Winners Bracket
Starting with 101 entrants, we had 9 eliminations in weeks 1 with one person choosing Indiana over Ohio State, 2 entrants picked Northwestern over Rutgers, and 6 more contestants fell victim to a nail biting defeat of Purdue at the hands of Fresno State.
The rest of the picks were distributed thusly:
|
Week 01 |
Opponent |
Number of picks |
|
Maryland |
Towson |
37 |
|
Michigan State |
Central Michigan |
28 |
|
Rutgers |
Wildcats |
15 |
|
Illinois |
Toledo |
7 |
|
Wisconsin |
Buffalo |
3 |
|
Minnesota |
Huskers |
1 |
|
Ohio State |
Hoosiers |
1 |
Here's a list of who remains in the competition along with who they previously picked:
|
Entrant |
Prior Picks |
Entrant |
Prior Picks |
Entrant |
Prior Picks |
|
30packetsofketchup |
Michigan State |
g0purdu3 |
Illinois |
nothsa |
Michigan State |
|
87 Rides A Surfboard |
Michigan State |
glassjawed |
Maryland |
NU’06er |
Maryland |
|
ajcuster |
Rutgers |
Glaze72 |
Michigan State |
PrarieDogSharpshooter |
Michigan State |
|
AlmaOtter |
Maryland |
GoldysRevenge |
Rutgers |
Precious Roy |
Maryland |
|
andronfire |
Maryland |
Green 96 |
Illinois |
Purduefan2022 |
Rutgers |
|
ArrowZeppelin |
Michigan State |
griffcat |
Maryland |
rich52k |
Maryland |
|
Atinat |
Maryland |
Gubaji |
Wisconsin |
riclang |
Maryland |
|
AutoRecBot |
Maryland |
He was a high school quarterback |
Michigan State |
RockyMtnBlue |
Maryland |
|
Bad Pseudonym |
Illinois |
Horace Grant Park |
Michigan State |
RTVF82 |
Minnesota |
|
Badgers & Bruins |
Rutgers |
HoustonBoiler |
Michigan State |
RUready4Brazil |
Maryland |
|
badgersrox |
Maryland |
HoyaGoon |
Maryland |
RUShore |
Maryland |
|
BanTheDH |
Michigan State |
huskerdenton |
Ohio State |
scarlet pimpernal hand |
Illinois |
|
BassmanIU |
Michigan State |
icd8u |
Maryland |
Schmolik64 |
Illinois |
|
BlueinATX |
Maryland |
IronMonkee |
Michigan State |
SDWYO |
Maryland |
|
Boiler_In_Texas |
Maryland |
IUinVA |
Maryland |
smainiac |
Illinois |
|
BoilerBehindEnemyLines |
Maryland |
Izzo4POTUS |
Maryland |
Sportsavenue |
Maryland |
|
boilerlion31 |
Michigan State |
JayMPSU |
Maryland |
TabletopBoiler |
Maryland |
|
Boilermaker Luck |
Michigan State |
jmaerzke |
Michigan State |
The Glow of Bo |
Michigan State |
|
boilermaker5 |
Maryland |
JustinMaz |
Rutgers |
The Spirit of ‘47 |
Michigan State |
|
BoilerUp89 |
Wisconsin |
Kind of… |
Michigan State |
theguyfrom-wega |
Michigan State |
|
BradNortmansActingCoach |
Rutgers |
LandOfSkyBlueWatersGopher |
Rutgers |
TheJrod |
Maryland |
|
Clossso |
Maryland |
Lions_Tigers_Wings_Oh_MI |
Rutgers |
Transient Buckeye |
Rutgers |
|
Crab_cakes |
Michigan State |
MC ClapYoHandz |
Michigan State |
vaudvillain |
Michigan State |
|
DAHenning |
Maryland |
mcammer64 |
Maryland |
Viceroy Fizzlebottom |
Michigan State |
|
Danwesley Meyer |
Michigan State |
MDPrideinMA |
Maryland |
waw |
Michigan State |
|
Dead Read |
Maryland |
MiddlewestAverage |
Rutgers |
Weaz93 |
Rutgers |
|
dew1016 |
Illinois |
misdreavus79 |
Maryland |
wesd2005 |
Maryland |
|
dlrhawks |
Rutgers |
MNWildcat |
Michigan State |
whersmyelephant |
Michigan State |
|
Dudethatsinfected |
Rutgers |
Mochila03 |
Maryland |
winless |
Rutgers |
|
fdlbadger |
Maryland |
Mr. Grizz |
Michigan State |
ziowa9 |
Rutgers |
|
FFXlion |
Maryland |
Northsiders16 |
Wisconsin |
|
|
Here's the line up for Week 2 (All times are Eastern):
Friday, September 8, 2023
|
Game Time |
Away |
Home |
|
7:00 PM |
Indiana State |
Indiana |
|
7:30 PM |
Illinois |
Kansas |
Saturday, September 9, 2023
|
Game Time |
Away |
Home |
|
12:00 PM |
Youngstown State |
Ohio State |
|
12:00 PM |
Deleware |
Penn State |
|
12:00 PM |
Nebraska |
Colorado |
|
12:00 PM |
Purdue |
Virginia Tech |
|
3:30 PM |
UNLV |
Michigan |
|
3:30 PM |
Iowa |
Iowa State |
|
3:30 PM |
Richmond |
Michigan State |
|
3:30 PM |
UTEP |
Northwestern |
|
7:30 PM |
Wisconsin |
Washington State |
|
7:30 PM |
Charlotte |
Maryland |
|
7:30 PM |
Eastern Michigan |
Minnesota |
|
7:30 PM |
Temple |
Rutgers |
Having known virtually nothing about this years teams, I am judging completely on the highlights of last weeks games (how could this go wrong?). I have looked ahead at the upcoming schedule though and have formulated a plan... at least for a few weeks.
My pick for week 2: Minnesota over Eastern Michigan. Minnesota didn't impress me that much in their win over Nebraska and though there are other teams I'm worried about picking that could post a win this week, I have plans for them later so I'm going with the Gophers.
Rules and tiebreaker info for both both brackets can be found in the week 1 post here:
Losers Bracket
If you get eliminated from the winners pool*, you may enter a second chance pool.
*You must have picked a game each week to be eligible.
Please remember you are now picking a team to lose.
Week 2 games are listed above. We have 9 eligible contestants who may enter the Losers Bracket if they wish:
|
Losers’ Bracket Eligible |
Prior Picks |
|
NE1963 |
Purdue |
|
Drysil |
Purdue |
|
Hoosiers47 |
Indiana |
|
K_Sull |
Purdue |
|
LouisStreet |
Northwestern |
|
NUDave |
Northwestern |
|
tech’01 |
Purdue |
|
Wacker Era Survivor |
Purdue |
|
Whipples |
Purdue |
Last week, NE1963 made a preemptive Week 2 pick of Maryland, which will still stand unless he/she chooses to change it but now Maryland must lose for the pick to be right.
Good luck to all.
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