Fun Wisconsin game yesterday, but not so fun hangover right now.
Week 7 of B1G Survivor saw quite the variation in pick distribution. Of the twelve B1G teams in action, eight were used by various members of the remaining field. We had two "thunderdome" matches; Nebraska vs Minnesota was a one-on-one battle, while Maryland vs Purdue was a four vs two affair. There were six total knockouts this week: Four Maryland, one Nebraska, and one no-show. Here is the remaining field of 44:
87RAS (Rut, Ill, Minn, Neb, Mich, Mary, Ind)
ajcuster (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Mich, Mary, Wisc)
AlltheIowa.... (Mich, Ill, Minn, Neb, MSU, Mary, Ind)
andronfire (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Mich, Wisc, PSU)
Badgers&Bruins (Rut, Ill, Neb, Ind, Mich, Mary, Wisc)
beezer07 (Rut, Iowa, N'w, Neb, Mich, Minn, Ind)
BoilerBehind....(Rut, Ill, Neb, OSU, Mich, Mary, Ind)
boilerlion31 (Rut, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Minn, Mich)
Boilerman31 (Rut, Ill, Neb, Ind, Mich, Mary, Minn)
boilerup89 (Rut, Ill, Minn, Neb, Mich, Mary, Ind)
BradNortman....(Ill, PSU, Minn, Ind, Mich, Mary, Wisc)
Broated Nut......(Ill, Pur, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Damien Hening (Ill, Ind, Minn, Neb, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Dead Read (Ill, Ind, N'w, Neb, Mich, Mary, Wisc)
dlrhawks (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Iowa, Neb, Mich)
Fallacy Cramps (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
FFX lion (Rut, Ill, Minn, Neb, Mich, Mary, Ind)
gophs (PSU, Ill, Minn, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Grizzly Spartan (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Mich, Mary, PSU)
GTom (Rut, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Houston Boiler (Mary, Ill, Minn, Neb, Mich, PSU, Ind)
JMazouat (Ill, MSU, Neb, Ind, Mich, PSU, Wisc)
justsomehawk...(Mich, Ill, N'w, Neb, Iowa, Wisc, Ind)
Juxster (Ill, Pur, Minn, Neb, Mich, Wisc, Ind)
K_Sull (Rut, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
MNWildcat (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Iowa, OSU, Mich)
Navin (Ill, Iowa, Minn, Ind, Mich, PSU, Wisc)
NUDave (Rut, Ill, N'w, Ind, MSU, Mary, Mich)
oknom (Ill, Ind, Minn, Neb, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
oldfatbaldguy (Rut, Ill, N'w, Neb, Mich, Minn, Ind)
prairiedogsharp...(Rut, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Scarlet pimp.....(Mary, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Minn, Mich)
Schmolik64 (Ill, Pur, Minn, Neb, Mich, Mary, Ind)
sharpdressed....(Mary, Ill, Minn, Ind, MSU, PSU, Mich)
somedumbguy (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Mich, Mary, Purd)
Steve from...... (Rut, Ill, Minn, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Stewart RL (Ill, Ind, Minn, Neb, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Tech '01 (Rut, Ill, N'w, Ind, Iowa, Minn, Mich)
The Spirit of 47 (Ill, Ind, Minn, Neb, Mich, Mary, Purd)
Viceroy Fizz.....(Rut, Ind, Minn, Neb, Mich, Mary, Wisc)
waw (Mary, Ill, Neb, Ind, MSU, Minn, Mich)
whipples (Ill, Ind, Neb, MSU, Mich, Minn, Wisc)
WisClonesin (Mary, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, PSU, Mich)
Yinzer Terp (OSU, Ill, Neb, Ind, Iowa, Mary, Mich)
Note/reminder: Week 10 (November 2nd) will be a bye week for the competition. No picks will be made that week
Another note/reminder: Here are the tiebreakers, in the event that all remaining contestants get knocked out the same week (initially posted Week 1):
1. Best combined winning %age of teams you haven't used
2. Strength of Victory (non-FBS teams' records get converted to "0-for"
3. Whoever got their loser pick in first
If we make it all the way to championship week, the tiebreakers will be slightly different, but will follow the same format as last year. You can refer to the Week 12 post from last year if you're curious about it now.
Here is the Week 8 schedule. All games are on Saturday unless otherwise noted
Ohio St @ Northwestern (Friday)
Minnesota @ Rutgers
Wisconsin @ Illinois
Purdue @ Iowa
Indiana @ Maryland
Michigan @ Penn St
My Week 8 pick: The Iowa Hawkeyes
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