case.

 :popcorn2:

WV, I appreciate you being the Mississippi to my Alabama in this one :)

This first round scoring is a little different than I am used to. It is probably best I did not try and pick the upsets because I would have picked the wrong ones. Overall I got 12 out of 16 on day 1. New Mexico is my only team that lost yesterday that I had going another round.

I'm 10-6. Not a great start.

I checked a box that changed the scoring. The traditional way is 1 point for one win. The way this is scored (only changed for the 2nd rd.) was that the #seed is added to the 1pt. on a win,  so making a gutsy call does not go unrewarded. I meant to put that up for discussion before the Tourney, but I hadn't anticipated all the confusion getting everyone signed up.

Yes since you reminded me I need to run over and check mine today. RTR!

I was wondering what in the world was going on.  Will it be like that throughout the tourney?

No. The seed # plus 1 for points is only the second round. It goes back to traditional from there if I understand correctly.

FYI. Round one is the first four and round two is the Thursday/Friday games this week.

Also, the scoring doubles as the rounds progress-- rd. 1+ 1pt per win; rd.2 =2pts. per win; rd. 3=4pts per win: rd. 4=8pts; etc.

Crushing blows tonight. I lost a final 4 pick (G'town) and 2 Sweet 16s (Kansas St & UNLV).  :'(

I am in last place.  :(

It seems I normally do OK on day one but Friday games get me every year. I only lost two teams I had advancing to the Sweet 16 (Georgetown & New Mexico). I still have everyone alive past the Sweet 16.

Even though I picked Georgetown I was pulling for FGC to win. I had never heard of FGC until they beat Mercer in their conference final last week to make the NCAA.

Bright future! HTH

I am still in last place.  :(

I missed too many 8-9 & 7-10 games in the second round. That is where you get the big points. I am middle of the pack with the number of correct picks. My big guns are still alive.

I noticed BAMATEXAS, who was running his mouth big time, lost his pick to win it all.

Shoot I am strong, I am holding up the totem pole from the bottom. lol, RTR!

LOL--IDK he was trash talking--I'll take care of that! Yeah, he had Gonzaga.

 :-\  I'm actually doing a lot better than I thought I would...I'm in the Top 10  :eyeroll:...but then again...it ain't over yet is it pmull ;)

I am not panicing yet. However, I need the Sunday night games to go my way.

Meeee Tooooo...I think last time I checked my Sweet 16 was at best a not so Sweet 9  :-[

Well LaSalle will make Ole Miss remember them a long time. RTR!

Ole Miss will remember those referees.

Someone needs to give that Henderson kid a swift kick in the behind.  He'll be arrested within a few months of getting out of school.

Ah, if you're going to be commish you shoulda said this up front.

Probably doesnt matter, but some might have picked differently, so it gives you an unfair advantage as the only one who knew the screwy scoring.  You should change it back if possible.

Im right in the middle, only one who picked Miami to win it all (over Louisville, the popular choice). 

BUt Im on Dauphin Island right now, so no worries.

Sorry I changed this before putting it up for discussion. I meant to but AGAIN, I had not anticipated it being so hard just to get everyone signed up (invitation only). Easy enough to reverse but it will have to be scored the old fashioned way once the tourney ends. BTW, the only one that could have taken advantage of the scoring difference was me (no one else knew),  I'm not smart enough to figure out how to make my picks while taking assessing the risk/reward of seeding management. It was all I could do just to make my picks and remember to hit "save".

Yeah, might as well keep it as is.  I know it took some effort on your part to get this going, so thanks.

Ditto...Thanks  #+

I had FGCU and La Salle picked to make the Sweet 16 and FORGOT TO HIT SAVE.  :o

 :lol:

Yes, pmull...I will show you this perfect bracket I filled out here on my desk right after the tourney is over.

I'm not doing so well...I'm not really sure why I expect any better when I watch little college basketball outside of Bama games and don't do any research.  It's the same thing every year, and I still get disappointed.   :dunno:

I also watch little basketball other than Bama games, and do no research (what's the point, everyone has an opinion).  One year I actually won my company's pool with that method -- the key is to get the right teams in the finals, and pick the winner.

Arizona  24
Ohio St  17 (9:33)


Marq    29
Miami   16  (half)

We have two takers on Marquette...Nobody has Arizona...

OSU    44
ARIZ   38  15:00 --22-5 run by OSU

MARQ   69
MIAMI   50  1:45

Marq    71
Miami   61 (final)

OSU    73
Zona    70    (Final)

OSU and Marquette advance (both #1 seeds). No big surprise, but I picked Miami to make a run this year.

Well now I'm officially busted

Can I get a do over?

2 more games to go for tonight.

CUSE   11
INDY     3  14:03

OSU is a 2-seed and Marquette a 3.

Thanks. My bad. Gonzaga was the #1 out of the West and of course Indiana out of the East. I have L'ville picked to win on my main ESPN board, and then Ohio St. picked on ours. I also have my mid-west bracket almost unscathed.

Wichita St 38
La Salle     22  start of 2nd half.

Syracuse 56
Indiana   43  (5:00)

No sooner did I say that when I saw OSU is about to be "DAGGERED".  :(

I was 1 for 4 last night. It took a last second three pointer for tOSU to get that win. I had Indiana lossing in the finals. Lots of points gone there. I need my pick Louisville to win this tournament just to get out of last place.

Before last night, if I had gotten every one of the rest of the games right the best I could have possibly finished was 7th and that would have been only if everybody else had gotten every one of the rest of the games wrong...and that wasn't possible   :(

I had Indiana beating Louisville in the finals  :-\

Don't worry pmull...I can almost guarantee you that you won't finish in last place... because I will  :-[

Good luck to BOTH of you!

Thank you. We need it.  :-[

Louisville off to a big start:

L'ville    10
Oregon   5   (15:19)

L'ville   45
Oregon 31      (Half)

45 points is a big 1st half!!  Great big man play!

KANS   31
MICH    23   (4:28)

Releford with 4-6 w/4rebs.

L'Ville    77
Oregon  69  (Final)

Russ Smith 31pts.

Dieng 10 pts. (5-7) , 9 rebs , 4 blks.

KANS   76
MICH    76 (End of regulation)

Mich tied with a a 3 at 4.2 secs.  (22-8 run to get it back to even at 4.2)
McLemore 20pts.
Releford    14pts.,  5rebs,  5assts., 

KANS  85
MICH  87 (Final,OT)

McGary         25pts, 14rebs
Burks            23pts, 10asts
Robinson III  13pts, 8rebs

McLemore     20pts
Releford       16pts, 5rebs, 6assts.

CUSE   12 
MARQ    6   (10:15)

Teams really struggling against Syracuse's zone.  Not to mention they're so long it seems like they can constantly reach every passing lane.

Man that zone of Syracuse can be broken but it takes good outside shooters. Then some holes will open up. They have a good team, not to hot on offense but good coaching. RTR!

Cuse   55
Marq   39  (Final)

The Ohio St.   15
Wichita St.      25   (6:35)

The Ohio St.    66
Wichita St.      70   (Final)

Shockers are living up to their name.

You still have Syracuse alive in you picks?

Louisville or bust for me.

I am dead on our board. My ESPN board still has L'ville alive. I am in 2nd place (BAMAWV) against an all-Texas board.

 :popcorn2:

Michigan  18
Florida      4  (13:45)

Michigan   47
Florida      30 (Half)

 :(

Florida bench player Will Yeguete has 9 pts and 4 rebs. -- I think he only averaged about 5 pts (20min) per game in SEC play.

Florida is getting whipped like a red headed step child. RTR!

Yep. Michigan is shooting 51% and 66% from 3 (7-11) and is out rebounding UF 21-13. Bad combination for Florida. Hopefully the change of rims will get the Michigan guys off to a slow start and UF can make a run.

 :popcorn2:

Florida got whipped.

Then Louisville whipped Duke, like you rarely see.

In case you missed it, Louisville player Kevin Ware suffered a Prothro-type injury, a broken leg with the bone poking through and the leg dangling below, during the first half.  This is a link with an image of it, if you are inclined:  http://pix11.com/2013/03/31/kevin-ware-leg-players-faces-show-shock-and-awe/#axzz2PANvntYi (http://pix11.com/2013/03/31/kevin-ware-leg-players-faces-show-shock-and-awe/#axzz2PANvntYi)

The game was tight before the injury, but in the second half Louisville went on a huge run and put the game away.

I'm not sure that I've ever seen a poorer coached game than Ohio St vs. Witchita State.  Ohio St refused to use any of their match up advantages and instead launched 25 three point attempts.  These weren't in a dire attempt to get back into the game, they were the cause of what got them OUT of the game in the first place.  Ohio State shows up and executes a proper gameplan and they win by a dozen.

I finally got out of last place. I moved up to next to last place. LOL

If Louisville wins I will move to 4th.

It looks like CB wins with Ricky in second since they both have Louisville picked to win and nobody has Michigan. Congrats to CB and Ricky.

Good job, CB and Ricky!  :worship:

Thank you, this was a lot of fun. RTR!

 #+ Congratulations Ricky and CB  #+

Congrats to CB and Preacher!

Tied for 5th Place for me right now.  Woohoo, better than I expected.  (Better than my Bowl picks, where I was last!)  Could end up in 6th if Louisville wins and pmull moves up.  But I can't root for Michigan. 

Congrats fellows.

How many ecreds do I owe?

It was not discussed up front so you be the judge. I suggest waiting until tommorrow when all is settled since 3rd place is up for grabs. Pay the top three. Give all entries an e-cred just for playing. WV set up the CBS league so give him a bone. Thats my thoughts FWIW.

Sounds good to me. pmull you have an excellent job there. RTR!

Sounds good.  Does anyone remember what we did last year?

This is the final standings after all games. Congrats to CB, Preacher and HL for getting those top 3 spots.

Thanks to WV for setting up the league. It has been fun. Lets do it again next year.

1 cbbama        215 (won tiebreaker)
2 ricky            215
3 Hannibal L.    212  
4 pmull            199  
5 Will Tuley      181
6 Catch Prothro 176  
6 Wesley Ford   176  
8 Too Stater     170  
9 BamaBoyStuck InTexas 169  
10 Leroy           168  
11 BAMAWV       162

I just can't say enough about WV here.  What a guy.  He not only sets all this up for us, brings in some outside competition to make it a little more fun, but then the gracious fellow chooses a bracket for a last place finish to bolster all our esteems.  You, sir, are a true gentleman.

 :lol:, HL you are so funny. BAMAWV being that nice and losing with honor just shows what a great person you are,  :worship: 8), Thanks to all you guys. RTR!

Thanks gentlemen. As always, it was great competing against y'all. Big thanks to WV for setting it all up as well. Hey brother Ricky, you tried to put a scare in me! Good job, my friend. And thanks to Louisville, for actually helping me get a title game right for a change.

cbbama99, you are the man, I just got some lucky calls. BTW, how are Orioles pitching coming alone? I can only get my knowledge from MLB. RTR!

#+

Always glad to help. The outside guys were my son and his two friends. I am busy right now and haven't seen the final order. But my congrats to the winners.

Hey ricky, pitching has been a little suspect, but the guys have been hitting the daylights out of the ball. They have taken two of the first three series (2 of 3 from Tampa and 2 of 3 from Boston; lost 2 of 3 to Twins), and first baseman Chris Davis has been a beast so far (400 avg., 6 homers, and 19 RBIs). I also like our new shortstop Manny Machado, who hit a three run homer in the 9th Wednesday night to win the game.

I knew it, I told my wife when they got their manager, Bucky, that he would turn them around. Thanks for your info. God Bless and our love to the family. RTR!

Thanks, brother. God's blessings on you and yours as well.

I am removing the sticky from this thread. If you have any final comments you need to speak up. This thread will be off page 1 soon.

It was fun. Congrats again to CB, Preacher and HL for the 1-2-3 finish.

Did they get their e-creds from SC yet?

Nope, still waiting for a number for each place.  WV, as league commissioner feel free to set the prize level if you want.

FIFY

No one responded so I suggest the following. We had three entries who are not CRS members to my knowledge so I skipped them. If I am wrong about them being a member that would need to be corrected.

Also give the commissioner +10 for making this the hardest contest I have ever seen to enter and choosing a first round scoring system no one understood all his hard work.

1 cbbama      20     
2 ricky          15           
3 Hannibal L.  10     
4 pmull           5   
5 Will Tuley     
6 Catch Prothro  4   
7 Wesley Ford     
8 Too Stater       3
9 BamaBoyStuck InTexas 
10 Leroy            2
11 BAMAWV       1

This is not final and just a suggestion for SC to review. If anyone wants to make a different suggestion for SC to consider please feel free.

CBS made it so they'd get everyone's sign on membership in order to enter. They also got e-mail addressses. I tried to format it like we usually have, by posting a web site and a password, but CBS wanted user IDs for everyone.  ESPN was easier but there was no way to control the # of entries per person. Being king commissioner isn't all its cranked up to be. RTR

Done, with another +5 to the king.

 :lol: Hey i fixed for ya. Instead of ricky I got my regular name in thar.  :D, RTR!

I thought it was 2 different guys and have been giving e-creds to both.   ???

I protest. The commissioner needs to look into this matter immediately. Ricky and Preacher teamed up to make the picks. Teams are not allowed. You know, two heads are better than one. I expected something like this from Ricky but I am really surprised at Preacher.

You guys may be on to something here.  Preacher's football picks sure improved this year too.

That Preacher guy is OK, but I don't trust Ricky as far as I can throw him. JMHO

 :lol: :clap:, you guys are great group of men and friends. I love it we can have fun here.  :worship:, now I know Ricky to be a very quiet person unless you get him started preaching then you better turn off your beans and bring your lunch.  :rofl: , RTR!

:lol: :lol:   #+

Thanks for the e-creds guys, and thanks to WV for getting this all together. I'm glad I finally won SOMETHING.  :lol2: :lol2:

How did you get left out on the E-CRED bonanza when 2S and Chech (and a couple others) were giving away 20-30-40 a day to one another?