Pick per Day for a New Month = Day 18

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CLOSED - Pick per Day for a New Month = Day 18

I'm putting the month of November behind me and things are gonna turn around! Deadline for submitting picks is 5:00 PM (CST) Monday (unless noted otherwise).

We're obviously pretty much done with tournament games for a while ... good luck on your pick!
cs northridge at drexel -2 (7:00 PM EST)
wisconsin at virginia tech -2 (7:00 PM EST)
arkansas state at indiana state -4.5 (7:00 PM EST)
kent state at kansas -12 (9:00 PM EST)
cal riverside at northwestern -14 (9:00 PM EST)
san francisco at usc -17.5 (10:30 PM EST)
idaho u at sacramento state -3.5 (10:00 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. Every now and then, the provider of the Lines has a strange point spread. I reserve the right to scratch games where the spread exceeds normal expectations or if the picks are subsequently corrected, the correction is substantially different than the first pick and the original spread gives a participant an unfair advantage.

In other words,
if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

8. 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.
 

FINAL - PPD Summary for 12/1/08

MNSnowman: Wisconsin +2
Ski U Mah Gopher: Kansas -12
Gopherholefan: Wisconsin +2
GopherHarvey: Virginia Tech -2
OSUfan: Virginia Tech -2
gopherfan10: Wisconsin +2
Zales04: Arkansas State +4.5
nemosgold: Wisconsin +2
RoyalGO4: Wisconsin +2
NateDawgUM: Wisconsin +2
mom8pop: Wisconsin +2
Gopher In Qatar: Kansas -12
Gopher07: Kansas -12
GopherJim: Drexel -2
SaturnSweater: Drexel -2
Alltimetwinsfan: Arkansas State +4.5
Jike Spingleton: Wisconsin +2
rrjack: kansas -12
Mikie S: kansas -12
ilovethebarn: kansas -12
GOLDY1966: Kansas -12
GopherRock: Kansas -12
Gopherlady: kansas -12
The Big L: Kansas -12
XMan: Wisconsin +2​
 

PPD Standings thru 11-30

Anyone remember Joe Btfslpk -- a character from Al Capp's cartoons? (Shoot, I wonder if anyone under 50 remembers Al Capp! :p)

Btfslpk is described as "the world's biggest jinx. He walks around with a perpetually dark rain cloud a foot over his head. Once he appears on any scene, dreadfully bad luck befalls anyone in his vicinity."

Here he is ... looks just like me making picks this past month:

bio.jbtfsplk.jpg


(Source here)

The Wake Forest-Baylor game finally ended, so here's today's results.

The Board went 10-8 today (.556) and the consensus pick was Oklahoma State (for an 8-game winning streak). I pick Tennessee (favored by two) -- and they lose to Gonzaga by nine, 83-74. Oh, BTW, Drake beat New Mexico today 68-62 while today New Mexico was favored by 7. I'm officially a jinx just like Joe.

Maybe I should take a lesson from GopherRock who's sitting atop the standings, nosing out SaturnSweater by a push at .909.

Here's the season stats and standings:

Cumulative Record
182 - Wins
150 - Losses
4 - Pushes
0.548 - Winning pctge
336 - Number of Picks
17 - Number of Days

Consensus Picks
15 - Wins
7 - Losses
1 - Pushes
0.682 - Winning pctge


Individual Standings
1 - GopherRock ( 10 - 1 - 1 ) - 0.909
2 - SaturnSweater ( 10 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.833
.... GopherJim ( 5 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.833
4 - Ilovethebarn ( 7 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.778
5 - NemosGold ( 6 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.750
.... Gopherlady ( 3 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.750
7 - Goldy 1966 ( 11 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.733
8 - NateDawgUM ( 5 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.714
9 - OSUfan ( 10 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.667
.... MinnMarchDTF ( 8 - 4 - 1 ) - 0.667
11 - USTGopher ( 7 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.636
12 - rrjack ( 8 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.615
13 - Alan Shore ( 3 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.600
.... GopherHarvey ( 3 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.600
15 - Gopher07 ( 7 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.583
16 - The Big L ( 6 - 5 - 1 ) - 0.545
17 - Mikie S ( 7 - 6 - 1 ) - 0.538
18 - RoyalGO4 ( 8 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.533
19 - Jike Spingleton ( 9 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.529
.... Ski U Mah Gopher ( 9 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.529
21 - mom8pop ( 4 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.500
22 - Gopher In Qatar ( 8 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.471
23 - Alltimetwinsfan ( 6 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.400
.... Gopherholefan ( 6 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.400
.... gopherfan10 ( 2 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.400
.... soneillumn ( 2 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.400
27 - Zales04 ( 5 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.357
28 - Xman ( 2 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.333
29 - From the Barn ( 1 - 3 - 0 ) - 0.250
30 - MNSnowman ( 4 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.235
31 - grunkiejr ( 0 - 4 - 0 ) - -
.... JMGIII ( 0 - 2 - 0 ) - -
.... GopherKev ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - -
.... Howeda7 ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - -
 







Zales04: Arkansas State +4.5
 














Jike Spingleton: Wisconsin +2

If you're going down again, Snowman, you're taking a lot of us with you....
 








Pick

XMan: Wisconsin +2
 




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