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College bowl pick-em
« on: November 30, 2009, 09:45:45 AM »
Anyone setting one up this year?
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 10:22:39 AM »
Quote from: Tucker13 on November 30, 2009, 09:45:45 AM
Anyone setting one up this year?

I created a Yahoo one last week.  I'll post the details after the bowls are announced next Sunday night.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 10:35:00 AM »
Thanks. :cheersmate:
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2009, 10:09:56 PM »
I'm a little hesitant to give out the sign-up information, for two reasons.

1 - There is one bowl that is yet to be determined...the EagleBank Bowl selections are contingent on the Army/Navy outcome Saturday.

2 - The Yahoo league (as in the past) can only be set up one way - by using "confidence points".  In other words, you not only have to pick the winner, but assign a point value from 34 to 1 for each one.  It's not hard to do, but last year a lot of people failed to realize the confidence value aspect.

I could set this up at ESPN or CBS Sportsline instead.

I'm just trying to make this easy for pretty much anyone to play.  Opinions?
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2009, 05:53:49 AM »
I do recall that some didn't use the confidence option. I would hope there's a learning curve and get it right this year. I thought that that was part of the challenge.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2009, 09:32:50 AM »
I vote for yahoo.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2009, 01:03:14 PM »
Quote from: Tucker13 on December 11, 2009, 05:53:49 AM
I do recall that some didn't use the confidence option. I would hope there's a learning curve and get it right this year. I thought that that was part of the challenge.

I'll be a little more explicit in my explanation this year.  The confidence aspect automatically defaults with the BCS championship being worth 34 points, and on down chronologically through the bowls.  So if you didn't bother to notice the confidence values, it just assigned them like that.

Posting the sign-up details shortly, and we'll stick with Yahoo.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2009, 06:01:02 PM »
Yahoo league it is.

Here is the sign-up information:

http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy

Group ID: 3321
Password: VRWC2009

In addition to picking the winner of each game, you should rank the games in order of your "confidence" in the winner of that game.  The complete rules are available at the site.

Good luck, suckers.  :evillaugh:
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2009, 06:23:50 PM »
Thanks Karl. I'm in.

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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2009, 06:33:08 PM »
Quote from: Tucker13 on December 11, 2009, 06:23:50 PM
Thanks Karl. I'm in.



 :-)

Was watching Seinfeld tonight, and that name jumped out at me.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2009, 06:36:02 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on December 11, 2009, 06:33:08 PM
:-)

Was watching Seinfeld tonight, and that name jumped out at me.

I've never watched it.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2009, 01:48:12 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on December 11, 2009, 06:33:08 PM
:-)

Was watching Seinfeld tonight, and that name jumped out at me.

That's a Farbman.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2009, 03:02:23 PM »
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That's a Farbman.

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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2009, 06:20:03 PM »
A quick recap of the rules...hopefully we can get a lot more of those casual fans to sign up....

Yahoo! Sports College Bowl Pick'em is a free fantasy sports game allowing you to compete against others to see who can select the winners of the 34 college football bowl games.

Playing is easy — just choose the team you think will win each game and assign a unique confidence value, from 1 to 34, for each pick. Maximize your points by assigning the highest confidence values to your most confident picks. With each correct choice, you earn the confidence points you attributed to that pick.

The deadline to make or change your picks is five minutes before each game is scheduled to begin.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2009, 11:29:33 AM »
Get your picks in!  Bowl games start today!
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2010, 02:43:49 PM »
Who won?
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2010, 03:36:10 PM »
I did. :-)
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2010, 06:08:56 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on January 09, 2010, 03:36:10 PM
I did. :-)

By THREE stinking points!

Good job, Tucker.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2010, 06:23:55 PM »
Quote from: jendf on January 09, 2010, 06:08:56 PM
By THREE stinking points!

Good job, Tucker.

Actually I leap frogged you in the Iowa game. Iowa kicked booty in the 1st half. I was the only one who picked Iowa. I live in a Big 10 state. They're on my TV every weekend. I thought they were going to go undefeated.

After we all picked Central Mich., I couldn't lose. Last game was meaningless.
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Re: College bowl pick-em
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2010, 11:07:14 PM »
Good picks, Tucker.
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