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spendius
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 05:07 am
Week 8 Spreads

Tampa Bay @ Minnesota (--6)

Miami @ New York Jets (--1)
San Diego (--3) @ Cleveland
Indianapolis @ Tennessee (--4)
New England (--7)@ St Louis
Jacksonville @ Green Bay (--10)
Atlanta @ Philadelphia (--2)
Washington @ Pittsburgh (--5)
Seattle @ Detroit (--4)
Carolina @ Chicago (--8)

Oakland @ Kansas City (--3)
New York Giants @ Dallas (--1)

New Orleans @ Denver (--6)

San Francisco (--7) @ Arizona
Region Philbis
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 05:27 am
@spendius,

... will you be checking out the action @ wembley this sunday?
spendius
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 07:01 am
@Region Philbis,
On TV. It's an event for the wonderful people to be seen at. The cheapest tickts are £100. Which is around $150.

It's a socially superior fancy dress party in essence. It has nothing to do with sport. It is a business proposition with the usual marketing hype.
spendius
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 08:40 am
@spendius,
There won't be any cow herders there RP. The stadium will be packed by those who specialise in lies.
spendius
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 12:24 pm
@spendius,
There will be a lot of people there from the real estate industry I should think. And finance and entertainment. Those professions drawn from the weedy swots. There are special farms where they can go to get a feel of country cowshit as an "experience" as part of their "going Green" self-indoctrination. Parties of 20 or so at a tenner a go adds up when they only want to tread around in cowshit for a short-while and throw the pigs some potato peelings. For an extra fiver they can peel the potatoes.

So it's only to be expected that a testosterone bath once a year will have its attractions. I hope they put the roof over so that the stuff doesn't disperse too rapidly.

What does it cost to put on? 70,000 at a min. price of £100, the cheap seats, must get to £10m. Then there's TV. Franchise ****. £20 m. say.

Would the heavy lifting be a million? Would the competing interests for the rest play like they do in NFL?

No wonder all the commentators and studio pundits have "swinging dick" voices.
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McGentrix
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 12:48 pm
@realjohnboy,
Sure, why not?

WEEK 8 SCHEDULE-
Thurs 10/25:
Tampa Bay
Sun 10/28 - early:
New York Jets
San Diego
Tennessee
New England
Green Bay
Atlanta
Washington
Seattle
Chicago
Sun - late:
Kansas City
New York Giants
Sun - night:
Denver
Mon - night:
San Francisco (14-10)

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realjohnboy
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 01:57 pm
JPLosman- Please predict the final score in the SF @ Az game. Thanks.
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George
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 01:59 pm
Minnesota Vikings
Miami Dolphins
San Diego Chargers
Tennessee Titans
New England Patriots
Green Bay Packers
Atlanta Falcons
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
Chicago Bears
Kansas City Chiefs
Dallas Cowboys
Denver Broncos

San Francisco (24-21)
wandeljw
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 02:39 pm
MY WEEK 8 PICKS:

Minnesota

New York Jets
San Diego
Indianapolis
New England
Green Bay
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Chicago

Oakland
New York Giants

Denver

Arizona (21-17)
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realjohnboy
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 04:42 pm
Yawn. Cowdoc Wins Again.
We did well in Week #7 as a group; much better than the disaster of Week #6. Cowdoc was 12-1, missing only on the last game. Ragman also was 12-1. The tiebreaker went to Cowdoc.
Mysteryman, JPLosman, Miz Cowdoc and Rhys finished at a nice 11-2. Osso, Johnboy, Wandeljw and McGentrix were at 10-3. Tico, Coastalrat and Liontamerx went 9-4. JPB and Ehbeth had to settle for records of 8-5. Edgar and George were 7-6 and Jespah and Andy finished at 6-7.
And Region was an astonishing 3-10.
The best ESPN guy was 12-1. CoinToss and the worst ESPN dude were 8-5.

Weekly winners (and our winning % as a group):
1) Cowdoc (.628)
2) Coastalrat (.470)
3) Wandeljw (.403)
4) Rhys (.700)
5) Cowdoc (.674)
6) JPLosman (.352)
7) Cowdoc (.692)
spendius
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 04:54 pm
@George,
Do you not do the "49er" George?
George
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 05:41 pm
@spendius,
Oops
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Ragman
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 06:15 pm
@realjohnboy,
Please refresh my foggy memory. How did I lose the tiebreaker?
realjohnboy
 
  2  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 06:24 pm
And the standings....
(-) Best ESPN expert (71-33 .683)
(1) Cowdoc (64-40 .615) takes the lead
(2) Miz Cowdoc (44-28 .611)
(-) Cointoss (63-41 .606)
(3) JPLosman (52-35 .598) moves up a couple slots, as does
(4) Ragman (62-42 .596)
(4) Wandeljw is down from 2nd
(6) George (60-44 .577) tumbles from 1st after a bad outing joining
(6) Coastalrat and
(6) Osso
(9) Rhys (59-45 .567) has a good week and advances while
(9) Tico and
(9) McGentrix remain in the middle - 5 games behind
(12) Liontamerx (58-45 .563)
(13) Mysteryman (57-47 .548) gets a bounce
(14) Jespah (56-48 .538) swoons, joining
(14) JPB and
(14) Johnboy and the
(-) Worst ESPN guy
(17) AndyD (55-49 .529) plummets from 10th
(18) Edgar (53-51 .510) has his head above water while
(19) Region (50-54 .481) and
(20) Ehbeth (48-56 .462) do not.

We as a group have gotten just under 56% of our picks right.
ehBeth
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 06:38 pm
@realjohnboy,
Thurs 10/25:

Minnesota


Sun 10/28 - early:

Miami @ New York Jets

San Diego

Indianapolis

New England

Green Bay

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Detroit

Chicago

Sun - late:

Oakland

New York Giants @ Dallas

Sun - night:

Denver


Mon - night:

San Francisco

24 - 10

~~


have to decide if I trust NY again

Confused

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edgarblythe
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 07:10 pm
Minnesota
New York Jets
San Diego
Tennessee
New England
Green Bay
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Chicago
Kansas City
New York Giants
Denver
San Francisco(25-19)
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realjohnboy
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 07:39 pm
@Ragman,
The first tiebreaker is the player who predicts a point total closest to the actual total of the last game of the week. You predicted the final score would be 28-17 = 45 points. Cowdoc said 24-17 = 41 points. The final score was something like 13-7 = 20. Cowdoc wins...unless I recorded something wrong.
There are various other tiebreakers in case we need them, concluding with the quirky "(5)...if still tied, the week goes to the lower ranked player." I am proud of that as the final one.
I've posted the rules on breaking ties at least once a year and I have asked for suggestions. No responses, which is not all that surprising, I guess.
I hope I have clarified things. I don't care what the rules are, as long as there are rules I can follow.
ossobuco
 
  1  
Tue 23 Oct, 2012 08:25 pm
@realjohnboy,
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota
Miami @ New York Jets
San Diego @ Cleveland
Indianapolis @ Tennessee
New England @ St Louis
Jacksonville @ Green Bay
Atlanta @ Philadelphia
Washington @ Pittsburgh
Seattle @ Detroit
Carolina @ Chicago
Oakland @ Kansas City
New York Giants @ Dallas
New Orleans @ Denver
San Francisco @ Arizona (+ score) 28-21

Some of those choices are wishful thinking.
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Ragman
 
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Tue 23 Oct, 2012 10:18 pm
@realjohnboy,
thanks ... I appreciate that. You recorded it correctly. No criticism was intended.

Personally, I've no problem with the rules. I forgot how tiebreaker worked as it's been forever and I've a sieve for a brain lately. I couldn't easily locate the part of the thread that 'splained 'em.
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spendius
 
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Wed 24 Oct, 2012 05:00 am
@realjohnboy,
Quote:
We as a group have gotten just under 56% of our picks right.


That's terrible picking John considering that 3 or 4 games every week involve a team at 5 to 1 on in the betting. There are 7 teams this next week which are hot overdogs. The Vikes, the Packers, the Steelers, the Patriots, the Bears, the Broncos and the 49ers.
 

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