Pick per Day for 11/22/08 - Day 9

[MNSnowman]

This is the first day where the Gophers are available to pick. My schedule tomorrow is a bit crazy, so I'm going to set the deadline for submitting picks as 4:00 PM (CST) Saturday (unless noted otherwise). Good luck on your pick!
drexel at georgetown -23 (1:00 PM EST -- must pick by 12 Noon)
loyola chicago at western michigan -7 (2:00 PM EST-- must pick by 1PM)
geo washington at auburn -4.5 (2:00 PM EST -- must pick by 1PM)
wright state -4 at central michigan (2:00 PM EST -- must pick by 1PM)
boston college -2 at saint louis (2:00 PM EST -- must pick by 1PM)
uab -1 at old dominion (4:00 PM EST -- must pick by 3PM)
appalachian st at niagara -3.5 (4:00 PM EST-- must pick by 3PM)
jacksonville st at georgia state -13 (4:00 PM EST-- must pick by 3PM)

minnesota -2 at colorado state (10:00 PM EST)

va commonwealth at rhode island -1 (7:00 PM EST)
clemson -3.5 at nc charlotte (7:00 PM EST)
northwestern -2.5 at brown (7:00 PM EST)
buffalo at evansville -5 (8:00 PM EST)
arkansas at missouri st -3 (8:00 PM EST)
depaul at illinois chicago -3.5 (8:00 PM EST)
louisiana tech at arkansas lr -8 (8:00 PM EST)
central florida at new mexico -15 (9:00 PM EST)
oregon state at nevada -13 (10:00 PM EST)
morehead state at louisville -29 (5:30 PM EST)
floridaam at south alabama -19 (8:00 PM EST)
northern arizona at cal riverside -1 (5:00 PM EST)
weber state at long beach state -6 (7:00 PM EST)
manhattan at fordham -1 (7:00 PM EST)
cornell at siena -13.5 (7:00 PM EST)
ohio at austin peay -1.5 (8:00 PM EST)
elon at tenn martin -5.5 (8:00 PM EST)
western kentucky at murray state -1 (8:00 PM EST)
idaho state at boise state -4.5 (9:00 PM EST)

Even if you haven't made a pick yet, you're welcome to start at any time through 11/30/08. If you're not familiar with the way this works -- or want to check on the rules -- please review the Small Print (below). And, if you have any questions, please let me know.

Small Print
Here's the way Pick-per-Day (PPD) works:

1. You make one pick per day by selecting a team and the point spread that's offered.
For example, if Florida is favored by 22.5 points versus Toledo and you choose Florida, you pick Florida -22.5
If instead you think that spread is too generous, you pick Toledo +22.5

2. The pick must be in required format (see#5 below) and submitted by that day's deadline.

3. Picks on weekdays are usually due at 5:00 while picks on weekends and holidays will usually be due at 12 noon.

4. Please verify your pick was recorded when the posting is Closed and please check the next days tally to make sure I correctly credited you with the win or loss. Mistakes will happen and I'm more than happy to go back a day or two and figure out what went wrong and then make any corrections. But I really don't want to go back a couple of weeks and try to recalculate the wins and losses.

5. All picks must be entered using this format:

Moniker: Team and Spread
(e.g. MNSnowman: Minnesota +1)

Picks that are submitted after the deadline without making prior arrangements or do not use this format will not be counted in that days tally

6. If you want to change your pick, please add a new post rather than editing your original pick and please note it's a change in the header. (It's easier to pick up and make the change this way.

7. Later in the season, I may create two divisions to reflect those who participate regularly versus those who are more sporadic. This is done to reduce the likelihood of someone getting a relatively high winning percentage and resting on their laurels.

[MNSnowman]

MNSnowman: Minnesota -2
Ski U Mah Gopher: Long Beach St. -6
GopherRock: Nevada -13
Alltimetwinsfan: Minnesota -2
GopherHarvey: Minnesota -2
Gopher In Qatar: Clemson -3.5
JMGIII: Minnesota -2
grunkiejr: Minnesota -2
SaturnSweater: Northwestern -2.5
MinnMarchDTF: SLU +2
RoyalGO4: Clemson -3.5
Zales04: Minnesota -2
Nemosgold: Minnesota -2
soneillumn: Minnesota -2
Jike Spingleton: Nevada -13
GOLDY1966: Minnesota -2
The Big L: Minnesota -2

[MNSnowman]

The Board split tonight, going 8-8-3 (.500) and three consensus picks (Tennessee, UConn and Oregon) that also split (1-1-1). Here's the board's stats through Friday night:
Cumulative Record
77 - Wins
65 - Losses
4 - Pushes
0.542 - Winning pctge
146 - Number of Picks
8 - Number of Days

Consensus Picks
7 - Wins
5 - Losses
1 - Pushes
0.583 - Winning pctge
Other comments:


Tennessee game is a push; it was one of three consensus picks. (Other consensus picks were UConn which failed to cover and Oregon which beat the spread)
Wisconsin only wins by 2 vs Iona - in OT. The Badgers were favored by 16.
UW-Green Bay lost to Div 2 Rollins College, 75-58. I was shocked because Rollins usually loses their best athletes to their waterskiing & sailing teams. (Seriously, though, Rollins fields both a mens and womens team in waterskiing and sailing. Honest.)
Xavier beats Va. Tech in OT by one point ... with 3-seconds left, Xavier lobs a pass to half-court and makes the 3-pointer. It was their shooter's only score of the night.

And here are the PPD standings:
1 - GopherRock ( 4 - 0 - 1 ) - 1.000
2 - SaturnSweater ( 5 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.833
3 - MinnMarchDTF ( 3 - 1 - 1 ) - 0.750
.... Ilovethebarn ( 3 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.750
.... mom8pop ( 3 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.750
6 - Goldy 1966 ( 4 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.667
.....Gopherholefan ( 4 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.667
.... GopherJim ( 2 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.667
.... NateDawgUM ( 2 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.667
10 - Alan Shore ( 3 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.600
11 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 4 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.571
...... RoyalGO4 ( 4 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.571
13 - Gopher In Qatar ( 4 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... MNSnowman ( 4 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... Ski U Mah Gopher ( 4 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... USTGopher ( 4 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... Mikie S ( 3 - 3 - 1 ) - 0.500
...... The Big L ( 3 - 3 - 1 ) - 0.500
...... Gopher07 ( 3 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... rrjack ( 2 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... GopherHarvey ( 1 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.500
...... Gopherlady ( 1 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.500
23 - OSUfan ( 3 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.429
24 - Jike Spingleton ( 3 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.375
25 - Zales04 ( 1 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.200
26 - From the Barn ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000
...... GopherKev ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000
...... Howeda7 ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000
...... soneillumn ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000
...... Xman ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.000

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

Ski U Mah Gopher: Long Beach St. -6

[GopherRock]

GopherRock: Nevada -13

And I still hate Iowa!

[alltimetwinsfan]

Alltimetwinsfan: Minnesota -2

(If I'm going to lose, I'm going to lose with MY team...)

[Big Play]

Minnesota -2

[GopherHarvey]

GopherHarvey: Minnesota -2

[Gopher in Qatar]

Gopher In Qatar: Clemson -3.5

[JMGIII]

JMGIII: Minnesota -2

[MNSnowman]

please use the right format and resubmit - thanks! I know it seems picky, but I need your pick to be in this format:

moniker: team spread

example: MNSnowman: Minnesota -2

I try to automate the data entry process as much as possible and thus need your pick in the right order for the macros to work. And please put your moniker (or screen name) in the post and at the start of the pick followed by a colon.

If everyone uses their moniker, this format and consistent names for the teams, it's easy and fast to transfer the data to a spreadsheet used to track the picks. You should check the summary for your pick to make sure it has been included and check this thread for any notes to those who have picks that cannot be counted.

[grunkiejr]

grunkiejr: Minnesota -2

[SaturnSweater]

SaturnSweater: Northwestern -2.5

[MinnMarchDTF]

MinnMarchDTF: SLU +2

[RoyalGO4]

RoyalGO4: Clemson -3.5

[Zales04]

Zales04: Minnesota -2

Lets get this winning streak started!

[nemosgold]

Nemosgold: Minnesota -2

[soneillumn]

soneillumn: Minnesota -2

[Jike Spingleton]

Jike Spingleton: Nevada -13

Tempted to take the Gophers, but must stick by my tried and true formula: fade Oregon State on the road.

WE HATE IOWA

[rrjackIII]

rrjack: +13.5

[The Big L]

The Big L: Minnesota -2

[Gopherholefan]

Gopherholefan: Gophers -2

[GOLDY1966]

GOLDY1966: Minnesota -2

[MNSnowman]

team??

[rrjackIII]

team??



Cornell - sorry about that - my bad :(