Mavric Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Time to dust this back off... 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 - 11:00 AM CST, December17. If you are late with your picks, you get a zero for all games that you missed the opening kickoff. 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 Oregon to win the Alamo Bowl by three points, but Oklahoma 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 Alamo is double weighted, your 2 points are doubled for a total of 4 Donkey Points. Regular Games : Bahamas Middle Tennessee v Toledo Cure Northern Illinois v Coastal Carolina Boca Raton Western Kentucky v Appalachian State New Mexico UTEP v Fresno State Independence UAB v BYU LendingTree Eastern Michigan v Liberty Jimmy Kimmel LA Utah State v Oregon State New Orleans Louisiana v Marshall Myrtle Beach Old Dominion v Tulsa Idaho Potato Kent State v Wyoming Frisco UTSA v San Diego State Armed Forces Missouri v Army Frisco Classic North Texas v Miami (OH) Gasparilla UCF v Florida Hawai'i Hawai'i v Memphis Camellia Georgia State v Ball State Quick Lane Western Michigan v Nevada Military Boston College v East Carolina Birmingham Houston v Auburn First Responder Air Force v Louisville Liberty Mississippi State v Texas Tech Holiday UCLA v North Carolina State Fenway SMU v Virginia Cheez-It Clemson v Iowa State Duke's Mayo North Carolina v South Carolina Gator Wake Forest v Texas A&M Sun Washington State v Miami Arizona Central Michigan v Boise State Texas LSU v Kansas State Double Point Games: Guaranteed Rate West Virginia v Minnesota Pinstripe Maryland v Virginia Tech Alamo Oregon v Oklahoma Music City Tennessee v Purdue Las Vegas Wisconsin v Arizona State Outback Penn State v Arkansas Citrus Iowa v Kentucky Triple Point Games: Peach Pittsburgh v Michigan State Fiesta Oklahoma State v Notre Dame Rose Utah v Ohio State Sugar Baylor v Ole Miss Quadruple Point Game: Cotton Cincinnati v Alabama Orange Georgia v Michigan Quintuple Point Game: National Champion TBD 2 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I gotta do math? Nevermind, I'll figure it out, I'm IN! Quote Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 So is there a site we register for on this...or do we gotta do this old school? 1 Quote Link to comment
commando Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Regular Games : Bahamas Middle Tennessee v Toledo holy toledo by 7 Cure Northern Illinois v Coastal Carolina coastal carolina 10 Boca Raton Western Kentucky v Appalachian State W. kentucky 6 New Mexico UTEP v Fresno State Fresno 10 Independence UAB v BYU BYU 7 LendingTree Eastern Michigan v Liberty E. Michigan 7 Jimmy Kimmel LA Utah State v Oregon State oregon st. 1 New Orleans Louisiana v Marshall marshall 6 Myrtle Beach Old Dominion v Tulsa tulsa 7 Idaho Potato Kent State v Wyoming wyoming 7 Frisco UTSA v San Diego State UTSA 1 Armed Forces Missouri v Army Army by 3 Frisco Classic North Texas v Miami (OH) miami (OH) 3 Gasparilla UCF v Florida Florida 6 Hawai'i Hawai'i v Memphis Memphis 7 Camellia Georgia State v Ball State Georgia st. 3 Quick Lane Western Michigan v Nevada western michigan 3 Military Boston College v East Carolina Boston college 3 Birmingham Houston v Auburn Auburn 7 First Responder Air Force v Louisville lousiville 3 Liberty Mississippi State v Texas Tech miss st. 7 Holiday UCLA v North Carolina State N. carolina st. 1 Fenway SMU v Virginia Virginia 3 Cheez-It Clemson v Iowa State Iowa St, 3 Duke's Mayo North Carolina v South Carolina N. carolina 7 Gator Wake Forest v Texas A&M Rotgut Tex. A&M 6 wake forest 4 Sun Washington State v Miami Miami 3 Arizona Central Michigan v Boise State Boise 3 Texas LSU v Kansas State not sure how many LSU players will show up for this one. give me K. State by 1 Double Point Games: Guaranteed Rate West Virginia v Minnesota Minn 3 Pinstripe Maryland v Virginia Tech maryland 3 Alamo Oregon v Oklahoma oklahoma 6 Music City Tennessee v Purdue tenn 3 Las Vegas Wisconsin v Arizona State wisc. 7 Outback Penn State v Arkansas penn state 3 Citrus Iowa v Kentucky kentucky 3 Triple Point Games: Peach Pittsburgh v Michigan State Michigan state 3 Fiesta Oklahoma State v Notre Dame ND 3 Rose Utah v Ohio State ohio state 10 Sugar Baylor v Ole Miss ole miss 1 Quadruple Point Game: Cotton Cincinnati v Alabama Alabama 14 Orange Georgia v Michigan Georgia 3 Quintuple Point Game: National Champion TBD did i do this right? and do we have to fill in the last game right now or do we get to wait and see who is there? 2 Quote Link to comment
admo Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Bahamas - Toledo win by 6 Cure - Coastal Carolina win by 3 Boca Raton - Western Kentucky win by 4 New Mexico - Fresno State win by 3 Independence - BYU win by 3 LendingTree - Liberty win by 4 Jimmy Kimmel - Utah State win by 4 New Orleans - Louisiana win by 9 Myrtle Beach - Tulsa win by 7 Idaho Potato - KentState win by 2 Frisco - UTSA win by 6 Armed Forces - Missouri win by 3 Frisco Class - North Texas win by 8 Godzilla - Florida win by 3 Hawaii - Hawaii win by 2 Camellia - Georgia State win by 8 Quick Lane - Nevada win by 4 Military - East Carolina win by 3 Birmingham - Houston win by 5 First Resp - Air Force win by 1 Liberty - Mississippi State win by 17 Holiday - North Carolina State win by 2 Fenway - Virginia win by 3 Cheez-It - Clemson win by 3 Duke's Mayo - North Carolina win by 4 Gator - Texas A&M win by 3 Sun - Miami win by 2 Arizona - Boise State win by 3 Texas - Kansas State win by 2 Double Point Games: Guarant Rate - Minnesota win by 4 Pinstripe - Virginia Tech win by 3 Alamo - Oklahoma win by 10 Music City - Tennessee win by 4 Las Vegas - Wisconsin win by 4 Outback - Arkansas win by 6 Citrus - Kentucky win by 8 Triple Point Games: Peach - Pittsburgh win by 7 Fiesta - Oklahoma State win by 3 Rose - Ohio State win by 17 Sugar - Baylor win by 1 Quadruple Point Game: Cotton - Alabama win by 17 Orange - Georgia win by 4 1 Quote Link to comment
commando Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 did this contest catch covid? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 On 12/23/2021 at 1:17 PM, commando said: did this contest catch covid? More or less. Sorry, I underestimated my available time and my interest in bowl games. I am updating it now. @commando you can wait to enter your pick for the National Championship Game until the pairing is determined. Both you and @admo need to enter a new pick for the Gator Bowl - now Wake Forest vs Rutgers. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 Kind of a back-and-forth battle so far. @commando now with 23 points and @admo with 22. Not sure how available I'll be the next few days. Going on vacation (which is probably where you thought I had been the last two weeks but unfortunately not). Then I'll try to keep up better. Let me know if you see any screw-ups. Results and Standings 1 Quote Link to comment
commando Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 i changed the gator bowl in my original post. but dang.....just 2 of us entered? our season must have killed all bowl game interest 1 Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 @admo @commando 1 Quote Link to comment
commando Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Mavric said: @admo @commando i am not going to even try to keep up. if you want to forget scoring this thing i understand. it's turning into a real clusterflock with all the cancellations Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/27/2021 at 8:03 PM, commando said: i am not going to even try to keep up. if you want to forget scoring this thing i understand. it's turning into a real clusterflock with all the cancellations Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Mostly cancellations, only a couple changes. So I understand if you're done. But you're leading by 10 at the moment. So if you want to throw in a pick for the Sun Bowl (Washington State v Central Michigan now), you sure can. @admo I think I still need a pick for you for the Sun Bowl and the Gator Bowl (Wake Forest v Rutgers). Gator Bowl is now a double-point game since Rutgers is in there now, by the way. Quote Link to comment
admo Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 21 hours ago, Mavric said: Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Mostly cancellations, only a couple changes. So I understand if you're done. But you're leading by 10 at the moment. So if you want to throw in a pick for the Sun Bowl (Washington State v Central Michigan now), you sure can. @admo I think I still need a pick for you for the Sun Bowl and the Gator Bowl (Wake Forest v Rutgers). Gator Bowl is now a double-point game since Rutgers is in there now, by the way. Sorry, I did not realize. My mistake. I think I should get dinged -20 for each game I didn't pick. Fair is fair. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 @commando is at 83 points @admo has 69. Nice. Still a lot of points out there. And you picked opposite each other in the first two tomorrow today. You can list your picks for the natty here or DM them to me. Results and Standings 1 Quote Link to comment
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