December 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Player said: In and entry fee paid. I look forward (as always) to hearing doomlet's insider info on his pick selections. Preliminary choices seem to indicate a very strong confidence in the predictive value of overall records.
December 17, 20214 yr I'm in too many of these damn pools....can someone please remind me again about the rule for this one? We're not picking against the spread, right? Just straight up winners?
December 17, 20214 yr Author 1 minute ago, Player said: I'm in too many of these damn pools....can someone please remind me again about the rule for this one? We're not picking against the spread, right? Just straight up winners? Confidence points with no spread
December 17, 20214 yr I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN has actually managed to make the desktop interface and game navigation even worse this year. Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. And the mobile version is a fucking shitshow unto itself. Fucking idiots. Edited December 17, 20214 yr by Prepuce of Doom
December 17, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said: I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN has actually managed to make the desktop interface and game navigation even worse this year. Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. And the mobile version is a fucking shitshow unto itself. Fucking idiots. Coming to post the exact fucking thing....
December 17, 20214 yr ESPN makes this worse every year. Don't we have a bunch of programmers here? We should just make our own next year.
December 17, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said: I didn't think it was possible, but ESPN has actually managed to make the desktop interface and game navigation even worse this year. Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. And the mobile version is a fucking shitshow unto itself. Fucking idiots. And ESPN changed it's formatting so I can export the table like I could last year...
December 17, 20214 yr 59 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said: Want to see your picks? Scroll down screen until your entry is invisible, then use the horizontal scroll bar, then scroll back up to look at your entry, and hope that the game/pick you were looking for happens to be in the 8 game-wide window of listings. If not, scroll back to the bottom of the screen, blindly adjust the horizontal scroll bar, hope that you guessed better this time, but if not, rinse and repeat. Use your arrow keys to scroll left and right
December 17, 20214 yr 57 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: ESPN makes this worse every year. Don't we have a bunch of programmers here? We should just make our own next year. Like the prediction contest? 😂
December 17, 20214 yr And this is why I don’t bet on sports outside of 20 dollars for this and 20 dollars for brackets in March
December 17, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said: Is it possible for everyone to be tied for last place??? Well except the one random dude who picked MT at 42 pts
December 17, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: Well except the one random dude who picked MT at 42 pts @HornPhD is no rando. He’s won it before. Great use of game theory and a contrarian pick to jump to a massive lead. Edited December 17, 20214 yr by Irieguy
December 17, 20214 yr Well, to give credit where it's due, after only 15+ years of running this contest, ESPN has finally added the "max points" data to the group standings page.
December 17, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said: Well, to give credit where it's due, after only 15+ years of running this contest, ESPN has finally added the "max points" data to the group standings page. I'm pretty sure they used to have that several years ago
December 17, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said: Well, to give credit where it's due, after only 15+ years of running this contest, ESPN has finally added the "max points" data to the group standings page. Of course, you can't sort it by that column either...
December 17, 20214 yr 30 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: I'm pretty sure they used to have that several years ago If they did, it's been a good while.
December 18, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, Irieguy said: @HornPhD is no rando. He’s won it before. Great use of game theory and a contrarian pick to jump to a massive lead. Thanks for the shout-out. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. A lot of games left.
December 18, 20214 yr This game should separate a few people. Also, last night I stopped to pick up a pizza and I was the bar watching the game while I waited. This couple come ins wife "Coastal Carolina, isn't that where little Emily goes to school?" husband " Yeah, it is. I think it's in Kentucky"
December 18, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Jameslaw121 said: This game should separate a few people. Also, last night I stopped to pick up a pizza and I was the bar watching the game while I waited. This couple come ins wife "Coastal Carolina, isn't that where little Emily goes to school?" husband " Yeah, it is. I think it's in Kentucky"
December 19, 20214 yr @joeycovers How many places get paid and what are the payouts? This information is needed for strategy adjustments.
December 19, 20214 yr Author Sorry, all my info is at work. I think someone slipped thru that didn’t pay and I need to look when I get in office but top 3 will get paid. It will be a 60%/30%/10% payout
December 20, 20214 yr Author ESPNFAN2476434686's Picks 1Garrett Warner Can anyone claim this account? If not by end of day it will be deleted. I cant locate payment for it and wasnt on the original list
December 21, 20214 yr Author After 2 emails I never received payment from someone after asking me if they can Venmo so they have been removed. Total entry $560 1st $340 2nd $160 3rd $60
December 21, 20214 yr So who ya got? The yellow team or ... the yellow team? This one is gonna hurt my eyes.
December 21, 20214 yr We collectively suck at picking this year. A guy who didn’t even pick the 1st game is in 2nd place. 🤦♂️
December 22, 20214 yr 9 hours ago, Irieguy said: We collectively suck at picking this year. A guy who didn’t even pick the 1st game is in 2nd place. 🤦♂️ Speak for yourself 😂🥃 It’s a long bowl season. Plenty of bad and good picks left.
December 22, 20214 yr 11 hours ago, HornPhD said: Speak for yourself 😂🥃 It’s a long bowl season. Plenty of bad and good picks left. Ok your picks are good. Sgt Slaughter is in 2nd place despite not picking the 1st game. Nobody else has over a 500 record after 12 games. That’s sad. Myself included.
December 22, 20214 yr I would suggest NOT saving points for later, low profile games. Edited December 22, 20214 yr by Irieguy
December 22, 20214 yr 56 minutes ago, Irieguy said: Ok your picks are good. Sgt Slaughter is in 2nd place despite not picking the 1st game. Nobody else has over a 500 record after 12 games. That’s sad. Myself included. Best mistake of the year. There are quite a few entries down the board with a higher potential point total, I threw together my entry at the last minute so there is absolutely no plan.
December 22, 20214 yr 59 minutes ago, Sgt. Slaughter said: Best mistake of the year. There are quite a few entries down the board with a higher potential point total, I threw together my entry at the last minute so there is absolutely no plan. Yes. If they don’t get cancelled. 🤷🏻♂️
December 24, 20214 yr I again remind people not to save points. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors out of Hawai'i Bowl due to COVID-19 issues
December 24, 20214 yr 15 hours ago, Irieguy said: I again remind people not to save points. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors out of Hawai'i Bowl due to COVID-19 issues ESPN adjusted the points for all the games Edited December 24, 20214 yr by HornPhD
December 26, 20213 yr 2 more bowl cancellations today. @HornPhD is going to have this wrapped up by Wednesday at this rate. It’s getting late pretty early for everybody chasing him.
December 28, 20213 yr 13 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said: anyone else having problems moving certain games up/down in confidence points? Yep. It’s been an ongoing issue on days when a game is canceled. I’ve had success closing and re-opening the ESPN site and then making a change.
December 30, 20213 yr I really thought Leach would put everything he had into winning that one. I guess Cumbie knew how to gameplan the pirate.
December 30, 20213 yr 14 hours ago, NorthLoop said: I really thought Leach would put everything he had into winning that one. I guess Cumbie knew how to gameplan the pirate. SEC with a not so strong showing, ha. I'm in the running but probably don't have enough points left to make a run without sweeping the remainder of the picks.
December 30, 20213 yr I have the worst W-L record in the whole group so I've got that going for me. Bring on March Madness!
December 31, 20213 yr 17 hours ago, NorthLoop said: I have the worst W-L record in the whole group so I've got that going for me. Bring on March Madness! As the reigning Madness champ I concur
December 31, 20213 yr Not that it makes a whit of difference to me or the boy at this point, but what's the deal with the Sun Bowl? Just a "this didn't really happen" classification? And what's the deal with the various negative points for certain entries for the canceled games?
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