If New Orleans wins tonight, I will have my first week where I picked more winners than losers. If Minnesota wins I will maintain my great .500 record. So I can't lose.
(Be afraid - be very afraid. I can pick 100% any week now. Yeah right.)
@realjohnboy,
realjohnboy wrote:So if MN wins there would be a 5 way tie. El Stud has the final score as 26-24 (50) and George sees it as, hmm, 26-24 (50). That would be an amusing outcome if MN wins and by total points being 50 or more.
It would be a real headache if MN wins. Let's just declare New Orleans the winner. Nobody wants to watch tonight's game anyway.
@McGentrix,
So George and El Stud share the winner's circle this week? (I picked Minnesota twice and they caved at the end. So this week I pick New Orleans and Minnesota wins. Advice to the group: pick whatever I don't.)
However, I did bravely defend my .500 percentage.
@George,
Something just happened to George. I guess realjohnboy will have to give the victory to El Stud.
@realjohnboy,
This from about a half a dozen pages back:
realjohnboy wrote:
Ignore the man dressed in black behind the curtain as he spells out the rules for how the tiebreaker points work. It looks like it may perhaps become a factor this week. I don't care whether you like the system or not. These are the rules in the event of a tie in Wins vs Losses:
1) Total # of points in the Monday night game;
2) Closest to the winning team's points in the Monday night game;
3) Closest to the losing team's points in the Monday night game;
4) Closest to the home team's total points in the Monday night game;
5) Closest to the road team's total points in the Monday night game;
6) Whichever player scored fewer points in the previous week (or the week before that etc.)
I'll be here shortly with the winner.
@realjohnboy,
So an unprecedented 5 players finished the week at 10-4. The final score last night was Minnesota 30 New Orleans 27. 57 points in total. The 1st tiebreaker is based on which player was closest to predicting the total points. That eliminated Mcgentrix (26), Ehbeth (45) and Fbaezer (48). Left standing were El Stud and George (both with 50). That quickly moved us to the next tie-breakers. which turned out to useless since both ElStud and George chose identical the same final score (26-24).
The final tiebreaker is which player did worse last week (a rather quirky choice for a tiebreaker but it struck me as oddly appropriate for A2K).
In the quote above note that George was 6-7 and ElStud was 7-6 in Week #4.
GEORGE WINS! GEORGE WINS! GEORGE WINS!
@realjohnboy,
I tanked under pressure.
(where is my cubs hat...)
@George,
We (I think JPB's fingerprints may be on the tiebreaker rules along with mine) came up with the system last year when she ran this game. We decided to reward mediocrity.
@realjohnboy,
Well way to go George, and compliment to El Stud as the runner up.
For myself, I am most honored to share the company of all those I lost with. . . .again.
@realjohnboy,
j-boy wrote:We (I think JPB's fingerprints may be on the tiebreaker rules along with mine) came up with the system last year when she ran this game. We decided to reward mediocrity.
The way I've been picking, mediocrity would be an upgrade.
@realjohnboy,
Er.....
ElStudHoncho wrote:
I ain't doin' to good, but here I go again.........
Here is the schedule for Week #5:
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Monday night:
Minnesota 24 New Orleans 17
GEORGE STILL WINS!!!! GEORGE STILL WINS!!!!!
Congrats George...............weird huh? Who'd a thunk it?
@ElStudHoncho,
See Johnboy screw-up. Screw-up, screw-up, screw-up. See, see, see.
My apologies. I will try to better.
Here are the results from Week #5:
At 10-4 were McGentrix, ElStud, George, Fbaezer and Ehbeth.
Edgar, Rockhead, Wandeljw and Miz Cowdoc finished at 9-5.
Osso, Jespah, Region, Ragman, Imur and Cowdow gathered together at 8-6.
Mysteryman skipped a game and wound up at 8-5.
Johnboy, Tico, Foxfyre, and Alex broke even at 7-7.
None of us finished with a losing record this week.
@realjohnboy,
realjohnboy wrote:
See Johnboy screw-up. Screw-up, screw-up, screw-up. See, see, see.
My apologies. I will try to better.
If that's the worst screw up you have this week, you'll be way ahead of 99% of the folks on the planet. Thanks so much for taking your time and talent to make this fun for us RJB.
