Front-paged to show that I can be a big enough man to admit that I suck at this. --MNW
Also, see the Week 2 ATS competition here.
FOOTBALL. It was a long, grueling offseason. But we survived it together! And we were so excited for the season that we had a record 36 participants in week 1 - there were only 26 participants in all of 2017.
Before I get too far...
Texas football is:
[ ] BAK
[ X ] NOT BAK
Week 1 was a thing that happened, and much like a handful of B1G teams, it's a thing most of us wannabe bettors would like to forget. Overall, we went 197-235. That's a correct pick rate of 0.456 and an overall net of -$6150 DelanyBucks.
Note that since the Nebraska/Akron game was canceled, I treated that game as PUSH and took it out of the results entirely. So results are out of 12 games total. Scoring is based on a standard bet of $110 to win $100.
Week 1 Results:
8-4 (+$360): BradNortmansActingCoach, Bagels are for champions, hoeger, pomeroyarn, M1EK, SDWYO
7-5 (+$150): bucksfan92, Dead Read, 87 Rides A Surfboard, K_Sull, beezer07
6-6 (-$60): ziowa9, StewartRL, RockyMtnBlue, thibtwin, 87Townie, Turtle Shell, ICEICETHATGUY13
5-7 (-$270): boilerlion31, SpartanHT, NickMarkaces, GoForThree, bdym, HoyaGoon
4-8 (-$480): 06Lion, Boilerman31, AlltheIowanamesaretaken, TheJrod, dbl5030, trasch_man, Derek Graff
3-9 (-$690): Hollywood Hawk Hogan, Green 96, MH19, MNWildcat
2-8 (-$900): Badgers & Bruins
Bold Move, Cotton: We had a couple incomplete entries this week - failing to pick a game counts as an automatic loss. Hollywood Hawk Hogan purposefully didn't choose a winner between UM/ND. Turtle Shell and ICEICETHATGUY13 forgot to pick a winner of Wisconsin/Western Kentucky, while ICE also forgot to pick UM/ND.
Smarter Than Everyone Else Picks of the Week:
Only 7 people correctly picked Utah State to cover vs MSU:
- ziowa9, StewartRL, SpartanHT, MH19, 87Townie, NickMarkaces, bdym
Similarly, only 7 people correctly picked Maryland to cover vs Texas:
- bucksfan92, boilerlion31, RockyMtnBlue, 87 Rides A Surfboard, 87Townie, SDWYO, Turtle Shell
Close Call of the Week: Early in the 4th quarter, Indiana kicked a FG to extend their 14-point lead to 17. Anyone who took IU -10.5 was pulling their hair out for the next 9 minutes, as FIU went down the field in 4 to cut the lead down to 10 points exactly, helped along greatly by two costly IU penalties and a 4th-and-4 conversion. Indiana recovered the onside kick attempt and never looked back - 10 of the last 11 plays kept the ball on the ground to run out the final 6+ minutes, dashing the hopes of FIU fans and IU bettors.
On to the standings!
An asterisk (*) denotes a player who has participated every week.
TOTAL | 197 | 235 | -6150 | 0.456 |
Results Week 1 | W | L | $ | % |
BradNortmansActingCoach* | 8 | 4 | 360 | 0.667 |
Bagels are for champions* | 8 | 4 | 360 | 0.667 |
hoeger* | 8 | 4 | 360 | 0.667 |
pomeroyarn* | 8 | 4 | 360 | 0.667 |
M1EK* | 8 | 4 | 360 | 0.667 |
SDWYO* | 8 | 4 | 360 | 0.667 |
bucksfan92* | 7 | 5 | 150 | 0.583 |
Dead Read* | 7 | 5 | 150 | 0.583 |
87 Rides A Surfboard* | 7 | 5 | 150 | 0.583 |
K_Sull* | 7 | 5 | 150 | 0.583 |
beezer07* | 7 | 5 | 150 | 0.583 |
ziowa9* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
StewartRL* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
RoxkyMtnBlue* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
thibtwin* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
87Townie* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
Turtle Shell* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
ICEICETHATGUY13* | 6 | 6 | -60 | 0.500 |
boilerlion31* | 5 | 7 | -270 | 0.417 |
SpartanHT* | 5 | 7 | -270 | 0.417 |
NickMarkaces* | 5 | 7 | -270 | 0.417 |
GoForThree* | 5 | 7 | -270 | 0.417 |
bdym* | 5 | 7 | -270 | 0.417 |
HoyaGoon* | 5 | 7 | -270 | 0.417 |
06Lion* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
Boilerman31* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
AlltheIowanamesaretaken* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
TheJrod* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
dbl5030* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
trasch_man* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
Derek Graff* | 4 | 8 | -480 | 0.333 |
Hollywood Hawk Hogan* | 3 | 9 | -690 | 0.250 |
Green 96* | 3 | 9 | -690 | 0.250 |
MH19* | 3 | 9 | -690 | 0.250 |
MNWildcat* | 3 | 9 | -690 | 0.250 |
Badgers & Bruins* | 2 | 10 | -900 | 0.167 |
As always, please leave a comment if you think I made an error - I will make corrections as necessary.
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