Due to the overwhelming amount of games available to choose from, I'm not going to be posting lines from every game available. You will find and use lines on your own from whatever legitimate source you choose. We will be using a limited honor system here. You post the line you find, and I'll cross-check it with the source I use. I'll allow you a 2-point window in either direction. In other words, if your line is within two points of mine, I'll accept your line. If it's more than two points away, I'll let you know, and you can either change your pick or use my line. If a neutral party (neither myself nor the original picker) wishes to challenge my line, we can work it out over an AIM chat or something. Please note, the window is NOT there for the purpose of allowing you to pad your lines or anything. Be honest about the lines you fine. Honor system applies here.
However, since some of you probably won't want to do exhaustive research, I will post around five "spotlight games" each week. For the spotlight games, my lines must be used.
You may submit your picks at any time prior to the first game you are picking. All games must be picked in one post, meaning, if you want to pick a Thursday game and two Saturday games, you must pick all three games prior to the first game starting. Once any of your games have started, you may not change any of your picks. If you are going to change picks, DELETE AND REPOST. Do not edit your post. Any edited posts will not count.
Unless otherwise noted, every game picked must meet the following criteria: At least ONE of the teams involved must either be a member of a BCS conference, or ranked in the Top 25. BOTH teams must be members of Division 1-A, bowl division, whatever the hell it's called these days. For levels involving player-specific props, the spread of the game you are picking must be under 20.
The "week" will run Thursday - Monday. No games played on Tuesday or Wednesday are eligible for prediction until Championship Week. I'm thinking of including Bowl Season in this contest and doing something totally different for it, but haven't worked out the details yet. Keep this in mind so you don't accuse me of "changing the rules midway through." I'm warning you that such a change is coming now.
ATS = against the spread. OU = over/under. SU = straight up. If you don't know what these things mean, learn. We'll be using them frequently.
I will be participating myself. If anyone has any objections or thinks I'm doing anything unfairly, feel free to call me out and we'll sort it out. There's no prize here, it's all in good fun, fair competition among fans is encouraged!
Level 6: Variety Parlay - Pick three games. One favorite ATS, one dog ATS, and one game O/U. All three must be correct. No pushes.
Level 5: Winners, winners, winners - Pick one winner (SU) from each of the six BCS conferences. At least two of your picks must be favored by single digits or less. All six must win.
Level 4: Pick one game ATS. You must pick a road team who is favored.
Level 3: The Jakyl Tier - Three game teaser (pick three games ATS, add six points in your favor to each spread, all games must win, you may advance with ONE push)
Level 2: Pick three games OU. Must get two or more correct to advance.
Level 1: Pick one game ATS.
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I just want to get that one in there right away before the line drifts. Gotta take what I can get in the Big East. I'll come up with the rest of my picks later, I'm debating which 10-point-or-less favorite to take out of Utah, Stanford, and Cal.
Oh wait damnit it has to be 9 or less, not 10 or less. Goddamn the f***ing Big East is such a goddamn coin toss. Well on the bright side it automatically eats up one of my single-digit-or-less picks since nearly all of them are favored by less than 10 and everyone else is just as likely to win as Pittsburgh. I f***ing hate the Big East, can I just make two picks from every other conference instead?
Big East: TBA once I figure out who's actually in this PoS conference ACC: Clemson (-3.5) PAC-12: Oregon Big XII: Texas (I'd take Oklahoma State, but lolkansas) Big Ten: Penn State (-5) SEC: Arkansas
Since when do BCS conference teams play on Wednesday? God, even the Big East knows they're not a real BCS conference. Wednesday is for Sun Belt and MAC teams.
From: TsunamiXXVIII | #014 Wouldn't have been eligible anyway. UConn-Pittsburgh is tonight, and you said that Wednesday games aren't eligible until championship week.
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Well, even though I'm taking Utah in RL, I just can't bring myself to take them in this contest... Anyway, I'd easily go up to 40. The Ducks love to run up the score, WSU is just plain awful, and the game is in Autzen.
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I wouldn't touch that spread. I figured it would be in the mid to high 20's with Bennett still starting. I know they won by 43 with him last week but that was Colorado. WSU is terrible but they have to be 8 points better than Colorado.
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It's not really necessary - most of the levels have us picking multiple games anyway. I mean, I have to pick more games than there are spotlight games anyway. I basically have to go find a list of every game.
Man, this game is cringe-worthy. Martinez can't get the ball anywhere near his receivers. Cousins can't stop throwing into double coverage. Just awful.
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Good call on Nebraska, SmartMuffin. I had the Huskers in my picks originally, but changed my mind at the last moment and went with the MSU D to take the day. Luckily I didn't have that game for this contest, though.
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SmartMuffin posted... Man, this game is cringe-worthy. Martinez can't get the ball anywhere near his receivers. Cousins can't stop throwing into double coverage. Just awful.
Where are you that you can see it? Because I can't see s***. Goddamn snowstorm is screwing with my satellite dish.
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SmartMuffin posted... Uh, I'm in Oregon. There is nothing approaching snow here. It's probably like 60 outside.
Ah, West Coast. Lucky you. I'm over in New Jersey, and even my internet connection is hit-or-miss right now; nothing has outright shut off yet, but occasionally everything electrical in the house will flicker, and one time it actually did reboot the printer.
EDIT: And now it has shut the computer off momentarily.
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Nebraska is pissing me off. They've been wildly overranked all season, but they refuse to take a second loss and prove me right. This is their first impressive win of the entire year, and now that they've beaten Michigan State they'll hop up into or near the top 10 without having done anything to deserve it. The fact that they're ranked above Wisconsin is a complete f***ing joke, nobody with a brain thinks they're better than Wisconsin. God I hate Nebraska right now.
Those 35.5-point spreads are brutal and OH YEAH RUTGERS TAKES THE LEAD! Still early, but just the thought of Rutgers beating West Virginia for the first time since approximately the 1960s makes me very happy. (Okay, I think it was actually the 1980s, but you get the picture.)
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SmartMuffin posted... So I guess that snow I'm seeing at the Rutgers game is what you were talking about?
Yup, that's it. Should've known. I knew that the game was at Rutgers, but had a mental block about it. This snowstorm can only be good for the Scarlet Knights, I'd hope.
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