Pick per Day for 12/9/08 - Day 26

MNSnowman

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More games for Tuesday including the "Iowa Series" that pits Drake and University of Northern Iowa against Iowa State and Iowa (and ISU against Iowa). Drake seems to be a Jekyll and Hyde team this year and when I've picked 'em, they've played poorly. So, I'm going elsewhere with my pick and just hoping for a Bulldog win in Ames and a Bulldog loss in Athens.

Deadline for picks is 5PM, Tuesday.

Good luck!
northern iowa at iowa -6 (7:00 PM EST)
toledo at wright state -5 (7:00 PM EST)
purdue -11 at ball state (7:00 PM EST)
virginia tech -3.5 at georgia (7:00 PM EST)
drake at iowa state -3 (9:00 PM EST)
texas -2.5 at villanova (9:20 PM EST)
denver u at cs northridge -10 (10:00 PM EST)
san francisco at pacific -8.5 (10:00 PM EST)
marist at siena -14.5 (7:00 PM EST)
west virginia versus davidson -1 (7:00 PM EST)
idaho state at wisconsin -21 (8:30 PM EST)
cs fullerton -2 at montana state (9:00 PM EST)

For those participating but at a relaxed rate, I'll probably set up two divisions in a couple of weeks. One will be for the seriously addicted and will probably include those who have made at least 20 predictions for games ending December 13. The other division (the occasional predictors) will be for those who have less than 20 predictions for games ending December 13. So there's still time for many of you to make daily predictions if you wish to be in the "upper" division.

If you want to start participating, please send me a private message (just click on my screen name) and we'll take a look at it.


Small Print
If you'd like to participate but haven't done so before, please send me a Private Message (PM) by clicking on my screen-name. 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.
 

Summary of 12/9 Picks

MNSnowman: Virginia Tech -3.5
Gopher In Qatar: Iowa State -3
MinnMarchDTF: Texas -2.5
grunkiejr: Northern Iowa +6
GopherHarvey: Marist +14.5
Gopherlady: Texas -2.5
goldenfuture5: Texas -2.5
MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed: Texas -2.5
rrjack: iowa state -3
RoyalGO4: Marist +14.5
soneillumn: Davidson -1
Gopher07: Virginia Tech -3.5
NateDawgUM: Davidson -1
mom8pop: texas -2.5
GopherRock: Texas -2.5
XMan: Purdue -11
ilovethebarn: davidson -1
Gopherholefan: West Virginia +1
Jike Spingleton: West Virginia +1
gopherfan10: Davidson -1
Alltimetwinsfan: Davidson -1
Alan Shore: Virginia Tech -3.5
GOLDY1966: Iowa St -3
Mikie S: idaho state +21
OSUfan: Virginia Tech -3.5
From The Barn: Virginia Tech -3.5
The Big L: Davidson -1
USTGopher: Texas -2.5
nemosgold: texas -2.5
 

PPD Standings after 12/8 games

The board split evenly today with 11 wins and 11 losses. TCU was the consensus pick and won handily. Those who picked Hawaii got the bonus of 23 points.

Cumulative Record
279 - Wins
231 - Losses
6 - Pushes
0.547 - Winning pctge
516 - Number of Picks
25 - Number of Days

Consensus Picks
21 - Wins
11 - Losses
1 - Pushes
0.656 - Winning pctge

Gopher Rock slipped out of first place with his pick of Illinois but giving away 23 points. He'll probably regain the lead when we split into two divisions this weekend.

Individual Standings
..1 - GopherJim ( 6 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.857
..2 - GopherRock ( 15 - 3 - 1 ) - 0.833
..3 - Gopherlady ( 4 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.800
........MadisonRaisedGopherCrazed ( 4 - 1 - 0 ) - 0.800
..5 - SaturnSweater ( 11 - 4 - 1 ) - 0.733
..6 - NateDawgUM ( 8 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.667
..7 - Goldy 1966 ( 15 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.652
..8 - Ilovethebarn ( 9 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.643
........ USTGopher ( 9 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.643
10 - gopherfan10 ( 7 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.636
11 - rrjack ( 12 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.632
12 - OSUfan ( 13 - 8 - 0 ) - 0.619
13 - NemosGold ( 9 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.600
........GoldenFuture5 ( 3 - 2 - 0 ) - 0.600
15 - Ski U Mah Gopher ( 14 - 10 - 0 ) - 0.583
16 - RoyalGO4 ( 12 - 9 - 0 ) - 0.571
17 - Gopher07 ( 9 - 7 - 0 ) - 0.563
18 - GopherHarvey ( 5 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.556
19 - mom8pop ( 7 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.538
20 - The Big L ( 8 - 7 - 1 ) - 0.533
21 - Gopher In Qatar ( 13 - 12 - 0 ) - 0.520
22 - Mikie S ( 9 - 9 - 1 ) - 0.500
........MinnMarchDTF ( 9 - 9 - 1 ) - 0.500
........Alan Shore ( 5 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.500
25 - Jike Spingleton ( 12 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.480
26 - soneillumn ( 5 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.455
........Xman ( 5 - 6 - 0 ) - 0.455
28 - Gopherholefan ( 9 - 13 - 1 ) - 0.409
........Alltimetwinsfan ( 9 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.409
........Zales04 ( 9 - 13 - 0 ) - 0.409
31 - MNSnowman ( 10 - 15 - 0 ) - 0.400
32 - From the Barn ( 2 - 4 - 0 ) - 0.333
33 - grunkiejr ( 2 - 5 - 0 ) - 0.286
34 - JMGIII ( 0 - 3 - 0 ) - -
........GopherKev ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - -
........Howeda7 ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - -
........LloydBraun ( 0 - 1 - 0 ) - -
 




















Pick

XMan: Purdue -11
 
















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