#1119582 - Sun Dec 13 2015 03:45 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Football
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NCAA Football
|  | Week 14
December 4, 2015
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12 of 12 players lodged tips:
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23-17
23-24
34-7
34-27
34-29
6-14
35-41
37-45
13-16
28-45
13-24
15-29
24-27
22-41
17-21
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3
1
12
5
5
11
11
8
12
8
12
10
8
9
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(5-7)
(7-5)
(6-6)
(10-2)
(10-3)
(9-4)
(9-4)
(11-2)
(12-1)
(9-4)
(10-3)
(10-3)
(8-5)
(8-5)
(2-9)
| Northern Illinois v. Bowling Green
Texas* at Baylor
West Virginia at Kansas State
Georgia State* at Georgia Southern
Appalachian State at South Alabama
Sam Houston State at McNeese State
The Citadel at Charleston Southern
Chattanooga at Jacksonville State
North Carolina v. Clemson
Iowa v. Michigan State
Southern Mississippi at Western Kentucky
Temple v. Houston
Florida v. Alabama
Air Force at San Diego State
USC v. Stanford
Army at Navy |
(10-3)
(9-3)
(6-6)
(8-4)
(5-7)
(10-1)
(10-2)
(11-1)
(13-0)
(12-1)
(10-2)
(12-1)
(12-1)
(10-3)
(11-2)
(9-2)
| ElfTwinkle
ozzz2002
dg_dave Dizart ozzz2002
wwe84
Everybody
Sypher Howie72 gillyharold ozzz2002
wwe84 Dizart illiniman14 ozzz2002
wwe84
ozzz2002
gtho4 dg_dave ElfTwinkle wwe84
Everybody
ElfTwinkle wwe84 gillyharold illiniman14
Everybody
wwe84 illiniman14
ElfTwinkle Sypher Howie72 ozzz2002
wwe84 ozzz2002 gillyharold |
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Underlined teams indicate underdog victors
*- 10-point underdog (required for bonus)
Tipping Comp Standings
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW TOTAL tbp
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1 1 1-6 N-Bomb 150 11 161 4 0 3
2 2 1-3 George95 b 141 13 155 2 0 4
3 4 1-10 dg_dave 137 11 148 3 1 3
3 3 3-11 gtho4 138 10 148 2 0 3
5 9 1-9 Dizart b 131 13 145 3 1 3
5 6 4-12 Sypher 134 11 145 5 0 2
7 4 1-11 ElfTwinkle 137 07 144 2 2 6
7 7 4-9 Howie72 133 11 144 0 0 0
9 7 1-10 wwe84 us 133 08 143 1 4 16
10 9 7-12 gillyharold 131 10 141 1 3 6
11 11 3-11 illiniman14 130 11 140 1 2 2
12 12 6-12 ozzz2002 us 120 12 134 0 5 18
127 66
late starters 134
best picks 163 13 176
wooden spoon 90 7 97
perfect pick 208 16 224
solo pick 26 2 28
underdog pick 19 2 21
perfect bonus 15 2 17
b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/16
s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
u - Bonus point for picking underdog of 10+ points
tbp - Total bonus pts
x – ineligible for bonus pts
* - Point deducted for late tips
Default is away teams
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Weekly Leader
1. +2 Dizart George95
2. +3 ElfTwinkle
3. +3 ElfTwinkle
4. +2 wwe84
5. +2 wwe84 ElfTwinkle
6. +1 dg_dave George95
7. +2 George95
8. +2 George95
9. +6 N-Bomb George95
10. +1 N-Bomb
11. +1 N-Bomb
12. +3 N-Bomb
13. +9 N-Bomb
14. +6 N-Bomb
15.
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N-Bomb's lead is cut into somewhat by George95 as the latter gets a near perfect bonus (along with Dizart) and is now 6 points behind first place. Those two will in all likelihood be in the top 2 spots at the end of the comp, as George95 is 7 points separated from 3rd place. Seven tippers are within 5 points of 3rd place, so the last podium spot is still up for grabs.
The College Football Playoff is officially set, and there were no shockers that really shook up the standings. #1 Clemson played very evenly with #10 North Carolina for the first half, but then opened up to a 35-16 lead in the 3rd quarter. They traded touchdowns again, and UNC tried to catch up late, but Clemson held on to finish the year as the only 13-0 team. That last statement is correct because #4 Iowa fell to #5 Michigan State in what was the game of the weekend. Neither team scored a touchdown until Iowa connected for an 85-yard strike at the start of the 4th quarter. Down 13-9 with 9:31 left, Michigan State put together a drive for the ages. Using an epically methodical gameplan, the Spartans converted on 5 third downs, only failing once - which they then converted on fourth down. After 22 plays and over 9 minutes of possession, they drove it into the end zone and went up 16-13, where it would stand, sending Michigan State into the playoffs as the #4 seed.
The other spots were taken by an idle #3 Oklahoma and #2 Alabama, who had no trouble in dispatching #18 Florida.
The big shock was that Texas was able to finish off the season with a win despite being 20-point underdogs against #19 Baylor on the road. Another shocker was that Georgia State, fighting for a bowl game against 21-point favorite Georgia Southern, not only beat the spread; not only won the game; but in fact would have beaten the 21-point spread if they had been the favorite, winning 34-7. In the late game of this extended week, Army very nearly pulled off another upset, but Navy hung on to win the 14th consecutive time against their rival 21-17.
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spoonless streaks:
George95 .. no spoons since starting in 2011 (66 wks) + 14 weeks = 80
Howie72 .. last spoon week 10 of 2013 (24 wks) + 14 weeks = 38
Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Jan 04 2016 10:02 PM)
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#1121353 - Fri Jan 01 2016 10:07 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Football
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
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NCAA Football
| | Week 15
December 19, 2015
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12 of 12 players lodged tips:
| 28-35
29-31
35-45
32-17
7-55
58-27
31-45
7-42
10-16
14-20
31-44
(OT) 41-44
28-44
55-36
49-38
27-56
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11
4
12
1
9
8
9
4
10
9
10
11
6
9
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(8-5)
(8-5)
(10-2)
(8-6)
(9-4)
(7-6)
(7-6)
(6-7)
(8-5)
(9-5)
(6-7)
(8-5)
(8-5)
(10-3)
(7-6)
| BYU v. Utah
Ohio v. Appalachian State
South Florida v. Western Kentucky
Toledo v. Temple
Northern Illinois v. Boise State
Georgia Southern v. Bowling Green
Middle Tennessee State v. Western Michigan
Cincinnati v. San Diego State
Connecticut v. Marshall
Miami (FL) v. Washington State
Southern Mississippi v. Washington
Indiana v. Duke
Pittsburgh v. Navy
California v. Air Force
Baylor v. North Carolina
Texas Tech v. LSU |
(10-3)
(11-2)
(12-2)
(10-4)
(9-4)
(10-4)
(8-5)
(11-3)
(10-3)
(9-4)
(7-6)
(8-5)
(11-2)
(8-6)
(11-3)
(9-3)
| dg_dave gtho4 Sypher wwe84
gillyharold ozzz2002
wwe84
dg_dave gtho4 Sypher ozzz2002
Everybody
wwe84
George95 gtho4 wwe84
dg_dave Dizart illiniman14 ozzz2002
wwe84 gillyharold illiniman14
N-Bomb Dizart gillyharold illiniman14
wwe84 ozzz2002
N-Bomb George95 ElfTwinkle
wwe84 ozzz2002
gillyharold
Howie72 gillyharold ozzz2002 |
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Underlined teams indicate underdog victors
*- 10-point underdog (required for bonus)
Tipping Comp Standings
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW TOTAL tbp
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1 1 1-6 N-Bomb 161 12 173 4 0 3
2 2 1-3 George95 155 10 165 2 0 4
3 3 1-10 dg_dave 148 12 160 3 1 3
4 3 3-11 gtho4 148 11 159 2 0 3
4 5 4-12 Sypher b 145 13 159 6 0 3
6 5 1-9 Dizart x 145 13 158 3 1 3
7 7 4-9 Howie72 144 12 156 0 0 0
8 7 1-11 ElfTwinkle 144 11 155 2 2 6
9 9 1-10 wwe84 s 143 08 152 1 5 17
10 10 7-12 gillyharold 141 10 151 1 3 6
10 11 3-11 illiniman14 140 11 151 1 2 2
12 12 6-12 ozzz2002 134 08 142 0 6 18
131 68
late starters ---
best picks 176 13 189
wooden spoon 97 8 105
perfect pick 224 16 240
solo pick 28 1 29
underdog pick 21 0 21
perfect bonus 17 1 18
b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/16
s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
u - Bonus point for picking underdog of 10+ points
tbp - Total bonus pts
x – ineligible for bonus pts
* - Point deducted for late tips
Default is away teams
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Weekly Leader
1. +2 Dizart George95
2. +3 ElfTwinkle
3. +3 ElfTwinkle
4. +2 wwe84
5. +2 wwe84 ElfTwinkle
6. +1 dg_dave George95
7. +2 George95
8. +2 George95
9. +6 N-Bomb George95
10. +1 N-Bomb
11. +1 N-Bomb
12. +3 N-Bomb
13. +9 N-Bomb
14. +6 N-Bomb
15. +8 N-Bomb
16.
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N-Bomb has another solid week and is all but guaranteed the gold. The same goes for George95 and the silver, up 5 points in that spot. The fight for bronze will be interesting, as there are 4 tippers within 2 points of each other. dg_dave holds the slight 1-point edge over Sypher and gtho4, and 2 points over Dizart. All three behind him would be 1 point back, but Dizart only took 1 underdog (Duke) and was therefore ineligible for the perfect pick bonus as he picks up a win. Sypher did pick up the bonus point as he also notched a weekly win. wwe84 and ozzz2002 took the brunt of the first half of bowl season with a spoon for each.
The battle for Utah took place in Nevada this year. If you turned it off after the first quarter (and nobody would blame you), you saw Utah score 35 unanswered points and thought they were well on their way to victory. They would not score again, however, and BYU crawled back to 35-28, but couldn't make a stop on the last drive, allowing the clock to run out. The Camellia Bowl provided a completed comeback, as Ohio held a 24-7 lead going into the 4th quarter. They then allowed a touchdown to Appalachian State, and threw interceptions on consecutive drives, both followed by touchdowns themselves, and they were down 28-24 within 2 minutes of game time. The Bobcats scratched the lead back with a safety and field goal to go up 29-28, but a field goal for Appalachian State as time expired gave them the 31-29 victory.
Who can figure out Georgia Southern? The same team that lost by 27 as a 21-point favorite in the last week of the season came into the first half of the bowls an underdog by more than a touchdown, and came out a 31-point victor against Bowling Green. Both teams lost their head coaches (GSU's coach went to Tulane and BG's coach went to Syracuse), so maybe that explains their uneven performances.
Of the three bigger matchups in this part of bowl season, only one gave us a good game. Navy had no trouble dispatching Pittsburgh early. California's Jared Goff crushed Air Force with 6 touchdown passes. However, Baylor, having lost their starting QB late in the season, faced a North Carolina team who was a win away from being considered for the College Football Playoff. Baylor averaged 326 rushing yards per game this year, but exploded for 645 on their way to a 49-38 victory, which was contested more than the score may seem.
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spoonless streaks:
George95 .. no spoons since starting in 2011 (66 wks) + 15 weeks = 81
Howie72 .. last spoon week 10 of 2013 (24 wks) + 15 weeks = 39
Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Jan 04 2016 10:01 PM)
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#1121619 - Sun Jan 03 2016 03:44 PM
Re: Results & Standings .. NCAA Football
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
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NCAA Football
| | Week 16
December 30, 2015
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12 of 12 players lodged tips:
| 10-31
28-51
27-21
23-21
17-37
0-38
38-24
16-45
6-45
28-44
7-41
20-48
17-24
23-45
(3OT) 47-41
43-42
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11
8
1
3
8
2
10
6
10
10
8
11
9
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4
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(7-6)
(8-5)
(10-3)
(11-2)
(12-2)
(13-1)
(12-2)
(10-3)
(10-3)
(10-4)
(10-3)
(7-6)
(6-7)
(11-2)
(8-5)
| Memphis v. Auburn
NC State v. Mississippi State
Louisville v. Texas A&M
Wisconsin v. USC
Oklahoma v. Clemson
Michigan State v. Alabama
Houston v. Florida State
Iowa v. Stanford
Northwestern v. Tennessee
Notre Dame v. Ohio State
Florida v. Michigan
Oklahoma State v. Mississippi
Penn State v. Georgia
Kansas State v. Arkansas
TCU v. Oregon
West Virginia v. Arizona State |
(7-6)
(9-4)
(8-5)
(8-6)
(14-0)
(13-1)
(10-3)
(12-2)
(9-4)
(12-1)
(10-3)
(10-3)
(10-3)
(8-5)
(9-4)
(6-7)
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wwe84
George95 Dizart ElfTwinkle ozzz2002
gtho4
dg_dave Dizart illiniman14
dg_dave wwe84 gillyharold illiniman14
gillyharold ozzz2002
Dizart ozzz2002
wwe84 ozzz2002
wwe84 N-Bomb
dg_dave wwe84 illiniman14 ozzz2002
gillyharold
Dizart wwe84 ozzz2002
dg_dave Sypher Howie72 ElfTwinkle
George95 wwe84 gillyharold ozzz2002 |
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Underlined teams indicate underdog victors
*- 10-point underdog (required for bonus)
Tipping Comp Standings
position points
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TW LW hi-lo LW TW TOTAL tbp
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1 1 1-6 N-Bomb 173 10 183 4 0 3
2 2 1-3 George95 165 10 175 2 0 4
3 3 1-10 dg_dave 160 11 171 4 1 3
4 4 3-11 gtho4 s 159 11 171 3 0 4
5 4 4-12 Sypher 159 11 170 7 0 3
6 8 1-11 ElfTwinkle 155 11 166 3 2 6
6 7 4-9 Howie72 156 10 166 0 0 0
8 6 1-9 Dizart 158 07 165 3 1 3
9 10 7-12 gillyharold s 151 10 162 1 3 7
10 10 3-11 illiniman14 151 08 159 1 2 2
11 9 1-11 wwe84 152 05 158 1 5 17
12 12 6-12 ozzz2002 s 142 07 150 0 6 19
111 71
late starters ---
best picks 189 11 200
wooden spoon 105 5 110
perfect pick 240 16 256
solo pick 29 3 32
underdog pick 21 0 21
perfect bonus 18 0 18
b - Perfect score bonus point, or 13+/16
s - Bonus point for solo pick, or one of two
u - Bonus point for picking underdog of 10+ points
tbp - Total bonus pts
x – ineligible for bonus pts
* - Point deducted for late tips
Default is away teams
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Weekly Leader
1. +2 Dizart George95
2. +3 ElfTwinkle
3. +3 ElfTwinkle
4. +2 wwe84
5. +2 wwe84 ElfTwinkle
6. +1 dg_dave George95
7. +2 George95
8. +2 George95
9. +6 N-Bomb George95
10. +1 N-Bomb
11. +1 N-Bomb
12. +3 N-Bomb
13. +9 N-Bomb
14. +6 N-Bomb
15. +8 N-Bomb
16. +8 N-Bomb
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N-Bomb wins this comp going away - congratulations! This is really no surprise, as it was really won in week 13, when he jumped out from a 3 point lead to a 9 point lead, and over the course of the next 3 weeks only surrendered one point to the field. His margin of victory is easily the largest in this comp's history, with the previous best being Howie72's 4-point win in 2012.
George95 had some threats for the silver before the end of the regular season, but he put that to bed with a near perfect week and coasted through the bowl season for second place. The real battle happened in third, where for the third consecutive year dg_dave comes away with the bronze. He and gtho4 were tied at the end of the season, and also tied in HoF-spoon differential, but dg_dave had 1 more weekly win, giving him third place yet again. Sypher was 1 point away from taking bronze since he had a better differential with 7 wins and no spoons. Dizart was in the thick of it and in fine competitive fashion went all out, picking several games differently than those around him, but too many went the other way.
Five tippers ended the year spoonless, including George95, who is now up to 4th place all time for consecutive weeks without a spoon (accounting for gtho4's current FT-PL streak), as he has never had a spoon in this comp since he started playing in 2011 for a total of 82 weeks. George95 will be able to beat ozfei's current 94-week record next year.
Many of these late bowls were good matchups on paper, but ended up being blowouts. It was especially true for the College Football Playoff semifinal games. #1 Clemson found themselves an underdog despite going 13-0 in the regular season against #4 Oklahoma, and that prediction looked to be accurate at halftime, with the Sooners up 17-16. However, an opening drive touchdown put Clemson up for good, solidified by 2 more touchdowns and sending them to the National Championship Game for the opportunity to become the first FBS team to go 15-0. They will be joined by #2 Alabama, who also played a relatively even half with #3 Michigan State 10-0, but then blew the doors off the Spartans with 21 3rd quarter points as they rolled to a 38-0 victory.
The last 2 games of the regular bowl season provided an excellent end. The final game featured an offensive explosion between West Virginia and Arizona State, as the two were in a seesaw battle until the Mountaineers finally stopped the Sun Devils late in the 4th and won 43-42. But the game that to talk about was just before that, which is a surprise if you turned it off at halftime. If you did, you saw Oregon go up 31-0 in the first half while TCU stumbled around without their starting QB, who was suspended from the team after being arrested for striking a police officer after he snuck out past curfew a few days earlier. TCU kicked a field goal on their opening drive, made a stop, and scored a touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, they forced a fumble and scored another touchdown. Now down only 14, they kicked another field goal and scored yet another touchdown followed by a trick play 2-point conversion. A field goal with seconds to spare sent the game to overtime 31-31. Oregon finally got off the snide by matching TCU's first OT touchdown, and then they traded field goals in the second OT. TCU scored again but failed the mandatory 2-point conversion in the 3rd OT, but that didn't matter as they forced a stop on 4th down to win 47-41.
Thanks to everybody for a great season, and I hope to see everyone (and hopefully more) back next year!
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spoonless streaks:
George95 .. no spoons since starting in 2011 (66 wks) + 16 weeks = 82
Howie72 .. last spoon week 10 of 2013 (24 wks) + 16 weeks = 40
Sypher .. last spoon week 15 of 2013 (19 wks) + 16 weeks = 35
Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Jan 04 2016 10:01 PM)
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