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Are we going to have a Pickem contest this year? If we are when will it start and will it be the same as in the past? RTR!

If SC has time for it, I'd sure like to play.  I always have fun losing to you guys.

I hope it returns. It was a lot of fun. It made watching other games a little more relevant. Lets play!

SC? You there?  :unsure:

If SC does not have time we can set up an ESPN league. Let's see what SC has to say. If we have not heard from him by Monday I will set up a league and post how to join. If anyone has a better option let's hear it.

I agree.  SC does a better job than ESPN/Yahoo or anyone else would do.  But we know he's been busy.  So set up an alternative if necessary.

That sounds good.

I'm in either way.

Count me in.

I think everyone hopes SC has time to start a pick'em contest again this year. It has been a lot of fun and SC does a great job with it.

Just in case he is too busy building a tree house I have created a College Pick'em on ESPN. This contest is different. There are ten games each win. You pick the winner. No point spread. You do have to pick a confidence level of each pick 1-10. If you feel good about a game give a confidence level of 10. Feel bad give it a 1. You must use all ten numbers. (You can not use 10 twice) If you get pick right you are awarded points based on your confidence level.

Here is how to join.

Go to ESPN.com
Clink on Fantasy Games
Clink on College Football Pick'em
(at this point you will have create a free ESPN account if you do not already have one)
Join a group. Our group name is CRS.
Password is RollTide
Make your picks

The ESPN site is easy to use. If you have any trouble let me know and I will do my best to help.

I like the confidence points style competition.  I've done that several years now.

Also, I think this link should take you right to the group page to join:

http://games.espn.go.com/college-football-pickem/2013/en/group?groupID=19907

I like it too. Even if SC gets the CRS pick'em going I hope we can also get some guys to play the ESPN league as well.

Already in.  :wave:

 :wave: Me too.

Went over to the site and did the pick em. I do hope we have our own contest. Has always been fun.

In the pick 'em.

But I hope we have our own (mostly SEC) games too.

Hopefully things will work out here on CRS, but if not, I have enjoyed doing it each year. SC has put in a lot of work in the past to make it possible for all of us. :clap:

It's obvious we are overpaying SUPERCOACH since he is not taking care of business on this site. I think we need to seriously consider cutting what we pay him by 50% to get his attention and get him on the stick in setting the Pick'em up. What do you all think about that?


 :dog:

As well as some probation for being AWOL. ;D

Just went over to the ESPN site and made my picks.  Sure hope SC gets ours up and running, I like it better. 

OK here comes naive again. I get to the CRS group but I can not see anywhere to join this group or anything. RTR!

I'll gladly send him to Lee County in my pacle.  :lol2:

Well I am all over the CRS Pickem page and i can not find a Join Box and I do have a full time account open. RTR!

It is a screwy page.
1. I fumbled with it until I realized that it wanted my old password (from a year ago).
2. If you're going to the page via Hannibal's link (previous thread page to this one), it puts you in after you simply add a password: RollTide (be sure to use capital letters for each word).
3.  How to join?  My name was already in the system from last year.  I just went to "My Entry" (as I recall).  May have to use your old password.

What's all the panic about?  :dunno:  Don't we usually post the games on Monday @ 5:00 on game week?  :lol:

I am planning to do the contest again.  I am really busy right now but this will pass pretty soon I hope.

Does anyone have any suggestions for games?

I figure we could kick off the year with both of the Thursday SEC games.  Sometime tomorrow afternoon I will set up the contest with the 10 games we come up with.

Thanks, SC.  Knew you'd come through.   #+
I'm ready to improve my picking success.

Awesome! Thanks SC!  :clap:

I panicked.  :(

Excellent!! #+

Look forward to seeing it!

 #+, Thank you Chechem. -I am in there and making my picks now. Shows my weak mind in operation of the Puter.  :D

Cecil Hurt recommends these games. Keep in mind Ole Miss at Vandy is a Thursday game. USCE plays No Carolina on Thursday as well.

Here are 15 possibilities:

Thursday:

6:15 p.m. NC v. USCe  ESPN
9:15 p.m. Ole Miss v. Vandy  ESPN

Saturday:

1:00 PM Rice at No. 7 Texas A&M    ESPN
3:30 PM Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State  ABC/ESPN2
3:30 PM Temple at No. 14 Notre Dame NBC 
3:30 PM Syracuse vs. Penn State  ABC/ESPN2
4:00 PM Louisiana-Lafayette at Arkansas ESPN 3   
5:30 PM No. 1 Alabama vs. Virginia Tech  ESPN
7:00 PM Washington State at Auburn  ESPNU
7:00 PM Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky  ESPNNews
7:00 PM UAB at Troy ESPN 3 
8:00 PM No. 5 Georgia at No. 8 Clemson   ABC
9:00 PM No. 12 LSU vs. No. 20 TCU  ESPN
10:00 PM No. 19 Boise State at Washington FOX Sports  1
10:30 PM No. 22 Northwestern at California  ESPN2

My 10 would be:

Thursday:

6:15 p.m. NC v. USCe  ESPN
9:15 p.m. Ole Miss v. Vandy  ESPN

Saturday:

1:00 PM Rice at No. 7 Texas A&M    ESPN
3:30 PM Mississippi State vs. No. 13 Oklahoma State  ABC/ESPN2
3:30 PM Syracuse vs. Penn State  ABC/ESPN2
5:30 PM No. 1 Alabama vs. Virginia Tech  ESPN
7:00 PM Washington State at Auburn  ESPNU
7:00 PM Kentucky vs. Western Kentucky  ESPNNews
8:00 PM No. 5 Georgia at No. 8 Clemson   ABC
9:00 PM No. 12 LSU vs. No. 20 TCU  ESPN

I like these, as well.

Thanks SC. #+

Good list.  I will get these put in today.

The line is pretty high on the Rice v. TAMU game, not available some places.  Might want to go with Louisiana Layfayette v. Arky instead, or WKy v KY, or UAB v. Troy.

I'll see if my usual place has a line, if not I will just go with one of the others.

Good list.  Hope we can keep A&M in there. 
Thanks, SC.

I direct this message to my fellow posters. Would it be more interesting if we all made, say, 3 recommendations (with reasoning for picks) for the pick'em each week, instead of making a list of 10 choices by one or two posters? Then, SC could make the final decision. If this does not work for SC due to his work schedule or puts more work on him, then we could stick to how we do the games now. Just wondering if this idea is too cumbersome or just a bad idea. I appreciate you guys input. SUPERCOACH, if this does not work for you, that's fine with me. Not trying to stir anything up, just trying to make the discussion more involved and interesting.


 :-*

In past years, it was hard to get timely input, so I usually listed the main games and people commented.  But it's not a monopoly -- the more input the better.  If you want to be the one coming up with a list, or have a game or three you want to include, go for it.  I usually just go to ESPN and pick out the televised games, so I don't care if they get picked or not -- just trying to make the selection process easier.  I do like the idea of several people coming up with suggestions; if it happens, great.

MD, feel free to make suggestions whenever you want.  If you can post them by Sunday evening you will probably beat everyone and get the first crack at it.  If there isn't a thread already for the next week, go ahead and start a new one.

Anybody that wants to can make suggestions.  CP doesn't monopolize it at all, he just does some of the grunt work for me, which I greatly appreciate.

CP, I appreciate you taking the initiative to get things going.  It makes things a lot easier for me to already have a list of games ready that I just enter in to the contest for that week.

I am about to enter the games for this week, so this is the last call for suggestions.  MD, is there a game you would like to add that isn't already on the list?

No line for aTm, so I will go with Petrino's debut at W. Kentucky.

Doh!  Kentucky/Western Kentucky was already in the list.  I guess we will go with Arky.

Arky works.  Who knows what they'll have this year!   :dunno:

Games are posted.  Good luck!

Click here for link (http://www.crimsonredsports.com/index.php?action=pickem;sa=enterpicks;contest=3;round=1)

My post is not directed at anyone. In the past, I would submit a list of 10 games but I got to thinking that maybe we could draw more people into the conversation if folks could make 3 or 4 recommendations.  You're right about being timely with the suggestions and it might not work because of that. Just trying to draw in more posters & comments. Plus, I really do not want SUPERCOACH to feel hard-pressed if this is too cumbersome for him. I have a very thick hide and am interested in what our fellow posters think. IF SC or others think it's a stupid idea, I won't go into a corner and start weeping, but I might look for a tall building.


 ;)

First picks of the season done. Now I know it is real! Only 4 more days, boys!!

Just got mine in.  :popcorn2:

Coach B gets a rude awakening into SEC play come September 28 through the month of October.  Four weeks in a row:  Texas AM, Florida, USCe, then Bama.  I don't think they get their first SEC win until November.

I think it is easier for SC if we create a 10-team list and come to a consensus before he has to post the games.

You just jogged my memory. I think SUPERCOACH said something like that last year or the year before that. He's getting older & slower so I guess I will leave him alone.


 :facepalm:

Alright! I'm all set to finish in last place again this year!

Funny, but I've lost so often and for so many years that I expect it now.
I'm just wondering which teams will be this year's surprise failures!

Some games we did not pick from which could result in a surprise are:

#11 FSU/Pitt

#22 Northwestern/California

BYU/Virginia


I'm picking Pitt to beat FSU in a huge upset. Just a huge hunch.

 :dance:

Not so fast my friend!

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000234522/article/pitt-starting-tb-isaac-bennett-could-miss-opener-vs-florida-state

FSU is a 10 point favorite

Crap! I missed that info.

 :wall: :wall:

I didn't even know that Pitt joined the ACC.  :lol:

You need to spend more time on the forum.   ;D

 :lol:

If I spend any more time on it, Mrs. 2 is going confiscate my 'puter.  :lol:

That is too much personal information there, buddy.  :lol2: :lol2:

So, what is the listing format?

How about the top 3, or 4, teams from each division of the SEC with the remaining 2, or 4, teams coming from the highest ranked non-SEC teams?

I don't know? 

I am fine with whatever.

$0.02

Just a simple post with the games you like that week is all that is needed.  Your logic is basically what we end up doing each week.  If we have to pick some "filler" games we usually go for the lower tier games with SEC vs. some little school.

Hey SC,  Many thanks for running the contest again this year. Thoroughly enjoyed it last year and I've been looking forward to again this year.

No problem.  It is a lot easier to run these days with all of the programming I did for the server last year.  It will be interesting to see if WALL-E still knows how to get the games scores down from ESPN.

WALL-E is a very busy young man or machine or whoever. lol. RTR!

let's hook WALL-E up to the lotto  :clap:


 :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

 #+ Thanks SUPERCOACH and pmull...I made it into both contests in time  ;)

Hey what if we win both contests, rofl. I doubt it but I thought it would be funny. RTR!

Woot!  I see that WALL-E has been updating the score.  I guess ESPN hasn't changed anything since last year.  Twitter should take note.

Does Wall-E still get the scores backwards sometimes, or has that been corrected?

I forgot about that.   The problem was the neutral site games.  The betting site with the line doesn't always agree with ESPN in regards to who is designated to be the home team.  If I don't enter it so that it matches ESPN then WALL-E gets the scores backwards.  The scores come down with the visitor score first then the home team score, so if you got them backwards you end up with the scores backwards.

We have several neutral site games this week.  I should double check to make sure that I matched ESPN.

There was also a problem on busy Saturdays when the updates where coming too fast.  ESPN was dropping some of the updates if you didn't check quickly enough, so you would miss some score changes.  They don't send down the actual score, they send down a message like "home team scores 3".

I know this is probably more technical information than mosts folks want to hear about.  But the take away is that I have plans to rework the score updates to resolve all of those issues.  In the meantime I don't let WALL-E finalize the results for the week until I double check the scores.

I was actually trying to work on the new score updater tonight, but I just can't focus while the games are on.  :-[

I saw a great game between to evenly matched teams. Is this good or bad? I guess only the season will tell, but I believe Ole Miss has improved because there seem to be no quit in them. RTR!

0-2 to start the season!  you're welcome!  now none of you have to worry about being in the basement this year.   >:(

not to worry CL !
the rest of us were just a couple of lightning bolts and a little vomit
away from being right there with you   

 :dunno:  :lol2:

Let me be the first to thank you.   :)

Hang in there, bro. There are 118 regular season picks, plus the conference CGs, left to go.

I think the rules allow you to drop one week. 

I think it is 2 weeks.

I'm with you CL...0-2 to start. Not happy with slow start.

In that case, I have some good news that will make you feel a little better.  You are actually 1-1 right now.

 :wave: Welcome to the 1-1 club.

2-0 to start. Much better start than usual.

Savor the moment, CB.  :popcorn2:

I'm 2-0 I think. Even if I am 0-2 I am not ready to drop this week yet.  :dunno: Come on guys there is a lot of unpredictable football to be played this year.

No kidding. I am sure I will be 3-7 by Saturday night.  :unsure:

or just be lucky as all get out , not calling no names  :wave:

:lol:

Check out the leader board.  4 guys are still perfect at 4-0:

roll tide roll
Sqwig
Merk
bamaphil

Then there were 3 perfect pickers:

roll tide roll
Sqwig
bamaphil

Now 6-0.  WOW!

WOW!!! Down to 2 at 7-0:

roll tide roll
bamaphil

And then there was one:

roll tide roll 8-0

He has a pretty good chance to go 10-0, which has never been done in our contest.

WHO???

Well, I'm slipping toward mediocrity as usual.   :-[

New guy, signed up 2 weeks ago to ask about live streaming of the games.  First ever entry in the contest and he nails it.

Maybe I'll take him with me to a casino!

Congrats, kid, whoever you are.  :beer toast:   :wave:

No doubt he's a deep cover operative working for the CIA or NSA and rigged these games as part of a bigger government conspiracy to gain control over football fans. It's absolutely insidious.


 :tinfoil:

So you think it is Jamos in disguise?  Interesting theory.  Or maybe one of his REC buddies.  :lol:

:lol: :lol:  Gotta be Jamos.

code word "hay"     :tinfoil:

:lol:

I knew it!! I knew it!!



 :pullhair:

roll tide roll is 9-0 now.

 :o :o :o :o

I'm telling you, this guy makes me very suspicious. Could he be a commie infiltrator from North Korea/Russia or an Iranian terrorist with Hezbollah? This smells to high heaven and we need to get to the bottom of this. Our American culture and college football are under assault!

 :tinfoil:

All I know is that if the LSU game ended right now he's 10-0.  :o :o

LSU scores to cover, so now he would be 9-1.  This will come down to the wire.

You need to trick him into turning his camera on so you can monitor his activities.

Did anyone even get close on the total number of yards?

 SeniorTSM was (144)  :lol2:

2Stater was the only other one under 200 with 197. I was 224 off.

I did really bad on the ESPN pick'em. I am in dead last place over there.  :(

that may be because I didn't pick any over there

I think , there's a good chance I could have kept you from
that wonderful spot   :lol2:

That's OK. I can always count on Leroy to keep me company at the bottom. He and I pulled up the rear together in the basketball picks so we are comfortable back there. Our plan is to make a charge late in the season. We have everyone right where we want them.  8)

I was off by 282. Ugh.  :(

Congratulations to RTR, 2stater and bamaphil for a very impressive 9-1 record in the first week.   #+   Congrats also to the 8-2 pickers; that's a keeper.

 :shh:

I really thought that TCU would win, or LSU win by 3.  TCU has some chances.
LSU's overall weight just wore them down.  Fast teams (TCU, etc.) need lots of points and possession changes.

Les Miles poor coaching was on display last night, again.  He wins in spite of his lack of skill and talent.

Richt looks tired.  Kind of reminds me of Tuberville in his last year at boogerU.

Great games to start the 2013 CFB season.

I will be lucky to finish the season out above .700.

that should make you #1 around here then  :lol2:

Got to love Les , luckiest man in college football , bar none  :wall:

Low to mid 60's should win it, and that is with us dropping your two worst weeks.  It is really tough to pick against the line and go above .500.

Three 9-1 records are unbelievable in 1 week.  That usually only happens about one time per year.  A lot of weeks, 7-3 with a good tie breaker will win it.

Marshal Dillon had a 9-1 record in week 6 of 2011.
Bama87 had a 9-0 record in week 11 of 2011.  We had a push that week that didn't count against you.
TideWest and XBAMA were both 9-1 in week 13 of 2012.

So it happens about twice per year.

There where a few weeks were the winner only had 6 correct.

I thought you a had a couple of 9-1 weeks last year SC  :worship: ?
maybe I'm wrong ... it won't be the 1st time
or is it , if I am that will be twice ?   :lol2:

you beat me posting ... again

I got to type faster   :unsure:

Week 1 has been finalized and the following winners have been awarded e-creds:

roll tide roll +27
2Stater +26
bamaphil +25
Merk +24
Sqwig +23
SUPERCOACH +22
BamaDave +21
pmull +20
Crimson Legend +19
KoKoPuf +18
Marshal Dillon +17
Hannibal Lecter, MD +16
Leroy +15
Bandit +14
Leewillie +13
bama87 +12
BamaFanInACCLand +11
SeniorTSM +10
Chechem +10
Bamaphile +10
cbbama99 +10
Catch Prothro +10
Jamos +10
BAMADCHAMPSHIPS +10
bama57 +10
XBAMA +10
ricky023 +10
ALTideUp +10

Click here to view the full results for Week 1 (http://www.crimsonredsports.com/index.php?action=pickem;sa=showwinners;contest=3;round=1)

Nothing like starting the season dead last. Maybe I should have to wear blue and orange all week as badge of shame.

That is way too much self flagellation for you to endure. 

Dude, no. No way. Going 0-10 wouldn't even merit that kind of punishment.

By the way, congrats roll tide roll, 2, and phil for the 9-1 records.  #+

Somebody has to hold this Totem Poll up. It is me right at the bottom. I hope my shoulders hold out. Hey don't pick my teams you'll be sorryyyyyy. RTR!

I have posted my Poll and again I have Oregon as my #1 followed by Alabama. If you look forward you will see I have no Ohio St. at this time and I won't until they beat somebody. I have Clemson and TA&M as my big movers. Hope fully we will see some of what this is going to be like in week 3. RTR!

Right, and as soon as we start believing that, you'll pick 9-1.   :lol: