OONFL2K13 - Congrats, Ralph!

[Octavious]

3 missed for me. None locks thankfully. Not sue what crack I was smoking to pick Carolina.

[Zaxxon]

Average score for the week thus far: 22.3.

[Remus West]

For a week I wasn't supremely confident with, I've only missed one game so far.

Same here. If only Buffalo hadn't given their game away I'd be perfect with tonight and Monday remaining.

[pr0ner]

For a week I wasn't supremely confident with, I've only missed one game so far.

Same here. If only Buffalo hadn't given their game away I'd be perfect with tonight and Monday remaining.

Ditto.

[Zaxxon]

Average score for the week thus far: 22.3.

23.92 pending MNF.

[Octavious]

Meh I'm under the average for this week. Bummer... Couple of the picks have me wondering what the heck I was thinking. Dallas duh, Buffalo that one I can live with... New Orleans... Pretty dumb too, but they haven't exactly been great this year. If Chicago wins tonight I'll be 5-5 on locks so there's that. Sounds like a lot of people will be 5-5 on locks.

[Remus West]

Meh I'm under the average for this week. Bummer... Couple of the picks have me wondering what the heck I was thinking. Dallas duh, Buffalo that one I can live with... New Orleans... Pretty dumb too, but they haven't exactly been great this year. If Chicago wins tonight I'll be 5-5 on locks so there's that. Sounds like a lot of people will be 5-5 on locks.

I'm 4-4 on locks right now. I'll be very happy if I end up 4-5.

[Zaxxon]

Meh I'm under the average for this week. Bummer... Couple of the picks have me wondering what the heck I was thinking. Dallas duh, Buffalo that one I can live with... New Orleans... Pretty dumb too, but they haven't exactly been great this year. If Chicago wins tonight I'll be 5-5 on locks so there's that. Sounds like a lot of people will be 5-5 on locks.

I'm 4-4 on locks right now. I'll be very happy if I end up 4-5.

I will not.

[Zaxxon]

What a turnaround week from Week 6. Average score/game this week was 2.01--that's right, we averaged better than 13-0 this week. Last week the average was 0.80. Ridiculous. Since 11 of us tied for Top Dog, I'm going to call that a wash and just say we were all pretty good this week.

Score corrections should be submitted before kickoff of Thursday's game.

Week 7
Top Dog Half the League
Dumbass Big Jake
Avg Scr 26.19
Avg Scr / Gm 2.01
Leader Grievous Angel (2)


Player Week 7 Points
The Meal 29
Sparky 29
Hook'em Horns 29
Ralph-Wiggum 29
Miss Taken 29
Moghedian 29
Remus West 29
Captain Caveman 29
ChemNerd 29
Kurth 29
Zaxxon 29
Mr. Bob 28
Rdog 28
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 28
Grievous Angel 27
Gwatok 27
Mithridates 27
Pr0ner 27
Monkeyskunk 27
GamerIrv 27
The E-Chos 27
Skinypupy 27
Mr. Lem 26
Octavious 25
Mrs. Jim 25
Stinky Cheeseman 25
Hog 25
Deadzone 25
$iljanus 24
UJ 23
Mitma 23
Jeff V 23
Moghedian IM 23
Baroquen 22
JC Anejo 21
JC Anejo IM 20
Big Jake 20


Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Grievous Angel 155
UJ 154
The Meal 153
Sparky 152
Hook'em Horns 149
Gwatok 148
Ralph-Wiggum 147
Miss Taken 147
Moghedian 145
Octavious 145
Remus West 145
Captain Caveman 143
Mithridates 142
ChemNerd 141
Mitma 141
Pr0ner 141
Monkeyskunk 141
Mr. Bob 140
Kurth 139
Zaxxon 139
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Mr. Lem 138
Mrs. Jim 136
Rdog 136
JC Anejo 135
GamerIrv 135
JC Anejo IM 133
Big Jake 133
Jeff V 133
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 132
Stinky Cheeseman 131
The E-Chos 128
Skinypupy 127
Hog 127
Moghedian IM 125
Baroquen 116
Deadzone 112
$iljanus 111



Week 8 Games:

TB @ MIN (THURS)
CAR @ CHI
SD @ CLE
SEA @ DET
JAX @ GB
IND @ TEN
NE @ STL
MIA @ NYJ
ATL @PHI
WAS @ PIT
OAK @ KC
NYG @ DAL
NO @ DEN
SF @ARI (MON)

[Octavious]

Meh shaved off one point from the leader so I guess I can't complain. Some good games this week. I think I'll toss a coin in the air for the MIA/NYJ game.

[Octavious]

Super glad I got my pick in the last minute to lock the Vikings. Sigh

[Remus West]

Super glad I got my pick in the last minute to lock the Vikings. Sigh

Yep. The week I finally buy into the Vikings playing defense this is what they turn in. Ugh.

[Zaxxon]

Super glad I got my pick in the last minute to lock the Vikings. Sigh

Yep. The week I finally buy into the Vikings playing defense this is what they turn in. Ugh.

Ditto. On the bright side, it helped the Bears and Lions.

[Octavious]

Well I did horrific yesterday. I don't even want to tally it up.

[Remus West]

Well I did horrific yesterday. I don't even want to tally it up.

Heh, I missed a couple locks. Stupid Chargers and Vikings. On the flip side of that though is that I only picked the Lions out of bitterness that I was locking everyone else in the NFC North and refused to pick Detroit to lose the same week I did that.

[Zaxxon]

The Bears score 2 TDs in 8 seconds to steal one from Carolina. Then the Cowboys lose because Dez Bryant's hand is slightly too large and his butt slightly too small, leading to his hand hitting out of bounds a split-second before his butt hits the ground with the winning TD. Bizarre week. Congrats to Mrs. Stinky Cheeseman for earning Top Dog honors this week.

Get those Thursday picks and any score corrections in before kickoff if you want. This was the third week this season where most folks would have been better off 'forgetting' to submit their Thursday pick.

Week 8
Top Dog Mrs. Stinky Cheese
Dumbass $iljanus (2)
Avg Scr 20.41
Avg Scr / Gm 1.57
Leader Grievous Angel (3)

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Grievous Angel 180
UJ 175
The Meal 172
Hook'em Horns 172
Miss Taken 170
Gwatok 169
Ralph-Wiggum 168
Moghedian 168
Sparky 167
Octavious 166
Remus West 166
Mitma 164
Captain Caveman 163
Mithridates 163
Mr. Lem 163
Zaxxon 162
Mr. Bob 161
Rdog 161
ChemNerd 160
Pr0ner 160
Monkeyskunk 160
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Kurth 158
JC Anejo 158
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 158
Mrs. Jim 157
Big Jake 157
Stinky Cheeseman 157
GamerIrv 156
The E-Chos 153
Jeff V 151
JC Anejo IM 150
Skinypupy 144
Hog 144
Baroquen 133
Deadzone 133
Moghedian IM 130
$iljanus 123


Player Week 8 Points
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 26
Mr. Lem 25
Rdog 25
Grievous Angel 25
The E-Chos 25
Big Jake 24
Stinky Cheeseman 24
JC Anejo 23
Miss Taken 23
Mitma 23
Moghedian 23
Zaxxon 23
Hook'em Horns 23
Deadzone 21
GamerIrv 21
Gwatok 21
Mithridates 21
Mr. Bob 21
Mrs. Jim 21
Ralph-Wiggum 21
Remus West 21
UJ 21
Octavious 21
Captain Caveman 20
ChemNerd 19
Kurth 19
Monkeyskunk 19
Pr0ner 19
The Meal 19
Jeff V 18
Baroquen 17
Hog 17
JC Anejo IM 17
Skinypupy 17
Sparky 15
$iljanus 12
Moghedian IM 5

Week 9 Games:
KC @ SD (THURS)
DEN @ CIN
BAL @ CLE
ARI @ GB
CHI @ TEN
MIA @ IND
CAR @ WAS
DET @ JAX
BUF @ HOU
MIN @ SEA
TB @ OAK
PIT @ NYG
DAL @ ATL
PHI @ NO (MON)

[Zaxxon]

We're bookended by Ironmen this week--Moghedian IM with 9 points, and JC Anejo IM with a whopping 31 (and his second Top Dog). I have no idea what to make of that, so I'll share this instead.

Score corrections due before Thursday's kickoff. Good luck in the 2nd half of the season!

Week 9
Top Dog JC Anejo IM (2)
Dumbass Octavious
Avg Scr 24.73
Avg Scr / Gm 1.77
Leader Grievous Angel (4)

Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Grievous Angel 203
Gwatok 198
Hook'em Horns 197
The Meal 197
Miss Taken 197
UJ 196
Remus West 193
Moghedian 193
Ralph-Wiggum 193
Mitma 193
Mr. Lem 191
Mithridates 190
Captain Caveman 188
Mr. Bob 188
Pr0ner 187
Zaxxon 187
Rdog 186
Sparky 186
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 186
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Kurth 185
Octavious 184
Stinky Cheeseman 184
ChemNerd 183
Monkeyskunk 183
JC Anejo 183
Big Jake 181
GamerIrv 181
JC Anejo IM 181
Mrs. Jim 180
The E-Chos 180
Jeff V 174
Hog 173
Skinypupy 167
Deadzone 160
Baroquen 158
$iljanus 142
Moghedian IM 139


Player Week 9 Points
JC Anejo IM 31
Gwatok 29
Mitma 29
Hog 29
Mr. Lem 28
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 28
Miss Taken 27
Remus West 27
Mithridates 27
Mr. Bob 27
Pr0ner 27
Kurth 27
Stinky Cheeseman 27
The E-Chos 27
Deadzone 27
Hook'em Horns 25
The Meal 25
Moghedian 25
Ralph-Wiggum 25
Captain Caveman 25
Zaxxon 25
Rdog 25
JC Anejo 25
GamerIrv 25
Baroquen 25
Big Jake 24
Grievous Angel 23
ChemNerd 23
Monkeyskunk 23
Mrs. Jim 23
Jeff V 23
Skinypupy 23
UJ 21
Sparky 19
$iljanus 19
Octavious 18
Moghedian IM 9

Week 10 Games:

IND @ JAX (THURS)
NYG @ CIN
TEN @ MIA
DET @ MIN
BUF @ NE
ATL @ NO
SD @ TB
DEN @ CAR
OAK @ BAL
NYJ @ SEA
DAL @ PHI
STL @ SF
HOU @ CHI
KC @ PIT (MON)

[Octavious]

Ugh I'm below the line! Terrible week. Sigh.

[Octavious]

Forgot my pick for last night.

[Zaxxon]

So if your name isn't Octavious, your positioning is likely +/- 0 or one point from where you stood before last night. Almost everyone picked Indy, and a bunch locked them. Must have been feeling Luck-y.

[Octavious]

Ya I would have locked them too. Sigh.

[Octavious]

Can I have a do over for this week? Holy crap I'm getting murdered.

[Ralph-Wiggum]

I think if you correctly predict a tie you should get 20 points....

[Octavious]

I'm using a dart board for next week. Won't be any worse then me trying to pick the games.

[Zaxxon]

I think if you correctly predict a tie you should get 20 points....

Well, there are 256 reg. season games each year, and about one tie every 4+ years, right? So to make the math easy let's say your odds are somewhere around 1 in 1,000. Compare that to 1 in 2 for picking a winner--a tie should be worth about 1,000 points.

It's worth 2 in our pool.

[Isgrimnur]

18 ties in the 38 years possible, so average of just longer than two years. But the 80s had 10, so they throw the calculations way off. There have been five in the last 22 years, so one every 4.4 seasons since 1990.

[hog]

It's worth 2 in our pool.

I was going to ask about this. I locked the Niners, what happens then?

With the 1000 points for a tie rule, I'd guess all ties all the time!! I could hardly do worse than I'm doing now, but if some weekend 2 ties happen...

[Zaxxon]

Hog, for the purposes of the pool you're either right or wrong. So in the case if a locked mispick of a tie, it's just -1 point, same as an incorrect lock.

[hog]

CRAP!

I misunderstood your earlier "in our pool it's worth 2 points" - didn't realize that was part of the hypothetical where someone predicted a tie as the outcome.

Oh well - I bet a lot of people locked the Niners, though.

[Remus West]

CRAP!

I misunderstood your earlier "in our pool it's worth 2 points" - didn't realize that was part of the hypothetical where someone predicted a tie as the outcome.

Oh well - I bet a lot of people locked the Niners, though.

at least one other person did.

[Zaxxon]

Oh, the highs and lows of being a Bears fan. Who's looking forward to a MNF contest between two teams without a starting quarterback between 'em? I have nothing productive to say about this week. Week 10 score corrections are due by the kickoff of Thursday night's game.

Week 10
Top Dog Baroquen
Dumbass Octavious (2)
Avg Scr 15.93
Avg Scr / Gm 1.00
Leader Grievous Angel (5)

Player Week 10 Points
Baroquen 22
Mr. Lem 21
Stinky Cheeseman 21
ChemNerd 21
Hog 21
Mithridates 20
$iljanus 20
Grievous Angel 19
Gwatok 19
Miss Taken 19
The Meal 19
Ralph-Wiggum 19
Moghedian 19
Remus West 19
Zaxxon 19
Kurth 19
Monkeyskunk 19
GamerIrv 19
Mrs. Jim 19
The E-Chos 19
Deadzone 19
Moghedian IM 19
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 18
Skinypupy 18
Hook'em Horns 17
UJ 17
Mr. Bob 17
Captain Caveman 17
Sparky 17
Rdog 17
Mitma 15
Pr0ner 15
JC Anejo 15
Big Jake 15
Jeff V 15
Octavious 13
JC Anejo IM 12



Player Ttl Rglr Season Pts
Grievous Angel 222
Gwatok 217
Miss Taken 216
The Meal 216
Hook'em Horns 214
UJ 213
Ralph-Wiggum 212
Moghedian 212
Mr. Lem 212
Remus West 212
Mithridates 210
Mitma 208
Zaxxon 206
Mr. Bob 205
Captain Caveman 205
Stinky Cheeseman 205
ChemNerd 204
Kurth 204
Mrs. Stinky Cheese 204
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Sparky 203
Rdog 203
Pr0ner 202
Monkeyskunk 202
GamerIrv 200
Mrs. Jim 199
The E-Chos 199
JC Anejo 198
Octavious 197
Big Jake 196
Hog 194
JC Anejo IM 193
Jeff V 189
Skinypupy 185
Baroquen 180
Deadzone 179
$iljanus 162
Moghedian IM 158


Week 11 games:

MIA @ BUF (Thurs)
ARI @ ATL
CLE @ DAL
GB @ DET
CIN @ KC
PHI @ WAS
TB @ CAR
JAX @ HOU
NYJ @ STL
IND @ NE
NO @ OAK
SD @ DEN
BAL @ PIT
CHI @ SF (Mon)

[Octavious]

Sigh

[Grievous Angel]

Hog, for the purposes of the pool you're either right or wrong. So in the case if a locked mispick of a tie, it's just -1 point, same as an incorrect lock.

So there was no way to win this game (because probably nobody has ever picked "tie" as a possible outcome in the history of this contest), but there was still a way to lose if you locked one of the teams? Seems like a fairer thing to do would be to toss the game out of the results and award 0 points for everyone. I know I'll suggest that as a rule change for next year's contest.

[Remus West]

Hog, for the purposes of the pool you're either right or wrong. So in the case if a locked mispick of a tie, it's just -1 point, same as an incorrect lock.

So there was no way to win this game (because probably nobody has ever picked "tie" as a possible outcome in the history of this contest), but there was still a way to lose if you locked one of the teams? Seems like a fairer thing to do would be to toss the game out of the results and award 0 points for everyone. I know I'll suggest that as a rule change for next year's contest.

I like the way it is. When you place that lock you are saying you are 100% certain that team is going to win. You are not saying you think they will not lose. Important distinction. So you suffer the penalty of being wrong on your lock (and for perspective, I locked San Fran and lost the point).

[The Meal]

I, too, like the rule regarding ties as currently written.

[Octavious]

I like it the way it is too.

[Zaxxon]

Average for the week so far is 26.49, and one person's running a perfect week pending tonight's outcome. If STL had knocked off NYJ, we'd have a boatload of perfect weeks going. Craziness.

[pr0ner]

Crazy thing is, we weren't very far from a disaster of a week. I'm sure a lot of people locked ATL, DAL, and HOU.

[Zaxxon]

Crazy thing is, we weren't very far from a disaster of a week. I'm sure a lot of people locked ATL, DAL, and HOU.

Yup. And DET didn't have many locks, but the overwhelming majority picked GB. Same with BAL over PIT.

[Grievous Angel]

Now I'm REALLY pissed I didn't pick Buffalo over Miami. Would've been perfect otherwise. Maybe next week.