Mavric Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 After a year hiatus, the Donkey Bowl Contest is back! Why Pin the Tail on the Donkey? Because it will look like most of your picks came as a result of you being spun around in a circle until dizzy, then wandered around until you came up with a random off-the-wall guess. You predict the winner and the MoV (margin of victory) of all 40 bowl games. The closer you come to the actual MoV, the more points you will earn. Post your picks in a reply to this thread. Based on the difference between the MoV to your pick and the weight of the game, you are awarded a certain amount of points (see below). You can still earn points if you guess the wrong team, but are still close enough in the overall point difference. However you will be penalized two points in accuracy for a wrong pick. It is possible to score negative points if you pick the wrong team and the margin of your error is greater than 15. Some games are worth more than others (see below). The amount of points you will win is based on the accuracy of your picks multiplied by the weight factor of the game. All Picks are due by kickoff of the first game - 10:00 AM CST, December16. If you are late with your picks, you get a zero for all games that you missed the opening kickoff. Post picks to this thread. Margin of Error: 0 to 3 = 5 Donkey Points Margin of Error: 4 to 7 = 4 Donkey Points Margin of Error: 8 to 11 = 3 Donkey Points Margin of Error: 12 to 15 = 2 Donkey Points Margin of Error: 16 to 20 = 1 Donkey Points Margin of Error: 21 or more = 0 Donkey Points Of the 43 games, 29 are worth one point each, the seven games involving Husker opponents plus other Big Ten teams not in the New Year's Six are worth two points each, the four non-playoff New Year's Six games are worth three points each, the Playoff Semi-Finals are worth four points, and the National Championship game is worth five points, for a total weighted value of 68. The maximum amount of Donkey Points you can earn is 340; if you get half that many you will likely win. You will have to re-post your selection for the National Championship game between January 1st and kickoff of the game. Example: Say you picked Tennessee to win the Citrus Bowl by three points, but Iowa wins by two points. Your pick was off by only five points, which would have earned you 4 accuracy points had you selected the correct team. Since you picked the wrong team, you lose 2 points and only get 2 accuracy points. But since the Citrus Bowl is double weighted, your 2 points are doubled for a total of 4 Donkey Points. Regular Games : Myrtle Beach Georgia Southern v Ohio Celebration Howard v Florida A&M New Orleans Jacksonville State v Louisiana Cure Appalachian State v Miami-Ohio New Mexico New Mexico State v Fresno State LA Boise State v UCLA Independence Texas Tech v Cal Famous Toastery Western Kentucky v Old Dominion Frisco UTSA v Marshall Boca Raton USF v Syracuse Gasparilla Georgia Tech v UCF Birmingham Troy v Duke Armed Forces James Madison v Air Force Idaho Potato Utah State v Georgia State 68 Ventures South Alabama v Eastern Michigan Hawai'i Coastal Carolina v San Jose State First Responder Texas State v Rice Guaranteed Rate Kansas v UNLV Military Tulane v Virginia Tech Duke's Mayo North Carolina v West Virginia Holiday Louisville v USC Texas Oklahoma State v Texas A&M Fenway SMU v Boston College Pop-Tarts NC State v Kansas State Alamo Oklahoma v Arizona Gator Clemson v Kentucky Tony the Tiger Notre Dame v Oregon State Liberty Iowa State v Memphis Arizona Toledo v Wyoming Double Point Games: Camellia Arkansas State v Northern Illinois Las Vegas Northwestern v Utah Quick Lane Bowling Green v Minnesota Pinstripe Miami v Rutgers Music City Maryland v Auburn ReliaQuest Wisconsin v LSU Citrus Iowa v Tennessee Triple Point Games: Cotton Ohio State v Missouri Peach Penn State v Ole Miss Orange Florida State v Georgia Fiesta Oregon v Liberty Quadruple Point Game: Rose Michigan v Alabama Sugar Washington v Texas Quintuple Point Game: National Champion TBD 1 Quote Link to comment
DevoHusker Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 Yeah, I'm not going to read all that so...congratulations or thoughts and prayers...whichever Quote Link to comment
commando Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 20 hours ago, Mavric said: Regular Games : Myrtle Beach Georgia Southern v Ohio 7 Celebration Howard v Florida A&M 14 New Orleans Jacksonville State v Louisiana 7 Cure Appalachian State v Miami-Ohio 7 New Mexico New Mexico State v Fresno State 10 LA Boise State v UCLA 10 Independence Texas Tech v Cal 7 Famous Toastery Western Kentucky v Old Dominion 7 Frisco UTSA v Marshall 7 Boca Raton USF v Syracuse 10 Gasparilla Georgia Tech v UCF 7 Birmingham Troy v Duke 7 Armed Forces James Madison v Air Force 7 Idaho Potato Utah State v Georgia State 7 68 Ventures South Alabama v Eastern Michigan 7 Hawai'i Coastal Carolina v San Jose State 7 First Responder Texas State v Rice 7 Guaranteed Rate Kansas v UNLV 10 Military Tulane v Virginia Tech 3 Duke's Mayo North Carolina v West Virginia 6 Holiday Louisville v USC 7 Texas Oklahoma State v Texas A&M 6 Fenway SMU v Boston College 3 Pop-Tarts NC State v Kansas State 7 Alamo Oklahoma v Arizona 7 Gator Clemson v Kentucky 7 Tony the Tiger Notre Dame v Oregon State 10 Liberty Iowa State v Memphis 6 Arizona Toledo v Wyoming 7 Double Point Games: Camellia Arkansas State v Northern Illinois 7 Las Vegas Northwestern v Utah 7 Quick Lane Bowling Green v Minnesota 10 Pinstripe Miami v Rutgers 7 Music City Maryland v Auburn 7 ReliaQuest Wisconsin v LSU 10 Citrus Iowa v Tennessee 3 Triple Point Games: Cotton Ohio State v Missouri 10 Peach Penn State v Ole Miss 7 Orange Florida State v Georgia 7 Fiesta Oregon v Liberty 10 Quadruple Point Game: Rose Michigan v Alabama 7 Sugar Washington v Texas 7 Quintuple Point Game: National Champion TBD 1 Quote Link to comment
commando Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 looks like i am tied for first and last place 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 27, 2023 Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 2:59 PM, commando said: looks like i am tied for first and last place I think you are officially the winner! 2 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 7 hours ago, Mavric said: I think you are officially the winner! * admo enters the chat * Hey guys 1 Quote Link to comment
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