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horsewatcher
01-03-2003, 02:54 AM
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FIRST ABOUT SCORING THIS CONTEST FOLLOWED BY THE 4TH UPDATED RESULTS/SCORING WITH ONE (1) BOWL GAMES LEFT-SO PLEASE READ!!!

FIRST GLANCE ONE (1) GAME LEFT = "SHAWN555/TOMMYBOY LOOKS LIKE ONE OUR WINNERS?"

Participants,

I have been updating this Contest and there are lots of mistakes!

After reviewing with BigLou, We have decided no one is going to be disqualified! I am going to grade with that in mind. I can't list every error that I have found so far but Here were some rules for the Contest and I have listed a few of the error that I found.

Please understand no one is going to be disqualify in this Contest. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

RULES:

-There are 28 bowl games and YOU pick each game against the spread, ranking them in order of preference. 28 would be your highest rated game, then 27, and so on with 1 being your lowest rated game.

-The higher you rank the game the more you feel that FAVORITE will cover our line...Your slection is a selection on the FAVORITE in that game so rank them according to the strenght of cover.

- You lose the total points if that favorite fail to cover in that spot.

(Example: you rank Miami FL 17th and thay fail to cover then you lose 17 points....

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Remember you ranking is based on the FAVORITE COVERING OUR LINE!
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Some error examples:

Now if you put down North Texas, you are really playing or being graded on Cincinnati not North Texas and so on.

Some left out a rating. If you left out a rating it will be a minus.

Some played the same teams.

Edting was done. For this Contest because of the size of posts and the was closed before the first game started, We are overlooking it. This does not and will not apply to any other Contests.

Scoring will be plus's and minus's, so if you see a total of - that's the reason. It is not just to add up your rating Winners.

And So On!!

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Going into January 3rd, 2003 Games, The Total Updated Scoring, By The Way You Rated Your Picks, After The first 27 Games For Everyone Is The Following:


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ALPHA ORDER LISTING
Note: Our Winner Could Be In The Minus (-)
Depending On How Many Favorite Lose !

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ATB COLLEGE BOWL

Mia/O.S. - Tiebreaker = UPDATED 01/02 = TOTAL


11 - 56 = Axe = -133

25 - 46 = Beachyankee = -117

16 - ?? = Benchwarmer = -60

22 - 47 = Bigblue = -94

8 - ?? = Bigragu = -102

3 - 44 = Bluemonkey = -91

7 - 41 = BobbyW = -39

2 - 44 = Bobomax = -168

19 - 44 = BookieKiller = -85

20 - 48 = Buffalopanther = -88

14 - 58 = Bulldog59 = -62

13 - ?? = Burntcrow = -77

24 - 52 = BZ = -82

2 - 55 = C_WeBB_MVP = -98

2 - 50 = Crost = -60

1 - ?? = Damar = -125

1 - 52 = Dawg2 = -57

28 - ?? = DeSi_DaWG = -102

28 - 48 = Dustyduke = -146

7 - ?? = Fenway 2001 = -39

20 - 50 = Ghost_Knife = -88

28 - 44 = Gianfranco = -62

3 - 44 = Gskiman = -117

11 - 52 = Ivaliza = -87

27 - 48 = Jeff123 = -85

1 - 44 = Jillmark = -101

1 - 45 = Kofka = -97

25 - 44 = Laurel"s Trophy = -127

28 - 49 = Manly = -112

9 - 44 = Meatman = -81

14 - 44 = Money Picks = -40

5 - 44 = Northstars = -71

4 - 49 = Orso Sports = -92

1 - 49 = Oakas = -43

27 - 47 = Pacman35 = -105

21 - 48 = Patlives = -123

28 - 38 = PeteMc = -172

16 - 49 = Phanatic = -132

18 - 58 = Pipefitter = -80

8 - 42 = Russell = -130

3 - 51 = Sakras = -115

26 - ?? = Shawn555 = 2

22 - 52 = ShawNee922 = -96

11 - 50 = SlickNick = -71

14 - 57 = Soli = -108

16 - 51 = Southern Belle = -70

16 - 58 = Sportsguru = -60

21 - 50 = Susieq = -9

20 - ?? = Thirdowl = -116

1 - 50 = Tommyboy = -17

15 - 48 = Troderick = -81

28 - 41 = Uk_Blitz = -186

22 - 43 = Unamuno = -20

23 - 50 = Utopia = -3

1 - 42 = Whitelightnin = -81

4 - ?? = Wizard = -84

12 - 54 = Wizz101 = -108

24 - 49 = Zinger = -134





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horsewatcher

tommyboy
01-03-2003, 12:19 PM
I realize I'm probably jinxing myself, but if Miami fails to cover,
I would win this thing since I'd only lose 1 and the other main
contenders would lose in the 20's. Anyway, thanks for the
awesome game regardless. GO BUCKEYES!!!

BZ
01-03-2003, 04:44 PM
Horsewatcher,
I thought you guys were using my suggestion. And judging by the picks so was everyone else. There is no way only 1 person is positive and everyone is negative. All you should have done was pick the games against the spread- either fav or dog. Win get the points lose get negative points. For example, I picked Pitt +2 as my 27th ranked game- not for Or St to cover as my 2 highest ranked game. Pitt wins and I win 27 points.

Here are my picks:
Cin 2 (-2)
MAr 21 (+21)
Tex Tech 22 (+22)
UCLA 10 (+10)
HAw 11 (-11)
BC 16 (+16)
Pitt 27 (+27)
Ok St 17 (+17)
Miss 1 (+1)
K ST 12 (-12)
WVU 13 (-13)
Col 15 (-15)
Ark 7 (-7)
OR 6 (-6)
Boise 19 (+19)
Pur 5 (+5)
TCU 20 (+20)
Fresno 18 (+18)
Tenn 14 (-14)
Va Tech 4 (-4)
Mich 26 (+26)
Tex 3 (+3)
ND 28 (-28)
Penn St 23 (-23)
Wash St 8 (-8)
Geo 25 (+25)
USC 9 (+9)
Ohio St 24

Total 52

After 27 games I am positive 96 points. It definately is confusing ranking only the favorites and I don't think anyone understood that.

My suggestion is to go back and re-grade the picks based on how they were picked. If someone forget to pick a side or didn't rank a game, either DQ or assign negative points.

phanatic
01-03-2003, 04:50 PM
Can't do that BZ.
Most people (who read the rules) ranked games according to the fave covering.
I would have had different rankings if we did it your way.
The rules were stated so that is how we play.
I agreed with you when you originally posted that you had a good way of doing it but ATB chose their own method.
You can't change things when there is only one game left.

BZ
01-03-2003, 04:58 PM
I guess you are right phanatic. I obviously didn't read the 2nd paragraph.

I just went and looked at the picks and it looks like most had posted the favorite. I hope that if we do this next year it is simplified.

I run two pools myself with approx 100 people and have never seen only one person positive. Next time I will make sure I read ALL of the rules- I would have run away with this thing!

This contest is hard enough as it is. And to rank if a favorite will cover is even harder.

Biglou
01-03-2003, 05:04 PM
Hey who am I to make a contest EASY!!!!! Wow I just added a golf contest.